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- Harry Oliver was born on April 4, 1888 in Hastings, Minnesota, USA. He was an art director and set decorator, known for Scarface (1932), 7th Heaven (1927) and Street Angel (1928). He died on July 5, 1973 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Worked at United Artists for Howard Hughes (1925-1927); Fox (1927-1930 and 1932); Paramount (1933) MGM (1934 and 1937); RKO (1935-1936).
- Oliver left the film business in the late 1930's and retired to Thousand Palms in the California desert in 1940. There, he built Old Fort Oliver, published the Desert Rat Scrapbook and became a something of a hermit. He collected desert lore and established a well-founded reputation as a joker and an outback character. On a website dedicated to him, he has been described as a 'mirage salesman' and 'press agent to a ghost'.
- Designed the famous storybook house at 516 Walden Drive in Beverly Hills, built in 1920 and known as The Witch's House.
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