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Wednesday, December 3, 2025

Born on this day – Sven Nykvist:


Sven Nykvist


Cinematographer

December 3, 1922 – September 20, 2006


Credits:

Nova (2001); Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000); It All Came True (1998); Celebrity (1998); Private Confessions (1996); Lumière and Company (1995); Kristin Lavransdatter (1995); Something to Talk About (1995); Mixed Nuts (1994); Only You (1994); With Honors (1994); What's Eating Gilbert Grape (1993); Sleepless in Seattle (1993); Chaplin (1992); The Ox (1991); Buster's Bedroom (1991); Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989); New York Stories (1989); Another Woman (1988); Ved vejen (1988); The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988); The Sacrifice (1986); Nobody's Child (1986); Dream Lover (1986); Agnes of God (1985); After the Rehearsal (1984); Swann in Love (1984); La tragédie de Carmen (1983); Fanny and Alexander (1983); Star 80 (1983); Fanny and Alexander (1982); Cannery Row (1982); The Postman Always Rings Twice (1981); Willie & Phil (1980); From the Life of the Marionettes (1980); Marmalade Revolution (1980); Starting Over (1979); Hurricane (1979); King of the Gypsies (1978); Autumn Sonata (1978); One and One (1978); Pretty Baby (1978); The Serpent's Egg (1977); De fördömda kvinnornas dans (1976); The Tenant (1976); Face to Face (1976); Black Moon (1975); Monismanien 1995 (1975); Nouvelles d'Henry James (1974); The Magic Flute (1975); The Terrorists (aka Ransom) (1974); Scenes from a Marriage (1974); The Dove (1974); Das blaue Hotel (1973); Kallelsen (1973): Scenes from a Marriage (1973); Cries & Whispers (1972); Siddhartha (1972); A Free Woman (1972); Lockfågeln (1971); The Last Run (1971); The Touch (1971); Karpfs Karriere (1971); One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1970); First Love (1970); Fårö Document (1970); The Passion of Anna (1969); The Rite (1969); An-Magritt (1969); Shame (1968); Hour of the Wolf (1968); Bränt barn (1967); Roseanna (1967); Persona (1966); Transit (1965); Lianbron (1965); Loving Couples (1964); Klänningen (1964); To Love (1964); All These Women (1964); Prins hatt under jorden (1963); The Silence (1963); Liebe will gelernt sein (1963); Winter Light (1963); Schneewittchen und die sieben Gaukler (1962); The Magical World of Disney (1962); Africa and Schweitzer (1961); Lita på mej älskling (1961); Murder Party (1961); Through a Glass Darkly (1961); Die Ehe des Herrn Mississippi (1961); Domaren (1960); A Matter of Morals (1960); Lampenfieber (1960); The Virgin Spring (1960); Får jag låna din fru? (1959); Der Engel, der seine Harfe versetzte (1959); Make Way for Lila (1958); Damen i svart (1958); Synnöve Solbakken (1957); Gäst i eget hus (1957); En drömmares vandring (1957); Den tappre soldaten Jönsson (1956); Flickan i frack (1956); Nattbarn (1956); Gorilla Safari (1956); Blånande hav (1956); Ett kungligt äventyr (1956); Sista ringen (1955); Älskling på vågen (1955); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Salka Valka (1954); Karin Månsdotter (1954); Storm över Tjurö (1954); Sawdust and Tinsel (1953); Vägen till Klockrike (1953); Barabbas (1953); Under södra korset (1952); När syrenerna blomma (1952); Rågens rike (1950); Loffe blir polis (1950); Bohus bataljon (1949); Lång-Lasse i Delsbo (1949); Sjösalavår (1949); Hin och smålänningen (1949); Maj på Malö (1947); Lata Lena och blåögda Per (1947); Där lägereldarna brinna (1946); Saltstänk och krutgubbar (1946); 13 stolar (1945); Barnen från Frostmofjället (1945); Gomorron Bill! (1945); I mörkaste Småland (1943); En Stockholmssilhuett (1943).

Sunday, November 30, 2025

Saturday, November 29, 2025

Born on this day – Roland Totheroh:


Roland Totheroh


Cinematographer

November 29, 1890 – June 18, 1967

Credits:

A Burlesque on Carmen (1915); A Day's Pleasure (1919); A Dog's Life (1918); A Night in the Show (1915); A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate (1923); Behind the Screen (1916); Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938); City Lights (1931); Easy Street (1917); Limelight (1952); Modern Times (1936); Monsieur Verdoux (1947); Mystères d'archives (2015); One A.M. (1916); Pay Day (1922); Shoulder Arms (1918); Song of My Heart (1948); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunnyside (1919); The Adventurer (1917); The Bachelor's Burglar (1915); The Bond (1918); The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941); The Charlie Chaplin Festival (1941); The Circus (1928); The Count (1916); The Cure (1917); The Dance at Eagle Pass (1913); The Fireman (1916); The Floorwalker (1916); The Gold Rush (1925); The Great Dictator (1940); The Idle Class (1921); The Immigrant (1917); The Kid (1921); The Making of Broncho Billy (1913); The Pawnshop (1916); The Pilgrim (1923); The Professor (1919); The Ranchman's Anniversary (1912); The Rink (1916); The Tomboy on Bar Z (1912); The Vagabond (1916); Un jour, une histoire (2014); Unknown Chaplin (1983); Voice of Land (2021); When Love and Honor Called (1915); Work (1915).

