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Sam Comer

Sam Comer

Sam Comer

1893-07-13

Topeka, Kansas, USA

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Biography

Samuel M. Comer was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Best known for:

Rear Window

Vertigo

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Sunset Boulevard

The Ten Commandments

To Catch a Thief

The Man Who Knew Too Much

Sabrina

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Trouble with Harry

Funny Face

Ace in the Hole

Stalag 17

White Christmas

The Nutty Professor

The Lady Eve

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

Hud

The Sons of Katie Elder

The Greatest Show on Earth

Hatari!

McLintock!

One-Eyed Jacks

Samson and Delilah

The Court Jester

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Filmography:

Here Is My Heart (1934)
WORK AS:
Set Decoration
You and Me (1938)
5.3
WORK AS:
Set Dresser
The Lady Eve (1941)
6
WORK AS:
Set Dressing Artist
Nothing But the Truth (1941)
WORK AS:
Set Decoration
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
5
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Set Decoration
No Time for Love (1943)
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Set Decoration
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
5.6
WORK AS:
Set Dressing Supervisor
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
WORK AS:
Set Decorating Coordinator

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Frenchman's Creek (1944)
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Set Decoration
Kitty (1945)
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Set Decoration
The Stork Club (1945)
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Set Decoration
The Man in Half Moon Street (1945)
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Set Decoration
The Blue Dahlia (1946)
5.3
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Set Decoration
Calcutta (1946)
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Set Decoration
The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)
5.8
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Set Decoration
Monsieur Beaucaire (1946)
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Set Decoration

