Born in New York, Bernard (Ben) Herzbrun always loved drawing and trained as a draftsman. He enlisted and served in the Great War where he was sent to France. His Army duties included rising high in hot air balloons to draw the terrain, battlefields, trenches and troops before him, all the while being shot at by the enemy.
Following the war Ben used his GI benefit to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he earned his degree in architecture. He returned to New York City where he worked as an architect and artist. He designed many alphabets and his lettering can be scene on the exterior of the New York Public Library.
In 1922 Ben married Sadie Lynch in the Bronx. Sadie and Ben moved to Manhattan and had a son Herman in 1923. Tragically Sadie died hours after giving birth.
In 1932 Ben went to Hollywood, California with his brothers Henry and Walter, his mother Paula and his little son Herm.
Bernard Herzbrun became a motion picture production designer and art director for various studios including RKO, Paramount and Universal Studios. His brother Henry Herzbrun was a Vice-President, (and short-term President) of Paramount Studios. His brother Walter Herzbrun became a successful movie agent, representing many actors and actresses.
In California Ben married his second wife Eva Kann in March 1932.
Bernard Herzbrun served as Art Director on more than 200 films such as "Bend in the River", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". He received four academy award nominations for art direction during his career spanning the 1930s - 1960s. He has an extensive filmography of over 280 films. He is most known for his art direction in film noir.
Bernard Herzbrun worked on many films in his early years as part of teams where he was not credited. Ben told his son that he was art director for The Little Princess staring Shirley Temple. For fans of campy horror films, he was the art director for Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Production Designer Credit:
1947 The Egg and I (he was also the Art Director )
1945 Pardon My Past
1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Art Director (up to 1954 listed here. For later films see IMBD):
1954 Ricochet Romance
1954 The Far Country
1954 Black Horse Canyon
1954 Drums Across the River
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1954 Johnny Dark
1954 Tanganyika
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 Yankee Pasha
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 Border River
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1953 Tumbleweed
1953 War Arrow
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 Forbidden
1953 The Glass Web
1953 Back to God's Country
1953 The All American
1953 East of Sumatra
1953 Wings of the Hawk
1953 The Golden Blade
1953 The Stand at Apache River
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 All I Desire
1953 Take Me to Town
1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
1953 It Came from Outer Space
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming
1952 The Lawless Breed
1952 Against All Flags
1952 Because of You
1952 The Black Castle
1952 The Raiders
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 Horizons West
1952 Yankee Buccaneer
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
1952 It Grows on Trees
1952 Son of Ali Baba
1952 Lost in Alaska
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 Untamed Frontier
1952 Sally and Saint Anne
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Just Across the Street
1952 Scarlet Angel
1952 Red Ball Express
1952 The San Francisco Story
1952 No Room for the Groom
1952 Bronco Buster
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 Steel Town
1952 Flesh and Fury
1952 Meet Danny Wilson
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 Bend of the River
1952 Here Come the Nelsons
1952 The Cimarron Kid
1951 Week-End with Father
1951 Flame of Araby
1951 Finders Keepers
1951 The Strange Door
1951 Cave of Outlaws
1951 The Raging Tide
1951 The Golden Horde
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 Reunion in Reno
1951 You Never Can Tell
1951 The Lady from Texas
1951 Iron Man
1951 Thunder on the Hill
1951 Little Egypt
1951 Cattle Drive
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 The Mark of the Renegade
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 Hollywood Story
1951 Smuggler's Island
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 The Fat Man
1951 Francis Goes to the Races
1951 Apache Drums
1951 Bright Victory
1951 Double Crossbones
1951 Air Cadet
1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 Up Front
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 Target Unknown
1951 Tomahawk
1951 Under the Gun
1950 Mystery Submarine
1950 Harvey
1950 Frenchie
1950 Katie Did It
1950 Kansas Raiders
1950 Undercover Girl
1950 The Milkman
1950 Wyoming Mail
1950 Saddle Tramp
1950 Shakedown
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 The Desert Hawk
1950 Peggy
1950 Spy Hunt
1950 The Sleeping City
1950 Winchester '73
1950 Louisa
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 Deported
1950 Sierra
1950 I Was a Shoplifter
1950 Comanche Territory
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 One Way Street
1950 Buccaneer's Girl
1950 The Kid from Texas
1950 Francis
1950 Outside the Wall
1950 Woman in Hiding
1950 South Sea Sinner
1949 Undertow
1949 The Story of Molly X
1949 Free for All
1949 Bagdad
1949 Abandoned
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Sword in the Desert
1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
1949 Arctic Manhunt
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 Take One False Step
1949 Illegal Entry
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 City Across the River
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 Red Canyon
1949 The Life of Riley
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 Cheyenne Cowboy (Short)
