Gabriel Scognamillo (27 October 1906 – 31 May 1974) was an Italian
art director. One of the first films he worked on was
Jean Renoir's provocative 1931 film ''
La Chienne
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''. Two years later he had moved to
Hollywood where one of his first films there was
MGM
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's production of ''
The Merry Widow
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'' (1934) with
Maurice Chevalier and
Jeanette MacDonald
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.
Scognamillo also worked on several in the
Andy Hardy,
''Maisie'' and
Dr. Kildare
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series of films. Some of his efforts in the 1950s include ''
The Great Caruso
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'' (1951), ''
The Story of Three Loves
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'' (1953), for which he received an
Academy Award
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nomination,
and the children's science fiction film ''Tobor the Great'' (1954).
One of his final films was the imaginative George Pal fantasy, ''7 Faces of Dr. Lao'' (1964).
Selected filmography
* ''American Love (film), American Love'' (1931)
References
External links
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1906 births
1974 deaths
Italian set decorators
American expatriates in Italy
American set decorators
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