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- Birth nameWilliam Robert Clatworthy
- Robert Clatworthy was born on December 31, 1911 in Illinois, USA. He was an art director and production designer, known for Psychose (1960), Devine qui vient dîner... (1967) and La Soif du mal (1958). He died on March 2, 1992 in La Cañada Flintridge, California, USA.
- Art director, who worked on B-movies at Paramount (1938 and 1947-48) and Universal (1941-46, 1949-64). From 1960, involved with more ambitious assignments for directors like Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kramer. Intermittently with the Disney Organisation in the 60's and 70's.
- [on "Psycho" (1960)]: Hitchcock had decided to do a picture that would cost less than a million - it came in at $830,000, I think - so it had to be shot in black-and-white. Certainly, it worked better in black-and-white; so did "Touch Of Evil". Color tends to brighten things up too much; I always try to take the color out.
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