Edward G. Boyle

Edward G. Boyle
Born
Edward Joshua Boyle

(1899-01-30)January 30, 1899
Cobden, Ontario, Canada[1]
DiedFebruary 17, 1977(1977-02-17) (aged 78)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationSet decorator
Years active1925–1970[2]
Spouse(s)Mary Eunice McCarthy
1922 until at least 1931[3][4][5][6]

Edward George Boyle (born Edward Joshua Boyle; January 30, 1899 – February 17, 1977) was a Canadian set decorator active in Hollywood between 1925 and 1970.

Career

Boyle's career began in the early 1930s, when he started working on the first of over 100 films. His filmography includes such credits as an uncredited assist on the wartorn old South in Victor Fleming's classic Gone with the Wind (1939), the Nazi-influenced designs for Charlie Chaplin's fictional country of Tomania in The Great Dictator (1940), the gritty boxing world in Robert Rossen's Body and Soul (1947) and Mark Robson's Champion (1949), an elegant Bournemouth seaside hotel in Separate Tables (1958), island life at the turn of the century in George Roy Hill's Hawaii (1966) and the sophisticated demi-monde of the multi-millionaire lifestyles in Norman Jewison's The Thomas Crown Affair (1968).

Winner of the Academy Award in 1960 for Billy Wilder's The Apartment,[7] Boyle was nominated six other times: for The Son of Monte Cristo in 1940, Some Like It Hot in 1959, The Children's Hour in 1961, Seven Days in May in 1964, The Fortune Cookie in 1966 and Gaily Gaily in 1969.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Canada, Ontario Births, 1869-1912", database with images, FamilySearch, Edward Joshua Boyle, 30 Jan 1899; citing Birth, Ross, Renfrew, Ontario, Canada, citing Archives of Ontario, Toronto; FHL microfilm 2,021,809. Retrieved March 2, 2021. (subscription required)
  2. ^ "Frisco Capital for Pictures". Variety. September 30, 1925. p. 30. Retrieved February 3, 2022.
  3. ^ "California, County Marriages, 1850-1952", database with images, FamilySearch, Edward George Boyle and Mary Eunice McCarthy, 25 Jan 1922; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,274. Retrieved March 9, 2021. (subscription required)
  4. ^ "Bad Movies Blamed to Showgoers". The Oakland Tribune. March 7, 1928. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "Woman Writer of Scenarios Here Assails Censors". The San Francisco Examiner. May 25, 1928. p. 7. Retrieved February 20, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "News From the Dailies: New York". Variety. July 21, 1931. p. 39. "Mary Eunice McCarthy, Pacific Coast Newspaper woman, took leading role in her own play, 'Mrs. Garibaldi,' when tried out at Woodstock, N.Y. Stage name Mary Boyle." Retrieved February 9, 2022. (subscription required)
  7. ^ "The 33rd Academy Awards (1961) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. October 5, 2014. Archived from the original on October 15, 2015. Retrieved May 4, 2015.
  8. ^ "Academy Award Person Data". www.atogt.com. Retrieved June 2, 2025.

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