Van Nest Polglase Net Worth is
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Van Nest Polglase Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Van Nest Polglase (25 August 1898 – 20 December 1968) was an American art director. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. Best remembered as head of the design department at RKO Pictures, he worked on 333 films between 1925 and 1957.He was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Los Angeles, California. His death notice noted that he was "survived by his son Dr. Van Nest Polglase and 2 grandchildren", his wife, Helen, having predeceased him six months earlier.
| Date Of Birth | August 25, 1898 |
| Died | 1968-12-20 |
| Place Of Birth | Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA |
| Profession | Art Director, Set Decorator, Production Designer |
| Star Sign | Virgo |
Art Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| Go Chase Yourself | 1938 | | |
| This Marriage Business | 1938 | | |
| Condemned Women | 1938 | | |
| Maid's Night Out | 1938 | | |
| Night Spot | 1938 | | |
| Bringing Up Baby | 1938 | | |
| Radio City Revels | 1938 | | |
| Double Danger | 1938 | | |
| Everybody's Doing It | 1938 | | |
| Crashing Hollywood | 1938 | | |
| She's Got Everything | 1937 | | |
| Wise Girl | 1937 | | |
| Hitting a New High | 1937 | | |
| Quick Money | 1937 | | |
| High Flyers | 1937 | | |
| A Damsel in Distress | 1937 | | |
| Danger Patrol | 1937 | | |
| Living on Love | 1937 | | |
| Fight for Your Lady | 1937 | | |
| There Goes the Groom | 1937 | | |
| Breakfast for Two | 1937 | | |
| Saturday's Heroes | 1937 | | |
| Stage Door | 1937 | | |
| Music for Madame | 1937 | | |
| Annapolis Salute | 1937 | | |
| The Life of the Party | 1937 | | |
| Flight from Glory | 1937 | | |
| Hideaway | 1937 | | |
| Forty Naughty Girls | 1937 | | |
| The Big Shot | 1937 | | |
| The Toast of New York | 1937 | | |
| Super-Sleuth | 1937 | | |
| On Again-Off Again | 1937 | | |
| New Faces of 1937 | 1937 | | |
| You Can't Beat Love | 1937 | | |
| Border Cafe | 1937 | | |
| Meet the Missus | 1937 | | |
| There Goes My Girl | 1937 | | |
| Behind the Headlines | 1937 | | |
| Shall We Dance | 1937 | | |
| You Can't Buy Luck | 1937 | | |
| The Outcasts of Poker Flat | 1937 | | |
| The Woman I Love | 1937 | | |
| The Soldier and the Lady | 1937 | | |
| Too Many Wives | 1937 | | |
| The Man Who Found Himself | 1937 | | |
| Quality Street | 1937 | uncredited | |
| China Passage | 1937 | | |
| Sea Devils | 1937 | | |
| When's Your Birthday? | 1937 | uncredited | |
| Don't Tell the Wife | 1937 | | |
| We're on the Jury | 1937 | | |
| They Wanted to Marry | 1937 | | |
| Criminal Lawyer | 1937 | | |
| Racing Lady | 1937 | | |
| We Who Are About to Die | 1937 | | |
| That Girl from Paris | 1936 | | |
| The Plough and the Stars | 1936 | | |
| Night Waitress | 1936 | | |
| The Plot Thickens | 1936 | | |
| Winterset | 1936 | | |
| Wanted! Jane Turner | 1936 | | |
| Smartest Girl in Town | 1936 | | |
| Make Way for a Lady | 1936 | | |
| A Woman Rebels | 1936 | | |
| Without Orders | 1936 | | |
| The Big Game | 1936 | | |
| Mummy's Boys | 1936 | | |
| Don't Turn 'em Loose | 1936 | | |
| Walking on Air | 1936 | | |
| Swing Time | 1936 | | |
| Mary of Scotland | 1936 | | |
| M'Liss | 1936 | | |
| The Bride Walks Out | 1936 | | |
| Bunker Bean | 1936 | | |
| The Last Outlaw | 1936 | | |
| The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | 1936 | | |
| Special Investigator | 1936 | | |
| The Witness Chair | 1936 | | |
