Van Nest Polglase

Personal Info

Know For

Art

Gender

Male

Birthday

1898-08-25 (70 years old)

Deathday

1968-12-20

Place of Birth

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Van Nest Polglase

Biography

From Wikipedia 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.

Production

1941

Citizen Kane

as Art Direction

1933

Morning Glory

as Settings

1937

We Who Are About to Die

as Art Direction

1939

Fifth Avenue Girl

as Art Direction

1938

Bringing Up Baby

as Art Direction

1946

Gilda

as Art Direction

1950

Never Fear

as Production Design

1938

1938

Condemned Women

as Art Direction

1950

The Admiral Was a Lady

as Production Design

1940

The Fargo Kid

as Art Direction

1940

Legion of the Lawless

as Art Direction

1939

Pacific Liner

as Art Direction

1939

Trouble in Sundown

as Art Direction

1939

Timber Stampede

as Art Direction

1933

Before Dawn

as Settings

1940

Vigil in the Night

as Art Direction

1940

Bullet Code

as Art Direction

1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith

as Art Direction

1939

Reno

as Art Direction

1937

Border Cafe

as Art Direction

1937

1939

Racketeers of the Range

as Art Direction

1934

Two Alone

as Art Direction

1934

The Fountain

as Art Direction

1936

The Lady Consents

as Art Direction

1935

Top Hat

as Art Direction

1937

The Woman I Love

as Art Direction

1937

Saturday's Heroes

as Art Direction

1940

Mexican Spitfire

as Art Direction

1940

1937

Forty Naughty Girls

as Art Direction

1937

Quick Money

as Art Direction

1939

Conspiracy

as Art Direction

1939

The Girl and the Gambler

as Art Direction

1938

Sky Giant

as Art Direction

1940

Men Against the Sky

as Art Direction

1938

Law of the Underworld

as Art Direction

1941

Parachute Battalion

as Art Direction

1940

Kitty Foyle

as Art Direction

1937

Annapolis Salute

as Art Direction

1937

On Again—Off Again

as Art Direction

1937

High Flyers

as Art Direction

1938

Everybody's Doing It

as Art Direction

1938

Crashing Hollywood

as Art Direction

1938

Night Spot

as Art Direction

1938

Double Danger

as Art Direction

1937

There Goes My Girl

as Art Direction

1938

Blond Cheat

as Art Direction

1938

Crime Ring

as Art Direction

1938

Go Chase Yourself

as Art Direction

1938

Blind Alibi

as Art Direction

1938

Having Wonderful Time

as Art Direction

1936

The Plough and the Stars

as Art Direction

1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off

as Art Direction

1938

Fugitives for a Night

as Art Direction

1941

Cyclone on Horseback

as Art Direction

1938

The Affairs of Annabel

as Art Direction

1938

A Man to Remember

as Art Direction

1938

Room Service

as Art Direction

1939

Almost a Gentleman

as Art Direction

1938

Annabel Takes a Tour

as Art Direction

1939

Twelve Crowded Hours

as Art Direction

1939

The Saint Strikes Back

as Art Direction

1938

Tarnished Angel

as Art Direction

1938

Next Time I Marry

as Art Direction

1939

The Spellbinder

as Art Direction

1939

The Day the Bookies Wept

as Art Direction

1939

Sued for Libel

as Art Direction

1940

The Marines Fly High

as Art Direction

1940

1940

Married and in Love

as Art Direction

1940

The Saint Takes Over

as Art Direction

1940

Curtain Call

as Art Direction

1940

Millionaires in Prison

as Art Direction

1941

Footlight Fever

as Art Direction

1941

Tom, Dick and Harry

as Art Direction

1940

I'm Still Alive

as Art Direction

1941

1940

Cross-Country Romance

as Art Direction

1941

Lady Scarface

as Art Direction

1940

A Bill of Divorcement

as Art Direction

1941

1941

The Gay Falcon

as Art Direction

1937

Don't Tell the Wife

as Art Direction

1937

Criminal Lawyer

as Art Direction

1937

Danger Patrol

as Art Direction

1940

Prairie Law

as Art Direction

1935

In Person

as Art Direction

1935

We're Only Human

as Art Direction

1936

Walking on Air

as Art Direction

1936

A Woman Rebels

as Art Direction

1937

They Wanted to Marry

as Art Direction

1938

This Marriage Business

as Art Direction

1939

Arizona Legion

as Art Direction

1936

The Big Game

as Art Direction

