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Oliver T. Marsh is a Producer, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 30 january 1892 at Kansas City (USA)

Oliver T. Marsh

Oliver T. Marsh
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Nationality USA
Birth 30 january 1892 at Kansas City (USA)
Death 5 may 1941 (at 49 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Oliver T. Marsh (parfois crédité Oliver Marsh), né le 30 janvier 1893 à Kansas City (Missouri), mort le 5 mai 1941 à Los Angeles (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain, membre de l'ASC.

Biography

Frère des actrices Marguerite Marsh (1888-1925), Mae Marsh (1895-1968) et Mildred Marsh (1898-1975), et père du saxophoniste de jazz Warne Marsh (1927-1987), Oliver T. Marsh débute en 1916 comme chef opérateur, exerçant à ce titre sur cent-trente-deux films américains, dont une soixantaine muets. En 1925, il rejoint la Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, où il mène toute la suite de sa carrière. Ses cinq derniers films sortent en 1941, année de sa mort prématurée, d'une crise cardiaque.

Il travaille notamment aux côtés des réalisateurs Clarence Brown (ex. : Captive en 1932, avec Joan Crawford — qu'il photographie souvent — et Robert Montgomery), Jack Conway (ex. : Le Marquis de Saint-Évremont en 1935, avec Ronald Colman et Elizabeth Allan), George Cukor (ex. : David Copperfield en 1935, avec Lionel Barrymore, W.C. Fields, Freddie Bartholomew et Maureen O'Sullivan), Robert Z. Leonard (nombreux films, dès 1922 ; ex. : Le Tourbillon de la danse en 1933, avec Joan Crawford, Clark Gable et Franchot Tone), John Stuart Robertson (ex. : Le Droit d'aimer en 1929, avec Greta Garbo et Nils Asther), W.S. Van Dyke (qu'il assiste lui aussi sur de nombreux films ; ex : San Francisco en 1936, avec Jeanette MacDonald — dont il est quasiment le photographe attitré —, Clark Gable et Spencer Tracy), ou encore Raoul Walsh (ex. : Faiblesse humaine en 1928, avec Gloria Swanson et Lionel Barrymore), entre autres.

Fait particulier, Oliver T. Marsh est chef opérateur sur La Veuve joyeuse (version muette de 1925, avec Mae Murray et John Gilbert) d'Erich von Stroheim, puis sur le remake parlant (même titre) de 1934, réalisé par Ernst Lubitsch, avec Maurice Chevalier et Jeanette MacDonald. Notons encore qu'il photographie sa sœur Mae Marsh, à l'occasion de cinq films muets, quatre en 1918, le cinquième en 1919.

En 1939, il reçoit un Oscar d'honneur (partagé), pour Amants (1938, avec Nelson Eddy et Jeanette MacDonald) de W.S. Van Dyke. Deux ans après, en 1941, il obtient une nomination (partagée) à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie, pour Chante mon amour (1940, également avec Nelson Eddy et Jeanette MacDonald), de W.S. Van Dyke à nouveau.

Best films

Sadie Thompson (1928)
(Director of Photography)
San Francisco (1936)
(Director of Photography)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
(Director of Photography)
Emma (1932)
(Director of Photography)
The Merry Widow (1934)
(Director of Photography)
Lady Be Good (1941)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(58 films)
Adrian
Adrian
(41 films)
Joan Crawford
Joan Crawford
(14 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Oliver T. Marsh (82 films)

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Producer

Faithless
Faithless (1932)
, 1h17
Directed by Harry Beaumont
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Tallulah Bankhead, Robert Montgomery, Hugh Herbert, Louise Closser Hale, Maurice Murphy, Lawrence Grant
Roles Producer
Rating66% 3.34363.34363.34363.34363.3436
Socialite Carol Morgan (Bankhead) romps through the Depression with her wealth, while breaking up with Bill Wade (Montgomery) and getting back together with him.