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Born on this day – Les Blank:


Les Blank

Cinematographer

Director

Editor

Documentary filmmaker

November 27, 1935 – April 7, 2013

Born on this day – John Alcott:


John Alcott


Cinematographer

November 27, 1930 – July 28, 1986


John Alcott, with Stanley Kubrick and Shelley Duvall, on the set of The Shining (1980).

Credits:

No Way Out (1987); White Water Summer (1987); Miracles (1986); Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985); Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984); Under Fire (1983); Triumphs of a Man Called Horse (1983); The Beastmaster (1982); Vice Squad (1982); Fort Apache the Bronx (1981); Terror Train (1980); The Shining (1980); Fangio: Una vita a 300 all'ora (1980); Fiat Strada: Figaro (1979); Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? (1978); The Disappearance (1977); March or Die (1977); Barry Lyndon (1975); Overlord (1975); Little Malcolm and His Struggle Against the Eunuchs (1974); A Clockwork Orange (1971); 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968); Othello (1965); Tamahine (1963); The Main Attraction (1962); Whistle Down the Wind (1961); The Singer Not the Song (1961); An heiligen Wassern (1960); North West Frontier (1959); A Night to Remember (1958); Violent Playground (1958); Checkpoint (1956); Tiger in the Smoke (1956); A Town Like Alice (1956); An Alligator Named Daisy (1955); Value for Money (1955); Simba (1955); Land of Fury (1954); Man with a Million (1954); Desperate Moment (1953); The Long Memory (1953); The Assassin (1952); The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952); Easy Money (1948).

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Born on this day – Judy Irola:


Judy Irola


Cinematographer

Producer

Director

November 23, 1943 – February 21, 2021


Credits:

R3 (2003); Eban and Charley (2000); The Gold Cup (2000); The Settlement (1999); The Faithful Revoluton: Vatican II (1998); Eat Your Heart Out (1997); In der glanzvollen Welt des Hotel Adlon (1996); Ava's Magical Adventure (1994); Grandfather Sky (1993); Gregory K (1993); An Ambush of Ghosts (1993); CBS Schoolbreak Special (1991); Yuma Crossing (1990); Antigone/Rites of Passion (1990); Wilfrid's Special Christmas (1989); Calling the Shots (1988); King James Version (1988); Nova (1981–1987); Jeg elsker dig (1987); Working Girls (1986); Dead End Kids (1986); The Business of America... (1984); In the King of Prussia (1982); Artists at Work (1982); American Playhouse (1982); Fundi: The Story of Ella Baker (1981); The Willmar 8 (1981); Survivor (1980); Rebel Earth (1980); Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists (1980); A Plague on Our Children (1979); The Wobblies (1979); A Bird for All Seasons (1979); Northern Lights (1978); The Yellow Wallpaper (1977).

Friday, November 21, 2025

Thursday, November 20, 2025

Born on this day – Tony Gaudio:


Tony Gaudio


Cinematographer

Director

November 20, 1883 – August 10, 1951

Credits:

The Red Pony (1949); Love from a Stranger (1947); That's My Man (1947); Swell Guy (1946); I've Always Loved You (1946); The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946); A Song to Remember (1945); I'll Be Seeing You (1944); Experiment Perilous (1944); Days of Glory (1944); Corvette K-225 (1943); Background to Danger (1943); The Constant Nymph (1943); Action in the North Atlantic (1943); You Can't Escape Forever (1942); Wings for the Eagle (1942); Larceny, Inc (1942); The Man Who Came to Dinner (1941); Navy Blues (1941); Affectionately Yours (1941); The Great Lie (1941); High Sierra (1940); The Letter (1940); Knute Rockne All American (1940); Brother Orchid (1940); 'Til We Meet Again (1940); The Fighting 69th (1940); We Are Not Alone (1939); The Old Maid (1939); Juarez (1939); The Dawn Patrol (1938); The Sisters (1938); Garden of the Moon (1938); The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Torchy Blane in Panama (1938); San Quentin (1937); It's Love I'm After (1937); The Life of Emile Zola (1937); Another Dawn (1937); Kid Galahad (1937); The King and the Chorus Girl (1937); God's Country and the Woman (1937); The White Angel (1936); Anthony Adverse (1936); The Story of Louis Pasteur (1936); Dr. Socrates (1935); The Case of the Lucky Legs (1935); Little Big Shot (1935); Front Page Woman (1935); Oil for the Lamps of China (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); The White Cockatoo (1935); Bordertown (1935); Happiness Ahead (1934); The Dragon Murder Case (1934); The Man with Two Faces (1934); Fog Over Frisco (1934); Upperworld (1934); Mandalay (1934); Lady Killer (1933); The World Changes (1933); Ladies Must Love (1933); Voltaire (1933); The Narrow Corner (1933); The Silk Express (1933); Private Detective 62 (1933); Ex-Lady (1933); Blondie Johnson (1933); The Mask of Fu Manchu (1932); Tiger Shark (1932); Sky Devils (1932); The Front Page (1931); Little Caesar (1931); All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); The Lady Who Dared (1930); Hell's Angels (1930); Tiger Rose (1929); General Crack (1929); She Goes to War (1929); On with the Show! (1929); The Racket (1928); The Gaucho (1927); Two Arabian Knights (1927); The Notorious Lady (1927); An Affair of the Follies (1927); The Blonde Saint (1926); Upstage (1926); The Temptress (1926); The Gay Deceiver (1926); Graustark (1925); Déclassé (1925); The Lady (1925); Sealed Lips (1925); The Price of Success (1925); Husbands and Lovers (1924); The Only Woman (1924); Secrets (1924); The Song of Love (1923); Ashes of Vengeance (1923); Within the Law (1923); Adam and Eva (1923); The Voice from the Minaret (1923); East Is West (1922); The Woman He Loved (1922); The Eternal Flame (1922); Shattered Idols (1922); The Sin of Martha Queed (1921); Pilgrims of the Night (1921); The Ten Dollar Raise (1921); The Other Woman (1921); The Forbidden Thing (1920); Kismet (1920); Whispering Devils (1920); An Adventuress (1920); The Inferior Sex (1920); The Fighting Shepherdess (1920); In Old Kentucky (1919); In Wrong (1919); The Red Lantern (1919); The Unpardonable Sin (1919); A Man of Honor (1919); Pals First (1918); Lend Me Your Name (1918); The Landloper (1918); Broadway Bill (1918); The Avenging Trail (1917); The Square Deceiver (1917); Paradise Garden (1917); Under Handicap (1917); The Hidden Spring (1917); The Haunted Pajamas (1917); The Hidden Children (1917); The Promise (1917); Pidgin Island (1916); Big Tremaine (1916); Mister 44 (1916); The River of Romance (1916); The Masked Rider (1916); The Woman in Black (1914); Classmates (1914); The Better Way (1911); The Fisher-Maid (1911); The Secret of the Palm (1911); The Message in the Bottle (1911); Tracked (1911); A Manly Man (1911); Artful Kate (1911); Pictureland (1911); The Mirror (1911); Their First Misunderstanding (1911); Little Nell's Tobacco (1910); Princess Nicotine; or, the Smoke Fairy (1909); Napoleon Crossing the Alps (1903).