1936

Yellow Dust

as Art Direction

1935

A Dog of Flanders

as Art Direction

1957

The River's Edge

as Production Design

1935

Star of Midnight

as Art Direction

1940

Little Orvie

as Art Direction

1937

Racing Lady

as Art Direction

1934

Where Sinners Meet

as Art Direction

1936

Wanted: Jane Turner

as Art Direction

1937

Hitting a New High

as Art Direction

1933

Flying Down to Rio

as Art Direction

1934

The Gay Divorcee

as Art Direction

1936

Make Way for a Lady

as Art Direction

1935

She

as Art Direction

1936

Winterset

as Art Direction

1941

Play Girl

as Art Direction

1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford

as Art Direction

1925

Stage Struck

as Art Direction

1936

Swing Time

as Art Direction

1934

The Lost Patrol

as Art Direction

1933

After Tonight

as Art Direction

1937

Stage Door

as Art Direction

1935

Sylvia Scarlett

as Art Direction

1941

Along the Rio Grande

as Art Direction

1939

The Rookie Cop

as Art Direction

1939

Love Affair

as Art Direction

1932

The Animal Kingdom

as Set Decoration

1933

Christopher Strong

as Set Decoration

1938

Vivacious Lady

as Art Direction

1940

Stage to Chino

as Art Direction

1940

1933

King Kong

as Supervising Art Director

1938

Lawless Valley

as Art Direction

1941

Suspicion

as Art Direction

1934

Murder on the Blackboard

as Art Direction

1934

Stingaree

as Art Direction

1937

Breakfast for Two

as Art Direction

1930

The Life of the Party

as Art Direction

1936

The Bride Walks Out

as Art Direction

1938

The Mad Miss Manton

as Art Direction

1935

Annie Oakley

as Art Direction

1939

The Marshal Of Mesa City

as Art Direction

1939

Bachelor Mother

as Art Direction

1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois

as Art Direction

1954

Silver Lode

as Art Direction

1935

Village Tale

as Art Direction

1936

Silly Billies

as Art Direction

1936

Murder on a Bridle Path

as Art Direction

1935

Romance in Manhattan

as Art Direction

1935

To Beat the Band

as Art Direction

1935

Old Man Rhythm

as Art Direction

1934

By Your Leave

as Art Direction

1936

Two in the Dark

as Art Direction

1934

Finishing School

as Art Direction

1939

Beauty for the Asking

as Art Direction

1935

Alice Adams

as Art Direction

1934

Wednesday's Child

as Art Direction

1935

Chasing Yesterday

as Art Direction

1935

Captain Hurricane

as Art Direction

1936

Mary of Scotland

as Art Direction

1939

In Name Only

as Art Direction

1938

Carefree

as Art Direction

1950

The Fireball

as Art Direction

1945

A Song to Remember

as Art Direction

1949

The Crooked Way

as Production Design

1945

She Wouldn't Say Yes

as Art Direction

1946

The Thrill of Brazil

as Art Direction

1945

Kiss and Tell

as Art Direction

1950

Johnny One-Eye

as Production Design

1944

Together Again

as Art Direction

1941

Dude Cowboy

as Art Direction

1943

What a Woman

as Art Direction

1941

Look Who's Laughing

as Art Direction

1941

The Bandit Trail

as Art Direction

1941

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry

as Art Direction

1941

Weekend for Three

as Art Direction

1938

Border G-Man

as Art Direction

1941

All That Money Can Buy

as Art Direction

1941

Six-Gun Gold

as Art Direction

1941

They Met in Argentina

as Art Direction

1941

Father Takes a Wife

as Art Direction

1937

You Can't Buy Luck

as Art Direction

1934

This Man Is Mine

as Art Direction

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Art Direction

1956

Slightly Scarlet

as Art Direction

1933

1933

Ace of Aces

as Art Direction

1933

Ann Vickers

as Art Direction

1935

Roberta

as Art Direction

1933

The Great Jasper

as Art Direction

1933

Our Betters

as Art Direction

1934

Long Lost Father

as Art Direction

1933

Chance at Heaven

as Art Direction

1925

A Kiss in the Dark

as Art Direction

1933

Little Women

as Art Direction

1933

If I Were Free

as Art Direction

1934

The Meanest Gal in Town

as Art Direction

1934

Man of Two Worlds

as Art Direction

1933

The Right To Romance

as Art Direction

1934

Keep 'Em Rolling

as Art Direction

1934