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Blue Skies (1946)
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Set Decoration
To Each His Own (1946)
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Set Decoration
O.S.S. (1946)
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Set Decoration
The Bride Wore Boots (1946)
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Set Decoration
Cross My Heart (1946)
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Set Decoration
My Favorite Brunette (1947)
5.3
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Set Decoration
Saigon (1947)
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Set Decoration
Desert Fury (1947)
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Set Decoration
I Walk Alone (1947)
5.2
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Set Decoration
Road to Rio (1947)
5.4
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Set Decoration
The Perfect Marriage (1947)
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Set Decoration
Where There's Life (1947)
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Set Decoration
Unconquered (1947)
4.9
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Set Decoration
Dear Ruth (1947)
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Set Decoration
California (1947)
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Set Decoration
Variety Girl (1947)
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Set Decoration
Welcome Stranger (1947)
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Set Decoration
The Perils of Pauline (1947)
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Set Decoration
Suddenly It's Spring (1947)
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Set Decoration
Champagne for Two (1947)
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Set Decoration
Blaze of Noon (1947)
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Set Decoration
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
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Set Decoration
The Trouble with Women (1947)
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Set Decoration
Ladies' Man (1947)
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Set Decoration
Wild Harvest (1947)
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Set Decoration
The Paleface (1948)
4.7
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Set Decoration
The Big Clock (1948)
6
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Set Decoration
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
5.4
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Set Decoration
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
5.4
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Set Decoration
The Emperor Waltz (1948)
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Set Decoration
Whispering Smith (1948)
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Set Decoration
A Foreign Affair (1948)
5.8
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Set Decoration
Hazard (1948)
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Set Decoration
Miss Tatlock's Millions (1948)
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Set Decoration
Isn't It Romantic? (1948)
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Set Decoration
The Sainted Sisters (1948)
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Set Decoration
Sealed Verdict (1948)
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Set Decoration
Rope of Sand (1949)
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Set Decoration
The Accused (1949)
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Set Decoration
Samson and Delilah (1949)
5.2
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Set Decoration
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
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Set Decoration
Chicago Deadline (1949)
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Set Decoration
The File on Thelma Jordon (1949)
5.3
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Set Decoration
Sorrowful Jones (1949)
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Set Decoration
The Great Gatsby (1949)
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Set Decoration
My Friend Irma (1949)
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Set Decoration
Dear Wife (1949)
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Set Decoration
The Great Lover (1949)
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Set Decoration
Streets of Laredo (1949)
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Set Decoration
Top o' the Morning (1949)
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Set Decoration
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
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Set Decoration
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
7.6
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Set Decoration
Appointment with Danger (1950)
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Set Decoration
The Furies (1950)
5.8
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Set Decoration
Dark City (1950)
5.2
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Set Decoration
No Man of Her Own (1950)
5.6
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Set Decoration
Union Station (1950)
5.1
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Set Decoration
Fancy Pants (1950)
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Set Decoration
September Affair (1950)
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Set Decoration
My Friend Irma Goes West (1950)
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Set Decoration
Copper Canyon (1950)
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Set Decoration
Mr. Music (1950)
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Set Decoration
Riding High (1950)
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Set Decoration
Captain Carey, U.S.A. (1950)
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Set Decoration
Let's Dance (1950)
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Set Decoration
Branded (1950)
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Set Decoration
The Goldbergs (1950)
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Set Decoration
When Worlds Collide (1951)
4.9
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Set Decoration
The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
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Set Decoration
Ace in the Hole (1951)
6.7
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Set Decoration
That's My Boy (1951)
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Set Decoration
The Stooge (1951)
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Set Decoration
My Favorite Spy (1951)
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Set Decoration
The Mating Season (1951)
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Set Decoration
Darling, How Could You! (1951)
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Set Decoration
Red Mountain (1951)
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Set Decoration
Submarine Command (1951)
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Set Decoration
Peking Express (1951)
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Set Decoration
Dear Brat (1951)
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Set Decoration
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
4.9
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Set Decoration
Son of Paleface (1952)
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Set Decoration
Sailor Beware (1952)
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Set Decoration
Jumping Jacks (1952)
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Set Decoration
Just for You (1952)
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Set Decoration
My Son John (1952)
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Set Decoration
The Turning Point (1952)
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Set Decoration
The Atomic City (1952)
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Set Decoration
Off Limits (1952)
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Set Decoration
The Savage (1952)
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Set Decoration
Denver and Rio Grande (1952)
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Set Decoration
Botany Bay (1952)
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Set Decoration
Hurricane Smith (1952)
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Set Decoration
Thunder in the East (1952)
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Set Decoration
Somebody Loves Me (1952)
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Set Decoration
Aaron Slick from Punkin Crick (1952)
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Set Decoration
Stalag 17 (1953)
6.5
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Set Decoration
Scared Stiff (1953)
5
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Set Decoration
Road to Bali (1953)
4.9
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Set Decoration
Houdini (1953)
5.1
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Set Decoration
Pony Express (1953)
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Set Decoration
The Caddy (1953)
5
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Set Decoration
Money from Home (1953)
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Set Decoration
Arrowhead (1953)
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Set Decoration
Come Back, Little Sheba (1953)
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Set Decoration
Little Boy Lost (1953)
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Set Decoration
Here Come the Girls (1953)
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Set Decoration
Forever Female (1953)
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Set Decoration
Those Redheads from Seattle (1953)
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Set Decoration
Flight to Tangier (1953)
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Set Decoration
Sangaree (1953)
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Set Decoration
Rear Window (1954)
8.2
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Set Decoration
The Country Girl (1954)
5.6
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Set Decoration
Sabrina (1954)
6.5
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Set Decoration
White Christmas (1954)
5.9
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Set Decoration
The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
4.6
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Set Decoration
Living It Up (1954)
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Set Decoration
Secret of the Incas (1954)
4.4
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Set Decoration
Elephant Walk (1954)
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Set Decoration
Knock on Wood (1954)
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Set Decoration
Casanova's Big Night (1954)
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Set Decoration
The Naked Jungle (1954)
5
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Set Decoration
3 Ring Circus (1954)
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Set Decoration
Jivaro (1954)
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Set Decoration
Alaska Seas (1954)
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Set Decoration
