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Van Nest Polglase is a Production Design American born on 25 august 1898 at New York City (USA)

Van Nest Polglase

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Nationality USA
Birth 25 august 1898 at New York City (USA)
Death 20 december 1968 (at 70 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Van Nest Polglase (25 August 1898 – 20 December 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Best remembered as head of the design department at RKO Pictures, he worked on 333 films between 1925 and 1957.

He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. His death notice noted that he was "survived by his son Dr. Van Nest Polglase and 2 grandchildren", his wife, Helen, having predeceased him six months earlier.

Best films

Citizen Kane

(1941)
(Art Direction)

Suspicion

(1941)
(Art Direction)

Swing Time

(1936)
(Art Direction)

Kitty Foyle

(1940)
(Art Direction)

Little Women

(1933)
(Art Direction)

The Gay Divorcee

(1934)
(Art Direction)

Usually with

Roy Webb
(115 films)

Walter Plunkett
(85 films)

Vernon L. Walker
(68 films)

Pandro S. Berman
(65 films)

Renié
(63 films)

Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Van Nest Polglase (300 films)

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Year	Name	Job
1957	The River's Edge	Production Design
1956	Slightly Scarlet	Art Direction
1955	Pearl of the South Pacific	Art Direction
1955	Escape to Burma	Art Direction
1955	Tennessee's Partner	Art Direction
1954	Silver Lode	Art Direction
1954	Passion	Art Direction
1950	Never Fear	Production Design
1950	The Admiral Was a Lady	Production Design
1950	The Fireball	Art Direction
1950	Johnny One-Eye	Production Design
1950	The Man Who Cheated Himself	Production Design
1949	The Crooked Way	Production Design
1946	Gilda	Art Direction
1946	The Thrill of Brazil	Art Direction
1945	A Song to Remember	Art Direction
1945	Kiss and Tell	Art Direction
1945	She Wouldn't Say Yes	Art Direction
1944	Together Again	Art Direction
1943	The Fallen Sparrow	Production Design
1943	What a Woman	Art Direction
1941	Citizen Kane	Art Direction
1941	Tom, Dick and Harry	Art Direction
1941	Suspicion	Art Direction
1941	All That Money Can Buy	Art Direction
1941	The Devil and Miss Jones	Art Direction
1941	Father Takes a Wife	Art Direction
1941	Footlight Fever	Art Direction
1941	The Gay Falcon	Art Direction
1941	A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob	Art Direction
1941	Look Who's Laughing	Art Direction
1941	Mr. & Mrs. Smith	Art Direction
1941	Parachute Battalion	Art Direction
1941	Play Girl	Art Direction
1941	The Saint In Palm Springs	Art Direction
1941	Six-Gun Gold	Art Direction
1941	They Met in Argentina	Art Direction
1941	Dude Cowboy	Art Direction
1941	Along the Rio Grande	Art Direction
1941	Cyclone on Horseback	Art Direction
1941	The Bandit Trail	Art Direction
1941	Weekend for Three	Art Direction
1941	Lady Scarface	Art Direction
1941	The Mexican Spitfire's Baby	Art Direction
1941	Hurry, Charlie, Hurry	Art Direction
1941	Repent at Leisure	Art Direction
1940	Kitty Foyle	Art Direction
1940	Dance, Girl, Dance	Art Direction
1940	Lucky Partners	Art Direction
1940	Mexican Spitfire Out West	Art Direction
1940	My Favorite Wife	Art Direction
1940	Primrose Path	Art Direction
1940	The Fighting Gringo	Art Direction
1940	Abe Lincoln in Illinois	Art Direction
1940	A Bill of Divorcement	Art Direction
1940	Cross-Country Romance	Art Direction
1940	The Fargo Kid	Art Direction
1940	Men Against the Sky	Art Direction
1940	Mexican Spitfire	Art Direction
1940	The Saint Takes Over	Art Direction
1940	The Saint's Double Trouble	Art Direction
1940	Stranger on the Third Floor	Art Direction
1940	They Knew What They Wanted	Art Direction
1940	Vigil in the Night	Art Direction
1940	Bullet Code	Art Direction
1940	Curtain Call	Art Direction
1940	Legion of the Lawless	Art Direction
1940	Married and in Love	Art Direction
1940	Triple Justice	Art Direction
1940	One Crowded Night	Art Direction
1940	The Marines Fly High	Art Direction
1940	Millionaire Playboy	Art Direction
1940	You Can't Fool Your Wife	Art Direction
