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Edwin B. Willis (1893–1963)


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Long-time set decorator at M-G-M. He worked at no other film studio.

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Filmography

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1957 Until They Sail
 
1957 Raintree County
 
1957 Les Girls
 
1957 Gun Glory
 
1957 Silk Stockings
 
1957 The Seventh Sin
 
1957 Designing Woman
 
1957 Something of Value (set decorations)
 
1957 Slander
 
1956 The Rack
 
1956 Lust for Life
 
1956 High Society
 
1956 Gaby
 
1956 The Last Hunt
 
1956 The Swan
 
1956 Ransom!
 
1956 Diane
 
1955 The Tender Trap
 
1955 Kismet
 
1955 Trial
 
1955 Moonfleet (set decorations)
 
1955 The Cobweb
 
1955 Love Me or Leave Me (set decorations)
 
1955 The Prodigal
 
1955 Hit the Deck
 
1954 Green Fire
 
1954 Athena
 
1954 Rogue Cop
 
1954 Brigadoon
 
1954 Her Twelve Men
 
1954 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (set decorations)
 
1954 Prisoner of War
 
1954 Executive Suite (set decorations)
 
1954 Rhapsody
 
1954 Gypsy Colt
 
1954 Rose Marie
 
1954 Tennessee Champ
 
1953 Easy to Love
 
1953 Kiss Me Kate
 
1953 Torch Song
 
1953 The Actress
 
1953 Half a Hero
 
1953 Latin Lovers
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero!
 
1953 The Band Wagon
 
1953 Arena
 
1953 Dream Wife
 
1953 Julius Caesar
 
1953 Young Bess
 
1953 Code Two
 
1953 Sombrero
 
1953 Bright Road
 
1953 Small Town Girl
 
1953 Jeopardy
 
1953 I Love Melvin
 
1953 Lili
 
1953 Battle Circus
 
1953 Rogue's March
 
1953 The Naked Spur
 
1953 The Clown
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful (set decorations)
 
1952 My Man and I
 
1952 The Merry Widow
 
1952 Fearless Fagan
 
1952 You for Me
 
1952 Pat and Mike
 
1952 Glory Alley
 
1952 The Sellout
 
1952 Skirts Ahoy!
 
1952 Scaramouche (set decorations)
 
1952 Just This Once
 
1952 Lone Star
 
1952 Invitation
 
1952 The Light Touch
 
1952 The Wild North
 
1951 The Unknown Man
 
1951 Bannerline
 
1951 Texas Carnival
 
1951 The Strip
 
1951 The Tall Target
 
1951 Show Boat
 
1951 Excuse My Dust
 
1951 Kind Lady
 
1951 Go for Broke!
 
1951 Soldiers Three
 
1951 Royal Wedding
 
1951 Inside Straight
 
1951 Mr. Imperium
 
1950 Pagan Love Song
 
1950 Kim (set decorations)
 
1950 Dial 1119
 
1950 Right Cross
 
1950 Devil's Doorway
 
1950 Summer Stock
 
1950 Mystery Street
 
1950 The Happy Years
 
1950 Crisis
 
1950 Side Street
 
1950 Black Hand
 
1950 The Outriders
 
1950 Key to the City
 
1950 Ambush
 
1949 Malaya
 
1949 On the Town
 
1949 Tension
 
1949 Adam's Rib
 
1949 Battleground (set decorations)
 
1949 Challenge to Lassie (set decorations)
 
1949 Border Incident
 
1949 The Red Danube
 
1949 Madame Bovary
 
1949 The Barkleys of Broadway (set decorations)
 
1949 Big Jack
 
1949 Little Women
 
1949 The Bribe
 
1948 Act of Violence
 
1948 Words and Music
 
1948 Hills of Home (set decorations)
 
1948 Luxury Liner
 
1948 Easter Parade
 
1948 State of the Union (uncredited)
 
1948 Homecoming
 
1948 The Pirate
 
1948 Big City
 
1948 B.F.'s Daughter
 
1948 Summer Holiday
 
1947 If Winter Comes
 
1947 Killer McCoy
 
1947 High Wall
 
1947 Good News
 
1947 Cass Timberlane
 
1947 Desire Me
 
1947 Song of Love
 
1947 Cynthia
 
1947 The Hucksters
 
1947 Dark Delusion
 
1947 Fiesta
 
1947 High Barbaree
 
1946 The Show-Off
 
1946 The Yearling
 
1946 Gallant Bess
 
1946 Undercurrent
 
1946 Boys' Ranch
 
1946 Easy to Wed
 
1946 Bad Bascomb
 
1946 The Postman Always Rings Twice (set decorations)
 
1946 The Green Years
 
1946 Up Goes Maisie
 
1945 Adventure
 
1945 Week-End at the Waldorf (set decorations)
 
1945 The Hidden Eye
 
1945 Anchors Aweigh (set decorations)
 
1945 Bewitched
 
1945 Twice Blessed
 
1945 Son of Lassie
 
1945 The Clock
 
1945 Without Love
 
1945 The Picture of Dorian Gray (set decorations)
 
1945 This Man's Navy
 
1944 Gentle Annie
 
1944 National Velvet
 
1944 Blonde Fever
 
1944 Meet Me in St. Louis (set decorations)
 
1944 Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (set decorations)
 
