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Warren Newcombe is a Matte Painter and Special Effects American born on 28 april 1894 at Waltham (USA)

Warren Newcombe

Warren Newcombe
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Nationality USA
Birth 28 april 1894 at Waltham (USA)
Death 3 august 1960 (at 66 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Warren Newcombe (April 28, 1894 – August 3, 1960) was an American special effects artist. He won two Academy Awards for Best Special Effects and was nominated for another one in the same category. He worked on more than 200 films during his career.

Best films

Mrs. Miniver (1942)
(Special Effects)
Annie Get Your Gun (1950)
(Special Effects)
I'll Cry Tomorrow (1955)
(Special Effects)
The Yearling (1946)
(Special Effects)
Green Dolphin Street (1947)
(Special Effects)
An American in Paris (1951)
(Special Effects)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(114 films)
Helen Rose
Helen Rose
(38 films)
Walter Plunkett
Walter Plunkett
(28 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Warren Newcombe (115 films)

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Visual effects

Thrill of a Romance, 1h45
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Frances Gifford, Carleton G. Young, Henry Travers, Spring Byington
Roles Matte Painter
Rating63% 3.197323.197323.197323.197323.19732
Cynthia Glenn (Esther Williams) is a swimming instructor in Los Angeles, California, where she lives with her scatterbrained aunt and uncle Nona and Hobart (Spring Byington and Henry Travers). While demonstrating a dive to her students, she catches the eye of an interested stranger, Bob Delbar (Carleton G. Young). Cynthia returns home to find that she has received flowers from the stranger. The two court for one month, and then get married.