1949 Criss Cross
1948 Mexican Hayride
1948 Family Honeymoon
1948 An Act of Murder
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 Larceny
1948 For the Love of Mary
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 Another Part of the Forest
1948 River Lady
1948 Casbah
1948 All My Sons
1948 Are You with It?
1948 Black Bart
1948 A Woman's Vengeance
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 A Double Life
1947 The Exile
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 Singapore
1947 Brute Force
1947 The Web
1947 Time Out of Mind
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
1946 Temptation
1946 Angel on My Shoulder
1945 The Great John L.
1945 Strange Holiday
1944 Song of the Open Road
1943 Jack London
1943 Lady of Burlesque
1943 Cinderella Swings It
1943 The Powers Girl
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 Scattergood Rides High
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 They Meet Again
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 Melody for Three
1941 Scattergood Baines
1940 Remedy for Riches
1940 Dreaming Out Loud
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian
1939 Barricade
1939 Meet Dr. Christian
1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (uncredited)
1939 Everybody's Baby
1939 Inside Story
1939 The Little Princess
1939 Pardon Our Nerve
1939 Tail Spin
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 The Arizona Wildcat
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1938 Kentucky
1938 Thanks for Everything
1938 While New York Sleeps
1938 Road Demon
1938 Up the River
1938 Sharpshooters
1938 Just Around the Corner
1938 Always in Trouble
1938 Five of a Kind
1938 Suez
1938 Down on the Farm
1938 Straight Place and Show
1938 Time Out for Murder
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938 Hold That Co-ed
1938 My Lucky Star
1938 Meet the Girls
1938 Keep Smiling
1938 Gateway
1938 I'll Give a Million
1938 Little Miss Broadway (art direction)
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Speed to Burn
1938 Josette
1938 One Wild Night
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
1938 Rascals
1938 A Trip to Paris
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1938 Battle of Broadway
1938 Island in the Sky
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 Walking Down Broadway
1938 Love on a Budget
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
1938 International Settlement
1938 Happy Landing
1938 City Girl
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Love and Hisses
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937 Checkers
1937 Big Town Girl
1937 Second Honeymoon
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 One Mile from Heaven
1937 Angel's Holiday
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Maid of Salem
1936 Three Married Men
1936 The Texas Rangers
1936 Poppy
1936 Klondike Annie
1936 The Milky Way
1935 Stolen Harmony
1935 Mississippi (uncredited)
1934 Behold My Wife! (uncredited)
1934 Menace (uncredited)
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness (uncredited)
1934 Belle of the Nineties
1934 She Loves Me Not
1934 Melody in Spring (uncredited)
1934 All of Me (uncredited)
1933 I'm No Angel (uncredited)
1932 Devil and the Deep (uncredited)
1930 Tom Sawyer
1930 Seven Days Leave
Following the war Ben used his GI benefit to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he earned his degree in architecture. He returned to New York City where he worked as an architect and artist. He designed many alphabets and his lettering can be scene on the exterior of the New York Public Library.
In 1922 Ben married Sadie Lynch in the Bronx. Sadie and Ben moved to Manhattan and had a son Herman in 1923. Tragically Sadie died hours after giving birth.
In 1932 Ben went to Hollywood, California with his brothers Henry and Walter, his mother Paula and his little son Herm.