1944 Lost in a Harem
 
1944 Mrs. Parkington
 
1944 Kismet
 
1944 Dragon Seed
 
1944 Bathing Beauty
 
1944 Meet the People
 
1944 3 Men in White
 
1944 Gaslight
 
1944 Rationing
 
1944 Song of Russia
 
1944 Broadway Rhythm
 
1943 A Guy Named Joe
 
1943 Lost Angel
 
1943 Madame Curie
 
1943 Girl Crazy
 
1943 Cry 'Havoc'
 
1943 Swing Fever
 
1943 I Dood It
 
1943 Thousands Cheer
 
1943 Young Ideas
 
1943 Pilot #5
 
1943 Bataan
 
1943 Above Suspicion
 
1943 Harrigan's Kid
 
1943 Cabin in the Sky (set decorations)
 
1942 Random Harvest
 
1942 White Cargo
 
1942 Apache Trail
 
1942 A Yank at Eton
 
1942 Panama Hattie
 
1942 The Omaha Trail
 
1942 Tish
 
1942 Cairo
 
1942 Crossroads
 
1942 Jackass Mail
 
1942 Mrs. Miniver
 
1942 Tortilla Flat
 
1942 Sunday Punch
 
1942 Mokey
 
1942 Rio Rita
 
1942 We Were Dancing
 
1942 Ship Ahoy
 
1942 Born to Sing
 
1942 Nazi Agent
 
1941 Kathleen
 
1941 Johnny Eager
 
1941 Two-Faced Woman
 
1941 Unholy Partners
 
1941 Smilin' Through
 
1941 Honky Tonk
 
1941 Lady Be Good
 
1941 Ringside Maisie
 
1941 Blossoms in the Dust (set decorations)
 
1941 The Big Store
 
1941 The Getaway
 
1941 Billy the Kid
 
1941 Love Crazy
 
1941 A Woman's Face
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl
 
1941 Barnacle Bill
 
1941 The Bad Man
 
1941 The Penalty
 
1941 Rage in Heaven
 
1941 Free and Easy
 
1940 Keeping Company (set decorations)
 
1940 Flight Command (set decorations)
 
1940 Comrade X (set decorations)
 
1940 Go West
 
1940 Little Nellie Kelly (set decorations)
 
1940 Gallant Sons
 
1940 Bitter Sweet (set decorations)
 
1940 Escape (set decorations)
 
1940 Third Finger, Left Hand (set decorations)
 
1940 Dulcy (set decorations)
 
1940 Sky Murder (set decorations)
 
1940 Strike Up the Band (set decorations)
 
1940 Wyoming (set decorations)
 
1940 Boom Town (set decorations)
 
1940 The Golden Fleecing (set decorations)
 
1940 I Love You Again (set decorations)
 
1940 We Who Are Young (set decorations)
 
1940 Sporting Blood (set decorations)
 
1940 New Moon
 
1940 The Mortal Storm (set decorations)
 
1940 Phantom Raiders (set decorations)
 
1940 Susan and God (set decorations)
 
1940 Waterloo Bridge
 
1940 Edison, the Man
 
1940 20 Mule Team
 
1940 Two Girls on Broadway (set decorations)
 
1940 The Ghost Comes Home (set decorations)
 
1940 Strange Cargo
 
1940 I Take This Woman (set decorations)
 
1940 Congo Maisie
 
1939 Balalaika
 
1939 Remember? (set decorations)
 
1939 Nick Carter, Master Detective (set decorations)
 
1939 Henry Goes Arizona (set decorations)
 
1939 Another Thin Man (set decorations)
 
1939 At the Circus
 
1939 Fast and Furious (set decorations)
 
1939 Ninotchka (set decorations)
 
1939 Dancing Co-Ed (set decorations)
 
1939 Babes in Arms
 
1939 Thunder Afloat (set decorations)
 
1939 Blackmail (set decorations)
 
1939 The Women
 
1939 These Glamour Girls (set decorations)
 
1939 The Wizard of Oz (set decorations)
 
1939 Lady of the Tropics (set decorations)
 
1939 Miracles for Sale (set decorations)
 
1939 Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (set decorations)
 
1939 Stronger Than Desire (set decorations)
 
1939 Maisie
 
