Samuel M. Comer
{{Infobox person
| name = Samuel M. Comer
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1893|7|13}}
| birth_place = Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|12|27|1893|7|13}}
| death_place = La Jolla, California, U.S.
| children = Anjanette Comer (b. 1939)
| years_active = 1934–1968
| awards =
- Best Art Direction - Color
- 1945: Frenchman's Creek
- 1950: Samson and Delilah
- Best Art Direction - Black and White
- 1950: Sunset Boulevard
- 1955: The Rose Tattoo
}}
Samuel M. Comer (July 13, 1893 – December 27, 1974) was a set decorator who worked on over 300 films during a career spanning four decades. He won four Academy Awards and was nominated for another 22 in the category Best Art Direction.{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0173754/awards |title=IMDb: Samuel M. Comer - Awards |access-date=2008-12-13|work=IMDb}}
He guided his niece, Anjanette Comer, into "the biz."
Academy Awards
;Won
- The Rose Tattoo (1955)
- Sunset Boulevard (1950)
- Samson and Delilah (1949)
- Frenchman's Creek (1944)
;Nominated
- Hud (1963)
- Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
- Come Blow Your Horn (1963)
- The Pigeon That Took Rome (1962)
- Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
- Summer and Smoke (1961)
- Visit to a Small Planet (1960)
- It Started in Naples (1960)
- Career (1959)
- Vertigo (1958)
- Funny Face (1957)
- The Proud and Profane (1956)
- The Ten Commandments (1956)
- To Catch a Thief (1955)
- The Country Girl (1954)
- Sabrina (1954)
- Red Garters (1954)
- Kitty (1945)
- Love Letters (1945)
- No Time for Love (1943)
- Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
- Hold Back the Dawn (1941)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|id=0173754}}
{{AcademyAwardBestArtDirection 1941–1960}}
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Category:American set decorators