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Devereaux Jennings is a Director of Photography, Visual Effects and Cinematography American born on 22 september 1884 at Salt Lake City (USA)
(Joseph) Devereaux 'Dev' Jennings, né le 22 septembre 1884 en Utah (lieu indéterminé), mort le 12 mars 1952 à Los Angeles — Quartier d'Hollywood (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie et technicien des effets visuels américain.
Membre fondateur de l'ASC, il est généralement crédité Devereaux Jennings, ou de son surnom, Dev Jennings.
Autres noms alternatifs : J.D. Jennings (surtout à ses débuts), D. Jennings, Devereux Jennings, J. Devereaux Jennings et J. Dev Jennings.
À l'instar de ses collègues Gordon Jennings (son frère, 1896-1953) et Loyal Griggs, il développe une seconde activité, celle de technicien des effets visuels, d'abord sur Le Monde perdu (1925), et surtout, sur vingt films entre 1936 et 1952 (certains, en collaboration avec son frère), les trois derniers réalisés par Cecil B. DeMille (dont Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde, sorti en janvier 1952, peu avant sa mort).
Comme technicien des effets visuels, Devereaux Jennings gagne un Oscar d'honneur en 1939 (pour Les Gars du large), puis obtient une nomination à l'Oscar des meilleurs effets visuels en 1948 (pour une autre réalisation de Cecil B. DeMille, Les Conquérants d'un nouveau monde).
En 1919, il est l'un des quinze membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
(1947)
(Visual Effects)
(1931)
(Director of Photography)
(1930)
(Director of Photography)
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Birth name Joseph Devereaux Jennings
Nationality USA
Birth 22 september 1884 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 12 march 1952 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 22 september 1884 at Salt Lake City (USA)
Death 12 march 1952 (at 67 years) at Hollywood (USA)
Membre fondateur de l'ASC, il est généralement crédité Devereaux Jennings, ou de son surnom, Dev Jennings.
Autres noms alternatifs : J.D. Jennings (surtout à ses débuts), D. Jennings, Devereux Jennings, J. Devereaux Jennings et J. Dev Jennings.
Biography
Comme chef opérateur, Devereaux Jennings débute sur un court métrage muet sorti en 1915. Il œuvre principalement sur une soixantaine de films muets, dont quatre — parmi ses plus connus — de et avec Buster Keaton, comme Le Mécano de la « General » (1926) et Cadet d'eau douce (1928). Un de ses films parlants notables est L'Ennemi public (1931), avec James Cagney. En 1932, il met quasiment un terme à cette carrière de directeur de la photographie, n'y revenant ensuite que pour deux courts métrages musicaux (1934 et 1936), un western — genre bien représenté dans sa filmographie — avec John Wayne (La Ville du diable en 1937), un film comme photographe associé en 1938 (Toura, déesse de la Jungle), et enfin un dernier film comme photographe de seconde équipe en 1948 (Visage pâle). Au total, Devereaux Jennings contribue à quatre-vingt-cinq films américains en tant que directeur de la photographie.À l'instar de ses collègues Gordon Jennings (son frère, 1896-1953) et Loyal Griggs, il développe une seconde activité, celle de technicien des effets visuels, d'abord sur Le Monde perdu (1925), et surtout, sur vingt films entre 1936 et 1952 (certains, en collaboration avec son frère), les trois derniers réalisés par Cecil B. DeMille (dont Sous le plus grand chapiteau du monde, sorti en janvier 1952, peu avant sa mort).
Comme technicien des effets visuels, Devereaux Jennings gagne un Oscar d'honneur en 1939 (pour Les Gars du large), puis obtient une nomination à l'Oscar des meilleurs effets visuels en 1948 (pour une autre réalisation de Cecil B. DeMille, Les Conquérants d'un nouveau monde).
En 1919, il est l'un des quinze membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (ASC).
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Born to the West (1937)
, 59minutesDirected by Hal Walker, Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Marsha Hunt, John Mack Brown, Syd Saylor, Monte Blue, John Tiffin Patterson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
On the vast mountainous Montana vista, to the soft strains of a "ride 'em" chorus, horned cattle are quietly herded until raiders divert them. Hearing shots, Dare (Wayne) "This is no time to think" in a tall white hat, and hungry dark-mustached wiry side-kick lightning-rod salesman Dink Hooley (an uncredited Syd Saylor) mis-call "the winning side", add their wild mustangs to confusion and dusty stampede at jerky triple time of original silent film. Rough shrubby terrain provides a dangerous battleground.
The Public Enemy (1931)
, 1h23Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Mob film, Action, Crime
Themes Gangster films
Actors James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Joan Blondell, Edward Woods, Mae Clarke, Donald Cook
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
As youngsters, Tom Powers (James Cagney) and his lifelong friend Matt Doyle (Edward Woods) engage in petty theft, selling their loot to "Putty Nose" (Murray Kinnell). When the pair are young men, Putty Nose persuades them to join his gang on a fur warehouse robbery, assuring them he will take care of them if anything goes wrong. When Tom is startled by a stuffed bear, he shoots it, alerting the police, who kill gang member Larry Dalton. Chased by a cop, Tom and Matt have to gun him down. However, when they go to Putty Nose for help, they find he has left town.