Bernard Herzbrun became a motion picture production designer and art director for various studios including RKO, Paramount and Universal Studios. His brother Henry Herzbrun was a Vice-President, (and short-term President) of Paramount Studios. His brother Walter Herzbrun became a successful movie agent, representing many actors and actresses.
In California Ben married his second wife Eva Kann in March 1932.
Bernard Herzbrun served as Art Director on more than 200 films such as "Bend in the River", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". He received four academy award nominations for art direction during his career spanning the 1930s - 1960s. He has an extensive filmography of over 280 films. He is most known for his art direction in film noir.
Bernard Herzbrun worked on many films in his early years as part of teams where he was not credited. Ben told his son that he was art director for The Little Princess staring Shirley Temple. For fans of campy horror films, he was the art director for Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Production Designer Credit:
1947 The Egg and I (he was also the Art Director )
1945 Pardon My Past
1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Art Director (up to 1954 listed here. For later films see IMBD):
1954 Ricochet Romance
1954 The Far Country
1954 Black Horse Canyon
1954 Drums Across the River
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1954 Johnny Dark
1954 Tanganyika
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 Yankee Pasha
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 Border River
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1953 Tumbleweed
1953 War Arrow
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 Forbidden
1953 The Glass Web
1953 Back to God's Country
1953 The All American
1953 East of Sumatra
1953 Wings of the Hawk
1953 The Golden Blade
1953 The Stand at Apache River
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 All I Desire
1953 Take Me to Town
1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
1953 It Came from Outer Space
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming
1952 The Lawless Breed
1952 Against All Flags
1952 Because of You
1952 The Black Castle
1952 The Raiders
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 Horizons West
1952 Yankee Buccaneer
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
1952 It Grows on Trees
1952 Son of Ali Baba
1952 Lost in Alaska
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 Untamed Frontier
1952 Sally and Saint Anne
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Just Across the Street
1952 Scarlet Angel
1952 Red Ball Express
1952 The San Francisco Story
1952 No Room for the Groom
1952 Bronco Buster
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 Steel Town
1952 Flesh and Fury
1952 Meet Danny Wilson
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 Bend of the River
1952 Here Come the Nelsons
1952 The Cimarron Kid
1951 Week-End with Father
1951 Flame of Araby
1951 Finders Keepers
1951 The Strange Door
1951 Cave of Outlaws
1951 The Raging Tide
1951 The Golden Horde
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 Reunion in Reno
1951 You Never Can Tell
1951 The Lady from Texas
1951 Iron Man
1951 Thunder on the Hill
1951 Little Egypt
1951 Cattle Drive
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 The Mark of the Renegade
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 Hollywood Story
1951 Smuggler's Island
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 The Fat Man
1951 Francis Goes to the Races
1951 Apache Drums
1951 Bright Victory
1951 Double Crossbones
1951 Air Cadet
1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 Up Front
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 Target Unknown
1951 Tomahawk
1951 Under the Gun
1950 Mystery Submarine
1950 Harvey
1950 Frenchie
1950 Katie Did It
1950 Kansas Raiders
1950 Undercover Girl
1950 The Milkman
1950 Wyoming Mail
1950 Saddle Tramp
1950 Shakedown
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 The Desert Hawk
1950 Peggy
1950 Spy Hunt
1950 The Sleeping City
1950 Winchester '73
1950 Louisa
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 Deported
1950 Sierra
1950 I Was a Shoplifter
1950 Comanche Territory
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 One Way Street
1950 Buccaneer's Girl
1950 The Kid from Texas
1950 Francis
1950 Outside the Wall
1950 Woman in Hiding
1950 South Sea Sinner
1949 Undertow
1949 The Story of Molly X
1949 Free for All
1949 Bagdad
1949 Abandoned
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Sword in the Desert
1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
1949 Arctic Manhunt
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 Take One False Step
1949 Illegal Entry
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 City Across the River
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 Red Canyon
1949 The Life of Riley
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 Cheyenne Cowboy (Short)
