Edward C Carfagno

Production Designer

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Edward Carfagno

Died

December 28, 1996

Biography

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Although he began working at MGM in 1933, Edward Carfagno established himself in the 1950s with his Oscar-winning work on such films as Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), Joseph Mankiewicz's "Julius Caesar" (1953) and William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" (1959). Carfagno went on to work consistently on a variety of films, including five collaborations with director Clint Eastwo...

Filmography

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Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

The Last Hard Men (1976)

The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)

Earth II (1971)

Pink Cadillac (1989)

Production Designer

The Dead Pool (1988)

Production Designer

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Tea And Sympathy (1956) -- (Movie Clip) The Joys Of Love

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Keep It Friendly

Biography

Although he began working at MGM in 1933, Edward Carfagno established himself in the 1950s with his Oscar-winning work on such films as Vincente Minnelli's "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952), Joseph Mankiewicz's "Julius Caesar" (1953) and William Wyler's "Ben-Hur" (1959). Carfagno went on to work consistently on a variety of films, including five collaborations with director Clint Eastwood.

Filmography

Art Director (Feature Film)

Looking for Mr. Goodbar (1977)

The Last Hard Men (1976)

The Phantom of Hollywood (1974)

Earth II (1971)

Production Designer (Feature Film)

Pink Cadillac (1989)

Production Designer

The Dead Pool (1988)

Production Designer

Production Designer

Production Designer

Heartbreak Ridge (1986)

Production Designer

Pale Rider (1985)

Production Designer

All Of Me (1984)

Production Designer

City Heat (1984)

Production Designer

Tightrope (1984)

Production Designer

Sudden Impact (1983)

Production Designer

Honkytonk Man (1982)

Production Designer

The Sting II (1982)

Production Designer

Wrong Is Right (1982)

Production Designer

Gideon's Trumpet (1980)

Production Designer

Little Miss Marker (1980)

Production Designer

Production Designer

Time After Time (1979)

Production Designer

The One And Only (1978)

Production Designer

Demon Seed (1977)

Production Designer

Gable and Lombard (1976)

Production Designer

The Hindenburg (1975)

Production Designer

Soylent Green (1973)

Production Designer

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

Production Designer

Art Director (TV Mini-Series)

Beulah Land (1980)

Life Events

1933

Began working for MGM

1951

Feature debut as art director, "Quo Vadis"

1971

First TV credit for the ABC movie, "Earth II"

1976

Served as art director for the CBS series, "Executive Suite"

1980

Worked on the NBC miniseries, "Beulah Land"

1982

First collaboration with director Clint Eastwood, "Honkytonk Man"

Videos

Tea And Sympathy (1956) -- (Movie Clip) The Joys Of Love Tom (John Kerr) is on campus for a reunion, visiting his old lodgings, recalling himself, dubbed, singing a song based on an 18th century French ballad, and visiting with his new hostess Laura (Deborah Kerr, her first appearance), early in Vincente Minnelli's Tea And Sympathy, 1956.

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Keep It Friendly Charles (Leonard Stone), building manager and de facto pimp for the “furniture” girls, breaks up their party not realizing that openly corrupt detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) is busy with Shirl (Leigh Taylor-Young), the property of his murdered tenant, in 2022 New York, in Soylent Green, 1973.

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) L'Chaim! Bent but honest future cop Thorn (Charlton Heston) and his aged research assistant Sol (Edward G. Robinson), who knows about how food used to be way back when, feast on what he’s plundered from crime victims in recent days, in famine-stricken 2022 New York, in Soylent Green, 1973.

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) The Scoops Are On Their Way! 2022 New York cop Thorn (Charlton Heston) is being punished with riot-control duty, consulting with colleagues when it becomes clear that the supply of food wafers, noted in the title, will run out, leading to apparently routine drastic measures, Richard Fleischer directing, in Soylent Green, 1973.

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Get Me Some Booze Detective Thorn (Charlton Heston) begins his murder investigation by sampling the luxuries of the victim's apartment and offending his aide (Chuck Connors) in Soylent Green, 1973.

Soylent Green (1973) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, The Year 2022 The impressive opening montage depicting the apparent decline of Western civilization, and the first scene introducing Santini (Whit Bissell), and grouchy pals Thorn (Charlton Heston) and Sol (Edward G. Robinson) from Soylent Green, 1973, directed by Richard Fleischer.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) I Owe Dizzy Everything Forest Whitaker the title character, sax player Charlie Parker, with wife Chan (Diane Venora), after his release from hospital following a minor crisis, recalling his obligation to friend and trumpet legend Dizzy "Birks" Gillespie (Samuel E. Wright), in Clint Eastwood's Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Charlie From Just Around Hamilton Camp the hustling "Mayor" of Manhattan's West 52nd Street, meets Keith David as "Buster" Smith (a real person!) who recalls early days in Kansas City with the young Charlie "Yardbird" Parker (Damon Whitaker, nephew of the star Forest Whitaker), in Clint Eastwood's bio-pic Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) He's A Good Provider Director Clint Eastwood and writer Joel Oliansky extrapolating from real events, their subject the saxophone virtuoso Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker) admitted to Bellevue Hospital in New York, clashing with a patient (George Orrison), his wife Chan (Diane Venora) and a doctor (Arlen Dean Snyder) discussing extreme measures, in Bird, 1988.

Bird (1988) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Lester Leaps In Director Clint Eastwood fashions an intriguing opening, introducing his star Forest Whitaker, then the first of many performances using original recordings by the subject, Charlie "Yardbird" Parker, in this case a Lester Young number he often played, in the 1988 bio-pic Bird.

Man Who Loved Cat Dancing, The - (Original Trailer) A vengeful outlaw (Burt Reynolds) protects a woman from his gang in The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973).

Bird - (Original Trailer) Saxophone great Charlie Parker (Forest Whitaker) builds a career in jazz while fighting drug addiction in Clint Eastwood's Bird (1988).

Family

Edward Cafagno

Son

Survived him.

Carol Carfagno

Daughter

Survived him.

Linda Carfagno

Daughter

Survived him.

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