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Joseph LaShelle is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 9 july 1900 at Los Angeles (USA)

Joseph LaShelle

Joseph LaShelle
Joseph LaShelle participated to 63 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 11 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Cameraman

How the West Was Won, 2h35
Directed by John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors James Stewart, Carroll Baker, Debbie Reynolds, Gregory Peck, George Peppard, Carolyn Jones
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.548513.548513.548513.548513.54851
Zebulon Prescott (Karl Malden) and his family set out west for the frontier via the Erie Canal, the “west” at this time being the Illinois country. On the journey, they meet mountain man Linus Rawlings (James Stewart), who is traveling east to Pittsburgh to trade his furs. He and Zebulon's daughter Eve (Carroll Baker) are attracted to each other, but Linus is not ready to settle down.
Irma la Douce, 2h27
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Lou Jacobi, Bruce Yarnell, Grace Lee Whitney, Joan Shawlee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.650353.650353.650353.650353.65035
Irma la Douce ["Irma the Sweet"] tells the story of Nestor Patou (Jack Lemmon), an honest cop, who after being transferred from the park Bois de Boulogne to a more urban neighborhood in Paris, finds a street full of prostitutes working at the Hotel Casanova and proceeds to raid the place. The police inspector, who is Nestor's superior, and the other policemen, have been aware of the prostitution, but tolerate it in exchange for bribes. The inspector, a client of the prostitutes himself, fires Nestor, who is accidentally framed for bribery.
The Apartment, 2h5
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about the labor movement, Musical films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, David Lewis, Jack Kruschen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating82% 4.149334.149334.149334.149334.14933
Calvin Clifford (C. C.) "Bud" Baxter (Jack Lemmon) is a lonely office drudge at a national insurance corporation in a high-rise building in New York City. In order to climb the corporate ladder, Bud allows four company managers, who reinforce their position over him by regularly calling him "Buddy Boy", to take turns borrowing his Upper West Side apartment for their various extramarital liaisons, which are so noisy that his neighbors assume that he is bringing home different women every night.
The Fortune Cookie, 2h5
Directed by Billy Wilder
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Politique
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Cliff Osmond, Lurene Tuttle, Les Tremayne, Harry Holcombe
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.5993153.5993153.5993153.5993153.599315
CBS cameraman Harry Hinkle (Jack Lemmon) gets injured when football player Luther "Boom Boom" Jackson (Ron Rich) runs into him while he is covering a Browns game at Cleveland Stadium. Harry's injuries are minor, but his conniving lawyer brother-in-law William H. "Whiplash Willie" Gingrich (Walter Matthau) convinces him to pretend that his leg and hand have been partially paralyzed. This way, they can receive a huge indemnity from the insurance company. Harry reluctantly goes along with the scheme because he is still in love with his ex-wife, Sandy (Judi West), and it might win her back. The insurance company suspects that the paralysis is a fake one, so a cat-and-mouse game starts between its investigator, Chester Purkey (Cliff Osmond), and the shyster Willie. Boom Boom takes very good care of Harry, who starts having second thoughts as he witnesses guilt taking its toll on Boom Boom. As he also sees that Sandy is back by his side strictly out of greed, Harry decides to reveal the truth, thereby ruining Willie's get-rich plans.
How Green Was My Valley, 1h58
Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about the labor movement, Political films, Children's films
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Irving Pichel, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall
Roles Camera Operator
Rating76% 3.8465953.8465953.8465953.8465953.846595
The film opens with a monologue by an older Huw Morgan (voice by Irving Pichel): "I am packing my belongings in the shawl my mother used to wear when she went to the market. And I'm going from my valley. And this time, I shall never return." The valley and its villages are now blackened by the coal mines that fill the area.
River of No Return, 1h31
Directed by Jean Negulesco, Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance, Western
Themes Children's films, L'Or
Actors Robert Mitchum, Marilyn Monroe, Tommy Rettig, Rory Calhoun, Murvyn Vye, Douglas Spencer
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.301183.301183.301183.301183.30118
Set in the Northwestern United States in 1875, the film focuses on taciturn widower Matt Calder (Robert Mitchum), who recently has been released from prison after serving time for killing a man while defending another one. He arrives in a tent city in search of his ten-year-old son Mark (Tommy Rettig), who was left in the care of dance hall singer Kay (Marilyn Monroe) during his absence. Matt promises Mark, a virtual stranger to him, the two will enjoy a life of hunting, fishing and farming on their homestead.
Marty
Marty (1955)
, 1h31
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Esther Minciotti, Frank Sutton, Karen Steele
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76% 3.847443.847443.847443.847443.84744
Marty Piletti (Borgnine) is an Italian American butcher who lives in The Bronx with his mother (Esther Minciotti). Unmarried at 34, the good-natured but socially awkward Marty faces constant badgering from family and friends to settle down, pointing out that all his brothers and sisters are already married with children. Not averse to marriage but disheartened by his lack of prospects, Marty has reluctantly resigned himself to bachelorhood.
Laura
Laura (1944)
, 1h28
Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, Otto Preminger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Clifton Webb, Vincent Price, Judith Anderson, Dorothy Adams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating78% 3.9474753.9474753.9474753.9474753.947475
New York City police detective Mark McPherson (Dana Andrews) is investigating the murder of beautiful and highly successful advertising executive, Laura Hunt (Gene Tierney). Laura has apparently been killed by a shotgun blast to the face, just inside the doorway of her apartment, before the start of the film.
Deep Waters, 1h25
Directed by Henry King
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Dana Andrews, Jean Peters, Dean Stockwell, Cesar Romero, Anne Revere, Ed Begley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.338263.338263.338263.338263.33826
Because he has given up his study of architecture to become a fisherman, State of Maine social worker Ann Freeman breaks her engagement to Hod Stillwell, explaining that she could never bear being constantly concerned about his safety. In this same period, she convinces her friend Mary McKay to take in 11-year-old orphan Donny Mitchell, whose father and uncle died at sea. Longing for the sea, Donny has run away several times. Ann hopes the tough but fair Mary will bring some discipline into his life.
The Luck of the Irish, 1h39
Directed by Henry Koster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Actors Tyrone Power, Anne Baxter, Lee J. Cobb, Cecil Kellaway, Jayne Meadows, J. M. Kerrigan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2916153.2916153.2916153.2916153.291615
Stephen Fitzgerald (Tyrone Power), a newspaper reporter from New York, meets a leprechaun (Cecil Kellaway) and a beautiful young woman (Anne Baxter) while traveling in Ireland. When he returns to his fiancée (Jayne Meadows) and her wealthy father (Lee J. Cobb) in the midst of a political campaign in New York, he finds that the leprechaun and the young woman are now in the big city as well. Stephen is torn between the wealth he might enjoy in New York or returning to his roots in Ireland.