Tom Morahan

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Tom Morahan (born June 9, 1906 as Thomas Hugo Morahan in London , United Kingdom , † September 10, 1969 in London-Kensington ) was a British film architect and producer .

Life

Thomas Hugo Morahan became interested in painting at the age of seven . At 16 he attended the Royal College of Arts, at 17 he went to the London Academy of Painting. He then worked in an architecture office. As a film assistant since 1932, Morahan soon specialized in painting and sculpture .

In 1936 he switched to the production company Alexander Kordas as a draftsman and was involved in his Rembrandt filming that same year . The following year he created his first building designs as chief architect. Before the outbreak of World War II, Morahan had designed some first-class decorations for equipment-intensive productions by Erich Pommers production company Mayflower, with Charles Laughton as the leading actor ( Vessel of Wrath, St. Martin's Lane, Reef Pirates ). Even after the war, Tom Morahan was involved in a number of high-class films. On the other hand, the collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock ( The Paradin Case , Slave of the Heart ), for whom he had prepared the smuggling story Riff Piraten ten years earlier, was rather disappointing at the end of the 1940s .

Morahan proved his qualities when he had to design buildings for historical fabrics or pretentious costume and adventure films ( Treasure Island , The King's Admiral , Boccaccio's great love ). On some of his later works ( You were 13, You Whistled And The Guys Cuddled, China Story, The Daring Men In Their Flying Chests ) he worked with his older brother, the film architect Jim Morahan . Tom Morahan, who received an Oscar nomination for his work on Sons and Lovers , has occasionally dabbled as a producer.

Filmography (selection)

as a film architect, unless otherwise stated

  • 1936: Dishonour Bright
  • 1937: Daydreaming Eyes ( Dreaming Lips )
  • 1937: The Sky's the Limit
  • 1938: Vessel of Wrath
  • 1938: St. Martin's Lane ( St. Martin's Lane )
  • 1939: Reef Pirates
  • 1941: Black Sheep of Whitehall
  • 1941: A Dangerous Business ( The Foreman Went to France )
  • 1941: Next of Kin
  • 1942: Went the Day Well?
  • 1943: Husband for inspection ( On Approval )
  • 1946: Two Worlds ( Men of Two Worlds )
  • 1946: While the Sun Shines
  • 1947: The Paradin case
  • 1947: So Evil My Love
  • 1948: Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
  • 1949: slave of the heart
  • 1950: Treasure Island
  • 1950: The King's Admiral
  • 1952: Boccaccio's great love ( Decameron Nights )
  • 1953: The Love Lottery
  • 1953: Little jockey, really big ( The Rainbow Jacket )
  • 1954: You Were 13 ( The Night My Number Came Up , production only)
  • 1955: The Long Arm ( The Long Arm , only production)
  • 1957: Heart Without Hope ( Another Time, Another Place )
  • 1958: A handshake of the devil ( Shake Hands With the Devil )
  • 1959: She whistled and the guys kissed ( The Challenge )
  • 1960: sons and lovers (also production management)
  • 1960: Circle of Deception (also production)
  • 1961: China Story ( Satan Never Sleeps )
  • 1963: The Third Secret
  • 1964: The daring men in their flying boxes
  • 1968: A dirty pile

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, Tom
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morahan, Thomas Hugo (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British film architect, production manager and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH June 9, 1906
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England , UK
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 1969
Place of death London Kensington