Lionel Banks

Lionel Banks

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With over 200 films to his credit, Lionel Banks (born June 22, 1901, Salt Lake City, Utah - died March 20, 1950, Los Angeles, California) was a hard-working art director from 1935 to 1949. In that time he worked on such films as Leo McCarey’s The Awful Truth (1937), Howard Hawks’ South American set Only Angels Have Wings (1939) and his rapid fire comedy classic the following year His Girl Friday, most of the Blondie B-movies, Alexander Hall’s turn of the century fantasy Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941) and Charles Vidor’s lush Chopin biopic, A Song to Remember in 1945. Banks was nominated for an Oscar seven times, for Holiday (1938), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Arizona (1940), Ladies in Retirement (1941), The Talk of the Town (1942), Address Unknown and Cover Girl (both 1944), but never won.

Art

1948

Moonrise
Movie

Art Direction

1947

Magic Town
Movie

Production Design

1947

Ramrod
Movie

Production Design

1946

Heartbeat
Movie

Production Design

1945

Guest Wife
Movie

Art Direction

1945

1944

Strange Affair
Movie

Art Direction

1944

1944

1944

Secret Command
Movie

Art Direction

1944

1944

1944

1944

Cover Girl
Movie

Art Direction

1944

1943

What a Woman
Movie

Art Direction

1943

Sahara
Movie

Art Direction

1943

Destroyer
Movie

Art Direction

1943

1943

1943

1942

1942

1942

1942

1942

1942

1942

1942

1942

1941

1941

1941

1941

1941

Penny Serenade
Movie

Art Direction

1940

Arizona
Movie

Art Direction

1940

Before I Hang
Movie

Art Direction

1940

1940

1940

1940

Cafe Hostess
Movie

Art Direction

1940

1939

Golden Boy
Movie

Art Direction

1939

1938

1938

You Can't Take It with You
Movie

Assistant Art Director

1938

Holiday
Movie

Assistant Art Director

1937

Infos

Full Name
Lionel Banks
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
6/22/1901
Date of Death
3/20/1950