Emrich Nicholson (1913–2001) was an American

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for Paramount and Universal Studios and painter of murals, and designer of furniture and merchandise associated with the 1939 New York World's Fair. In 1948, he was nominated for an Academy Award for art direction for the film ''

One Touch of Venus ''One Touch of Venus'' is a 1943 musical with music written by Kurt Weill, lyrics by Ogden Nash, and book by S. J. Perelman and Nash, based on the 1885 novella ''The Tinted Venus'' by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, and very loosely spoofing the Pygma ...

''. He later was the national art director for the Loe Burnett Company advertising agency. Nicholson was the father of American calligrapher and stamp designer

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and three other children by his wife, Amy Aplin.Kitses p.132

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1948) * '' The Countess of Monte Cristo'' (1948) * ''

Kansas Raiders ''Kansas Raiders'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Ray Enright, and stars Audie Murphy, Brian Donlevy, Marguerite Chapman, and Scott Brady. It is set during the American Civil War and involves Jesse James coming under the influence ...

'' (1950) * '' Son of Ali Baba'' (1952) * '' Just Across the Street'' (1952) * ''

Taza, Son of Cochise ''Taza, Son of Cochise'' is a 1954 American Western film directed by Douglas Sirk and starring Rock Hudson and Barbara Rush. The film was shot in 3D, and is one of just two films confirmed to have been released in the Pola-Lite 3D System using ...

'' (1954) * '' Magnificent Obsession'' (1954)

References

Bibliography

Demetrius John Kitses. ''Horizons West; Anthony Mann, Budd Boetticher, Sam Peckinpah: studies of authorship within the western''. Indiana University Press, 1970.

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