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Archie Stout
Archibald Job Stout (March 30, 1886 – March 10, 1973), ASC was an American cinematographer whose career spanned from 1914 to 1954. He enjoyed a long and fruitful association with John Ford, working as the principal cinematographer on '' Fort Apache'' (1948) and second unit cinematographer on ''She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'' (1949) and ''The Quiet Man'' (1952), becoming the only 2nd unit cinematographer to receive an Oscar. In a wide-ranging career, he also worked on such films as the original version of ''The Ten Commandments'' (1923) and several Hopalong Cassidy and Tarzan films. His last film was the airborne disaster movie '' The High and the Mighty'' in 1954. Personal life Archibald "Archie" Job Stout was born in Renwick, Iowa, to Frank and Mary Stout on March 30, 1886. He had one younger sister, Bessie A. Stout, who was born in 1887. Archie Stout was married three times. First, to Ms. Laura Grace Fuller. The couple had one son together, Junius "Junior" Stout on April 16, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera and light crews working on such projects and would normally be responsible for making artistic and technical decisions related to the image and for selecting the camera, film stock, lenses, filters, etc. The study and practice of this field is referred to as cinematography. The cinematographer is a subordinate of the director, tasked with capturing a scene in accordance with director’s vision. Relations between the cinematographer and director vary. In some instances, the director will allow the cinematographer complete independence, while in others, the director allows little to none, even going so far as to specify exact camera placement and lens selection. Such a level of involvement is less common when the director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Glennon
Bert Lawrence Glennon (November 19, 1893 – June 29, 1967) was an American cinematographer and film director. He directed '' Syncopation'' (1929), the first film released by RKO Radio Pictures. Biography Glennon was born in Anaconda, Montana in 1893 and attended Stanford University, where he graduated in 1912. Before gaining fame in Hollywood, Glennon served as a pursuit pilot instructor during World War I. He began his work in film in 1912 as a stage manager for theater entrepreneur Oliver Morosco and then c. 1913 worked for Keystone and Famous Players, then was laboratory superintendent for Clune Film Corporation, for four years. In 1915 he did his first film as cinematographer ''The Stingaree'' (serial) and in 1928 he directed his first film ''The Perfect Crime''. Glennon was nominated for three Academy Awards in Best Cinematography for the films '' Stagecoach'' (1939), ''Drums Along the Mohawk'' (1939), and '' Dive Bomber'' (1941). He worked as a cinematographer on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Paradise (1930 Film)
''Dangerous Paradise'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Nancy Carroll, Richard Arlen and Warner Oland. The film is an adaptation of Joseph Conrad's 1915 novel ''Victory'', with the significant change of a happy ending introduced to the plot which acknowledged a similar change made in the 1919 silent film ''Victory'' directed by Maurice Tourneur. As was common in the early years of sound, ''Dangerous Paradise'' was remade in several different languages by Paramount at the Joinville Studios in Paris. Cast * Nancy Carroll as Alma * Richard Arlen as Heyst * Warner Oland as Schomberg * Gustav von Seyffertitz as Mr. Jones * Francis McDonald as Ricardo * George Kotsonaros as Pedro * Dorothea Wolbert as Mrs. Schomberg * Clarence Wilson as Zangiacomo * Evelyn Selbie as Mrs. Zangiacomo * Willie Fung Willie Fung (3 March 1896 – 16 April 1945) was a Chinese-American film actor who played supporting roles in 125 American films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men Are Like That
''Men Are Like That'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Herman J. Mankiewicz and Marion Dix, based on the George Kelly play ''The Show-Off'', which had already been the source material for a 1926 silent film and which would subsequently be remade in 1934 and 1946. ''Men Are Like That'' stars Hal Skelly, Doris Hill, Clara Blandick, Charles Sellon, Helene Chadwick, Morgan Farley and George Fawcett. The film was released on March 22, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Hal Skelly as J. Aubrey Piper *Doris Hill as Amy Fisher *Clara Blandick as Ma Fisher *Charles Sellon as Pa Fisher *Helene Chadwick as Clara Hyland * Morgan Farley as Joe Fisher *George Fawcett as The Judge *William B. Davidson as Frank Hyland *Eugene Pallette as Traffic Cop Preservation status * It is preserved in the Library of Congress The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Varsity (film)
''Varsity'' is a lost 1928 American comedy silent film directed by Frank Tuttle, written by Howard Estabrook, George Marion Jr. and Wells Root, and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Mary Brian, Chester Conklin, Phillips Holmes, Robert Ellis and John Westwood. It was released on October 27, 1928, by Paramount Pictures. Cast *Charles "Buddy" Rogers as Jimmy Duffy *Mary Brian as Fay *Chester Conklin as Pop Conlan *Phillips Holmes Phillips Raymond Holmes (July 22, 1907 – August 12, 1942) was an American actor. For his contributions to the film industry, he was posthumously given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960. Early life, education and career Born in ... as Middlebrook * Robert Ellis as Rod Luke *John Westwood as The Senior References External links * * Moving Picture World, Ad 1928 films 1920s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1928 comedy films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by Frank Tuttle Films set in uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Drivin' Fool
