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George Meehan is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 19 july 1891
George Benjamin Meehan Jr., né le 19 juillet 1891 à New York (arrondissement de Brooklyn, État de New York) et mort le 10 février 1947 à Los Angeles (quartier d'Hollywood, Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain (membre de l'ASC), généralement crédité George Meehan ou George B. Meehan.
Il collabore notamment à des westerns, dont Battling Buddy de Richard Thorpe (1924, avec Buddy Roosevelt et Violet La Plante), Texas de George Marshall (1941, avec William Holden et Glenn Ford) et Les Desperados de Charles Vidor (1943, avec Randolph Scott et Claire Trevor).
Citons également The Big Chance d'Albert Herman (1933, avec John Darrow et Merna Kennedy), Criminels de l'air de Charles C. Coleman (1937, avec Charles Quigley et Rita Hayworth), ou encore Ses premières ailes de William A. Wellman (1946, avec Glenn Ford et Janet Blair).
Par ailleurs, essentiellement en début de carrière, George Meehan est premier assistant opérateur ou cadreur. Ainsi, il exerce cette seconde fonction sur Ben-Hur de Fred Niblo (version de 1925, avec Ramón Novarro dans le rôle-titre et Francis X. Bushman).
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Birth name George Benjamin Meehan Jr.
Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1891
Death 10 february 1947 (at 55 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1891
Death 10 february 1947 (at 55 years)
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Au cinéma, entre autres à la Columbia Pictures, George Meehan est chef opérateur sur cent-soixante-sept films américains (majoritairement de série B) sortis entre 1920 et 1947 — année de sa mort prématurée, à 55 ans —, dont quarante-quatre courts métrages (plusieurs ayant pour vedettes Les Trois Stooges).Il collabore notamment à des westerns, dont Battling Buddy de Richard Thorpe (1924, avec Buddy Roosevelt et Violet La Plante), Texas de George Marshall (1941, avec William Holden et Glenn Ford) et Les Desperados de Charles Vidor (1943, avec Randolph Scott et Claire Trevor).
Citons également The Big Chance d'Albert Herman (1933, avec John Darrow et Merna Kennedy), Criminels de l'air de Charles C. Coleman (1937, avec Charles Quigley et Rita Hayworth), ou encore Ses premières ailes de William A. Wellman (1946, avec Glenn Ford et Janet Blair).
Par ailleurs, essentiellement en début de carrière, George Meehan est premier assistant opérateur ou cadreur. Ainsi, il exerce cette seconde fonction sur Ben-Hur de Fred Niblo (version de 1925, avec Ramón Novarro dans le rôle-titre et Francis X. Bushman).
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Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1947)
, 1h10Directed by Sidney Salkow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure, Crime
Actors Ron Randell, Anita Louise, Terry Kilburn, Holmes Herbert, Lester Matthews, Leonard Mudie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Blind Spot (1947)
, 1h13Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Constance Dowling, Steven Geray, James Bell, William Forrest, Harry Strang
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
A mystery writer hates his publisher and during the same night he get blind drunk the same publisher is murdered. The writer is the key suspect.
Boston Blackie and the Law (1946)
, 1h9Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Trudy Marshall, Constance Dowling, Richard Lane, George E. Stone, Frank Sully
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
When Boston Blackie performs magic tricks at a Thanksgiving Day party for the inmates of a women's prison, Dinah Moran (Constance Dowling) volunteers to enter a booth. She disappears after he draws the curtain, but as a former magician's assistant, uses the opportunity to escape. Police Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane) takes Blackie into custody as an accomplice, but Blackie easily gets away himself.
Gallant Journey (1946)
, 1h26Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Glenn Ford, Janet Blair, Charles Ruggles, Henry Travers, Charles Kemper, Arthur Shields
Roles Second Unit Director of Photography
Rating60%
The story picks up as Father Dick Ball in San Diego, California, tells the story of his childhood friend, John Joseph Montgomery, who was the first American to ever fly a glider plane in 1883. As early as 1879, John told his girlfriend Regina Cleary about his dreams of flying, although his family was very much opposed to this idea and considered him a fool. Regina believed in him, and secretly supported his work, until the first test flight in 1883, which was successful. John named his flying machine "aeroplane".
The Phantom Thief (1946)
, 1h5Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Jeff Donnell, Richard Lane, Dusty Anderson, George E. Stone, Frank Sully
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
, 1h6Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Chester Morris, Richard Lane, Lynn Merrick, Frank Sully, Steve Cochran, George E. Stone
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
Boston Blackie's wealthy friend, Arthur Manleder (Lloyd Corrigan), purchases an upscale bookstore from aged Wilfred Kittredge (George M. Carleton), but retains his services as a book expert. However, when Kittredge becomes ill just before an important auction he was to conduct, Blackie proves that he can impersonate him, fooling everyone, including Police Inspector Farraday (Richard Lane).
