Max Parker (July 12, 1882 – July 8, 1964) was an American art director. He was nominated for an

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in the category

Best Art Direction The Academy Award for Best Production Design recognizes achievement for art direction in film. The category's original name was Best Art Direction, but was changed to its current name in 2012 for the 85th Academy Awards. This change resulted fro ...

for the film '' George Washington Slept Here''. He worked on 86 films between 1916 and 1947. He was born in

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, and died in

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Filmography

* '' The Victoria Cross'' (1916) * '' The Call of the East'' (1917) * '' The Knickerbocker Buckaroo'' (1919) * '' The Hoodlum'' (1919) * '' Heart o' the Hills'' (1919) * '' His Majesty, the American'' (1919) * ''

Pollyanna ''Pollyanna'' is a 1913 novel by American author Eleanor H. Porter, considered a classic of children's literature. The book's success led to Porter's soon writing a sequel, ''Pollyanna Grows Up'' (1915). Eleven more ''Pollyanna'' sequels, known ...

'' (1920) * '' Suds'' (1920) * '' They Shall Pay'' (1921) * '' Crazy to Marry'' (1921) * '' The Road to Yesterday'' (1925) * '' Made for Love'' (1926) * '' The Volga Boatman'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Her Man o' War'' (1926) * '' Eve's Leaves'' (1926) * '' Sunny Side Up'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1926) * '' Bachelor Brides'' (1926) * '' For Alimony Only'' (1926) * '' The Clinging Vine'' (1926) * '' Risky Business'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Yellow Lily'' (1928) * ''

The Hawk's Nest ''The Hawk's Nest'' is a 1928 American film directed by Benjamin Christensen. It is believed to be lost. It was released by First National Pictures and stars husband and wife Milton Sills and Doris Kenyon. Plot The title of ''The Hawk's Nest'' ...

'' (1928) * '' Happiness Ahead'' (1928) * ''

Synthetic Sin Synthetic Sin is a 1929 American comedy film directed by William A. Seiter, based on a play of the same name. While filmed as a silent, it was released by Warner Bros. accompanied with a Vitaphone music soundtrack and sound effects. However mos ...

'' (1929) * '' On with the Show!'' (1929) * ''

Gold Diggers of Broadway ''Gold Diggers of Broadway'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Winnie Lightner and Nick Lucas. Distributed by Warner Bros., the film is the second all-talking, all-Technicolor feature-lengt ...

'' (1929) * ''

The Public Enemy ''The Public Enemy'' (''Enemies of the Public'' in the UK) is a 1931 American talkie, all-talking Pre-Code Hollywood, pre-Code gangster film produced and distributed by Warner Bros. The film was directed by William A. Wellman and stars James Ca ...

'' (1931) * '' Gold Dust Gertie'' (1931) * '' Night Nurse'' (1931) * '' Chandu the Magician'' (1932) * '' Call Her Savage'' (1932) * '' Too Busy to Work'' (1932) * '' The Warrior's Husband'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

The Devil's in Love ''The Devil's in Love'' (also known as ''Consul of the Damned'') is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Howard Estabrook. The film stars Victor Jory, Loretta Young, Vivienne Osborne, David Manne ...

'' (1933) * '' The Power and the Glory'' (1933) * '' The Worst Woman in Paris?'' (1933) * '' I Am Suzanne'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * '' Springtime for Henry'' (1934) * '' The White Parade'' (1934) * '' Helldorado'' (1934) * ''

Here's to Romance ''Here's to Romance'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film directed by Alfred E. Green and starring Nino Martini, Genevieve Tobin and Anita Louise.Solomon p. 359 Synopsis The wife of a music teacher, who has been angered by her husband's ph ...

'' (1935) * '' Redheads on Parade'' (1935) * ''

The Gay Deception ''The Gay Deception'' is a 1935 romantic comedy film starring Francis Lederer and Frances Dee. Writers Stephen Morehouse Avery and Don Hartman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. Plot Secretary Mirabel Miller (Frances Dee) wins ...

'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Sons o' Guns'' (1936) * '' Satan Met a Lady'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Give Me Your Heart'' (1936) * ''

Gold Diggers of 1937 ''Gold Diggers of 1937'' is a Warner Bros. movie musical directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created and directed by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell an ...

'' (1936) * '' Green Light'' (1937) * ''

Marked Woman ''Marked Woman'' is a 1937 American dramatic crime film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Lola Lane (actress), Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Rosalind Marquis, Mayo Methot, Jane Bryan, ...

'' (1937) * '' Over the Goal'' (1937) * '' Mountain Justice'' (1937) * ''

The Singing Marine ''The Singing Marine'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Ray Enright and Busby Berkeley and starring Dick Powell. It was the last of Powell's trio of service-related Warners films: 1934's ''Flirtation Walk'' paid tribute, of sorts ...

'' (1937) * '' Marry the Girl'' (1937) * '' That Certain Woman'' (1937) * ''

Love Is on the Air ''Love is on the Air'' is a 1937 American film directed by Nick Grinde, and starring Ronald Reagan (in his film debut), June Travis, Eddie Acuff, Robert Barrat, Raymond Hatton and Willard Parker. It was the first of three remakes of the 1933 ...

'' (1937) * '' West of Shanghai '' (1937) * '' The Adventurous Blonde'' (1937) * '' First Lady'' (1937) * '' Sh! The Octopus'' (1937) * '' The Kid Comes Back'' (1938) * '' A Slight Case of Murder'' (1938) * '' Women Are Like That'' (1938) * '' Men Are Such Fools'' (1938) * '' My Bill'' (1938) * '' Four's a Crowd'' (1938) * '' Brother Rat'' (1938) * '' Torchy Runs for Mayor'' (1939) * '' Naughty but Nice'' (1939) * ''

Each Dawn I Die ''Each Dawn I Die'' is a 1939 gangster film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney and George Raft. The plot of ''Each Dawn I Die'' involves a crusading reporter who is unjustly thrown in jail and befriends a famous gangster. The ...

'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' The Adventures of Jane Arden'' (1939) * '' The Roaring Twenties'' (1939) * '' Invisible Stripes'' (1939) * '' It All Came True'' (1940) * '' Brother Orchid'' (1940) * '' My Love Came Back'' (1940) * '' Lady with Red Hair'' (1940) * '' Honeymoon for Three'' (1941) * '' Footsteps in the Dark'' (1941) * '' Thieves Fall Out'' (1941) * '' Manpower'' (1941) * '' Blues in the Night'' (1941) * '' All Through the Night'' (1942) * '' Wings for the Eagle'' (1942) * '' George Washington Slept Here'' (1942) * '' The Hard Way'' (1943) * '' Princess O'Rourke'' (1943) * '' Arsenic and Old Lace'' (1944) * '' Here Come the Co-Eds'' (1945) * '' Pride of the Marines'' (1945) * '' Nobody Lives Forever'' (1946) * '' Cloak and Dagger'' (1946) * '' The Big Sleep'' (1946) * '' Of Human Bondage'' (1946) * '' Three Strangers '' (1946) * '' Deep Valley'' (1947) * '' Secret Beyond the Door'' (1947)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Max 1882 births 1964 deaths American art directors People from Prescott, Arizona