Leo K. Kuter

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Leo K. Kuter , often just Leo Kuter , (born February 21, 1897 in Shannon , Illinois , United States , † August 10, 1970 in Laguna Beach , California , ibid) was an American film architect .

Life

Born in Illinois, Kuter, based in Los Angeles since 1911 , came to film after completing his training in 1920 and initially found employment as a draftsman in the equipment department of the production company Famous Players-Lasky . Kuter also worked for other film studios until 1933, when he switched to Warner Bros. , where he stayed until he graduated from his career in 1965. At times, from 1948 to 1956, Kuter taught Scenic Design at the University of Los Angeles .

Kuter had designed his first decorations in the 1920s, but stayed away from active work as a film architect for the entire early sound film era (until 1943) and had to be content with one or the other assistant. His specialty since 1943 was initially propaganda-patriotic war films that sang the song of praise to the marines or bomber pilots of the Second World War or the Korean War . In addition, Kuter equipped some "Warner" classics such as John Huston's crime drama " Gangster in Key Largo " with Humphrey Bogart and Howard Hawks ' late-western Warner Bros. Entertainment " Rio Bravo " with John Wayne. Leo Kuter, "an experienced, not overly resourceful production designer," was also a co-founder in 1937 of the Society of Motion Picture and Television Art Directors , the professional organization of American film and television architects.

Filmography

  • 1922: The Serpent of Paris ( Trifling Women )
  • 1924: Johannistriebe - the prerogative of youth ( smouldering fires )
  • 1925: Sporting Life
  • 1925: Hurricane Kid
  • 1926: The Chaste Josef ( What Happened to Jones? )
  • 1927: The Ship of the Damned ( Captain Salvation )
  • 1928: Blue Boys - Blonde Girls ( A Girl in Every Port )
  • 1943: Bloody Snow ( Northern Pursuit )
  • 1943: Destination Tokyo
  • 1944: Hollywood Canteen ( Hollywood Canteen )
  • 1945: Pride of the Marines
  • 1945: Hunt in the Fog ( Confidential Agent )
  • 1946: Two Guys From Milwaukee
  • 1947: Adultery ( The Unfaithful )
  • 1947: To the Victor
  • 1948: Always Together
  • 1948: Port of Vice / Gangster in Key Largo ( Key Largo )
  • 1949: The Road of the Successful ( Flamingo Road )
  • 1949: Storm over the Pacific ( Task Force )
  • 1949: The Devil's Pilot ( Chain Lightning )
  • 1950: The man of her dreams ( Young Man With a Horn )
  • 1950: The Panther ( Highway 301)
  • 1950: I was an FBI Mann MC ( I Was a Communist for the FBI )
  • 1951: The Prisoner of the Ku Klux Klan ( Storm Warning )
  • 1951: Operation Seeadler ( Operation Pacific )
  • 1952: April in Paris ( April in Paris )
  • 1952: The Dead Witness ( Operation Secret )
  • 1953: trouble down the line ( Trouble Along the Way )
  • 1953: The Sheriff Without a Colt ( The Boy From Oklahoma )
  • 1954: The Lonely Eagle ( Drum Beat )
  • 1955: Barrage on square 7 ( Target Zero )
  • 1956: Street Jungle
  • 1956: Once upon a time the hour comes ( Toward the Unknown )
  • 1957: Bomber B-52 ( Bombers B-52 )
  • 1957: Breakthrough at Dawn ( The Deep Six )
  • 1958: Rio Bravo
  • 1959: The Summer Island ( A Summer Place )
  • 1960: The Dark at the Top of the Stairs ( The Dark at the Top of the Stairs )
  • 1960: Beyond the Ruwenzori ( The Sins of Rachel Cade )
  • 1960: His name was Parrish ( Parrish )
  • 1960: Just One Night ( Susan Slade )
  • 1961: Revolt in Block A ( House of Women )
  • 1961: Adventure in Rome ( Rome Adventure )
  • 1962: patrol boat PT 109 ( PT 109 )
  • 1963: A man came to New York ( Youngblood Hawke )
  • 1964: Operation Pacific ( Ensign Powder )
  • 1965: Three on a Couch ( Three on a Couch )

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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 523.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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 4: H - L. Botho Höfer - Richard Lester. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 523.

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personal data
SURNAME Kuter, Leo K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kuter, Leo; Kuter, Leo E.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film architect
DATE OF BIRTH February 21, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Shannon (Illinois) , United States
DATE OF DEATH August 10, 1970
Place of death Laguna Beach (California) , United States