Mark-Lee Kirk

Nascimento : 1895-05-06, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Morte : 1969-12-10

História

From Wikipedia Mark-Lee Kirk (May 6, 1895 – December 10, 1969) was an American art director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He worked on 52 films between 1936 and 1959.

Filmes

Sob o Signo do Sexo
Art Direction
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.
Estigma da Crueldade
Art Direction
Jim Douglas está buscando implacavelmente os quatro bandidos que assassinaram sua esposa, mas os encontra presos prestes a serem enforcados. Enquanto espera para testemunhar a execução, eles escapam; e os habitantes da cidade se juntam para recapturá-los. Eles cometem mais crimes, assassinam e estupram. Douglas obstinadamente persegue os homens por todo o deserto e no México. Douglas está fora de si, louco por uma vingança a qualquer custo e os encontra, um de cada vez. Para cada homem ele mostra uma foto de sua esposa e cada um jura que nunca a viu antes. Douglas deve decidir se devolve os homens para a prisão ou se resolve o assunto com suas próprias mãos.
A Angústia de Tua Ausência
Art Direction
O físico Bill Beck se casa com Julie, recepcionista de um médico. Após cinco anos de um casamento feliz, ela descobre que tem uma doença cardíaca grave. Temendo deixar Bill sozinho por causa de sua morte prematura, decide adotar Hitty, uma doce órfã.
E Agora Brilha o Sol
Art Direction
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.
Nunca Fui Santa
Art Direction
Bo, um caubói de rodeio ingênuo, se apaixona em Phoenix pela Cherie, uma sensual cantora de cafés. Ela tenta fugir para Los Angeles, mas ele a encontra e a força a embarcar no ônibus rumo a sua casa em Montana. Quando o ônibus para no restaurante de beira de estrada Diner da Grace os passageiros descobrem que o caminho adiante está bloqueado pela neve. Nessas alturas dos acontecimentos todos já sabem do seqüestro, mas Bo continua determinado a ficar com Cherie, a sua paixão.
A Descarada
Art Direction
In 1941, prostitute Mamie Stover (Jane Russell) has no choice but to flee San Francisco when the police turn on her and want her out of town. Figuring Hawaii would be a great place to begin anew, Stover books a trip aboard a Honolulu-bound boat, where she happens to meet writer Jim Blair (Richard Egan), who is quite taken with the former streetwalker. However, when the ship reaches Hawaii, Stover soon falls back into her old ways and begins working at a nightclub, much to Blair's dismay.
Good Morning, Miss Dove
Art Direction
Beloved schoolteacher reflects back on her life and former students when she is hospitalized...
Nas Garras da Ambição
Art Direction
Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.
O Gaúcho
Art Direction
In 1875 Argentina, after killing a man, a gaucho is sentenced to harsh army duty but he deserts the army and becomes a bandit leader.
Stella
Art Direction
Screwball black comedy about a wacky family that forgets where they've buried a corpse.
O Favorito dos Borgia
Art Direction
Neste épico cativante repleto de intriga, ação e romance, o belo e talentoso Tyrone Power brilha no papel-título como Andrea Orsini, um corajoso e ousado soldado. A história é ambientada na Itália na época da Renascença, onde a famosa e violenta família Borgia, comandada por Cesare Borgia (Orson Welles), está determinada a tomar as terras vizinhas e expandir o império, poder e riqueza da família. Como soldado-espião dos Borgias, Orsini é enviado a um pequeno território que Cesare espera capturar. Mas Orsini é cativado pela inteligência e charme do Duque e de sua jovem esposa. Dividido entre a lealdade e seu senhor e a crescente amizade com suas possíveis vítimas, Orsini se vê numa feroz e espetacular batalha que o força a confrontar suas próprias ideias de justiça e nobreza. A soberba fotografia de Leon Shamroy da região campestre italiana fornece um pano de fundo maravilhoso para este imperdível mistura de drama com aventura.
A Cortina de Ferro
Art Direction
The Iron Curtain is based on the actual 1945 case of Soviet cipher clerk Igor Gouzenko, (Dana Andrews), who, after careful training, was assigned to the U.S.S.R. Embassy in Ottawa, Canada in the midst of World War II. Eventually, Gouzenko defected with 109 pages of material implicating several high level Canadian officials, outlined the steps taken to secure information about the the details of the nuclear bomb via numerous sleeper cells established throughout North America. The scandal that resulted when details of this case were publicized by American columnist Drew Pearson in early 1946 involved Canada, Britain and the United States.
Sublime Devoção
Art Direction
In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.
A Luz é Para Todos
