Thomas Little (August 27, 1886 in Ogden,

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– March 5, 1985 in

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set decorator The set decorator is the head of the set decoration department in the film and television industry, responsible for selecting, designing, fabricating, and sourcing the " set dressing" elements of each set in a Feature Film, Television, or New Med ...

who worked on more than 450 Hollywood movies between 1932 and 1953. He won a total of 6

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for art direction and received 21 nominations in the same category. His credits include ''

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'', '' The Fan'', '' Belles on Their Toes'', '' What Price Glory?'', '' The Snows of Kilimanjaro'', '' The Pride of St. Louis'', and ''

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''.

Academy Awards for Art Direction

* 1941 (Black-and-White) Richard Day, Nathan H. Juran, Thomas Little - '' How Green Was My Valley'' * 1942 (Black-and-White) Richard Day,

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, Thomas Little - '' This Above All'' * 1942 (Color) Richard Day,

, Thomas Little - '' My Gal Sal'' * 1943 (Black-and-White) James Basevi, William Darling, Thomas Little - '' The Song of Bernadette'' * 1944 (Color) Wiard Ihnen, Thomas Little - '' Wilson'' * 1946 (Black-and-White) William S. Darling, Lyle R. Wheeler, Thomas Little, Frank E. Hughes - '' Anna and the King of Siam''

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* 1886 births 1985 deaths 20th Century Studios people Best Art Direction Academy Award winners American set decorators Artists from Ogden, Utah {{US-setdecorator-stub

Academy Awards for Art Direction

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