Success at Any Price

as Art Direction

1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Art Direction

1934

Sing and Like It

as Art Direction

1934

Spitfire

as Art Direction

1934

1934

Their Big Moment

as Art Direction

1934

Strictly Dynamite

as Art Direction

1934

Of Human Bondage

as Art Direction

1934

Let's Try Again

as Art Direction

1934

His Greatest Gamble

as Art Direction

1934

The Age of Innocence

as Art Direction

1934

Kentucky Kernels

as Art Direction

1934

Down to Their Last Yacht

as Art Direction

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Art Direction

1934

Anne of Green Gables

as Art Direction

1934

Lightning Strikes Twice

as Art Direction

1934

The Little Minister

as Art Direction

1934

Red Morning

as Art Direction

1934

Dangerous Corner

as Art Direction

1934

We're Rich Again

as Art Direction

1934

Hat, Coat and Glove

as Art Direction

1934

Gridiron Flash

as Art Direction

1934

West of the Pecos

as Art Direction

1934

1934

The Silver Streak

as Art Direction

1938

Joy of Living

as Art Direction

1937

Shall We Dance

as Art Direction

1936

Chatterbox

as Art Direction

1936

That Girl from Paris

as Art Direction

1937

A Damsel in Distress

as Art Direction

1933

Topaze

as Art Direction

1940

Dance, Girl, Dance

as Art Direction

1936

M'Liss

as Art Direction

1933

Headline Shooter

as Settings

1940

Lucky Partners

as Art Direction

1940

My Favorite Wife

as Art Direction

1937

We're on the Jury

as Art Direction

1937

China Passage

as Art Direction

1937

Living on Love

as Art Direction

1940

1933

The Silver Cord

as Set Decoration

1935

I Dream Too Much

as Art Direction

1935

Jalna

as Art Direction

1935

Break of Hearts

as Art Direction

1935

Enchanted April

as Art Direction

1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate

as Art Direction

1935

The Nitwits

as Art Direction

1940

Millionaire Playboy

as Art Direction

1940

Triple Justice

as Art Direction

1935

The Three Musketeers

as Art Direction

1935

The Arizonian

as Art Direction

1935

Hooray for Love

as Art Direction

1935

1941

Repent at Leisure

as Art Direction

1933

The Past of Mary Holmes

as Art Direction

1937

Wise Girl

as Art Direction

1937

The Toast of New York

as Art Direction

1935

His Family Tree

as Art Direction

1936

Love on a Bet

as Art Direction

1937

Sea Devils

as Art Direction

1940

One Crowded Night

as Art Direction

1937

Super-Sleuth

as Art Direction

1937

She's Got Everything

as Art Direction

1937

The Big Shot

as Art Direction

1950

The Man Who Cheated Himself

as Production Design

1937

New Faces of 1937

as Art Direction

1955

Tennessee's Partner

as Art Direction

1954

Passion

as Art Direction

1937

There Goes the Groom

as Art Direction

1940

You Can't Fool Your Wife

as Art Direction

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Art Direction

1933

Blind Adventure

as Settings

1935

Murder on a Honeymoon

as Art Direction

1955

1933

Bed of Roses

as Settings

1939

The Fighting Gringo

as Art Direction

1935

Another Face

as Art Direction

1939

Five Came Back

as Art Direction

1943

The Fallen Sparrow

as Production Design

1935

The Rainmakers

as Art Direction

1939

Panama Lady

as Art Direction

1936

Bunker Bean

as Art Direction

1935

Hot Tip

as Art Direction

1939

Bad Lands

as Art Direction

1935

The Informer

as Art Direction

1937

The Soldier and the Lady

as Art Direction

1939

1938

The Saint in New York

as Art Direction

1939

Allegheny Uprising

as Art Direction

1939

Gunga Din

as Art Direction

1937

Music for Madame

as Art Direction

1937

Quality Street

as Art Direction

1936

The Last Outlaw

as Art Direction

1940

Primrose Path

as Art Direction

1941

The Devil and Miss Jones

as Art Direction

1939

1933

Sweepings

as Settings

1938

Painted Desert

as Art Direction

1955

Escape to Burma

as Art Direction

1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob

as Art Direction

1925

Lovers in Quarantine

as Art Direction

1933

Rafter Romance

as Settings

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