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Bertram C. Granger is a Set Decoration American born on 31 march 1892 at Rawlins (USA)

Bertram C. Granger

Bertram C. Granger
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1892 at Rawlins (USA)
Death 28 october 1967 (at 75 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Bertram C. Granger (31 March 1892 – 28 October 1967) was an American set decorator. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.

He was born in Wyoming and died in Los Angeles, California.

Best films

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
(Set Decoration)
The Lost Weekend (1945)
(Set Decoration)
The Paleface (1948)
(Set Decoration)
Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
(Set Decoration)

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(26 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(22 films)
Victor Young
Victor Young
(13 films)
Hal Pereira
Hal Pereira
(13 films)
Gordon Jennings
Gordon Jennings
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Bertram C. Granger (44 films)

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Art

Alias Jesse James, 1h32
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Western
Themes Films about families, Jesse James, Gangster films
Actors Bob Hope, Rhonda Fleming, Will Wright, Wendell Corey, Jim Davis, Mary Young
Roles Set Decoration
Rating63% 3.1957453.1957453.1957453.1957453.195745
Milford Farnsworth (Hope) is a bumbling insurance agent who unknowingly sells a life insurance policy to the outlaw Jesse James (Wendell Corey). Farnsworth is sent out West to protect the insurance company's investment by "protecting" James.
Fraulein
Fraulein (1958)
, 1h35
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dana Wynter, Mel Ferrer, Dolores Michaels, Margaret Hayes, Theodore Bikel, Luis van Rooten
Roles Set Decoration
Rating64% 3.2424453.2424453.2424453.2424453.242445
In Berlin near the end of World War II, American prisoner of war Foster MacLain (Mel Ferrer) escapes and is sheltered by Professor Julius Angermann (Ivan Triesault). Angermann's daughter Erika (Dana Wynter) is not so welcoming, but hides the American from the soldiers looking for him. MacLain leaves when it is safe.
The Hunters, 1h48
Directed by Dick Powell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Romance
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about aviation accidents or incidents, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Robert Wagner, May Britt, Richard Egan, Lee Philips, John Gabriel
Roles Set Decoration
Rating63% 3.1949053.1949053.1949053.1949053.194905
Major Cleve "Iceman" Saville (Robert Mitchum), a veteran World War II fighter ace, returns to combat, eager to fly an F-86 Sabre fighter. His commanding officer, Colonel "Dutch" Imil (Richard Egan), assigns him command of a flight.
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?, 1h33
Directed by Frank Tashlin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Jayne Mansfield, Tony Randall, Betsy Drake, Joan Blondell, Mickey Hargitay, Groucho Marx
Roles Set Decoration
Rating68% 3.446943.446943.446943.446943.44694
In lieu of a theme song and opening of the movie, Tashlin instead over laid traditional opening credits to faux television commercials for products that failed to deliver what they promise.
Peyton Place, 2h37
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Children's films
Actors Lana Turner, Diane Varsi, Hope Lange, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Philips, John Arthur Kennedy
Roles Set Decoration
Rating71% 3.5956253.5956253.5956253.5956253.595625
In the seemingly idyllic New England town of Peyton Place, drunkard Lucas Cross (Arthur Kennedy) stumbles out of his house as his son leaves town. Lucas's downtrodden wife, Nellie (Betty Field) goes to work as the housekeeper for Constance "Connie" MacKenzie (Lana Turner), a local dress shop owner. The daughters of the two families, Allison MacKenzie (Diane Varsi) and Selena Cross (Hope Lange) are best friends and are about to graduate high school.
Run of the Arrow, 1h22
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Political films
Actors Rod Steiger, Sara Montiel, Brian Keith, Charles Bronson, Ralph Meeker, Jay C. Flippen
Roles Set Decoration
Rating65% 3.2950953.2950953.2950953.2950953.295095
Confederate veteran O'Meara (Steiger) refuses to accept defeat following the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox. He renounces his family and the United States, travels west and joins the Native American Sioux tribe, and takes a wife (Sara Montiel).
Davy Crockett and the River Pirates, 1h21
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films, Children's films
Actors Fess Parker, Buddy Ebsen, Jeff York, Kenneth Tobey, Clem Bevans, Mort Mills
Roles Set Decoration
Rating65% 3.295043.295043.295043.295043.29504
