Henry Bumstead and the World of Hollywood Art Direction

From a hotel in Marrakech in The Man Who Knew Too Much, to small-town Alabama in To Kill a Mockingbird, to Mission Control in Space Cowboys, creating a fictional, yet wholly believable world in which to film a movie has been the passion and life's work of Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated production designers. In a career that has spanned nearly seventy years, Bumstead has worked on more than one hundred movies and television films. His many honors include Academy Awards for Art Direction for To Kill a Mockingbird and The Sting, as well as nominations for Vertigo and The Unforgiven. This popularly written and extensively illustrated book tells the intertwining stories of Henry Bumstead's career and the evolution of Hollywood art direction. Andrew Horton combines his analysis of Bumstead's design work with wide-ranging interviews in which Bumstead talks about working with top directors, including Alfred Hitchcock, George Roy Hill, Robert Mulligan, and Clint Eastwood, as well as such stars as Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Doris Day, Jimmy Stewart, Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jerry Lewis, and James Cagney. Numerous production drawings, storyboards, and film stills illustrate how Bumstead's designs translated to film. This portrait of Bumstead's career underscores an art director's crucial role in shaping the look of a film and also tracks the changes in production design from the studio era through location shooting to today's use of high-tech special effects. Contents......Page 8 Acknowledgments......Page 10 Introduction: "Not Everything You Draw Shows Up in the Shot!"......Page 14 1. The Parmount Years: "We All Wore Suits and Ties"......Page 31 2. The Hitchcock Films: "Never in My Wildest Dreams!"......Page 62 3. Universal Studios, Robert Mulligan, and To Kill a Mockingbird......Page 87 4. Working with George Roy Hill: From Dresden to Venice and Everywhere in Between......Page 107 5. The Eastwood Films: "Clint Does His Homework"......Page 133 6. Final Takes on a Handful of Favorites......Page 160 Toward a Conclusion......Page 180 Notes......Page 186 Filmography......Page 188 Selected Bibliography......Page 194 Index......Page 198 Henry Bumstead, one of Hollywood's most celebrated production designers, worked on more than one hundred movies and television films. This book tells the stories of Henry Bumstead's career and the evolution of Hollywood art direction. It includes production drawings, storyboards, and film stills that illustrate how his designs translated to film. Andrew Horton. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [181]-184), Filmography (p. [175]-180), And Index.