Known for Art
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Rudolph Sternad (October 6, 1906 – April 23, 1963) was an American art director and production designer. He was nominated for three Academy Awards in the category Best Art Direction. He was a frequent collaborator of producer-director Stanley Kramer, working with him on virtually all of the films that Kramer directed, and many famous ones that he only produced, such as High Noon, Cyrano de Bergerac, and The Men.
Born
October 6, 1906
Died
April 23, 1963 (age 56)
Birthplace
The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA
Filmography
57 films


Lady in a Cage
1964 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A woman trapped in a home elevator is terrorized by a group of vicious hoodlums.


It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963 · 3h 12m
country: United States
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.


A Child Is Waiting
1963 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Dr. Matthew Clark is the head of a state institution for intellectually disabled children. Jean Hansen, a former music teacher anxious to give her life some meaning, joins the staff of the hospital. Jean, who tries to shelter the children with her love, suspiciously regards Dr. Clark's stern training methods. She becomes emotionally involved with 12-year-old Reuben Widdicombe, who has been abandoned by his divorced parents.


Pressure Point
1962 · 1h 29m
country: United States
An African-American prison psychiatrist finds the boundaries of his professionalism sorely tested when he must counsel a disturbed inmate with bigoted Nazi tendencies.


Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · 3h 11m
country: United States
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.


Inherit the Wind
1960 · 2h 8m
country: United States
Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.


On the Beach
1959 · 2h 14m
country: United States
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?


The Defiant Ones
1958 · 1h 36m
country: United States
Two convicts—one white, one black—escape while chained to each other.


The Pride and the Passion
1957 · 2h 12m
country: United States
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are going to move a big cannon across Spain in order to help the British defeat the French. A British officer is there to accompany the Spanish and along the way, he falls in love with the leader's girl.


The Caine Mutiny
1954 · 2h 4m
country: United States
When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first officer relieves him of command and faces court martial for mutiny.


The Wild One
1953 · 1h 19m
country: United States
The Black Rebels Motorcycle Club ride into the small California town of Wrightsville, eager to raise hell. Brooding gang leader Johnny Strabler takes a liking to Kathie, the daughter of the local lawman, as another club rolls into town.


The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.
1953 · 1h 29m
country: United States
Young Bart Collins lives with his widowed mother Heloise. The major blight on Bart's existence is the hated piano lessons he is forced to endure under the tutelage of the autocratic Dr. Terwilliker. Bart feels that his mother has fallen under Terwilliker's sinister influence, and gripes to visiting plumber August Zabladowski, without much result. While grimly hammering away at his lessons, Bart dozes off and enters a fantastical musical dream.


The Juggler
1953 · 1h 24m
country: United States
A Holocaust survivor moves to Israel and experiences difficulty adjusting to life.


The Member of the Wedding
1952 · 1h 33m
country: United States
Tomboy, Frances 'Frankie' Addams, dreams of running away with her brother and new fiancée away from the Deep South.


Eight Iron Men
1952 · 1h 20m
country: United States
During the World War II in Italy, Sergeant Joe Mooney is leading his small squad on the front-lines but is ordered to avoid rescuing a soldier trapped in no man's land.


The Happy Time
1952 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.


The Four Poster
1952 · 1h 43m
country: United States
In turn-of-the-century New York, the marriage of John and Abby Edwards unfolds over the years.


High Noon
1952 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.


The Sniper
1952 · 1h 28m
country: United States
Eddie Miller struggles with his hatred of women, he's especially bothered by seeing women with their lovers. He starts a killing spree as a sniper by shooting women from far distances. In an attempt to get caught, he writes an anonymous letter to the police begging them to stop him.


My Six Convicts
1952 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A psychologist takes on the daunting task of getting into the mind of prisoners. He must gain the trust and cooperation from a group of men who have no reason to help him and who might enjoy killing him.


Death of a Salesman
1951 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.


The Scarf
1951 · 1h 33m
country: United States
A man who is believed to have murdered a woman, escapes from the insane asylum to find if he was the one to actually kill her using the scarf she was wearing.


Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 · 1h 53m
country: United States
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beauteous Roxane; she, in turn, confesses to Cyrano her love for the handsome but tongue-tied Christian. The chivalrous Cyrano sets up with Christian an innocent deception, with tragic results.


Three Husbands
1950 · 1h 18m
country: United States
When a recently deceased playboy gets to heaven and is granted one wish--granted to all newcomers--he requests that he be able to see the reactions of three husbands, with whom he regularly played poker, to a letter he left each of them claiming to have had an affair with each's wife.


The Men
1950 · 1h 25m
country: United States
Ken, a WWII GI, returns home after he's paralyzed in battle. Residing in the paraplegic ward of a veteran's hospital and embittered by his condition, he refuses to see his fiancée and sinks into a solitary world of hatred and hostility. Head physician, Dr. Brock cajoles the withdrawn Ken into the life of the ward, where fellow patients Norm, Leo and Angel begin to pull him out of his spiritual dilemma.


A Kiss for Corliss
1949 · 1h 28m
country: United States
After a brief encounter with the romantic and thrice divorced Kenneth Marquis, Corliss Archer decides to write in her diary that they are together in order to make her boyfriend Dexter jealous. Corliss' father had also served as attorney representing Kenneth Marquis' ex-wife during his most recent divorce trial. When Corliss and Dexter don't come home one evening until five in the morning, Corliss decides to pretend to have amnesia to avoid the inevitable punishment awaiting her.


Champion
1949 · 1h 39m
country: United States
An unscrupulous boxer fights his way to the top, but eventually alienates all of the people who helped him on the way up.