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name: "Gordon Hollingshead"
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roles: ["Producer"]
born: "8 January 1892"
died: "8 July 1952"
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average_as: "producer"
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# Gordon Hollingshead

Producer. Born 8 January 1892 in Garfield, New Jersey, USA. Died 8 July 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 8 January 1892, Garfield, New Jersey, USA
- **Died:** 8 July 1952
- **Active:** 1931–1935
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 producing, 2 crew
- **Academy Awards:** 6 Oscars (6 won · 13 nominated)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Hollingshead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q507485, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0391121/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1102133

## Biography

Gordon Hollingshead was an American film producer and assistant director. Born on 8 January 1892 in Garfield, New Jersey, he began his career as an assistant director in the silent era, working on films including *The Jazz Singer* (1927), *42nd Street* (1933) and *Footlight Parade* (1933). He joined Warner Bros. in 1921 and remained with the studio until his death.

Hollingshead produced his first film in 1934 and went on to produce 174 films and shorts. He is credited as producer on *Captain Blood* (1935). He headed Warner Bros.' short subjects department and received numerous Academy Award nominations and wins, primarily for live-action short films and documentaries, including *Star in the Night* (1945) and *Hitler Lives* (1945). He died on 8 July 1952 in Balboa Island, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, projects.latimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

### Produced (1) — the average rests on these

- *Captain Blood* (1935), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)

### Crew (2)

- *42nd Street* (1933), Fi1m 82, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Fi1m 70, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)

