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Stephen Goosson
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Born March 24, 1889Died March 25, 1973 (84 years)
Stephen Goosson was Columbia Pictures' supervising art director for 25 years. A gifted artist, he is responsible for some of the most memorable sets in Hollywood history; from the oversized mansion towering over Mary Pickford in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921) to the fun house with its hall of mirrors in The Lady from Shanghai (1947). Goosson was an architect in Detroit before starting in pictures as art director for pioneer film producer Lewis J. Selznick (father of David O. Selznick) in 1919. he went on to work for Mary Pickford Productions, Frank Lloyd, DeMille Pictures as well as Fox before being hired by Columbia, where he remained for the rest of his career. From pencil drawings to final full-scale sets and regardless of budget, his work was always extremely rich in details, and always thoroughly researched and authentically built.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, Goosson won for his magnificent sets of Shangri-La for Frank Capra's Lost Horizon (1937). They collaborated on seven other pictures from Platinum Blonde (1931) to Meet John Doe (1941). Always a visionary, he was just as comfortable with simple authenticity (like the cabin in It Happened One Night (1934) where "the wall of Jericho" is erected) than with grandiose concepts (such as his - and co-art director Ralph Hammeras - futuristic New York City of 1980 in Just Imagine (1930)). It is next to impossible to imagine any of these movies without Stephen Goosson's exquisite contributions.
Nominated for five Academy Awards, Goosson won for his magnificent sets of Shangri-La for Frank Capra's Lost Horizon (1937). They collaborated on seven other pictures from Platinum Blonde (1931) to Meet John Doe (1941). Always a visionary, he was just as comfortable with simple authenticity (like the cabin in It Happened One Night (1934) where "the wall of Jericho" is erected) than with grandiose concepts (such as his - and co-art director Ralph Hammeras - futuristic New York City of 1980 in Just Imagine (1930)). It is next to impossible to imagine any of these movies without Stephen Goosson's exquisite contributions.
Stephen Goosson Filmography
| 1955 | The People's Choice (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1955 | The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1954 | The Mickey Rooney Show (TV Series) · as Art Director |
| 1948 | The Return of October · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Gallant Blade · as Art Director |
| 1948 | The Loves of Carmen · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Man from Colorado · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Fuller Brush Man · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Mating of Millie · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Sign of the Ram · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | To the Ends of the Earth · as Art Director |
| 1948 | Relentless · as Art Director |
| 1948 | I Love Trouble · as Art Direction |
| 1948 | The Swordsman · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | The Lady from Shanghai · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | It Had to Be You · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | Down to Earth · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | The Corpse Came C.O.D. · as Art Director |
| 1947 | Framed · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | The Guilt of Janet Ames · as Art Director |
| 1947 | Johnny O'Clock · as Art Direction |
| 1947 | Mr. District Attorney · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | Dead Reckoning · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | The Return of Monte Cristo · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | The Jolson Story · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | Gallant Journey · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | The Thrill of Brazil · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | Renegades · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | The Walls Came Tumbling Down · as Art Director |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · as Art Director |
| 1946 | Meet Me on Broadway · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | Tars and Spars · as Art Director |
| 1946 | One Way to Love · as Art Director |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | Lawless Empire · as Art Director |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | Over 21 · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | A Thousand and One Nights · as Art Director |
| 1945 | Counter-Attack · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | The Fighting Guardsman · as Art Director |
| 1945 | Keep Your Powder Dry · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | Tonight and Every Night · as Art Direction |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Art Direction |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty · as Art Direction |
| 1943 | Swing Fever · as Art Director |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Meet John Doe · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Beyond Tomorrow · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Lady Objects · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Girls' School · as Art Director |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | I Am the Law · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Holiday · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | There's Always a Woman · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Start Cheering · as Art Director |
| 1937 | The Shadow · as Art Director |
| 1937 | I'll Take Romance · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Murder in Greenwich Village · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Awful Truth · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Life Begins with Love · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | It Happened in Hollywood · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | It's All Yours · as Art Director |
| 1937 | The League of Frightened Men · as Art Director |
| 1937 | I Promise to Pay · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Let's Get Married · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Women of Glamour · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | When You're in Love · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Devil's Playground · as Art Director |
| 1936 | More Than a Secretary · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Pennies from Heaven · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Theodora Goes Wild · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Adventure in Manhattan · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Craig's Wife · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | They Met in a Taxi · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Meet Nero Wolfe · as Art Director |
| 1936 | The King Steps Out · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Counterfeit · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Lady of Secrets · as Art Director |
| 1936 | You May Be Next! · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Crime and Punishment · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | A Feather in Her Hat · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | She Couldn't Take It · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | She Married Her Boss · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Black Room · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Love Me Forever · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Party Wire · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | One Night of Love · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | It Happened One Night · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Let's Fall in Love · as Art Director |
| 1933 | Man's Castle · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Brief Moment · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Lady for a Day · as Art Direction |
| 1932 | American Madness · as Art Direction |
| 1931 | Platinum Blonde · as Art Direction |
| 1931 | A Dangerous Affair · as Art Director |
| 1931 | Their Mad Moment · as Art Director |
| 1931 | Arizona · as Art Director |
| 1931 | The Good Bad Girl · as Art Director |
| 1930 | Oh, for a Man! · as Art Direction |
| 1930 | Just Imagine · as Art Direction |
| 1929 | The Trespasser · as Art Direction |
| 1929 | Evangeline · as Set Decorator |
| 1928 | The Cop · as Art Director |
| 1928 | Skyscraper · as Art Direction |
| 1928 | A Blonde for a Night · as Art Direction |
| 1927 | The Patent Leather Kid · as Art Direction |
| 1924 | The Sea Hawk · as Art Direction |
| 1924 | Secrets · as Art Director |
| 1923 | Black Oxen · as Art Director |
| 1923 | Ashes of Vengeance · as Art Director |
| 1923 | Within the Law · as Art Direction |
| 1922 | Oliver Twist · as Art Direction |
| 1922 | The Primitive Lover · as Art Director |
| 1921 | Little Lord Fauntleroy · as Art Direction |
| 1921 | Through the Back Door · as Art Direction |
| 1921 | The Love Light · as Art Direction |