Jack Okey

출생 : 1889-06-03, Los Angeles, California, USA

사망 : 1963-01-08

약력

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Clark "Jack" Okey (June 3, 1889 – January 8, 1963) was an American art director. Around the time of his marriage, he became involved in the nascent film industry in the Los Angeles area and was involved in the design and construction of some of the earliest studios there. He continued in the film industry as an art director until his retirement in 1959. In the mid-1930s he spent several years in England working for Alexander Korda. After his return to the United States, he spent the remainder of his active career working for RKO Studios. He was nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Art Direction for the films Sally (1929) and Experiment Perilous (1944).

참여 작품

The Young Land
Art Direction
An American gunslinger kills a Mexican man in California immediately after the Mexican-American war. The killer is arrested and put on trial for murder with the Hispanic population waiting to learn of American justice.
The Missouri Traveler
Art Direction
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.
Run of the Arrow
Art Direction
When the South loses the war, Confederate veteran O'Meara goes West, joins the Sioux, takes a wife and refuses to be an American but he must choose a side when the Sioux go to war against the U.S. Army.
Screaming Eagles
Art Direction
A group of young soldiers parachute into France in preparation for D-Day.
그레이트 데이 인 더 모닝
Art Direction
After a card game, Southerner Owen Pentecost finds himself the owner of a Denver hotel. Involved with two women, he then has to make even more fundamental choices when, with the start of the Civil War, he becomes one of a small minority in a strongly Unionist town.
The Treasure of Pancho Villa
Art Direction
In 1915, an American adventurer joins the supporters of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa.
Bengazi
Art Direction
An American with a shady past joins with a morally-bankrupt Irishman to find treasure buried by Arabs in a deserted mosque in the Sahara. The situation becomes complicated when they are surrounded by Bedouin bandits.
A Bullet for Joey
Art Direction
Raoul Leduc is a police inspector trailing a spy who plots to kidnap an important American atomic scientist. Joe Victor a gangster who is hired to carry out the abduction, balks when he learns what is at stake and helps Leduc out instead.
아메리카노
Art Direction
An American Rancher takes a small herd of Brahma bulls to Brazil where he has sold them for a small fortune. There, he finds himself in the middle of a range war......and in love. His concern, who are really his friends and who are his enemies
Devil's Canyon
Art Direction
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
Split Second
Art Direction
Escaped convicts hold hostages in a ghost town targeted for a nuclear bomb test.
Blackbeard, the Pirate
Art Direction
Honest Robert Maynard finds himself serving as ship's surgeon under the infamous pirate Blackbeard.
One Minute to Zero
Art Direction
An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the officer and his small detachment are left to hold the line until allied forces can be brought into action.
익스프레스
Art Direction
LA경찰국소속의 거친 경찰 왈트 브라운(찰스 맥그로우)는 마피아 보스의 미망인 프랭키 닐(마리 윈저)이 시카고에서 로스앤젤레스로 가는 기차를 타고 가서 대배심원 앞에서 증언하는 것을 보호하는 임무를 맡는다. 한편 기차역에서 브라운은 갱스터 조셉 켐프(데이비드 클라크)가 자신을 뒤쫓고 있다는 사실을 알게 되고...
At Sword's Point
Art Direction
France, 1648: Richelieu and Louis XIII are dead, the new king is a minor, and the Duc de Lavalle is in virtually open rebellion, scheming to seize power. As a last resort, Queen Anne summons the heirs of the original Musketeers to her aid...including Claire, daughter of Athos, who when she chooses can miraculously pass as a boy, and wields as fine a sword as any. All their skills will be needed for a battle against increasing odds. One for all and all for one! Written by Rod Crawford
The Racket
Art Direction
Mobster Nick Scanlon has managed to buy several of the local government and law-enforcement officials. However, he can't seem to touch the incorruptible police captain Tom McQuigg, who refuses all attempts at bribery. Prosecuting attorney, Welch, and a police detective, Turck, are crooked and make McQuigg's job as an honest officer nearly impossible.