Art Direction
Um dos primeiros filmes a abordar diretamente o preconceito racial, esta aclamada adaptação do best seller de Laura Z. Hobson’s tem Gregory Peck como um jornalista encarregado de escrever uma série de artigos sobre o anti-semitismo. Procurando a abordagem adequada, ele resolve se passar por judeu e logo descobre como é ser vítima da intolerância religiosa.
Rosas Trágicas
Art Direction
When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a `lady.'
Carnival in Costa Rica
Art Direction
Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
A Bell for Adano
Art Direction
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without interfering with troop movements, all the while dealing with colorful citizens of the town. One of his quests is to replace the bell which orders the town's life.
A Menina Precoce
Art Direction
A Manhattan family's Christmas season turns topsy-turvy when 13-year-old Judy Graves mistakenly thinks her newly-arrived visiting uncle has just been released from prison.
Czarina
Art Direction
Catherine the Great falls in love with an army officer who is plotting against her.
Ver-te-ei Outra Vez
Set Decoration
Mary Marshall, serving a six year term for accidental manslaughter, is given a Christmas furlough from prison to visit her closest relatives, her uncle and his family in a small Midwestern town. On the train she meets Zach Morgan, a troubled army sergeant on leave for the holidays from a military hospital. Although his physical wounds have healed, he is suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and is subject to panic attacks. The pair are attracted to one another and in the warm atmosphere of the Christmas season friendship blossoms into romance, but Mary is reluctant to tell him of her past and that she must shortly return to prison to serve the remainder of her sentence.
Desde Que Partiste
Set Decoration
While husband Tim is away during World War II, Anne Hilton copes with problems on the homefront. Taking in a lodger, Colonel Smollett, to help make ends meet and dealing with shortages and rationing are minor inconveniences compared to the love affair daughter Jane and the Colonel's grandson conduct.
The Fallen Sparrow
Art Direction
Imprisoned during the Spanish Civil War, John "Kit" McKittrick is released when a New York City policeman pulls some strings. Upon returning to America, McKittrick hears that a friend has committed suicide, and he begins to smell a rat. During his investigation, McKittrick questions three beautiful women, one of whom has a tie to his refugee past. Pursued by Nazi operatives, McKittrick learns of the death of another friend, and begins to suspect the dark Dr. Skaas.
Aventureiro de Sorte
Art Direction
A conman poses as a war relief fundraiser, but when he falls for a charity worker, his conscience begins to trouble him.
Jornada do Pavor
Art Direction
Howard Graham e sua esposa Stephanie acabam de chegar em um hotel em Istambul. Howard é engenheiro de uma empresa americana que fornece armas para a marinha turca. É levado a uma casa de shows por Kopeikin, representante local da empresa, quando durante a apresentação de um número de mágica, o próprio mágico é morto. O coronel Haki, da polícia secreta turca, o informa que o atirador é um agente nazista que pretende eliminá-lo. Haki crê ser mais seguro embarcá-lo em um navio com destino a Batumi, mas os agentes o perseguem.
Soberba
Set Designer
Rica família de uma cidadezinha do sul dos Estados Unidos vê sua supremacia social pouco a pouco comprometida pela industrialização. Seu jovem e mimado herdeiro se coloca entre a mãe viúva e o homem que ela sempre amou.
Kitty Foyle
Assistant Art Director
Kitty Foyle, a hard-working white-collar girl from a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania low, middle-class family, meets and falls in love with young socialite Wyn Strafford but his family is against her.
They Knew What They Wanted
Art Direction
While courting a young woman by mail, a rich farmer sends a photograph of his foreman instead of his own, which leads to complications when she accepts his marriage proposal.
Minha Esposa Favorita
Assistant Art Director
Sete anos depois de um naufrágio no qual ela foi supostamente morta, Ellen Arden chega em casa e descobre que seu marido Nick acabou de se casar novamente. O radiante Nick esforça-se por dar a notícia à sua nova noiva. Mas ele fica chocado quando ouve a história toda: Ellen passou esses sete anos em uma ilha deserta sozinha com outro homem.
Vinhas da Ira
Art Direction
Tom, filho mais velho de uma pobre família de trabalhadores rurais, retorna para casa após cumprir pena por homicídio involuntário. Ele planeja levar os parentes até a Califórnia, onde dizem que trabalho não falta. Durante a viagem eles passam por diversos tipos de provações e quando finalmente chegam na "Terra Prometida" descobrem que é um lugar bem pior do que aquele que deixaram.
