Duncan Cramer (1901–1980) was an American motion picture

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active from 1929 to 1971. He headed the Art Department of

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Studios, and is credited for the sets of more than a hundred films and television series. Cramer and David S. Hall were the art directors for the 1935 film ''

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''. In 2014, the film was shown and discussed in a videorecorded program of the

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. Cramer was nominated twice for an

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for the television program ''

Four Star Playhouse ''Four Star Playhouse'' (syndicated as Star Performance) is an American anthology series that ran from September 25, 1952, through September 27, 1956. Overview Four Star Playhouse was owned by Four Star International. Its episodes ranged an ...

''. Cramer's papers are in the collection of the

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Selected filmography

*'' The Silent Witness'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

The Great Hotel Murder ''The Great Hotel Murder'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames and Mary Carlisle. It is based on ''Recipe for Murder'' a 1934 story by Vincent Starrett. The film ...

'' (1935) * '' Star for a Night'' (1936) * ''

Charlie Chan at the Circus ''Charlie Chan at the Circus'' is the 11th film produced by Fox starring Warner Oland as Charlie Chan. A seemingly harmless family outing drags a vacationing Chan into a murder investigation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Dun ...

'' (1936)

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* 1901 births 1980 deaths American art directors {{US-artdirector-stub