About Mrs. Leslie (1954)
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Set Decoration
To Catch a Thief (1955)
6.2
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Set Decoration
We're No Angels (1955)
5.9
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Set Decoration
The Trouble with Harry (1955)
5.7
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Set Decoration
The Court Jester (1955)
6
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Set Decoration
The Desperate Hours (1955)
5.7
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Set Decoration
The Seven Little Foys (1955)
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Set Decoration
Conquest of Space (1955)
4
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Set Decoration
Artists and Models (1955)
5.3
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Set Decoration
You're Never Too Young (1955)
5.2
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Set Decoration
Strategic Air Command (1955)
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Set Decoration
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
5.6
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Set Decoration
Hell's Island (1955)
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Set Decoration
Run for Cover (1955)
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Set Decoration
The Far Horizons (1955)
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Set Decoration
Lucy Gallant (1955)
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Set Decoration
The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)
6.4
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Set Decoration
The Ten Commandments (1956)
6.8
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Set Decoration
Pardners (1956)
5.3
WORK AS:
Set Decoration
Hollywood or Bust (1956)
4.7
WORK AS:
Set Decoration
The Rainmaker (1956)
5.4
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Set Decoration
The Scarlet Hour (1956)
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Set Decoration
The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
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Set Decoration
The Leather Saint (1956)
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Set Decoration
That Certain Feeling (1956)
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Set Decoration
The Vagabond King (1956)
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Set Decoration
Funny Face (1957)
5.7
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Set Decoration
The Delicate Delinquent (1957)
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Set Decoration
Loving You (1957)
4.8
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Set Decoration
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)
5.7
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Set Decoration
The Tin Star (1957)
5.7
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Set Decoration
The Lonely Man (1957)
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Set Decoration
The Sad Sack (1957)
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Set Decoration
Wild Is the Wind (1957)
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Set Decoration
Beau James (1957)
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Set Decoration
The Buster Keaton Story (1957)
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Set Decoration
Fear Strikes Out (1957)
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Set Decoration
Omar Khayyam (1957)
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Set Decoration
The Devil's Hairpin (1957)
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Set Decoration
Vertigo (1958)
8
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Set Decoration
Houseboat (1958)
5
WORK AS:
Set Decoration, Decorator
King Creole (1958)
5
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Set Decoration
The Geisha Boy (1958)
5
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Set Decoration
Rock-a-Bye Baby (1958)
5.4
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Set Decoration
I Married a Monster from Outer Space (1958)
4.7
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Set Decoration
Teacher's Pet (1958)
5.5
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Set Decoration
The Matchmaker (1958)
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Set Decoration
Desire Under the Elms (1958)
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Set Decoration
St. Louis Blues (1958)
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Set Decoration
The Space Children (1958)
2.4
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Set Decoration
The Party Crashers (1958)
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Set Decoration
Hot Spell (1958)
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Set Decoration
Maracaibo (1958)
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Set Decoration
The Jayhawkers! (1959)
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Set Decoration
Last Train from Gun Hill (1959)
5.8
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Set Decoration
The Five Pennies (1959)
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Set Decoration
Li'l Abner (1959)
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Set Decoration
Alias Jesse James (1959)
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Set Decoration
The Trap (1959)
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Set Decoration
The Black Orchid (1959)
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Set Decoration
Destination Space (1959)
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Set Decoration
But Not for Me (1959)
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Set Decoration
Don't Give Up the Ship (1959)
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Set Decoration
That Kind of Woman (1959)
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Set Decoration
Career (1959)
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Set Decoration
Outlaws (1960)
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Set Decoration
The Bellboy (1960)
4.8
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Set Decoration
G.I. Blues (1960)
5.2
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Set Decoration
Cinderfella (1960)
4.7
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Set Decoration
It Started in Naples (1960)
4.9
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Set Decoration
Heller in Pink Tights (1960)
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Set Decoration
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
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Set Decoration
The Rat Race (1960)
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Set Decoration
Walk Like a Dragon (1960)
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Set Decoration
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
6.9
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Set Decoration
Blue Hawaii (1961)
4.4
WORK AS:
Set Decoration
One-Eyed Jacks (1961)
5.4
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Set Decoration
The Ladies Man (1961)
4.9
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Set Decoration
The Errand Boy (1961)
4.7
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Set Decoration
On the Double (1961)
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Set Decoration
Too Late Blues (1961)
5.2
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Set Decoration
All in a Night's Work (1961)
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Set Decoration
Summer and Smoke (1961)
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Set Decoration
The Pleasure of His Company (1961)
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Set Decoration
Hatari! (1962)
5.4
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Set Decoration
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
6.8
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Set Decoration
Girls! Girls! Girls! (1962)
3.8
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Set Decoration
Hell Is for Heroes (1962)
5
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Set Decoration
It's Only Money (1962)
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Set Decoration
Who's Got the Action? (1962)
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Set Decoration
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
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Set Decoration
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
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Set Decoration
A Girl Named Tamiko (1962)
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Set Decoration
McLintock! (1963)
5.3
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Set Decoration
Donovan's Reef (1963)
4.9
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Set Decoration
The Nutty Professor (1963)
5.2
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Set Decoration
Fun in Acapulco (1963)
4.5
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Set Decoration
Hud (1963)
6
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Set Decoration
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
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Set Decoration
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
5.5
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Set Decoration
Who's Minding the Store? (1963)
5.5
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Set Decoration
A New Kind of Love (1963)
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Set Decoration
Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed? (1963)
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Set Decoration
My Six Loves (1963)
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Set Decoration
Roustabout (1964)
4.6
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Set Decoration
The Patsy (1964)
4.8
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Set Decoration
The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
4.9
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Set Decoration
Lady in a Cage (1964)
4.8
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Set Decoration
The Carpetbaggers (1964)
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Set Decoration
The Strangler (1964)
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Set Decoration
Where Love Has Gone (1964)
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Set Decoration
For Those Who Think Young (1964)
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Set Decoration
Young Fury (1964)
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Set Decoration
Law of the Lawless (1964)
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Set Decoration
The Sons of Katie Elder (1965)
5.7
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Set Decoration
Tickle Me (1965)
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Set Decoration
Boeing, Boeing (1965)
5
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Set Decoration
The Family Jewels (1965)
5.1
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Set Decoration
Billie (1965)
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Set Decoration
Red Line 7000 (1965)
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Set Decoration
Sylvia (1965)
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Set Decoration
Black Spurs (1965)
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Set Decoration
Apache Uprising (1965)
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Set Decoration