Ao Rufar dos Tambores
Art Direction
Albany, Nova York, 1776. Magdelana Borst e Gilbert Martin casam-se e vão para o Vale do Mohawk, no norte. Devido aos constantes ataques dos índios fogem, juntamente com outros colonos do vale, para um forte próximo, de onde assistem aos índios a destruírem suas fazendas e cabanas. Sarah McKlennar, uma solteirona com uma grande fazenda, vai ajudá-los e contrata Gilbert para trabalhar no campo, dando aos Martin um lugar para ficar. A vida dura da fazenda não é boa para Lana, que foi criada na riqueza e em boas condições. Com o tempo ela começa a gostar da nova vida no Vale do Mohawk, especialmente depois de dar à luz o primeiro filho. Gilbert une-se à milícia que precisa lutar contra as tribos locais, com os soldados britânicos incitando-os para a batalha. Gilbert volta ferido e, enquanto se recupera, há uma grande colheita nos campos. Porém a alegria dura pouco, pois os índios mais uma vez invadem as terras dos colonos.
A Mocidade de Lincoln
Art Direction
Nova Salem, Illinois, 1832. Uma família que está viajando em uma carroça necessita de mantimentos da loja de Abraham Lincoln e a única coisa de valor que eles tem para trocar é um livro sobre Direito. Abraham fala sobre suas ambições com Ann, uma jovem mulher que logo morre. Ele se muda para Springfield, a nova capital do estado, e em 1937, juntamente com o amigo John T. Stuart abre um escritório de advocacia. Lincoln conhece Mary Todd, uma mulher do Kentucky que, ao contrário de Lincoln, era rica. É focado o primeiro caso de Lincoln, no qual primeiramente impede que Matt Clay e Adam Clay sejam linchados por terem assassinado Scrub White. Ambos os irmãos se declaram culpados, como se um protegesse o outro. Abigail Clay, a única pessoa que poderia testemunhar, é a mãe dos acusados e se recusa a dizer algo, pois o testemunho dela salvaria um dos filhos, mas automaticamente condenaria o outro à forca.
The Jones Family in Hollywood
Art Direction
Father goes to an American Legion convention in Hollywood and the family goes along, visiting a studio a causing havoc on the set.
A História de Alexander Graham Bell
Art Direction
Alexander Graham Bell falls in love with deaf girl Mabel Hubbard while teaching the deaf and trying to invent means for telegraphing the human voice. She urges him to put off thoughts of marriage until his experiments are complete. He invents the telephone, marries and becomes rich and famous, though his happiness is threatened when a rival company sets out to ruin him.
Wife, Husband and Friend
Art Direction
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husband, encouraged by an amorous professional singer tries opera and also flops.
My Lucky Star
Art Direction
George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
Happy Landing
Art Direction
Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Thin Ice
Art Direction
A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
Wake Up and Live
Art Direction
Satire on radio, built around the supposed feud between bandleader Ben Bernie and journalist Walter Winchell.
Reunion
Art Direction
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Sing, Baby, Sing
Art Direction
The "Caliban-Ariel" romance of fiftysomething John Barrymore and teenager Elaine Barrie is spoofed in this delightful 20th Century Fox musical. Adolphe Menjou plays the Barrymore counterpart, a loose-living movie star with a penchant for wine, women, and more wine. Alice Faye plays a nightclub singer hungry for publicity. Her agent (Gregory Ratoff) arranges a "romance" between Faye and Menjou. Eventually Faye winds up with Michael Whalen, allowing Menjou to continue his blissful, bibulous bachelorhood. Sing, Baby, Sing represented the feature-film debut of the Ritz Brothers, who are in top form in their specialty numbers--and who are awarded a final curtain call after the "The End" title, just so the audience won't forget them (The same device was used to introduce British actor George Sanders in Fox's Lancer Spy [37]).
To Mary - with Love
Art Direction
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes successful by 1935. Bill, who loves Mary, works at keeping them together.
Private Number
Art Direction
Ellen Neal, a young and inexperienced maid, becomes romantically involved with her employers son which causes various complications. The head butler also has an infatuation for the young girl but his intentions are not that good.
Half Angel
Art Direction
Allison Long is acquitted on charges of poisoning her father but then her benefactor is poisoned. Reporter Duffy Giles has faith in her innocence.