Samuel M. Comer

Samuel M. Comer
Born	(1893-07-13)July 13, 1893 Topeka, Kansas
Died	La Jolla, California
Years active	1934-1968
Children	Anjanette Comer (b. 1939)

Sam 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 the Internet Movie Database