Earl Hedrick

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Albert Earl Hedrick , also A. Earl Hedrick (born March 2, 1896 in Los Angeles , † September 18, 1985 in Whittier , United States ) was an American film architect .

Life

Hedrick studied architecture at UCLA and then design at a Beaux Art School. He began his professional career as an architect, and in 1930 Hedrick joined Paramount Pictures , where he began as a draftsman. Two years later he started his career as a film architect. Hedrick first designed decorations for countless B-productions, later added a few comedies with Bob Hope . Hedrick bemerkenswertesten postwar designs created for individual top productions such as Billy Wilder drinkers drama The Lost Weekend , Anatole Litvak's film noir -Krimi You're still alive 105 minutes , Wilders cinematic sensationalism criticism Ace in the Hole and William Wyler's intimate play-like staging police station 21 .

In 1957, along with Hal Pereira and two other colleagues, he received an Oscar nomination for his involvement in the production design for the war drama Even heroes can cry . Since 1959 Hedrick has worked almost exclusively for television, especially for the long-running series Bonanza , where he was again a partner of Pereira. Both men received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 1963 for no performance shown there . After returning to an isolated theatrical production in 1972, Hedrick ended his career and retired into private life.

Most of his designs were done by the production designer under Earl Hedrick, the smaller and more insignificant ones under A. Earl Hedrick.

Filmography

  • 1932: Wild Horse Mesa
  • 1933: Man of the Forest
  • 1933: The Flame Rider (Sunset Pass)
  • 1933: Legion of Death (Last Round Up)
  • 1934: Come On, Marines
  • 1934: Elmer and Elsie
  • 1934: The Thundering Herd
  • 1934: The Burning Stream (Wagon Wheels)
  • 1935: The Last Outpost
  • 1935: Ship Cafe
  • 1935: Man on the Flying Trapeze
  • 1935: The Preview Murder Mystery
  • 1936: Wedding Present
  • 1936: Hollywood Boulevard
  • 1936: F-Man
  • 1937: Clarence
  • 1937: The Island of Lost Ships (Ebb Tide)
  • 1937: Suspected of murder (Night Club Scandal)
  • 1937: The Last Train From Madrid
  • 1938: King of Alcatraz
  • 1938: Cocoanut Grove
  • 1938: Her Jungle Love
  • 1938: Scotland Yard on the wrong track (Bulldog Drummond in Africa)
  • 1939: Scotland Yard embarrasses itself (Bulldog Drummond's Secret Police)
  • 1939: What a Life
  • 1939: Dr. Cyclops
  • 1940: The great McGinty
  • 1940: Christmas in July (Christmas in July)
  • 1941: Sullivan's Travels
  • 1942: Wake Island
  • 1942: Blazing Flames (The Forest Rangers)
  • 1943: Courageous Women (So ​​Proudly We Hail)
  • 1943: Let's Face it
  • 1943: Standing Room Only
  • 1944: Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
  • 1944: The lost weekend

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 3: F - H. Barry Fitzgerald - Ernst Hofbauer. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 608.

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personal data
SURNAME Hedrick, Earl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hedrick, Albert Earl (full maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film architect
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 1985
Place of death Whittier