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John W. Harkrider(1899-1982)

  • Art Director
  • Costume Designer
  • Production Designer
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John W. Harkrider was born on 16 November 1899 in Abilene, Texas, USA. He was an art director and costume designer, known for Swing Time (1936), The Lady Fights Back (1937) and Three Smart Girls (1936). He died on 7 July 1982 in Los Angeles County, California, USA.
BornNovember 16, 1899
DiedJuly 7, 1982(82)
BornNovember 16, 1899
DiedJuly 7, 1982(82)
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Known for

Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Swing Time (1936)
Swing Time
7.4
  • Costume and Wardrobe Department(as John Harkrider)
  • 1936
Irene Hervey, William Lundigan, and Kent Taylor in The Lady Fights Back (1937)
The Lady Fights Back
6.1
  • Art Director
  • 1937
Deanna Durbin in Three Smart Girls (1936)
Three Smart Girls
6.5
  • Art Department(as John Harkrider)
  • 1936
Lucille Ball, Gloria Stuart, Bonnie Bannon, Myrla Bratton, Eddie Cantor, Dolores Casey, Ruth Etting, Rosaline Fromson, June Gale, Samuel Goldwyn, David Manners, The Goldwyn Girls, and Marguerite Caverley in Roman Scandals (1933)
Roman Scandals
6.6
  • Costume Designer
  • 1933

Credits

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Art Director

  • Mischa Auer, Billy House, and Jimmy Savo in Merry-Go-Round of 1938 (1937)
    Merry-Go-Round of 1938
    4.7
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • Edward Gargan, Bernadene Hayes, William Lundigan, Claudia Morgan, and Herbert Mundin in That's My Story! (1937)
    That's My Story!
    • Art Director (as John Harkrider)
    • 1937
  • Dorothea Kent and Robert Wilcox in Carnival Queen (1937)
    Carnival Queen
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • Irene Hervey, William Lundigan, and Kent Taylor in The Lady Fights Back (1937)
    The Lady Fights Back
    6.1
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
    The Man Who Cried Wolf
    6.3
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • Nan Grey, J. Scott Smart, and Kent Taylor in Love in a Bungalow (1937)
    Love in a Bungalow
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • Tala Birell, John Boles, Doris Nolan, and Alan Mowbray in As Good as Married (1937)
    As Good as Married
    5.9
    • Art Director
    • 1937
  • Buck Jones in Left Handed Law (1937)
    Left Handed Law
    5.6
    • senior art director (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer, Bert Jason, Doris Nolan, Ella Logan, George Murphy, Gregory Ratoff, Bob Robson, Gerald Oliver Smith, and Harry Blue in Top of the Town (1937)
    Top of the Town
    5.8
    • Art Director
    • 1937

Costume Designer

  • Binnie Barnes and William Gargan in Breezing Home (1937)
    Breezing Home
    5.5
    • Costume Designer (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Anna Sten in Nana (1934)
    Nana
    5.9
    • Costume Designer
    • 1934
  • Lucille Ball, Gloria Stuart, Bonnie Bannon, Myrla Bratton, Eddie Cantor, Dolores Casey, Ruth Etting, Rosaline Fromson, June Gale, Samuel Goldwyn, David Manners, The Goldwyn Girls, and Marguerite Caverley in Roman Scandals (1933)
    Roman Scandals
    6.6
    • costumes by
    • 1933
  • Eddie Cantor, Samuel Goldwyn, William Anthony McGuire, and Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in Whoopee! (1930)
    Whoopee!
    6.3
    • Costume Designer (uncredited)
    • 1930
  • Mary Eaton in Glorifying the American Girl (1929)
    Glorifying the American Girl
    5.7
    • Costume Designer (uncredited)
    • 1929

Production Designer

  • Deanna Durbin, Alice Brady, Adolphe Menjou, and Leopold Stokowski in One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
    One Hundred Men and a Girl
    6.7
    • production designed by (as John Harkrider)
    • 1937
  • Hobart Cavanaugh, William Gargan, Dick Purcell, Jean Rogers, and Milburn Stone in Reported Missing! (1937)
    Reported Missing!
    6.4
    • Production Designer (as John Harkrider)
    • 1937
  • Tala Birell, John Boles, Doris Nolan, and Alan Mowbray in As Good as Married (1937)
    As Good as Married
    5.9
    • Production Designer (as John Harkrider)
    • 1937
  • Virginia Bruce in When Love Is Young (1937)
    When Love Is Young
    5.4
    • Production Designer
    • 1937
  • Hugh Herbert, Mischa Auer, Bert Jason, Doris Nolan, Ella Logan, George Murphy, Gregory Ratoff, Bob Robson, Gerald Oliver Smith, and Harry Blue in Top of the Town (1937)
    Top of the Town
    5.8
    • Production Designer (as John Harkrider)
    • 1937

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • John Harkrider
  • Born
    • November 16, 1899
    • Abilene, Texas, USA
  • Died
    • July 7, 1982
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA
  • Other works
    Designed the costumes for the original 1927 Broadway production of "Show Boat", as well as the 1932 revival (a virtual duplicate of the 1927 production).

Did you know

  • Trivia
    In the dual capacity of art director and costume designer at MGM (for Goldwyn), 1930-1933; at Universal, 1934-1938.

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