David Townsend (art director)
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A 1919 photo of Townsend, at the age of 28.
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David Wood Townsend November 2, 1891 Hoskins, Wayne County, Nebraska |
| Died | August 5, 1935 (aged 43) Sonora, Mono County, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Art director, set decorator |
| Years active | 1919 – 1935 |
| Spouse(s) | Lillian Francis Rennick (m. 1913–35) |
David Wood Townsend (November 2, 1891 – August 5, 1935) was an American art director.
1919 Secretary/Treasurer of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf Film Company in Denver.
1920 Sales Manager of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf Film Company in Denver.
1921 Vice President of Otis B. Thayer's Art-O-Graf Film Company in Denver.
From 1919 through 1921, Art-o-Graf produced the following films: "Miss Arizona (1919 Film)", "Wolves of the Street (1920 Film)", "The Desert Scorpion", "Finders Keepers (1921 Film)", and Out of the Depths (1921 Film).
1922 President of the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Film Company" in Denver.
There were plans by the "Mountain Plains Enterprise Company" to build "Sunshine Studios" at Tim McCoy's Owl Creek Dude ranch in order to shoot a film titled, "The Dude Wrangler" written by Caroline Lockhart. The project was abandoned.
His work with MGM:
1927 “Frisco Sally Levy” (art director), “Tillie the Toiler” (art director), “Foreign Devils (1927 film)” (art director), “Spring Fever (1927 film)” (sets), “The Bugle Call” (sets), “The Callahans and the Murphys” (sets), “Rookies (1927 film)” (sets), “Slide, Kelly, Slide” (sets), “The Taxi Dancer” (sets), “Winners of the Wilderness” (sets)
1933 “The Prizefighter and the Lady” (art director)
1934 “You Can’t Buy Everything” (art director), “The Show-Off” (art director) “Death on the Diamond” (associate art director), “Hide-Out” (associate art director), “Murder in the Private Car” (associate art director), “The Thin Man (film)” (associate art director)
1935 “China Seas (film)” (associate art director), “Murder in the Fleet” (associate art director), “The Winning Ticket” (associate art director)
1936 “The Robin Hood of El Dorado” (art director)
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