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Arthur Edeson is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 24 october 1891 at New York City (USA)
Arthur Edeson, A.S.C. (October 24, 1891 – February 14, 1970) was a film cinematographer, born in New York City.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career in cinema.
Entre autres, il assiste les réalisateurs Michael Curtiz (Casablanca en 1942, avec Humphrey Bogart et Ingrid Bergman), John Huston (ex. : Le Faucon maltais en 1941, avec Humphrey Bogart et Mary Astor), Frank Lloyd (Les Révoltés du Bounty en 1935, avec Clark Gable et Charles Laughton), Jean Negulesco (ex. : Le Masque de Dimitrios en 1944, avec Sydney Greenstreet et Zachary Scott), Fred Niblo (Les Trois Mousquetaires en 1921, avec Douglas Fairbanks), Raoul Walsh (ex. : le western La Piste des géants en 1930, avec John Wayne), ou encore James Whale (ex. : L'Homme invisible en 1933, avec Claude Rains).
En 1919, Arthur Edeson est l'un des membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.), dont il est le président en 1953-1954.
Au cours de sa carrière, il reçoit trois nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, mais n'en gagne pas.
(1941)
(Additional Photography)
(1943)
(Director of Photography)
(1935)
(Director of Photography)
(1930)
(Director of Photography)
(1928)
(Director of Photography)
(1927)
(Director of Photography)
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Arthur Edeson
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Nationality USA
Birth 24 october 1891 at New York City (USA)
Death 14 february 1970 (at 78 years) at Agoura Hills (USA)
Birth 24 october 1891 at New York City (USA)
Death 14 february 1970 (at 78 years) at Agoura Hills (USA)
Arthur Edeson, A.S.C. (October 24, 1891 – February 14, 1970) was a film cinematographer, born in New York City.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards in his career in cinema.
Biography
Débutant comme chef opérateur en 1914, donc dans les premiers temps du cinéma muet, Arthur Edeson est à ce titre considéré comme l'un des pionniers du cinéma. Il collabore à près de 140 films américains jusqu'en 1949 (année où il se retire), notamment chez Universal Pictures et la Warner Bros.Entre autres, il assiste les réalisateurs Michael Curtiz (Casablanca en 1942, avec Humphrey Bogart et Ingrid Bergman), John Huston (ex. : Le Faucon maltais en 1941, avec Humphrey Bogart et Mary Astor), Frank Lloyd (Les Révoltés du Bounty en 1935, avec Clark Gable et Charles Laughton), Jean Negulesco (ex. : Le Masque de Dimitrios en 1944, avec Sydney Greenstreet et Zachary Scott), Fred Niblo (Les Trois Mousquetaires en 1921, avec Douglas Fairbanks), Raoul Walsh (ex. : le western La Piste des géants en 1930, avec John Wayne), ou encore James Whale (ex. : L'Homme invisible en 1933, avec Claude Rains).
En 1919, Arthur Edeson est l'un des membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (A.S.C.), dont il est le président en 1953-1954.
Au cours de sa carrière, il reçoit trois nominations à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, mais n'en gagne pas.
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(1941)(Additional Photography)
(1943)(Director of Photography)
(1935)(Director of Photography)
(1930)(Director of Photography)
(1928)(Director of Photography)
(1927)(Director of Photography)
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The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Helena Carter, Richard Greene, Patricia Medina, Arthur Shields, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Nearing the end of the 18th century, Napoleon's vast army is sailing towards the Irish coast. The national poet and freedom fighter who goes by the name of "The O'Flynn" is traveling back to the castle where he was born, when he encounters a coach being robbed by rogues. The leader of the outlaws is a man named Hendrigg. The robbery fails thanks to O'Flynn's efforts. He offers the passenger, Lady Benedetta, to come with him and take refuge in his castle.
Two Guys from Texas (1948)
, 1h26Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Monte Blue, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Dorothy Malone, Forrest Tucker, Fred Clark
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
My Wild Irish Rose (1947)
, 1h41Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Arlene Dahl, Andrea King, Alan Hale, George Tobias, Ben Blue
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Stallion Road (1947)
, 1h37Directed by Raoul Walsh, James V. Kern
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Western
Actors Ronald Reagan, Alexis Smith, Zachary Scott, Peggy Knudsen, Harry Davenport, Frank Puglia
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Based on the novel and screenplay by Stephen Longstreet, this film depicts the romance which flowers between a breezy young veterinarian (Ronald Reagan), and a lady who runs a breeding farm (Alexis Smith). The two horse-loving characters appear to be bound for an inevitable love story. And a friend of the vet (Zachary Scott), who also fancies the lady, quite obviously hasn't a chance.
Never Say Goodbye (1946)
, 1h37Directed by James V. Kern
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Errol Flynn, Eleanor Parker, Lucile Watson, S.Z. Sakall, Forrest Tucker, Donald Woods
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Divorced New York couple Phil and Ellen Gayley each buy a winter coat for their seven-year-old daughter Phillippa, known as "Flip". Flip has spent the last six months with her father but is about to move in with her mother.
