Anton Grot
Anton Grot | |
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Kelbasin, Poland | |
Died | 21 March 1974 Stanton, California, United States | (aged 90)
Occupation | Art director |
Years active | 1916-1950 |
Anton Grot (18 January 1884 – 21 March 1974) was a Polish
Biography
He was born Antoni Franciszek Groszewski in
The Lubin Company hired him to paint and design sets in 1913, in Philadelphia;
"a gifted and talented artist who made beautiful charcoal drawings...of the set before it was completed. All his compositions showed a full shot of each set, with all the delicate tones and shadings that suggested ideas for lighting and, in general, were of great help to me as a cameraman."[4]
Grot arrived in
Awards
Grot was nominated for five Academy Awards for Best Art Direction:[5]
- The Sea Hawk (1940)[6]
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)[7]
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937)[8]
- Anthony Adverse (1936)[9]
- Svengali (1931)[10]
He received a special Oscar in 1941 for inventing a water ripple and wave-illusion machine, first used in The Sea Hawk (1940).[2]
Filmography
- The Light at Dusk (1916)
- Arms and the Woman (1916)
- Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917)
- The Naulahka (1918)
- Rogues and Romance (1920)
- Robin Hood(1922)
- The Thief of Bagdad (1924)
- The Road to Yesterday (1925)
- The Volga Boatman (1926)
- Young April (1926)
- The King of Kings (1927)
- Fighting Love (1927)
- White Gold (1927)
- The Little Adventuress (1927)
- Vanity (1927)
- The Country Doctor (1927)
- A Ship Comes In (1928)
- Stand and Deliver (1928)
- The Blue Danube (1928)
- Hold 'Em Yale (1928)
- Walking Back (1928)
- Noah's Ark (1928)
- The Squall (1929)
- Smiling Irish Eyes (1929)
- Top Speed (1930)
- Bright Lights (1930)
- The Widow from Chicago (1930)
- Mothers Cry (1930)
- Going Wild (1930)
- Song of the Flame (1930)
- A Notorious Affair (1930)
- Kiss Me Again (1931)
- Little Caesar (1931)
- Body and Soul (1931)
- The Lady Who Dared (1931)
- Svengali (1931)
- Broadminded (1931)
- Side Show (1931)
- The Road to Singapore (1931)
- The Mad Genius (1931)
- Surrender (1931)
- High Pressure (1932)
- The Hatchet Man (1932)
- Alias the Doctor (1932)
- 20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
- The Heart of New York (1932)
- Beauty and the Boss (1932)
- Man Wanted (1932)
- Two Seconds (1932)
- Street of Women (1932)
- Doctor X (1932)
- Two Against the World (1932)
- Big City Blues (1932)
- A Successful Calamity (1932)
- One Way Passage (1932)
- Scarlet Dawn (1932)
- The Match King (1932)
- The King's Vacation (1933)
- Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- The Keyhole (1933)
- Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
- Baby Face (1933)
- Voltaire (1933)
- Footlight Parade (1933)
- Ever in My Heart (1933)
- From Headquarters (1933)
- Son of a Sailor (1933)
- Easy to Love (1934)
- Mandalay (1934)
- Gambling Lady (1934)
- Upper World(1934)
- He Was Her Man (1934)
- Dr. Monica (1934)
- Side Streets (1934)
- 6 Day Bike Rider (1934)
- The Firebird (1934)
- The Secret Bride (1934)
- British Agent (1934)
- Racing Luck (1935)
- Traveling Saleslady (1935)
- The Florentine Dagger (1935)
- Stranded (1935)
- Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)
- Bright Lights (1935)
- Broadway Gondolier (1935)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
- Dr. Socrates (1935)
- Captain Blood (1935)
- The Golden Arrow (1936)
- The White Angel (1936)
- Anthony Adverse (1936)
- Sing Me a Love Song (1936)
- Stolen Holiday (1937)
- Confession (1937)
- Tovarich (1937)
- The Great Garrick (1937)
- The Life of Emile Zola (1937)
- Fools for Scandal (1938)
- Hard to Get (1938)
- Secrets of an Actress (1938)
- They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
- Juarez (1939)
- The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)
- The Sea Hawk (1940)
- A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)
- The Sea Wolf (1941)
- Affectionately Yours (1941)
- Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
- The Conspirators (1944)
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
- Mildred Pierce (1945)
- One More Tomorrow (1946)
- My Reputation (1946)
- Never Say Goodbye (1946)
- Deception (1946)
- Nora Prentiss (1947)
- The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1947)
- Possessed (1947)
- The Unsuspected (1947)
- Romance on the High Seas (1948)
- June Bride (1948)
- One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
- Backfire (1950)
See also
References
- ^ "Overview for Anton Grot". Turner Classic Movies.
- ^ a b "Anton Grot movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ a b "Finding Aid for the Anton Grot Papers, 1920-1950".
- ^ a b incEngine. "Art Directors Guild - Hall of Fame".
- ^ "Anton Grot". theoscarsite.com. Retrieved 28 January 2011.
- ^ "NY Times: The Sea Hawk". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 26 June 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "NY Times: The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2009. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "NY Times: The Life of Emile Zola". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "NY Times: Anthony Adverse". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
- ^ "NY Times: Svengali". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 7 December 2008.
External links
- Anton Grot at IMDb
- Anton Grot at AllMovie