Daniel B. Cathcart

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Daniel B. Cathcart (born December 8, 1906 in Boise , Idaho , † January 23, 1959 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American art director and production designer who was twice nominated for the Oscar for best production design.

Life

Cathcart began his career as art director at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1936 , where he was under contract until his death. His first collaboration was as assistant art director on the Richard Thorpe- directed comedy film Dangerous Number (1937) with Robert Young , Ann Sothern and Reginald Owen . In the years that followed, he worked on the staging of around sixty films, including numerous westerns, until his death .

He was first nominated for the Oscar for Best Design in a Color Film with Cedric Gibbons , Jacques Mersereau and Edwin B. Willis at the 1944 Academy Awards for the George Sidney comedy Thousands Cheer (1943) with Kathryn Grayson , Starring Gene Kelly and Mary Astor .

At the Academy Awards in 1945 he was nominated as Associate Set Decorator together with Cedric Gibbons, Richard Pefferle and Edwin B. Willis for an Oscar for best production design in the color film Kismet (1944) by William Dieterle . In the fantasy - adventure film played Ronald Colman , Marlene Dietrich and James Craig , the leading roles.

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SURNAME Cathcart, Daniel B.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American art director and production designer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH Boise , Idaho
DATE OF DEATH January 23, 1959
Place of death Los Angeles , California