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Born on this day – Bert Glennon:

Bert Glennon (left) and John Ford (right) filming Stagecoach (1939)

Bert Glennon


Cinematographer

Director

November 19, 1893 – June 29, 1967

Credits:

77 Sunset Strip (1959–1964); The Man from Galveston (1963); G.E. True (1963); The Dakotas (1962–1963); Cheyenne (1961–1962); Hawaiian Eye (1960–1962); Surfside 6 (1960); Lawman (1960–1962); Lad: A Dog (1962); Maverick (1960–1961); The Roaring 20's (1961); Coronado 9 (1961); Sugarfoot (1960); Bourbon Street Beat (1960); Sergeant Rutledge (1960); The Alaskans (1960); Bronco (1960); M Squad (1958–1960); The DuPont Show with June Allyson (1959); Laramie (1959); The Betty Hutton Show (1959); Bonanza (1959); Markham (1959); Cimarron City (1959); The Restless Gun (1958); State Trooper (1958); Cavalcade of America (1957); Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956); The Magical World of Disney (1955); The Mad Magician (1954); Riding Shotgun (1954); Thunder Over the Plains (1953); Crime Wave (1953); The Moonlighter (1953); House of Wax (1953); The Man Behind the Gun (1953); About Face (1952); The Big Trees (1952); The Sea Hornet (1951); Operation Pacific (1951); Rio Grande (1950); Wagon Master (1950); Red Light (1949); Ruthless (1948); Copacabana (1947); Mr. District Attorney (1947); The Red House (1947); Shadow of a Woman (1946); Night and Day (1946); One More Tomorrow (1946); Rhythm on Ice (1946); Jan Savitt and His Band (1946); San Antonio (1945); Hollywood Canteen (1944); The Very Thought of You (1944); The Desert Song (1943); Destination Tokyo (1943); This Is the Army (1943); Vaudeville Days (1942); Desperate Journey (1942); Juke Girl (1942); They Died with Their Boots On (1941); The Tanks Are Coming (1941); Dive Bomber (1941); One Night in Lisbon (1941); Virginia (1941); The Reluctant Dragon (1941); The Howards of Virginia (1940); Our Town (1940); Swanee River (1939); Drums Along the Mohawk (1939); The Rains Came (1939); Young Mr. Lincoln (1939); Stagecoach (1939); The Young in Heart (1938); Kidnapped (1938); Swiss Miss (1938); The Hurricane (1937); The Prisoner of Zenda (1937); Lloyd's of London (1936); Can This Be Dixie? (1936); Dimples (1936); Little Miss Nobody (1936); Half Angel (1936); The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936); Show Them No Mercy! (1935); Bad Boy (1935); Thunder in the Night (1935); Ginger (1935); Lottery Lover (1935); Hell in the Heavens (1934); She Was a Lady (1934); Grand Canary (1934); The Scarlet Empress (1934); Thru Thin and Thicket, or Who's Zoo in Africa (1933); Alice in Wonderland (1933); Morning Glory (1933); So This Is Harris (1933); Melody Cruise (1933); Gabriel Over the White House (1933); Christopher Strong (1933); Art in the Raw (1933); The Half-Naked Truth (1932); Blonde Venus (1932); South of Santa Fe (1932); In Line of Duty (1931); Heaven on Earth (1931); Paradise Island (1930); Around the Corner (1930); Girl of the Port (1930); Joy Ride (1929); Syncopation (1929); The Air Legion (1929); Gang War (1928); The Perfect Crime (1928); The Patriot (1928); Street of Sin (1928); The Last Command (1928); The City Gone Wild (1927); The Woman on Trial (1927); We're All Gamblers (1927); Underworld (1927); Barbed Wire (1927); Hotel Imperial (1927); Good and Naughty (1926); The Crown of Lies (1926); A Woman of the World (1925); Flower of Night (1925); Wild Horse Mesa (1925); Grounds for Divorce (1925); Are Parents People? (1925); Tomorrow's Love (1925); Worldly Goods (1924); Open All Night (1924); Changing Husbands (1924); Triumph (1924); The Ten Commandments (1923); You Can't Fool Your Wife (1923); Java Head (1923); Ebb Tide (1922); Burning Sands (1922); The Woman Who Walked Alone (1922); Moran of the Lady Letty (1922); A Daughter of the Law (1921); Nobody's Fool (1921); Moonlight Follies (1921); The Kiss (1921); Cheated Love (1921); The Dangerous Moment (1921); The Torrent (1921); The Society Bug (1920); The Kentucky Colonel (1920); A Scrambled Romance (1920); The Ragged Road to Romance (1920); Lightning Bryce (1919); The Eyes of the World (1917); Ramona (1916); The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914); A Hospital Hoax (1912).

