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Victor Milner is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 15 december 1893 at New York City (USA)
Victor Milner, A.S.C. (December 15, 1893 – October 29, 1972) (sometimes Victor Miller) was an American cinematographer. He was nominated for ten cinematography Academy Awards, winning once for 1934 Cleopatra. Milner worked on more than 130 films, including dramas (Broken Lullaby), comedies (Unfaithfully Yours), film noir (Dark City), and Westerns (The Furies).
Milner began his career in the film industry as a lab assistant at the age of 15. He then worked as a projectionist and a newsreel cameraman until 1914 when he became a full-time cinematographer. Later he became known for the epic look he lent to Cecil B. DeMille film productions. Milner was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers and president of the ASC from 1937 to 1939.
En 1919, il est l'un des membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), et son président de 1937 à 1939.
En 1935, il gagne l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie pour Cléopâtre (1934) de Cecil B. DeMille, avec Claudette Colbert dans le rôle-titre. Au long de sa carrière, il aura huit autres nominations, la première en 1930, la dernière en 1951.
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(1945)
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Nationality USA
Birth 15 december 1893 at New York City (USA)
Death 29 october 1972 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Birth 15 december 1893 at New York City (USA)
Death 29 october 1972 (at 78 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography
Milner began his career in the film industry as a lab assistant at the age of 15. He then worked as a projectionist and a newsreel cameraman until 1914 when he became a full-time cinematographer. Later he became known for the epic look he lent to Cecil B. DeMille film productions. Milner was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers and president of the ASC from 1937 to 1939.
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Victor Milner est directeur de la photographie sur 139 films américains (dont une cinquantaine de films muets), de 1913 à 1953. Il collabore notamment avec Cecil B. DeMille (ex. : Les Naufrageurs des mers du sud en 1942, avec Paulette Goddard, Ray Milland, John Wayne), Ernst Lubitsch (ex. : Parade d'amour en 1929, avec Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald), Rouben Mamoulian (ex. : Le Cantique des cantiques en 1933, avec Marlène Dietrich, Brian Aherne), ou encore Raoul Walsh (ex. : Le Fils prodigue en 1925, avec Greta Nissen, Wallace Beery), entre autres.En 1919, il est l'un des membres fondateurs de l'American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), et son président de 1937 à 1939.
En 1935, il gagne l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie pour Cléopâtre (1934) de Cecil B. DeMille, avec Claudette Colbert dans le rôle-titre. Au long de sa carrière, il aura huit autres nominations, la première en 1930, la dernière en 1951.
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Jeopardy (1953)
, 1h9Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker, Juan Torena, Sol Gorss
Roles Bit Part (uncredited)
Rating66%
Doug and Helen Stilwin (Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck) along with their son Bobby (Lee Aaker) embark on a vacation into desolate Baja California in Mexico to a remote, deserted fishing spot along the coast that her father used to frequent with his old military buddies. At a roadside barricade heading into the Baja outback, they are inspected by police but are not told about an American killer who has escaped from prison and is at large in the area.
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Jeopardy (1953)
, 1h9Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker, Juan Torena, Sol Gorss
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Doug and Helen Stilwin (Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck) along with their son Bobby (Lee Aaker) embark on a vacation into desolate Baja California in Mexico to a remote, deserted fishing spot along the coast that her father used to frequent with his old military buddies. At a roadside barricade heading into the Baja outback, they are inspected by police but are not told about an American killer who has escaped from prison and is at large in the area.
Carrie (1952)
, 1h58Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Romance
Actors Laurence Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Ray Teal, Barry Kelley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
Carrie Meeber (Jennifer Jones) leaves her family in a small rural town and heads to Chicago. On the train to Chicago, Charles Drouet (Eddie Albert) approaches her. Although Carrie is reluctant to speak to him, the salesman persists and the two chat until they reach Chicago. Carrie gets off in South Chicago, the slums as Charles Drouet points out, after taking Drouet's business card.
My Favorite Spy (1951)
, 1h33Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy thriller, Action, Spy
Themes Films set in Africa, Spy films
Actors Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Francis L. Sullivan, Arnold Moss, John Archer, Luis van Rooten
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
A comedian poses as an international spy to recover mysterious microfilm.
