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Van Nest Polglase
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Born August 25, 1898Died December 20, 1968 (70 years)
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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.
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.
Van Nest Polglase Filmography
| 1957 | The River's Edge · as Production Design |
| 1956 | Slightly Scarlet · as Art Direction |
| 1955 | Tennessee's Partner · as Art Direction |
| 1955 | Pearl of the South Pacific · as Art Direction |
| 1955 | Escape to Burma · as Art Direction |
| 1954 | Cattle Queen of Montana · as Art Director |
| 1954 | Passion · as Art Direction |
| 1954 | Silver Lode · as Art Direction |
| 1950 | The Man Who Cheated Himself · as Production Design |
| 1950 | The Fireball · as Art Direction |
| 1950 | The Admiral Was a Lady · as Production Design |
| 1950 | Johnny One-Eye · as Production Design |
| 1950 | Never Fear · as Production Design |
| 1949 | The Crooked Way · as Production Design |
| 1946 | The Thrill of Brazil · as Art Direction |
| 1946 | Gilda · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | She Wouldn't Say Yes · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | Kiss and Tell · as Art Direction |
| 1945 | A Song to Remember · as Art Direction |
| 1944 | Together Again · as Art Direction |
| 1943 | What a Woman! · as Art Direction |
| 1943 | The Fallen Sparrow · as Production Design |
| 1941 | Dude Cowboy · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Weekend for Three · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | The Mexican Spitfire's Baby · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Look Who's Laughing · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Suspicion · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | The Gay Falcon · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | The Devil and Daniel Webster · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | The Bandit Trail · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Father Takes a Wife · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Lady Scarface · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Parachute Battalion · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Six-Gun Gold · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Tom, Dick and Harry · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Hurry, Charlie, Hurry · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Cyclone on Horseback · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Citizen Kane · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | They Met in Argentina · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Robbers of the Range · as Art Director |
| 1941 | Mr. & Mrs. Smith · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | The Devil and Miss Jones · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Repent at Leisure · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Footlight Fever · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Play Girl · as Art Direction |
| 1941 | Along the Rio Grande · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Let's Make Music · as Art Director |
| 1940 | The Saint in Palm Springs · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Kitty Foyle · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | The Fargo Kid · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Little Men · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Mexican Spitfire Out West · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | You'll Find Out · as Art Director |
| 1940 | They Knew What They Wanted · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Laddie · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Too Many Girls · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Wagon Train · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Triple Justice · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | I'm Still Alive · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Men Against the Sky · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Dance, Girl, Dance · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Wildcat Bus · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Stranger on the Third Floor · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | One Crowded Night · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Lucky Partners · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Stage to Chino · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Tom Brown's School Days · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Millionaires in Prison · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Cross-Country Romance · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Anne of Windy Poplars · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Pop Always Pays · as Art Director |
| 1940 | Prairie Law · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | The Saint Takes Over · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | A Bill of Divorcement · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | You Can't Fool Your Wife · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | My Favorite Wife · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Curtain Call · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Abe Lincoln in Illinois · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Bullet Code · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Primrose Path · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Millionaire Playboy · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Little Orvie · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | The Marines Fly High · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Vigil in the Night · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Swiss Family Robinson · as Art Director |
| 1940 | The Saint's Double Trouble · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Married and in Love · as Art Direction |
| 1940 | Legion of the Lawless · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Hunchback of Notre Dame · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Mexican Spitfire · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Two Thoroughbreds · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Reno · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | That's Right - You're Wrong · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Allegheny Uprising · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Marshal of Mesa City · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Sued for Libel · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Three Sons · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Fifth Avenue Girl · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Day the Bookies Wept · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Full Confession · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Bad Lands · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | In Name Only · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Fighting Gringo · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Bachelor Mother · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Conspiracy · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Spellbinder · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Timber Stampede · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Five Came Back · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Girl from Mexico · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Racketeers of the Range · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Panama Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Sorority House · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Rookie Cop · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Fixer Dugan · as Art Director |
| 1939 | They Made Her a Spy · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Love Affair · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Flying Irishman · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Almost a Gentleman · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Trouble in Sundown · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Saint Strikes Back · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Twelve Crowded Hours · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Beauty for the Asking · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Gunga Din · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | Boy Slaves · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Arizona Legion · as Art Direction |
| 1939 | The Great Man Votes · as Art Director |
| 1939 | Pacific Liner · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Next Time I Marry · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Law West of Tombstone · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Annabel Takes a Tour · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Lawless Valley · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Tarnished Angel · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Mad Miss Manton · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | A Man to Remember · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Mr. Doodle Kicks Off · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Room Service · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Fugitives for a Night · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Renegade Ranger · as Art Director |
| 1938 | The Affairs of Annabel · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Carefree · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Smashing the Rackets · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Painted Desert · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Vivacious Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | I'm from the City · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Mother Carey's Chickens · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Sky Giant · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Crime Ring · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Border G-Man · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Blond Cheat · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | The Saint in New York · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Blind Alibi · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Gun Law · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Joy of Living · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Law of the Underworld · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Go Chase Yourself · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | This Marriage Business · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Condemned Women · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Maid's Night Out · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Night Spot · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Bringing Up Baby · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Radio City Revels · as Art Director |