Escape in the Fog (1945)
, 1h5Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Noir, Crime
Themes Spy films
Actors Otto Kruger, Nina Foch, William Wright, Konstantin Shayne, Ernie Adams, Ivan Triesault
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
During World War II, a San Francisco nurse dreams of a murder and then meets the "victim" in real life. What she saw in the dream helps her in an effort to thwart enemy spies.
Voice of the Whistler (1945)
, 1hDirected by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Rhys Williams, Lynn Merrick, Tom Kennedy, Sam Ash, Egon Brecher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
A dying millionaire, trying to do good, marries his penniless young nurse so she can inherit his wealth and live in comfort. He then miraculously recovers, but the troubles for both husband and wife are just beginning.
The Mark of the Whistler (1944)
, 1hDirected by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Richard Dix, Janis Carter, Porter Hall, Paul Guilfoyle (acteur, 1902-1961), John Calvert, Walter Baldwin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
A drifter claims the money in a dormant bank account. Later, he becomes the target of men who are the sons of the man's old partner, who is now in prison due to a conflict with him over the money.
Swing in the Saddle (1944)
, 1h9Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Musical films
Actors Jane Frazee, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Slim Summerville, Byron Foulger, Carla Balenda, Mary Treen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating39%
The Desperadoes (1943)
, 1h27Directed by Budd Boetticher, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Romance, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Edgar Buchanan, Porter Hall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
In 1863, a sheriff named Steve Upton (Randolph Scott) tries to keep the law in Red Valley, a small town in Utah. While he's away, the bank is robbed. The holdup was secretly masterminded by corrupt banker Stanley Clayton and the livery stable's boss, "Uncle Willie" McLeod, with the help of ruthless gunman Jack Lester, who shoots three innocent men.
They Stooge to Conga (1943)
Directed by Del Lord
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Political films, Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent, Dudley Dickerson, Lloyd Bridges
Roles Director of Photography
Rating77%
The Stooges are repairmen fixing the doorbell in a large house which is the secret headquarters of some Nazi spies, headed by the ruthless Hans (Vernon Dent). They manage to ruin most of the house while working on the wiring and then subdue the spies and sink an enemy submarine by remote control.
In the Sweet Pie and Pie (1941)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dorothy Appleby, Mary Ainslee, Ethelreda Leopold
Roles Director of Photography
Rating78%
Tiska (Dorothy Appleby), Taska (Mary Ainslee) and Baska (Ethelreda Leopold) Jones, three snippy society girls, are willed a huge inheritance so long as they are married by a certain time and date, but their fiances postpone their engagements. Their shrewd lawyer Diggin (Richard Fiske) suggests they marry three death row inmates (the Stooges) to retain the dough; once they are married, they get their inheritance, the convicts are hanged, and can marry their fiances free and clear. They do so, but the boys are pardoned by the governor, and as the girls celebrate their new bout of widowhood, the Stooges make their way into their house and make themselves at home.
Texas (1941)
, 1h34Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Glenn Ford, William Holden, Claire Trevor, Edgar Buchanan, Carleton Young, Don Beddoe
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Two Confederate veterans broke and homeless are making their way to Texas to start fresh. After comedic adventures getting into and out of trouble just trying to make enough move to get to Texas, they witness a stagecoach robbery and manage to hold up the outlaws and take back the cash. At that point they have a difference of opinion; the 'good' one Todd Ramsey (Glenn Ford) wants to give it back, the 'bad' one Dan Thomas (William Holden as a fresh 1941 face) wants to keep it and keep going...but goodness wins out, and both are off the hook. The honest one takes a job with the biggest local rancher (who of course has a beautiful and friendly daughter) and the 'bad one stumbles into a different kind of job—with another rancher who specializes in rustling. They both have heads turned by the lovely lady and the battle of good and evil continues in often comedic circumstances...although a showdown looms. The key to the action is the need to get the entire town/valley's cattle past all the rustlers up to the railroad at Abilene. Many twists and turns in this complicated, comedic and top-notch Western with blockbuster ending that cuts back to core of all good westerns...good men tested by difficult circumstances.
Tarzan's Revenge (1938)
, 1h10Directed by D. Ross Lederman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Hedda Hopper, George Meeker, George Barbier, C. Henry Gordon, Joe Sawyer, Wild Bill Elliott
Roles Director of Photography
Rating47%
Eleanor Reed (Eleanor Holm) accompanies her parents, Roger and Penny (George Barbier and Hedda Hopper), and Nevin Potter (George Meeker), her fiance, on an expedition to Africa to capture wild animals to sell to a zoo. Ben Alleu Bey (C. Henry Gordon) spots Eleanor and wishes her to become the one hundredth wife in his harem. When she refuses, he follows their safari.