About Fredric Hope
Lived 1900 – 1937 (aged 37). Fredric Hope was an American scenographer and art director.
Fredric Hope (January 22, 1900 – April 20, 1937) was an American art director. He won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction for the film The Merry Widow. He was born in New Brighton, Pennsylvania to Helen Dodge and Harry Hope. He was educated at Cleveland School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago and Otis Art Institute. In 1922 he became a draftsman and an art director with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. He died in Hollywood, California.
Selected filmography The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923) Flesh and the Devil (1926) The Big House (1930) Min and Bill (1930) The Merry Widow (1934) Anna Karenina (1935) A Tale of Two Cities (1935) Romeo and Juliet (1936) Maytime (1937)
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Who was Fredric Hope?
art director (1900-1937)
When was Fredric Hope born?
Fredric Hope was born on 22 January 1900 in New Brighton.
When did Fredric Hope die?
Fredric Hope died on 20 April 1937 in Hollywood.
What was Fredric Hope's occupation?
Fredric Hope was a scenographer and art director.
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Fredric Hope was American.
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