Art • AGE 70
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 ...


The River's Edge
Production Design
1957

Slightly Scarlet
Art Direction
1956

Tennessee's Partner
Art Direction
1955

Pearl of the South Pacific
Art Direction
1955

Escape to Burma
Art Direction
1955

Passion
Art Direction
1954

Silver Lode
Art Direction
1954

The Man Who Cheated Himself
Production Design
1950

The Fireball
Art Direction
1950

The Admiral Was a Lady
Production Design
1950

Johnny One-Eye
Production Design
1950

Never Fear
Production Design
1950

The Crooked Way
Production Design
1949

The Thrill of Brazil
Art Direction
1946

Gilda
Art Direction
1946

She Wouldn't Say Yes
Art Direction
1945

Kiss and Tell
Art Direction
1945

A Song to Remember
Art Direction
1945

Together Again
Art Direction
1944

What a Woman
Art Direction
1943

The Fallen Sparrow
Production Design
1943

Dude Cowboy
Art Direction
1941

Weekend for Three
Art Direction
1941

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
Art Direction
1941

Look Who's Laughing
Art Direction
1941

Suspicion
Art Direction
1941

The Gay Falcon
Art Direction
1941

All That Money Can Buy
Art Direction
1941

The Bandit Trail
Art Direction
1941

Father Takes a Wife
Art Direction
1941

Lady Scarface
Art Direction
1941

Parachute Battalion
Art Direction
1941

Six-Gun Gold
Art Direction
1941

Cyclone on Horseback
Art Direction
1941

Tom, Dick and Harry
Art Direction
1941

Hurry, Charlie, Hurry
Art Direction
1941

They Met in Argentina
Art Direction
1941

Citizen Kane
Art Direction
1941

The Devil and Miss Jones
Art Direction
1941

Repent at Leisure
Art Direction
1941

Footlight Fever
Art Direction
1941

A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob
Art Direction
1941

Along the Rio Grande
Art Direction
1941

Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Art Direction
1941

Play Girl
Art Direction
1941

The Saint In Palm Springs
Art Direction
1941

Kitty Foyle
Art Direction
1940

The Fargo Kid
Art Direction
1940

Mexican Spitfire Out West
Art Direction
1940

They Knew What They Wanted
Art Direction
1940

Triple Justice
Art Direction
1940

I'm Still Alive
Art Direction
1940

Men Against the Sky
Art Direction
1940

Dance, Girl, Dance
Art Direction
1940

Wildcat Bus
Art Direction
1940

Stranger on the Third Floor
Art Direction
1940

One Crowded Night
Art Direction
1940

Lucky Partners
Art Direction
1940

Stage to Chino
Art Direction
1940

Millionaires in Prison
Art Direction
1940

Cross-Country Romance
Art Direction
1940

Prairie Law
Art Direction
1940

The Saint Takes Over
Art Direction
1940

A Bill of Divorcement
Art Direction
1940

You Can't Fool Your Wife
Art Direction
1940

My Favorite Wife
Art Direction
1940

Curtain Call
Art Direction
1940

Bullet Code
Art Direction
1940

Primrose Path
Art Direction
1940

Millionaire Playboy
Art Direction
1940

Little Orvie
Art Direction
1940

The Marines Fly High
Art Direction
1940

Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Art Direction
1940

Vigil in the Night
Art Direction
1940

The Saint's Double Trouble
Art Direction
1940

Married and in Love
Art Direction
1940

Mexican Spitfire
Art Direction
1940

Legion of the Lawless
Art Direction
1940

Reno
Art Direction
1939

That's Right – You're Wrong
Art Direction
1939

Allegheny Uprising
Art Direction
1939

The Marshal Of Mesa City
Art Direction
1939

Sued for Libel
Art Direction
1939

Fifth Avenue Girl
Art Direction
1939

The Day the Bookies Wept
Art Direction
1939

The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Art Direction
1939

Bad Lands
Art Direction
1939

In Name Only
Art Direction
1939

The Fighting Gringo
Art Direction
1939

Conspiracy
Art Direction
1939

The Spellbinder
Art Direction
1939

Bachelor Mother
Art Direction
1939

Timber Stampede
Art Direction
1939

Five Came Back
Art Direction
1939

The Girl and the Gambler
Art Direction
1939

