Carl Jules Weyl (6 December 1890 – 12 July 1948) was a German architect and art director. He designed or co-designed six contributing properties in the Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District,[3] won a Best Art Direction Oscar for The Adventures of Robin Hood,[4] and was nominated in the same category for Mission to Moscow.[5]
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| Born | 6 December 1890 Stuttgart, Germany |
| Died | 12 July 1948 (aged 57) |
| Other names | Karl Felix Julius Weyl [1] |
| Occupation(s) | Architect Art director |
| Years active | 1926–1929 (architect) 1930–1947 (art director) |
| Spouse | Irma Lois Chase (divorced)[2] |
Early life and education
editWeyl was born in Stuttgart, Germany. His father, Karl Friedrich Weyl, was an architect and field engineer of the Gotthard Rail Tunnel through the Alps. Carl Jules Weyl studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris after architectural training in Berlin, Strasbourg, and Munich.[6] He served as a first lieutenant of infantry in the German Reichswehr, according to his World War I draft registration card.[citation needed]
Weyl immigrated to the US on 31 March 1912, according to his 1933 petition for citizenship, on the SS Königin Luise (1896).
Architect and art director
editWeyl worked as an architect in California, first for John W. Reid Jr. in San Francisco, then in Los Angeles after he moved there in 1923.
When the Great Depression hit and building commissions dried up, Weyl joined Cecil B. DeMille Productions as an art director,[7] then he joined Warner Brothers in the same position. Weyl initially worked as an assistant to Anton Grot and Robert M. Haas. His first set for Warner Bros was the fountain in Footlight Parade.
Buildings
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Together with Henry L. Gogerty (1894-1990), he designed numerous buildings in Hollywood, California, including:
- Palace Theater (1926) 1735 N. Vine Street, Spanish Colonial[3][8]
- Baine Building (1926), 6601-09 Hollywood Boulevard, Spanish Colonial[3][8]
- Hollywood Studio Building (1927), 6554 Hollywood Boulevard, Spanish Colonial, [3]
- Fred C. Thompson Building, 6528-6540 Sunset Boulevard, Spanish Colonial[9][10]
Other building's designed by Weyl include:
- Hollywood Brown Derby (1928), 1628 N. Vine Street[3][9]
- Herman Building (1928) 1632 N. Vine Street[3]
- Christie Realty Building (1928) 6765 Hollywood Boulevard[3]
- York Boulevard State Bank, 5057 York Boulevard, Los Angeles[9]
Selected filmography
edit- The Florentine Dagger (1935)
- Bullets or Ballots (1936)
- Kid Galahad (1937)
- The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
- Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939)
- The Letter (1940)
- The Great Lie (1941)
- Kings Row (1942)
- Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- Casablanca (1942)
- Mission to Moscow (1943)
- Passage to Marseille (1944)
- The Corn Is Green (1945)
- The Big Sleep (1946)
- Escape Me Never (1947)
Personal life
editWeyl was best man at the Beverly Hills wedding of film comedian Harry Langdon in 1929.[11]
Death
editWeyl died in Los Angeles, California. He is interred in Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale.[12]
References
edit- ^ Germany, select births and baptisms, 1558–1898 on ancestry.com
- ^ 1930 US Census, 1940 US Census
- ^ a b c d e f g "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form - Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment District". United States Department of the Interior - National Park Service. 4 April 1985.
- ^ "The 11th Academy Awards (1939) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ "The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners". Oscars.org. Retrieved 22 July 2011.
- ^ Out of the Fountain. New York Times. 3 October 1943
- ^ French Normandy Design Employed. Los Angeles Times – 23 November 1930
- ^ a b Winter, Robert (2009). An Architectural Guidebook to Los Angeles. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 978-1-4236-0893-6.
- ^ a b c Pacific Coast Architecture Database: Carl Jules Weyl Sr. (Architect)
- ^ "Fred C. Thompson Building" (PDF). Los Angeles City Planning Department. 15 August 2019.
- ^ Harry Langdon, film star, to wed, 27 July. San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California) Tuesday, 16 July 1929 Page 8
- ^ Carl Jules Weyl on findagrave.com