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Gordon Avil is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 3 march 1899

Gordon Avil

Gordon Avil
Gordon Avil participated to 24 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 2 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Cameraman

The Champ
The Champ (1931)
, 1h25
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama
Themes Films about alcoholism, Films about families, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Le boxe anglaise
Actors Wallace Beery, Jackie Cooper, Irene Rich, Roscoe Ates, Edward Brophy, Marcia Mae Jones
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.645293.645293.645293.645293.64529
Andy "Champ" Purcell (Wallace Beery) is the former world heavyweight champion, now down on his luck and living in squalid conditions with his eight-year-old son "Dink" in Tijuana, Mexico. Champ attempts to train and to convince promoters to set up a fight for him, but his efforts are consistently stymied by his alcoholism. Dink is repeatedly disappointed and let down by his father's irresponsible actions and frequent broken promises to quit drinking, but his utter devotion to his father nonetheless never wavers.
Hallelujah
Hallelujah (1929)
, 1h49
Directed by King Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Nina Mae McKinney, Daniel L. Haynes, Stymie Beard, Clarence Muse, Sam McDaniel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3469753.3469753.3469753.3469753.346975
Sharecroppers Zeke and Spunk Johnson sell their part of the cotton crop for $100. Cheated out of the money by Zeke's girlfriend Chick (16-year-old Nina Mae McKinney), in collusion with her gambling-hustler friends, Spunk is murdered in the ensuing brawl. Zeke runs away and reforms his life, becoming a minister.