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Robert Clatworthy is a Production Design American born on 31 december 1911 at Illinois (USA)

Robert Clatworthy

Robert Clatworthy
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Birth name William Robert Clatworthy
Nationality USA
Birth 31 december 1911 at Illinois (USA)
Death 2 march 1992 (at 80 years) at La Cañada Flintridge (USA)

Robert Clatworthy (31 December 1911 – 2 March 1992) was an American art director. He won an Academy Award and was nominated four more times in the category Best Art Direction.

Biography

Au cinéma, Robert Clatworthy est chef décorateur ou directeur artistique de quasiment quatre-vingt-dix films films américains (parfois en coproduction), les deux premiers sortis en 1943.

Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons Les Mains qui tuent de Robert Siodmak (1944), Écrit sur du vent de Douglas Sirk (1956), Psychose d'Alfred Hitchcock (1960), ou encore La Nef des fous de Stanley Kramer (1965).

Son dernier film est la coproduction franco-américaine Un autre homme, une autre chance de Claude Lelouch (1977).

La Nef des fous lui permet de gagner en 1966 l'Oscar des meilleurs décors (il obtient quatre autres nominations durant sa carrière : voir détails ci-dessous).

Pour la télévision, entre 1959 et 1974, Robert Clatworthy travaille sur trois séries et trois téléfilms. Citons La Quatrième Dimension (premier épisode, 1959) et Rawhide (neuf épisodes, 1959).

Best films

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
(Production Design)
Psycho (1960)
(Art Direction)
Cactus Flower (1969)
(Production Design)
Butterflies Are Free (1972)
(Production Design)
To Hell and Back (1955)
(Art Direction)
Written on the Wind (1956)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(32 films)
Bud Westmore
Bud Westmore
(31 films)
Bill Thomas
Bill Thomas
(18 films)
Oliver Emert
Oliver Emert
(12 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Clatworthy (61 films)

