The nominees were ...
(Black-and-White)
- The Foxes of Harrow. Art direction: Lyle Wheeler, Maurice Ransford; set decoration: Thomas Little, Paul S. Fox
- Great Expectations. Art direction: John Bryan; set decoration: Wilfred Shingleton
(Color)
- Black Narcissus. Art direction and set decoration: Alfred Junge
- Life With Father. Art direction, Robert M. Haas; set decoration: George James Hopkins
(Black-and-White)
Great Expectations. Art direction: John Bryan; set decoration: Wilfred Shingleton.
Great Expectations. Art direction: John Bryan; set decoration: Wilfred Shingleton.
Not only did the Brits win both art directing Oscars, but the same films won for both cinematography and art direction. Something was happening to the Hollywood studio factory system, and it wasn't good. This was the only win for Bryan, who had previously been nominated for Caesar and Cleopatra and would receive another nomination for Becket. He had worked as art director and production designer since 1934. His earlier credits include Pygmalion. He would turn producer in 1954, while still keeping his hand in on production designs. This was the sole win and nomination for Shingleton, who doubled as art director and production designer. His later credits include The African Queen, Voyage of the Damned, and the TV miniseries "Holocaust."
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| Production designs by John Bryan, top and center, and the on-camera realization of Miss Havisham's home |
(Color)
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| Alfred Junge |
Born in Germany, Junge began working in the theater as a teenager, and in 1920 joined the UFA studios in Berlin. In 1932 he repatriated to England, where he became head of the art department at Gaumont-British, and then, until the start of World War II, served as head of the art department of MGM's British film division, designing such films as The Citadel and Goodbye, Mr. Chips. In 1939 he began working with filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, which led to his Oscar for Black Narcissus. He later worked again for MGM in Britain on such films as Ivanhoe, Mogambo, and Knights of the Round Table, receiving another nomination for the last-named.
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| Black Narcissus |
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| Notes made by Junge for Black Narcissus. Below, two sketches by Junge for the film, now in the collections of the University of Texas at Austin |
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