Cameraman

Smilin' Through, 1h40
Directed by Frank Borzage, Sidney Franklin
Origin USA
Genres War, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond, Ian Hunter, Wyndham Standing
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1936553.1936553.1936553.1936553.193655
Vieil aristocrate veuf, le solitaire John Carteret finit par adopter la délicieuse Kathleen, âgée de cinq ans, une nièce de sa femme décédée ..... Au fil des années, il retrouve dans les traits de l'orpheline grandissante, le souvenir de son amour qui fut tuée lors de la cérémonie nuptiale, par un prétendant jaloux. Et lorsque la demoiselle se sent bien des inclinaisons pour un fringant soldat Kenneth Wayne, qui s'avère être le fils du meurtrier, Carteret se braque ...
Lady Be Good, 1h52
Directed by Busby Berkeley, Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Eleanor Powell, Robert Young, Ann Sothern, Lionel Barrymore, John Carroll, Red Skelton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.1946153.1946153.1946153.1946153.194615
Eddie Crane, a young composer, is struggling with a tune he has just written. When his girlfriend, Dixie Donegan, provides words almost by accident, the song is published and is a great success.
Rage in Heaven, 1h25
Directed by Richard Thorpe, W. S. Van Dyke, Robert B. Sinclair
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Robert Montgomery, Ingrid Bergman, George Sanders, Lucile Watson, Oskar Homolka, Philip Merivale
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.197063.197063.197063.197063.19706
The film opens with the following quote: "Heaven hath no rage like love to hatred turned." which is incorrectly attributed to Milton (quote is from William Congreve's The Mourning Bride).
Broadway Melody of 1940, 1h41
Directed by Norman Taurog
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Eleanor Powell, George Murphy, Frank Morgan, Ian Hunter, Florence Rice
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6431853.6431853.6431853.6431853.643185
Johnny Brett (Fred Astaire) and King Shaw (George Murphy) are a dance team so down on their luck they're working in a dance hall for no money. Meanwhile, Clare Bennett (Eleanor Powell) is a big Broadway star. Owing to a case of mistaken identity, Shaw is offered the chance to be Clare's dancing partner in a new Broadway show, while it was really Johnny's dancing that producer Bob Casey (Frank Morgan) saw and wanted. The partnership breaks up, but Johnny sticks around to help out Shaw, who lets his newfound success go to his head. Clare eventually realizes that Johnny, and not Shaw, is the better dancer, and she falls in love after having lunch with him. When Shaw gets drunk on opening night, Johnny steps in and saves the show with a brilliant performance, though he lets King think he did it himself. Clare later tells Shaw the truth. Just before the next show, Clare discovers Shaw drunk and Johnny becomes the permanent replacement. After the show, they find out that King was pretending to be drunk so that Johnny would get the job.
I Love You Again, 1h37
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, David S. Hall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about marriage
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Frank McHugh, Edmund Lowe, Donald Douglas, Nella Walker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6962553.6962553.6962553.6962553.696255
While on a cruise, stodgy, overly-frugal businessman Larry Wilson (William Powell) gets hit on the head with an oar while rescuing 'Doc' Ryan (Frank McHugh). He wakes up and remembers that he is actually a suave conman named George Carey; Doc is one of his crooked associates. However, he has lost all memory of the past nine years as Larry.
Bitter Sweet, 1h34
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Operetta films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, George Sanders, Ian Hunter, Sig Ruman, Felix Bressart
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.854322.854322.854322.854322.85432
Set in late 19th century Vienna, the story focuses on the romance between music teacher Carl Linden (Nelson Eddy) and his prize pupil Sarah Milick (Jeanette MacDonald).
The Women
The Women (1939)
, 2h14
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Themes Feminist films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, LGBT-related films, Political films, Films based on plays, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Paulette Goddard, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine
Roles Director of Photography
Rating76% 3.8462953.8462953.8462953.8462953.846295
The Women follows the lives of Manhattan women, focusing in particular on Mary Haines (Norma Shearer), the cheerful, contented wife of Stephen and mother of Little Mary (Virginia Weidler). After a bit of gossip flies around the salon these wealthy women visit, Mary's cousin Sylvia Fowler (Rosalind Russell) goes to a Salon to get the newest, exclusive nail color: Jungle Red. She learns from a manicurist that Mary's husband has been having an affair with a predatory perfume counter girl named Crystal Allen (Joan Crawford). A notorious gossip, Sylvia delights in sharing the news with Mary's friends; she sets up Mary with an appointment with the same manicurist so that she hears the rumor about Stephen's infidelity.
