Joseph C. Wright
Joseph Charles Wright (born August 19, 1892 in Chicago , † February 24, 1985 in Oceanside , California ) was an American production designer for films.
Life
Joseph C. Wright worked as a production designer for film from 1923. In the mid-1920s he worked for MGM , then for Universal Studios and later for Columbia Pictures . From 1935 he was under contract with the newly formed 20th Century Fox , where he henceforth often worked with Richard Day and Thomas Little . Together they won two Oscars in the Best Production Design category for the films This Above All (1942) and The Queen on Broadway (1942) . Wright received ten other Oscar nominations in the course of his career, including for Henry Kosters ... and Heaven is Laughing at it (1949), Joseph L. Mankiewicz ' Schwere Jungs - Leicht Mädchen (1955) and Otto Preminger's The Man with the Golden Arm (1955).
In the 1940s he was particularly responsible for the production of colorful and unrealistic Technicolor musicals, including a number of films with Betty Grable , the studio's greatest female star at the time. In the 1950s he continued this work also in musical adaptations such as Blondes Preferred (1953) and Oklahoma! (1955) continued. In the late 1960s, Wright retired from the film business. He died in Oceanside , California in 1985 at the age of 92 .
Filmography (selection)
- 1925: The Unholy Three ( The Unholy Three ) - Director: Tod Browning
- 1927: Uncle Tom's Cabin ( Uncle Tom's Cabin ) - Director: Harry A. Pollard
- 1928: The Man Who Laughs - Director: Paul Leni
- 1933: My lips do not lie ( My Lips Betray ) - Director: John G. Blystone
- 1934: Manhattan Melodrama - Director: WS Van Dyke
- 1935: After Office Hours - Director: Robert Z. Leonard
- 1935: No More Ladies - Director: Edward H. Griffith
- 1936: Rose-Marie - Director: WS Van Dyke
- 1936: Born to Dance ( Born to Dance ) - Director: Roy Del Ruth
- 1937: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney - Directed by Richard Boleslawski
- 1939: Swanee River - Directed by Sidney Lanfield
- 1940: gallop to happiness ( Down Argentine Way ) - Director: Irving Cummings
- 1940: The Mark of Zorro ( The Mark of Zorro ) - Director: Rouben Mamoulian
- 1940: Tin Pan Alley - Director: Walter Lang
- 1941: King of the Toreros ( Blood and Sand ) - Director: Rouben Mamoulian
- 1942: The Queen of Broadway ( My Gal Sal ) - directed by Irving Cummings
- 1942: This Above All - Directed by Anatole Litvak
- 1942: Orchestra Wives - Director: Archie Mayo
- 1943: Coney Island - Director: Walter Lang
- 1943: The Gang's All Here - Director: Busby Berkeley
- 1944: Irish Eyes Are Smiling - Directed by Gregory Ratoff
- 1947: It began in Schneider's opera house ( Mother Wore Tights ) - Director: Walter Lang
- 1948: The Snake Pit ( The Snake Pit ) - Director: Anatole Litvak
- 1949: ... and heaven laughs at it ( Come to the Stable ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1950: Vaudeville Princess ( Wabash Avenue ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1951: On the Riviera (On the Rivera)
- 1952: With a Song in My Heart ( With a Song in My Heart ) - Director: Walter Lang
- 1952: Fünf Perlen ( O. Henry's Full House ) - Director: Henry King u. a.
- 1953: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ( Gentlemen Prefer Blondes ) - Director: Howard Hawks
- 1955: Oklahoma! - Director: Fred Zinnemann
- 1955: Stealing Harvard - and Dolls ( Guys and Dolls ) - Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- 1955: The Man with the Golden Arm ( The Man with the Golden Arm ) - Directed by Otto Preminger
- 1959: Porgy and Bess ( Porgy and Bess ) - Director: Otto Preminger
- 1961: Almond Eyes and Lotus Blossoms ( Flower Drum Song ) - Director: Henry Koster
- 1962: Days of Wine and Roses ( Days of Wine and Roses ) - Director: Blake Edwards
- 1964: The woman of his heart ( Dear Heart ) - Director: Delbert Mann
- 1965: Foreign Bedfellows ( Strange Bedfellows ) - Director: Melvin Frank
- 1966: The Silencers ( The Silencers ) - Director: Phil Karlson
- 1966: Murderers' Row ( Murderer's Row ) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1966: walk, do not run ( Walk Do not Run ) - Director: Charles Walters
- 1967: If killers lie in wait ( The Ambushers ) - Director: Henry Levin
- 1969: Rollkommando ( The Wrecking Crew ) - Director: Phil Karlson
Awards
Oscar
Nominated:
- 1941: Lillian Russell (with Richard Day )
- 1941: Gallop into Glück (together with Richard Day)
- 1942: King of the Toreros (with Richard Day, Thomas Little )
- 1944: The Gang's All Here (with James Basevi , Thomas Little)
- 1950: ... and heaven laughs at it (together with Lyle R. Wheeler , Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox )
- 1952: On the Riviera (with Lyle R. Wheeler, Leland Fuller, Thomas Little, Walter M. Scott)
- 1956: Heavy boys - light girls (with Oliver Smith , Howard Bristol )
- 1956: The Man with the Golden Arm (with Darrell Silvera )
- 1962: Almond eyes and lotus blossoms (with Alexander Golitzen , Howard Bristol)
- 1963: The Days of Wine and Roses (with George James Hopkins )
Won:
- 1943: This Above All (with Richard Day, Thomas Little)
- 1943: The Queen of Broadway (with Richard Day, Thomas Little)
Web links
- Joseph C. Wright in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Joseph C. Wright in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Wright, Joseph C. In: Michael L. Stephens: Art Directors in Cinema. A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary . McFarland, 2015, pp. 312-314.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wright, Joseph C. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wright, Joseph Charles (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American production designer for a film |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 19, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 24, 1985 |
| Place of death | Oceanside (California) , California , United States |