Elmer Sheeley

Nascimento : 1887-03-21, Dallas, Texas, USA

Morte : 1964-01-27

História

Elmer Sheeley was an American screen art director, active as such from 1920 to 1943.

Filmes

The Greatest Gift
Art Direction
Medieval French monks find a freezing, ill juggler and take him in. Upon recovering, the impoverished man wishes to illustrate his tremendous gratitude. He eventually finds a way to.
How to Hold Your Husband - BACK
Art Direction
Marie Crawford faz de tudo para manter seus maridos.
Out of Darkness
Art Direction
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short tells of the Nazis' efforts to shut down an underground resistance newspaper in occupied Belgium.
Whispers
Art Direction
In this John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short we see how gossip can be used to spread propaganda or to ruin a person's reputation.
More About Nostradamus
Art Direction
This short film portrays Nostradamus as having predicted the horrors of WWI and Hitler's rise to power, as well as the eventual triumph of "the daughter of the English Isles" against these forces. The film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Short Subject, One-Reel.
The Domineering Male
Art Direction
This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?
Jack Pot
Art Direction
This entry in MGM's "Crime Does Not Pay" series deals with illegal gambling and bookmaking.
Know Your Money
Art Direction
This MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short tells the fictitious story of a bill counterfeiting ring and explores the government's attempt to curb counterfeiting.
They All Come Out
Art Direction
A down on his luck young man stumbles into a gang of robbers who all get landed in prison. Will he be reformed, or is he ensnared into a life of crime?
A Fuga de Tarzan
Art Direction
Tarzan Escapes é um filme estadunidense de 1936, dirigido por Richard Thorpe, John Farrow, James C. McKay, George B. Seitz e William A. Wellman, inspirado na série literária Tarzan de Edgar Rice Burroughs. Foi o terceiro filme da série realizada pela MGM, com Johnny Weissmuller no papel do “Rei dos Macacos”.
Mares da China
Assistant Art Director
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
O Fantasma da Ópera
Art Direction
Um compositor grotescamente desfigurado conhecido como o "Fantasma" assombra a casa de ópera de Paris, onde, apaixonado, ajuda secretamente Christine Daae a ser uma diva da ópera. Após atraí-la para seu covil subterrâneo, o Fantasma declara seu amor por ela. Mas Christine ama Raoul de Chagny e planeja fugir com ele depois de sua próxima apresentação. Quando o Fantasma descobre, ele rapta Christine, provocando a ira de Raoul - e uma horda de parisienses raivosos. O filme foi relançado com som, em 1929, usando discos de som da Vitaphone/Western Electric.
Secrets of the Night
Art Direction
Robert Andrews hosts a large party and there stages his own murder, to keep bank examiner Alfred Austin from examining the records of his bank.
A Chapter in Her Life
Art Direction
Jewel stays with her grizzled, angry grandfather while her parents are overseas on business. Family squabbling is brought to heel through love and understanding from Jewel's pure love for others and trust in Divine Love. Complete copies are held by many film archives in Europe and the United States.
O Corcunda de Notre-Dame
Art Direction
Produção da era silenciosa que adapta o clássico de Victor Hugo. Chaney está no papel de Quasimodo, o tocador de sino da Catedral de Notre Dame, desafortunadamente deformado. Ele se apaixona por Esmeralda, uma jovem e bela dançarina cigana, logo depois que ela lhe deu água quando ele estava apanhando em praça pública. as o gesto fora apenas por comiseração. Ainda assim, Esmeralda mais tarde é acusada de trair e esfaquear seu amado. Por isso ela é torturada e sentenciada à morte. Quasimodo é quem vai resgata-la nas escadarias de Notre Dame.
Merry-Go-Round
Art Direction
A nobleman, posing as a necktie salesman, falls in love with the daughter of a circus puppeteer, even though he is already married to the daughter of his country's war minister.
Fora da Lei
Art Direction
Silent Madden, um líder criminoso de San Francisco, e sua filha Molly deixaram a vida de crimes depois de receber conselhos de Chang Low, um filósofo confucionista que vive em Chinatown. Black Mike, um gangster desprezível, incrimina o pai de Molly em assassinato, fazendo com que Molly perca a fé na lei e retorne ao crime.