Samuel M. 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]
Samuel M. Comer | |
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| Born | July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas |
| Died | December 27, 1974 (aged 81) |
| Years active | 1934-1968 |
| Children | Anjanette Comer (b. 1939) |
| Awards | Best Art Direction - Color 1945 Frenchman's Creek 1950 Samson and Delilah Best Art Direction - Black and White 1950 Sunset Boulevard 1955 The Rose Tattoo |
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)