Fred J. Rode

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Frederick "Fred" J. Rode (born May 19, 1896 in Brooklyn , New York City , New York , † October 1971 in Washington, DC ) was an American production designer who was once nominated for an Oscar for best production design .

Life

Rode began his career as a production designer in the film industry in Hollywood in 1939 with that of John Ford staged Western Drums Along the Mohawk (Drums Along the Mohawk) in which Henry Fonda , Claudette Colbert and Edna May Oliver played the leading roles. Until 1953 he worked on the staging of more than forty films.

At the Academy Awards in 1952 , Rode was nominated for the Oscar for Best Production Design in a Black and White Film, along with Lyle R. Wheeler , Leland Fuller and Thomas Little , for the feature film Fourteen Hours (Fourteen Hours, 1951) by Henry Hathaway with Paul Douglas , Richard Basehart and Barbara Bel Geddes .

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SURNAME Rode, Fred J.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rode, Frederick J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American production designer
DATE OF BIRTH May 19, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City , New York
DATE OF DEATH October 1971
Place of death Washington, DC