Samuel M. Comer
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 Best Art Direction. He guided his niece, Anjanette Comer into "the biz." Academy Awards ;Won * ''The Rose Tattoo'' (1955) * ''Sunset Boulevard'' (1950) * ''Samson and Delilah'' (1949) * '' Frenchman's Creek'' (1944) ;Nominated * ''Hud'' (1963) * ''Love with the Proper Stranger'' (1963) * '' Come Blow Your Horn'' (1963) * ''The Pigeon That Took Rome'' (1962) * '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961) * ''Summer and Smoke'' (1961) * ''Visit to a Small Planet'' (1960) * ''It Started in Naples'' (1960) * ''Career'' (1959) * ''Vertigo'' (1958) * ''Funny Face'' (1957) * ''The Proud and Profane'' (1956) * ''The Ten Commandments'' (1956) * ''To Catch a Thief'' (1955) * '' The Country Girl'' (1954) * ''Sabrina'' (1954) * '' Red Garters'' (1954) * '' Kitty'' (1945) * ''Love Letter ...
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Topeka
Topeka ( ; Kansa: ; iow, Dópikˀe, script=Latn or ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of Kansas and the seat of Shawnee County. It is along the Kansas River in the central part of Shawnee County, in northeast Kansas, in the Central United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 126,587. The Topeka metropolitan statistical area, which includes Shawnee, Jackson, Jefferson, Osage, and Wabaunsee Counties, had a population of 233,870 in the 2010 census. The name "Topeka" is a Kansa-Osage word that means "place where we dig potatoes", or "a good place to dig potatoes". As a placename, Topeka was first recorded in 1826 as the Kansa name for what is now called the Kansas River. Topeka's founders chose the name in 1855 because it "was novel, of Indian origin, and euphonious of sound."King, Dick (20 Nov. 2005)Topeka' rooted in spuds". ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' Mixed-blood Kaw people, Kansa Native American, Joseph James, called Jojim, is credite ...
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