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Hay hay, thought I would chime in. If its a set then I wonder what the inspiration was? This is all I could dig up.
Notes for The Apartment (1960)
http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?stid=16634&category=Notes
"Press materials note that exterior shooting all took place at night in New York City, including locations such as Central Park, the Majestic Theatre lobby and Columbus Avenue. The rest of the film was shot at the Samuel Goldwyn Studios in Los Angeles. There, the filmmakers constructed the huge interior set of the insurance office, designed to represent the demoralizing, impersonal nature of the corporate environment.
According to press notes, the set was made of glass and metal and covered more than 25,000 square feet. In a modern interview, Wilder described the techniques they used to create the vast office space, including forced perspective with progressively smaller sized desks that recede into cardboard cutouts. Although Wilder claimed in a modern interview that he placed progressively smaller actors at the desks, finally casting dwarves, art director Alexander Trauner has stated that the actors in the back rows were children. Hollywood Reporter reported in December 1959 that the set included nearly $4 million worth of loaned office equipment, attended to by operators supplied by the IBM corporation.
Press materials add that the artwork seen in the office of Sheldrake, including paintings by Massimo Campigli and Paul Klee, were from the personal collection of Wilder, a well-known art collector, and that the bed in Buddy's apartment was owned by Wilder, who had previously used the prop as Audrey Hepburn's childhood bed in Sabrina"
Edward Boyle
The Apartment [1960]:
Credits: Set Designer
Some Like It Hot [1959]:
Credits: Set Designer
Separate Tables [1958]:
Credits: Set Designer
Gone With the Wind [1939]:
Credits: Set Designer
A Star is Born [1937]:
Credits: Set Designer
Total movies: 5
Academy:
1960 (33rd) - ART DIRECTION - The Apartment [1960] , Won
1959 (32nd) - ART DIRECTION - Some Like It Hot [1959] , Nominated
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