1939 6,000 Enemies (set decorations)
 
1939 Bridal Suite (set decorations)
 
1939 It's a Wonderful World (set decorations)
 
1939 Tell No Tales
 
1939 Lucky Night (set decorations)
 
1939 Calling Dr. Kildare (set decorations)
 
1939 The Kid from Texas (set decorations)
 
1939 Broadway Serenade (set decorations)
 
1939 Sergeant Madden
 
1939 Society Lawyer (set decorations)
 
1939 Within the Law (set decorations)
 
1939 Let Freedom Ring (set decorations)
 
1939 Fast and Loose (set decorations)
 
1939 Honolulu (set decorations)
 
1939 Four Girls in White (set decorations)
 
1939 Idiot's Delight
 
1938 Sweethearts
 
1938 A Christmas Carol (set decorations)
 
1938 Dramatic School (set decorations)
 
1938 Spring Madness (set decorations)
 
1937 Saratoga (set decorations)
 
1936 Tarzan Escapes (uncredited)
 
1935 The Night Is Young (uncredited)
 
1934 Hollywood Party (interior decoration)
 
1933 Queen Christina (interior decoration)
 
1933 Meet the Baron (interior decoration)
 
1933 Broadway to Hollywood (interior decorations)
 
1929 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (uncredited)
 
1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (uncredited)
 
Show ShowArt Department (199 titles)
1955 The Marauders (set designer)
 
1940 Hullabaloo (associate set decorator - uncredited)
 
1938 The Great Waltz (associate art director)
 
1938 Listen, Darling (associate art director)
 
1938 Stablemates (associate art director)
 
1938 Vacation from Love (associate art director)
 
1938 Too Hot to Handle (associate art director)
 
1938 Boys Town (associate art director)
 
1938 Three Loves Has Nancy (associate art director)
 
1938 Rich Man, Poor Girl (associate art director)
 
1938 The Crowd Roars (associate art director)
 
1938 The Chaser (associate art director)
 
1938 Love Finds Andy Hardy (associate art director)
 
1938 The Shopworn Angel (associate art director)
 
1938 Marie Antoinette (associate art director)
 
1938 Fast Company (associate art director)
 
1938 Port of Seven Seas (associate art director)
 
1938 Woman Against Woman (associate art director)
 
1938 Lord Jeff (associate art director)
 
1938 The Toy Wife (associate art director)
 
1938 Three Comrades (associate art director)
 
1938 Yellow Jack (associate art director)
 
1938 Hold That Kiss (associate art director)
 
1938 Test Pilot (associate art director)
 
1938 Judge Hardy's Children (associate art director)
 
1938 The Girl of the Golden West (associate art director)
 
1938 The First Hundred Years (associate art director)
 
1938 Arsène Lupin Returns (associate art director)
 
1938 Paradise for Three (associate art director)
 
1938 Of Human Hearts (associate art director)
 
1938 Everybody Sing (associate art director)
 
1938 Love Is a Headache (associate art director)
 
1938 Man-Proof (associate art director)
 
1937 The Bad Man of Brimstone (associate art director)
 
1937 Rosalie (associate art director)
 
1937 Mannequin (associate art director)
 
1937 You're Only Young Once (associate art director)
 
1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal (associate art director)
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (associate art director)
 
