David S. Garber (1898–1984) was an American
art director.
[Kinnard & Crnkovich p.22] He designed the sets for more than sixty film productions between 1926 and 1957, a large number of them
westerns
The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...
.
Selected filmography
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Fighting with Buffalo Bill
''Fighting With Buffalo Bill'' is a 1926 American silent Western film serial directed by Ray Taylor for Universal Pictures. The film is now considered to be lost.
Plot
Cast
* Wallace MacDonald as Ned Wheeler
* Elsa Benham as Doris Ca ...
'' (1926)
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The Denver Dude'' (1927)
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Desert Dust'' (1927)
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The Fighting Three
''The Fighting Three'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Jack Hoxie, Olive Hasbrouck and Marin Sais.
The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber.
Cast
* Jack Hoxie as Ja ...
'' (1927)
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Hard Fists'' (1927)
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Thunder Riders'' (1928)
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The Mounted Stranger'' (1930)
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70,000 Witnesses
''70,000 Witnesses'' is a 1932 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Ralph Murphy, written by Garrett Fort, Robert N. Lee, Allen Rivkin and P.J. Wolfson, and starring Phillips Holmes, Dorothy Jordan, Charlie Ruggles, Johnny Mack Bro ...
'' (1932)
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I Love That Man
''I Love That Man'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by C. Graham Baker, Casey Robinson and Gene Towne. The film stars Edmund Lowe, Nancy Carroll, Robert Armstrong (actor), Robert ...
'' (1933)
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Private Scandal'' (1934)
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Gift of Gab'' (1934)
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Here Comes the Groom
''Here Comes the Groom'' is a 1951 American musical romantic comedy film produced and directed by Frank Capra and starring Bing Crosby and Jane Wyman. Based on a story by Robert Riskin and Liam O'Brien, the film is about a foreign correspondent w ...
'' (1934)
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Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
'' (1935)
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Rocky Mountain Mystery'' (1935)
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Desert Gold'' (1936)
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Drift Fence'' (1936)
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The Halliday Brand
''The Halliday Brand'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Joseph Cotten. The film's sets were designed by the art director David S. Garber. It was shot partly at the Corriganville Movie Ranch.
Plot
Clay ...
'' (1957)
References
Bibliography
* Roy Kinnard & Tony Crnkovich. ''The Films of Fay Wray''. McFarland, 2015.
External links
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1898 births
1984 deaths
American art directors
People from Indiana
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