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Max Rée (7 October 1889 – 7 March 1953) was a Danish costume designer and art director. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film Cimarron.
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Los Angeles, California.
En 1925, il s'installe à Hollywood et débute comme costumier sur trois films sortis en 1926, Le Torrent de Monta Bell et La Tentatrice de Fred Niblo, tous deux avec Greta Garbo, ainsi que La Lettre écarlate de Victor Sjöström, avec Lillian Gish. Il est également directeur artistique sur des films américains sortis à partir de 1929.
Parmi ses autres films notables, citons La Symphonie nuptiale d'Erich von Stroheim (1928, avec le réalisateur et Fay Wray), The Divine Lady de Frank Lloyd (1929, avec Corinne Griffith et Victor Varconi) et La Ruée vers l'Ouest de Wesley Ruggles (version 1931, avec Richard Dix et Irene Dunne). Ce dernier remporte en 1931 l'Oscar du meilleur film et permet à Max Rée de gagner l'Oscar des meilleurs décors.
Son avant-dernier film, comme costumier, est Le Songe d'une nuit d'été de William Dieterle (1935, avec Ian Hunter et Verree Teasdale), où il retrouve Max Reinhardt coréalisateur. Quasiment retiré ensuite, il revient toutefois pour un ultime film sorti en 1947, Carnegie Hall d'Edgar George Ulmer (avec Marsha Hunt et William Prince), comme costumier et directeur artistique.
Il meurt six ans après (en 1953) d'un cancer.
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Nationality Danemark
Birth 7 october 1889 at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Death 7 march 1953 (at 63 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 7 october 1889 at Copenhagen (Danemark)
Death 7 march 1953 (at 63 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and died in Los Angeles, California.
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Après des études d'architecture dans sa ville natale, Max Rée travaille au théâtre à Berlin avec Max Reinhardt, au début des années 1920. Puis, émigré aux États-Unis, il est directeur artistique à Broadway, pour la revue Earl Carroll's Vanities of 1924, représentée de septembre 1924 à début janvier 1925.En 1925, il s'installe à Hollywood et débute comme costumier sur trois films sortis en 1926, Le Torrent de Monta Bell et La Tentatrice de Fred Niblo, tous deux avec Greta Garbo, ainsi que La Lettre écarlate de Victor Sjöström, avec Lillian Gish. Il est également directeur artistique sur des films américains sortis à partir de 1929.
Parmi ses autres films notables, citons La Symphonie nuptiale d'Erich von Stroheim (1928, avec le réalisateur et Fay Wray), The Divine Lady de Frank Lloyd (1929, avec Corinne Griffith et Victor Varconi) et La Ruée vers l'Ouest de Wesley Ruggles (version 1931, avec Richard Dix et Irene Dunne). Ce dernier remporte en 1931 l'Oscar du meilleur film et permet à Max Rée de gagner l'Oscar des meilleurs décors.
Son avant-dernier film, comme costumier, est Le Songe d'une nuit d'été de William Dieterle (1935, avec Ian Hunter et Verree Teasdale), où il retrouve Max Reinhardt coréalisateur. Quasiment retiré ensuite, il revient toutefois pour un ultime film sorti en 1947, Carnegie Hall d'Edgar George Ulmer (avec Marsha Hunt et William Prince), comme costumier et directeur artistique.
Il meurt six ans après (en 1953) d'un cancer.
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Carnegie Hall (1947)
, 2h24Directed by Edgar George Ulmer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Marsha Hunt, William Prince, Frank McHugh, Hans Jaray, Martha O' Driscoll, Cloris Leachman
Roles Art Direction
Rating63%
A mother (Marsha Hunt) wants her son (William Prince) to grow up to be a pianist good enough to play at Carnegie Hall. The son would prefer to play jazz with Vaughan Monroe's orchestra. But Mama's wishes prevail and the son appears at Carnegie Hall as the composer-conductor-pianist of a modern trumpet concerto, with Harry James as the soloist.
Ladies of the Jury (1932)
, 1h3Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Edna May Oliver, Jill Esmond, Ken Murray, Roscoe Ates, Kitty Kelly, Cora Witherspoon
Roles Set Designer
Rating62%
Middle aged Mrs. Livingston Baldwin Crane (Edna May Oliver) is selected to serve on a jury. The case is the murder trial of ex-showgirl Yvette Gordon (Jill Esmond), accused of killing her rich elderly husband. Throughout the trial Mrs. Crane is outspoken but is able to ask the witnesses candid and important questions. At the end of the trial, Mrs. Crane casts the sole “not guilty” vote, causing a discussion. After lots of convincing and several votes, the count is ten not guilty to two guilty. During the deliberations, the wealthy Mrs. Crane secretly hires a detective agency to further investigate the case. They prove that Chauncy, Mr. Crane's nephew, paid the maid, Mrs. Snow, to lie under oath so Chauncy could inherit his uncle's entire estate.