1949 Criss Cross
1948 Mexican Hayride
1948 Family Honeymoon
1948 An Act of Murder
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 Larceny
1948 For the Love of Mary
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 Another Part of the Forest
1948 River Lady
1948 Casbah
1948 All My Sons
1948 Are You with It?
1948 Black Bart
1948 A Woman's Vengeance
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 A Double Life
1947 The Exile
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 Singapore
1947 Brute Force
1947 The Web
1947 Time Out of Mind
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
1946 Temptation
1946 Angel on My Shoulder
1945 The Great John L.
1945 Strange Holiday
1944 Song of the Open Road
1943 Jack London
1943 Lady of Burlesque
1943 Cinderella Swings It
1943 The Powers Girl
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 Scattergood Rides High
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 They Meet Again
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 Melody for Three
1941 Scattergood Baines
1940 Remedy for Riches
1940 Dreaming Out Loud
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian
1939 Barricade
1939 Meet Dr. Christian
1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (uncredited)
1939 Everybody's Baby
1939 Inside Story
1939 The Little Princess
1939 Pardon Our Nerve
1939 Tail Spin
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 The Arizona Wildcat
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1938 Kentucky
1938 Thanks for Everything
1938 While New York Sleeps
1938 Road Demon
1938 Up the River
1938 Sharpshooters
1938 Just Around the Corner
1938 Always in Trouble
1938 Five of a Kind
1938 Suez
1938 Down on the Farm
1938 Straight Place and Show
1938 Time Out for Murder
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938 Hold That Co-ed
1938 My Lucky Star
1938 Meet the Girls
1938 Keep Smiling
1938 Gateway
1938 I'll Give a Million
1938 Little Miss Broadway (art direction)
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Speed to Burn
1938 Josette
1938 One Wild Night
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
1938 Rascals
1938 A Trip to Paris
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1938 Battle of Broadway
1938 Island in the Sky
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 Walking Down Broadway
1938 Love on a Budget
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
1938 International Settlement
1938 Happy Landing
1938 City Girl
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Love and Hisses
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937 Checkers
1937 Big Town Girl
1937 Second Honeymoon
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 One Mile from Heaven
1937 Angel's Holiday
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Maid of Salem
1936 Three Married Men
1936 The Texas Rangers
1936 Poppy
1936 Klondike Annie
1936 The Milky Way
1935 Stolen Harmony
1935 Mississippi (uncredited)
1934 Behold My Wife! (uncredited)
1934 Menace (uncredited)
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness (uncredited)
1934 Belle of the Nineties
1934 She Loves Me Not
1934 Melody in Spring (uncredited)
1934 All of Me (uncredited)
1933 I'm No Angel (uncredited)
1932 Devil and the Deep (uncredited)
1930 Tom Sawyer
1930 Seven Days Leave
Born in New York, Bernard (Ben) Herzbrun always loved drawing and trained as a draftsman. He enlisted and served in the Great War where he was sent to France. His Army duties included rising high in hot air balloons to draw the terrain, battlefields, trenches and troops before him, all the while being shot at by the enemy.
Following the war Ben used his GI benefit to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he earned his degree in architecture. He returned to New York City where he worked as an architect and artist. He designed many alphabets and his lettering can be scene on the exterior of the New York Public Library.
In 1922 Ben married Sadie Lynch in the Bronx. Sadie and Ben moved to Manhattan and had a son Herman in 1923. Tragically Sadie died hours after giving birth.
In 1932 Ben went to Hollywood, California with his brothers Henry and Walter, his mother Paula and his little son Herm.
Bernard Herzbrun became a motion picture production designer and art director for various studios including RKO, Paramount and Universal Studios. His brother Henry Herzbrun was a Vice-President, (and short-term President) of Paramount Studios. His brother Walter Herzbrun became a successful movie agent, representing many actors and actresses.
In California Ben married his second wife Eva Kann in March 1932.
Bernard Herzbrun served as Art Director on more than 200 films such as "Bend in the River", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". He received four academy award nominations for art direction during his career spanning the 1930s - 1960s. He has an extensive filmography of over 280 films. He is most known for his art direction in film noir.
