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Elwood Bredell is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography British born on 24 december 1902 at London (United-kingdom)

Elwood Bredell

Elwood Bredell
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Birth name Elwood Bailey Bredell
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 24 december 1902 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 26 february 1969 (at 66 years) at London (United-kingdom)

Elwood Bailey Bredell (6 August 1884 – 22 May 1976) was an English cinematographer and occasional actor. Bredell worked on such films as The Killers (1946), The Unsuspected (1947) and the 1955 B-movie Female Jungle. He is sometimes credited as Woody Bredell or Elwood Burdell.

Biography

Installé aux États-Unis où il mène toute sa carrière, Elwood Bredell débute au cinéma comme acteur, dans cinq films muets sortis en 1917-1918, cette première expérience restant sans lendemain. Comme chef opérateur, il débute sur un film muet sorti en 1927. Puis il est photographe de plateau sur onze tournages, de 1931 à 1934 (C'est pour toujours d'Henry Hathaway est son dernier film à ce titre).

Après deux films (sortis en 1936) comme premier assistant opérateur puis cadreur, il exerce régulièrement comme directeur de la photographie entre 1937 et 1954 (année où il se retire, après soixante-quinze films américains à ce poste), principalement au sein d'Universal Pictures et de la Warner Bros. Son dernier film est Female Jungle de Bruno VeSota, sorti en janvier 1955 (avec Jayne Mansfield). Il contribue notamment à des films fantastiques ou d'horreur produits par Universal, comme La Main de la momie de Christy Cabanne (1940, avec Dick Foran).

Parmi ses autres films notables, mentionnons le film noir Les Tueurs de Robert Siodmak (1946, avec Burt Lancaster et Ava Gardner), ainsi que le film d'aventure Les Aventures de Don Juan de Vincent Sherman (1948, avec Errol Flynn). Il collabore aussi à plusieurs films avec Deanna Durbin en vedette, tel La Sœur de son valet de Frank Borzage (1943).

Best films

Boom Town (1940)
(Director of Photography)
Adventures of Don Juan (1949)
(Director of Photography)
Romance on the High Seas (1948)
(Director of Photography)
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
(Still Photographer)
Can't Help Singing (1944)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(18 films)
Vera West
Vera West
(17 films)
Jack Otterson
Jack Otterson
(16 films)
Ted J. Kent
Ted J. Kent
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Elwood Bredell (39 films)

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Actor

Up or Down?, 50minutes
Directed by Lynn Reynolds
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Hernandez, John Gilbert, Elwood Bredell
Roles le garçon

Allan Corey, un jeune écrivain à court d'idées, rencontre Mike alors que celui-ci se bat avec un homme qui maltraitait son cheval, et lui propose de l'accompagner dans l'Ouest. Mike, qui vient de sortir de prison, accepte, mais avec l'intention de redevenir hors-la-loi dès que possible. Ils s'arrêtent au ranch d'Esther Hollister, à partir duquel Mike effectue des vols en prenant soin de prendre avec lui plusieurs chevaux pour que l'on croit que ces vols ont été faits pat le gang de Texas Jack, qui se cache dans la région.

