Roland Anderson (November 18, 1903 – October 29, 1989) was an American movie

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. He received 15

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nominations but never won an Oscar. Anderson's first Oscar nomination was for his first film in 1933, ''

A Farewell to Arms ''A Farewell to Arms'' is a novel by American writer Ernest Hemingway, set during the Italian campaign of World War I. First published in 1929, it is a first-person account of an American, Frederic Henry, serving as a lieutenant () in the a ...

''. A frequent collaborator with Cecil B. DeMille - he worked on ''

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'' (1934), '' The Buccaneer'' (1938) and '' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) - as well as such other classics as ''

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'' (1942), ''

Road to Utopia ''Road to Utopia'' is a 1946 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Hal Walker and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Filmed in 1943 but not released until 1946, ''Road to Utopia'' is the fourth film of the "'' Road to � ...

'' (1946), ''

Son of Paleface ''Son of Paleface'' is a 1952 American Comedy Western film directed by Frank Tashlin and starring Bob Hope, Jane Russell, and Roy Rogers. The film is a sequel to '' The Paleface'' (1948). Written by Tashlin, Joseph Quillan, and Robert L. We ...

'' (1952) and '' Will Penny'' (1967). Those 15 nominations were for: * ''

'' (1933) * '' The Lives of a Bengal Lancer'' (1935) * '' Souls at Sea'' (1937) * '' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) * '' Take a Letter Darling'' (1942) * '' Reap the Wild Wind'' (1942) * '' Love Letters'' (1945) * '' Carrie'' (1952) * '' The Country Girl'' (1954) * '' Red Garters'' (1954) * '' It Started in Naples'' (1960) * '' Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961) * '' The Pigeon That Took Rome'' (1962) * ''

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'' (1963) * ''

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'' (1963)

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* American art directors 1903 births 1989 deaths Artists from Boston {{US-artdirector-stub