Samuel M. Comer

{{Short description|American set decorator (1893–1974)}} {{Infobox person | name = Samuel M. Comer | birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|7|13}} | birth_place = [[Topeka, Kansas|Topeka]], Kansas, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|27|1893|7|13}} | death_place = [[La Jolla, California|La Jolla]], California, U.S. | children = [[Anjanette Comer]] (b. 1939) | years_active = 1934–1968 | awards = * '''[[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction - Color]]''' ** 1945: ''[[Frenchman's Creek (film)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' ** 1950: ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' * '''[[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction - Black and White]]''' ** 1950: ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' ** 1955: ''[[The Rose Tattoo (film)|The Rose Tattoo]]'' }}

'''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 [[Academy Award for Best Production Design|Best Art Direction]].<ref name="IMDb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173754/awards |title=IMDb: Samuel M. Comer - Awards |access-date=2008-12-13|work=IMDb}}</ref>

He guided his niece, [[Anjanette Comer]], into "the biz."

==Academy Awards== ;Won * ''[[The Rose Tattoo (film)|The Rose Tattoo]]'' (1955) * ''[[Sunset Boulevard (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) * ''[[Samson and Delilah (1949 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1949) * ''[[Frenchman's Creek (film)|Frenchman's Creek]]'' (1944)

;Nominated * ''[[Hud (1963 film)|Hud]]'' (1963) * ''[[Love with the Proper Stranger]]'' (1963) * ''[[Come Blow Your Horn (film)|Come Blow Your Horn]]'' (1963) * ''[[The Pigeon That Took Rome]]'' (1962) * ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'' (1961) * ''[[Summer and Smoke (film)|Summer and Smoke]]'' (1961) * ''[[Visit to a Small Planet]]'' (1960) * ''[[It Started in Naples]]'' (1960) * ''[[Career (1959 film)|Career]]'' (1959) * ''[[Vertigo (film)|Vertigo]]'' (1958) * ''[[Funny Face]]'' (1957) * ''[[The Proud and Profane]]'' (1956) * ''[[The Ten Commandments (1956 film)|The Ten Commandments]]'' (1956) * ''[[To Catch a Thief (film)|To Catch a Thief]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Country Girl (1954 film)|The Country Girl]]'' (1954) * ''[[Sabrina (1954 film)|Sabrina]]'' (1954) * ''[[Red Garters (film)|Red Garters]]'' (1954) * ''[[Kitty (1945 film)|Kitty]]'' (1945) * ''[[Love Letters (1945 film)|Love Letters]]'' (1945) * ''[[No Time for Love (1943 film)|No Time for Love]]'' (1943) * ''[[Take a Letter, Darling]]'' (1942) * ''[[Hold Back the Dawn]]'' (1941)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0173754}}

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