Academy Award-nominated motion picture art director. Born Antoni Franziszek Groszewski in Kielbasin, west Prussia (now Poland). With more than 110 films to his credit from 1913 to 1950, he was a mainstay at Warner Brothers. He was nominated for an Oscar five times: for "Svengali" (1931), "Anthony Adverse" (1936), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939) and "The Sea Hawk" (1940). Other films of note include "Little Caesar" (1931), "Doctor X" (1932), "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935), "Juarez" (1939), "Mildred Pierce" (1945) and "Possessed" (1947). He was awarded a Oscar for Technical Achievement for the design and perfection of the Warner Brothers water ripple and wave illusion machine. Anton Grot passed away at age 90 at Palm Harbor General Hospital in Orange County, California, leaving his widow, Helen Blackhall.
Academy Award-nominated motion picture art director. Born Antoni Franziszek Groszewski in Kielbasin, west Prussia (now Poland). With more than 110 films to his credit from 1913 to 1950, he was a mainstay at Warner Brothers. He was nominated for an Oscar five times: for "Svengali" (1931), "Anthony Adverse" (1936), "The Life of Emile Zola" (1937), "The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex" (1939) and "The Sea Hawk" (1940). Other films of note include "Little Caesar" (1931), "Doctor X" (1932), "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (1935), "Juarez" (1939), "Mildred Pierce" (1945) and "Possessed" (1947). He was awarded a Oscar for Technical Achievement for the design and perfection of the Warner Brothers water ripple and wave illusion machine. Anton Grot passed away at age 90 at Palm Harbor General Hospital in Orange County, California, leaving his widow, Helen Blackhall.
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