1940	I'm Still Alive	Art Direction
1940	Little Orvie	Art Direction
1940	Millionaires in Prison	Art Direction
1940	Prairie Law	Art Direction
1940	Stage to Chino	Art Direction
1939	Love Affair	Art Direction
1939	Five Came Back	Art Direction
1939	The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle	Art Direction
1939	Gunga Din	Art Direction
1939	Bachelor Mother	Art Direction
1939	The Hunchback of Notre Dame	Art Direction
1939	5th Ave Girl	Art Direction
1939	Allegheny Uprising	Art Direction
1939	Beauty for the Asking	Art Direction
1939	In Name Only	Art Direction
1939	Pacific Liner	Art Direction
1939	Panama Lady	Art Direction
1939	The Rookie Cop	Art Direction
1939	The Saint Strikes Back	Art Direction
1939	That's Right - You're Wrong	Art Direction
1939	Twelve Crowded Hours	Art Direction
1939	Bad Lands	Art Direction
1939	The Marshal Of Mesa City	Art Direction
1939	The Girl and the Gambler	Art Direction
1939	Reno	Art Direction
1939	The Spellbinder	Art Direction
1939	Arizona Legion	Art Direction
1939	Trouble in Sundown	Art Direction
1939	Racketeers of the Range	Art Direction
1939	Timber Stampede	Art Direction
1939	The Marshal Of Mesa City	Art Direction
1939	Almost a Gentleman	Art Direction
1939	Conspiracy	Art Direction
1939	Sued for Libel	Art Direction
1939	The Day the Bookies Wept	Art Direction
1939	That's Right - You're Wrong	Art Direction
1938	Carefree	Art Direction
1938	Bringing Up Baby	Art Direction
1938	The Mad Miss Manton	Art Direction
1938	Joy of Living	Art Direction
1938	Having Wonderful Time	Art Direction
1938	Crashing Hollywood	Art Direction
1938	The Affairs of Annabel	Art Direction
1938	Annabel Takes a Tour	Art Direction
1938	Blond Cheat	Art Direction
1938	A Man to Remember	Art Direction
1938	Room Service	Art Direction
1938	The Saint in New York	Art Direction
1938	Sky Giant	Art Direction
1938	Vivacious Lady	Art Direction
1938	The Law West of Tombstone	Art Direction
1938	Painted Desert	Art Direction
1938	Lawless Valley	Art Direction
1938	Crashing Hollywood	Art Direction
1938	Everybody's Doing It	Art Direction
1938	Mr. Doodle Kicks Off	Art Direction
1938	This Marriage Business	Art Direction
1938	Double Danger	Art Direction
1938	Crime Ring	Art Direction
1938	Condemned Women	Art Direction
1938	Blind Alibi	Art Direction
1938	Tarnished Angel	Art Direction
1938	Law of the Underworld	Art Direction
1938	Go Chase Yourself	Art Direction
1938	Next Time I Marry	Art Direction
1938	Night Spot	Art Direction
1938	Border G-Man	Art Direction
1938	Fugitives for a Night	Art Direction
1937	Breakfast for Two	Art Direction
1937	Shall We Dance	Art Direction
1937	Stage Door	Art Direction
1937	The Woman I Love	Art Direction
1937	Annapolis Salute	Art Direction
1937	Border Cafe	Art Direction
1937	A Damsel in Distress	Art Direction
1937	High Flyers	Art Direction
1937	Hitting a New High	Art Direction
1937	Living on Love	Art Direction
1937	New Faces of 1937	Art Direction
1937	On Again—Off Again	Art Direction
1937	Quality Street	Art Direction
1937	Sea Devils	Art Direction
1937	The Toast of New York	Art Direction
1937	Wise Girl	Art Direction
1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Art Direction
1937	The Soldier and the Lady	Art Direction
1937	Super-Sleuth	Art Direction
1937	There Goes the Groom	Art Direction
1937	We Who Are About to Die	Art Direction
1937	Quick Money	Art Direction
1937	The Outcasts of Poker Flat	Art Direction
1937	There Goes My Girl	Art Direction
1937	Music for Madame	Art Direction
1937	Forty Naughty Girls	Art Direction
1937	We're on the Jury	Art Direction
1937	Don't Tell the Wife	Art Direction
1937	The Big Shot	Art Direction
1937	Criminal Lawyer	Art Direction
1937	Racing Lady	Art Direction
1937	Saturday's Heroes	Art Direction
1937	China Passage	Art Direction
1937	They Wanted to Marry	Art Direction
1937	She's Got Everything	Art Direction
1937	Danger Patrol	Art Direction
1937	You Can't Buy Luck	Art Direction
1936	Mary of Scotland	Art Direction
1936	Sylvia Scarlett	Art Direction
1936	The Bride Walks Out	Art Direction
1936	The Plough and the Stars	Art Direction
1936	Silly Billies	Art Direction
1936	Swing Time	Art Direction