Monday, November 17, 2025

Born on this day – Charles Rosher (1885):


Charles Rosher


Cinematographer

November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974

Charles Rosher (left) and Mickey Rooney (right)

Credits:

Jupiter's Darling (1955); Kiss Me Kate (1953); Young Bess (1953); The Story of Three Loves (1953); Scaramouche (1952); Show Boat (1951); Pagan Love Song (1950); Annie Get Your Gun (1950); East Side, West Side (1949); The Red Danube (1949); Neptune's Daughter (1949); Words and Music (1948); On an Island with You (1948); Song of the Thin Man (1947); Dark Delusion (1947); Fiesta (1947); The Yearling (1946); Yolanda and the Thief (1945); Ziegfeld Follies (1945); Kismet (1944); Swing Fever (1943); I Dood It (1943); The All American Bands (1943); Assignment in Brittany (1943); Stand by for Action (1942); Pierre of the Plains (1942); Mokey (1942); One Foot in Heaven (1941); Million Dollar Baby (1941); Four Mothers (1941); My Love Came Back (1940); 3 Cheers for the Irish (1940); Brother Rat and a Baby (1940); A Child Is Born (1939); Espionage Agent (1939); Hell's Kitchen (1939); Yes, My Darling Daughter (1939); Off the Record (1939); Hard to Get (1938); White Banners (1938); Hollywood Hotel (1937); The Perfect Specimen (1937); The Woman I Love (1937); Men Are Not Gods (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936); Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935); Call of the Wild (1935); After Office Hours (1935); What Every Woman Knows (1934); Outcast Lady (1934); The Affairs of Cellini (1934); Moulin Rouge (1934); After Tonight (1933); Bed of Roses (1933); The Silver Cord (1933); Our Betters (1933); The Past of Mary Holmes (1933); Rockabye (1932); Flaming Gold (1932); Two Against the World (1932); What Price Hollywood? (1932); Husband's Holiday (1931); Beloved Bachelor (1931); This Modern Age (1931); Silence (1931); Laughing Sinners (1931); Dance, Fools, Dance (1931); Les deux mondes (1930); Paid (1930); War Nurse (1930); Atlantis (1930); Zwei Welten (1930); Two Worlds (1930); The Price of Things (1930); Knowing Men (1930); La route est belle (1929); Atlantic (1929); Atlantik (1929); The Vagabond Queen (1929); Eternal Love (1929); Coquette (1929); Tempest (1928); My Best Girl (1927); Sunrise (1927); Sparrows (1926); Little Annie Rooney (1925); Three Women (1924); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Tiger Rose (1923); Rosita (1923); Sant'Ilario (1923); Tess of the Storm Country (1922); Smilin' Through (1922); Little Lord Fauntleroy (1921); Through the Back Door (1921); The Love Light (1921); Dinty (1920); The White Circle (1920); Suds (1920); Pollyanna (1920); Heart o' the Hills (1919); The Hoodlum (1919); Daddy-Long-Legs (1919); Captain Kidd, Jr. (1919); The Dub (1919); Too Many Millions (1918); Johanna Enlists (1918); How Could You, Jean? (1918); The White Man's Law (1918); The Honor of His House (1918); One More American (1918); The Widow's Might (1918); The Secret Game (1917); A Little Princess (1917); Hashimura Togo (1917); At First Sight (1917); The Primrose Ring (1917); A Mormon Maid (1917); On Record (1917); The Plow Girl (1916); The Heir to the Hoorah (1916); Anton the Terrible (1916); Common Ground (1916); The Clown (1916); The Sowers (1916); The Blacklist (1916); Blackbirds (1915); The Voice in the Fog (1915); Gene of the Northland (1915); The Mad Maid of the Forest (1915); The Smuggler's Lass (1915); The Mystery of the Poison Pool (1914); The Oath of a Viking (1914); The Next in Command (1914); With General Pancho Villa in Mexico (1913); Life of Villa (1912); Early Days in the West (1912); The Indian Raiders (1912).

Wednesday, November 12, 2025

Born on this day – Sol Polito:


Sol Polito


Cinematographer

November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960

Sol Polito (right, behind the camera) filming Bette Davis, on the set of Now, Voyager (1942).

Credits:

Anna Lucasta (1949); Sorry, Wrong Number (1948); The Voice of the Turtle (1947); Escape Me Never (1947); The Long Night (1947); Cloak and Dagger (1946); A Stolen Life (1946); Cinderella Jones (1946); Pride of the Marines (1945); Rhapsody in Blue (1945); The Corn Is Green (1945); Arsenic and Old Lace (1944); The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944); Old Acquaintance (1943); This Is the Army (1943); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); Now, Voyager (1942); The Gay Sisters (1942); Captains of the Clouds (1942); Navy Blues (1941); Sergeant York (1941); The Sea Wolf (1941); The Dog in the Orchard (1941); Santa Fe Trail (1940); City for Conquest (1940); The Sea Hawk (1940); Virginia City (1940); Four Wives (1939); On Your Toes (1939); The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939); Sons of Liberty (1939); Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939); Dodge City (1939); You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939); Angels with Dirty Faces (1938); Valley of the Giants (1938); Boy Meets Girl (1938); Gold Diggers in Paris (1938); The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938); Gold Is Where You Find It (1938); Varsity Show (1937); The Prince and the Pauper (1937); Ready, Willing and Able (1937); Three Men on a Horse (1936); The Charge of the Light Brigade (1936); Sons o' Guns (1936); Colleen (1936); The Petrified Forest (1936); Frisco Kid (1935); Shipmates Forever (1935); In Caliente (1935); Go Into Your Dance (1935); 'G' Men (1935); The Woman in Red (1935); Sweet Adeline (1934); Flirtation Walk (1934); Dames (1934); Dr. Monica (1934); Madame Du Barry (1934); Wonder Bar (1934); Dark Hazard (1934); Hi, Nellie (1934); Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933); Picture Snatcher (1933); The Working Man (1933); The Mind Reader (1933); 42nd Street (1933); I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932); Three on a Match (1932); Blessed Event (1932); The Dark Horse (1932); Two Seconds (1932); It's Tough to Be Famous (1932); Fireman, Save My Child! (1932); Union Depot (1932); Local Boy Makes Good (1931); Suicide Fleet (1931); The Ruling Voice (1931); Five Star Final (1931); The Bargain (1931); Big Business Girl (1931); Woman Hungry (1931); The Hot Heiress (1931); Going Wild (1930); Madonna of the Streets (1930); The Widow from Chicago (1930); The Girl of the Golden West (1930); Numbered Men (1930); Show Girl in Hollywood (1930); Playing Around (1930); No, No, Nanette (1930); Paris (1929); The Isle of Lost Ships (1929); Twin Beds (1929); The Man and the Moment (1929); Broadway Babies (1929); House of Horror (1929); Seven Footprints to Satan (1929); Scarlet Seas (1928); The Border Patrol (1928); The Haunted House (1928); Burning Bridges (1928); Show Girl (1928); Heart to Heart (1928); The Hawk's Nest (1928); Burning Daylight (1928); The Shepherd of the Hills (1928); Gun Gospel (1927); Hard-Boiled Haggerty (1927); Lonesome Ladies (1927); The Land Beyond the Law (1927); Somewhere in Sonora (1927); The Overland Stage (1927); The Unknown Cavalier (1926); Satan Town (1926); Senor Daredevil (1926); The Frontier Trail (1926); The Seventh Bandit (1926); Driftin' Thru (1926); The People vs. Nancy Preston (1925); Paint and Powder (1925); The Bad Lands (1925); Silent Sanderson (1925); The Crimson Runner (1925); Beyond the Border (1925); Soft Shoes (1925); The Flaming Forties (1924); A Cafe in Cairo (1924); Roaring Rails (1924); The Siren of Seville (1924); The Lightning Rider (1924); Why Men Leave Home (1924); The Bad Man (1923); The Girl of the Golden West (1923); Mighty Lak' a Rose (1923); The Bishop of the Ozarks (1923); The Loaded Door (1922); Trimmed (1922); Strength of the Pines (1922); The Roof Tree (1921); The Misleading Lady (1920); The Price of Redemption (1920); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920); The Right of Way (1920); Should a Woman Tell? (1919); In Wrong (1919); Are You Legally Married? (1919); Burglar by Proxy (1919); Bill Apperson's Boy (1919); The Love Defender (1919); What Love Forgives (1919); Ruling Passions (1918); The Reckoning Day (1918); Treason (1918); Her Husband's Honor (1918); The Heart of a Girl (1918); Who Loved Him Best? (1918); Her Second Husband (1917); The Runaway (1917); The World Against Him (1916); Paying the Price (1916); Fate's Boomerang (1916); Fruits of Desire (1916); The Sins of Society (1915); A Butterfly on the Wheel (1915); The Cotton King (1915); The Butterfly (1915); M'Liss (1915); Wildfire (1915); Rip Van Winkle (1914).

Friday, November 7, 2025

Born on this day – Derek Vanlint:


Derek Vanlint


Cinematographer

Director

November 7, 1932 – February 23, 2010

Credits:

Cine Chalom (2020); X-Men (2000); The Spreading Ground (2000); Dragonslayer (1981); The Bed (1980); Alien (1979); Simon Simon (1970); Morning, Noon and Night (1967); This Time Tomorrow (1966); A Penny for Your Thoughts or 'Birds, Dolls & Scratch' English Style (1965).

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Born on this day – Nicholas Musuraca:


Nicholas Musuraca


Cinematographer

October 25, 1892 – September 3, 1975

Credits:

F Troop (1966); McHale's Navy (1965–1966); The Farmer's Daughter (1966); Tammy (1966); Run for Your Life (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1962–1965); Howie (1962); The Lucy Show (1962); The Lawbreakers (1961); The Barbara Stanwyck Show (1960–1961); The Asphalt Jungle (1961); The Islanders (1960); Guestward Ho! (1960); Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (1958–1960); Alcoa Theatre (1959); The Lineup (1954–1959); The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour (1959); The Sergeant and the Lady (1958); Too Much, Too Soon (1958); December Bride (1958); Man on the Prowl (1957); Maverick (1957); The Story of Mankind (1957); Those Whiting Girls (1957); Date with the Angels (1957); Whirlybirds (1957); Chevron Hall of Stars (1956); The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956); Wire Service (1956); Hey, Jeannie! (1956); Four Star Playhouse (1953–1956); Cavalcade of America (1956); The Lone Wolf (1954–1955); The Life of Riley (1955); Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955–1956); It's a Great Life (1955); Stage 7 (1955); The Star and the Story (1955); Susan Slept Here (1954); I Love Lucy (1954); Devil's Canyon (1953); Merry Mirthquakes (1953); Split Second (1953); The Hitch-Hiker (1953); The Blue Gardenia (1953); Lost in a Turkish Bath (1953); Clash by Night (1952); Trail Guide (1952); A Girl in Every Port (1952); The Whip Hand (1951); Hot Lead (1951); Roadblock (1951); The Company She Keeps (1951); Hunt the Man Down (1950); Where Danger Lives (1950); Born to Be Bad (1950); Rider from Tucson (1950); Dynamite Pass (1950); The Woman on Pier 13 (1949); The Mysterious Desperado (1949); Stagecoach Kid (1949); Blood on the Moon (1948); I Remember Mama (1948); Out of the Past (1947); The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947); The Locket (1946); Bedlam (1946); Deadline at Dawn (1946); The Spiral Staircase (1946); It's Your Move (1945); Back to Bataan (1945); China Sky (1945); The Falcon in Hollywood (1944); Girl Rush (1944); Bride by Mistake (1944); Marine Raiders (1944); The Curse of the Cat People (1944); Wedtime Stories (1943); The Ghost Ship (1943); Gangway for Tomorrow (1943); Cutie on Duty (1943); The Seventh Victim (1943); The Fallen Sparrow (1943); Bombardier (1943); Forever and a Day (1943); Cat People (1942); Pirates of the Prairie (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); The Navy Comes Through (1942); Bandit Ranger (1942); Cooks and Crooks (1942); The Tuttles of Tahiti (1942); Obliging Young Lady (1942); Call Out the Marines (1942); The Gay Falcon (1941); Westward Ho-Hum (1941); Lady Scarface (1941); Hurry, Charlie, Hurry (1941); Repent at Leisure (1941); Play Girl (1941); Little Men (1940); Stranger on the Third Floor (1940); Tom Brown's School Days (1940); A Bill of Divorcement (1940); Swiss Family Robinson (1940); Allegheny Uprising (1939); Golden Boy (1939); Five Came Back (1939); Sorority House (1939); They Made Her a Spy (1939); Twelve Crowded Hours (1939); Pacific Liner (1939); Hatred (1938); Tarnished Angel (1938); The Mad Miss Manton (1938); Smashing the Rackets (1938); Hunting Trouble (1938); Sky Giant (1938); Blind Alibi (1938); Law of the Underworld (1938); Condemned Women (1938); His Pest Friend (1938); Night Spot (1938); The Stupor-Visor (1938); Everybody's Doing It (1938); Crashing Hollywood (1938); Quick Money (1937); Danger Patrol (1937); Living on Love (1937); Saturday's Heroes (1937); Trailing Along (1937); Flight from Glory (1937); The Big Shot (1937); Border Cafe (1937); There Goes My Girl (1937); Too Many Wives (1937); China Passage (1937); We're on the Jury (1937); The Hillbilly Goat (1937); The Plot Thickens (1936); Who's Looney Now (1936); So and Sew (1936); Second Wife (1936); Listen to Freezin' (1936); Melody in May (1936); Murder on a Bridle Path (1936); Silly Billies (1936); A Wedtime Story (1936); The Farmer in the Dell (1936); Aladdin from Manhattan (1936); Camera Cranks (1936); Two in the Dark (1936); To Beat the Band (1935); A Returned Engagement (1935); Old Man Rhythm (1935); A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935); Village Tale (1935); Murder on a Honeymoon (1935); Romance in Manhattan (1934); Bandits and Ballads (1934); By Your Leave (1934); The Richest Girl in the World (1934); Contented Calves (1934); We're Rich Again (1934); Murder on the Blackboard (1934); Love and Hisses (1934); Old Maid's Mistake (1934); Sing and Like It (1934); Where Sinners Meet (1934); Bedlam of Beards (1934); Autobuyography (1934); Love on a Ladder (1934); In the Devildog House (1934); Long Lost Father (1934); Air Tonic (1933); California Weather (1933); Chance at Heaven (1933); Midshipman Jack (1933); Snug in the Jug (1933); Headline Shooter (1933); Flying Devils (1933); The Gay Nighties (1933); Cross Fire (1933); Son of the Border (1933); Lost in Limehouse (1933); Scarlet River (1933); The Cheyenne Kid (1933); Haunted Gold (1932); The Bride's Bereavement; or, the Snake in the Grass (1932); A Firehouse Honeymoon (1932); The Millionaire Cat (1932); Come on Danger! (1932); Swift Justice (1932); Cimarron (1931); Men of Chance (1931); Smart Woman (1931); Trouble from Abroad (1931); Too Many Cooks (1931); Three Who Loved (1931); Everything's Rosie (1931); The Sin Ship (1931); Cracked Nuts (1931); Hook, Line and Sinker (1930); Half Shot at Sunrise (1930); Conspiracy (1930); Inside the Lines (1930); The Cuckoos (1930); Side Street (1929); The Pride of Pawnee (1929); Idaho Red (1929); The Freckled Rascal (1929); Gun Law (1929); The Red Sword (1929); Trail of the Horse Thieves (1929); Orphan of the Sage (1928); Tropic Madness (1928); Tyrant of Red Gulch (1928); Rough Ridin' Red (1928); The Avenging Rider (1928); Terror Mountain (1928); Dog Justice (1928); Una nueva y gloriosa nación (1928); The Last Lap (1928); Phantom of the Range (1928); When the Law Rides (1928); Red Riders of Canada (1928); South Sea Love (1927); The Cherokee Kid (1927); Tom's Gang (1927); Splitting the Breeze (1927); The Sonora Kid (1927); Lightning Lariats (1927); His New York Wife (1926); Shameful Behavior? (1926); Her Man o' War (1926); The Passionate Quest (1926); Hell-Bent fer Heaven (1926); The Gilded Highway (1926); Bride of the Storm (1926); On the Banks of the Wabash (1923); The Virgin Queen (1923); The Glorious Adventure (1922).

Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Born on this day – Philip H. Lathrop:


Philip H. Lathrop


Cinematographer

Actor

October 22, 1912 – April 12, 1995

Philip H. Lathrop (left), Charlton Heston (center), and Orson Welles (right), on set filming Touch of Evil (1958).

Credits:

36 Hours (1964); A Change of Seasons (1980); A Different Story (1978); Airport 1975 (1974); Airport '77 (1977); All Night Long (1981); Against All Flags (1952); All My Sons (1948); All That Heaven Allows (1955); Battle Hymn (1957); Between the Darkness and the Dawn (1985); Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961); Captains Courageous (1977); Celebrity (1984); Christmas Snow (1986); Class Reunion (1982); Combat! (1962); Cry Tough (1959); Days of Wine and Roses (1962); Deadly Friend (1986); Dime with a Halo (1963); Don't Make Waves (1967); Earthquake (1974); Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972); Experiment in Terror (1962); Finian's Rainbow (1968); Flame of Araby (1951); Foolin' Around (1980); Girl Happy (1965); Girls on the Loose (1958); Gunn (1967); Hammett (1982); Hard Times (1975); Hong Kong (1960–1961); I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968); In Harm's Way (1965); It Happens Every Thursday (1953); Jekyll and Hyde... Together Again (1982); Katie Did It (1950); Kiss the Blood Off My Hands (1948); Little Girl Lost (1988); Little Egypt (1951); Little Miss Marker (1980); Live Fast, Die Young (1958); Lolly-Madonna XXX (1973); Lonely Are the Brave (1962); Love on the Run (1985); Loving Couples (1980); Malice in Wonderland (1985); Mame (1974); Moment by Moment (1978); Money, Women and Guns (1958); Mr. and Mrs. Ryan (1986); Mr. Lucky (1959–1960); Man Afraid (1957); Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948); Naked Alibi (1954); Never Con a Killer (1977); Never Too Late (1965); Peggy (1950); Perry Mason (1961); Peter Gunn (1958–1960); Picking Up the Pieces (1985); Point Blank (1967); Portnoy's Complaint (1972); Profiles in Courage (1965); Rabbit, Run (1970); Rawhide (1959); Ray's Male Heterosexual Dance Hall (1987); Sam Benedict (1962); Scarlet Angel (1952); Seminole (1953); Six Against the Rock (1987); Soldier in the Rain (1963); Steve Canyon (1959); Swashbuckler (1976); The All-American Boy (1973); The Americanization of Emily (1964); The Black Bird (1975); The Cat Creeps (1946); The Cincinnati Kid (1965); The Concorde... Airport '79 (1979); The Desert Hawk (1950); The Driver (1978); The Feather and Father Gang (1977); The Female Animal (1958); The Green Peacock (1958); The Gypsy Moths (1969); The Happening (1967); The Hawaiians (1970); The Illustrated Man (1969); The Killer Elite (1975); The Lady Gambles (1949); The Magical World of Disney (1959); The Man from the Alamo (1953); The Midnight Story (1957); The Monster of Piedras Blancas (1959); The Perfect Furlough (1958); The Pink Panther (1963); The Prisoner of Second Avenue (1975); The Private Lives of Adam and Eve (1960); The Raging Tide (1951); The Saga of Hemp Brown (1958); The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973); The Traveling Executioner (1970); The Treasure of Lost Canyon (1952); The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957); They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969); Three for the Road (1975); Together Brothers (1974); Touch of Evil (1958); Twilight of Honor (1963); Vacation Playhouse (1963); The Veils of Bagdad (1953); What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966); What Now, Catherine Curtis? (1976); Wild Heritage (1958); Wild Rovers (1971); Wyoming Mail (1950); Yankee Buccaneer (1952); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948).