1937 Navy Blue and Gold (associate art director)
 
1937 The Last Gangster (associate art director)
 
1937 Live, Love and Learn (associate art director)
 
1937 Double Wedding (associate art director)
 
1937 The Bride Wore Red (associate art director)
 
1937 Madame X (associate art director)
 
1937 My Dear Miss Aldrich (associate art director)
 
1937 The Women Men Marry (associate art director)
 
1937 Big City (associate art director)
 
1937 The Firefly (associate art director)
 
1937 Bad Guy (associate art director)
 
1937 Broadway Melody of 1938 (associate art director)
 
1937 London by Night (associate art director)
 
1937 Between Two Women (associate art director)
 
1937 The Emperor's Candlesticks (associate art director)
 
1937 Married Before Breakfast (associate set decorator)
 
1937 A Day at the Races (associate art director)
 
1937 Parnell (associate art director)
 
1937 Captains Courageous (associate art director)
 
1937 The Thirteenth Chair (associate art director)
 
1937 They Gave Him a Gun (associate art director)
 
1937 Night Must Fall (associate art director)
 
1937 Song of the City (associate art director)
 
1937 Maytime (associate art director)
 
1937 Personal Property (associate art director)
 
1937 A Family Affair (associate art director)
 
1937 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (associate art director)
 
1937 Mama Steps Out (associate art director)
 
1937 Man of the People (associate art director)
 
1937 The Good Earth (associate art director)
 
1937 Dangerous Number (associate art director)
 
1937 Under Cover of Night (associate art director)
 
1936 After the Thin Man (associate art director)
 
1936 Sinner Take All (associate art director)
 
1936 Camille (associate art director)
 
1936 Born to Dance (associate art director)
 
1936 Love on the Run (associate art director)
 
1936 Mad Holiday (associate art director)
 
1936 All American Chump (associate art director)
 
1936 Libeled Lady (associate art director)
 
1936 The Longest Night (associate art director)
 
1936 Old Hutch (associate art director)
 
1936 The Devil Is a Sissy (associate art director)
 
1936 Sworn Enemy (associate art director)
 
1936 The Gorgeous Hussy (associate art director)
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet (associate settings)
 
