NationalityUSA Birth 31 may 1896 at Los Angeles (USA) Death 21 october 1970 (at 74 years) at Marina del Rey (USA) Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Ernest Haller, A.S.C. also credited as Ernie B. Haller, (May 31, 1896 - October 21, 1970), was an American cinematographer.
Born in Los Angeles, California, Haller joined Biograph Studios as an actor in 1914, then began to freelance as a cinematographer. By 1920, he was a full-fledged director of photography and worked on some 180 films.
Among his notable films, many of which starred Bette Davis, are Captain Blood (1935), Dangerous (1935), That Certain Woman (1937), Jezebel (1938), Dark Victory (1939), Gone with the Wind (1939), All This, and Heaven Too (1940), The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941), Mr. Skeffington (1944), Mildred Pierce (1945), Deception (1946), Humoresque (1946), Winter Meeting (1948), Rebel Without a Cause (1955), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962), Lilies of the Field (1963) and Dead Ringer (1964).
On the second pilot episode for the television series Star Trek (later known as Star Trek: The Original Series), "Where No Man Has Gone Before" (1966), Haller came out of semi-retirement to serve as director of photography. Director James Goldstone recommended Haller at the last minute, after attempts to locate a cameraman had proved problematic.
Haller was nominated for the Academy Award seven times and won the Oscar for Best Cinematography for Gone with the Wind.
He died in Marina del Rey, the victim of a car accident.
, 1h55 Directed byPaul Henreid OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror, Crime ThemesFilms about families ActorsBette Davis, Karl Malden, Peter Lawford, Philip Carey, Jean Hagen, George Macready Roles Director of Photography Rating72% At the funeral of her husband Frank, wealthy widow Margaret DeLorca (Bette Davis), meets up with her twin sister, downcast Edith Phillips (also played by Davis), from whom she has been estranged for 18 years. The two return to DeLorca's opulent mansion, where the two argue about their falling out over Margaret's marriage to DeLorca, who originally courted Edith but had an affair with Margaret. Margaret had told Frank she was pregnant and forced him into marriage. However, Edith finds out from Margaret's chauffeur (George Chandler) that Margaret was never pregnant, and becomes resentful. While Margaret now enjoys a life of ease and wealth, Edith is struggling financially. Edith's business, a cocktail lounge, is losing money and she is threatened with eviction for not paying her bills.
, 1h34 Directed byRalph Nelson OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama ThemesFilms about religion ActorsSidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Dan Frazer, Jester Hairston, Stanley Adams, Bobby Driscoll Roles Director of Photography Rating74% Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) is an itinerant handyman/jack-of-all-trades who stops at a farm in the Arizona desert to obtain some water for his car. There he sees several women working on a fence, very ineptly. The women, who speak very little English, introduce themselves as German, Austrian and Hungarian nuns. The mother superior, the leader of the nuns, persuades him to do a small roofing repair. He stays overnight, assuming that he will be paid in the morning. Next day, Smith tries to persuade the mother superior to pay him by quoting Luke 10:7, "The laborer is worthy of his hire." Mother Maria Marthe (Lilia Skala, called "Mother Maria"), responds by asking him to read another Bible verse from the Sermon on the Mount: "Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin. And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
, 1h19 OriginUSA GenresDrama, Thriller, Crime ThemesChildren's films ActorsEdmond O'Brien, Laraine Day, Julie London, Olga San Juan, Tom Hernández, George Eldredge Roles Director of Photography Rating67% The Man (Edmond O'Brien) is the accomplice of Marian Forbes (Laraine Day), the spurned mistress of a tycoon. She coaches The Man in impersonating the voice and appearance and habits of the intended victim and when he has been taken care of The Man begins his masquerade in a Mexican resort. Here he meets Corey Scott (Julie London) and moves on to contemplating the murder of his tutor. But things begin to go awry.
, 1h22 Directed byBert I. Gordon OriginUSA GenresScience fiction, Fantasy, Adventure ThemesSeafaring films, Transport films, Time travel films, Pirate films, Children's films ActorsMurvyn Vye, Charles Herbert, Susan Lynn Gordon, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), Joe Turkel, Paul Guilfoyle Roles Director of Photography Rating52% A boy, Jimmy Warren, living along the coast in Massachusetts is upset with the unfairness of "modern" life in 1960 when his father scolds him about his school grades. He plays on a wrecked ship along the shore with Kathy. He picks up an odd jar, and wishes he were back in the olden days, on a pirate ship. When Jimmy utters "Where am I?", the magic jar pops open, and a strange little man pops out. He introduces himself as Abu the Genie, and states that he has granted Jimmy his fondest wish: to be on a real pirate ship. Jimmy scoffs at the notion, but Abu insists that they are at that very moment passengers on Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the notorious Blackbeard.
, 2h1 Directed byIrving Rapper GenresDrama ThemesFilms about religion, Films about sexuality, Films based on plays, Films about virginity ActorsCarroll Baker, Roger Moore, Walter Slezak, Vittorio Gassman, Katína Paxinoú, Gustavo Rojo Roles Director of Photography Rating59% Teresa (Carroll Baker), a postulant at the convent of Miraflores in Salamanca, Spain, is an orphan taken in by the sisters there. She enjoys the convent life, despite being a handful for her superiors. She sings worldly love songs to the other postulants and reads secular stories and plays such as Romeo and Juliet. Still, she has a lively devotion to Christ and to His Blessed Mother. A statue of the Madonna, in fact, is held in high regard by Teresa as she goes about her duties.
, 1h58 Directed byAnthony Mann OriginUSA GenresDrama, Comedy, Romance ThemesFilms about the labor movement ActorsRobert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Jack Lord, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Fay Spain Roles Director of Photography Rating64% Widower Ty Ty Walden (Robert Ryan) and his two daughters live in the backwoods of Georgia during the Great Depression (although the film appears to be set in the 1950s, since many of the cars are 1950s vintage). While Ty Ty searches for gold on his farm, his son-in-law Will (Aldo Ray) cheats on his wife Rosamund (Helen Westcott) with Griselda (Tina Louise). Ty Ty has been digging for gold on his land for 15 years. Pluto Swint (Buddy Hackett) arrives to announce he's running for sheriff. Swint is invited to come around back where Darlin' Jill (Fay Spain) is taking a bath in an outdoor bathtub positioned near a handpump and spigot. She asks him to pump some more water (the camera never dips lower than the top of the tub). He is asked to keep his eyes closed, but takes a pleasurable peek.
, 1h42 Directed byAnthony Mann OriginUSA GenresDrama, War, Action ThemesPolitique, Political films ActorsRobert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Robert Keith, Nehemiah Persoff, Philip Pine, Vic Morrow Roles Director of Photography Rating70% On 6 September 1950, an isolated and exhausted platoon of the 24th Infantry Division is cut off. In addition to losing radio contact, the platoon is harassed by unseen North Korean infiltrators who silently kill the Americans and take their weapons. Platoon commander Lieutenant Benson (Robert Ryan) has only vague instructions to reach a certain hill to link up with American forces.