Arthur Lonergan

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Arthur Lonergan (born January 23, 1906 in New York , United States , † January 23, 1989 in Los Angeles ) was an American film architect .

Life

Lonergan had attended Columbia University and worked for several years as a lecturer in the history of architecture at New York University . He also worked as an architect at the New York School of Decoration and Design.

He started his film career in 1938 as an illustrator at MGM . In 1945 Arthur Lonergan established himself as a freelance film architect. In this area he designed buildings for conventional entertainment film productions for the next 25 years. Notable were some of his sci-fi fabric backdrops. In this genre he created the remarkable extraterrestrial planetary world in the 1950s classic Alarm in Space . For his buildings for the Hollywood melodrama ... because nobody is without guilt , he was nominated for an Oscar in 1967 . In addition to his work for the cinema, Lonergan designed the decorations for various episodes of American television series, including The Loretta Young Show, The Falcon, Topper, Life of Riley and Alfred Hitchcock Presents .

Arthur Lonergan was temporarily (1952-54) President of the Society of Motion Picture Art Directors and, after his retirement from the film business in 1971, served as a design consultant at the Disney theme park in Japan . Arthur Lonergan died on his 83rd birthday.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Black Beauty ( Black Beauty )
  • 1947: The Beast of Shanghai ( Intrigue )
  • 1947: Song of My Heart
  • 1948: ogre of Kumaon ( Maneaters of Kumaon )
  • 1948: Pitfall
  • 1949: Riots in Morocco ( Outpost in Morocco )
  • 1949: Mrs. Mike
  • 1950: The Magnificent Yankee
  • 1950: cause for alarm ( Cause for Alarm )
  • 1951: Pretty, young and in love ( Rich, Young and Pretty )
  • 1951: It's a Big Country
  • 1951: Betrayed and Sold ( The Sellout )
  • 1952: Holiday For Sinners
  • 1952: Daring opponents ( Ride Vaquero )
  • 1953: Theater fever
  • 1954: Mostly cheerful ( It's Always Fair Weather )
  • 1955: The tender trap ( The Tender Trap )
  • 1956: Alarm in space
  • 1956: human robbery ( ransom )
  • 1956 Revolvermänner ( Gun Brothers )
  • 1957/58: The Life of Riley (TV series)
  • 1958/59: The Restless Gun (TV series)
  • 1959: Alfred Hitchcock Presents
  • 1960: M Squad (TV series)
  • 1960: The Tall Man (TV series)
  • 1960: General pipe lid
  • 1961: The office idiot
  • 1961: My geisha
  • 1962: Again because of you ( Who's Got the Action )
  • 1962: A New Kind of Love ( A New Kind of Love )
  • 1963: Who slept in my bed? ( Who's Been Sleeping in My Bed )
  • 1963: Beach Party by Moonlight ( For Those Who Think Young )
  • 1964: Emergency landing in space ( Robinson Crusoe on Mars )
  • 1964: Cowboy Melody ( Tickle Me )
  • 1964: Billie
  • 1964: Gunslingers of Fall-River ( Young Fury )
  • 1965: Red Line 7000
  • 1965: ... because nobody is without guilt
  • 1966: The bank robber band ( The Caper of the Golden Bulls )
  • 1966: Good Times
  • 1967: Yours, mine, ours
  • 1968: The turquoise bikini ( How Sweet It Is )
  • 1968: Che!
  • 1969: M * A * S * H
  • 1970: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
  • 1970: Hotel whispers ( Plaza Suite )
  • 1971: The Todd Killings

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 91.

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personal data
SURNAME Lonergan, Arthur
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film architect
DATE OF BIRTH January 23, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1989
Place of death los Angeles