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Lester Lang was an American cinematographer known for lensing several of Oscar Micheaux's films in the 1930s.


Biography

Lester was born in Union City, New Jersey, to John Lang and Elizabeth Frank. He married Lillian Sutherland, and the pair had three children together. She died suddenly in 1942. He worked as a photographer for 22 years at New York race tracks, and was one of the early cinematographers working in the film industry in Fort Lee, New Jersey.


Selected filmography

* '' Killer Diller'' (1948) * '' Big Timers'' (1945) * '' The Notorious Elinor Lee'' (1940) * '' Lying Lips'' (1939) * ''
God's Step Children ''God's Step Children'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Oscar Micheaux and starring Jacqueline Lewis. The film is inspired by a combination of elements shared from two previously released Hollywood (film industry), Hollywood production ...
'' (1938) * '' Swing!'' (1938) * '' Underworld'' (1937) * '' Ten Minutes to Live'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1932) * ''
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'' (1931) * '' The Exile'' (1931) * '' The House of Secrets'' (1929) * '' The Mad Marriage'' (1925) * ''
The Mohican's Daughter ''The Mohican's Daughter'' is a 1922 American silent romantic drama film directed by Sam Taylor and Stanner E.V. Taylor and starring Nancy Deaver, William H. Thompson and Paul Panzer.Connelly p.388 It is based on the 1904 short story ''The S ...
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References

American cinematographers 1896 births 1968 deaths {{US-cinematographer-stub