Clarence Sinclair Bull (May 22, 1896 – June 8, 1979) was a
portrait photographer who worked for movie studios during the
Golden Age of Hollywood. He was head of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer stills department for nearly forty years.
Biography
Clarence Sinclair Bull was born in
Sun River, Montana, in 1896.
His career began when
Samuel Goldwyn hired him in 1920 to photograph publicity stills of the
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film studio's stars. He is most famous for his photographs of
Greta Garbo, taken between 1926 and 1941. Bull's first portrait of Garbo was a costume study for the silent romantic drama film ''
Flesh and the Devil'' in September 1926.
Bull was able to study with the great Western painter,
Charles Marion Russell. He also served as an assistant cameraman in 1918.
Bull was skilled in the areas of lighting, retouching and printing.
He was most commonly credited as "C.S. Bull."
Bull died on June 8, 1979, in
Los Angeles, California, aged 83.
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Gallery
File:Charles Laughton-publicity2.JPG, Charles Laughton
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, 1934 (publicity photo for film '' The Barretts of Wimpole Street'')
File:Una Merkel - still.JPG, Una Merkel, 1934
File:Madge Evans - still.jpg, Madge Evans, circa 1935
File:Garbo - Ninotchka - Clarence Bull.JPG, Greta Garbo (publicity photo for film '' Ninotchka'', 1939)
File:Hedy lamarr - 1940.jpg, Hedy Lamarr, 1940
File:Lynne Carver (1940).JPG, American actress Lynne Carver, 1940
File:Van Heflin - 1941.jpg, Van Heflin, 1941
File:Conrad Veidt 1941.jpg, Conrad Veidt, 1941
File:Judy Garland in Presenting Lily Mars.jpg, Judy Garland, 1943
File:June Allyson-publicity.jpg, June Allyson
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, 1944
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1896 births
1979 deaths
20th-century American photographers
American portrait photographers
Burials at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery
People from Cascade County, Montana