거칠게, 빠르게, 아름답게
Art Direction
테니스 영재인 플로렌스 팔리는 사랑과 어머니의 야망 사이에서 갈피를 잡지 못한다. 사회적 성공에 눈이 먼 어머니는 재능있는 테니스 선수인 딸을 통해 자신의 꿈을 실현하고자 애쓴다. 플로렌스는 챔피언이 되고도 행복하지 않은 자신의 삶에 대한 선택의 계기를 맞게 된다.
Double Deal
Art Direction
An oil engineer surrounded by foul play helps an heiress bring in a well.
Born to Be Bad
Art Direction
Christabel Caine has the face of angel and the heart of a swamp rat. She'll step on anyone to get what she wants, including her own family. A master of manipulation, she covertly breaks off the engagement of her trusting cousin, Donna, to her fabulously wealthy beau, Curtis Carey. Once married to Curtis herself, Christabel continues her affair with novelist Nick Bradley, who knows she's evil, but loves her anyway.
Adventure in Baltimore
Art Direction
Dinah Sheldon is a student at an exclusive girl's school who starts campaigning for women's rights. Her minister father and her boyfriend Tom Wade do not approve.
셋업
Art Direction
스토커라 불리우는 권투선수 빌 톰슨은 아직도 이길 수 있다고 주장하고 나선다. 그의 아름다운 아내 역시 그의 주장을 옹호한다. 그러나 그의 메니져 티니는 그가 질 수 밖에 없닥고 말한다. 그는 리틀 보이라 불리우는 겜블러에게 이미 대전료를 받아 챙긴 상태. 빌에게는 한마디 상의도 없이 말이다. 그가 맞붙을 상대는 타이거 넬슨. 그의 승산은 희미하기만 한데.
레이첼과 이방인
Art Direction
A widowed farmer takes an indentured servant as his new wife, but the arrival of a passing stranger threatens their burgeoning relationship.
Night Song
Art Direction
A socialite pretends to be poor and blind in her plan to help a blinded pianist.
과거로부터
Art Direction
피터 보그다노비치가 “가장 묘하게 시적인 범죄스릴러 가운데 하나”라고 말한 는 자크 투르뇌르의 대표작일 뿐만 아니라 필름 누아르의 역사를 통틀어 최고작 가운데 하나로 꼽힐 만하다. 어느 한적한 마을에서 주유소 일을 하고 있는 제프에게 한 남자가 찾아온다. 그 남자는 과거에 사립탐정이었던 제프를 고용했던 휘트의 하수인이다. 예전에 제프는 휘트로부터, 자신에게 총을 쏘고 4만달러를 가지고 달아난 아내 캐시를 찾아서 자기한테 되돌려달라는 제안을 받았지만 그 여자와 위험한 사랑에 빠진 적이 있었다. 그렇게 지나갔던 과거가 이제 제프의 삶에 다시 어두운 그림자를 드리우기 시작한다. 제목에서 드러난 대로 는 결코 달아날 수 없는 과거에 발목 잡힌 사람들, 그러면서도 영속적인 도주의 상태를 꿈꾸는 사람들의 운명을 복잡한 내러티브와 빼어난 비주얼로 포착해낸다. 아마도 위험한 것에 대한 매혹과 그로 인한 운명의 길을 이처럼 매혹적으로 그린 영화는 영화사상 그리 많지 않을 것이다.
멋진 인생
Art Direction
조지 베일리는 베드폴드 마을 사람들을 위해 평생을 봉사하며 살아온 인물. 그는 항상 여행을 원했지만 마을 전체를 인수하려는 구두쇠 포터의 계략을 막기 위해서 그 기회를 버릴 수 밖에 없었다. 그를 저지하기 위해 그와 그의 아버지가 만든 대출회사는 애를 쓰지만, 크리스마스 이브에 빌리 삼촌이 사업비 8000달러를 은행에 예금하려던 중 돈을 잃어버린다. 포터는 돈의 위치를 알아내고 이를 숨긴다. 조지는 책임을 떠안고 감옥에 구속되고, 회사는 파산한다. 마침내 포터는 도시를 인수한 것이다. 사랑하는 아내, 자식 그리고 마을 사람들을 생각하며 조지는 자살을 생각하지만, 그의 앞에 수호천사 클라란스가 나타나는데...
