Occupation Art director Role Film Art Director | Name Lionel Banks Years active 1935-1949 | |
Born June 22, 1901 ( 1901-06-22 ) Salt Lake City, Utah Died March 20, 1950, Los Angeles, California, United States Nominations Academy Award for Best Production Design Art directed Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, His Girl Friday Production designed Cover Girl, Magic Town, The Lady Is Willing Similar People Robert Kalloch, Stephen Goosson, Joseph Walker, Sidney Buchman, Van Nest Polglase | ||
Set decorated The Lady Is Willing | ||
With over 200 films to his credit, Lionel Banks (born June 22, 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah - died March 20, 1950, Los Angeles, California) was a hard-working art director from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937), Howard Hawks’ South American set Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year His Girl Friday, most of the Blondie B-movies, Alexander Hall’s turn of the century fantasy Here Comes Mr Jordan (1941) and Charles Vidor’s lush Chopin biopic, A Song to Remember in 1945.
Banks was nominated for an Oscar seven times, for Holiday (1938), Mr Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arizona (1940), Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), Address Unknown and Cover Girl (both 1944), but never won.