1936	Bunker Bean	Art Direction
1936	The Ex-Mrs. Bradford	Art Direction
1936	M'Liss	Art Direction
1936	Make Way for a Lady	Art Direction
1936	Murder on a Bridle Path	Art Direction
1936	That Girl from Paris	Art Direction
1936	Two in the Dark	Art Direction
1936	Winterset	Art Direction
1936	A Woman Rebels	Art Direction
1936	Chatterbox	Art Direction
1936	The Last Outlaw	Art Direction
1936	Walking on Air	Art Direction
1936	Wanted: Jane Turner	Art Direction
1936	The Big Game	Art Direction
1936	The Lady Consents	Art Direction
1936	Love on a Bet	Art Direction
1936	Yellow Dust	Art Direction
1935	Top Hat	Art Direction
1935	Alice Adams	Art Direction
1935	Star of Midnight	Art Direction
1935	Annie Oakley	Art Direction
1935	The Informer	Art Direction
1935	Roberta	Art Direction
1935	Romance in Manhattan	Art Direction
1935	She	Art Direction
1935	The Three Musketeers	Art Direction
1935	Village Tale	Art Direction
1935	Break of Hearts	Art Direction
1935	His Family Tree	Art Direction
1935	I Dream Too Much	Art Direction
1935	Jalna	Art Direction
1935	Murder on a Honeymoon	Art Direction
1935	In Person	Art Direction
1935	Seven Keys to Baldpate	Art Direction
1935	The Return Of Peter Grimm	Art Direction
1935	Another Face	Art Direction
1935	Enchanted April	Art Direction
1935	Captain Hurricane	Art Direction
1935	The Arizonian	Art Direction
1935	Hot Tip	Art Direction
1935	A Dog of Flanders	Art Direction
1935	We're Only Human	Art Direction
1935	Hooray for Love	Art Direction
1935	Chasing Yesterday	Art Direction
1935	The Nitwits	Art Direction
1935	Old Man Rhythm	Art Direction
1935	The Rainmakers	Art Direction
1935	To Beat the Band	Art Direction
1934	Of Human Bondage	Art Direction
1934	The Gay Divorcee	Art Direction
1934	The Little Minister	Art Direction
1934	Stingaree	Art Direction
1934	This Man Is Mine	Art Direction
1934	The Age of Innocence	Art Direction
1934	Anne of Green Gables	Art Direction
1934	Down to Their Last Yacht	Art Direction
1934	Finishing School	Art Direction
1934	The Fountain	Art Direction
1934	Hips, Hips, Hooray!	Art Direction
1934	The Life of Vergie Winters	Art Direction
1934	The Lost Patrol	Art Direction
1934	Murder on the Blackboard	Art Direction
1934	The Richest Girl in the World	Art Direction
1934	The Silver Streak	Art Direction
1934	Spitfire	Art Direction
1934	Strictly Dynamite	Art Direction
1934	Success at Any Price	Art Direction
1934	We're Rich Again	Art Direction
1934	Long Lost Father	Art Direction
1934	Gridiron Flash	Art Direction
1934	Two Alone	Art Direction
1934	Where Sinners Meet	Art Direction
1934	Bachelor Bait	Art Direction
1934	Sing and Like it	Art Direction
1934	Cockeyed Cavaliers	Art Direction
1934	Kentucky Kernels	Art Direction
1934	By Your Leave	Art Direction
1934	Hat, Coat and Glove	Art Direction
1934	Dangerous Corner	Art Direction
1934	The Meanest Gal in Town	Art Direction
1934	His Greatest Gamble	Art Direction
1934	Red Morning	Art Direction
1934	Keep 'Em Rolling	Art Direction
1934	Their Big Moment	Art Direction
1934	Wednesday's Child	Art Direction
1934	Lightning Strikes Twice	Art Direction
1934	West of the Pecos	Art Direction
1934	Finishing School	Art Direction
1934	Man of Two Worlds	Art Direction
1933	Ann Vickers	Art Direction
1933	Topaze	Art Direction
1933	Flying Down to Rio	Art Direction
1933	King Kong	Supervising Art Director
1933	Morning Glory	Settings
1933	Little Women	Art Direction
1933	The Silver Cord	Set Decoration
1933	Ace of Aces	Art Direction
1933	Bed of Roses	Settings
1933	Blind Adventure	Settings
1933	Christopher Strong	Set Decoration
1933	Our Betters	Art Direction
1933	The Past of Mary Holmes	Art Direction
1933	The Right To Romance	Art Direction
1933	After Tonight	Art Direction
1933	Ann Vickers	Art Direction
1933	Rafter Romance	Set Decoration
1933	Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men	Art Direction
1933	Before Dawn	Settings
1933	Chance at Heaven	Art Direction
1933	If I Were Free	Art Direction
1933	The Great Jasper	Art Direction
1933	Sweepings	Settings
1932	The Animal Kingdom	Set Decoration
1930	The Life of the Party	Art Direction
1925	Stage Struck	Art Direction
1925	A Kiss in the Dark	Art Direction