Crack-Up
Art Direction
Art curator George Steele experiences a train wreck...which never happened. Is he cracking up, or the victim of a plot?
틸 디 엔드 오브 타임
Art Direction
Three former marines have a hard time readjusting to civilian life. Perry can't deal with the loss of the use of his legs. William is in trouble with bad debts. And Cliff can't decide what he wants to do with his life, although he gets encouragement from war widow Pat Ruscomb.
Deadline at Dawn
Art Direction
A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of money after a drinking blackout.
나선 계단
Art Direction
어린 시절 충격으로 목소리를 잃은 헬렌은 워렌 가문에서 일하고 있다. 마을에서는 불구 여성만 골라가며 살해하는 연쇄살인사건이 일어난다. 한편, 이 마을에 새로 온 의사 패리는 헬렌을 보스턴으로 데려가 그녀가 목소리를 다시 찾을 수 있도록 도와주고 싶어 한다. 또 한 차례의 살인사건이 발생한 날, 워렌 부인은 헬렌에게 당장 떠나라고 경고하고, 헬렌은 패리와 함께 떠나기로 마음먹는데 그 순간 또 한 사람이 워렌 가에서 살해당하고 만다. 워렌 가에서 일하는 또 한 명의 여성 블랑쉬가 살해된 것. 블랑쉬는 한때 형 알버트와 연인관계였으며 현재는 이복동생 스티븐과 사귀는 사이다. 헬렌은 블랑쉬 살해현장에서 마주친 스티븐이 범인이라 생각하고 그를 가둔다. 그리고 결국 드러나는 범인의 실체... 마을에 또 다시 살인사건이 일어난다. 연쇄살인범은 장애가 있는 젊은 여성만 골라 살해한다. 한편, 젊고 아름답지만 말을 하지 못하는 헬렌은 병든 워렌 부인을 위해 일하고 있다. 워렌 부인은 다음 피해자는 헬렌일 거라 걱정하며 헬렌에게 멀리 떠나라 한다. 그러나 곧 저택에서 사건이 발생한다. 에셀 리나 화이트의 소설을 각색한 작품으로, 심리묘사가 뛰어난 스릴러. 으스스한 분위기가 가득한 한정된 공간 안에서 심리적인 압박은 극에 달한다. 이후에도 여러 번 영화화되었다. (2015 영화의 전당 - 세계영화사의 위대한 유산 - 월드시네마 XII)
Johnny Angel
Art Direction
George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.
Experiment Perilous
Art Direction
In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him that she is going to visit her brother Nick and his lovely young wife Allida. Once in New York, Bailey hears that his train companion suddenly died. Shortly afterward, he meets the strange couple and gets suspicious of Nick's treatment of his wife.
None But the Lonely Heart
Art Direction
When an itinerant reluctantly returns home to help his sickly mother run her shop, they're both tempted to turn to crime to help make ends meet.
The Master Race
Art Direction
When allied troops liberate a small battle-scarred Belgium town in 1944 the American and British commanders do all they can to help the war-weary people back on their feet. There are mental and physical wounds to heal, fields to plough, the church to rebuild. But a top Nazi, knowing the War is lost, has infiltrated the town and is fostering dissent and disunity.
Johnny Come Lately
Art Direction
Cagney is a human dynamo as a drifter who helps save ailing Grace George from losing her newspaper. The pace is fast, and audiences of all ages will be pleased. The supporting cast, have all the small-town characterizations down pat -- with Margaret Hamilton a standout. Cagney himself, had genuine affection for this film, and listed it among his top five movie-making experiences at a retrospective the year before he died.
