Editing Stephen Goosson (section)

==Life==
Born in [[Grand Rapids, Michigan]], Goosson studied architecture at [[Syracuse University]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Stephens |first=Michael L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fYqACgAAQBAJ |title=Art Directors in Cinema: A Worldwide Biographical Dictionary |date=2015-09-02 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1128-0 |pages=133–135 |language=en}}</ref> He worked as an [[architecture|architect]] in [[Detroit]] before moving to New York City in 1917 and studied at the [[Ecole des Beaux Arts (Paris)|Ecole des Beaux Arts of Paris]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S08_AAAAYAAJ |title=American Cinematographer |date=1922 |publisher=ASC Holding Corporation |pages=4 |language=en}}</ref> He started his film career as art director for producer [[Lewis J. Selznick]] in 1919, and films for [[Fox Film Corporation]] such as ''[[New Movietone Follies of 1930]]''. Gossoon made a name for himself working for [[Mary Pickford]] in 1921 when he invented new methods and materials for her film [[Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921 film)|''Little Lord Fauntleroy'']].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=ADG Hall of Fame - STEPHEN GOOSSON |url=https://adg.org/awards/hall-of-fame/stephen-goosson/ |access-date=2024-01-03 |website=adg.org |language=en}}</ref> He eventually was hired by [[Columbia Pictures]] in 1931, where he served as supervising art director for 25 years.<ref name=":0" />

Goosson was the principal designed for many of [[Frank Capra|Frank Capra's]] movies during Capra's time at Columbia in the 1930s, including ''[[American Madness]]'', ''[[It Happened One Night]]'', and [[You Can't Take It with You (film)|''You Can't Take It with You'']]. Besides his collaboration with Capra, Goosson's most important film of the 1930s was the screwball comedy ''[[The Awful Truth]]''.<ref name=":0" />