50 Million Frenchmen (1931)
, 1h10Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors John Halliday, Claudia Dell, Ole Olsen, William Gaxton, Chic Johnson, Helen Broderick
Roles Director of Photography
Rating53%
Set in Paris, the story concerns the exploits of wealthy Jack Forbes (William Gaxton), who bets his friend Michael Cummings (John Halliday) that he can woo and win Looloo Carroll (Claudia Dell) without using any of his money or connections. Cummings hires Simon and Peter (Ole Olsen and Chic Johnson), a pair of erstwhile detectives, to make sure that Forbes doesn't win his bet.
Manhattan Parade (1931)
, 1h15Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Dickie Moore, Charles Dale, Frank Conroy, Bobby Watson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
Side Show (1931)
, 1h6Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Circus films, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Winnie Lightner, Charles Butterworth, Evalyn Knapp, Donald Cook, Guy Kibbee, Matthew Betz
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51%
Pat (Winnie Lightner) does everything she can to keep the struggling Colonel Gowdy Big City Shows traveling circus afloat, despite an alcoholic though well-meaning Colonel Gowdy (Guy Kibbee) and disgruntled unpaid workers. She sings and dances, and even does a high dive into a shallow pool of water when the "Great Santini" quits just before a performance. One of her few comforts is her love for barker Joe Palmer (Donald Cook). He, however, seems less enthused about the relationship and regularly takes money from her. To add to her troubles, her younger sister Irene (Evalyn Knapp), whom she is having educated to become a lady, visits her during school vacation and wants to stay with the circus.
Finn and Hattie (1931)
Directed by Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Leon Errol, Zasu Pitts, Mitzi Green, Lilyan Tashman, Mack Swain, Regis Toomey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Sally (1930)
, 1h43Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Ford Sterling, Pert Kelton, T. Roy Barnes
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Sally (Marilyn Miller) plays the part of an orphan who had been abandoned as a baby at the Bowling Green telephone exchange. While growing up in an orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. In an attempt to save money enough to become a dancer, Sally began working at odd jobs. While working as a waitress, a man named Blair (Alexander Gray) begins coming to her work regularly to see her. They both soon fall for each other.
The Matrimonial Bed (1930)
, 1h9Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Lilyan Tashman, Florence Eldridge, Beryl Mercer, Vivien Oakland, Arthur Edmund Carewe
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
Leopold Trebel (Frank Fay) is a man who was in a train wreck five years earlier and was taken for dead by his wife, Juliet (Florence Eldridge) Leopold and Juliet have both remarried. Leopold, who remembers nothing that occurred before the train wreck, is the father of two sets of twins by his new wife, Sylvaine (Lilyan Tashman). Juliet has recently had a child with her new husband, Gustave Corton (James Gleason). Leopold is a very popular hairdresser and some of Juliet's friends urge her to try him out.
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
, 1h17Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Myrna Loy, Allan Prior, Ford Sterling, Louise Fazenda, Lupino Lane
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The film takes place during a period in which Austria controlled Italy during the Austro-Italian War of 1830. Colonel Vultow, played by Walter Pidgeon, leader of Austrian cavalry regiment, is sent to Italy to put down a revolt led by the Lombardian aristocracy. Vultow decides to go to the castle of Count Adrian Beltrami, played by Allan Prior, one of the leaders of the revolution. This happens to be Beltrami's wedding day. As he is emerging from the church following his wedding to Countess Anna-Marie (Vivienne Segal), Beltrami learns that Colonel Vultow is quickly approaching the town in search of him. At the behest of his bride, Beltrami flees the castle, but he asks Tangy, a silhouette cutter, to impersonate him and protect Anna-Marie. When Adrian returns in disguise, he is introduced to Vultow as a singer and silhouette cutter, and when the count demands he create a silhouette, he enlists Tangy's aid. The deception is discovered, and Vultow sentences Adrian to death by a firing squad unless Anna-Marie submits to his sexual demands.
