Harry M. Leonard
(1900 - 1965)

Sound recordist and sound supervisor who entered American film in 1930 with A DEVIL WITH WOMEN at Fox Film Corp. Over the next 38 years, he would contribute to over 260 films, including RAMONA (1936), several "Charlie Chan" and "Mr. Moto" mysteries, TALL, DARK AND HANDSOME (1941), MY FRIEND FLICKA and GUADALCANAL DIARY (both 1943), THE SULLIVANS and LAURA (both 1944), THUNDERHEAD - SON OF FLICKA and CAPTAIN EDDIE (both 1945), THE BRASHER DOUBLOON and FOREVER AMBER (both 1947), GREEN GRASS OF WYOMING and THE SNAKE PIT (both 1948), THE BEAUTIFUL BLONDE FROM BASHFUL BEN and IT HAPPENS EVERY SPRING (both 1949), BROKEN ARROW and MY BLUE HEAVEN (both 1950), THE HOUSE ON TELEGRAPH HILL, THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and DECISION BEFORE DAWN (all 1951), THE PRIDE OF ST. LOUIS (1952), PICKUP ON SOUTH STREET (1953), THE RAID (1954), DADDY LONG LEGS, THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH, THE VIRGIN QUEEN, HOW TO BE VERY, VERY POPULAR, LOVE IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THING, GOOD MORNING, MISS DOVE and THE RAINS OF RANCHIPUR (all 1955), CAROUSEL, THE MAN IN THE GRAY FLANNEL SUIT, BUS STOP, LOVE ME TENDER, THE GIRL CAN'T HELP IT and ANASTASIA (all 1956), BOY ON A DOLPHIN, DESK SET, AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, A HATFUL OF RAIN and THE ENEMY BELOW (all 1957), THE LONG, HOT SUMMER, TEN NORTH FREDERICK, THE FLY and A CERTAIN SMILE (all 1958), THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK, WARLOCK, COMPULSION, SAY ONE FOR ME and THE BEST OF EVERYTHING (all 1959), THE STORY OF RUTH and FROM THE TERRACE (both 1960), BATMAN (1966), and his last film, THE LEGEND OF CUSTER (released in 1968).

 Nominated for Special Effects 1945: CAPTAIN EDDIE - Sound (w. Roger Heman)

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