Racketeers of the Range
Art Direction
1939

Panama Lady
Art Direction
1939

Sorority House
Art Direction
1939

The Rookie Cop
Art Direction
1939

Love Affair
Art Direction
1939

Almost a Gentleman
Art Direction
1939

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Art Direction
1939

Trouble in Sundown
Art Direction
1939

The Saint Strikes Back
Art Direction
1939

Beauty for the Asking
Art Direction
1939

Twelve Crowded Hours
Art Direction
1939

Gunga Din
Art Direction
1939

Arizona Legion
Art Direction
1939

Pacific Liner
Art Direction
1939

Next Time I Marry
Art Direction
1938

The Law West of Tombstone
Art Direction
1938

Annabel Takes a Tour
Art Direction
1938

Lawless Valley
Art Direction
1938

Tarnished Angel
Art Direction
1938

The Mad Miss Manton
Art Direction
1938

A Man to Remember
Art Direction
1938

Mr. Doodle Kicks Off
Art Direction
1938

Fugitives for a Night
Art Direction
1938

Room Service
Art Direction
1938

The Affairs of Annabel
Art Direction
1938

Carefree
Art Direction
1938

Painted Desert
Art Direction
1938

Sky Giant
Art Direction
1938

Crime Ring
Art Direction
1938

Having Wonderful Time
Art Direction
1938

Border G-Man
Art Direction
1938

Blond Cheat
Art Direction
1938

The Saint in New York
Art Direction
1938

Blind Alibi
Art Direction
1938

Vivacious Lady
Art Direction
1938

Law of the Underworld
Art Direction
1938

Joy of Living
Art Direction
1938

Go Chase Yourself
Art Direction
1938

This Marriage Business
Art Direction
1938

Condemned Women
Art Direction
1938

Night Spot
Art Direction
1938

Bringing Up Baby
Art Direction
1938

Double Danger
Art Direction
1938

Everybody's Doing It
Art Direction
1938

Crashing Hollywood
Art Direction
1938

Wise Girl
Art Direction
1937

She's Got Everything
Art Direction
1937

Hitting a New High
Art Direction
1937

Quick Money
Art Direction
1937

A Damsel in Distress
Art Direction
1937

Danger Patrol
Art Direction
1937

Living on Love
Art Direction
1937

High Flyers
Art Direction
1937

Fight for Your Lady
Art Direction
1937

There Goes the Groom
Art Direction
1937

Breakfast for Two
Art Direction
1937

Saturday's Heroes
Art Direction
1937

Stage Door
Art Direction
1937

Music for Madame
Art Direction
1937

Forty Naughty Girls
Art Direction
1937

Annapolis Salute
Art Direction
1937

The Big Shot
Art Direction
1937

The Toast of New York
Art Direction
1937

Super-Sleuth
Art Direction
1937

On Again—Off Again
Art Direction
1937

New Faces of 1937
Art Direction
1937

Border Cafe
Art Direction
1937

There Goes My Girl
Art Direction
1937

Shall We Dance
Art Direction
1937

You Can't Buy Luck
Art Direction
1937

The Outcasts of Poker Flat
Art Direction
1937

The Woman I Love
Art Direction
1937

The Soldier and the Lady
Art Direction
1937

Quality Street
Art Direction
1937

China Passage
Art Direction
1937

Don't Tell the Wife
Art Direction
1937

Sea Devils
Art Direction
1937

We're on the Jury
Art Direction
1937

They Wanted to Marry
Art Direction
1937

Criminal Lawyer
Art Direction
1937

Racing Lady
Art Direction
1937

We Who Are About to Die
Art Direction
1937

That Girl from Paris
Art Direction
1936

The Plough and the Stars
Art Direction
1936

The Plot Thickens
Art Direction
1936

Wanted: Jane Turner
Art Direction
1936

Winterset
Art Direction
1936

Make Way for a Lady
Art Direction
1936

A Woman Rebels
Art Direction
1936

The Big Game
Art Direction
1936

Walking on Air
Art Direction
1936

Swing Time
Art Direction
1936

Mary of Scotland
Art Direction
1936

M'Liss
Art Direction
1936

The Bride Walks Out
Art Direction
1936

Bunker Bean
Art Direction
1936

The Last Outlaw
Art Direction
1936

The Ex-Mrs. Bradford
Art Direction
1936

Murder on a Bridle Path
Art Direction
1936

Silly Billies
Art Direction
1936

Yellow Dust
Art Direction
1936

Love on a Bet
Art Direction
1936

Follow the Fleet
Art Direction
1936

The Lady Consents
Art Direction
