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Harry Fischbeck is a Director, Director of Photography and Cinematography Allemand born on 3 june 1879 at Hanover (German)

Harry Fischbeck

Harry Fischbeck
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Nationality German
Birth 3 june 1879 at Hanover (German)
Death 28 may 1968 (at 88 years) at Palm Springs (USA)

Harry Fischbeck, ASC, est un directeur de la photographie d'origine allemande, naturalisé américain, né le 3 juin 1879 à Hanovre (Basse-Saxe, Allemagne ; alors Prusse, Empire allemand), mort le 28 mai 1968 à Palm Springs (Californie, États-Unis).

Biography

Installé définitivement aux États-Unis vers 1900, Harry Fischbeck obtient peu après la citoyenneté américaine. Il débute au cinéma comme chef opérateur en 1914 et contribue à cent-deux films américains jusqu'en 1940 (après quoi il se retire), dont une quarantaine muets et de nombreuses séries B dans les années 1930.

Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons L'Homme de l'au-delà de Burton L. King (1922, avec Harry Houdini et Nita Naldi), La Cadette d'A. Edward Sutherland (1929, avec Clara Bow et Jean Arthur), C'est pour toujours d'Henry Hathaway (1934, avec Gary Cooper et Carole Lombard), ou encore Le Dernier Train de Madrid de James P. Hogan (1937, avec Dorothy Lamour et Lew Ayres).

Best films

The Devil's Holiday
The Devil's Holiday
(1930)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Hans Dreier
Hans Dreier
(15 films)
Adolph Zukor
Adolph Zukor
(8 films)
Herman J. Mankiewicz
Herman J. Mankiewicz
(6 films)
E. Lloyd Sheldon
E. Lloyd Sheldon
(5 films)
Frank Tuttle
Frank Tuttle
(5 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Harry Fischbeck (54 films)

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Director

Double Door
Double Door (1934)
, 1h15
Directed by Harry Fischbeck, Charles Vidor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Evelyn Venable, Mary Morris, Anne Revere, Kent Taylor, Guy Standing, Colin Tapley
Rating67% 3.3858053.3858053.3858053.3858053.385805
A domineering woman tries to destroy her brother's new marriage.

Cameraman

Mystery Sea Raider
Mystery Sea Raider (1940)
, 1h13
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Carole Landis, Henry Wilcoxon, Onslow Stevens, Kathleen Howard, Henry Victor, Roland Varno
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.218943.218943.218943.218943.21894
Parole Fixer
Parole Fixer (1940)
, 1h8
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime
Actors William Henry, Virginia Dale, Robert Paige, Gertrude Michael, Richard Denning, Fay Helm
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.046393.046393.046393.046393.04639
Bulldog Drummond's Bride
Bulldog Drummond's Bride (1939)
, 56minutes
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.954962.954962.954962.954962.95496
In London a shape charge wielding master-criminal comes up with a foolproof plan for robbing a bank and outwitting Scotland Yard's pursuit, but during the getaway he hides his haul in a radio set in the apartment of a certain Capt. Bulldog Drummond, leading to a murder, punch-ups, an expedition to France, and a night in a French jail cell and a break-out, in a race to reach Bulldog's fiancee - who has taken the radio set with her on holiday unaware of its contents - before the villain does: ending in a roof-top fight and the Bulldog finally tying the matrimonial knot in an explosive finale to his bachelorhood.
Disbarred
Disbarred (1939)
, 58minutes
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Gail Patrick, Robert Preston, Otto Kruger, Sidney Toler, Clay Clement, Frank M. Thomas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0054553.0054553.0054553.0054553.005455
Tyler Craden is disbarred by the legal profession after destroying evidence against his client, gangster Mardeen, following the murder of a cop.
Television Spy
Television Spy (1939)
, 58minutes
Directed by Edward Dmytryk
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors William Henry, Judith Barrett, William Collier Sr, William Collier Sr., Richard Denning, John Eldredge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.003513.003513.003513.003513.00351
A scientist invents a television called the Iconoscope, which thieves try to steal. The term iconoscope was actually used in real life for certain television vacuum tubes.
Unmarried
Unmarried (1939)
, 1h3
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance
Actors Helen Twelvetrees, Buck Jones, Donald O'Connor, Virginia Vale, Buster Crabbe, Robert Armstrong
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.13153.13153.13153.13153.1315
The Big Broadcast of 1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
, 1h34
Directed by Mitchell Leisen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors W. C. Fields, Martha Raye, Dorothy Lamour, Shirley Ross, Lynne Overman, Ben Blue
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0492453.0492453.0492453.0492453.049245
In what is being billed as "The Race of the Ages," the new forty-million-dollar “radio powered” ocean liner S.S. Gigantic (“America’s Challenge for Crossing Record”) is about to race its rival, the slightly smaller S.S. Colossal across the Atlantic from New York’s Pier 97 to Cherbourg in two-and-a-half days. Gigantic owner T. Frothingill “T.F.” Bellows (W.C. Fields) intends to send his nearly identical younger brother S.B. (also Fields) to sail aboard the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble and sabotage the rival ship, enabling the Gigantic and his own Bellows Line to win.
Bulldog Drummond's Peril
Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1938)

Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance
Actors John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Porter Hall, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9504252.9504252.9504252.9504252.950425
The intended wedding of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond to Phyllis Clavering at her villa in Switzerland is stopped short (once again) when someone murders the Swiss policeman who is guarding their wedding presents. The killer makes off with their prize possession, a synthetic diamond, made by a secret process by Professor Bernard Goodman, the father of their good friend Gwen Longworth. A guest, Sir Raymond Blantyre, head of the Metropolitan Diamond Syndicate, disappears at the same time, and Drummond suspects that Sir Raymond, who has the most to lose if Professor Goodman proceeds with his plans to publish his secret process, has something to do with the theft. He leaves Phyllis and chases back to England. Colonel Nielsen, of Scotland Yard, as usual scoffs at Drummond's suspicions and insists that a man as respected as Sir Raymond could not possibly be involved in such a crime. But, as usual, he has Drummond followed just in the event he turns up something unexpected. An explosion that wrecks Goodman's house, and apparently kills him, makes Drummond more positive that the diamond king has again resorted to murder to protect his business. He follows Professor Botulian, a lifelong rival of Goodman's, whom he believes to be involved in the affair. His hunt leads him to a lonely house on the outskirts of London where he finds Goodman a prisoner. Before they can escape, Drummond and Goodman are joined by Tenny (E. E. Clive), his valet, and Phyllis, who are also (as usual) being held by the crooks.
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge
Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1937)
, 57minutes
Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors John Barrymore, John Howard, Reginald Denny, E. E. Clive, Frank Puglia, Nydia Westman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.902682.902682.902682.902682.90268
The film tells the story of Captain Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond, a British officer who, while on a drive with his friend Algy Longworth and valet Tenny, is the first to discover a mysterious suitcase that is parachuted from an aircraft above, minutes before the plane crashes. The case is found to contain a highly explosive chemical, the plans for which have been stolen, and despite the urging of his fiancee Phyllis Claverling, Drummond is dragged into the mystery surrounding the whole affair, traveling by both train and ship to recover the formula.
The Last Train from Madrid
The Last Train from Madrid (1937)
, 1h25
Directed by James Patrick Hogan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Dorothy Lamour, Lew Ayres, Gilbert Roland, Karen Morley, Lionel Atwill, Helen Mack
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1352653.1352653.1352653.1352653.135265
La guerre civile espagnole a inspiré ce drame. Lors de l'avance franquiste vers la capitale, une foule de gens veulent fuir pour différents motifs. Ce sont les circonstances purement imaginaires, mais assez vraisemblables de cet embarquement et des démarches et marchandages qui le précédèrent qui sont relatées avec impartialité.