| Murder on a Bridle Path | 1936 | | |
| Two in Revolt | 1936 | | |
| Silly Billies | 1936 | | |
| Love on a Bet | 1936 | | |
| Yellow Dust | 1936 | | |
| Follow the Fleet | 1936 | | |
| The Lady Consents | 1936 | | |
| Muss 'em Up | 1936 | | |
| Chatterbox | 1936 | | |
| Two in the Dark | 1936 | | |
| We're Only Human | 1935 | | |
| Sylvia Scarlett | 1935 | | |
| Seven Keys to Baldpate | 1935 | | |
| I Dream Too Much | 1935 | | |
| To Beat the Band | 1935 | | |
| In Person | 1935 | | |
| Another Face | 1935 | | |
| Annie Oakley | 1935 | | |
| The Rainmakers | 1935 | | |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | 1935 | | |
| Hi, Gaucho! | 1935 | | |
| The Three Musketeers | 1935 | | |
| His Family Tree | 1935 | | |
| Powdersmoke Range | 1935 | | |
| The Return of Peter Grimm | 1935 | | |
| Slightly Scarlet | 1956 | | |
| Top Hat | 1935 | | |
| Tennessee's Partner | 1955 | | |
| Alice Adams | 1935 | | |
| Escape to Burma | 1955 | | |
| Jalna | 1935 | | |
| Cattle Queen of Montana | 1954 | | |
| Old Man Rhythm | 1935 | | |
| Passion | 1954 | | |
| She | 1935 | | |
| Silver Lode | 1954 | | |
| The Arizonian | 1935 | | |
| The Fireball | 1950 | | |
| Village Tale | 1935 | | |
| Never Fear | 1949 | | |
| Hooray for Love | 1935 | | |
| The Crooked Way | 1949 | | |
| The Nitwits | 1935 | | |
| The Thrill of Brazil | 1946 | | |
| Break of Hearts | 1935 | | |
| Gilda | 1946 | | |
| Chasing Yesterday | 1935 | | |
| She Wouldn't Say Yes | 1945 | | |
| The Informer | 1935 | | |
| Kiss and Tell | 1945 | | |
| Strangers All | 1935 | | |
| A Song to Remember | 1945 | | |
| Star of Midnight | 1935 | | |
| Together Again | 1944 | | |
| A Dog of Flanders | 1935 | | |
| What a Woman! | 1943 | | |
| Roberta | 1935 | | |
| Dude Cowboy | 1941 | | |
| Captain Hurricane | 1935 | | |
| The Mexican Spitfire's Baby | 1941 | | |
| Murder on a Honeymoon | 1935 | | |
| Look Who's Laughing | 1941 | | |
| Enchanted April | 1935 | | |
| Suspicion | 1941 | | |
| Grand Old Girl | 1935 | | |
| The Gay Falcon | 1941 | | |
| Romance in Manhattan | 1935 | | |
| Weekend for Three | 1941 | | |
| The Little Minister | 1934 | | |
| The Devil and Daniel Webster | 1941 | | |
| West of the Pecos | 1934 | | |
| The Bandit Trail | 1941 | | |
| Red Morning | 1934 | | |
| Father Takes a Wife | 1941 | | |
| The Silver Streak | 1934 | | |
| Parachute Battalion | 1941 | | |
| Lightning Strikes Twice | 1934 | | |
| Six-Gun Gold | 1941 | | |
| Anne of Green Gables | 1934 | | |
| Lady Scarface | 1941 | | |
| By Your Leave | 1934 | | |
| Cyclone on Horseback | 1941 | | |
| Kentucky Kernels | 1934 | | |
| Hurry, Charlie, Hurry | 1941 | | |
| Gridiron Flash | 1934 | | |
| Tom Dick and Harry | 1941 | | |
| Wednesday's Child | 1934 | | |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | | |
| The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | | |
| They Met in Argentina | 1941 | | |
| Dangerous Corner | 1934 | | |
| Robbers of the Range | 1941 | | |
| The Richest Girl in the World | 1934 | | |
| Repent at Leisure | 1941 | | |
| The Age of Innocence | 1934 | | |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | 1941 | | |
| Down to Their Last Yacht | 1934 | | |
| Footlight Fever | 1941 | | |
| The Fountain | 1934 | | |
| A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob | 1941 | | |
| Their Big Moment | 1934 | | |
| Along the Rio Grande | 1941 | | |
| Hat, Coat, and Glove | 1934 | | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | 1941 | | |
| Bachelor Bait | 1934 | | |
| Play Girl | 1941 | | |
| His Greatest Gamble | 1934 | | |