1936 Piccadilly Jim (associate art director)
 
1936 His Brother's Wife (associate art director)
 
1936 Women Are Trouble (associate art director)
 
1936 The Devil-Doll (associate art director)
 
1936 San Francisco (associate art director)
 
1936 Suzy (associate art director)
 
1936 We Went to College (associate art director)
 
1936 Fury (associate art director)
 
1936 Trouble for Two (associate art director)
 
1936 Speed (associate art director)
 
1936 Absolute Quiet (associate art director)
 
1936 Small Town Girl (associate art director)
 
1936 The Unguarded Hour (associate art director)
 
1936 Moonlight Murder (associate art director)
 
1936 The Great Ziegfeld (associate art director)
 
1936 Petticoat Fever (associate art director)
 
1936 Three Godfathers (associate art director)
 
1936 Wife vs. Secretary (associate art director)
 
1936 The Voice of Bugle Ann (associate art director)
 
1936 Rose-Marie (art associate)
 
1936 Tough Guy (associate art director)
 
1936 Three Live Ghosts (associate art director)
 
1936 Riffraff (associate art director - uncredited)
 
1936 The Garden Murder Case (associate art director)
 
1935 Last of the Pagans (associate art director)
 
1935 A Tale of Two Cities (associate art director)
 
1935 Kind Lady (associate art director)
 
1935 Whipsaw (associate art director)
 
1935 The Perfect Gentleman (associate art director)
 
1935 A Night at the Opera (associate art director)
 
1935 Rendezvous (associate art director)
 
1935 I Live My Life (associate art director)
 
1935 O'Shaughnessy's Boy (associate art director)
 
1935 The Bishop Misbehaves (associate art director)
 
1935 Anna Karenina (associate art director)
 
1935 Here Comes the Band (associate art director)
 
1935 Broadway Melody of 1936 (associate art director)
 
1935 China Seas (associate art director)
 
1935 Woman Wanted (associate art director)
 
1935 Mad Love (associate art director)
 
1935 The Murder Man (associate art director)
 
1935 Escapade (associate art director)
 
1935 Calm Yourself (associate art director)
 
1935 No More Ladies (associate art director)
 
1935 Murder in the Fleet (associate art director)
 
1935 The Flame Within (associate art director)
 
1935 Public Hero #1 (associate art director)
 
1935 Age of Indiscretion (associate art director)
 
1935 Mark of the Vampire (associate art director)
 
1935 Reckless (associate art director)
 
1935 Baby Face Harrington (associate art director)
 
1935 The Casino Murder Case (associate art director)
 
1935 Naughty Marietta (associate art director)
 
1935 Times Square Lady (associate art director)
 
1935 Vanessa: Her Love Story (associate art director)
 
1935 After Office Hours (associate art director)
 
1935 Shadow of Doubt (associate art director)
 
1935 The Winning Ticket (associate art director)
 
1935 Society Doctor (associate art director)
 
1935 David Copperfield (associate art director)
 
1935 The Night Is Young (associate art director)
 
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl (associate art director)
 
1934 Forsaking All Others (associate art director)
 
1934 The Band Plays On (associate art director)
 
1934 The Gay Bride (associate art director)
 
1934 A Wicked Woman (associate art director)
 
1934 The Painted Veil (associate art director)
 
1934 Evelyn Prentice (associate art director)
 
1934 What Every Woman Knows (associate art director)
 
1934 The Merry Widow (associate art director)
 
1934 Student Tour (associate art director)
 
1934 Outcast Lady (associate art director)
 
1934 The Barretts of Wimpole Street (associate art director)
 
1934 Have a Heart (associate art director)
 
1934 Chained (associate art director)
 
1934 Hide-Out (associate art director)
 
1934 Treasure Island (associate art director)
 
1934 Straight Is the Way (associate art director)
 
1934 The Girl from Missouri (associate art director)
 
1934 Paris Interlude (associate art director)
 
1934 Stamboul Quest (associate art director)
 
1934 Murder in the Private Car (associate art director)
 
1934 Operator 13 (associate art director)
 
1934 The Thin Man (associate art director)
 
1934 Sadie McKee (associate art director)
 
1934 Manhattan Melodrama (associate art director)
 
1934 Laughing Boy (interior decorator)
 
1934 Viva Villa! (interior decorator)
 
1934 Riptide (interior decorator)
 
1934 Men in White (assistant art director)
 
1934 The Show-Off (interior decorator)
 
1934 The Mystery of Mr. X (interior decorator)
 
1934 The Cat and the Fiddle (interior decorator)
 
1934 This Side of Heaven (interior decorator)
 
1934 You Can't Buy Everything (interior decorator)
 
1934 Fugitive Lovers (interior decorator)
 
1933 Going Hollywood (interior decoration)
 
1933 The Women in His Life (interior decorator)
 
1933 Should Ladies Behave (interior decorator)
 
1933 Dancing Lady (interior decorator)
 
1933 The Prizefighter and the Lady (interior decorator)
 
1933 The Chief (interior decorator)
 
1933 Day of Reckoning (interior decorator)
 
1933 Bombshell (interior decorator)
 
1933 The Solitaire Man (interior decorator)
 
1933 Stage Mother (interior decorator)
 
1933 Penthouse (interior decorator)
 
1933 Beauty for Sale (interior decorator)
 
1933 Turn Back the Clock (interior decorator)
 
1933 Tugboat Annie (interior decorator)
 
1933 Another Language (interior decorator)
 
1933 Storm at Daybreak (interior decorator)
 
1933 Hold Your Man (interior decorator)
 
1933 When Ladies Meet (interior decorator - as Edwin Willis)
 
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Trivia:

Long-time set decorator at M-G-M. He worked at no other film studio. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius