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Ira H. Morgan is a First Assistant Camera and Cinematography American born on 2 april 1889
Ira Harry Morgan (2 April 1889 – 10 April 1959, age 70) was a cinematographer who filmed Frank Buck’s film Tiger Fangs.
Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons La Sorcière de Tod Browning (1925, avec Aileen Pringle et Conway Tearle), Le Bateau ivre de Jack Conway (1927, avec John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence et Joan Crawford), Jimmy the Gent de Michael Curtiz (1934, avec James Cagney et Bette Davis), ou encore Les Temps modernes de Charlie Chaplin (1936, avec Charlie Chaplin et Paulette Goddard).
À la télévision, Ira H. Morgan est directeur de la photographie sur deux séries, Dick Tracy (sept épisodes en 1950, avec Ralph Byrd dans le rôle-titre), puis Rintintin (douze épisodes en 1955-1956).
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Birth name Ira Harry Morgan
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1889
Death 10 april 1959 (at 70 years) at San Rafael (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 2 april 1889
Death 10 april 1959 (at 70 years) at San Rafael (USA)
Biography
Comme chef opérateur, Ira H. Morgan travaille sur cent-soixante-dix-neuf films américains (dont près de cinquante muets), entre 1916 et 1957. À partir des années 1930, il collabore principalement à des serials (tel Batman et Robin en 1949, avec Lyle Talbot et Ralph Graves) et films de série B (tel Where Are Your Children? de William Nigh en 1943, avec Jackie Cooper, Gale Storm et Patricia Morison), y compris des westerns. Sa dernière contribution est pour The Cyclops de Bert I. Gordon (1957, avec James Craig et Lon Chaney Jr.).Parmi ses films notables, mentionnons La Sorcière de Tod Browning (1925, avec Aileen Pringle et Conway Tearle), Le Bateau ivre de Jack Conway (1927, avec John Gilbert, Ernest Torrence et Joan Crawford), Jimmy the Gent de Michael Curtiz (1934, avec James Cagney et Bette Davis), ou encore Les Temps modernes de Charlie Chaplin (1936, avec Charlie Chaplin et Paulette Goddard).
À la télévision, Ira H. Morgan est directeur de la photographie sur deux séries, Dick Tracy (sept épisodes en 1950, avec Ralph Byrd dans le rôle-titre), puis Rintintin (douze épisodes en 1955-1956).
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The Cyclops (1957)
, 1h15Directed by Bert I. Gordon
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Craig, Lon Chaney, Jr., Gloria Talbott, Tom Drake, Vicente Padula, Paul Frees
Roles Director of Photography
Rating45%
Test pilot Bruce Barton (Duncan Parkin) is missing and his girlfriend, Susan Winter (Gloria Talbott) organizes a search party, sent out in the jungles of Mexico. The team of scientist Russ Bradford (James Craig), mining expert Martin "Marty" Melville (Lon Chaney Jr.) and pilot Lee Brand (Tom Drake) fly into an unknown territory. While searching the area, however, they uncover giant mutated earth animals such as giant snakes and lizards, behemoth bugs, oversized mammals.
Adventures of Captain Africa (1955)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors John Hart, Rick Vallin, Ben Welden, Bud Osborne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Trapper Nat Coleman and government agent Ted Arnold come upon a plot to take over an African nation. Its leader, Caliph Abdul el Hamid, has been exiled from his country and replaced by a look-alike usurper allied with an unnamed foreign power. The Caliph intends to return but enemy agents Boris and Greg are out to stop him. Captain Africa a masked jungle lord, appears occasionally to aid Nat and Ted.
Stone Age Romeos (1955)
Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Emil Sitka, Dee Green, Virginia Hunter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
The Stooges hope to collect a reward by proving to museum curator B. Bopper (Emil Sitka) that cavemen indeed still exist. They embark on an expedition with 16mm camera in hand, ready to film whatever they find. Eventually, the Stooges return to Bopper with a film showing three cavemen living in the prehistoric age. The film illustrates the three tending to their daily chores, consisting of mixing milk, hunting fish, and gathering eggs. The film also shows the three cavemen defending their women from other fellow cavemen. Bopper is ecstatic, and is preparing to cut the Stooges a check. However, Bopper overhears the sneaky Stooges talking about how the film was a hoax, as they played the cavemen themselves. The curator is furious, and promptly shoots the three frauds in their derrieres, before shooting himself in the foot.
Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Marshall Reed, Rick Vallin, Jack Ingram, William Fawcett, Gregg Barton, Michael Fox
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%
In this serial, the intrepid Buffalo Bill Cody comes to aid miner Rocky Ford and a group of ranchers in their defeat of a local crime lord, King Carney, who is trying to keep the new railroad out of the territory in order to carry on with his illegal operations. Then Rocky asks Cody to don the disguise of a legendary masked man, known as The Ridin' Terror, who once before smashed outlaw rule in the area. In response, Cody enlists the support of Rocky, the settler Reb Morgan and his sister Ruth, and plans offensive strategy to eradicate Carney and his outlaws. It takes him 15 episodes, each full of thrilling chases, fights, and assorted action all backed by a competent musical score.
Fury of the Congo (1951)
, 1h9Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, William Henry, Lyle Talbot, George Eldredge, Rusty Wescoatt, John Hart
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55%
Adventurer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) is traversing the jungles of the Congo when he notices a plane diving towards the river. The agile explorer rescues the injured pilot, Ronald Cameron (Joel Friedkin), from the deep waters. Cameron tells Jim that he is trying to find missing biochemistry professor Dunham, under the University of Cairo's request. Dunham was last seen venturing into the jungles in search of a beast known as the Okongo. The Okongo, half-antelope and half-zebra, is greatly revered by the tribal natives of Congo and its glands are rumoured to contain a rare type of drug. Jungle Jim and Cameron later discover from a tribal chief, Leta (Sherry Moreland), that Dunham has been kidnapped by hunters who wish to extract the drug from the Okongo's glands. Jim, Leta, and Cameron make their way to the hunters' hideout. Halting their sinister plans, Leta lets loose the captured Okongo. It proceeds to kill one of the hunters. A fight ensues and during the scuffle, Professor Dunham smashes all the bottles of extracted Okongo drug.
Cody of the Pony Express (1950)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, Dickie Moore, Peggy Stewart, William Fawcett, George J. Lewis, Jack Ingram
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
The plot centers on a young Cody joining forces with the Lieutenant Jim Archer to battle an outlaw gang secretly headed by Mortimer Black, an unscrupulous lawyer who is tempted by greed into a series of crimes leading to murder. Original name is Cody O'Rourke.
Atom Man vs. Superman (1950)
, 4h12Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action
Themes Films about children, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kirk Alyn, Lyle Talbot, Noel Neill, Tommy Bond, Chuck Roberson, Pierre Watkin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Lex Luthor, the Atom Man, invents a number of deadly devices to plague the city, including a disintegrating machine which can reduce people to their basic atoms and reassemble them in another place. But Superman manages to thwart each scheme. Since Kryptonite can rob Superman of his powers, Luthor decides to create a synthetic Kryptonite and putters about obtaining the necessary ingredients: plutonium, radium and the undefined 'etc.' Luthor places the Kryptonite at the launching of a ship, with Superman in attendance. He is exposed to the Kryptonite and passes out. Superman is taken off in an ambulance driven by Luthor's henchmen, and he is now under the control of Luthor. Superman is placed in a device, a lever is pulled, and the Man of Steel vanishes into "The Empty Doom" (which bears a similarity to the Phantom Zone of the comic books). Most of chapter 7 is a repeat of the origin story from chapter 1 of Columbia's first "Superman" serial, and this serial also finds a way to work in stock footage from Ken Maynard's 1936 Avenging Waters (also directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet). The serial features several elements re-used in later Superman features: the Man of Steel is exposed to synthetic Kryptonite during a public function, as he is in the motion picture Superman III. When he escapes from "The Empty Doom", the headline of the Daily Planet proclaims: Superman Returns, the title of the 2006 Superman movie.
State Penitentiary (1950)
, 1h6Directed by Lew Landers
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Crime
Actors Warner Baxter, Onslow Stevens, Karin Booth, Robert Shayne, Richard Benedict, Brett King
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Roger Manners (Warner Baxter), a former aircraft manufacturer is wrongly accused and convicted of embezzlement of $400,000 and is given a long prison sentence. His wife, Shirley (Karin Booth), tries to prove his innocence. Manners escapes, hoping to track down the real culprit, his ex-partner Stanley Brown (Robert Shayne).
Batman and Robin (1949)
, 4h23Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantastic, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan, Poni Adams, Lyle Talbot, Ralph Graves, Don C. Harvey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
The Dynamic Duo face off against the Wizard, a hooded villain with an electrical device which controls cars and a desire to set challenges for the Dynamic Duo, whose identity remains a mystery throughout until the end.
Who Done It? (1949)
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Emil Sitka, Christine McIntyre, Ralph Dunn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating78%
The Stooges are private eyes at the Alert Detective Agency who are called upon by the wealthy Mr. Goodrich (Emil Sitka). Goodrich reports that the Phantom Gang, of which his own niece (Christine McIntyre) is a member, has been murdering socialites, with Goodrich as their next target. By the time the Stooges arrive, Goodrich is out cold and locked away, with the butler (Charles Knight) (also a member of the Phantom Gang) greeting the trio. Goodrich's niece flirts with Shemp, ultimately trying to poison him. Finally, a towering goon named Nikko (Duke York) chases the Stooges from room to room. After Shemp knocks Nikko cold, he literally bumps into an unconscious Goodrich, who spills the Phantom Gang's plot. A fight then ensues with the lights out, and the Stooges ultimately get the baddies.
The Lost Tribe (1949)
, 1h12Directed by William Berke
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Myrna Dell, Elena Verdugo, Ralph Dunn, George J. Lewis, Ray Corrigan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54%
The fabled city of Dzamm in Africa is rumoured to be a land of wealth. Looking to exploit its rich resources, Captain Rawlings (Ralph "Eddie" Dunn) dispatches two of his henchmen (Wally West and George DeNomand) to find the hidden trail to the city. After killing a few natives of Dzamm along the way, the inept servants of Rawlings are eaten alive by a large pride of wild lions. Nearby, jungle roamer Jungle Jim (Johnny Weissmuller) receives Li Wanna, the daughter of Dzamm's chief religious official Zoron (Nelson Leigh). Wanna seeks Jungle Jim's help in fighting the mercenaries led by Rawlings. It is revealed that the rumour is indeed true—stashed in the temple of Dzamm are crates of precious stones. After hearing news of the murdered Dzamm natives, Jungle Jim and Wanna hurry to the scene, just to find the henchmen's corpses. Seeing the lions, the agile adventurer and Wanna climb up a tree to safety. An African elephant approaches, scaring the beastly cats away. Jungle Jim and Wanna return to Zoron's residence, where they strategically discuss a peaceful resolution to get rid of Rawlings and his team. They come to the conclusion that giving Rawlings a few diamonds is the best idea. Meanwhile, Wanna's brother Chot (Paul Marion) is hypnotised by businessman Calhoun's (Joseph Vitale) niece Norina (Myrna Dell). Chot falls in love with Norina and unknowingly spills some secrets of Dzamm to her. Norina and Calhoun turn out to be under Rawling's payroll.
Congo Bill (1948)
, 4h30Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics
Actors Cleo Moore, Don McGuire, Jack Ingram, I. Stanford Jolley, Leonard Penn, Charles King
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
A girl is about to inherit a fortune, but she is missing in Africa. Only then, family charges Congo Bill, an adventurer, to find her, and bring her back to civilization. He follows a legend about a mysterious White Queen, but his path is full of difficulties, by an inhospitable jungle, and the man who will lose the fortune if the girl is found alive...
Superman (1948)
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet, Thomas Carr
Genres Science fiction, Action, Crime
Themes Films about writers, Films about children, Films about journalists, Superman films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Superhero films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Kirk Alyn, Noel Neill, Carol Forman, Tommy Bond, Forrest Taylor, George Meeker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Superman is sent to Earth by his parents just as the planet Krypton blows up and is later raised as Clark Kent by a farm couple. They discover that he has great powers so they send him off to use his powers to help those in need. After his foster parents die, the Man of Steel heads to Metropolis under the bespectacled guise of Kent and joins the staff of the Daily Planet in order to be close to the news. Soon after he is sent out to get the scoop on a new rock that a man has found that he calls Kryptonite and Clark passes out, the director thinks that he died but when he sat up, he was wrong. Then and there Superman discovered that his weakness is Kryptonite. Whenever emergencies happen, he responds in his true identity as Superman. This first serial revolves around the nefarious plot of a villain who calls herself the Spider Lady.
The Sea Hound (1947)
Directed by Mack V. Wright, Sam Newfield
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Buster Crabbe, Pamela Blake, Spencer Chan, Rick Vallin, Milton Kibbee, Jack Ingram
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Captain Silver and his crew receive a distress call in the South Pacific. They rescue the crew of a yacht from modern pirates and get caught up in a search for lost treasure.
Last of the Redmen (1947)
, 1h19Directed by George Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Jon Hall, Michael O'Shea, Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Ankers, Julie Bishop, Rick Vallin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52%
During the French and Indian War in 1757, the family of Colonel Munro, daughters Alice and Cora and son Davy come from England to visit their father who is commanding Fort William Henry in the American colonies. The French are masters of the military intelligence situation as they have their loyal Indian allies masquerading as scouts for the English and are able to interecept and kill all runners from the British outposts.