Davy Crockett and George "Georgie" Russel are loaded with pelts as they make their way to the Mississippi River after a successful season of trapping and hunting in Kentucky. There they encounter Mike Fink, a blowhard keelboat captain who refuses to take them downriver, unless they pay a ridiculously high fee. That evening, Fink gets Georgie drunk and convinces him to keelboat race down the Mississippi with the season's pelts as wager.
Pearl of the South Pacific, 1h26
Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Virginia Mayo, Dennis Morgan, David Farrar, Murvyn Vye, Lance Fuller, Carol Thurston
Roles Set Decoration
Rating53% 2.6716252.6716252.6716252.6716252.671625
Dan Merrill awakens on his boat after a night of drinking to find his former love, Rita Delaine, there with his partner, Bully Hague. Appealing to his greed, Rita and Bully coax him into coming along to an island where supposedly they can dive for a hidden treasure of rare black pearls.
Alaska Seas, 1h18
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Robert Ryan, Brian Keith, Jan Sterling, Gene Barry, Ralph Dumke, Fay Roope
Roles Set Decoration
Rating60% 3.0491353.0491353.0491353.0491353.049135
Matt Kelly (Robert Ryan) is released from jail and skips town in his boat without paying outstanding storage fees. Back in his home town he is hired by his old friend Jim Kimmerly (Brian Keith), the head of the local salmon fishermen who have formed a canning co-operative. The fishermen are battling against an organised gang who are robbing the fishing traps. Matt however, short on cash, joins the raiders, whilst Jim, unaware of his duplicity, keeps covering for him amongst the other fishermen. Furthermore Kelly has his eyes upon Jim’s fiancée, Nicki (Jan Sterling). Kelly's recklessness eventually causes the loss of Kimmerly's fishing boat in a glacier avalanche. He tries to make amends for his misdemeanours in an act of self-sacrifice.
Pony Express, 1h41
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Rhonda Fleming, Jan Sterling, Forrest Tucker, Michael D. Moore, Porter Hall
Roles Set Decoration
Rating57% 2.8999052.8999052.8999052.8999052.899905
In 1860 Buffalo Bill and Wild Bill Hickok join forces to establish a mail route from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California. On the way they battle the weather, hostile Indians and California secessionists intent on shutting the operation down to encourage California to secede from the Union.
Flight to Tangier, 1h30
Directed by Charles Marquis Warren
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films
Actors Joan Fontaine, Jack Palance, Corinne Calvet, Robert Douglas, Marcel Dalio, Jeff Morrow
Roles Set Decoration
Rating53% 2.668592.668592.668592.668592.66859
Aboard a private plane, pilot Hank Brady pulls a gun on his lone passenger, Franz Kovaz, after putting the instruments on automatic pilot. Watching from the Tangier airport is another American pilot, Gil Walker, alongside his French girlfriend Nicki, a woman named Susan Lane and a police lieutenant, Luzon, as the plane goes down in flames.
Red River Shore, 54minutes
Directed by Harry Keller
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Rex Allen, Lyn Thomas, Slim Pickens, William Phipps, Douglas Fowley, Trevor Bardette
Roles Set Decoration
Rating66% 3.3084853.3084853.3084853.3084853.308485
Flaming Feather, 1h17
Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Forrest Tucker, Arleen Whelan, Barbara Rush, Victor Jory, Richard Arlen
Roles Set Decoration
Rating58% 2.904122.904122.904122.904122.90412
A mysterious outlaw, known only as The Sidewinder, is terrorizing Arizona settlers. A rancher whose property was raided, Tex McCloud, and a U.S. Cavalry officer named Blaine both decide to seek justice. They even make a friendly wager over which one will get to The Sidewinder first.
Hurricane Smith, 1h30
Directed by Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Yvonne De Carlo, John Ireland, Murray Matheson, James Craig, Forrest Tucker, Lyle Bettger
Roles Set Decoration
Rating53% 2.6700252.6700252.6700252.6700252.670025
Hurricane Smith steals a boat owned by Capt. Raikes, a slave trader, and heads to Australia with his men. There, he and other men pretending to be researching botany are actually searching for a cache of gold, while Smith also competes for the love of the lovely Luana.
Sailor Beware, 1h48
Directed by Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on plays, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Corinne Calvet, Marion Marshall, Robert Strauss, Leif Erickson
Roles Set Decoration
Rating61% 3.099233.099233.099233.099233.09923
After meeting in the Navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers (Dean Martin) and Melvin Jones (Jerry Lewis) become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, 11 times, but was always rejected because of a bad knee. However, he keeps trying so that he can impress women (including Betty Hutton in a cameo role as "Hetty Button"). Melvin, meanwhile, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the Navy as this was the only way he could afford to follow doctor's orders.