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George J. Folsey is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 2 july 1898 at New York City (USA)

George J. Folsey

George J. Folsey
George J. Folsey participated to 117 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 10 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Cameraman

Green Dolphin Street, 2h21
Directed by Victor Saville
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes La fin du monde, Seafaring films, Transport films, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Lana Turner, Van Heflin, Donna Reed, Richard Hart, Frank Morgan, Edmund Gwenn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.394873.394873.394873.394873.39487
In the 1840s, on an island in the English Channel, two sisters, Marguerite (Donna Reed) and Marianne Patourel (Lana Turner), daughters of the wealthy Octavius Patourel (Edmund Gwenn), fall in love with the same man, William Ozanne (Richard Hart).
The Harvey Girls, 1h42
Directed by George Sidney, Robert Alton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Rail transport films, Musical films
Actors Judy Garland, John Hodiak, Ray Bolger, Angela Lansbury, Preston Foster, Virginia O'Brien
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.495923.495923.495923.495923.49592
In the 1890s, a group of "Harvey Girls" - new waitresses for Fred Harvey's pioneering chain of Harvey House restaurants - travels on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway (AT&SF) to the western town of Sandrock, Arizona. On the trip they meet Susan Bradley (Judy Garland), who travels to the same town to marry the man whose beautiful letters she received when she answered a "lonely-hearts" ad. Unfortunately, when she arrives, the man turns out to be an "old coot" who does not at all meet her expectations – and he also wants not to get married as much as she wants not to marry him, so they agree to call it off. When she learns that someone else, the owner of the local saloon, Ned Trent (John Hodiak), wrote the letters as a joke, she confronts him and tells him off, in the process endearing herself to him.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1h42
Directed by Stanley Donen
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical, Western
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Howard Keel, Jane Powell, Jeff Richards, Marc Platt, Tommy Rall, Marc Platt
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6486553.6486553.6486553.6486553.648655
A backwoodsman named Adam Pontipee comes into town to search for a bride. After being laughed at by the owners of the town's feedlot store he goes out in search of a wife. He comes upon the local tavern where he meets Milly. He and Milly agree to marry despite knowing each other for only a few hours. On the journey home Milly talks about how she is excited to be cooking and taking care of only one man, visibly upsetting Adam. On returning to his cabin in the mountains, Milly is surprised to learn that Adam is one of seven brothers living under the same roof. The brothers have been named alphabetically from the Old Testament and in chronological order are: Adam, Benjamin, Caleb, Daniel, Ephraim, Frank (short for Frankincense, the Old Testament having no names beginning with F), and Gideon. All of the brothers have red hair and are well over six feet tall, except Gideon, who is younger and shorter than his brothers.
The Great Ziegfeld, 3h5
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Toni Mannix, Fanny Brice
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.296993.296993.296993.296993.29699
The son of a highly respected music professor, Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld, Jr. yearns to make his mark in show business. He begins by promoting Eugen Sandow, the "world's strongest man", at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, overcoming the competition of rival Billings and his popular attraction, belly dancer Little Egypt, with savvy marketing (allowing women to feel Sandow's muscles).
The Last of Mrs. Cheyney, 1h38
Directed by Richard Boleslawski, Dorothy Arzner, George Fitzmaurice
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Noir, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joan Crawford, William Powell, Robert Montgomery, Frank Morgan, Nigel Bruce, Jessie Ralph
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.197053.197053.197053.197053.19705
When Lord Francis Kelton (Frank Morgan) finds a beautiful woman in his stateroom, he is flustered, but his playboy friend, Lord Arthur Dilling (Robert Montgomery), is fascinated by her. He finds out from the ship's purser that she is American widow Fay Cheyney on her way to stay in England. In London, she becomes the darling of English society, impressing everyone, including Arthur's wealthy aunt, the Duchess of Ebley (Jessie Ralph), who invites her to stay with her for the weekend. Arthur tries to impress Fay, but is rejected by her, even though she is becoming attracted to him.
The Big Pond, 1h12
Directed by Hobart Henley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.811212.811212.811212.811212.81121
Pierre Mirande (Maurice Chevalier), is a Venetian tour guide from a poor French family who falls in love with Barbara Billings (Claudette Colbert), a wealthy American tourist whose father (George Barbier). Although Barbara loves Pierre as well, her suitor, Ronnie (Frank Lyon) and her father see him as a fortune-hunter. Barbara's mother (Marion Ballou) persuades her husband to give Pierre a job in his chewing-gum factory in the States. Despite living in a dingy boardinghouse and being given the hardest job in the plant, he manages to captivate his landlady (Andrée Corday) and the maid (Elaine Koch) with his humorous songs. Unfortunately, he falls asleep on the night he is to attend Barbara's party, and is then fired when he is wrongly accused of spilling rum on some chewing gum samples. He wins back his job, and is promoted as well, when he sells liquor-coated chewing gum as a sales gimmick. Barbara disapproves, and plans to marry Ronnie, but Pierre whisks her away in a speedboat.
The Smiling Lieutenant, 1h33
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Monde imaginaire, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam Hopkins, Charles Ruggles, George Barbier, Hugh O'Connell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5960053.5960053.5960053.5960053.596005
In Vienna, Lieutenant Nikolaus "Niki" von Preyn (Maurice Chevalier) meets Franzi (Claudette Colbert), the leader of an all-female-orchestra. They soon fall in love with each other. While standing in formation before a parade honoring the visiting royal family of Flausenthurm, Niki takes the opportunity to wink at Franzi in the crowd. Unfortunately the gesture is intercepted by Anna, the Princess of Flausenthurm (Miriam Hopkins). The naive Princess assumes offense, leading the lieutenant to convince her that he slighted her because she is thought to be very beautiful. Besotted, the Princess demands she has to marry the lieutenant, or, she'll marry an American instead. The international incident is narrowly averted by having them get married.
The Letter
The Letter (1929)
, 1h5
Directed by Jean de Limur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Jeanne Eagels, O. P. Heggie, Reginald Owen, Herbert Marshall, Fredi Washington
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3374653.3374653.3374653.3374653.337465
Bored and lonely living on her husband's rubber plantation, Leslie Crosbie takes a lover, Geoffrey Hammond. Eventually, however, he tires of her and takes a Chinese mistress, Li-Ti. When Leslie finds out, she insists on seeing him while her husband is away. She tries to rekindle his love, but when he tells her that he prefers Li-Ti to her, she becomes enraged and shoots him repeatedly.
Lady Be Good, 1h52
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1946153.1946153.1946153.1946153.194615
Eddie Crane, a young composer, is struggling with a tune he has just written. When his girlfriend, Dixie Donegan, provides words almost by accident, the song is published and is a great success.