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US set decorator (1886–1985)
Thomas Little |
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| Born | (1886-08-27)August 27, 1886
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| Died | March 5, 1985(1985-03-05) (aged 98)
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| Occupation | set decorator |
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| Years active | 1918–1953 |
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| Spouse | Eliza (1915–?) |
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Thomas Little (August 27, 1886 in Ogden, Utah – March 5, 1985 in Santa Monica, California) was a United States set decorator who worked on more than 450 Hollywood movies between 1932 and 1953. He won a total of 6 Oscars for art direction and received 21 nominations in the same category. His credits include The Keys of the Kingdom, The Fan, Belles on Their Toes, What Price Glory?, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Pride of St. Louis, and The Day the Earth Stood Still.
Academy Awards for Art Direction
[edit]- 1941 (Black-and-White) Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little - How Green Was My Valley[1]
- 1942 (Black-and-White) Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - This Above All[2]
- 1942 (Color) Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, Thomas Little - My Gal Sal [2]
- 1943 (Black-and-White) James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little - The Song of Bernadette[3]
- 1944 (Color) Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little - Wilson[4]
- 1946 (Black-and-White) William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - Anna and the King of Siam[5]
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Interior Decoration
(1927–1939) | |
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Black & White / Color
(1940–1946) |
- 1940 (bw): Cedric Gibbons and Paul Groesse / (c): Vincent Korda
- 1941 (bw): Richard Day, Nathan Juran, and Thomas Little / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Urie McCleary, and Edwin B. Willis
- 1942 (bw): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little / (c): Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright, and Thomas Little
- 1943 (bw): James Basevi, William S. Darling, and Thomas Little / (c): Alexander Golitzen, John B. Goodman, Russell A. Gausman, and Ira S. Webb
- 1944 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, William Ferrari, Paul Huldschinsky, and Edwin B. Willis / (c): Wiard Ihnen and Thomas Little
- 1945 (bw): Wiard Ihnen and A. Roland Fields / (c): Hans Dreier, Ernst Fegté, and Samuel M. Comer
- 1946 (bw): William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, and Frank E. Hughes / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, and Edwin B. Willis
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Art Direction–Set Decoration
Black & White / Color
(1947–1956) |
- 1947 (bw): John Bryan and Wilfred Shingleton / (c): Alfred Junge
- 1948 (bw): Roger K. Furse and Carmen Dillon / (c): Hein Heckroth and Arthur Lawson
- 1949 (bw): Harry Horner, John Meehan, and Emile Kuri / (c): Cedric Gibbons, Paul Groesse, Edwin B. Willis, and Jack D. Moore
- 1950 (bw): Hans Dreier, John Meehan, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer / (c): Hans Dreier, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, and Ray Moyer
- 1951 (bw): Richard Day and George James Hopkins / (c): Cedric Gibbons, E. Preston Ames, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason
- 1952 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason /(c): Paul Sheriff and Marcel Vertès
- 1953 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Edward Carfagno, Edwin B. Willis, and Hugh Hunt / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox
- 1954 (bw): Richard Day / (c): John Meehan and Emile Kuri
- 1955 (bw): Hal Pereira, Tambi Larsen, Samuel M. Comer, and Arthur Krams / (c): William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, and Robert Priestley
- 1956 (bw): Cedric Gibbons, Malcolm F. Brown, Edwin B. Willis, and F. Keogh Gleason / (c): Lyle R. Wheeler, John DeCuir, Walter M. Scott, and Paul S. Fox
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| 1957–1958 | |
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Black & White / Color
(1959–1966) |
- 1959 (bw): Lyle R. Wheeler, George Davis, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss / (c): William A. Horning (posthumous award), Edward Carfagno, and Hugh Hunt
- 1960 (bw): Alexandre Trauner and Edward G. Boyle / (c): Alexander Golitzen, Eric Orbom (posthumous award), Russell A. Gausman, and Julia Heron
- 1961 (bw): Harry Horner and Gene Callahan / (c): Boris Leven and Victor A. Gangelin
- 1962 (bw): Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead, and Oliver Emert /(c): John Box, John Stoll, and Dario Simoni
- 1963 (bw): Gene Callahan / (c): John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Hilyard M. Brown, Herman A. Blumenthal, Elven Webb, Maurice Pelling, Boris Juraga, Walter M. Scott, Paul S. Fox, and Ray Moyer
- 1964 (bw): Vassilis Photopoulos / (c): Gene Allen, Cecil Beaton, and George James Hopkins
- 1965 (bw): Robert Clatworthy and Joseph Kish /(c): John Box, Terence Marsh, and Dario Simoni
- 1966 (bw): Richard Sylbert and George James Hopkins / (c): Jack Martin Smith, Dale Hennesy, Walter M. Scott, and Stuart A. Reiss
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| 1967–1980 |
- 1967: John Truscott, Edward Carrere, and John W. Brown
- 1968: John Box, Terence Marsh, Vernon Dixon, and Ken Muggleston
- 1969: John DeCuir, Jack Martin Smith, Herman A. Blumenthal, Walter M. Scott, George James Hopkins, and Raphaël Bretton
- 1970: Urie McCleary, Gil Parrondo, Antonio Mateos, and Pierre-Louis Thévenet
- 1971: John Box, Ernest Archer, Jack Maxsted, Gil Parrondo, and Vernon Dixon
- 1972: Rolf Zehetbauer, Jurgen Kiebach, and Herbert Strabel
- 1973: Henry Bumstead and James W. Payne
- 1974: Dean Tavoularis, Angelo P. Graham, and George R. Nelson
- 1975: Ken Adam, Roy Walker, and Vernon Dixon
- 1976: George C. Jenkins and George Gaines
- 1977: John Barry, Norman Reynolds, Leslie Dilley, and Roger Christian
- 1978: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan, and George Gaines
- 1979: Philip Rosenberg, Tony Walton, Edward Stewart, and Gary J. Brink
- 1980: Pierre Guffroy and Jack Stephens
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