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Art

Another Man, Another Chance, 2h12
Directed by Claude Lelouch
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors James Caan, Geneviève Bujold, Francis Huster, Susan Tyrrell, Richard Farnsworth, Christopher Lloyd
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.147263.147263.147263.147263.14726
France in 1870: Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty.
From Noon Till Three, 1h39
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Charles Bronson, Jill Ireland, Douglas Fowley, Bert Williams, Anne Ramsey, Damon Douglas
Roles Production Design
Rating64% 3.244663.244663.244663.244663.24466
The setting is the American West, late 19th century. A gang of bank robbers led by Graham Dorsey (Charles Bronson) is off to rob a small-town bank, but Graham is having second thoughts: he's had a nightmare in which the gang was wiped out during the robbery attempt. Worse, Graham's horse broke down and the gang members have to get another. They try at the ranch of the widow Amanda Starbuck (Jill Ireland). Amanda, suspicious of the men, denies having a horse. Graham checks out the barn and finds a horse, but still afraid of disaster, he lies to his men and agrees to wait three hours at the ranch for their return (the "from noon till three" of the title). It turns out he has another reason for wanting to stay behind though: he wants to force himself on Mrs. Starbuck. Amanda resists rather inventively; simply lies still, fully clothed. This frustrates Graham, who decides on a ruse. He pretends he is impotent, hoping to play on Amanda's sympathy. The deception works, and they make love three times.
Treasure of Matecumbe, 1h57
Directed by Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Johnny Doran, Robert Foxworth, Joan Hackett, Peter Ustinov, Vic Morrow, Jane Wyatt
Roles Production Design
Rating61% 3.0548853.0548853.0548853.0548853.054885
En 1869, Davie Burnie découvre l'existence d'un trésor enfoui dans les marais de Floride. Il demande à Thad, un de ses amis, de l'aider à le retrouver. Seulement le trésor est également convoité par Spangler et ses hommes...
Car Wash
Car Wash (1976)
, 1h37
Directed by Michael Schultz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Franklyn Ajaye, Bill Duke, George Carlin, Irwin Corey, Ivan Dixon, Antonio Fargas
Roles Art Direction
Rating61% 3.0987553.0987553.0987553.0987553.098755
Le film conte une journée ordinaire dans une station de lavage manuelle de Los Angeles. On trouve le patron américain type (Sully Boyar) affublé de son fils maoïste, les laveurs de voiture, petites gens venus de tous les horizons (Jack Kehoe, Pepe Serna, Henry Kingi, Clarence Muse), et les divers clients (Lorraine Gary, Richard Pryor, Irwin Corey), tous sont plus farfelus les uns que les autres : le rebelle prônant la suprématie noire (Bill Duke), l’ancien détenu, l'obèse surnommé Hippo, les jeunes écervelés, l’homosexuel (Antonio Fargas), le bookmaker, les danseurs qui croient qu'Hollywood les attend, l’amoureux transi (Franklyn Ajaye), qui rêve de devenir un super-héros, mais qui n'arrive pas à séduire la serveuse du restaurant d'en face (Tracy Reed).
Report to the Commissioner, 1h52
Directed by Paul Baxley, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Moriarty, Yaphet Kotto, Susan Blakely, Héctor Elizondo, Dana Elcar, Bob Balaban
Roles Production Design
Rating66% 3.3464453.3464453.3464453.3464453.346445
Patty Butler (Susan Blakely), an attractive young female police officer, is pretending to be a runaway girl with the nickname of "Chicklet." She has been given permission by the Department to be the live-in girlfriend of Thomas "Stick" Henderson (Tony King), a suspected drug dealer, so that they can gather evidence against him. To back up her cover story, Detective Bo Lockley (Michael Moriarty) has been given an almost impossible assignment: without being told she is actually an undercover officer, he is instructed to spend a few weeks trying to find this young runaway "Chicklet," who is believed to be somewhere in New York City. By Bo's actions of openly looking around and trying to find her, this will end up being reported back to Stick, which should convince him that his girlfriend really is a runaway.
The Castaway Cowboy, 1h31
Directed by Vincent McEveety, Christopher Hibler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Western
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors James Garner, Vera Miles, Eric Shea, Robert Culp, Manu Tupou, Gregory Sierra
Roles Production Design
Rating57% 2.859452.859452.859452.859452.85945
Texas cowboy, Lincoln Costain (James Garner), gets "shanghaied" in San Francisco, then jumps ship and washes ashore on the Hawaiian island of Kauai, right into the arms of widow Henrietta MacAvoy (Vera Miles) and her son (Eric Shea) who are struggling to make a living as farmers. A lot of wild cattle often trample their crops, so Costain gets the idea to start cattle ranching instead. The Hawaiian farm hands don't readily take to the American cowboy culture, and Calvin Bryson (Robert Culp), is a banker with eyes to grab Henrietta's land and maybe Henrietta herself.
40 Carats
40 Carats (1973)
, 1h50
Directed by Mike Frankovich, Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Liv Ullmann, Edward Albert, Gene Kelly, Binnie Barnes, Deborah Raffin, Nancy Walker
Roles Production Design
Rating63% 3.1949853.1949853.1949853.1949853.194985
Ann Stanley, who sells real estate in New York City, is on vacation [by herself] with her mother in Greece when her car breaks down. To her rescue comes a young man on a motor [scooter] bike, Peter Latham, who has a difficult time persuading Ann to accept a ride.
Butterflies Are Free, 1h49
Directed by Milton George Katselas
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Théâtre, Films about disabilities, Films based on plays, La cécité
Actors Goldie Hawn, Edward Albert, Eileen Heckart, Paul Michael Glaser, Michael Warren, Paul Ryan
Roles Production Design
Rating71% 3.596053.596053.596053.596053.59605
In the San Francisco of the 1970s, Don Baker (Edward Albert), who was born blind, has lived all his life with his mother (Eileen Heckart). Don moves out into an apartment on his own, but Don finds himself all alone. He has made a contract that his mother will not come to see him for at least two months.
Scandalous John, 1h53
Directed by Robert Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Western
Themes Children's films
Actors Brian Keith, Alfonso Arau, Michele Carey, Harry Morgan, Rick Lenz, Simon Oakland
Roles Art Direction
Rating58% 2.9123352.9123352.9123352.9123352.912335
John McCanless was once a gunslinger and has become a cranky old rancher. There is a plan to build a dam which would flood his property. John has no intention of selling his land and is determined to fight the dam to the end if necessary.
The Secret of Santa Vittoria, 2h19
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Anthony Quinn, Anna Magnani, Virna Lisi, Hardy Krüger, Sergio Franchi, Renato Rascel
Roles Production Design
Rating72% 3.644763.644763.644763.644763.64476
During World War II in the summer of 1943, in the aftermath of the fall of the Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, the German army uses the ensuing political vacuum to occupy most of the peninsula of Italy.
Cactus Flower, 1h43
Directed by Gene Saks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Matthau, Ingrid Bergman, Goldie Hawn, Jack Weston, Rick Lenz, Vito Scotti
Roles Production Design
Rating71% 3.5982853.5982853.5982853.5982853.598285
21-year-old Toni Simmons attempts to commit suicide by inhaling gas from a second-hand stove. Her neighbor, Igor Sullivan, smells the gas and rescues her by using mouth to mouth resuscitation, which evolves into a kiss after Toni regains consciousness.
How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life, 1h42
Directed by Fielder Cook
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Dean Martin, Stella Stevens, Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Betty Field, Jack Albertson
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1458653.1458653.1458653.1458653.145865
David Sloane is an attorney and a bachelor whose married pal Harry Hunter is having an affair. David decides to do something about it so Harry doesn't mess up his home life.
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, 1h48
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about racism
Actors Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards
Roles Production Design
Rating77% 3.897743.897743.897743.897743.89774
Joanna Drayton's unannounced early return from a Hawaii holiday causes a stir when she brings to her childhood upper-class home her new fiancé, John: a widowed, black physician. Joanna's parents - newspaper publisher Matt Drayton (Spencer Tracy) and his wife, art gallery owner Christina Drayton (Katharine Hepburn) – are liberals who have instilled in her the idea of racial equality. But to her surprise, Joanna's parents are deeply upset that she is planning to marry a black man. The Draytons' black maid, Tille (Isabel Sanford), is just as horrified, suspecting that John is trying to "get above himself" by marrying a white woman. What was intended to be a sit-down steak dinner for two turns into a meet-the-in-laws dinner party, and during the pre-dinner period, John, Joanna and her parents have to work through their differences.
Inside Daisy Clover, 2h8
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Musical films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Natalie Wood, Christopher Plummer, Robert Redford, Roddy McDowall, Ruth Gordon, Ottola Nesmith
Roles Production Design
Rating60% 3.048083.048083.048083.048083.04808
Set in the mid-1930s, the plot centers on Daisy Clover (Wood), a teenage tomboy who lives in a ramshackle trailer with her eccentric mother (Gordon) on a California beach and dreams of Hollywood stardom. She submits a song recording to the well-known film producer Ray Swan (Plummer), who puts her under contract. Ray and his wife Melora (Katharine Bard) foster Daisy's rise to fame by any means necessary, forcing Daisy to deal with the pressures of stardom and the Swans' manipulation of her life and career. Daisy reluctantly accepts the placement of her mother in a mental institution, to protect Daisy's reputation as "America's valentine", and is told to tell any interviewers that her mother is dead.