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Martin Obzina is a Set Designer and Art Direction American born on 17 august 1905 at Chicago (USA)

Martin Obzina

Martin Obzina
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Nationality USA
Birth 17 august 1905 at Chicago (USA)
Death 8 january 1979 (at 73 years) at New York City (USA)

Martin Obzina (17 August 1905 – 8 January 1979) was an American art director. He was nominated for two Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction.

He was born in Chicago, Illinois and died in New York, New York.

Best films

When Tomorrow Comes (1939)
(Art Direction)

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John B. Goodman
(18 films)
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Filmography of Martin Obzina (41 films)

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Art

Flashing Spikes, 53minutes
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors James Stewart, John Wayne, Jack Warden, Patrick Wayne, Edgar Buchanan, Harry Carey, Jr.
Roles Production Design
Rating67% 3.358633.358633.358633.358633.35863
Slim Conway, un joueur de base-ball, se voit accusé de corruption. Le scandale qui s'ensuit ternit l'image même du sport. Slim se lie d'amitié avec un jeune espoir du base-ball, un certain Bill Riley...
Here Come the Marines, 1h6
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Military humor in film
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Murray Alper, Benny Bartlett, Hanley Stafford
Roles Art Direction
Rating61% 3.0971953.0971953.0971953.0971953.097195
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road. Slip discovers a playing card next to the marine and traces it to Jolly Joe Johnson's gambling house. They suspect that the gambling house is cheating and set out to uncover the proof. They enter the gambling house late at night, but are discovered by Jolly Joe and his gang. A fight ensues, but two Marine intelligence officers arrive in time to arrest the criminals. Sach, having been framed for having a girl in the barracks is stripped of his promotions, but a new colonel is now in charge and fought with a soldier named Mahoney. Slip claims that was his father and he is promoted and promptly gets even with Sach by taking him on a long drill.
Hold That Line, 1h4
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Gorcey, Benny Bartlett, Bernard Gorcey, Mona Knox
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.049413.049413.049413.049413.04941
The members of the local university's trust make a wager that anyone can make it through college if just given the chance. Because of this, they enlist the boys to attend the university to prove the theory. While the boys do not become academic scholars, Sach invents a "vitamin" drink that makes him invincible. They all join the football team and Sach becomes the star player, leading them to the big championship game. A local gambler sees an opportunity to make some money by kidnapping Sach and preventing him from playing. However, Slip and the rest of the gang rescue Sach and return him to the game. Unfortunately he does not have any more "vitamins", so Slip plans a ruse on the playing field that distracts the other team and allows him to score the winning touchdown.
M
M (1951)
, 1h28
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors David Wayne, Howard Da Silva, Martin Gabel, Luther Adler, Steve Brodie, Raymond Burr
Roles Art Direction
Rating67% 3.391843.391843.391843.391843.39184
In this Americanized remake of the 1931 German film of the same name, both the police and the criminal underworld stalk a mysterious killer who preys on small children.
Davy Crockett, Indian Scout
Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors George Montgomery, Ellen Drew, Noah Beery, Jr, Phillip Reed, Robert Barrat, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Roles Art Direction
Rating54% 2.70942.70942.70942.70942.7094
C'est en 1848 et un wagon avec une escorte de l'armée se dirige vers l'ouest à travers le territoire indien. Son éclaireur est Davy Crockett, neveu de son homonyme plus célèbre. Il y a un espion parmi eux qui informe les Indiens. Ils survivent à la première attaque indienne et continuent ensuite. Ils ont le choix entre deux passages à travers les montagnes. Apprenant la passe à défendre par les Indiens, ils se dirigent vers l'autre. Mais à l'arrivée, les Indiens attaquent. D'une certaine manière, ils ont été informés.
The Second Face, 1h17
Directed by Jack Bernhard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Ella Raines, Bruce Bennett, Rita Johnson, John Sutton, Patricia Knight, Roy Roberts
Roles Art Direction
Rating58% 2.910552.910552.910552.910552.91055
Claire Elwood runs to her car and speeds away. Phyllis Holmes chases after her in her own car, but crashes into a truck. She is taken to the hospital, where her head is heavily bandaged. Insurance claims adjustor Mr. West visits her to find out what happened, but she refuses to talk to him. A flashback ensues.