It's a Wonderful World, 1h26
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Claudette Colbert, James Stewart, Nat Pendleton, Edgar Kennedy, Ernest Truex, Guy Kibbee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3961353.3961353.3961353.3961353.396135
Private detective Guy Johnson (James Stewart) is well paid to watch over Willie Heywood (Ernest Truex), a wealthy man who likes to drink a bit too much and gets into trouble as a result. However, when Heywood's recent ex-girlfriend Dolores Gonzalez (Cecilia Callejo) makes a public nuisance of herself over their relationship, a drunk Heywood goes to see her. It is a setup. Dolores is being held at gunpoint by a man, and when Heywood enters her apartment, the mystery man kills Dolores and frames Heywood for the murder. The only clue is a half of a dime incorporated into a piece of jewelry that the victim managed to snatch from her assailant. Guy hurries to the scene soon after and hides his client so he can catch the real killer, but both of them are nabbed by the police, tried, convicted and sentenced: Guy to prison for a year, Heywood to be executed.
Another Thin Man, 1h43
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Crime, Romance
Actors William Powell, Myrna Loy, Otto Kruger, C. Aubrey Smith, Virginia Grey, Ruth Hussey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.696633.696633.696633.696633.69663
In this adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's "The Farewell Murder", Nick (William Powell) and Nora (Myrna Loy) Charles are back in New York with Asta and a new arrival - Nicky Jr. They are invited by Colonel Burr MacFay (C. Aubrey Smith) to spend the weekend at his house on Long Island. McFay, the former business partner of Nora's father, and the administrator of her fortune, desperately wants Nick to put his well-known detective skills to work, as he has been receiving threats from Phil Church (Sheldon Leonard), a very shady character. When MacFay is killed, Church seems to be the obvious suspect. However, Nick is skeptical. He suspects there is something far more complicated going on. MacFay's housekeeper, his adopted daughter, and various hangers-on all may have had an interest in seeking the old man's demise.
Broadway Serenade, 1h54
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Lew Ayres, Ian Hunter, Frank Morgan, Wally Vernon, Rita Johnson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.85872.85872.85872.85872.8587
À New York, la chanteuse Mary Hale (Jeanette MacDonald) et son mari le pianiste-compositeur Jimmy Seymour (Lew Ayres) vivotent dans des boîtes de nuit, lorsque Mary est remarquée par Larry Bryant (Ian Hunter), producteur à Broadway. Il lui obtient une audition auprès de Cornelius Collier Jr. (Frank Morgan) qui se prépare à monter son prochain spectacle. Séduit à son tour par la voix de la jeune femme, il l'engage...
The Ice Follies of 1939, 1h22
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Sports films, Musical films, Sports d'hiver, Patinage artistique
Actors Joan Crawford, James Stewart, Lew Ayres, Lewis Stone, Lionel Stander, Wade Boteler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating52% 2.60692.60692.60692.60692.6069
Larry Hall (James Stewart) and Eddie Burgess (Lew Ayres) have a successful skating act until Larry falls in love with Mary McKay (Joan Crawford), an inept skater whom Larry insists upon including in the act. Fired from job after job because of Mary's ineptitude, Larry keeps up his spirits by dreaming of producing a colossal ice show. Following their latest dismissal, the couple elope, and Mary, feeling guilty for damaging her husband's career, convinces Douglas Tolliver, Jr. (Lewis Stone), the head of Monarch Studios, to offer her a movie contract.
Sweethearts, 1h54
Directed by W. S. Van Dyke, Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jeanette MacDonald, Nelson Eddy, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Mischa Auer, Florence Rice
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.095993.095993.095993.095993.09599
Broadway stars Gwen Marlow (Jeanette MacDonald) and Ernest Lane (Nelson Eddy) are appearing in a 6-year run of Victor Herbert's operetta Sweethearts (Ray Bolger dances the role of Hans). They are also very much in love after six years of marriage. Norman Trumpett (Reginald Gardiner) is a successful Hollywood talent scout under pressure to recruit Marlow and Lane for his studio, which their Broadway producer Felix Lehman (Frank Morgan) is equally determined to prevent.
The Toy Wife, 1h35
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Luise Rainer, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Young, Barbara O'Neil, H. B. Warner, Alma Kruger
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.9016352.9016352.9016352.9016352.901635
Set during the American Civil War, The Toy Wife tells the story of Frou-Frou, a 16-year-old coquette. She has been in France to attend a prestigious school, but is now returning to her family plantation in Louisiana. Craving to go to New Orleans, she fakes a toothache to visit a dentist there. She is chaperoned by Madame Vallaire, but soon ditches her to attend a ball. There, she meets Vaillare's son Andre, a wastral whom she is immediately attracted to.