1936

Chatterbox
Art Direction
1936

Two in the Dark
Art Direction
1936

We're Only Human
Art Direction
1935

Sylvia Scarlett
Art Direction
1935

Another Face
Art Direction
1935

Seven Keys to Baldpate
Art Direction
1935

I Dream Too Much
Art Direction
1935

To Beat the Band
Art Direction
1935

In Person
Art Direction
1935

Annie Oakley
Art Direction
1935

The Three Musketeers
Art Direction
1935

The Rainmakers
Art Direction
1935

His Family Tree
Art Direction
1935

The Return Of Peter Grimm
Art Direction
1935

Top Hat
Art Direction
1935

Alice Adams
Art Direction
1935

Bonnie Scotland
Art Direction
1935

Hot Tip
Art Direction
1935

Jalna
Art Direction
1935

Old Man Rhythm
Art Direction
1935

She
Art Direction
1935

The Arizonian
Art Direction
1935

Village Tale
Art Direction
1935

Hooray for Love
Art Direction
1935

The Nitwits
Art Direction
1935

Break of Hearts
Art Direction
1935

The Informer
Art Direction
1935

Chasing Yesterday
Art Direction
1935

Star of Midnight
Art Direction
1935

A Dog of Flanders
Art Direction
1935

Roberta
Art Direction
1935

Captain Hurricane
Art Direction
1935

Murder on a Honeymoon
Art Direction
1935

Enchanted April
Art Direction
1935

The Little Minister
Art Direction
1934

West of the Pecos
Art Direction
1934

Romance in Manhattan
Art Direction
1934

The Silver Streak
Art Direction
1934

Red Morning
Art Direction
1934

Lightning Strikes Twice
Art Direction
1934

Dangerous Corner
Art Direction
1934

Anne of Green Gables
Art Direction
1934

By Your Leave
Art Direction
1934

Kentucky Kernels
Art Direction
1934

Wednesday's Child
Art Direction
1934

The Gay Divorcee
Art Direction
1934

Gridiron Flash
Art Direction
1934

The Richest Girl in the World
Art Direction
1934

The Age of Innocence
Art Direction
1934

Down to Their Last Yacht
Art Direction
1934

The Fountain
Art Direction
1934

Their Big Moment
Art Direction
1934

His Greatest Gamble
Art Direction
1934

Bachelor Bait
Art Direction
1934

Hat, Coat and Glove
Art Direction
1934

Of Human Bondage
Art Direction
1934

We're Rich Again
Art Direction
1934

Let's Try Again
Art Direction
1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers
Art Direction
1934

Murder on the Blackboard
Art Direction
1934

The Life of Vergie Winters
Art Direction
1934

Stingaree
Art Direction
1934

Where Sinners Meet
Art Direction
1934

Strictly Dynamite
Art Direction
1934

Finishing School
Art Direction
1934

Sing and Like It
Art Direction
1934

This Man Is Mine
Art Direction
1934

Success at Any Price
Art Direction
1934

Spitfire
Art Direction
1934

Keep 'Em Rolling
Art Direction
1934

The Lost Patrol
Art Direction
1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Art Direction
1934

Two Alone
Art Direction
1934

Long Lost Father
Art Direction
1934

Man of Two Worlds
Art Direction
1934

The Meanest Gal in Town
Art Direction
1934

Flying Down to Rio
Art Direction
1933

If I Were Free
Art Direction
1933

Little Women
Art Direction
1933

The Right To Romance
Art Direction
1933

After Tonight
Art Direction
1933

Chance at Heaven
Art Direction
1933

Ace of Aces
Art Direction
1933

Aggie Appleby, Maker of Men
Art Direction
1933

Ann Vickers
Art Direction
1933

Rafter Romance
Settings
1933

Morning Glory
Settings
1933

Blind Adventure
Settings
1933

Before Dawn
Settings
1933

Headline Shooter
Settings
1933

Bed of Roses
Settings
1933

Professional Sweetheart
Settings
1933

The Silver Cord
Set Decoration
1933

Sweepings
Settings
1933

Our Betters
Art Direction
1933

Christopher Strong
Set Decoration
1933

The Great Jasper
Art Direction
1933

Topaze
Art Direction
1933

The Past of Mary Holmes
Art Direction
1933

The Animal Kingdom
Set Decoration
1932

The Life of the Party
Art Direction
1930

The Love Doctor
Art Direction
1929

Stage Struck
Art Direction
1925

Lovers in Quarantine
Art Direction
1925

A Kiss in the Dark
Art Direction
1925