Lyle B. Reifsnider

Lyle Baldwin Reifsnider (born August 11, 1901 in Chicago , Illinois , † December 9, 1980 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American production designer who was nominated for an Oscar once .

Life

Reifsnider began his career as a prop master in the Hollywood film industry in 1942 in the film romance Kings Row by Sam Wood with Ann Sheridan , Robert Cummings and Ronald Reagan . In the following years he worked on the stage equipment of 45 films until 1966.

For 1948 by Vincent Sherman staged swashbuckler film Adventures of Don Juan ( Adventures of Don Juan ) with Errol Flynn , Viveca Lindfors and Robert Douglas was Reifsnider at the Academy Awards in 1950 along with Edward Carrere for the best Oscar for Production design nominated in a color film.

Other well-known films with his sets were Der Rebell ( The Flame and the Arrow , 1950) by Jacques Tourneur with Burt Lancaster , Virginia Mayo and Robert Douglas, Lullaby of Broadway (1951) by David Butler with Doris Day , Gene Nelson and Szöke Szakall as well the horror film Professor Bondi's Cabinet ( House of Wax , 1953) by André De Toth with Vincent Price , Paul Cavanagh and Roy Roberts .

Filmography (selection)

• 1942: Kings Row
• 1948: Adventures of Don Juan ( Adventures of Don Juan )
• 1950: The Rebel ( The Flame and the Arrow )
• 1950: Enchanting Woman ( Tea for Two )
• 1951: I was an FBI Mann MC ( I Was a Communist for the FBI )
• 1951: Not a dime for eternity ( Force of Arms )
• 1952: The Black Riders of Dakota ( Bugles in the Afternoon )
• 1953: Professor Bondi's cabinet ( House of Wax )
• 1953: The burning arrow ( The Charge at Feather River )
• 1953: Thundering Hooves ( Thunder Over the Plains )
• 1958: Panzer Scout Troop Totenkopf ( Tank Battalion )
• 1958: Death comes quietly ( Murder by Contract )
• 1959: Day of the wicked ( Day of the Outlaw )

Web links

• Lyle B. Reifsnider in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Entry in filmstarts.de