Bernard Herzbrun worked on many films in his early years as part of teams where he was not credited. Ben told his son that he was art director for The Little Princess staring Shirley Temple. For fans of campy horror films, he was the art director for Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Production Designer Credit:
1947 The Egg and I (he was also the Art Director )
1945 Pardon My Past
1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Art Director (up to 1954 listed here. For later films see IMBD):
1954 Ricochet Romance
1954 The Far Country
1954 Black Horse Canyon
1954 Drums Across the River
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1954 Johnny Dark
1954 Tanganyika
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 Yankee Pasha
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 Border River
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1953 Tumbleweed
1953 War Arrow
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 Forbidden
1953 The Glass Web
1953 Back to God's Country
1953 The All American
1953 East of Sumatra
1953 Wings of the Hawk
1953 The Golden Blade
1953 The Stand at Apache River
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 All I Desire
1953 Take Me to Town
1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
1953 It Came from Outer Space
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming
1952 The Lawless Breed
1952 Against All Flags
1952 Because of You
1952 The Black Castle
1952 The Raiders
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 Horizons West
1952 Yankee Buccaneer
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
1952 It Grows on Trees
1952 Son of Ali Baba
1952 Lost in Alaska
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 Untamed Frontier
1952 Sally and Saint Anne
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Just Across the Street
1952 Scarlet Angel
1952 Red Ball Express
1952 The San Francisco Story
1952 No Room for the Groom
1952 Bronco Buster
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 Steel Town
1952 Flesh and Fury
1952 Meet Danny Wilson
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 Bend of the River
1952 Here Come the Nelsons
1952 The Cimarron Kid
1951 Week-End with Father
1951 Flame of Araby
1951 Finders Keepers
1951 The Strange Door
1951 Cave of Outlaws
1951 The Raging Tide
1951 The Golden Horde
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 Reunion in Reno
1951 You Never Can Tell
1951 The Lady from Texas
1951 Iron Man
1951 Thunder on the Hill
1951 Little Egypt
1951 Cattle Drive
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 The Mark of the Renegade
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 Hollywood Story
1951 Smuggler's Island
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 The Fat Man
1951 Francis Goes to the Races
1951 Apache Drums
1951 Bright Victory
1951 Double Crossbones
1951 Air Cadet
1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 Up Front
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 Target Unknown
1951 Tomahawk
1951 Under the Gun
1950 Mystery Submarine
1950 Harvey
1950 Frenchie
1950 Katie Did It
1950 Kansas Raiders
1950 Undercover Girl
1950 The Milkman
1950 Wyoming Mail
1950 Saddle Tramp
1950 Shakedown
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 The Desert Hawk
1950 Peggy
1950 Spy Hunt
1950 The Sleeping City
1950 Winchester '73
1950 Louisa
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 Deported
1950 Sierra
1950 I Was a Shoplifter
1950 Comanche Territory
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 One Way Street
1950 Buccaneer's Girl
1950 The Kid from Texas
1950 Francis
1950 Outside the Wall
1950 Woman in Hiding
1950 South Sea Sinner
1949 Undertow
1949 The Story of Molly X
1949 Free for All
1949 Bagdad
1949 Abandoned
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Sword in the Desert
1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
1949 Arctic Manhunt
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 Take One False Step
1949 Illegal Entry
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 City Across the River
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 Red Canyon
1949 The Life of Riley
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 Cheyenne Cowboy (Short)
