Samuel M. Comer

Samuel M. Comer
Born	(1893-07-13)July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas
Died	December 27, 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 81) La Jolla, California
Years active	1934-1968
Children	Anjanette Comer (b. 1939)

Sam Comer (July 13, 1893 – December 27, 1974) was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction.^[1]

He guided his niece, Anjanette Comer into "the biz."

Academy Awards

Won

The Rose Tattoo (1955)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Nominated

Hud (1963)
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Summer and Smoke (1961)
Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
It Started in Naples (1960)
Career (1959)
Vertigo (1958)
Funny Face (1957)
The Proud and Profane (1956)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
To Catch a Thief (1955)
The Country Girl (1954)
Sabrina (1954)
Red Garters (1954)
Kitty (1945)
Love Letters (1945)
No Time for Love (1943)
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

References

↑ "IMDb.com: Samuel M. Comer - Awards". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2008-12-13.

External links

Samuel M. Comer at the Internet Movie Database

Academy Award for Production Design (1941–1960)

1941–1946 Black & White / Color separate	1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, Edwin B. Willis 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, Ira S. Webb 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen, A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, Samuel M. Comer 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis

1947–1958 renamed Art Direction - Set Decoration Black & White / Color separate	1947 (bw): John Bryan, Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse, Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth, Arthur Lawson 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, Jack D. Moore 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Ray Moyer 1951 (bw): Richard Day, George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff, Marcel Vertès 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan, Emile Kuri 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox

1957–1958	1957: Ted Haworth, Robert Priestley 1958: William A. Horning (posthumous award), E. Preston Ames, Henry Grace, F. Keogh Gleason

1959–1960 Black & White / Color separate	1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, Hugh Hunt 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner, Edward G. Boyle /(c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, Julia Heron

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