Van Nest Polglase (August 25, 1898 – December 20, 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Art...

Polglase is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Todd Polglase (born 1981), Australian rugby league footballer Van Nest Polglase (1898–1968)...

composer Max Steiner, cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca, and designer Van Nest Polglase. Maverick industrialist Howard Hughes took over RKO in 1948. After...

Continental"); Best Sound Recording - Carl Dreher; Best Art Direction - Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark 1935 Roberta Irene Dunne; Randolph Scott; Helen...

assistant director, while the sets were designed by the art director Van Nest Polglase. Just after her wedding, American hardware heiress Pearl Saunders...

for the Academy Award for Best Story, Roy Webb for Best Score, and Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee Kirk for Best Art Direction. My Favorite Wife was adapted...

Fredric Hope The Affairs of Cellini Richard Day The Gay Divorcee Van Nest Polglase and Carroll Clark 1935 (8th) The Dark Angel Richard Day The Lives...

tastes. Carroll Clark, who worked under the general supervision of Van Nest Polglase, was the unit art director on all but one of the Astaire-Rogers films...

The sets of Paris and the Notre Dame Cathedral were constructed by Van Nest Polglase at the cost of $250,000 (about $4,974,622 in 2021 dollars), while...

narrator Westbrook Van Voorhis asked for $25,000 to narrate the News on the March sequence, Alland demonstrated his ability to imitate Van Voorhis, and Welles...

film's sets were designed by the art directors Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase. Leonard and Anne drive along the lovers' road to Dover, intending...

and Ann Miller. The film's sets were designed by the art director Van Nest Polglase. Although set in New York City, specifically at Radio City, much of...

the category Music (Song): Best Picture (Nominated) Art Direction (Van Nest Polglase, Carroll Clark) (Nominated) Music (Scoring) (Max Steiner) (Nominated)...

Harry Redmond Jr. – special effects Murray Spivack – sound effects Van Nest Polglase – supervising art director Clem Portman – sound recording mixer Mel...

Hall with a pink champagne-themed cocktail party for Dunne, emceed by W. G. Van Schmus; McCarey was on vacation in Santa Monica and could not attend. The...

literature that paralleled and predicted what we call film noir." Van Nest Polglase, who has been called "one of the most influential production designers...

Lancer – Hans Dreier and Roland Anderson Top Hat – Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase Best Cinematography A Midsummer Night's Dream – Hal Mohr‡ (write-in...

Screenplay. This feat would later be matched by One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975 and The Silence of the Lambs in 1991. It also was the first romantic...

Carefree was nominated for three Academy Awards: Best Art Direction (Van Nest Polglase), Best Musical Scoring (Victor Baravalle) and Best Song "Change Partners"...

Lillian Russell – Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright My Favorite Wife – Van Nest Polglase and Mark-Lee Kirk My Son, My Son! – John DuCasse Schulze Our Town –...

Mayan art. Over 1500 conceptual drawings were created for the film. Van Nest Polglase, Al Herman, and Vernon Walker did art direction for the film. Harold...

Silvers Alfred Newman Richard Hageman Victor Young Cyril J. Mockridge Van Nest Polglase William Darling Richard Day Mark Lee Kirk James Basevi Lyle R. Wheeler...

Hall First Love – Jack Otterson and Martin Obzina Love Affair – Van Nest Polglase and Alfred Herman Man of Conquest – John Victor Mackay Mr. Smith Goes...

Decoration: Thomas Little‡ Citizen Kane – Art Direction: Perry Ferguson and Van Nest Polglase; Interior Decoration: Al Fields and Darrell Silvera The Flame of New...

winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature and a 1940 Pulitzer Prize Van Nest Polglase, 70, American film industry art director At 10:47 a.m. (15:47:05 UTC)...

picture. The set – designed by Carroll Clark under the direction of Van Nest Polglase – is frequently cited as a leading example of Art Deco-influenced...

Herzbrun and Boris Leven Algiers – Alexander Toluboff Carefree – Van Nest Polglase The Goldwyn Follies – Richard Day Holiday – Stephen Goosson and Lionel...

1904) December 12 – Talulah Bankhead, actress (born 1902) December 20 Van Nest Polglase, art director, design department head at RKO Pictures (born 1898)...

comedy specialists, opulent art direction by Carroll Clark under Van Nest Polglase's supervision, and a timeless score which introduces three classic...

(died 1930) August 17 – Dewey Robinson, actor (died 1950) August 25 – Van Nest Polglase, art director, design department head at RKO Pictures (died 1968)...