1949 Criss Cross
1948 Mexican Hayride
1948 Family Honeymoon
1948 An Act of Murder
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 Larceny
1948 For the Love of Mary
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 Another Part of the Forest
1948 River Lady
1948 Casbah
1948 All My Sons
1948 Are You with It?
1948 Black Bart
1948 A Woman's Vengeance
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 A Double Life
1947 The Exile
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 Singapore
1947 Brute Force
1947 The Web
1947 Time Out of Mind
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
1946 Temptation
1946 Angel on My Shoulder
1945 The Great John L.
1945 Strange Holiday
1944 Song of the Open Road
1943 Jack London
1943 Lady of Burlesque
1943 Cinderella Swings It
1943 The Powers Girl
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 Scattergood Rides High
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 They Meet Again
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 Melody for Three
1941 Scattergood Baines
1940 Remedy for Riches
1940 Dreaming Out Loud
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian
1939 Barricade
1939 Meet Dr. Christian
1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (uncredited)
1939 Everybody's Baby
1939 Inside Story
1939 The Little Princess
1939 Pardon Our Nerve
1939 Tail Spin
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 The Arizona Wildcat
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1938 Kentucky
1938 Thanks for Everything
1938 While New York Sleeps
1938 Road Demon
1938 Up the River
1938 Sharpshooters
1938 Just Around the Corner
1938 Always in Trouble
1938 Five of a Kind
1938 Suez
1938 Down on the Farm
1938 Straight Place and Show
1938 Time Out for Murder
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938 Hold That Co-ed
1938 My Lucky Star
1938 Meet the Girls
1938 Keep Smiling
1938 Gateway
1938 I'll Give a Million
1938 Little Miss Broadway (art direction)
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Speed to Burn
1938 Josette
1938 One Wild Night
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
1938 Rascals
1938 A Trip to Paris
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1938 Battle of Broadway
1938 Island in the Sky
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 Walking Down Broadway
1938 Love on a Budget
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
1938 International Settlement
1938 Happy Landing
1938 City Girl
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Love and Hisses
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937 Checkers
1937 Big Town Girl
1937 Second Honeymoon
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 One Mile from Heaven
1937 Angel's Holiday
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Maid of Salem
1936 Three Married Men
1936 The Texas Rangers
1936 Poppy
1936 Klondike Annie
1936 The Milky Way
1935 Stolen Harmony
1935 Mississippi (uncredited)
1934 Behold My Wife! (uncredited)
1934 Menace (uncredited)
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness (uncredited)
1934 Belle of the Nineties
1934 She Loves Me Not
1934 Melody in Spring (uncredited)
1934 All of Me (uncredited)
1933 I'm No Angel (uncredited)
1932 Devil and the Deep (uncredited)
1930 Tom Sawyer
1930 Seven Days Leave
Following the war Ben used his GI benefit to study at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris where he earned his degree in architecture. He returned to New York City where he worked as an architect and artist. He designed many alphabets and his lettering can be scene on the exterior of the New York Public Library.
In 1922 Ben married Sadie Lynch in the Bronx. Sadie and Ben moved to Manhattan and had a son Herman in 1923. Tragically Sadie died hours after giving birth.
In 1932 Ben went to Hollywood, California with his brothers Henry and Walter, his mother Paula and his little son Herm.
Bernard Herzbrun became a motion picture production designer and art director for various studios including RKO, Paramount and Universal Studios. His brother Henry Herzbrun was a Vice-President, (and short-term President) of Paramount Studios. His brother Walter Herzbrun became a successful movie agent, representing many actors and actresses.
In California Ben married his second wife Eva Kann in March 1932.
Bernard Herzbrun served as Art Director on more than 200 films such as "Bend in the River", "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid". He received four academy award nominations for art direction during his career spanning the 1930s - 1960s. He has an extensive filmography of over 280 films. He is most known for his art direction in film noir.
Bernard Herzbrun worked on many films in his early years as part of teams where he was not credited. Ben told his son that he was art director for The Little Princess staring Shirley Temple. For fans of campy horror films, he was the art director for Creature From The Black Lagoon.
