Carroll Clark
Carroll Clark (born February 6, 1894 in Mountain View , Santa Clara County , California , † May 17, 1968 in Glendale , California) was an American art director and production designer who was nominated for an Oscar seven times in the category of best production design and once received the so-called Oscar for Science and Development (Scientific and Engineering Award).
Life
Carroll Clark began his work as an art director and production designer in the film industry in the mid-1920s and was involved in the equipment of more than 220 films after The Magic Garden (1927).
At the Academy Awards in 1935 he was with Van Nest Polglase for Dance with Me! (1934) nominated for the first time for the Oscar for best production design. Further nominations followed in 1936 with Van Nest Polglase for I dance into your heart (1935) and in 1938 for Ein Fräulein in Nöten ( A Damsel in Distress , 1937).
At the Academy Awards in 1943 he and F. Thomas Thompson from the Studio Art and Miniature Department of RKO Pictures received the so-called Oscar for Science and Development (Scientific and Engineering Award) "for the development and construction of a moving machine for the production of clouds and horizons" .
Further Oscar nominations for best production design followed in 1944 with Albert S. D'Agostino , Darrell Silvera and Harley Miller for the black and white film Flight for Freedom (1943), in 1945 with Albert S. D'Agostino, Darrell Silvera and Claude E. Carpenter for the black and white film Step Lively (1944), in 1962 with Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman for the black and white film the Absent-Minded Professor ( the Absent-Minded Professor , 1961) and most recently at the Oscar ceremony in 1965 with William H. Tuntke , Emile Kuri and Hal Gausman for color film Mary Poppins (1964).
Clark also helped set up the films Flying Down to Rio (1933), Notorious (1946), and Her Parents' Wedding Announce (1961). Over the course of his career, he has worked with film directors such as Mark Sandrich , George Stevens , Lothar Mendes , Tim Whelan , Robert Stevenson , Alfred Hitchcock , David Swift and Thornton Freeland .
Filmography (selection)
- 1927: The Magic Garden
- 1930: Holiday
- 1931: Enmity ( The Painted Desert )
- 1931: The Common Law
- 1931: Tom Keene, King of the Steppes ( Freighters of Destiny )
- 1932: Symphony of Six Million
- 1932: What Price Hollywood?
- 1932: Graf Zaroff - Genius des Evil ( The Most Dangerous Game )
- 1932: Thirteen Women
- 1932: Divorce ( A Bill of Divorcement )
- 1933: King Kong and the White Woman ( King Kong )
- 1933: Flying Down to Rio
- 1934: Spitfire
- 1934: This Man Is Mine
- 1934: Of Human Bondage
- 1934: dance with me! ( The Gay Divorcee )
- 1942: Joan of Paris
- 1942: The fleet breaks through (The Navy Comes Through)
- 1943: Flight for Freedom
- 1943: Hitler's Children
- 1944: Murder, My Sweet
- 1944: Step Lively
- 1945: With the Eyes of Love ( The Enchanted Cottage )
- 1945: The anglerfish of Cartagena ( The Spanish Main )
- 1946: Notorious ( Notorious )
- 1947: Sinbad the Sailor ( Sinbad the Sailor )
- 1947: Love is not that simple ( The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer )
- 1948: Mother's Secret ( I Remember Mama )
- 1948: Just for the sake of my wife ( Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House )
- 1948: Every Girl Should marry ( Every Girl Should Be Married )
- 1951: A Mother's Heart ( The Blue Veil )
- 1952: Before the New Day (Clash by Night)
- 1952: Angel Face ( Angel Face )
- 1954: One night with Susanne ( Susan Slept Here )
- 1956: The Conqueror ( The Conqueror )
- 1956: The Beast ( While the City Sleeps )
- 1956 beyond all doubt ( Beyond a Reasonable Doubt )
- 1957: His friend Jello ( Old Yeller )
- 1959: The Shaggy Dog ( The Shaggy Dog )
- 1959: The Secret of the Haunted Cave ( Darby O'Gill and the Little People )
- 1960: Everyone loves Pollyanna ( Pollyanna )
- 1960: The Absent-Minded Professor ( The Absent-Minded Professor )
- 1961: Announce the marriage of their parents ( The Parent Trap )
- 1962: Champagne in Paris ( Bon Voyage! )
- 1962: The timpanist can't help it ( Son of Flubber )
- 1964: Mary Poppins
- 1965: Everything for the cat ( That Darn Cat! )
- 1966: Beloved Domestic Tyrant ( The Ugly Dachshund )
- 1966: Robin Crusoe, the Amazon chief ( Lt. Robin Crusoe, USN )
- 1966: Forty Daredevils ( Follow Me, Boys! )
- 1967: Throw the monkeys out ( Monkeys, Go Home! )
- 1967: The Happiest Millionaire ( The Happiest Millionaire )
- 1968: Captain Blackbeard's Spuk-Kaschemme ( Blackbeard's Ghost )
- 1968: How do you steal a painting? ( Never a Dull Moment )
- 1968: A great beetle ( The Love Bug )
Web links
- Carroll Clark in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Carroll Clark in the All Movie Guide (English)
- Carroll Clark in the database of Find a Grave (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Clark, Carroll |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American art director and production designer |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1894 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mountain View , Santa Clara County , California |
DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 1968 |
Place of death | Glendale , California |