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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.
Known For
Sahara
(1943)
Art Direction
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Art Department Coordinator
Holiday
(1938)
Assistant Art Director
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Art Direction
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Art Direction
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Art Direction
The Awful Truth
(1937)
Art Direction
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Art Direction
Arizona
(1940)
Art Direction
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Art Direction
Moonrise
(1948)
Art Direction
Ramrod
(1947)
Production Design
Golden Boy
(1939)
Art Direction
Cover Girl
(1944)
Art Direction
You Were Never Lovelier
(1942)
Art Direction
Magic Town
(1947)
Production Design
Full Filmography
Art
The Awful Truth
(1937)
Art Direction
Murder in Greenwich Village
(1937)
Art Direction
You Can't Take It with You
(1938)
Art Department Coordinator
Penitentiary
(1938)
Art Direction
Adventure in Sahara
(1938)
Art Direction
Holiday
(1938)
Assistant Art Director
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
(1939)
Art Direction
Blondie Meets the Boss
(1939)
Art Direction
Blondie Brings Up Baby
(1939)
Art Direction
Blondie Takes a Vacation
(1939)
Art Direction
The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
(1939)
Art Direction
Golden Boy
(1939)
Art Direction
The Amazing Mr. Williams
(1939)
Art Direction
Five Little Peppers And How They Grew
(1939)
Art Direction
Let Us Live
(1939)
Art Direction
The Lady and the Mob
(1939)
Art Direction
Blind Alley
(1939)
Art Direction
Behind Prison Gates
(1939)
Art Direction
Only Angels Have Wings
(1939)
Art Direction
Blondie Has Servant Trouble
(1940)
Art Direction
Blondie Plays Cupid
(1940)
Art Direction
Blondie on a Budget
(1940)
Art Direction
The Lady in Question
(1940)
Art Direction
His Girl Friday
(1940)
Art Direction
Before I Hang
(1940)
Art Direction
The Lone Wolf Strikes
(1940)
Art Direction
Glamour for Sale
(1940)
Art Direction
The Doctor Takes a Wife
(1940)
Art Direction
The Man with Nine Lives
(1940)
Art Direction
So You Won't Talk?
(1940)
Art Direction
Arizona
(1940)
Art Direction
Island of Doomed Men
(1940)
Art Direction
Music in My Heart
(1940)
Art Direction
Cafe Hostess
(1940)
Art Direction
The Lone Wolf Meets a Lady
(1940)
Art Direction
The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date
(1940)
Art Direction
Blondie Goes Latin
(1941)
Art Direction
Blondie in Society
(1941)
Art Direction
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
(1941)
Art Direction
You Belong to Me
(1941)
Art Direction
Sweetheart of the Campus
(1941)
Art Direction
Penny Serenade
(1941)
Art Direction
Harmon of Michigan
(1941)
Art Direction
She Knew All the Answers
(1941)
Art Direction
Ladies in Retirement
(1941)
Art Direction
The Devil Commands
(1941)
Art Direction
Our Wife
(1941)
Art Direction
Mystery Ship
(1941)
Art Direction
The Officer and the Lady
(1941)
Art Direction
You'll Never Get Rich
(1941)
Art Direction
Roaring Frontiers
(1941)
Art Direction
The Face Behind the Mask
(1941)
Art Direction
The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance
(1941)
Art Direction
Time Out for Rhythm
(1941)
Art Direction
The Blonde from Singapore
(1941)
Art Direction
Blondie Goes to College
(1942)
Art Direction
Blondie for Victory
(1942)
Art Direction
Blondie's Blessed Event
(1942)
Art Direction
My Sister Eileen
(1942)
Art Direction
Overland to Deadwood
(1942)
Art Direction
Submarine Raider
(1942)
Art Direction
Atlantic Convoy
(1942)
Art Direction
The Wife Takes a Flyer
(1942)
Art Direction
Parachute Nurse
(1942)
Art Direction
Cadets on Parade
(1942)
Art Direction
A Night to Remember
(1942)
Art Direction
The Lone Prairie
(1942)
Art Direction
Meet the Stewarts
(1942)
Art Direction
Alias Boston Blackie
(1942)
Art Direction
Not a Ladies' Man
(1942)
Art Direction
Counter-Espionage
(1942)
Art Direction
The Man Who Returned to Life
(1942)
Art Direction
You Were Never Lovelier
(1942)
Art Direction
It's a Great Life
(1943)
Art Direction
Footlight Glamour
(1943)
Art Direction
Power of the Press
(1943)
Art Direction
The Chance of a Lifetime
(1943)
Art Direction
Klondike Kate
(1943)
Art Direction
Sahara
(1943)
Art Direction
What a Woman
(1943)
Art Direction
Dangerous Blondes
(1943)
Art Direction
After Midnight with Boston Blackie
(1943)
Art Direction
Passport to Suez
(1943)
Art Direction
Something to Shout About
(1943)
Art Direction
Destroyer
(1943)
Art Direction
Murder in Times Square
(1943)
Art Direction
Appointment in Berlin
(1943)
Art Direction
The More the Merrier
(1943)
Art Direction
The Desperadoes
(1943)
Art Direction
City Without Men
(1943)
Art Direction
First Comes Courage
(1943)
Art Direction
Secret Command
(1944)
Art Direction
The Black Parachute
(1944)
Art Direction
She's a Soldier Too
(1944)
Art Direction
Cover Girl
(1944)
Art Direction
One Mysterious Night
(1944)
Art Direction
Strange Affair
(1944)
Art Direction
The Impatient Years
(1944)
Art Direction
Cyclone Prairie Rangers
(1944)
Art Direction
Address Unknown
(1944)
Art Direction
Swing in the Saddle
(1944)
Art Direction
Cry of the Werewolf
(1944)
Art Direction
Sailor's Holiday
(1944)
Art Direction
Nine Girls
(1944)
Art Direction
Once Upon a Time
(1944)
Art Direction
Two-Man Submarine
(1944)
Art Direction
The Ghost That Walks Alone
(1944)
Art Direction
Tonight and Every Night
(1945)
Art Direction
A Song to Remember
(1945)
Art Direction
Guest Wife
(1945)
Art Direction
Heartbeat
(1946)
Production Design
Magic Town
(1947)
Production Design
The Perfect Marriage
(1947)
Art Direction
Ramrod
(1947)
Production Design
Moonrise
(1948)
Art Direction
Siren of Atlantis
(1949)
Set Designer