Production Designer Credit:
1947 The Egg and I (he was also the Art Director )
1945 Pardon My Past
1944 Knickerbocker Holiday
Art Director (up to 1954 listed here. For later films see IMBD):
1954 Ricochet Romance
1954 The Far Country
1954 Black Horse Canyon
1954 Drums Across the River
1954 Magnificent Obsession
1954 Johnny Dark
1954 Tanganyika
1954 Rails Into Laramie
1954 Yankee Pasha
1954 Ma and Pa Kettle at Home
1954 O'Rourke of the Royal Mounted
1954 Taza, Son of Cochise
1954 Creature from the Black Lagoon
1954 Ride Clear of Diablo
1954 Border River
1954 The Glenn Miller Story
1953 Tumbleweed
1953 War Arrow
1953 Walking My Baby Back Home
1953 Forbidden
1953 The Glass Web
1953 Back to God's Country
1953 The All American
1953 East of Sumatra
1953 Wings of the Hawk
1953 The Golden Blade
1953 The Stand at Apache River
1953 Abbott and Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1953 All I Desire
1953 Take Me to Town
1953 Francis Covers the Big Town
1953 It Came from Outer Space
1953 It Happens Every Thursday
1953 Ma and Pa Kettle at Waikiki
1953 Meet Me at the Fair
1953 The Redhead from Wyoming
1952 The Lawless Breed
1952 Against All Flags
1952 Because of You
1952 The Black Castle
1952 The Raiders
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle on Vacation
1952 Horizons West
1952 Yankee Buccaneer
1952 Bonzo Goes to College
1952 It Grows on Trees
1952 Son of Ali Baba
1952 Lost in Alaska
1952 The Duel at Silver Creek
1952 Untamed Frontier
1952 Sally and Saint Anne
1952 Francis Goes to West Point
1952 Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair
1952 Has Anybody Seen My Gal
1952 The World in His Arms
1952 Just Across the Street
1952 Scarlet Angel
1952 Red Ball Express
1952 The San Francisco Story
1952 No Room for the Groom
1952 Bronco Buster
1952 The Battle at Apache Pass
1952 Steel Town
1952 Flesh and Fury
1952 Meet Danny Wilson
1952 The Treasure of Lost Canyon
1952 Bend of the River
1952 Here Come the Nelsons
1952 The Cimarron Kid
1951 Week-End with Father
1951 Flame of Araby
1951 Finders Keepers
1951 The Strange Door
1951 Cave of Outlaws
1951 The Raging Tide
1951 The Golden Horde
1951 The Lady Pays Off
1951 Reunion in Reno
1951 You Never Can Tell
1951 The Lady from Texas
1951 Iron Man
1951 Thunder on the Hill
1951 Little Egypt
1951 Cattle Drive
1951 Comin' Round the Mountain
1951 The Mark of the Renegade
1951 The Prince Who Was a Thief
1951 Hollywood Story
1951 Smuggler's Island
1951 Ma and Pa Kettle Back on the Farm
1951 The Fat Man
1951 Francis Goes to the Races
1951 Apache Drums
1951 Bright Victory
1951 Double Crossbones
1951 Air Cadet
1951 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
1951 Up Front
1951 Bedtime for Bonzo
1951 Target Unknown
1951 Tomahawk
1951 Under the Gun
1950 Mystery Submarine
1950 Harvey
1950 Frenchie
1950 Katie Did It
1950 Kansas Raiders
1950 Undercover Girl
1950 The Milkman
1950 Wyoming Mail
1950 Saddle Tramp
1950 Shakedown
1950 Abbott and Costello in the Foreign Legion
1950 The Desert Hawk
1950 Peggy
1950 Spy Hunt
1950 The Sleeping City
1950 Winchester '73
1950 Louisa
1950 Curtain Call at Cactus Creek
1950 Deported
1950 Sierra
1950 I Was a Shoplifter
1950 Comanche Territory
1950 Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town
1950 One Way Street
1950 Buccaneer's Girl
1950 The Kid from Texas
1950 Francis
1950 Outside the Wall
1950 Woman in Hiding
1950 South Sea Sinner
1949 Undertow
1949 The Story of Molly X
1949 Free for All
1949 Bagdad
1949 Abandoned
1949 The Gal Who Took the West
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Sword in the Desert
1949 Bud Abbott Lou Costello Meet the Killer Boris Karloff
1949 Arctic Manhunt
1949 Yes Sir, That's My Baby