, 1h45Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Martha Vickers, S.Z. Sakall, Alan Hale
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Deux hommes de chant et de danse luttent pour produire un spectacle de Broadway. David Butler 1946 Dennis Morgan stars de la musique, Jack Carson, Martha Vickers, Janis Paige, SZ Sakall, Angela Greene, Florence Bates, Donald Woods, Alan Hale et Mimi Aguglia.
Two Guys from Milwaukee (1946)
, 1h30Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Janis Paige, S.Z. Sakall, Lauren Bacall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The Balkan Prince Henry arrives to Pennsylvania Station in New York City to do some research on how the "ordinary" man lives and works. Since his travel companions are unaware of his bold plan, he has to sneak away unseen to escape them. He catches a taxi outside the station, and gets to know the driver, Buzz Williams.
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
, 1h40Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors John Garfield, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Walter Brennan, Faye Emerson, George Coulouris, George Tobias
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Former conman Nick Blake (Garfield), a soldier returning to New York City after World War II, looks up his old girlfriend Toni Blackburn (Faye Emerson) to get the money she has been holding for him while he was in the army. Toni claims that she lost the money investing in a nightclub before selling it to Chet King (Robert Shayne), who employs her there now as a singer. Nick has discovered Toni's affair with King, however, and gets his money back.
Three Strangers (1946)
, 1h32Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Peter Lorre, Alan Napier, Joan Lorring, Robert Shayne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Crystal Shackleford (Geraldine Fitzgerald) lures two strangers, solicitor Jerome K. Arbutny (Sydney Greenstreet) and charming and erudite drunkard Johnny West (Peter Lorre) to her London flat on Chinese New Year in 1938 because of her belief that if three strangers make the same wish to an idol of Kwan Yin, Chinese goddess of fortune and destiny, the wish will be granted. Since money will make their dreams come true, the three go in on a sweepstakes ticket for the Grand National horse race together and agree that they will not sell the ticket if it is chosen, but will hold on to it until the race is run. Shackleford would use the money to try to win her estranged husband back, Arbutny to smooth the way for his selection to the prestigious Barrister's Club, and Johnny to buy a bar and live in it.
Shine on Harvest Moon (1944)
, 1h52Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson, Irene Manning, S.Z. Sakall, Marie Wilson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Film biographique sur les deux célébrités de Broadway qu'étaient la chanteuse Nora Bayes et son mari, le compositeur Jack Norworth.
The Conspirators (1944)
, 1h41Directed by Don Siegel, Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Historical, Romance
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Joseph Calleia
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
During World War II, former schoolteacher turned Dutch resistance fighter Vincent Van Der Lyn (Henreid) causes so much trouble for the Nazis, they place a bounty on his head. As a result, he is ordered to travel to England by way of neutral Lisbon.
The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
, 1h35Directed by Jean Negulesco
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Politic
Themes Films about writers, Spy films
Actors Sydney Greenstreet, Zachary Scott, Faye Emerson, Peter Lorre, Victor Francen, Florence Bates
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71%
Dutch mystery writer Cornelius Leyden (Peter Lorre) is visiting Istanbul. A fan of his, Colonel Haki (Kurt Katch) of the Turkish police (who appears in several Ambler books), believes he would be interested in the history of one Dimitrios Makropoulos (Zachary Scott), whose body was just washed up on the beach. Leyden is so fascinated by what Haki tells of the dead arch-criminal that he becomes determined to learn more.
Casablanca (1943)
, 1h42Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Crime, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet
Roles Director of Photography
Rating84%
Set in December, 1941, American expatriate Rick Blaine is the proprietor of an upscale nightclub and gambling den in Casablanca. "Rick's Café Américain" attracts a varied clientele: Vichy French, Italian, and German officials; refugees desperate to reach the still neutral United States; and those who prey on them. Although Rick professes to be neutral in all matters, it is later revealed he ran guns to Ethiopia during its war with Italy and fought on the Loyalist side against the fascist Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War.
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
, 2h4Directed by David Butler
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Eddie Cantor, Joan Leslie, Dennis Morgan, Edward Everett Horton, S.Z. Sakall, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Theater producers (Horton and Sakall) staging a wartime charity program, only to have the production taken over by their egotistical star (Eddie Cantor). Meanwhile, an aspiring singer (Dennis Morgan) and his songwriter girlfriend (Joan Leslie) conspire to get into the charity program by replacing Cantor with their look-alike friend, tour bus driver Joe Simpson (Eddie Cantor).
The Male Animal (1942)
, 1h41Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about education, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Joan Leslie, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Hattie McDaniel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda) is an English teacher at football-crazed Midwestern University. Although he is uninvolved with the politics of the day, Tommy suddenly finds himself the center of a free-speech debate on campus. An editorial in a student magazine praises him for planning to read Bartolomeo Vanzetti's sentencing statement to his class as an example of eloquent composition, even in broken English composed by a non-professional.