George Provis
George Provis | |
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Born | 1901 |
Died | 1989 |
Occupation | Art director |
Years active | 1936 - 1977 (film) |
George Provis (1901–1989) was a British art director who worked on over a hundred films during a lengthy career. He began his career working on quota quickies during the 1930s. After the Second World War, Provis was appointed by Sydney Box to head the art department at Gainsborough Pictures.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
- One Good Turn (1936)
- Cotton Queen (1937)
- Sing as You Swing (1937)
- Rhythm Serenade (1943)
- He Snoops to Conquer (1944)
- Holiday Camp (1947)
- A Boy, a Girl and a Bike (1949)
- The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
- Diamond City (1949)
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- Madame Louise (1951)
- The Black Tent (1956)
- Two Letter Alibi (1962)
- Night of the Prowler (1962)
- Tarzan Goes to India (1962)
- Hide and Seek (1963)
- Do You Know This Voice? (1964)
- The Eyes of Annie Jones (1964)
- A Jolly Bad Fellow (1964)
- Catacombs (1965)
- Joey Boy (1965)
- Sands of the Kalahari (1965)
- The Idol (1966)
- Mrs. Brown, You've Got a Lovely Daughter (1968)
- Hostile Witness (1968)
- The Oblong Box (1969)
- The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
- Cry of the Banshee (1970)
- Whoever Slew Auntie Roo? (1972)
- The Fiend (1972)
- The Creeping Flesh (1973)
- Craze (1974)
References[]
- ^ Spicer p.99
Bibliography[]
- Spicer, Andrew. Sydney Box. Manchester University Press, 2006.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1989 deaths
- People from Devizes
- British art directors
- British film biography stubs