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Harry Oliver is a Art Direction American born on 4 april 1888 at Hastings (USA)
Harry Oliver (April 4, 1888 – July 4, 1973) was an American humorist, artist, and Academy Award nominated art director of films from the 1920s and 1930s. Besides his outstanding work in Hollywood, he is now best remembered for his humorous writings about the American Southwest, and his publication (1946–1964) of the Desert Rat Scrap Book, an irregular broadsheet devoted to the Southwest. He was born in Hastings, Minnesota and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California.
He is known for his Hollywood work as art director on the films Seventh Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928), for which he was nominated for the very first Academy Awards, as well as set design or art direction on the films Ben Hur (1925), Sparrows (1926), Scarface (1932), Viva Villa! (1934), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and The Good Earth (1937).
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Nationality USA
Birth 4 april 1888 at Hastings (USA)
Death 4 july 1973 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 4 april 1888 at Hastings (USA)
Death 4 july 1973 (at 85 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He is known for his Hollywood work as art director on the films Seventh Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928), for which he was nominated for the very first Academy Awards, as well as set design or art direction on the films Ben Hur (1925), Sparrows (1926), Scarface (1932), Viva Villa! (1934), Mark of the Vampire (1935), and The Good Earth (1937).
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Of Human Hearts (1938)
, 1h43Directed by Clarence Brown
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Themes Politique
Actors Walter Huston, James Stewart, Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Ann Rutherford, John Carradine
Roles Art Department Assistant
Rating67%
L'enfant Jason (Gene Reynolds) très intelligent, fier et têtu, est aimé de sa mère (Beulah Bondi) et de son père pasteur (Walter Huston) qui le bat pour son impertinence. Jeune homme (James Stewart), il aime Annie (Ann Rutherford) et se rebelle par une bagarre avec son père qui rompt leur relation pour cause de pauvreté. Devenu médecin, il néglige ses parents, le père meurt, et soutire de l'argent à sa pauvre mère qui, durant la sécession, mandera au président Lincoln (John Carradine) qu'il omet de ses nouvelles pour lesquelles il confiera au chirurgien Jason sans le féliciter de ses opérations sur le champ de bataille une remontrance sur l'ingratitude.
The Good Earth (1937)
, 2h18Directed by Victor Fleming, Sam Wood, Sidney Franklin, Gustav Machatý
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Paul Muni, Luise Rainer, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Charley Grapewin, Keye Luke
Roles Art Direction
Rating74%
In pre-World War I northern China, a young farmer Wang Lung (Paul Muni) marries O-Lan (Luise Rainer), a lowly servant at the Great House, the residence of the most powerful family in their village. O-Lan proves to be an excellent wife, hard working and uncomplaining. Wang Lung prospers. He buys more land, and O-Lan gives birth to two sons and a daughter. Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.
Viva Villa! (1934)
, 1h55Directed by Jack Conway, Howard Hawks, William A. Wellman, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Wallace Beery, Fay Wray, Leo Carrillo, Donald Cook, Stuart Erwin, Henry B. Walthall
Roles Art Direction
Rating62%
Biographie du jeune Pancho Villa.
Scarface (1932)
, 1h29Directed by Richard Rosson, Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Mob film, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about immigration, Mafia films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Gangster films
Actors Paul Muni, George Raft, Ann Dvorak, Karen Morley, Boris Karloff, Osgood Perkins
Roles Set Decoration
Rating76%
In 1920s Chicago, Italian immigrant Antonio "Tony" Camonte (Paul Muni) acts on the orders of Italian mafioso John "Johnny" Lovo (Osgood Perkins) and kills "Big" Louis Costillo (Harry J. Vejar), the leading crime boss of the city's South Side. Johnny then takes control of the South Side with Tony as his key lieutenant, selling large amounts of illegal beer to speakeasies and muscling in on bars run by rival outfits. However, Johnny repeatedly warns Tony not to mess with the Irish gangs led by O'Hara who runs the North Side. Tony soon starts ignoring these orders, shooting up bars belonging to O'Hara, and attracting the attention of the police and rival gangsters. Johnny realizes that Tony is out of control and has ambitions to take his position.
Movie Crazy (1932)
, 1h38Directed by Harold Lloyd, Clyde Bruckman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about television
Actors Constance Cummings, Harold Lloyd, Arthur Housman, Louise Closser Hale, Spencer Charters, Kenneth Thomson
Roles Art Direction
Rating70%
Harold Hall, a young man with little or no acting ability, desperately wants to be in the movies.
City Girl (1930)
, 1h17Directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Anne Shirley, David Torrence, Edith Yorke, Tom McGuire
Roles Settings
Rating76%
The city girl Kate falls in love with farmer Lem. He takes Kate to his family farm but Kate has trouble being accepted by the family.
Liliom (1930)
, 1h30Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Charles Farrell, Rose Hobart, Estelle Taylor, H. B. Warner, Lee Tracy, Walter Abel
Roles Settings
Rating64%
Lightnin' (1930)
, 1h34Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Jason Robards Sr., Jason Robards, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
Lightnin' (1930)
, 1h36Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Will Rogers, Louise Dresser, Joel McCrea, Jason Robards Sr., Sharon Lynn, Joyce Compton
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
The River (1929)
, 1h24Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Charles Farrell, Mary Duncan, Ivan Linow, Margaret Mann, Bert Woodruff
Roles Art Direction
Rating72%
Allen John Spender (Charles Farrell) is a virile outdoorsman and Rosalee (Mary Duncan) is his high society sweetheart.
Lucky Star (1929)
, 1h25Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Paul Fix, Hector Sarno, Hedwiga Reicher
Roles Art Direction
Rating76%
Mary, une pauvre fille de ferme, rencontre Tim juste au moment où la guerre est déclarée. Tim s'engage et part pour les champs de bataille de l'Europe, où il est blessé et perd l'usage de ses jambes. De retour chez lui, Mary lui rend visite. Ils sont profondément attirés l'un vers l'autre mais son handicap empêche Tim de déclarer son amour à Mary. Des complications arrivent lorsque Martin, l'ex-sergent de Tim et une brute, s'entiche de Mary...
They Had to See Paris (1929)
, 1h33Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Children's films
Actors Will Rogers, Irene Rich, Marguerite Churchill, Fifi D'Orsay, Rex Bell, Robert P. Kerr
Roles Set Decoration
Rating58%
Dans l’Oklahoma, un modeste garagiste, Pike Peters, fait fortune en découvrant un gisement de pétrole. Paris représentant pour sa femme Idy le haut lieu de la culture et des bonnes manières, il accepte à contrecœur d'y séjourner, avec Idy et leurs deux enfants Ross et Opal. Ils y rencontrent le « grand monde » mais leurs nouveaux « amis » ne sont pas tous désintéressés, et Pike aura bien des difficultés à en faire prendre conscience sa famille.
Sunny Side Up (1929)
, 2h1Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Marjorie White, El Brendel, Mary Forbes, Peter Gawthorne
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
The film centres around a Will-they won't-they romance. Wealthy Jack Cromwell from Long Island runs off to New York City on account of his fiancee's relentless flirting. He attends an Independence Day block party where Molly Carr, from Yorkville, Manhattan, falls in love with him. Comic relief is provided by grocer Eric Swenson (El Brendel), above whose shop Molly and her flatmate, Bea Nichols (Marjorie White), live. Gaynor performs a charming singing and dancing version of the song "(Keep Your) Sunny Side Up" for a crowd of her neighbors, complete with top hat and cane. Later in the film, a lavish pre-Code dance sequence for the song "Turn on the Heat," including scantily clad and gyrating island women enticing bananas on trees to abruptly grow and stiffen, with the graphic metaphor lost on no one, occurs without Gaynor's participation.
Street Angel (1928)
, 1h42Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Alberto Rabagliati, Guido Trento, Henry Armetta, Natalie Kingston
Roles Art Direction
Rating72%
A spirited young woman (Gaynor) finds herself involved in illegal ways of gaining money to help pay for her ill mother's medicine. She is caught in the act, runs away from punishment, and finds her mother dead. Destitute and on the streets, she joins a traveling carnival, where she meets a vagabond painter (Farrell). Though they fall in love, her past won't leave her alone.
7th Heaven (1927)
, 2hDirected by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays, Children's films
Actors Janet Gaynor, Charles Farrell, Ben Bard, George E. Stone, Albert Gran, David Butler
Roles Settings
Rating75%
Chico travaille dans les égouts mais rêve de balayer les rues pour voir la couleur du ciel. Se lamentant sur son sort, il nie l'existence de Dieu au prétexte de sa condition actuelle. Il a prié et donné dix francs dans une église sans obtenir la moindre réalisation de ses vœux. Mais le père Chevillon entendant sa plainte lui offre deux médailles religieuses et lui offre le poste de balayeur dont il rêve. Diane vit dans la misère, battue et rejetée à la rue par sa sœur qui lui reproche d'avoir avoué leurs vies immorales à l'oncle riche qui leur proposait une vie meilleure. Prostrée dans un caniveau, elle pleure sur son sort.