Team

The Wings of Eagles, 1h50
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Biography, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken Curtis, Sig Ruman
Roles Special Effects
Rating65% 3.2967153.2967153.2967153.2967153.296715
Soon after World War I is over, "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), along with John Dale Price (Ken Curtis), tries to prove to the Navy the value of aviation in combat. To do this, Wead pushes the Navy to compete in racing and endurance competitions. Several races are against the US Army aviation team led by Captain Herbert Allen Hazard (based on Jimmy Doolittle – played by Kenneth Tobey).
Raintree County, 2h46
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Eva Marie Saint, Lee Marvin, Rod Taylor, Nigel Patrick
Roles Special Effects
Rating63% 3.150033.150033.150033.150033.15003
In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey (Montgomery Clift), a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither (Eva Marie Saint) by Susanna Drake (Elizabeth Taylor), a rich New Orleans girl. He has a brief and passionate affair with Susanna while she is visiting. Following her return to the South, she comes back to Indiana to tell Shawnessey she is pregnant with his child. John marries her out of honor and duty, leaving Nell heartbroken.
The Teahouse of the August Moon, 1h39
Directed by Daniel Mann
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Théâtre, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Marlon Brando, Glenn Ford, Machiko Kyō, Paul Ford, Eddie Albert, Jun Negami
Roles Special Effects
Rating65% 3.296313.296313.296313.296313.29631
Misfit Captain Fisby (Glenn Ford) is sent to Americanize the village of Tobiki on Okinawa, the largest of the Ryukyu Islands. His commanding officer, Colonel Wainwright Purdy III (Paul Ford), assigns him a wily local, Sakini (Marlon Brando), to act as interpreter.
Designing Woman, 1h58
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Dolores Gray, Lauren Bacall, Gregory Peck, Sam Levene, Tom Helmore, Mickey Shaughnessy
Roles Special Effects
Rating66% 3.347913.347913.347913.347913.34791
While on vacation, sports reporter Mike Hagen (Gregory Peck) meets fashion designer Marilla Brown (Lauren Bacall). The two instantly bond and quickly get married, only to realize they have little in common.
Gun Glory
Gun Glory (1957)
, 1h29
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Stewart Granger, Chill Wills, Rhonda Fleming, James Gregory, Jacques Aubuchon, Arch Johnson
Roles Special Effects
Rating61% 3.096733.096733.096733.096733.09673
Tom Early rides into a Wyoming town where he once lived with his wife and son. In the general store, owner Wainscott is annoyed when he believes clerk Jo is flirtatious with Early.
The Opposite Sex, 1h57
Directed by David Miller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors June Allyson, Joan Collins, Dolores Gray, Jeff Richards, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller
Roles Special Effects
Rating60% 3.0469353.0469353.0469353.0469353.046935
The story concerns Kay Hilliard (June Allyson), a former nightclub singer who discovers her husband Steven (Leslie Nielsen) is having an affair with showgirl Crystal Allen (Joan Collins). Kay is the last to find out among her circle of gossiping girlfriends. Kay travels to Reno to divorce from Steve who then marries Crystal, but when Kay finds out that Crystal isn't true to Steve she starts fighting to win her ex-husband back.
Forbidden Planet, 1h38
Directed by Fred M. Wilcox
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Themes Space adventure films, Monde imaginaire, Théâtre, Dans l'espace, Sur une planète fictive, Films set in the future, Political films, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Robot films, Invisibilité
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen, Warren Stevens, Jack Kelly, Richard Anderson
Roles Special Effects
Rating74% 3.747783.747783.747783.747783.74778
In the 23rd century, to discover the fate of an expedition sent 20 years earlier, starship C-57D reaches the distant planet Altair IV. Dr. Edward Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), one of the expedition's scientists, contacts the starship. He states no assistance is required, warning the Earth ship away, saying he cannot guarantee their safety. Commander John Adams (Leslie Nielsen) insists on landing.
Meet Me in Las Vegas, 1h52
Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Agnes Moorehead, Paul Henreid, Jim Backus, Lena Horne
Roles Special Effects
Rating60% 3.04633.04633.04633.04633.0463
Le film se déroule à l'intérieur et aux alentours de l'hôtel Sands à Las Vegas; un joueur découvre que tout ce qu'il a à faire pour gagner à la roulette est de prendre la main d'une danseuse.
Somebody Up There Likes Me, 1h53
Directed by Robert Wise
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Paul Newman, Pier Angeli, Everett Sloane, Eileen Heckart, Angela Cartwright, Sal Mineo
Roles Special Effects
Rating74% 3.7460453.7460453.7460453.7460453.746045
Rocky Barbella (Paul Newman) grandit à New York à la fin des années 1930, au sein d'une bande de petits délinquants. Il fait plusieurs séjours en maison de correction. Déserteur de l'armée américaine, il intègre la salle d'un manager de boxe (Everett Sloane). Repris par les autorités, il est incarceré dans une prison militaire. Cette forte tête est prise en main par un sergent, et lui fait comprendre qu'il a de l'or dans les poings et qu'il vaut mieux mettre sa force et son courage en devenant un vrai boxeur qu'au service du mal. Rendu à la vie civile, il se consacre entièrement à la carrière de boxeur professionnel et gravit progressivement tous les échelons jusqu'à devenir champion du monde sous le nom de Rocky Graziano.
Guys and Dolls, 2h23
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Musical, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Robert Keith, Stubby Kaye
Roles Special Effects
Rating70% 3.5467753.5467753.5467753.5467753.546775
Although there are detail differences between the stage and movie versions, the plot is essentially based on the activities of New York petty criminals and professional gamblers in the late 1940s.
Jupiter's Darling, 1h35
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Historical, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Marge Champion, Gower Champion, George Sanders, Richard Haydn
Roles Special Effects
Rating57% 2.8512652.8512652.8512652.8512652.851265
Nous sommes en 216 av. J.-C. Après avoir anéanti les légions romaines, le général carthaginois Hannibal marche sur Rome à la tête de son armée, tandis qu’à Rome même, le dictateur Fabius Maximus espère enfin se marier à la belle et indépendante Amythis, sa fiancée depuis 7 ans.
Interrupted Melody, 1h46
Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Glenn Ford, Eleanor Parker, Roger Moore, Cecil Kellaway, Peter Leeds, Walter Baldwin
Roles Special Effects
Rating66% 3.34283.34283.34283.34283.3428
The story traces Marjorie's (Eleanor Parker) long, hard road to the top, her success on two continents, and her turbulent marriage to American doctor Thomas King (Glenn Ford). While touring South America in 1941, Lawrence is stricken with polio, which not only abruptly ends her career but briefly robs her of the will to live.
Love Me or Leave Me, 2h2
Directed by Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical theatre, Documentary, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doris Day, James Cagney, Cameron Mitchell, Robert Keith, Tom Tully, Harry Bellaver
Roles Special Effects
Rating70% 3.5465253.5465253.5465253.5465253.546525
L'histoire romancée de la carrière de la chanteuse de jazz Ruth Etting et de son mariage tumultueux avec le gangster Marty Snyder qui l'aida à gravir les échelons du showbusiness.
Kismet
Kismet (1955)
, 1h53
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Howard Keel, Ann Blyth, Dolores Gray, Monty Woolley, Sebastian Cabot, June Kirby
Roles Special Effects
Rating62% 3.146173.146173.146173.146173.14617
In old Baghdad, an impoverished poet goes to the marketplace to sell his rhymes for food. Because the Poet has set up shop in a spot usually reserved for a man named Hajj, some men kidnap the Poet and take him to the desert tent of Jawan, an elderly thief. Jawan, assuming that the Poet is Hajj, orders him to reverse the curse Hajj put on him fifteen years ago, which led to the kidnapping of Jawan's beloved son. The Poet asks for one hundred gold pieces to reverse the curse; Jawan agrees, and returns to Baghdad to look for his son.