Samuel M. Comer

Samuel M. Comer
Born	(1893-07-13)July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas, U.S.
Died	December 27, 1974(1974-12-27) (aged 81) La Jolla, California, U.S.
Years active	1934–1968
Children	Anjanette Comer (b. 1939)
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.

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)

External links

• Samuel M. Comer at IMDb