Bachelor Apartment (1931)
, 1h16Directed by Lowell Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Lowell Sherman, Irene Dunne, Ivan Lebedeff, Mae Murray, Norman Kerry, Claudia Dell
Roles Art Direction
Rating61%
Wayne Carter (Lowell Sherman) is a New York playboy, who pays no attention to the marital status of his many dalliances. However, there are some women who's attention he attempts to avoid, one such being the married Agatha Carraway (Mae Murray).
Fanny Foley Herself (1931)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Edna May Oliver, Helen Chandler, Hobart Bosworth, Rochelle Hudson, John Darrow, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Roles Art Direction
Rating56%
Edna May Oliver plays a widowed woman with two daughters (Helen Chandler, Rochelle Hudson) who attempts to revive her career as a vaudeville performer. Her wealthy father-in-law, who believes that a vaudeville performer is not fit to bring up children properly, forces her to choose between her daughters or her career. In the end, all is forgiven and the father-in-law asks Fanny to sing one of her songs.
Young Donovan's Kid (1931)
, 1h17Directed by Fred Niblo, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Marion Shilling, Jackie Cooper, Frank Sheridan, Boris Karloff, Dick Rush
Roles Art Direction
Rating51%
Jim Donovan (Richard Dix) is a two-bit mob leader in New York during the 1920s. When another mobster, Ben Murray (Richard Alexander) is killed in a gunfight between rival gangs, Donovan takes it upon himself to raise his son, Midge Murray (Jackie Cooper). When Donovan seeks the advice of the parish priest on how to raise an adolescent boy, the priest, Father Dan (Frank Sheridan), enlists the services of his niece, Kitty Costello (Marion Shilling). When she directs Donovan to get honest work, he agrees, and she gets him a job at the ironworks where she is also employed. He is slowly transformed by the effect that both Midge and Kitty have on him. He also falls in love with Kitty.
Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)
, 19minutesDirected by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Paul McCullough, James Finlayson, Walter Brennan, Charlie Hall, Vince Barnett
Roles Art Direction
Rating56%
The Cuckoos (1930)
, 1h37Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Lee, June Clyde, Hugh Trevor, Ivan Lebedeff
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
Professor Bird (Woolsey) and his partner, Sparrow (Wheeler), are a pair of charlatan fortune tellers who are bankrupt and stranded at a Mexican resort just south of the border. An heiress, Ruth Chester (June Clyde), appears, who is running away from her aunt, Fanny Furst (Jobyna Howland). She is in love with an American pilot, Billy Shannon (Hugh Trevor), but her aunt wishes her to marry the European nobleman, The Baron (Ivan Lebedeff), whom the aunt believes is the "right" type of person for her niece.
Check and Double Check (1930)
, 1h17Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Charles Correll, Bing Crosby, Freeman Gosden, Sue Carol, Irene Rich, Ralf Harolde
Roles Art Direction
Rating49%
Amos and Andy run the "Fresh Air Taxicab Company, Incorporated", so named because their one taxi has no top. Their old vehicle has broken down, causing a traffic jam. Stuck in the traffic jam are John Blair and his wife, who were on their way to meet an old family friend at the train station, Richard Williams. When the Blairs do not show up, he makes his own way to their house, where he meets their daughter, Jean, who was also his childhood sweetheart. The two reignite their old flame, much to the chagrin of Ralph Crawford, who has been attempting to woo Jean himself.
Love Comes Along (1930)
, 1h12Directed by Rupert Julian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Bebe Daniels, Lloyd Hughes, Montagu Love, Ned Sparks, Lionel Belmore, Evelyn Selbie
Roles Art Direction
Rating76%
An actress, Peggy, is stranded on the island of Caparoja, which is ruled by a local dictator, Sangredo. For a living, she sings in the local tavern, where she is seen by two sailors from a tramp steamer who are visiting the port, Johnny and Happy. Johnny falls in love with Peggy and plans to marry her, rescuing her from her exile. However, Sangredo hires Peggy to perform at a party he is throwing, when the original singer, Carlotta, backs out. When Johnny finds out about the agreement, he misunderstands their relationship, and blows up at her. Peggy gets furious in turn over the fact he could believe that about her, and calls the wedding off.
