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William Allen Horning is a Production Design and Art Direction American born on 9 november 1904 at Missouri (USA)
William Allen Horning (November 9, 1904 – March 2, 1959) was an American multiple Academy Award winner. He was married to Esther Montgomery until his death.
At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, Gigi. The following year, he received two additional posthumous Oscar nominations, one for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and another for the 1959 epic film Ben-Hur. At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Horning won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Ben-Hur, that year's Best Picture winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only individual ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies.
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 november 1904 at Missouri (USA)
Death 2 march 1959 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 9 november 1904 at Missouri (USA)
Death 2 march 1959 (at 54 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
At the 31st Academy Awards ceremony for 1958, Horning received a posthumous Academy Award for Best Art Direction for that year's Best Picture winner, Gigi. The following year, he received two additional posthumous Oscar nominations, one for Alfred Hitchcock's North by Northwest and another for the 1959 epic film Ben-Hur. At the 32nd Academy Awards ceremony, Horning won the Academy Award for Best Art Direction for Ben-Hur, that year's Best Picture winner. Like producer Sam Zimbalist, Horning was awarded his second Oscar posthumously, as both he and Zimbalist had died while the movie was still being filmed. To date, Horning is the only individual ever to win posthumous Academy Awards in consecutive ceremonies.
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William A. Horning rejoint la MGM en 1931 comme dessinateur, puis devient assistant de Cedric Gibbons. Il restera dans ce studio pendant une trentaine d'années.Best films
(1959)(Art Direction)
(1939)(Production Design)
(1951)(Art Direction)
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Filmography of William Allen Horning (49 films)
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Add to a movie listBen-Hur (1959)
, 3h34Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Chase films, Films about virginity
Actors Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
Roles Art Direction
Rating80%
In AD 26, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem, who lives with his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott); his sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell); their loyal slave, Simonides (Sam Jaffe); and his daughter, Esther (Haya Harareet), who loves Ben-Hur but is betrothed to another. His childhood friend, the Roman citizen Messala (Stephen Boyd), is now a tribune. After several years away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, while Ben-Hur is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people.
Ask Any Girl (1959)
, 1h38Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors David Niven, Shirley MacLaine, Gig Young, Rod Taylor, Jim Backus, Elisabeth Fraser
Roles Art Direction
Rating64%
A wide-eyed Meg Wheeler comes to New York City and takes a job in market research for a large firm. She's also keeping an eye open to meet the right man, her research making her aware that the United States has five million more females than males.
North by Northwest (1959)
, 2h16Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Rail transport films, Road movies, Chase films, Films about marriage
Actors Cary Grant, Sol Gorss, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll
Roles Art Direction
Rating82%
Advertising executive Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) is mistaken for George Kaplan and kidnapped by Valerian (Adam Williams) and Licht (Robert Ellenstein), who take him to the Long Island estate of Lester Townsend. He is interrogated by a man he assumes to be Townsend, but who is actually spy Phillip Vandamm (James Mason). Vandamm's "associate" Leonard (Martin Landau) intends to get rid of Thornhill once they finish questioning him.
Count Your Blessings (1959)
, 1h42Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Deborah Kerr, Rossano Brazzi, Maurice Chevalier, Martin Stephens, Tom Helmore, Patricia Medina
Roles Art Direction
Rating50%
While visiting Grace Allingham in wartime London at the behest of Hugh Palgrave, his friend, Charles is charmed by her and abruptly proposes marriage. They marry, but during the honeymoon Charles reports back to military duty.
Green Mansions (1959)
, 1h44Directed by Mel Ferrer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Indiens d'Amazonie
Actors Anthony Perkins, Audrey Hepburn, Lee J. Cobb, Sessue Hayakawa, Henry Silva, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Art Direction
Rating53%
A young man named Abel (Anthony Perkins) narrowly escapes Caracas, Venezuela after it is overtaken by rebels. He decides to seek revenge, as his father, the former Minister of War, was killed. After getting supplies, he takes a canoe to the far shore, where he is nearly killed by a leopard, but is saved by the native, Indian-like people.
The Mating Game (1959)
, 1h35Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Tony Randall, Paul Douglas, Una Merkel, Fred Clark, Philip Ober
Roles Art Direction
Rating68%
Irritated neighbor Wendell Burnshaw (Philip Ober) brings the Larkin family to the attention of the Internal Revenue Service. Lorenzo Charlton (Tony Randall) is assigned to the case by his boss, Kelsey (Fred Clark). Ma (Una Merkel) and Pop Larkin (Paul Douglas) warmly welcome him to their family farm in Maryland, at first unaware of why he is there.
