Charles Edgar Schoenbaum (April 28, 1893 – January 23, 1951) 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 ...
whose career began in 1917 and ended with his death in 1951.
Schoenbaum worked on over 100 films, including several of the ''
Lassie
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'' films in the late 1940s. He was nominated for an
Academy Award
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in 1949 for his work on ''
Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
''.
Partial filmography
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The Woman God Forgot
''The Woman God Forgot'' is a 1917 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. A copy of the film is in the George Eastman House Motion Picture Collection.
Plot
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Love Insurance
''Love Insurance'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp, produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It is based on the novel of the same name by Earl Derr Biggers, ''Love Insurance''.
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Hawthorne of the U.S.A.
''Hawthorne of the U.S.A.'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy film, comedy adventure film directed by James Cruze and starring Wallace Reid and Lila Lee.[Too Much Johnson
''Too Much Johnson'' is a 1938 American silent comedy film written and directed by Orson Welles. An unfinished film component of a stage production, it was made three years before Welles directed ''Citizen Kane'', but it was never publicly screen ...]
'' (1919)
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The Six Best Cellars
''The Six Best Cellars'' is a lost 1920 American silent comedy film directed by Donald Crisp and starring Bryant Washburn and Wanda Hawley. It was produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
It was based on the 1 ...
'' (1920)
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Held by the Enemy'' (1920)
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Always Audacious'' (1920)
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The Charm School'' (1921)
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The Love Special'' (1921)
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Too Much Speed
''Too Much Speed'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Frank Urson, written by Byron Morgan, and starring Wallace Reid, Agnes Ayres, Theodore Roberts, Jack Richardson, Lucien Littlefield, and Guy Oliver. It was released on June 5, ...
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The Hell Diggers
''The Hell Diggers'' is a 1921 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by Frank Urson from a short story, ''The Hell Diggers'', by Byron Morgan. Wallace Reid ...
'' (1921)
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Exit the Vamp
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''Exit the Vamp'' is a lost 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Urson and written by Clara Beranger. The film stars Ethel Clayton, T. Roy Barnes, Fontaine La Rue, Theodore Roberts, William Boyd, and Michael D. Moo ...
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Rent Free'' (1922)
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The World's Champion
''The World's Champion'' is a 1922 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on the play ''The Champion'' by Thomas Louden and A.E. Thomas that was produced on Broadway ...
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On the High Seas
''On the High Seas'' is a 1922 American silent adventure film directed by Irvin Willat and written by Edward Sheldon and E. Magnus Ingleton. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Jack Holt, Mitchell Lewis, Winter Hall, Michael Dark, Otto Brower, and ...
'' (1922)
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The Heart Raider
''The Heart Raider'' is a 1923 silent film romantic comedy produced by Famous Players-Lasky and released by Paramount Pictures. It is based on an original story for the screen and was directed by Wesley Ruggles and starred Agnes Ayres and Mahlon ...
'' (1923)
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Empty Hands
''Empty Hands'' is a 1924 American silent romantic drama film directed by Victor Fleming, and starring Jack Holt and Norma Shearer. The film was produced by the Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Cast
Preservati ...
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Code of the Sea
''Code of the Sea'' is a 1924 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Victor Fleming and starred Rod La Rocque and Jacqueline Logan.
Cast
Preservation
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Adventure
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The Devil's Cargo
''The Devil's Cargo'' is a 1925 American silent drama film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by Victor Fleming and starred Wallace Beery and Pauline Starke. It is based on an original stor ...
'' (1925)
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A Son of His Father
''A Son of His Father'' is a 1925 American silent Western film directed by Victor Fleming. The screenplay, by Anthony Coldeway, was based on Harold Bell Wright's novel. The film stars Bessie Love, Warner Baxter, Raymond Hatton, and Walter McG ...
'' (1925)
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The Vanishing American
''The Vanishing American'' is a 1925 American silent Western film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by George B. Seitz and starred Richard Dix and Lois Wilson, recently paire ...
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The Last Frontier'' (1926)
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The Mysterious Rider'' (1927)
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Nevada
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Beau Sabreur
''Beau Sabreur'' is a 1928 American silent romantic adventure film directed by John Waters and starring Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. Based on the 1926 novel ''Beau Sabreur'' by P. C. Wren, who also wrote the 1924 novel ''Beau Geste''. Produced ...
'' (1928)
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Under the Tonto Rim'' (1928)
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The Vanishing Pioneer
''The Vanishing Pioneer'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by John Waters and starring Jack Holt, Sally Blane and William Powell. Holt's son, Tim makes his screen debut in this film The film is now lost. It is based on a story ...
'' (1928)
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The Water Hole
''The Water Hole'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by F. Richard Jones starring Jack Holt, Nancy Carroll, and John Boles It was based on a novel by Zane Grey and released by Paramount Pictures. The film had sequences filme ...
'' (1928)
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The Rogue Song
''The Rogue Song'' is a 1930 American pre-Code romantic and musical film that tells the story of a Russian bandit who falls in love with a princess, but takes his revenge on her when her brother rapes and kills his sister. The Metro-Goldwyn-Maye ...
'' (1930)
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Bride of the Regiment
''Bride of the Regiment'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical film directed by John Francis Dillon and filmed entirely in Technicolor. The screenplay by Ray Harris and Humphrey Pearson is based on the book of the 1922 stage musical ''The Lady i ...
'' (1930)
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She Got What She Wanted'' (1930)
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Woman Hungry
''Woman Hungry'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Western film with music photographed entirely in Technicolor. The film was based on the play '' The Great Divide'' (from 1906) which was written by William Vaughn Moody. The story was filmed as a sil ...
'' (1931)
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Salvation Nell'' (1931)
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Fisherman's Wharf'' (1939)
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Little Women
''Little Women'' is a coming-of-age novel written by American novelist Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888).
Alcott wrote the book, originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869, at the request of her publisher. The story follows the lives ...
'' (1949)
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1951 deaths
1893 births
American cinematographers
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