Art and Design

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Like so many artists working in film, Olga Lehmann frequently went uncredited but there can be little doubt that her work as an art director is very distinctive. The nightmare set she designed for Gainsborough Studios in 1941 (pictured) is also reminiscent of German Expressionism.

In 1951 Olga designed all of the ballet sequences in Happy Go Lovely (1951). Demonstrating her versatility and willingness to take on different assignments within the Art Department, Olga designed the models and props used in the Oscar-winning Tom Thumb (1958) and most noticeably Confucius (pictured, with Russ Tamblyn).