정글북
Art Direction
인도의 정글을 개간하여 마을을 건설하던 현장에서 감독관 라에의 아내 마수아는 요람에서 놀던 아들 나투가 사라진 것을 발견한다. 아들을 찾던 라에는 호랑이에게 물려 죽고 아이는 결국 찾지 못하는데 정글에서 길을 잃은 아이는 늑대굴로 걸어들어가 늑대 새끼들과 함께 자라나면서 모글리란 이름을 얻는다. 12년 후, 호시탐탐 아이를 노리는 못된 호랑이 쉬어 칸에게 쫓기다 우연히 마을로 들어와 사람들을 보게 되는 모글리는 친어머니인 마수아를 만나지만 서로 알아보지 못하고 양아들이 되어 인간의 문명을 배운다. 그러나 모글리의 출현을 탐탁지 않게 여기던 사냥꾼 발데오에게 칼을 산 모글리는 쉬어 칸을 죽이기 위해 정글로 돌아가려고 하는데. 발데오의 딸 마하라는 모글리를 따라 정글로 구경을 갔다가 멸망한 옛 왕궁의 보물창고를 찾아나섰다가 실패하자 분풀이로 마을에 돌아온 모글리가 마귀라며 마을 사람들을 선동하여 아이를 화형시키려 한다. 그러나 보물에 대한 미련을 버리지 못한 이들은 모글리가 살아 있어야 보물창고를 찾을 수 있다고 생각해 마수아가 모글리를 놓아주는 걸 일부로 방치하고는 마수아를 잡아 가두고 다시 정글로 들어가 보물창고를 찾아낸다. 하지만 물욕에 눈먼 이들은 커다란 루비를 가지고 다투다 서로 죽이고 발데오 혼자 빈손으로 마을로 돌아온다. 보물을 모두 잃고 화가 난 발데오는 정글에 불을 지르고 불은 마을까지 번져 삶들은 모든 걸 잃고 도망친다. 코끼리를 타고 불 속에서 어머니 마수아를 구한 모글리는 마수아의 애원을 뒤로하고 동물들과 함께 다시 정글로 돌아간다.
Lydia
Art Direction
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.
The Vow
Costume Design
Two friends make a sacred pact pledging their newborn children, Rachel and Mendel, in marriage. Based on the same legend as S. Ansky's classic play The Dybbuk, this spirited film offers the divine intervention of Elijah and a happy ending.
Bordertown
Art Direction
An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss's neurotic wife.
Flirtation Walk
Art Direction
A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.
The St. Louis Kid
Art Direction
Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.
A Lost Lady
Art Direction
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
The Dragon Murder Case
Art Direction
Wonderful idea to give a party with people who dislike each other. Late at night, everyone decides to go into the pool, except Stamm, who is drunk. Montague dives in as does Greeff and Leland, but only Greeff and Leland come out. Montague is no where to be found so Leland suspects foul play and calls the cops. Luckily, Philo is with the D.A. and comes along, but they do not find Montague. When they drain the pool the next day, they find nothing except what looks like dragon prints. Philo has his suspicions and tries to piece the clues together to find out what has happened.
Fog Over Frisco
Art Direction
Val takes the assistance of a society reporter and a journalist to investigate the disappearance of her half-sister Arlene, a wealthy socialite who is involved in criminal activities.
The Merry Frinks
Art Direction
An heiress abandons an out-of-work husband, two sons and a lovesick daughter.
Merry Wives of Reno
Art Direction
Three couples raise a ruckus when they travel to Nevada for quickie divorces.
Wonder Bar
Art Direction
Harry and Inez are a dance team at the Wonder Bar. Inez loves Harry, but he is in love with Liane, the wife of a wealthy business man. Al Wonder and the conductor/singer Tommy are in love with Inez. When Inez finds out that Harry wants to leave Paris and is going to the USA with Liane, she kills him.
Heat Lightning
Art Direction
A lady gas station attendant gets mixed up with escaped murderers.
Fashions of 1934
Art Direction
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.
The World Changes
Art Direction
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr., who ages from a youth to an elderly grandfather.
College Coach
Art Direction
Ruthless Coach Gore creates turmoil at a college by hiring players and alienating students. Along the way, the coach loses his wife Claire Gore to a grandstanding player. Inside look at college football of the 1930s replete with fake grades, non-student players, and the importance of football to a college's reputation.
Female
Art Direction
Alison Drake, the tough-minded executive of an automobile factory, succeeds in the man's world of business until she meets an independent design engineer.
The Kennel Murder Case
Art Direction
Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates the locked-room murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
풋라이트 퍼레이드
Art Direction
브로드웨이 프로듀서로 코미디 뮤지컬을 제작해 온 체스터 켄트는 유성 영화의 등장으로 인해 사업상의 위기를 맞이한다. 궁여지책 끝에 그는 짧은 뮤지컬식 영화 도입부를 제작해주는 사업으로 크게 성공을 거두게 된다. 하지만 곧 새로운 아이디어를 내야 한다는 압박에 시달리고, 설상가상으로 라이벌은 그의 작품들을 훔쳐내간다. 그리고 주변의 크고 작은 문제들까지 겹쳐 위기에 봉착하게 되는데... 뮤지컬 감독으로서 버스비 버클리 최고의 뮤지컬 장면들을 감상할 수 있는 영화. (2010년 4회 서울충무로국제영화제)
히어로즈 포 세일
Art Direction
1차 세계대전 중, 독일군을 잡으러 나섰던 톰은 적군 병사를 생포하지만, 부상을 당한 채 오히려 포로가 된다. 그런데 톰의 동료는 톰을 버려두고 적군 병사를 무사히 인도해 전쟁영웅이 된다. 한편, 독일군 의사는 톰을 치료하면서 모르핀을 과다 투여하고, 결국 톰은 모르핀에 중독되고 만다. 마침내 퇴역했지만 대공황기를 맞은 톰은 여기저기를 떠돌며 직장을 구하기 위해 애쓴다. 고전기 갱스터영화의 원형인 "공공의 적"(1931)으로도 유명한 웰먼이 대공황기를 배경으로 잘못된 영웅숭배, 자본주의, 공산주의, 노사관계, 약물중독 등 묵직한 주제를 두루 풀어냈다.
Private Detective 62
Art Direction
A former government agent in France, who has failed at an assignment and been disavowed, is deported back to the USA, where he can only find work at a low-rent detective agency. He soon gets involved with a woman with ties to a crooked gambling club owner, who is a client of his agency.
Ex-Lady
Art Direction
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.
Lilly Turner
Art Direction
One woman faces many trials on the road to romance after unwittingly marrying a bigamist, then a carnival's barker and then falling for a young engineer.
The Working Man
Art Direction
A successful shoe manufacturer named John Reeves goes on vacation and meets the grown children of his recently deceased and much-respected competitor; they're on the verge of losing the family legacy through their careless behavior. Reeves takes it upon himself to save his rival's company by teaching the heirs a lesson in business.
Central Airport
Art Direction
Aviator Jim Blaine and his brother Neil are rivals not only as daredevil flyers, but also for the love of parachutist Jill Collins.
42번가
Art Direction
불경기가 계속되자 파산 상태인 무대 감독 줄리앙 마쉬는 뮤지컬 코미디 '귀여운 숙녀'의 연출 제의를 쾌히 승낙한다. 심하게 병을 앓던 처지라 여생을 편하게 지낼 돈이 필요했기 때문에 그는 쇼의 성공 여부에 연연해한다. 주역을 뽑는 테스트 결과 도로시와 빌리가 선발된다. 연극에서 이미 여러차례 비중있는 역을 해낸 도로시는 제작자 애브너 딜런의 개인적 선택으로 행운을 잡았으며 빌리 또한 잘 알려진 젊은 유망주. 빌리는 브로드웨이 극단에 전혀 경험이 없는 어린 페기에게 호감을 갖게 된다. 그래서 그는 코러스 테스트가 있자 긴장하지 않도록 그녀를 도와주는데 테스트 결과 페기, 안무가의 결프랜드 애니 그리고 로레인이 역할들을 맡게 된다. 그러던 어느날 연출 책임자 마쉬는 도로시가 애브너를 속이고 전 애인인 팻과의 관계를 계속하고 있다는 걸 알게 된다. 그는 제작자인 애브너가 이 사실을 알고 쇼의 후원을 철회한 것을 겁내 사람을 사서 팻에게 폭력을 휘두른다. 주일의 연습 기간이 눈깜짝할 사이에 지나가고 공연팀은 필라델피아에서 첫 공연을 하도록 계획되었다. 그러던 중 도로시는 우연히 팻이 다정하게 페기와 이야기 나누는 것을 목격한다.
