Merrill Pye

출생 : 1902-08-14, Bismarck - North Dakota - USA

사망 : 1975-11-17

약력

From Wikipedia Merrill Pye (14 August 1902 – 17 November 1975) was an American art director. He was nominated for an Academy Award in the category Best Art Direction for the film North by Northwest.

참여 작품

Mr. and Mrs. Bo Jo Jones
Art Direction
A high-school senior and his girlfriend get married when they find out she's pregnant.
The Young Runaways
Art Direction
Three unhappy teenagers run away from home, only to discover living on their own isn't as idyllic as they imagined.
The Power
Art Direction
One by one members of a special project team are being killed by telekinesis - the ability to move things with the power of the mind alone. The race is on to determine which of the remaining team members is the murderer and to stop them.
Rowan & Martin At the Movies
Art Direction
This public service short for U.S. Savings Bonds starts out with Rowan and Martin arriving at a TV studio, ostensibly to host a show. It turns out that trumpet player Herb Alpert is the only other performer listed in the credits who is actually there in person. The others appear in clips, some from their own U.S. Savings Bonds spots, others from unidentified movie or TV appearances. Singer Barbara McNair is shown entertaining U.S. troops in Viet Nam, and the youth group The Young Americans also sings.
Double Trouble
Art Direction
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
Riot on Sunset Strip
Art Direction
A police captain (Aldo Ray) is caught between businesses operating on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip who don't like the punks hanging out, and his belief in allowing the kids their rights. But when his daughter (Mimsy Farmer) gets involved with an unruly bunch, his attitude starts to change.
Hot Rods to Hell
Art Direction
While on a business trip, Tom Phillips is in a car accident caused by a reckless driver. Tom survives the accident with a severe chronic back injury which results in him not being able to continue with his current business. The Phillips' buy a motel in the California desert and Tom with his wife Peg and their two children, Tina and Jamie make the long road trip to their new home. As they approach their destination they are terrorized by reckless teenage hot-rodders looking for kicks.
The Horizontal Lieutenant
Art Direction
Director Richard Thorpe's 1962 military comedy stars Jim Hutton, Paula Prentiss, Miyoshi Umeki, Jim Backus, Jack Carter, Marty Ingels, Charles McGraw and Argentina Brunetti.
북북서로 진로를 돌려라
Art Direction
뉴욕의 광고업자 손힐은 어느 날 정부 요원 조지 캐플란으로 오인 받고 괴한에게 납치된다. 어느 저택에서 술을 강제로 마신 뒤 버려져 음주운전으로 체포된 다음 날 홀어머니와 함께 현장으로 찾아간다. 저택 주인이 UN 외교관이란 이야기를 듣고 UN 본부 로비에서 그에게 면회를 신청하지만, 엉뚱한 사람이 나왔다가 현장에서 등에 칼을 맞고 쓰러진다. 삽시간에 살인범 누명까지 뒤집어쓴 손힐은 자신의 결백을 입증해 줄 수 있는 단 하나의 인물인 캐플란을 찾으러 시카고행 열차에 몸을 싣고, 그 곳에서 우연히 만난 금발의 미녀 이브 켄들과 사랑을 속삭이는데...
The Invisible Boy
Art Direction
A Super Computer plans world domination with the help of Robbie the robot and a 10 year old boy who is the son the computer's inventor.
Gun Glory
Art Direction
An ex-gunslinger (Stewart Granger) shunned by townsfolk is the only one who knows how to stop a ruthless cattleman.
더 랙
Art Direction
Army Captain Edward Hall returns to the US after two years in a prison camp in the Korean War. In the camp he was brainwashed and helped the Chinese convince the other prisoners that they were fighting an unjust war. When he comes back he is charged for collaboration with the enemy. Where does loyalty end in a prison camp, when the camp is a living hell?
The Fastest Gun Alive
Art Direction
Whenever it becomes known how good he is with guns, ex-gunman George and his wife Dora have to flee the town, in fear of all the gunmen who might want to challenge him. Unfortunately he again spills his secret when he's drunk. All citizens swear to keep his secret and support him to give up his guns forever -- but a boy tells the story to a gang of wanted criminals. Their leader threatens to burn down the whole town, if he doesn't duel him.
Cash Stashers
Art Direction
This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.
Musical Masterpieces
Director
Performances of three well-know compositions. An orchestra plays Flight of the Bumblebee. Carlos Ramírez sings The Donkey Serenade with a boy on penny whistle. Finally, Ramírez and Lucille Norman sing lyrics to Tales from the Vienna Woods. (This film appears in its entirety within MGM's short feature, "The Great Morgan")
지그펠드 폴리스
Art Direction
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
Bathing Beauty
Art Direction
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
The Ice Follies of 1939
Scenic Artist
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.
브로드웨이 멜로디 오브 1936
Art Direction
Lovely, gifted Irene Foster hopes that her childhood sweetheart-turned Broadway producer Robert Gordon will recognize her--and her talent. Gordon is too busy sparring with a dirt-dishing gossip columnist to notice, but his wisecracking, heart-of-gold secretary certainly does. She and Irene must use their wits to show him what he's missing!
보물섬
Assistant Art Director
In this early film adaptation of the classic novel by Robert Louis Stevenson, young Jim Hawkins is caught up with the pirate Long John Silver in search of buccaneer Captain Flint's buried treasure.
Paris Interlude
Art Direction
Expatriates and foreign correspondents mix in a Paris bistro...
The Mystery of Mr. X
Art Direction
A sophisticated jewel thief tries to prove himself innocent of a string of cop murders.
Going Hollywood
Art Direction
The film tells the story of Sylvia, a French teacher at an all-girl school, who wants to find love. When she hears Bill Williams on the radio, she decides to go visit and thank him. However, difficult problems lay ahead when Lili gets in the way.
Dancing Lady
Art Direction
Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musical being directed by Patch. Tod thinks he can get what he wants from Janie, Patch thinks Janie is using her charms rather than talent to get to the top, and Janie thinks Patch is the greatest. Steve, the stage manager, has the Three Stooges helping him manage all the show girls. Fred Astaire and Nelson Eddy make appearances as famous Broadway personalities.
폭탄
Art Direction
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Hold Your Man
Art Direction
Ruby falls in love with small-time con man Eddie. During a botched blackmail scheme, Eddie accidentally kills the man they were setting up. Eddie takes off and Ruby is sent to a reformatory for two years.
프릭스
Art Direction
서커스단의 난쟁이 한스는 공중그네를 타는 미녀 클레오파트라를 사랑하게 된다. 거인 헤라클레스와 연인 관계인 클레오파트라는 한스가 막대한 재산을 가지고 있다는 것을 알고, 그와 위장 결혼하여 독살한 계획을 꾸미게 된다.
The Smart Set
Set Decoration
A cocky, arrogant young playboy is expelled from his American polo team shortly before the big match with England.
Annie Laurie
Art Direction
The story of the famous battle between the Scots clans of Macdonald and Campbell, and the young woman who comes between them, Annie Laurie.
The Red Mill
Settings
A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.
Dreams of Monte Carlo
Art Direction
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newspaper, which sends along its ace reporter Bancroft as their "chaperone".
Torrent
Settings
A young girl and her father are kicked out of their house by a cruel noblewoman, and the girl's heart is broken when her sweetheart, the noblewoman's son, won't go to Paris with them. After becoming an opera star in Paris, the girl returns to her homeland and finds her romance with the nobleman rekindled.