Cameraman

Female Jungle, 1h13
Directed by Bruno VeSota
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Lawrence Tierney, Kathleen Crowley, John Carradine, Jayne Mansfield, Davis Roberts, Bruno VeSota
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7562652.7562652.7562652.7562652.756265
A cop (Tierney) is suspected of killing a gorgeous film star. Since he was extremely drunk at the time, even he suspects that he did it.
Journey Into Light, 1h27
Directed by Stuart Heisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about religion, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Sterling Hayden, Viveca Lindfors, Thomas Mitchell, Ludwig Donath, H. B. Warner, Jane Darwell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.140143.140143.140143.140143.14014
John Burrows, an ordained minister from a small village in the East, envisions himself with a larger congregation. He is mortified when his wife drunkenly interrupts a sermon, then despondent after her suicide.
The Inspector General, 1h42
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Elsa Lanchester, Alan Hale, Barbara Bates, Gene Lockhart
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3467753.3467753.3467753.3467753.346775
Georgi (Danny Kaye), an illiterate member of a wandering band of Gypsies led by Yakov (Walter Slezak) escapes from a travelling medicine show after he innocently lets slip that the elixir they're selling is a fraud. Tired and hungry, he wanders into the small town of Brodny and whilst trying to sample the contents of a horse's feedbag, he's arrested as a vagrant and sentenced to hang the next day by a corrupt police chief (Alan Hale Sr.), desperate to prove his efficiency.
Adventures of Don Juan, 1h50
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Actors Errol Flynn, Viveca Lindfors, Robert Douglas, Romney Brent, Ann Rutherford, Fortunio Bonanova
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.4956053.4956053.4956053.4956053.495605
Late in the reign of Elizabeth I of England, Spanish noble Don Juan de Mañara (Errol Flynn) is repatriated from London to Madrid after a serious diplomatic scandal caused by his affair with the British fiancée of a Spanish duke. The Spanish ambassador in London, Count de Polan (Robert Warwick), sends a letter of recommendation to his friend Queen Margaret (Viveca Lindfors), asking her to provide an opportunity at the court to rehabilitate Don Juan after the gossiping and rumors about his multiple illicit love affairs. He is thus hired as a fencing instructor at the Spanish Academy.
Romance on the High Seas, 1h39
Directed by Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jack Carson, Janis Paige, Don DeFore, Doris Day, Oscar Levant, S.Z. Sakall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.4959553.4959553.4959553.4959553.495955
Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) and her husband Michael (Don DeFore) suspect each other of cheating. For their wedding anniversary, Elvira books an ocean cruise to Rio de Janeiro but her husband claims that unexpected business will prevent him from going. Seeing an opportunity, Elvira pretends to take the trip alone, but in fact sends singer Georgia Garrett (Doris Day), a woman she'd met at the travel agency, in her place and under her name. By secretly staying behind, Elvira hopes to find out if Michael is indeed sneaking around behind her back. Michael, however, is suspicious over Elvira's supposed willingness to go on the trip alone, and so hires private detective Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to see if she is sneaking around behind his back.
The Unsuspected, 1h43
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Joan Caulfield, Claude Rains, Audrey Totter, Constance Bennett, Hurd Hatfield, Fred Clark
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5938153.5938153.5938153.5938153.593815
A woman, Roslyn Wright (played by the uncredited Barbara Woodell), is found dead hanging from a chandelier in a posh mansion occupied by Victor Grandison, a popular "true crime" radio story host. Roslyn was his secretary.
The Killers, 1h38
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Sam Levene, Albert Dekker, Vince Barnett
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76% 3.846333.846333.846333.846333.84633
Two hitmen, Max and Al (William Conrad and Charles McGraw), come to a small town to kill Ole "the Swede" Andreson (Burt Lancaster). The Swede's coworker at a gas station warns him but, strangely, he makes no attempt to flee, and they kill him in his hotel room.
Tangier
Tangier (1946)
, 1h14
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors María Montez, Sabu, Robert Paige, Preston Foster, Kent Taylor, Louise Allbritton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.0959153.0959153.0959153.0959153.095915
Lady on a Train, 1h34
Directed by Felix Jackson, Charles David
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, David Bruce, Dan Duryea, Allen Jenkins, Edward Everett Horton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3464053.3464053.3464053.3464053.346405
Debutante Nikki Collins, an enthusiastic reader of detective stories, witnesses a murder through a building window while passing by on a train entering New York's Grand Central Station. She goes to the police, but is frustrated to find that no one believes her. The police think that her story is the product of an overactive imagination.
Phantom Lady, 1h27
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Franchot Tone, Ella Raines, Alan Curtis, Elisha Cook, Jr., Thomas Gomez, Regis Toomey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5963553.5963553.5963553.5963553.596355
After a fight with his wife on their anniversary, Scott Henderson (Alan Curtis), a 32-year-old engineer, picks up an equally unhappy woman in a bar and they take a taxi to see a show. The woman refuses to tell him anything about herself. The star of the show, Estela Monteiro (Aurora Miranda), becomes furious when she notices that both she and the mystery woman are wearing the same unusual hat. When Henderson returns home, he finds Police Inspector Burgess (Thomas Gomez) and two of his men waiting to question him; his wife has been strangled with one of his neckties. Henderson has a solid alibi, but the bartender, taxi driver and Monteiro deny seeing the phantom lady. Henderson cannot even clearly describe the woman. He is tried and sentenced to death.
Christmas Holiday, 1h33
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Felix Jackson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Gene Kelly, Richard Whorf, Gale Sondergaard, Gladys George, Eddie Acuff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.2457353.2457353.2457353.2457353.245735
Army officer Charlie Mason meets beautiful Maison Lafitte hostess Jackie (her real name is Abigail Manette). She tells him the story of the decline of her marriage with the charming but unbalanced Robert Manette. When her husband kills a bookie his controlling mother tries to cover it up. When he is caught she and her son blame Abigail. Abigail, feeling guilty when her husband receives a life sentence, becomes a bar hostess. Meanwhile, Robert escapes from jail and comes to see Abigail, but he is shot by police and dies in her arms, leaving her to start again with Charlie Mason.
Can't Help Singing, 1h30
Directed by Lewis R. Foster, Frank Ryan
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Robert Paige, Akim Tamiroff, Thomas Gomez, Clara Blandick, David Bruce
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.096123.096123.096123.096123.09612
Set during the early years of the California Gold Rush, the film tells of the adventures of Caroline Frost, the wilful and spoilt daughter of a US Senator. He does not approve of her beau, Lt Robert Latham, of the US cavalry, and persuades President James K. Polk to post Latham to guard gold shipments from the California mines owned by Jake Carstair.
His Butler's Sister, 1h27
Directed by Frank Borzage
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Actors Franchot Tone, Deanna Durbin, Pat O'Brien, Akim Tamiroff, Walter Catlett, Florence Bates
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.440523.440523.440523.440523.44052
Après ses études, Ann Carter part retrouver son frère et s'aperçoit qu'il est maître d'hôtel chez un compositeur de renom. Pour tenter de faire entendre sa voix au maître de céans, elle se fait passer pour la femme de chambre. Mais ses efforts n'aboutissent pas...
The Amazing Mrs. Holliday, 1h36
Directed by Jean Renoir
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films
Actors Deanna Durbin, Edmond O'Brien, Barry Fitzgerald, Arthur Treacher, Harry Davenport, Grant Mitchell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1941753.1941753.1941753.1941753.194175
A young idealistic schoolteacher named Ruth Kirke (Deanna Durbin) is transporting a group of war orphans from South China to Calcutta when their steamship Tollare is torpedoed and sunk in the Pacific. Along with sailor Timothy Blake (Barry Fitzgerald), they are the only passengers to survive the enemy attack. They are picked up by the steamship Westonia and taken to San Francisco, where immigration officials inform Ruth that the orphans will be held until a $500 bond is posted for each child.