Grand Slam
Art Direction
A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winning at contract bridge.
Parachute Jumper
Art Direction
An Air Force washout and his buddy room with a pretty young lady. Desperate for jobs during the Depression, they finally land employment with the mob.
You Said a Mouthful
Art Direction
Two men bear the name Joe Holt. One is a shipping clerk, the other a champion Canadian swimmer. When a socialite gets them confused, thinking the clerk is the inventor of an unsinkable swim suit, she enters him in a 20 mile swim race.
나는 탈옥수
Art Direction
법제도의 허점으로 인해 처참하게 희생당하는 한 사나이의 이야기를 그린 명작 사회고발 드라마
They Call It Sin
Art Direction
An innocent, young, small town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big-city and left fending for herself.
The Crash
Art Direction
Linda Gault is a luxury loving wife who casually seduces other men while getting investment tips from one of her lovers.
Tiger Shark
Production Design
A Portuguese tuna fisherman catches his bride with his first mate.
The Purchase Price
Art Direction
Nightclub singer Joan Gordon runs away from her gangster boyfriend to become a mail-order bride to a struggling North Dakota farmer. Their relationship has a rocky start, but just as Joan realizes she's developing feelings for her husband, her old boyfriend arrives to win her back.
The Dark Horse
Art Direction
The Progressive Party convention is deadlocked for governor, so both sides nominate the dark horse Zachary Hicks. Kay Russell suggests they hire Hal Blake as campaign manager; but first they have to get him out of jail for not paying alimony. Blake organizes the office and coaches Hicks to answer every question by pausing and then saying, "Well yes, but then again no." Blake will sell Hicks as dumb but honest. Russell refuses to marry Blake, while Joe keeps people away from Blake's office. Blake teaches Hicks a speech by Lincoln. At the debate when the conservative candidate Underwood recites the same speech, Blake exposes him as a plagiarist. Hicks is presented for photo opportunities and gives his yes-and-no answer to any question, including whether he expects to win.
Love Is a Racket
Art Direction
A gossip columnist helps a Broadway ingenue who's beholden to a penthouse gangster.
Miss Pinkerton
Art Direction
Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
The Rich Are Always with Us
Art Direction
A wealthy couple's marriage is falling apart due to the man's infidelity. The wife's male friend has long loved her and sees his big opportunity.
So Big!
Art Direction
A farmer's widow takes on the land and her late husband's tempestuous son.
The Crowd Roars
Art Direction
Famous auto racing champion Joe Greer returns to his hometown to compete in a local race, discovering that his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion.
The Man Who Played God
Art Direction
While giving a private performance for a visiting monarch, concert pianist Montgomery Royale is deafened when a bomb is detonated in an attempt to assassinate the foreign ruler. With his career over as a result of his injury, Royale returns to New York City with his sister Florence, close friend Mildred Miller, and considerably younger fiancée Grace Blair. After abandoning thoughts of suicide, Montgomery discovers he can lip read, and he spends his days observing people in Central Park from his apartment window. As he learns of people's problems, he tries to help them anonymously. He becomes absorbed in his game of "playing God" but his actions are without sincerity.
Union Depot
Art Direction
Among the travelers of varied backgrounds that meet and interact on one night at Union Depot, a metropolitan train station, are Chick and his friend Scrap Iron, both newly released from prison after serving time for vagrancy. Hungry and desperate for a break, Chick fortuitously comes across across a valise abandoned by a drunken traveler. In it he finds a shaving kit and a suit of clothes with a bankroll, which help transform the affable tramp into a dashing gent. After buying himself a meal, Chick seeks some female companionship among the many hustlers who walk the station. He propositions Ruth Collins, a stranded, out-of-work showgirl and takes her to the station's hotel.
Manhattan Parade
Art Direction
Director Lloyd Bacon's 1931 drama takes a different look at the Broadway arena by focusing on the owners of a theatrical costume shop.