1949 Calamity Jane and Sam Bass
1949 Take One False Step
1949 Illegal Entry
1949 Johnny Stool Pigeon
1949 City Across the River
1949 Ma and Pa Kettle
1949 Red Canyon
1949 The Life of Riley
1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
1949 Cheyenne Cowboy (Short)
1949 Criss Cross
1948 Mexican Hayride
1948 Family Honeymoon
1948 An Act of Murder
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Kiss the Blood Off My Hands
1948 Rogues' Regiment
1948 Larceny
1948 For the Love of Mary
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid
1948 Feudin', Fussin' and A-Fightin'
1948 Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein
1948 Another Part of the Forest
1948 River Lady
1948 Casbah
1948 All My Sons
1948 Are You with It?
1948 Black Bart
1948 A Woman's Vengeance
1947 The Senator Was Indiscreet
1947 A Double Life
1947 The Exile
1947 Ride the Pink Horse
1947 The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap
1947 Singapore
1947 Brute Force
1947 The Web
1947 Time Out of Mind
1947 Buck Privates Come Home
1946 Temptation
1946 Angel on My Shoulder
1945 The Great John L.
1945 Strange Holiday
1944 Song of the Open Road
1943 Jack London
1943 Lady of Burlesque
1943 Cinderella Swings It
1943 The Powers Girl
1942 Scattergood Survives a Murder
1942 Scattergood Rides High
1942 The Bashful Bachelor
1941 Scattergood Meets Broadway
1941 They Meet Again
1941 Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941 Melody for Three
1941 Scattergood Baines
1940 Remedy for Riches
1940 Dreaming Out Loud
1940 Dr. Christian Meets the Women
1940 The Courageous Dr. Christian
1939 Barricade
1939 Meet Dr. Christian
1939 Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (uncredited)
1939 Everybody's Baby
1939 Inside Story
1939 The Little Princess
1939 Pardon Our Nerve
1939 Tail Spin
1939 The Three Musketeers
1939 The Arizona Wildcat
1939 Mr. Moto's Last Warning
1938 Kentucky
1938 Thanks for Everything
1938 While New York Sleeps
1938 Road Demon
1938 Up the River
1938 Sharpshooters
1938 Just Around the Corner
1938 Always in Trouble
1938 Five of a Kind
1938 Suez
1938 Down on the Farm
1938 Straight Place and Show
1938 Time Out for Murder
1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938 Hold That Co-ed
1938 My Lucky Star
1938 Meet the Girls
1938 Keep Smiling
1938 Gateway
1938 I'll Give a Million
1938 Little Miss Broadway (art direction)
1938 Always Goodbye
1938 Three Blind Mice
1938 Speed to Burn
1938 Josette
1938 One Wild Night
1938 Kidnapped
1938 Alexander's Ragtime Band
1938 Kentucky Moonshine
1938 Rascals
1938 A Trip to Paris
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
1938 Battle of Broadway
1938 Island in the Sky
1938 Mr. Moto's Gamble
1938 Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 Walking Down Broadway
1938 Love on a Budget
1938 Sally, Irene and Mary
1938 The Baroness and the Butler
1938 International Settlement
1938 Happy Landing
1938 City Girl
1937 Thank You, Mr. Moto
1937 Love and Hisses
1937 Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo
1937 Checkers
1937 Big Town Girl
1937 Second Honeymoon
1937 Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 One Mile from Heaven
1937 Angel's Holiday
1937 Make Way for Tomorrow
1937 Maid of Salem
1936 Three Married Men
1936 The Texas Rangers
1936 Poppy
1936 Klondike Annie
1936 The Milky Way
1935 Stolen Harmony
1935 Mississippi (uncredited)
1934 Behold My Wife! (uncredited)
1934 Menace (uncredited)
1934 The Pursuit of Happiness (uncredited)
1934 Belle of the Nineties
1934 She Loves Me Not
1934 Melody in Spring (uncredited)
1934 All of Me (uncredited)
1933 I'm No Angel (uncredited)
1932 Devil and the Deep (uncredited)
1930 Tom Sawyer
1930 Seven Days Leave