Arson, Inc., 1h3
Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Robert Lowery, Anne Gwynne, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones, Douglas Fowley, Maude Eburne
Roles Art Direction
Rating52% 2.627632.627632.627632.627632.62763
Joe Martin is a fire fighter in Los Angeles who is assigned by his department chief to the Arson Detail. His first assignment is to investigate a suspicious fur store fire that seems to be set by the store owner himself, Thomas Peyson.
The Green Promise, 1h33
Directed by William D. Russell
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Marguerite Chapman, Walter Brennan, Robert Paige, Natalie Wood, Ted Donaldson, Robert Ellis
Roles Art Direction
Rating64% 3.2448053.2448053.2448053.2448053.244805
It tells the story of a farmer, Matthews, his son and three daughters. Leaving behind a failing farm, the family travel to pastures new. Help is proffered by agricultural county agent, David Barkley, who is immediately attracted to Matthews's eldest daughter, Deborah. Needing Deborah to run his house, and fearing David may take her away, Matthews refuses David's advice and help. He is pig-headed and sleeps through the pastor's sermon on education, understanding and tolerance. It is Susan's (Matthews's youngest daughter) yearning ambition to raise lambs. Though only ten years old, she joins the 4-H club, secures a loan from the bank and buys two lambs. She cares for them like she is a mother. Barkley strongly advises Matthews against chopping down the forest atop a hill on his land. Matthews goes ahead and sells the land to a logging company. The forest gone, a great storm comes and washes the mud down the incline towards the homestead. Fearful for her beloved lambs, Susan braves the dangerous conditions to rescue the lambs. David returns and rescues both Susan and the lambs. Deborah is atop the hill trying to move rocks in order to build a dam to save their home from the torrent of water. David arrives and pulls her back just as the land falls away. Realizing how close to harm his daughters have come because of his ignorance and selfishness, Matthews apologizes to his family and welcomes David into their home. The community of 4-H members arrive to help them clean up the land following the storm damage.
Dressed to Kill, 1h16
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Patricia Morison, Holmes Herbert, Frederick Worlock, Edmund Breon
Roles Art Direction
Rating67% 3.3969753.3969753.3969753.3969753.396975
A convicted thief in Dartmoor prison (played by an uncredited Cyril Delevanti) hides the location of stolen Bank of England printing plates inside three music boxes (each of which plays a subtly different version of "The Swagman"). The boxes are sold at a local auction house.
The Killers, 1h38
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Albert Dekker, Vince Barnett
Roles Art Direction
Rating76% 3.846333.846333.846333.846333.84633
Two hitmen, Max and Al (William Conrad and Charles McGraw), come to a small town to kill Ole "the Swede" Andreson (Burt Lancaster). The Swede's coworker at a gas station warns him but, strangely, he makes no attempt to flee, and they kill him in his hotel room.
Black Angel, 1h25
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford
Roles Art Direction
Rating68% 3.4435153.4435153.4435153.4435153.443515
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin (Dan Duryea), team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling), who had been Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman, Captain Flood (Broderick Crawford), and a shifty nightclub owner, Mr. Marko, (Peter Lorre), who Catherine and Martin suspect may be the real killer.
Little Giant, 1h31
Directed by William A. Seiter
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Brenda Joyce, George Cleveland, Margaret Dumont, Jacqueline deWit
Roles Art Direction
Rating66% 3.340663.340663.340663.340663.34066
A naive country boy named Benny Miller (Lou Costello), from Cucamonga, California, has been taking correspondence phonograph lessons in salesmanship. Upon completion of the course, he leaves his mother (Mary Gordon) and his girlfriend Martha (Elena Verdugo) to pursue a career in Los Angeles. He arranges a meeting with his Uncle Clarence (George Cleveland), a bookkeeper with the Hercules Vacuum Cleaner Company. When he arrives to ask for a job, the sales manager, John Morrison (Bud Abbott), mistakes him for one of the auditioning fashion models and has him remove his clothing. Morrison's secret wife, Hazel Temple (Jacqueline deWit), discovers the mistake and suggests that Benny be hired to avoid an accounting scandal, as they have been "cooking the books". Unfortunately, Benny is fired from his salesman post after only one day. Clarence transfers Benny to the company's Stockton branch, which is run by Morrison's cousin, Tom Chandler (also played by Bud Abbott).