Richard Day - Movie and Film Biography, Credits and Filmography

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1922 - 1970

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May 9, 1896 in Victoria, BC, Canada

by Hal Erickson biography

American production designer Richard Day first gained industry notice as one of the most trusted associates of director Erich von Stroheim. After successfully translating Stroheim's designs to on-set reality in 1919's Blind Husbands, Day remained as the director's principal set decorator throughout the '20s. Day's cathedral altar set for 1928's The Wedding March was so authentic looking that cinematographer Hal Mohr elected to be married before it! Working in collaboration during the early-talkie years, Day went solo as a production designer in 1930, then latched onto Samuel Goldwyn studios, where he won Academy Awards for his work on The Dark Angel (1935) and Dodsworth (1936). While with 20th Century-Fox in 1942, Day conceived the meticulously detailed Welsh village set for How Green Was My Valley (1941), which would see service in several subsequent productions until it was bulldozed along with the rest of the studio backlot in 1962. Richard Day went on to win additional Oscars for This Above All (1942) and My Gal Sal (1942) at Fox, A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) at Warner Bros., and On the Waterfront (1954) at Columbia. Richard Day's final assignment was 1970's Tora! Tora! Tora!, a painstakingly accurate restaging of the Pearl Harbor attack, for which 20th Century-Fox spent more money than the Japanese had on the original attack in 1941.

Title	Year	Editors' Rating		User Rating
Tora! Tora! Tora! Art Director	1970
Tribes Art Director	1970
The Boston Strangler Art Director	1968
The Sweet Ride Art Director	1968
The Happening Production Designer	1967
Valley of the Dolls Art Director	1967
The Chase Production Designer	1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told Production Designer	1965
Cheyenne Autumn Art Director	1964
Goodbye Charlie Art Director	1964
Something Wild Art Director	1961
Exodus Art Director	1960
Solomon and Sheba Art Director	1959
Never Love a Stranger Producer, Screenwriter	1958
On the Waterfront Art Director	1954
Hans Christian Andersen Art Director	1952
A Streetcar Named Desire Art Director	1951
Cry Danger Art Director	1951
I Want You Art Director	1951
Edge of Doom Art Director	1950
Our Very Own Art Director	1950
My Foolish Heart Art Director	1949
Force of Evil Art Director	1948
Joan of Arc Art Director	1948
Boomerang! Art Director	1947
Captain from Castile Art Director	1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now Art Director	1947
Miracle on 34th Street Art Director	1947
Moss Rose Art Director	1947
Mother Wore Tights Production Designer	1947
The Ghost and Mrs. Muir Art Director	1947
The Razor's Edge Art Director	1946
Up in Arms Consultant/advisor	1944
Crash Dive Art Director	1943
Dixie Dugan Art Director	1943
He Hired the Boss Art Director	1943
Margin for Error Art Director	1943
My Friend Flicka Art Director	1943
The Immortal Sergeant Art Director	1943
The Meanest Man in the World Art Director	1943
The Ox-Bow Incident Art Director	1943
Tonight We Raid Calais Art Director	1943
A Gentleman at Heart Art Director	1942
A-Haunting We Will Go Art Director	1942
Castle in the Desert Art Director	1942
Dr. Renault's Secret Art Director	1942
Footlight Serenade Art Director	1942
Girl Trouble Art Director	1942
Iceland Art Director	1942
It Happened in Flatbush Art Director	1942
Just off Broadway Art Director	1942
Life Begins at 8:30 Art Director	1942
Little Tokyo, USA Art Director	1942
Lone Star Ranger Art Director	1942
Manila Calling Art Director	1942
Moontide Art Director	1942
My Gal Sal Production Designer	1942
Orchestra Wives Art Director	1942
Quiet Please, Murder Art Director	1942
Rings on Her Fingers Art Director	1942
Roxie Hart Art Director	1942
Son of Fury Art Director	1942
Song of the Islands Art Director	1942
Springtime in the Rockies Art Director	1942
Tales of Manhattan Art Director	1942
Ten Gentlemen from West Point Art Director	1942
That Other Woman Art Director	1942
The Black Swan Art Director	1942
The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe Art Director	1942
The Magnificent Dope Production Designer	1942
The Man Who Wouldn't Die Art Director	1942
The Man in the Trunk Art Director	1942
The Pied Piper Art Director	1942
The Postman Didn't Ring Art Director	1942
The Undying Monster Art Director	1942
This Above All Art Director	1942
Thru Different Eyes Art Director	1942
Thunder Birds Art Director	1942
Time to Kill Art Director	1942
Whispering Ghosts Art Director	1942
A Very Young Lady Art Director	1941
A Yank in the R.A.F. Art Director	1941
Blood and Sand Art Director	1941
Charley's Aunt Art Director	1941
Charlie Chan in Rio Art Director	1941
Dead Men Tell Art Director	1941
Great Guns Art Director	1941
How Green Was My Valley Art Director	1941
I Wake Up Screaming Art Director	1941
Man Hunt Art Director	1941
Moon over Miami Art Director	1941
Remember the Day Art Director	1941
Sun Valley Serenade Art Director	1941
Swamp Water Art Director	1941
Tall, Dark and Handsome Art Director	1941
That Night in Rio Art Director	1941
The Great American Broadcast Art Director	1941
The Last of the Duanes Art Director	1941
The Perfect Snob Art Director	1941
Tobacco Road Art Director	1941
Weekend in Havana Art Director	1941
Western Union Art Director	1941
A Girl From Avenue "A" Art Director	1940
Chad Hanna Art Director	1940
Charlie Chan at the Wax Museum Art Director	1940
Charlie Chan in Panama Art Director	1940
Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise Art Director	1940
Down Argentine Way Art Director	1940
Four Sons Art Director	1940
Girl in 313 Art Director	1940
He Married His Wife Art Director	1940
Hudson's Bay Art Director	1940
I Was an Adventuress Art Director	1940
Johnny Apollo Art Director	1940
Lillian Russell Production Designer	1940
Little Old New York Art Director	1940
Maryland Art Director	1940
Michael Shayne, Private Detective Art Director	1940
Murder over New York Art Director	1940
Pier 13 Art Director	1940
Shooting High Art Director	1940
Street of Memories Art Director	1940
The Grapes of Wrath Art Director	1940
The Great Profile Art Director	1940
The Man I Married Art Director	1940
The Mark of Zorro Art Director	1940
The Return of Frank James Art Director	1940
Tin Pan Alley Art Director	1940
Yesterday's Heroes Art Director	1940
Young People Art Director	1940
Charlie Chan at Treasure Island Art Director	1939
Charlie Chan in Reno Art Director	1939
Day-Time Wife Art Director	1939
Drums Along the Mohawk Art Director	1939
Frontier Marshal Art Director	1939
Hollywood Cavalcade Art Director	1939
Mr. Moto in Danger Island Art Director	1939
Pack up Your Troubles Art Director	1939
Rose of Washington Square Art Director	1939
Second Fiddle Art Director	1939
Swanee River Art Director	1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Art Director	1939
The Gorilla Art Director	1939
The Hound of the Baskervilles Art Director	1939
Wife, Husband and Friend Art Director	1939
Young Mr. Lincoln Art Director	1939
Charlie Chan in Honolulu Art Director	1938
The Adventures of Marco Polo Art Director	1938
The Cowboy and the Lady Art Director	1938
The Goldwyn Follies Art Director	1938
Dead End Art Director	1937
Stella Dallas Art Director	1937
The Hurricane Art Director	1937
Woman Chases Man Art Director	1937
Beloved Enemy Art Director	1936
Come and Get It Art Director	1936
Dodsworth Art Director	1936
One Rainy Afternoon Art Director	1936
Strike Me Pink Art Director	1936
The Gay Desperado Art Director	1936
These Three Art Director	1936
Splendor Art Director	1935
The Dark Angel Art Director	1935
The Wedding Night Art Director	1935
Born to Be Bad Art Director	1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back Art Director	1934
Gallant Lady Editor	1934
Kid Millions Art Director	1934
Looking for Trouble Art Director	1934
Nana Art Director	1934
The Affairs of Cellini Production Designer	1934
We Live Again Art Director	1934
Advice to the Lovelorn Art Director	1933
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Art Director	1933
Roman Scandals Art Director	1933
The Bowery Art Director	1933
The Masquerader Art Director	1933
Rain Art Director	1932
The Greeks Had a Word for Them Art Director	1932
The Kid From Spain Art Director	1932
Arrowsmith Production Designer, Set Designer	1931
Indiscreet Art Director	1931
One Heavenly Night Art Director	1931
Palmy Days Art Director	1931
Street Scene Art Director	1931
The Front Page Art Director	1931
The Unholy Garden Art Director	1931
The Devil to Pay Art Director	1930
Whoopee! Art Director	1930
Hollywood Revue of 1929 Art Director	1929
The Wedding March Art Director	1928
Wickedness Preferred Art Director	1928
Adam and Evil Production Designer	1927
After Midnight Art Director, Set Designer	1927
Mr. Wu Set Designer	1927
Tea for Three Set Designer	1927
The Enemy Set Designer	1927
The Unknown Art Director	1927
Bardelys the Magnificent Production Designer	1926
Beverly of Graustark Production Designer	1926
Bright Lights Set Designer	1925
His Secretary Art Director	1925
The Merry Widow Costume Designer, Production Designer	1925
Greed Production Designer	1924
The Merry-Go-Round Costume Designer, Production Designer, Set Designer	1923
Foolish Wives Art Director	1922

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