Hervey Libbert (1901–1953) was an American
art director. He was employed by
Tiffany Pictures
Tiffany Pictures, which also became Tiffany-Stahl Productions for a time, was a Hollywood motion picture studio in operation from 1921 until 1932. It is considered a Poverty Row studio, whose films had lower budgets, lesser-known stars, and overall ...
in the late
silent
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and early
sound era
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on films such as ''
Lucky Boy'' and ''
Peacock Alley''.
[Ankerich p.333]
Selected filmography
* ''
The Mystic
''The Mystic'' is a 1925 American MGM silent drama film directed by Tod Browning, who later directed MGM's '' Freaks'' (1932). It was co-written by Browning and Waldemar Young, writing a similar storyline to their earlier 1925 hit film ''The U ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The House of Scandal
''The House of Scandal'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Pat O'Malley, Dorothy Sebastian and Gino Corrado.Munden p.366
Cast
* Pat O'Malley as Pat Regan
* Dorothy Sebastian as Ann Rourke
* Harry Murra ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Man in Hobbles
''The Man in Hobbles'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring John Harron, Lila Lee and Lucien Littlefield.Babington & Barr p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert.
Ca ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Ladies of the Night Club
''Ladies of the Night Club'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Leonard and Lee Moran.Munden p.413 It was produced during the transition to sound film and is essentially a silent fil ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Painted Faces
''Painted Faces'' (Chinese: 七小福) is a 1988 Hong Kong biographical drama film co-written and directed by Alex Law and starring Sammo Hung as his mentor, Master Yu Jim-yuen of the China Drama Academy. For his portrayal as Master Yu, Hun ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Lucky Boy'' (1929)
* ''
Mister Antonio
''Mister Antonio'' is a 1929 love story based on a 1916 Booth Tarkington Broadway play of the same name. Leo Carrillo stars in the title role of Antonio Camaradino, originated on Broadway by Otis Skinner, as a hurdy-gurdy street artist who falls ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Lost Zeppelin
''The Lost Zeppelin'' is a 1929 sound adventure film directed by Edward Sloman and produced and distributed by Tiffany- Stahl. The film stars Conway Tearle, Virginia Valli and Ricardo Cortez.
Tearle plays a navy officer modeled on U. S. Navy Com ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Journey's End
''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry co ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Peacock Alley'' (1930)
* ''
Kathleen Mavourneen
"Kathleen Mavourneen" is a song written in 1837, composed by Frederick Crouch with lyrics by a Mrs. Crawford. Crawford's name is variously cited as Annie, Julia,Bruce Stewart, ''Ricorso: A Catalogue of Full-text Works on Ireland in the Internet Arc ...
'' (1930)
References
Bibliography
* Ankerich, Michael G. ''Mae Murray: The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips''. University Press of Kentucky, 2012.
* Bradley, Edwin M. ''Unsung Hollywood Musicals of the Golden Era: 50 Overlooked Films and Their Stars, 1929-1939''. McFarland, 2016.
External links
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1901 births
1953 deaths
American art directors
People from Indiana
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