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Lionel Banks(1901-1950)

  • Art Director
  • Art Department
  • Production Designer
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Lionel Banks was born on 22 June 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), You Can't Take It with You (1938) and His Girl Friday (1940). He died on 20 March 1950 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornJune 22, 1901
DiedMarch 20, 1950(48)
BornJune 22, 1901
DiedMarch 20, 1950(48)
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  • Nominated for 7 Oscars
    • 7 nominations total

Known for

James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains, Edward Arnold, Beulah Bondi, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, and Eugene Pallette in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
8.1
  • Art Director
  • 1939
James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
You Can't Take It with You
7.8
  • Art Department
  • 1938
Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday (1940)
His Girl Friday
7.8
  • Art Director
  • 1940
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)
Holiday
7.7
  • Art Department
  • 1938

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Art Director



  • Ethel Barrymore, Dane Clark, and Gail Russell in Moonrise (1948)
    Moonrise
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 1948
  • David Niven and Loretta Young in The Perfect Marriage (1946)
    The Perfect Marriage
    5.9
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • Don Ameche and Myrna Loy in So Goes My Love (1946)
    So Goes My Love
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1946
  • Don Ameche, Claudette Colbert, and Dick Foran in Guest Wife (1945)
    Guest Wife
    6.4
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Don Ameche, William Bendix, Jack Benny, Binnie Barnes, Fred Allen, Robert Benchley, Jerry Colonna, Victor Moore, and Rudy Vallee in It's in the Bag! (1945)
    It's in the Bag!
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Charles Starrett in The Return of the Durango Kid (1945)
    The Return of the Durango Kid
    5.9
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Charles Starrett and Betty Jane Graham in Rough Ridin' Justice (1945)
    Rough Ridin' Justice
    7.0
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Charles Starrett in Sagebrush Heroes (1945)
    Sagebrush Heroes
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Paul Muni, Merle Oberon, and Cornel Wilde in A Song to Remember (1945)
    A Song to Remember
    6.6
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Rita Hayworth, Janet Blair, and Lee Bowman in Tonight and Every Night (1945)
    Tonight and Every Night
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1945
  • Marguerite Campbell, Bob Crosby, Louise Erickson, Helen Gerald, Lynn Merrick, Toni Eden, and Kim Loo Sisters in Meet Miss Bobby Socks (1944)
    Meet Miss Bobby Socks
    5.5
    • Art Director
    • 1944
  • Charles Starrett in Saddle Leather Law (1944)
    Saddle Leather Law
    6.0
    • Art Director
    • 1944
  • Harry Babbitt, M.A. Bogue, Kay Kyser, Sully Mason, Ann Miller, Victor Moore, and Kay Kyser Band in Carolina Blues (1944)
    Carolina Blues
    5.9
    • Art Director
    • 1944
  • Charles Starrett, Jimmy Wakely, Art Wenzel, Foy Willing, and Jimmy Wakely and His Saddle Pals in Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1944)
    Cyclone Prairie Rangers
    5.2
    • Art Director
    • 1944
  • Janis Carter and Chester Morris in One Mysterious Night (1944)
    One Mysterious Night
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1944

Art Department



  • Julie Bishop and Charles Farrell in Flight to Fame (1938)
    Flight to Fame
    5.6
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Gloria Stuart, Howard Davies, Joan Marsh, and Lanny Ross in The Lady Objects (1938)
    The Lady Objects
    5.5
    • assistant art director
    • 1938
  • Nan Grey and Anne Shirley in Girls' School (1938)
    Girls' School
    5.9
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Lionel Barrymore, and Edward Arnold in You Can't Take It with You (1938)
    You Can't Take It with You
    7.8
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Edward G. Robinson, John Beal, and Barbara O'Neil in I Am the Law (1938)
    I Am the Law
    6.6
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)
    Holiday
    7.7
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Rita Hayworth, Mary Astor, Joan Blondell, Melvyn Douglas, and Frances Drake in There's Always a Woman (1938)
    There's Always a Woman
    6.7
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Jimmy Durante, Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Walter Connolly, Curly Howard, Gertrude Niesen, Joan Perry, Charles Starrett, and The Three Stooges in Start Cheering (1938)
    Start Cheering
    6.0
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Wyn Cahoon and Scott Kolk in Women in Prison (1938)
    Women in Prison
    6.3
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Mary Astor and Richard Arlen in No Time to Marry (1938)
    No Time to Marry
    6.4
    • associate art director
    • 1938
  • Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon (1937)
    Lost Horizon
    7.6
    • assistant art director (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Jean Arthur and Chester Morris in Public Hero Number 1 (1935)
    Public Hero Number 1
    6.7
    • associate art director
    • 1935

Production Designer



  • Maria Montez in Siren of Atlantis (1948)
    Siren of Atlantis
    5.5
    • Production Designer
    • 1948
  • James Stewart and Jane Wyman in Magic Town (1947)
    Magic Town
    6.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1947
  • Veronica Lake, Donald Crisp, Don DeFore, Preston Foster, Joel McCrea, Charles Ruggles, and Arleen Whelan in Ramrod (1947)
    Ramrod
    6.6
    • Production Designer
    • 1947
  • Ginger Rogers in Heartbeat (1946)
    Heartbeat
    5.9
    • Production Designer
    • 1946

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  • Born
    • June 22, 1901
    • Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
  • Died
    • March 20, 1950
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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    Worked primarily at Columbia, 1934 and 1937-44.

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