Sunday, October 5, 2025

Born on this day – John Alton:


John Alton

Cinematographer

Director

October 5, 1901 – June 2, 1996

Born on this day – Louis Lumière:


Louis Lumière


Director

Producer

Cinematographer

One of the pioneers of photography and cinema

October 5, 1864 – June 6, 1948

Credits:

The Prince of Wales (1902); The Cycle Chalet (1900); The Eiffel Tower (1900); Pont d'Iéna (1900); Dances Spanish (1900); Inauguration of the Universal Exhibition (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: II. The Balloon and its Engine (1900); Experiment of the dirigible balloon of M. Santos-Dumont: I. Sortie du ballon (1900); Guillaume Tell (1900); The Street of Nations, II (1900); View taken from a mobile platform I (1900); Encierro de toros (1899) Parade of baby cars at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); Troyes: the town hall (1899); La Mi-Carême, Float and Confetti Battles (1899); Departure in a gondola of LL. MM. (1898); Bluebeard (1898); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); The horse parade of stonemason Vautier (1898); The Life and Passion of Jesus Christ (1898); A Heavy Load (1898); Painting Upside Down (1898); Lourdes (1898); The Merry Skeleton (1898); Belfast fire alarm alert: film Lumière n° 723 (1897); Panorama of the banks of the Saône in Lyon, taken from a boat (1897); Cuirassiers swimming across the Saône (1897); Substitutions (1897); Les joueurs de cartes arrosés (1897); Discussion (1897); Lourdes, procession I (1897); Ballet dancer (1897); Jerusalem, Jaffa Gate, East Side (1897); Nice, panorama of the casino taken from a boat (1897); Washers on the river (1897); Place du Pont (1897); The regrinder and L'assiette au noir (1897); Jean Who Cries and Jean Who Laughs (1897) Tourists returning from an excursion (1897); Children's Scenes (1897); Children's round (1897); Family Meals (1897); Little brother and little sister (1897); Carpenters (1897); Market (1897); Bicycle Lesson (1897); The Childrens Seaside Frolic (1897); Child and Dog (1897); Embarkation for the Promenade (1897); Place of the Opera (1897); Serpentine Dance (1897); Shower after the bath (1897); Battle de neige (1897); Jeu du pot-cassé (1896); Baths on the Rhone (1896); Schaffouse, Rhine Falls seen from afar (1896); Aquarium (1896); Fishermen mending nets (1896); Tsar Nicholas II in Paris (1896); Carmaux, coke loading (1896); Aquarium (1896); Melbourne (1896); The Fish Market (1896); Quay of the Archbishopric (1896); Panorama of the arrival at Perrache station taken by train (1896); Geneva (Exhibition 1896): return to the stable (1896); Ball fight of snow (1900); Sacks race (1896); Parvis de Notre-Dame (1896); Panorama of the banks of the Seine in Paris, III (1896); Franco-Russian festivals: Cherbourg, Entrance of the Russian Sovereigns and the President of the Republic under the hall (1896); Boules competition (1896); Champs-Élysées (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Washers (1896); Family Meals (1896); Raft with bathers (1896); Baby's First Steps (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, alert of firemen: film Lumière n° 246 (1896); Arrival by car (1896); Return of a sea trip (1896); Bains en mer (1896); Cuirassiers à cheval (1896); Disembarkation (1896); Barque en mer (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Recreation at La Martinière (1896); Paris, Champs-Elysées (cars) (1896); Battle of women (1896); Departure by car (1896); Concert (1896); Launching a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train to Perrache (1896); Serpent (1896); Workshops of La Ciotat (1896); Baths at Milan, Italy (1896); Children at Play (1896); Childish Quarrel (1896); Demolition of an mur, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); Westminster Bridge (1896); Plates (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Ball juggler (1896); Sardine fishing (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Weeds (1896); Firefighters: Fire attack (1895); Photographer (1895); Tric-trac game (1895); The farrier (1895); Lyon, Place Bellecour (1895); The Cat's Luncheon (1895); Discussion of Monsieur Janssen and Monsieur Lagrange (1895); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); Goldfish Bowl (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895); Transformation by Hats, Comic View (1895); Parade of cars from babies at the Paris nursery (1899); The Little Girl and Her Cat (1899); The Mi-Carême, Char et batailles de confettis (1899); Panorama during the ascent the Eiffel Tower (1898); Place du Pont (1897); Arab Cortege, Geneva (1896); Children playing marbles (1896); Children Playing Marbles (1896); Family Meals (1896); Pelicans (1896); Bicyclist (1896); London, Entrance of the Cinematograph (1896); Launch of a ship (1896); Jeu de boules (1896); Marseille, la Canebière (1896); Arrival of a train at Perrache (1896); Demolition of a Wall, II (1896); Demolition of a Wall (1896); The Messers. Lumière at Cards (1896); Aerobatics (1896); The Arrival of a Train (1896); Écriture à l'envers (1896); Boat Leaving the Port (1895); Horse Trick Riders (1895); Jumping the Blanket (1895); Baby's Meal (1895) Fishing for Goldfish (1895); Cordeliers' Square in Lyon (1895); The Sea (1895); Blacksmith Scene (1895); The Waterer Watered (1895); The Photographical Congress Arrives in Lyon (1895); Leaving the Factory (1895); The Mechanical Butcher (1895).