| The Saint in Palm Springs | 1941 | | |
| We're Rich Again | 1934 | | |
| Let's Make Music | 1941 | | |
| Cockeyed Cavaliers | 1934 | | |
| Kitty Foyle | 1940 | | |
| Of Human Bondage | 1934 | | |
| The Fargo Kid | 1940 | | |
| Let's Try Again | 1934 | | |
| Little Men | 1940 | | |
| Murder on the Blackboard | 1934 | | |
| You'll Find Out | 1940 | | |
| The Life of Vergie Winters | 1934 | | |
| Mexican Spitfire Out West | 1940 | | |
| Stingaree | 1934 | | |
| They Knew What They Wanted | 1940 | | |
| Strictly Dynamite | 1934 | | |
| Too Many Girls | 1940 | | |
| Finishing School | 1934 | | |
| Wagon Train | 1940 | | |
| Sing and Like It | 1934 | | |
| I'm Still Alive | 1940 | | |
| Where Sinners Meet | 1934 | | |
| Triple Justice | 1940 | | |
| This Man Is Mine | 1934 | | |
| Men Against the Sky | 1940 | | |
| Success at Any Price | 1934 | | |
| Dance, Girl, Dance | 1940 | | |
| Spitfire | 1934 | | |
| Wildcat Bus | 1940 | | |
| Keep 'Em Rolling | 1934 | | |
| Stranger on the Third Floor | 1940 | | |
| The Lost Patrol | 1934 | | |
| One Crowded Night | 1940 | | |
| Hips, Hips, Hooray! | 1934 | | |
| Lucky Partners | 1940 | | |
| Two Alone | 1934 | | |
| Stage to Chino | 1940 | | |
| Long Lost Father | 1934 | | |
| Cross-Country Romance | 1940 | | |
| Man of Two Worlds | 1934 | | |
| Millionaires in Prison | 1940 | | |
| The Meanest Gal in Town | 1934 | | |
| Anne of Windy Poplars | 1940 | | |
| Flying Down to Rio | 1933 | | |
| Tom Brown's School Days | 1940 | | |
| If I Were Free | 1933 | | |
| Pop Always Pays | 1940 | | |
| The Right to Romance | 1933 | | |
| Prairie Law | 1940 | | |
| Little Women | 1933 | | |
| A Bill of Divorcement | 1940 | | |
| Chance at Heaven | 1933 | | |
| The Saint Takes Over | 1940 | | |
| After Tonight | 1933 | | |
| You Can't Fool Your Wife | 1940 | | |
| Ace of Aces | 1933 | | |
| My Favorite Wife | 1940 | | |
| Aggie Appleby Maker of Men | 1933 | | |
| Curtain Call | 1940 | | |
| Ann Vickers | 1933 | | |
| Bullet Code | 1940 | | |
| Blind Adventure | 1933 | | |
| Primrose Path | 1940 | | |
| Our Betters | 1933 | | |
| Millionaire Playboy | 1940 | | |
| The Great Jasper | 1933 | | |
| Little Orvie | 1940 | | |
| Topaze | 1933/I | | |
| The Marines Fly High | 1940 | | |
| The Past of Mary Holmes | 1933 | | |
| Vigil in the Night | 1940 | | |
| Untamed | 1929 | uncredited | |
| The Saint's Double Trouble | 1940 | | |
| The Love Doctor | 1929 | uncredited | |
| Abe Lincoln in Illinois | 1940 | | |
| Stage Struck | 1925 | | |
| Married and in Love | 1940 | | |
| Lovers in Quarantine | 1925 | | |
| Laddie | 1940 | | |
| A Kiss in the Dark | 1925 | | |
| Mexican Spitfire | 1940 | | |
| Legion of the Lawless | 1940 | | |
| The Hunchback of Notre Dame | 1939 | | |
| Two Thoroughbreds | 1939 | | |
| Reno | 1939 | | |
| That's Right - You're Wrong | 1939 | | |
| Allegheny Uprising | 1939 | | |
| The Marshal of Mesa City | 1939 | as Van Nest Poglase | |
| Sued for Libel | 1939 | | |
| Three Sons | 1939 | | |
| The Day the Bookies Wept | 1939 | | |
| Full Confession | 1939 | | |
| 5th Ave Girl | 1939 | | |
| Bad Lands | 1939 | | |
| The Fighting Gringo | 1939 | | |
| In Name Only | 1939 | | |
| Conspiracy | 1939 | | |
| The Spellbinder | 1939 | | |
| Career | 1939 | | |
| Bachelor Mother | 1939 | | |
| Timber Stampede | 1939 | | |
| Five Came Back | 1939 | | |
| The Girl and the Gambler | 1939 | | |
| The Girl from Mexico | 1939 | | |
| Racketeers of the Range | 1939 | | |
| Panama Lady | 1939 | | |
| Sorority House | 1939 | | |
| The Rookie Cop | 1939 | | |