| 1938 | Double Danger · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Everybody's Doing It · as Art Direction |
| 1938 | Crashing Hollywood · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Wise Girl · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | She's Got Everything · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Quick Money · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Danger Patrol · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | High Flyers · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | A Damsel in Distress · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Living on Love · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Fight for Your Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | There Goes the Groom · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Breakfast for Two · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Stage Door · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Music for Madame · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Saturday's Heroes · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Forty Naughty Girls · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Annapolis Salute · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Life of the Party · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Flight from Glory · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Hideaway · as Art Director |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Big Shot · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Super-Sleuth · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | On Again-Off Again · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | New Faces of 1937 · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | You Can't Beat Love · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Border Cafe · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Meet the Missus · as Art Director |
| 1937 | There Goes My Girl · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Behind the Headlines · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Shall We Dance · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | You Can't Buy Luck · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Outcasts of Poker Flat · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Woman I Love · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | The Soldier and the Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Too Many Wives · as Art Director |
| 1937 | The Man Who Found Himself · as Art Director |
| 1937 | Quality Street · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | China Passage · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Don't Tell the Wife · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Sea Devils · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | When's Your Birthday? · as Art Director |
| 1937 | We're on the Jury · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | They Wanted to Marry · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Racing Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1937 | Criminal Lawyer · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | That Girl from Paris · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Plough and the Stars · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Night Waitress · as Art Director |
| 1936 | We Who Are About to Die · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Plot Thickens · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Wanted! Jane Turner · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Winterset · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Smartest Girl in Town · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | A Woman Rebels · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Without Orders · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Swing Time · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Big Game · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Mummy's Boys · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Don't Turn 'em Loose · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Walking on Air · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Mary of Scotland · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | M'Liss · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Bride Walks Out · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Last Outlaw · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | The Ex-Mrs. Bradford · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Special Investigator · as Art Director |
| 1936 | The Witness Chair · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Murder on a Bridle Path · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Two in Revolt · as Art Director |
| 1936 | Silly Billies · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Yellow Dust · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Love on a Bet · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Muss 'em Up · as Art Director |
| 1936 | The Lady Consents · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Chatterbox · as Art Direction |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | We're Only Human · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Sylvia Scarlett · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Another Face · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Seven Keys to Baldpate · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | I Dream Too Much · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | To Beat the Band · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | In Person · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Annie Oakley · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Three Musketeers · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Rainmakers · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Last Days of Pompeii · as Art Director |
| 1935 | Hi, Gaucho! · as Art Director |
| 1935 | His Family Tree · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Powdersmoke Range · as Art Director |
| 1935 | The Return of Peter Grimm · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Top Hat · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Alice Adams · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Hot Tip · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Jalna · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Old Man Rhythm · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | She · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Arizonian · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Village Tale · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Hooray for Love · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Nitwits · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Break of Hearts · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | The Informer · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Chasing Yesterday · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Strangers All · as Art Director |
| 1935 | Star of Midnight · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | A Dog of Flanders · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Roberta · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Captain Hurricane · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Murder on a Honeymoon · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Enchanted April · as Art Direction |
| 1935 | Grand Old Girl · as Art Director |
| 1934 | The Little Minister · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Romance in Manhattan · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Silver Streak · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Red Morning · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Lightning Strikes Twice · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Anne of Green Gables · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | By Your Leave · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Kentucky Kernels · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Wednesday's Child · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Gridiron Flash · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Dangerous Corner · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Richest Girl in the World · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Age of Innocence · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Down to Their Last Yacht · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Fountain · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Hat, Coat, and Glove · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Their Big Moment · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | His Greatest Gamble · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Bachelor Bait · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Of Human Bondage · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | We're Rich Again · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Let's Try Again · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Cockeyed Cavaliers · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Life of Vergie Winters · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Murder on the Blackboard · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Stingaree · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Where Sinners Meet · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Strictly Dynamite · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Finishing School · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Spitfire · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Success at Any Price · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Keep 'Em Rolling · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Lost Patrol · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Two Alone · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Long Lost Father · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | Man of Two Worlds · as Art Direction |
| 1934 | The Meanest Gal in Town · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Flying Down to Rio · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | If I Were Free · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Little Women · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | The Right to Romance · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | After Tonight · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Chance at Heaven · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Ace of Aces · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | The Silver Cord · as Set Decoration |
| 1933 | Christopher Strong · as Set Decoration |
| 1933 | Our Betters · as Art Direction |
| 1933 | Topaze · as Art Direction |
| 1932 | The Animal Kingdom · as Set Decoration |
| 1930 | The Life of the Party · as Art Direction |
| 1929 | Untamed · as Art Director |
| 1925 | Stage Struck · as Art Direction |
| 1925 | A Kiss in the Dark · as Art Direction |