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William Edward Flannery is a Production Design American born on 17 november 1898 at Ohio (USA)

William Edward Flannery

William Edward Flannery
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Nationality USA
Birth 17 november 1898 at Ohio (USA)
Death 25 january 1959 (at 60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

William Edward Flannery (November 17, 1898 – January 25, 1959) was an American art director and architect for William Randolph Hearst. He won an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film Picnic.

As an architect his projects included a beachside mansion for Hearst's girlfriend Marion Davies. The main mansion was demolished, but part of the property survives as the Annenberg Community Beach House.

Flannery married silent film actress Mary Mercedes Campbell and they had a son Patrick John, born in 1927.

During the Great Depression he became an art director.

Best films

The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
(Art Direction)
Going My Way (1944)
(Art Direction)
Picnic (1955)
(Art Direction)
North West Mounted Police (1940)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(14 films)
Leo McCarey
Leo McCarey
(3 films)
Edith Head
Edith Head
(7 films)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of William Edward Flannery (30 films)

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Art

The Crimson Kimono, 1h22
Directed by Samuel Fuller
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Peinture
Actors Victoria Shaw, Glenn Corbett, James Shigeta, Anna Lee, Pat Silver-Lasky, Kaye Elhardt
Roles Art Direction
Rating67% 3.3965853.3965853.3965853.3965853.396585
A stripper runs out onto a Los Angeles street in the Little Tokyo district, in a state of undress, mortally wounded by a gunshot. Police detectives Joe Kojaku and Charlie Bancroft, partners and bachelors who share an apartment, are assigned to the case. They find portraits of the stripper, known as Sugar Torch, dressed in a kimono as a geisha, apparently preparing a Japanese-themed act.
Space Ship Sappy
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure, Comic science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Comedy science fiction films, Space opera, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Joe Besser, Benny Rubin, Emil Sitka, Harriette Tarler
Roles Art Direction
Rating59% 2.9531752.9531752.9531752.9531752.953175
The Stooges meet up with eccentric Professor A.K. Rimple (Benny Rubin) and his daughter (Doreen Woodbury) who ask the trio to help them with a space mission. The mission lands on the planet Sunev (Venus spelled backwards), where the Stooges are taken in by three attractive female aliens. At first, sparks fly (literally) when the girls kiss the boys. But then the ladies turn cannibalistic, and are about the suck the Stooges' blood. However, the boys are able to escape, as a huge lizard appears on the horizon, causing the women to run away. The three jump back in the rocket ship, knocking the Professor and his daughter out cold, and fly back to Earth. They are then shown relating the story of their adventure to an assembled group. When they finish, the "Liars Club" presents them with the award for being the biggest liars in the world.
The Harder They Fall, 1h48
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Rod Steiger, Jan Sterling, Max Baer Jr., Mike Lane, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Art Direction
Rating74% 3.7459153.7459153.7459153.7459153.745915
Sportswriter Eddie Willis (Humphrey Bogart) is broke after the newspaper he works for goes under. He is hired by crooked boxing promoter Nick Benko (Rod Steiger) to publicize his new boxer, a huge, but slow-witted and untalented Argentinian named Toro Moreno (Mike Lane).
Bring Your Smile Along, 1h23
Directed by Blake Edwards
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Actors Keefe Brasselle, Constance Towers, Lucy Marlow, Mario Siletti, Jack Albertson, Bobby Clark
Roles Art Direction
Rating51% 2.5934152.5934152.5934152.5934152.593415
New England schoolteacher Nancy Willows (Constance Towers) leaves her school and fiancee David Parker (William Leslie) to go to New York City for a career as a lyricist. Her neighbours across the hall are an easy going singer named Jerry Dennis (Frankie Laine) and his hot headed songwriter roommate Marty Adams (Keefe Brasselle) who is incapable of writing acceptable lyrics for his songs.
Picnic
Picnic (1955)
, 1h55
Directed by Joshua Logan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Rosalind Russell, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson
Roles Art Direction
Rating69% 3.496043.496043.496043.496043.49604
Hal Carter (William Holden) is a former college football star, adrift and unemployed after army service and a failed Hollywood acting career. On Labor Day (September 5, 1955), he arrives by freight train in a Kansas town to visit his fraternity friend, Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson), the son of a wealthy grain elevator owner, Mr. Benson (Raymond Bailey). Working for his breakfast by doing chores in the backyard of kindly Mrs. Potts (Verna Felton), Hal presents to Bomber (Nick Adams), Madge Owens (Kim Novak), her sister Millie (Susan Strasberg), and her mother (Betty Field). The later is hoping Madge will marry Alan, which would thus raise both Madge and herself into the town's highest, respectable social circles. Alan wants to marry Madge, but his father thinks she is beneath him. Madge, even when being Alan fiancé, doesn't really loves Alan and is weary of being liked only because she is pretty.
Phffft
Phffft (1954)
, 1h28
Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays, Films about marriage
Actors Judy Holliday, Jack Lemmon, Jack Carson, Kim Novak, Fay Baker, Donald Randolph
Roles Art Direction
Rating65% 3.295513.295513.295513.295513.29551