Safe in Hell
Art Direction
To avoid the rigors of the law, Gilda flees New Orleans and hides on a Caribbean island where the worst criminals can ask for asylum. Besieged by the scum of the earth, Gilda will soon find out that she has found refuge in hell.
Local Boy Makes Good
Art Direction
John is a timid student who works at the University Book Store. He is studying to be a botanist and has a secret crush on the lovely Julia. One day, one of his letters gets accidentally mailed and Julia receives it. When the letter says that he is a fraternity man and a big track star, Julia rushes right over to see him. But John is neither and Spike, Julia's boyfriend, is a track star at a nearby College. John does not want to enter the track meet so Julia tries to use psychology on him. That and a good wrestling hold makes John timidly agree to enter the race, but Spike still scares him.
Her Majesty, Love
Art Direction
The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes to Berlin to marry a Baron von Schwarzdorf, and Fred arrives too late to stop the marriage.
Five Star Final
Art Direction
An unscrupulous newspaper editor searches for headlines at any cost.
The Ruling Voice
Art Direction
A mob boss has a change of heart when his daughter convinces him to move on from crime.
The Last Flight
Art Direction
Cary, Shep, Bill, and Francis are pilots during World War I. The four friends, haunted by the devastation of the war, head to Paris instead of home, where they meet Nikki, an eccentric and wealthy young woman. Nikki is drawn to Cary, and the five friends, tagged by the boorish reporter, Frink, drink their way from Paris to Lisbon.
Big Business Girl
Art Direction
A young woman goes to New York and finds success in advertising thanks to her legs while her boyfriend spends the summer in Europe with his band.
The Finger Points
Art Direction
Lee is a fresh young kid from the South when he gets a job with The Press. His first assignment on gangsters gets his name in the paper, the police on a raid and Lee in the hospital.
The Hot Heiress
Art Direction
Classes clash when a poor riveter and wealthy society woman fall in love with each other, much to the shock of her friends and family.
The Right of Way
Art Direction
Snobbish attorney Charles 'Beauty' Steele loses his wife due to his drinking and his heirs at the same time that his brother-in-law absconds with funds belonging to one of Steele's clients. In search of the thief, Steele is attacked and left for dead. He is rescued by a kindly couple, but suffers from amnesia. He starts life afresh and is happy, until the return of his memory sends him back to resolve his old involvements.
The Truth About Youth
Art Direction
A young man falls into the clutches of a nightclub singer who corrupts him.
The Dawn Patrol
Art Direction
World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Show Girl in Hollywood
Art Direction
Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.
Sally
Art Direction
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.
Broadway Babies
Art Direction
Dee is a naive chorus girl living in a boarding house full of low-paid actors. Dee and Billy are in love and he helps her to move from chorus girl to star. Things run afoul when jealousy, misunderstandings and sleazy men enter the picture.
The Squall
Art Direction
A fiesty, sexy and manipulative gypsy disrupts the lives of a conservative farm family.
The Notorious Lady
Art Direction
A man kills a man he finds alone with his wife. Although she is innocent of any wrong doing the wife claims to be guilty of having an affair to save her husband from a death sentence. Unfortunately, the husband also believes her guilt and so he runs off to Africa to forget and assumes a new identity.
Sweet Daddies
Art Direction
Stage comedian Patrick O'Brien is fired from his job because of his drinking celebration of his son, Jimmy, graduating from college. After the show he meets his son on a cabaret and there meets Abel Finklestein and his daughter, Miriam, and the two fathers form a business alliance, suspected of being bootlegging. They are arrested but are released after it is found they were importing molasses - but Miriam has to promise to marry Sam Berkowitz to secure the release. Jimmy and both fathers are unhappy with this turn of events.
Old Loves and New
Art Direction
Gervas Carew's wife, Elinor, has deserted him while he was fighting for France, for Lord Clyde Geraldine, a cad of the first order, but Elinor, in turn is cast off when Lord Geraldine turns his attention to an Irish lass, Marny. Marny has no idea of Geraldine's past nor his brutal nature.
Without Benefit of Clergy
Director of Photography
A British engineer in India takes a simple native girl as his bride, an act which defies social strictures and leads to tragedy.