Fred Preble (1893–1953) was an American

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who designed the sets on well over a hundred film productions. He worked for a variety of production companies, including the studios

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and

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.Pitts p.438

Selected filmography

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Ship of Wanted Men ''Ship of Wanted Men'' is a 1933 American pre-Code crime film directed by Lewis D. Collins and starring Dorothy Sebastian, Fred Kohler and Leon Ames.Pitts p.334 The film's sets were designed by the art director Fred Preble. Plot A gang of fugit ...

'' (1933) * ''

I Can't Escape ''I Can't Escape'' is a 1934 American film directed by Otto Brower. The film is also known as ''The Magic Vault'' (American alternative title). Plot Steve Nichols, attired in full evening dress, asks where he can get an alcoholic drink. The surp ...

'' (1934) * '' The Marriage Bargain'' (1935) * ''

His Fighting Blood ''His Fighting Blood'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by John English and starring Kermit Maynard, Polly Ann Young and Paul Fix.Goble p.102 It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature. The film's sets were designed by the art ...

'' (1935) * ''

Shadow of Chinatown ''Shadow of Chinatown'' is both a 1936 film serial and a feature film edited from the serial made by Sam Katzman's Victory Pictures. Plot A consortium of American businesses are disturbed by the loss of profits due to Chinese businesses located ...

'' (1936) * ''

Here's Flash Casey ''Here's Flash Casey'' is a 1937 American film directed by Lynn Shores and starring Eric Linden and Boots Mallory. Plot Flash Casey is able finally to get the job as photographer at Globe Press. And he would like to marry newspaper woman Kay Lann ...

'' (1937) * '' Whirlwind Horseman'' (1938) * '' On the Great White Trail'' (1938) * ''

The Terror of Tiny Town ''The Terror of Tiny Town'' is a 1938 American musical film, musical Western (genre), Western film produced by Jed Buell, directed by Sam Newfield and starring Billy Curtis. The film was shot at a sound studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywoo ...

'' (1938) * ''

Hitler – Beast of Berlin Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 until Death of Adolf Hitler, his suicide in 1945. Adolf Hitler's rise to power, He rose to power as the lea ...

'' (1939) * '' Mercy Plane'' (1939) * ''

Gun Code ''Gun Code'' is a 1940 American western film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Tim McCoy, Inna Gest and Carleton Young.Pitts p.134 It was distributed by the independent company PRC which specialized in handling low-budget second features. Th ...

'' (1940) * '' The Sagebrush Family Trails West'' (1940) * ''

Isle of Destiny ''Isle of Destiny'' (aka ''Trouble Over the Pacific'') is a 1940 American comedy adventure film set in the South Seas. The film was directed by Elmer Clifton and originally produced by Franklyn Warner for Grand National Pictures in 1939. ''Isle ...

'' (1940) * ''

Pride of the Bowery ''Pride of the Bowery'' is a black-and-white 1940 film and the fourth installment in the East Side Kids series. It was directed by Joseph H. Lewis and produced by Sam Katzman. It was released by Monogram Pictures on December 15, 1940. Plot Wh ...

'' (1940) * ''

That Gang of Mine ''That Gang of Mine'' is a 1940 film directed by Joseph H. Lewis and starring Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan. It is the third film in the ''East Side Kids'' series. Plot Old horseman Ben brings his beloved thoroughbred Bluenight to New York from K ...

'' (1940) * '' Law of the Timber'' (1941) * ''

The Mad Monster ''The Mad Monster'' is a 1942 American black and white horror film, produced and distributed by "Poverty Row" studio Producers Releasing Corporation. The film stars George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Johnny Downs, and Anne Nagel. The film's storyline ...

'' (1942) * ''

Take My Life ''Take My Life'' is a 1947 British crime film directed by Ronald Neame and starring Hugh Williams, Greta Gynt and Marius Goring. It was adapted from Winston Graham's 1947 novel of the same name. It was shot at Pinewood Studios and on locati ...

'' (1942) * ''

Isle of Forgotten Sins ''Isle of Forgotten Sins'' is an American South Seas adventure film released on August 15, 1943 by PRC, with Leon Fromkess in charge of production, directed by Edgar G. Ulmer (also credited with original story) and featuring top-billed John Carr ...

'' (1943) * ''

Hitler's Madman ''Hitler's Madman'' is a 1943 World War II drama directed by Douglas Sirk. It is a fictionalized account of the 1942 assassination of Nazi official Reinhard Heydrich and the resulting Lidice massacre, which the Germans committed as revenge. The ...

'' (1943) * ''

Shep Comes Home ''Shep Comes Home'' is a 1948 American film written and directed by Ford Beebe for Lippert Pictures. It was a sequel to ''My Dog Shep'' (1946). Plot Cast *Flame as Shep * Robert Lowery as Mark Folger * Billy Kimbley as Larry Havens * Martin Ga ...

'' (1948) * '' The Dalton Gang'' (1949) * '' Zamba'' (1949) * '' Outlaw Country'' (1949) * '' Red Desert'' (1949) * '' The Girl from San Lorenzo'' (1950) * '' Colorado Ranger'' (1950) * ''

The Daltons' Women ''The Daltons' Women'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr starring Lash LaRue and Al "Fuzzy" St. John. It was the seventh of LaRue's films for Ron Ormond's Western Adventures Productions Inc.p. 959 Pitts, Michael R. ''W ...

'' (1950) * '' West of the Brazos'' (1950) * '' Korea Patrol'' (1951) * '' Dead or Alive'' (1951) * '' Man from Sonora'' (1951) * '' The Vanishing Outpost'' (1951) * '' The Black Lash'' (1952)

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

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