## Complete filmography (113)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *So You Want to Learn to Dance* (1953), Producer
- *So You Want to Wear the Pants* (1952), Producer
- *So You Never Tell a Lie* (1952), Producer
- *So You Want to Go to a Convention* (1952), Producer
- *So You Want to Enjoy Life* (1952), Producer
- *So You Want to Be a Plumber* (1951), Producer
- *So You Want to Be a Paper Hanger* (1951), Production Supervisor
- *So You Want to Be a Cowboy* (1951), Producer
- *The Screen Director* (1951), Producer
- *My Country 'Tis of Thee* (1950), Director, Producer
- *So You Want a Raise* (1950), Producer
- *So You Want to Move* (1950), Producer
- *So You Want to Hold Your Husband* (1950), Production Supervisor
- *The Grass Is Always Greener* (1950), Producer
- *Snow Carnival* (1949), Producer, Director
- *So You Want to Be an Actor* (1949), Production Supervisor
- *So You Want to Be a Muscle Man* (1949), Producer
- *So You Want to Be Popular* (1949), Producer
- *Let's Sing a Song from the Movies* (1948), Producer
- *So You Want to Be a Detective* (1948), Producer
- *Calgary Stampede* (1948), Producer
- *So You Want to Build a House* (1948), Producer
- *So You Want to Be a Gambler* (1948), Producer
- *Let's Sing a Song About the Moonlight* (1948), Producer
- *So You Want an Apartment* (1948), Producer
- *Let's Sing an Old Time Song* (1947), Producer
- *So You Want to Hold Your Wife* (1947), Producer
- *Let's Sing a Song of the West* (1947), Producer
- *So You Want to Be a Salesman* (1947), Producer
- *Hollywood Wonderland* (1947), Producer
- *So You're Going on a Vacation* (1947), Producer
- *So You Want to Be in Pictures* (1947), Producer
- *So You're Going to Be a Father* (1947), Producer
- *Stan Kenton and His Orchestra* (1947), Producer
- *So You Think You're a Nervous Wreck* (1946), Producer
- *A Boy and His Dog* (1946), Producer
- *So You Want to Play the Horses* (1946), Producer
- *Okay for Sound* (1946), Producer
- *Facing Your Danger* (1946), Producer
- *Smart as a Fox* (1946), Director, Producer
- *The Forest Commandos* (1946), Producer
- *Cavalcade of Archery* (1946), Producer
- *Hitler Lives* (1945), Production Supervisor
- *Are Animals Actors?* (1945), Producer
- *Frontier Days* (1945), Producer
- *So You Think You're Allergic* (1945), Producer
- *Story of a Dog* (1945), Director, Supervising Producer
- *Star in the Night* (1945), Producer
- *Law of the Badlands* (1945), Producer
- *I Am an American* (1944), Producer
- *I Won't Play* (1944), Producer
- *Proudly We Serve* (1944), Producer
- *The Battle for the Marianas* (1944), Director
- *Musical Movieland* (1944), Producer
- *Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys* (1944), Producer
- *Trial by Trigger* (1944), Producer
- *Jammin' the Blues* (1944), Producer
- *Wells Fargo Days* (1944), Producer
- *Devil Boats* (1944), Producer
- *Roaring Guns* (1944), Producer
- *Gun to Gun* (1944), Producer
- *Report from the Front* (1944), Producer
- *Over the Wall* (1943), Producer
- *Food and Magic* (1943), Producer
- *Wagon Wheels West* (1943), Producer
- *The Voice That Thrilled the World* (1943), Producer
- *Cavalcade of Dance* (1943), Producer
- *Women at War* (1943), Producer
- *Oklahoma Outlaws* (1943), Producer
- *All Star Melody Masters* (1943), Producer
- *Three Cheers for the Girls* (1943), Producer
- *The Rear Gunner* (1943), Producer
- *The United States Navy Band* (1943), Producer
- *Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer* (1943), Producer
- *Vaudeville Days* (1942), Producer
- *Beyond the Line of Duty* (1942), Producer
- *Men of the Sky* (1942), Producer
- *March On, America!* (1942), Producer
- *Spanish Fiesta* (1942), Associate Producer
- *Calling All Girls* (1942), Producer
- *The Gay Parisian* (1942), Associate Producer
- *At the Stroke of Twelve* (1941), Associate Producer
- *Carnival of Rhythm* (1941), Producer
- *Henry Busse and His Orchestra* (1940), Producer
- *The Flag of Humanity* (1940), Producer
- *Just a Cute Kid* (1940), Producer
- *Matty Malneck And His Orchestra* (1940), Producer
- *Cavalcade of the Academy Awards* (1940), Producer
- *Pony Express Days* (1940), Producer
- *Alice in Movieland* (1940), Producer
- *Teddy the Rough Rider* (1940), Producer
- *The Bill of Rights* (1939), Producer
- *Quiet, Please* (1939), Producer
- *The Romance Of Robert Burns* (1937), Producer
- *The Making of a Great Motion Picture* (1936), Producer
- *Captain Blood* (1935), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/captain-blood.md)
- *Sweet Adeline* (1934), Assistant Director
- *Footlight Parade* (1933), Assistant Director
- *Private Detective 62* (1933), Assistant Director
- *Picture Snatcher* (1933), Assistant Director
- *42nd Street* (1933), Assistant Director — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/42nd-street.md)
- *Five Star Final* (1931), Assistant Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/five-star-final.md)
- *Svengali* (1931), Assistant Director
- *On With the Show!* (1929), Assistant Director
- *Glorious Betsy* (1928), Assistant Director
- *The Crimson City* (1928), Assistant Director
- *The Jazz Singer* (1927), Assistant Director
- *Old San Francisco* (1927), Assistant Director
- *When a Man Loves* (1927), Assistant Director
- *Irish Hearts* (1927), Assistant Director
- *The Beloved Rogue* (1927), Assistant Director
- *Don Juan* (1926), Assistant Director
- *Beating Back* (1914), Actor

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 6 won, 13 nominated

- 1953: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *Desert Killer*
- 1953: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (nominated), for *Thar She Blows!*
- 1952: Best Documentary (Short Subject) (nominated), for *The Seeing Eye*
- 1951: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (won), for *Grandad of Races*
- 1951: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (nominated), for *My Country ’Tis of Thee*
- 1950: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (nominated), for *Snow Carnival*
- 1950: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *So You Think You’re Not Guilty*
- 1949: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *So You Want to Be on the Radio*
- 1949: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (nominated), for *Calgary Stampede*
- 1948: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *So You Want to Be in Pictures*
- 1947: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (won), for *A Boy and His Dog*
- 1947: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (won), for *Facing Your Danger*
- 1946: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (won), for *Star in the Night*
- 1946: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *Story of a Dog*
- 1945: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (won), for *I Won't Play*
- 1945: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *Jammin' the Blues*
- 1944: Best Live Action Short Film, One-Reel (nominated), for *Cavalcade of Dance*
- 1944: Best Short Subject, Two-reel (nominated), for *Women at War*
- 1934: Best Assistant Director (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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