Jim Morahan

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Michael James Morahan (born December 26, 1902 in London , United Kingdom , † summer 1976 in Sudbury ) was a British film architect .

Life

Michael James Morahan, the older brother of the film architect Tom Morahan , had received his professional training at the City & Guilds of London School of Arts and joined the film industry in 1933. His first employer was the production company London Films. Until 1945, Morahan was limited to the work of an architectural assistant.

From the end of World War II, Morahan was involved in numerous top productions at Ealing Studios , including the historical melodrama Königsliebe , the expedition biography Scott's Last Voyage and the classic comedies The Whiskey Ship , The Man in the White Suit , Oller Kahn with megalomania and Ladykillers . The directors Basil Dearden and Alexander Mackendrick in particular used Morahan's designs again and again. Morahan was nominated for an Oscar in 1950 for his design for love of the king .

From the mid-50s, when he switched to EMI , his oeuvre flattened. Jim Morahan's best late works include the burlesque flying comedy The daredevil men in their flying boxes and the atmospherically dense horror story The Witch Hunter , his last work. James Morahan died in the third quarter of 1976.

Filmography (selection)

as a film architect, unless otherwise stated

  • 1946: Painted Boats
  • 1947: Frieda
  • 1948: Königsliebe ( Saraband for Dead Lovers )
  • 1948: Scott's Last Voyage ( Scott of the Antarctic )
  • 1948: The Whiskey Ship ( Whiskey Galore! )
  • 1949: The blue lamp ( The Blue Lamp )
  • 1949: Train of Events
  • 1950: Woman on the Net ( Cage of Gold )
  • 1950: Underworld ( Pool of London )
  • 1951: The Man in the White Suit ( The Man in the White Suit )
  • 1951: His Excellency
  • 1952: The Bomb in the Underground ( The Gentle Gunman )
  • 1952: Mandy
  • 1952: The Cruel Sea ( The Cruel Sea )
  • 1953: Jim, the final winner ( The Square Ring )
  • 1953: Oller Kahn with megalomania ( The Maggie )
  • 1953: West of Zanzibar ( West of Zanzibar )
  • 1954: Lease of Life
  • 1954: Out of the Clouds
  • 1954: You Were 13 ( The Night My Number Came Up )
  • 1955: Ladykillers ( The Ladykillers )
  • 1956: Who Done It?
  • 1956: Test machine CB 5 ( The Man in the Sky )
  • 1957: Precious Burden ( The Shiralee )
  • 1957: Dunkirk ( Dunkirk )
  • 1959: She whistled and the guys kissed ( The Challenge )
  • 1959: The Summer of 17. Doll ( The Summer of the Seventeenth Doll )
  • 1960: Seven Against Hell ( The Long and the Short and the Tall )
  • 1961: Mary Had a Little
  • 1961: China Story ( Satan Never Sleeps )
  • 1962: shackles of the soul ( The Mind Bender )
  • 1964: Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines ( Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 Minutes )
  • 1966: Dutchman
  • 1967: Battle Beneath the Earth
  • 1968: The Witch Hunter ( Witchfinder General )

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. 536.

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personal data
SURNAME Morahan, Jim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morahan, Michael James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film architect
DATE OF BIRTH December 26, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH London , UK
DATE OF DEATH 1976
Place of death Sudbury