Nina and Robert Tracey (Judy Holliday and Jack Lemmon), married for eight years, suffer marriage troubles and divorce. Robert takes up with his womanizing Navy buddy Charlie Nelson (Jack Carson) while Nina looks to her interfering mother for guidance. Robert spends the night with Janis (Kim Novak), a Marilyn Monroe-type character who finds the dashing Robert "real cute" but he feels uncomfortable with Janis and other girls he dates. Nina also tries to date other men but fails as she is still in love with Robert. Although they try to ignore each other when they accidentally meet, it is obvious that the past is not dead. Then one night, they find themselves in a nightclub, dancing the mambo together.
The Shanghai Story, 1h30
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Romance
Actors Ruth Roman, Edmond O'Brien, Richard Jaeckel, Barry Kelley, Philip Ahn, Whit Bissell
Roles Art Direction
Rating57% 2.898982.898982.898982.898982.89898
A number of people are held captive by Major Ling Wu and his men, who refuse to let anyone go until identifying a spy in their midst. When he sends his assassin Sun Lee after one of the hostages, Dan Maynard, a doctor, and Knuckles Greer, a sailor, manage to intervene.
Captain Scarface, 1h12
Directed by Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Barton MacLane, Virginia Grey, Leif Erickson, Carey Loftin, Isabel Randolph, Paul Brinegar
Roles Art Direction
Rating48% 2.4313352.4313352.4313352.4313352.431335
In the waters off South America, the Soviets torpedo the tramp steamer and banana boat SS Banos and murder the survivors with the cooperation of the ship's radioman, Clegg who escapes with his life and a promise of $5000. The Soviets have mocked up their own ship as the SS Banos that contains an atomic device with the goal of sailing the Banos to the locks of the Panama Canal where they will detonate their ship on an atomic suicide mission.
The Savage
The Savage (1952)
, 1h35
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Western
Actors Charlton Heston, Ted de Corsia, Susan Morrow, Peter Hansen, Joan Taylor, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.0496453.0496453.0496453.0496453.049645
Quelques années après la fin de la guerre de Sécession. Un convoi en route vers l'Ouest traversant le territoire Sioux est attaqué par un groupe de Crows. Le convoi est massacré et seul le jeune Jim Ahern survit. Il est recueilli et élevé chez les Sioux, auprès du chef Geronimo qui le considère comme son fils. Mais la guerre contre les Blancs approche et, lors d'un conseil, Jim dit Cœur vaillant est envoyé au fort pour espionner les soldats. Cœur vaillant va devoir choisir entre son peuple d'origine et son peuple d'adoption.
My Son John, 2h2
Directed by Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Helen Hayes, Van Heflin, Dean Jagger, Robert Walker, Minor Watson, Frank McHugh
Roles Art Direction
Rating55% 2.754832.754832.754832.754832.75483
In uniform, John and Ben Jefferson, strapping blonds who played high school football, attend Sunday Mass with their parents before leaving for army service in Korea. Their older brother, John sends regrets that he can not join their farewell dinner because of his work for the federal government in Washington.
The Capture, 1h31
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Western
Actors Lew Ayres, Teresa Wright, Victor Jory, Jacqueline White, Jimmy Hunt, Barry Kelley
Roles Production Design
Rating59% 2.9519352.9519352.9519352.9519352.951935
Lin Vanner (Lew Ayres), is manager of an oil company. The payroll has been stolen in a hold-up. His fiance urges him to pursue the suspect in hope that he will gain recognition. Deducing the road the robber may have taken over the border with Mexico, he goes along to intercept him. He shoots a man who shouts back at him and does not raise his hands when challenged by Lin.
The Sun Sets at Dawn, 1h11
Directed by Paul Sloane
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Walter Reed, Houseley Stevenson, Howard St. John, Louise Lorimer, Charles Meredith, King Donovan
Roles Art Direction
Rating60% 3.0017653.0017653.0017653.0017653.001765
A young man in sits in prison on the night before his execution, while his girlfriend waits for the inevitable in the prison governor's house. The governor and his wife sympathize with both of them. It is the first use of the electric chair in the state, and there are teething problems with its installation. Meanwhile a group of reporters discussing the case, realize that the M.O. of the crime bears a similar style to that of a criminal, "Parrot" Farucco, who was supposed to have died three years previously. As the execution takes place off camera, a prison orderly collecting mail in the cafe identifies a customer as Farucco. He confronts him and is shot by the criminal, who is subdued and tied by other customers who happen to be prison officers waiting to begin work.
The Velvet Touch, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor, Sydney Greenstreet, Frank McHugh
Roles Production Design
Rating67% 3.3897353.3897353.3897353.3897353.389735
Broadway leading lady Valerie Stanton (Russell), accidentally kills her producer and former lover, Gordon Dunning (Ames), during an argument about the direction her career should take. He expects her to sign for his next production, a typical frothy comedy for which he is known, while she wants to star in a revival of Hedda Gabler in order to prove her versatility as an actress.
Mourning Becomes Electra, 2h53
Directed by Dudley Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Michael Redgrave, Raymond Massey, Katína Paxinoú, Leo Genn, Kirk Douglas
Roles Production Design
Rating62% 3.1486453.1486453.1486453.1486453.148645
A wealthy New England family, the Mannons, await the return of patriarch Ezra, general for the Union in the Civil War, and son Orin, a timid young man before becoming an Army officer.
Abie's Irish Rose, 1h36
Directed by A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Michael Chekhov, Joanne Dru, J. M. Kerrigan, George E. Stone, Emory Parnell, Art Baker
Roles Art Direction
Rating54% 2.73052.73052.73052.73052.7305
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