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Article: Day, Richard
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DAY, Richard
Art Director.
Nationality:
American.
Born:
Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 9 May 1896; emigrated to the United States, 1918.
Family:
Married; six children.
Career:
Set decorator for Erich von Stroheim at MGM, Paramount, and United Artists during the 1920s; 1928
–
38
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worked independently with Goldwyn and United Artists, then with 20th Century-Fox, 1939
–
43, and freelance.
Awards:
Academy Award for
The Dark Angel
, 1935;
Dodsworth
, 1936;
How Green Was My Valley
, 1941;
This above All
, 1942;
My Gal Sal
, 1942;
A Streetcar Named Desire
, 1951;
On the Waterfront
, 1954.
Died:
In Hollywood, 23 May 1972.
Films as Art Director:
- 1918
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