Watusi (1959)
, 1h25Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors George Montgomery, Taina Elg, David Farrar, Rex Ingram, Dan Seymour
Roles Art Direction
Rating55%
Harry Quartermain (George Montgomery) is the son of Allan Quartermain who first set out on the quest for the source of Solomon's wealth, and he is determined to succeed where his father failed. He goes to Africa with his good friend Rick Cobb (David Farrar) and as they continue on their journey, Erica Neuler (Taina Elg) joins them. She is the daughter of a missionary who has been killed by a local tribe. Harry cannot hide his antagonism toward Erica. She is German, and Harry's mother was killed at sea by Germans in World War I.
, 1h35Directed by Ranald MacDougall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Political films, Dystopian films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Inger Stevens, Mel Ferrer, Harry Belafonte
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
African-American coal mine inspector Ralph Burton (Harry Belafonte) becomes trapped underground in a cave-in while inspecting a mine in Pennsylvania. He can hear rescuers digging towards him, but after a few days they slow down and then stop completely. Alarmed, he digs his own way out. Reaching the surface, he finds a deserted world. (No bodies are seen at any time in the film.) Some discarded newspapers provide an explanation: one proclaims "UN Retaliates For Use Of Atomic Poison", another that "Millions Flee From Cities! End Of The World". Ralph later plays tapes at a radio station that an unknown nation had used radioactive isotopes as a weapon, yielding a dust cloud that spread globally and was completely lethal for a five-day period.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
, 1h48Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Adaptation d'une pièce de théâtre de Tennessee Williams, LGBT-related film
Actors Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives, Judith Anderson, Jack Carson, Madeleine Sherwood
Roles Art Direction
Rating78%
Late one night, a drunken Brick Pollitt (Paul Newman) is out trying to recapture his glory days of high school sports by leaping hurdles on a track field, dreaming about his moments as a youthful athlete. Unexpectedly, he falls and breaks his leg, leaving him dependent on a crutch. Brick, along with his wife, Maggie "the Cat" (Elizabeth Taylor), are seen the next day visiting his family's estate in Mississippi, there to celebrate Big Daddy's (Burl Ives) 65th birthday.
The Tunnel of Love (1958)
, 1h38Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Art Direction
Rating58%
In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsuccessful in her attempts to become pregnant, is determined that she and Augie will eventually be parents. While awaiting news of the application to the agency, Isolde decides that she and Augie should continue to try to have a baby on their own, and she enthusiastically follows all the latest advice by pregnancy experts.
The Sheepman (1958)
, 1h25Directed by Georges Marchal, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan, Slim Pickens
Roles Art Direction
Rating67%
Gambler Jason Sweet (Glenn Ford) wins a herd of sheep in a poker game and proceeds to take them by train into the middle of cattle country. It is not long before the townsfolk take notice (and object), but Sweet is more than up to the challenge.
The Badlanders (1958)
Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance, Western
Themes Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Alan Ladd, Ernest Borgnine, Katy Jurado, Kent Smith, Claire Kelly, Nehemiah Persoff
Roles Art Direction
Rating63%
In 1898, two men are released from the Arizona Territorial Prison. One, mining engineer and geologist Peter Van Hoek (Ladd), the "Dutchman," tells the warden he was framed for the robbery of a gold shipment from the Lisbon Mine. The other, John McBain (Borgnine), killed Bascomb, the man who cheated him out of his land.
Some Came Running (1958)
, 2h17Directed by Vincente Minnelli
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about writers
Actors Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, John Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates
Roles Art Direction
Rating71%
Dave Hirsh is a cynical Army veteran who winds up in his hometown of Parkman after being put on a bus in Chicago while intoxicated. Ginny Moorehead, a woman of seemingly loose morals and poor education, has taken the same bus.
High School Confidential! (1958)
, 1h25Directed by Jack Arnold
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about education
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Russ Tamblyn, Jan Sterling, John Drew Barrymore, Jackie Coogan, Diane Jergens
Roles Art Direction
Rating60%
Tony Baker, un adolescent rebelle au casier judiciaire chargé, arrive dans un lycée et y devient le chef d'une bande organisé. Racket, violence et menace à l'arme blanche sont au programme du jeune délinquant. Coleridge, un de ses camarades, revend de la marijuana à l'intérieur de l'établissement. Tony ne tarde pas à entrer en relation avec son fournisseur et se lance dans le trafic de drogue...
Torpedo Run (1958)
, 1h38Directed by Joseph Pevney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, Ernest Borgnine, Diane Brewster, Robert Hardy, Paul Picerni, Dean Jones
Roles Art Direction
Rating63%
The American submarine Grayfish, under Lieutenant Commander/Commander Barney Doyle (Glenn Ford), searches for the Shinaru, one of the Japanese aircraft carriers that led the attack on Pearl Harbor. Doyle receives word that the target has an escort, including a transport ship carrying his wife and child, who were captured in the Philippines.