Cedric Dawe (1906–1996) was a British

art director Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...

. He worked on the set design of over sixty films during his career, spending many years working for ABPC at the company's

Elstree Elstree is a large village in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire, England. It is about northwest of central London on the former A5 road, which follows the course of Watling Street. In 2011, its population was 5,110. It forms part of the ...

and

Welwyn Studios Welwyn Studios was a British film studio located at Broadwater Road, Welwyn Garden City, in Hertfordshire. The facility operated between 1928 and 1950. The studios were first constructed by British Instructional Films, and converted to make so ...

. He was praised for his realistic designs for

Lance Comfort Lance Comfort (11 August 1908 – 25 August 1966) was an English film director. He was a prolific maker of B movies from 1945 to 1965. Early life Lance Comfort was born in Harrow, London on 11 August 1908. Career In a career spanning over ...

's 1947

film noir Film noir (; ) is a style of Cinema of the United States, Hollywood Crime film, crime dramas that emphasizes cynicism (contemporary), cynical attitudes and motivations. The 1940s and 1950s are generally regarded as the "classic period" of Ameri ...

Temptation Harbour ''Temptation Harbour'' is a 1947 British black and white crime/drama film, directed by Lance Comfort and starring Robert Newton, Simone Simon and William Hartnell. It was adapted by Rodney Ackland and Frederick Gotfurt from ''Newhaven-Diepp ...

''. Towards the end of his career he also worked in television, as art director on series such as ''

Colonel March of Scotland Yard ''Colonel March of Scotland Yard'' is a British television series consisting of a single series of 26 episodes first broadcast in the United States from December 1954 to Spring of 1955. The series premiered on British television on 24 September ...

'', '' Department S'' and '' The Saint''. While under employment at Elstree in the 1930s, he along with

Duncan Sutherland Duncan Sutherland (1 August 1905 – 1967) was a Scottish-born art director, based in England where he designed the film set, sets for over eighty films and television series between the early 1930s and mid-1960s. Sutherland spent much of the 19 ...

and

Peter Proud Peter Proud (born Ralph Priestman Proud, 6 May 1913, Glasgow – 1989, London) was a British film art director. He made a major contribution to wartime camouflage and deception operations in the Western Desert, especially in the siege of Tobru ...

worked under the direction of

Clarence Elder Clarence Elder was a British art director. During the 1930s he worked for British International Pictures.Bergfelder & Cargnelli p.118 In 1947 he directed his only film '' Silver Darlings''. Selected filmography * '' The Way of Lost Souls'' (1929 ...

.Ede p.30

Selected filmography

* ''

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'' (1934) * ''

The Student's Romance ''The Student's Romance'' is a 1935 British musical film directed by Otto Kanturek and starring Grete Natzler, Patric Knowles and Carol Goodner.Wood p.88 It was based on the musical ''I Lost My Heart in Heidelberg (musical), I Lost My Heart in He ...

'' (1935) * '' Mimi'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Ourselves Alone'' (1936) * ''

The Price of Folly ''The Price of Folly'' is a 1937 British drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Leonora Corbett, Colin Keith-Johnston and Judy Kelly. The screenplay concerns a man who, after a failed attempt to kill a woman, finds himself blackmaile ...

'' (1937) * ''

The Dominant Sex ''The Dominant Sex'' is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Herbert Brenon and starring Phillips Holmes, Diana Churchill and Romney Brent. The film was based on a play by Michael Egan. It was made by British International Pictures at its mai ...

'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1938) * '' The Outsider'' (1939) * ''

Yes, Madam? ''Yes, Madam?'' is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Bobby Howes, Diana Churchill and Wylie Watson. Background The film was adapted from a play by K. R. G. Browne, itself based on a novel by the same au ...

'' (1939) * ''

'' (1947) * '' Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) * ''

Traveller's Joy ''Traveller's Joy'' is a 1949 British comedy film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Googie Withers, John McCallum and Maurice Denham. Based on a West End play of the same name by Arthur Macrae, it was the last film released by the original ...

'' (1950) * ''

So Long at the Fair ''So Long at the Fair'' (US re-release title ''The Black Curse'') is a 1950 British thriller film directed by Terence Fisher and Antony Darnborough, and starring Jean Simmons and Dirk Bogarde. It was adapted from the 1947 novel of the same name ...

'' (1950) * ''

Another Man's Poison ''Another Man's Poison'' is a 1951 British drama film directed by Irving Rapper and starring Bette Davis, Gary Merrill and Emlyn Williams. The screenplay by Val Guest is based on the play ''Deadlock'' by Leslie Sands. Plot Successful mystery no ...

'' (1951) * ''

Home to Danger ''Home to Danger'' is a 1951 British second feature film noir crime film directed by Terence Fisher starring Guy Rolfe, Rona Anderson and Stanley Baker. It was written by Written for Francis Edge and John Temple-Smith from a scenario by Ian ...

'' (1951) * '' The Happy Family'' (1952) * '' Street Corner'' (1953) * '' Man of the Moment'' (1955)

References

Bibliography

* Ede, Laurie N. ''British Film Design: A History''. I.B.Tauris, 2010. * McFarlane, Brian. ''Lance Comfort''. Manchester University Press, 1999.

External links

* 1906 births 1996 deaths British art directors People from Wandsworth {{UK-film-bio-stub