''The Drivin' Fool'' is a 1923 American silent comedy action film directed by Robert Thornby and starring Wally Van, Alec B. Francis, and Patsy Ruth Miller. Cast Preservation With no prints of ''The Drivin' Fool'' located in any film archives, it is a lost film A lost film is a feature Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing char .... References Bibliography * Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997. External links * * 1923 films 1920s action comedy films American silent feature films American action comedy films Films directed by Robert Thornby American black-and-white films Films distributed by W. W. Hodkinson Corporation 1923 comedy films 1920s English-language films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Cinematographer
''American Cinematographer'' is a magazine published monthly by the American Society of Cinematographers. It focuses on the art and craft of cinematography, covering domestic and foreign feature productions, television productions, short films, music videos and commercials. The emphasis is on interviews with cinematographers, but directors and other filmmakers are often featured as well. Articles include technical how-to pieces, discussions of tools and technologies that affect cinematography, and historical features. History The American Society of Cinematographers was founded in 1919. It began publishing ''American Cinematographer'' on November 1, 1920, as a twice-monthly four-page newsletter about the ASC and its members. In 1922, the publication went monthly. In 1929, editor Hal Hall started to change the publication; he reformatted it to standard magazine size, increased the page count, and included more articles on amateur filmmaking. For a while during the 1930s, the magazin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jersey
Jersey ( , ; nrf, Jèrri, label=Jèrriais ), officially the Bailiwick of Jersey (french: Bailliage de Jersey, links=no; Jèrriais: ), is an island country and self-governing Crown Dependencies, Crown Dependency near the coast of north-west France. It is the largest of the Channel Islands and is from the Cotentin Peninsula in Normandy. The Bailiwick consists of the main island of Jersey and some surrounding uninhabited islands and rocks including Les Dirouilles, Écréhous, Les Écréhous, Minquiers, Les Minquiers, and Pierres de Lecq, Les Pierres de Lecq. Jersey was part of the Duchy of Normandy, whose dukes became kings of England from 1066. After Normandy was lost by the kings of England in the 13th century, and the ducal title surrendered to France, Jersey remained loyal to the The Crown, English Crown, though it never became part of the Kingdom of England. Jersey is a self-governing Parliamentary system, parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, with its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Normandy Landings
The Normandy landings were the landing operations and associated airborne operations on Tuesday, 6 June 1944 of the Allied invasion of Normandy in Operation Overlord during World War II. Codenamed Operation Neptune and often referred to as D-Day, it was the largest seaborne invasion in history. The operation began the liberation of France (and later western Europe) and laid the foundations of the Allied victory on the Western Front. Planning for the operation began in 1943. In the months leading up to the invasion, the Allies conducted a substantial military deception, codenamed Operation Bodyguard, to mislead the Germans as to the date and location of the main Allied landings. The weather on D-Day was far from ideal, and the operation had to be delayed 24 hours; a further postponement would have meant a delay of at least two weeks, as the invasion planners had requirements for the phase of the moon, the tides, and the time of day that meant only a few days each month were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers. World War II was a total war that directly involved more than 100 million personnel from more than 30 countries. The major participants in the war threw their entire economic, industrial, and scientific capabilities behind the war effort, blurring the distinction between civilian and military resources. Aircraft played a major role in the conflict, enabling the strategic bombing of population centres and deploying the only two nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II was by far the deadliest conflict in human history; it resulted in 70 to 85 million fatalities, mostly among civilians. Tens of millions died due to genocides (including the Holocaust), starvation, ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maureen O'Hara
Maureen O'Hara (; 17 August 1920 – 24 October 2015) was a native Irish and naturalized American actress and singer, who became successful in Cinema of the United States, Hollywood from the 1940s through to the 1960s. She was a natural redhead who was known for playing passionate but sensible heroines, often in Western (genre)#Film, Westerns and adventure films. She worked with director John Ford and long-time friend John Wayne on numerous projects. O'Hara was born into a Catholic family and raised in Dublin, Ireland. She aspired to become an actress from a very young age. She trained with the Rathmines Theatre Company from the age of 10 and at the Abbey Theatre from the age of 14. She was given a screen test, which was deemed unsatisfactory, but Charles Laughton saw potential in her, and arranged for her to co-star with him in Alfred Hitchcock's ''Jamaica Inn (film), Jamaica Inn'' in 1939. She moved to Hollywood the same year to appear with him in the production of ''Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wagon Master
''Wagon Master'' is a 1950 American Western film produced and directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ward Bond. The screenplay concerns a Mormon pioneer wagon train to the San Juan River in Utah. The film inspired the US television series ''Wagon Train'' (1957–1965), which starred Ward Bond until his death in 1960. The film was a personal favorite of Ford himself, who told Peter Bogdanovich in 1967 that "Along with '' The Fugitive'' and ''The Sun Shines Bright'', ''Wagon Master'' came closest to being what I wanted to achieve." While the critical and audience response to ''Wagon Master'' was lukewarm on its release, over the years several critics have come to view it as one of Ford's masterpieces. Plot The film opens with a prelude showing a murderous robbery by the outlaw Clegg family (the patriarch Shiloh (Charles Kemper) and his four "boys"). The credits then follow the prelude, which was a stylistic innovation at its time. A Mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