Golden Dawn (1930)
, 1h23Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Woolf King, Noah Beery Sr., Lupino Lane, Marion Byron, Edward Martindel, Nina Quartero
Roles Director of Photography
Rating46%
The story takes place in colonial Africa, where Vivienne Segal (as Dawn), plays the part of a white girl who was kidnapped in infancy and is being brought up by a black native, played by Alice Gentle, as her own. Alice Gentle runs a canteen in the now German colonial settlement. Segal falls in love with Walter Woolf King, a British rubber planter who is now a prisoner of war. Noah Beery, who is the native black leader of the tribes in that region, is also in love with Segal and becomes extremely jealous when he heard of Segal's love for King. King, however, is sent back to Britain by the Germans for attempting to steal Segal, whom they believe is half black. Eventually, the British regain control of the territory and drive out the Germans. King returns to the colony. When the settlement experiences a drought, Beery attempts to incite the natives against Segal, claiming that their native God is angry because Segal has dared to love a white man. King is unable to save Segal because the colonial authorities refuse to act unless they have proof that Segal is one hundred percent white. Eventually Gentle confesses that she is not Segal's real mother and that her real (white) father confirms what she confessed is true and that her mother was white. King quickly brings the British troops just as the natives are about to sacrifice Segal. During the ceremony however, one of the virgin priestesses of the native God, revels that Beery has been lying about Segal. The God is not interested in Segal since she is pure white. Furthermore she reveals that Beery had violated her chastity and claims that their native God was angry because of this sacrilegious act. Beery is sacrificed to the anger of the natives and the drought quickly ends as rain pours down. In the end, Segal and King, happily reunited, sail back to England together.
Hold Everything (1930)
, 1h14Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Musical films
Actors Winnie Lightner, Joe E. Brown, Sally O'Neil, Edmund Breese, Bert Roach, Dorothy Revier
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Brown plays Gink Schiner, a third-rate fighter who is at the same training camp as Georges La Verne (played by Georges Carpentier), a contender for the heavyweight championship. Although he needs to be concentrating all of his energies on the upcoming bout, Georges keeps getting distracted: Norine Lloyd, a society dame, has a distinct interest in him, but the interest is strictly one-sided. Georges prefers Sue, an old buddy and confidante. Gink has woman trouble of his own, as his flirtations do not sit at all well with Toots (played by Winnie Lightner), his erstwhile girlfriend. More trouble arrives when Larkin, manager of current heavyweight champ Bob Morgan, appears at the camp with the goal of fixing the fight. He is sent packing, after which he attempts to slip a Mickey Finn to the challenger—a plan which goes awry when Gink switches the drinks. Meanwhile, Gink, who is fighting in a preliminary in advance of the big fight, actually wins. Things don't look so bright for Georges, who initially gets the worst of it in his encounter with Morgan, but who eventually comes out on top.
Oh, Sailor, Behave! (1930)
, 1h10Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Charles King, Lowell Sherman, Charles King, Noah Beery Sr., Ole Olsen, Chic Johnson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
An American newspaper reporter named Charlie Carroll (Charles King) is sent to Venice to interview a Romanian general, who is played by Noah Beery. While in Venice Charlie falls for a young heiress named Nanette Dodge (Irene Delroy). When Charlie is unable to get an interview with the Romanian general, a local siren named Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland), who is the general's favorite helps him. Meanwhile, Nanette learns that her sister is being blackmailed by Prince Kasloff of Russia (Lowell Sherman), to whom she wrote some incriminating letters. Nanette attempts to vamp the Prince in order to obtain the love letters. The Prince, however, tricks her and demands that Nanette marry him if she wants to save her sister. After being repeatedly rebuked by Nanette, the prince hires the Romanian general (Noah Beery) to kidnap her and force her into marriage. Charlie, thinking she has eloped, consoles himself with Kunegundi (Vivien Oakland) and almost marries her until he realizes the truth about Nanette and that she has been kidnapped by the Prince. Charlie sets out to rescue her and when the Prince shows up disguised as the general he shoots Prince Kasloff. Charlie and Nanette are happily reunited.
Song of the West (1930)
, 1h22Directed by Ray Enright
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors John Boles, Joe E. Brown, Edward Martindel, Sam Hardy, Marion Byron, Eddie Gribbon
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
The story takes place in 1849. Captain Stanton (John Boles), who because of a misunderstanding over a woman with Major Davolo, has been cited for a court martial. As a scout, he is sent to escort a wagon train which is under military escort. It turns out that this escort is his own former regiment. When he meet Davolo, there is another fight and between Stanton and Davolo in which Davolo is killed.
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
, 1h11Directed by Buster Keaton, Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Joe Keaton, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
William "Steamboat Bill" Canfield is the owner and captain of a paddle steamer that has seen better days. He eagerly awaits the arrival of his college student son, whom he has not seen since the lad was a baby. Expecting a big, husky man like himself to help him compete with businessman John James King and his brand new, luxurious riverboat, he is sorely disappointed with his slight, awkward offspring, who shows up with a pencil moustache, a ukulele and a beret. He becomes outraged when he discovers that his son and King's daughter Kitty, also visiting her father, are in love. Both business rivals are determined to break up the relationship.
College (1927)
, 1h6Directed by James W. Horne, Buster Keaton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Harold Goodwin, Snitz Edwards, Carl Harbaugh, Florence Turner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
Set in Southern California, the movie opens with Ronald graduating high school as the school’s “most brilliant scholar”. At his graduation, Ronald speaks on “the Curse of the Athlete”, arguing that books are more important than athletics.