Brydon Baker (1898–1973) was an American

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 ch ...

. During the 1930s he worked on

Poverty Row Poverty Row is a slang term used to refer to Hollywood films produced from the 1920s to the 1950s by small (and mostly short-lived) B movie studios. Although many of them were based on (or near) today's Gower Street in Hollywood, the term did n ...

, generally on

westerns The Western is a genre set in the American frontier and commonly associated with folk tales of the Western United States, particularly the Southwestern United States, as well as Northern Mexico and Western Canada. It is commonly referred ...

.Pitts p.187

Selected filmography

* ''

Sagebrush Politics ''Sagebrush Politics'' is a 1930 American silent Western film with sound sequences, directed by Denver Dixon, starring Art Mix, Wally Merrill, and Lilian Bond. Cast * Art Mix as Tom Williams * Lilian Bond as Sheriff's Daughter * Gilbert Holme ...

'' (1929) * ''

Lightning Range ''Lightning Range'' is a 1933 American Western film directed by Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt, Patsy Bellamy and Lafe McKee.Pitts p.4 Plot Cast * Buddy Roosevelt as Deputy Marshal Buddy * Patsy Bellamy as Dorothy Horton * La ...

'' (1933) * '' The Fighting Cowboy'' (1933) * ''

The Way of the West ''The Way of the West'' is a 1934 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey. Cast *Hal Taliaferro as Wally Gordon *Bobby Nelson as Bobby Parker * Myrla Bratton as "Fiery" Parker * Fred Parker as Dad Parker * William Desmond as ' ...

'' (1934) * '' Frontier Days'' (1934) * ''

Boss Cowboy ''Boss Cowboy'' is a 1934 Western B movie remake of Rough Ridin' (1924)produced and directed by low-budget independent filmmaker Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt. Plot Hard-riding ranch owner Dick Taylor hunts for a band of cattle ...

'' (1934) * '' The Pecos Dandy'' (1934) * ''

Western Racketeers ''Western Racketeers'' is a 1934 American western film directed by Robert J. Horner and starring Bill Cody, Edna Aslin and Hal Taliaferro It was an independent film produced on Poverty Row.Pitts p.175 Plot In the San Bernardino Mountains, cat ...

'' (1934) * '' Paradise Valley'' (1934) * '' Timber Terrors'' (1935) * ''

Courage of the North ''Courage of the North'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Robert Emmett Tansey and starring John Preston, William Desmond and Tom London.Pitts, p. 149. Cast * John Preston as Sergeant Bruce Morton * William Desmond as Gene Travis * ...

'' (1935) * ''

The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues ''The Phantom from 10,000 Leagues'' is a 1955 independently made, American, black-and-white, science-fiction monster film, produced by Jack Milner and Dan Milner (who also directed), that stars Kent Taylor and Cathy Downs. The film's December ...

'' (1955) * ''

Walk the Dark Street ''Walk the Dark Street'' is a 1956 American film noir B-movie directed by Wyott Ordung and starring Chuck Connors. Plot summary Dan (Don Ross) returns to L.A. having fought in the Korean War. He meets with Frank (Chuck Connors) the brother o ...

'' (1956) * ''

Scandal Incorporated ''Scandal Incorporated'' is a 1956 American crime film directed by Edward Mann and written by Milton Mann. The film stars Robert Hutton, Patricia Wright, Paul Richards, Robert Knapp, Havis Davenport and Reid Hammond. It was released on Octob ...

'' (1956) * '' Wetbacks'' (1956) * ''

The Storm Rider ''The Storm Rider'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Edward Bernds, written by Edward Bernds and Don Martin, and starring Scott Brady, Mala Powers, Bill Williams, John Goddard, William Fawcett and Roy Engel. It is based on the short ...

'' (1957) * ''

Ride a Violent Mile ''Ride a Violent Mile'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Eric Norden. The film stars John Agar, Penny Edwards, John Pickard, Bing Russell, Richard Shannon and Charles H. Gray. The film was r ...

'' (1957) * ''

Copper Sky ''Copper Sky'' is a 1957 American Western film directed by Charles Marquis Warren and written by Eric Norden. The film stars Jeff Morrow, Coleen Gray, Strother Martin, Paul Brinegar, John Pickard and Patrick O'Moore. The film was released in ...

'' (1957) * ''

Outlaw Queen ''Outlaw Queen'' is a 1957 American western film directed by Herbert S. Greene and starring Andrea King, Harry James and Robert Clarke.Craig p.252 Plot Christina, the daughter of Greek immigrants tours the West with her uncle in a sharpshooting ...

'' (1957) * ''

From Hell It Came ''From Hell It Came'' is a 1957 American science-fiction horror film directed by Dan Milner and written by Richard Bernstein, from a story by Bernstein and Jack Milner. It was released by Allied Artists on a double bill with '' The Disembodied' ...

'' (1957) * ''

Escape from Red Rock ''Escape from Red Rock'' is a 1957 American Western film written and directed by Edward Bernds. The film stars Brian Donlevy, Eilene Janssen, Gary Murray, Jay C. Flippen, William Edward Phipps and Myron Healey. The film was released in Decembe ...

'' (1957) * ''

Cattle Empire ''Cattle Empire'' is a 1958 American Western DeLuxe Color movie in CinemaScope directed by Charles Marquis Warren, starring Joel McCrea and released by 20th Century Fox. The film also features Gloria Talbott, Don Haggerty, Phyllis Coates, and B ...

'' (1958) * ''

Space Master X-7 ''Space Master X-7'' is a 1958 American Horror film, horror science fiction film in CinemaScope, Regalscope from Robert L. Lippert, Regal Films, produced by Bernard Glasser, directed by Edward Bernds, that stars Bill Williams (actor), Bill Willi ...

'' (1958) * ''

Return of the Fly ''Return of the Fly'' is a 1959 American horror science-fiction film and sequel to '' The Fly'' (1958). It is the second installment in ''The Fly'' film series. It was released in 1959 as a double feature with '' The Alligator People''. It was ...

'' (1959) * ''

20,000 Eyes ''20,000 Eyes'' is a 1961 American drama film directed by Jack Leewood, written by Jack W. Thomas, and starring Gene Nelson, Merry Anders, James Brown, John Banner, Judith Rawlins and Robert Shayne. The film was released on June 14, 1961, by 20 ...

'' (1961) * '' Valley of the Dragons'' (1961) * ''

Ring of Terror ''Ring of Terror'' is a black-and-white 1962 horror film, which centers around a young medical student named Lewis Moffitt who must open a crypt and steal the ring of a deceased man in order to join a fraternity. Directed by Clark L. Paylow from ...

'' (1962) * ''

Taffy and the Jungle Hunter ''Taffy and the Jungle Hunter'' is a 1965 American adventure film directed by Terry O. Morse and written by Arthur Hoerl and Al Zimbalist. The film stars Jacques Bergerac, Manuel Padilla Jr., Shary Marshall and Hari Rhodes. The film was released ...

'' (1965)

References

Bibliography

* Pitts, Michael R. ''Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each''. McFarland & Company, 2005.

External links

* 1898 births 1973 deaths American cinematographers People from Peoria, Illinois {{US-film-bio-stub