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May 18, 2018 · GIBBONS, Cedric. Art Director. Nationality: American. Born: New York, 23 March 1893. Family: Married the actress Dolores Del Rio, 1930 (divorced 1941). Military Service: U.S. Navy, 1916–17. Career: 1917–18—art director for Edison, then for Goldwyn, 1918–23, and for MGM from 1924–56: supervising art director for many years.
Feb 23, 2015 · Cedric Gibbons: Ireland’s most prolific Oscar winner – The Irish Times. Film. Cedric Gibbons: Ireland’s most prolific Oscar winner. As art director of MGM, the Dubliner designed that...
Austin Cedric Gibbons (March 23, 1890 [1] – July 26, 1960) was an American art director for the film industry. He also made a significant contribution to motion picture theater architecture from the 1930s to 1950s. Gibbons designed the Oscar statuette in 1928, but tasked the sculpting to George Stanley, a Los Angeles artist.
Sep 17, 2019 · MGM’s famous longtime art director, Cedric Gibbons—behind Singin’ in the Rain, The Wizard of Oz, and more—is the subject of a captivating new book. By Stefanie Waldek. Photography by Courtesy...
Cedric Gibbons, who was born in Dublin in 1893, began working for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in the 1920s and went on to design sets, props and costumes for more than a thousand Hollywood films...
Did you know that an Irish American designed the original Oscar statuette? One of the most lauded set designers in US film history, Cedric Gibbons went on to win 11 Academy Awards of his own for art direction – a category record that remains unsurpassed to this day.
MGM Style is an overview of the career and achievements of Hollywood’s most famous art director. Cedric Gibbons was the supervisor in charge of the art department at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film...