Lovin' the Ladies (1930)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Richard Dix, Lois Wilson, Rita La Roy, Anthony Bushell, Henry Armetta, Ernest Hilliard
Roles Art Direction
Rating61%
Peter Darby is an electrician sent on a call to the home of wealthy Jimmy Farnsworth. While there, Farnsworth is telling his friend, George Van Horne, that any two people can fall in love, under the right circumstances. When George expresses his skepticism, Jimmy bets him $5,000 that he can prove his contention. George agrees, on the condition that he can choose the two people, to which Jimmy also agrees. For the woman, much to the chagrin of Jimmy, George selects Betty Duncan, a bored socialite acquaintance of the two, who seems much more interested in solitary pursuits than men. When George is seemingly having difficulty deciding on the man, his eyes alight on Peter, who he selects.
The Runaway Bride (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Donald Crisp, James Anderson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Mary Astor, Lloyd Hughes, Paul Hurst, David Newell, Natalie Moorhead, Francis McDonald
Roles Art Direction
Rating49%
Mary Gray (Mary Astor) and Dick Mercer (David Newell) are racing to Atlantic City, where they intend to elope, since Mary's wealthy parents would never approve of the marriage. In Atlantic City, they arrive at the humble efficiency hotel room Mary has rented. Dick is not impressed, and would prefer they stay in a fancier hotel. An argument ensues, ending with Dick storming out, leaving Mary alone.
Second Wife (1930)
, 1h4Directed by Russell Mack
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Conrad Nagel, Lila Lee, Mary Carr
Roles Art Direction
Rating51%
Not long after the death of his first wife, Walter Fairchild becomes engaged to Florence Wendell. Florence ignores the warnings of Gilbert Gaylord, who is also interested in marrying her, that she doesn't know what she is getting herself into; that no woman will ever be able to fill the void in Fairchild's life left by the death of his wife. After they are married, Fairchild and Florence have some contention as she buys into the warnings given her by Gaylord. To appease her, they move out of the house he shared with his first wife, and allows her to furnish the new home. Sensing that he and his new wife need some time alone together to start their new lives, he sends his seven-year-old son, Walter Jr., to a boarding school in Switzerland. After Florence becomes pregnant, Fairchild is notified that is son is very ill, and will most likely not recover. Despite Florence's pleas for him not to leave her, he travels to his son's side. As he leaves, Florence tells him not to return.
Inside the Lines (1930)
, 1h12Directed by Roy Pomeroy
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Spy films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Betty Compson, Ralph Forbes, Montagu Love, Mischa Auer, Ivan F. Simpson, Wilhelm von Brincken
Roles Art Direction
Rating54%
Jane Gershon is engaged to Eric Woodhouse, living in Germany prior to the onset of World War I. When the war breaks out, they are forced to separate, but are reunited months later in Gibraltar, at the British fortress there. Both are supposedly German spies with orders to destroy the British fleet, anchored in the harbor.
Shooting Straight (1930)
, 1h12Directed by George Archainbaud
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, James Neill, Matthew Betz, George Cooper, William Janney, Robert Emmett O'Connor
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
Larry Sheldon is a gambler, who learns that a friend of his has been murdered by a local gangster, Spot Willis. When he goes to confront Spot, a melee ensues in which Spot winds up dead. Thinking that he is responsible for the death, Sheldon flees the city aboard a train, with his companion, Chick. They share a Pullman compartment with an itinerant minister, Mr. Walters, whose wallet Chick unobtrusively removes from his pocket. When Sheldon discovers the theft, he chastises Chick and is determined to return the pilfered purse to its rightful owner. However, before he can, the train is involved in a serious accident, in which Sheldon is knocked unconscious.
He Knew Women (1930)
, 1h5Directed by Hugh Herbert, F. Hugh Herbert
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Lowell Sherman, Alice Joyce, David Manners
Roles Art Direction
Rating49%
Geoffrey Clarke is a poor poet, who has his eyes on the fortune of a rich widow, Alice Frayne, in order to keep him in the lifestyle he feels he deserves. Geoffrey is pursued, however, by the young and lovely, yet poor, Monica Grey. Monica, in turn, is pursued by the chemist, Austin Lowe.