| Fixer Dugan | 1939 | | |
| The Flying Irishman | 1939 | | |
| Almost a Gentleman | 1939 | | |
| The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | 1939 | | |
| They Made Her a Spy | 1939 | | |
| Trouble in Sundown | 1939 | | |
| Love Affair | 1939 | | |
| The Saint Strikes Back | 1939 | | |
| Twelve Crowded Hours | 1939 | | |
| Beauty for the Asking | 1939 | | |
| Boy Slaves | 1939 | | |
| Gunga Din | 1939 | | |
| Arizona Legion | 1939 | | |
| The Great Man Votes | 1939 | | |
| Pacific Liner | 1939 | | |
| Next Time I Marry | 1938 | | |
| The Law West of Tombstone | 1938 | | |
| Annabel Takes a Tour | 1938 | | |
| Lawless Valley | 1938 | | |
| Tarnished Angel | 1938 | | |
| A Man to Remember | 1938 | | |
| The Mad Miss Manton | 1938 | | |
| Mr. Doodle Kicks Off | 1938 | | |
| Room Service | 1938 | | |
| Fugitives for a Night | 1938 | | |
| The Renegade Ranger | 1938 | | |
| The Affairs of Annabel | 1938 | | |
| Carefree | 1938 | | |
| Painted Desert | 1938 | | |
| Smashing the Rackets | 1938 | | |
| I'm from the City | 1938 | | |
| Mother Carey's Chickens | 1938 | | |
| Sky Giant | 1938 | | |
| Crime Ring | 1938 | | |
| Having Wonderful Time | 1938 | | |
| Blond Cheat | 1938 | | |
| Border G-Man | 1938 | | |
| The Saint in New York | 1938 | | |
| Blind Alibi | 1938 | | |
| Gun Law | 1938 | | |
| Vivacious Lady | 1938 | | |
| Joy of Living | 1938 | | |
| Law of the Underworld | 1938 | | |
Set Decorator
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The Son of Kong | 1933 | settings | |
| Midshipman Jack | 1933 | settings | |
| Rafter Romance | 1933 | settings | |
| One Man's Journey | 1933 | settings | |
| Morning Glory | 1933 | settings | |
| No Marriage Ties | 1933 | settings | |
| Before Dawn | 1933 | settings | |
| Headline Shooter | 1933 | settings | |
| Double Harness | 1933 | settings | |
| Flying Devils | 1933 | settings | |
| Bed of Roses | 1933 | settings | |
| Melody Cruise | 1933 | settings | |
| Professional Sweetheart | 1933 | settings | |
| Emergency Call | 1933 | settings | |
| The Silver Cord | 1933 | settings | |
| Diplomaniacs | 1933 | settings | |
| Sweepings | 1933 | settings | |
| Christopher Strong | 1933 | settings | |
| The Animal Kingdom | 1932 | settings | |
| Flaming Gold | 1932 | settings | |
Production Designer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| The River's Edge | 1957 | | |
| Pearl of the South Pacific | 1955 | | |
| The Man Who Cheated Himself | 1950 | | |
| The Admiral Was a Lady | 1950 | | |
| Johnny One-Eye | 1950 | | |
| The Fallen Sparrow | 1943 | | |
Art Department
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|
| What a Woman! | 1943 | associate art director | |
| Citizen Kane | 1941 | art department coordinator - uncredited | |
| Bonnie Scotland | 1935 | art director: village set - uncredited | |
| King Kong | 1933 | supervising art director - uncredited | |
Nominated Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|
| 1942 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction-Interior Decoration, Black-and-White | Citizen Kane (1941) |
| 1941 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction, Black-and-White | My Favorite Wife (1940) |
| 1940 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction | Love Affair (1939) |
| 1939 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction | Carefree (1938) |
| 1936 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction | Top Hat (1935) |
| 1935 | Oscar | Academy Awards, USA | Best Art Direction | The Gay Divorcee (1934) |