The Furies (1950)
, 1h49Directed by Anthony Mann
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Walter Huston, Judith Anderson, Gilbert Roland, Thomas Gomez
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72%
T. C. Jeffords (Walter Huston) is a wealthy cattle baron who feels the Herrera family is squatting illegally on his property, The Furies. T.C.'s beloved daughter, Vance (Barbara Stanwyck), who is as obsessed with wealth and every bit as ruthless as her father, has a close bond with Juan Herrera (Gilbert Roland) in secret. What she wants more is a proper husband who can run the giant ranch with her once T.C. is gone. She falls in love with Rip Darrow (Wendell Corey), who holds a grudge against T.C., believing a portion of The Furies land to be rightfully his. Vance is shocked when Rip accepts a $50,000 bribe from T.C. to permanently get out of her life. Rip opens a bank in town near a saloon he owns called "The Legal Tender".
Dark City (1950)
, 1h38Directed by William Dieterle, Gerd Oswald
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Charlton Heston, Lizabeth Scott, Viveca Lindfors, Don DeFore, Dean Jagger, Jack Webb
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
A group of hustlers take a man for $5000 in a poker game. When the man ends up killing himself, the heat is put on the gamblers in the game. The dead man's vengeful brother begins picking off the gamblers one by one.
Unfaithfully Yours (1948)
, 1h45Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about classical music and musicians, Musical films, Children's films
Actors Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell, Rudy Vallée, Barbara Lawrence, Kurt Kreuger, Lionel Stander
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74%
Sir Alfred de Carter (Rex Harrison) is a world-famous symphony conductor who returns from a visit to his native England and discovers that his rich and boring brother-in-law, August Henshler (Rudy Vallee), has misunderstood Alfred's casual instruction to watch over his much younger wife Daphne (Linda Darnell) while he was away, and instead hired a detective named Sweeney (Edgar Kennedy) to follow her. Alfred is livid, and ineptly attempts to destroy any evidence of the detective's report.
You Were Meant for Me (1948)
, 1h32Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Dan Dailey, Jeanne Crain, Oscar Levant, Herbert Anderson, Barbara Lawrence, Marilyn Monroe
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Chuck Arnold (Dan Dailey) is a bandleader during the 1920s. He meets hometown girl Peggy Mayhew (Jeanne Crain), a flapper script girl, at one of the band's presentations and the next day they get married. Though she loves him, life on the road becomes increasingly difficult for her, and eventually, with the rise of the Great Depression, in 1929, she tires of it and returns to her country home. Unable to find new bookings, he soon joins her and brings with him Oscar Hoffman (Oscar Levant) his acerbic, cynical manager. The bandleader finds the pastoral life a crashing bore and so heads for the big city to find fortune. Fortunately, this time, he succeeds and happiness is the result.
The Other Love (1947)
, 1h35Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, David Niven, Richard Conte, Gilbert Roland, Joan Lorring, Lenore Aubert
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Célèbre pianiste atteinte d'une maladie pulmonaire, Karen Duncan (Barbara Stanwyck) décide de fuir la clinique du Dr Stanton (David Niven) pour vivre ses derniers jours avec un coureur automobile (Richard Conte).
, 1h56Directed by Lewis Milestone, Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas, Roman Bohnen, Judith Anderson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
On a rainy night in 1928 in a Pennsylvania factory town called Iverstown, Martha Ivers (Janis Wilson), thirteen years old, is trying to escape from the guardianship of her wealthy, domineering aunt. Her friend, the street-smart, poor Sam Masterson (Darryl Hickman), comes for her through her bedroom window, but Martha's aunt catches them. While Sam slips out unnoticed, Martha hits Mrs. Ivers on the head, causing her to fall down the long staircase and die. Though Sam saw nothing, the event was witnessed by Walter O'Neil (Mickey Kuhn), the son of Martha's tutor (Roman Bohnen), known as Mr. O'Neil. Martha lies about the incident to Mr. O'Neil, and Walter supports her.
Wonder Man (1945)
, 1h38Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
Danny Kaye plays a double role as a pair of estranged "super-identical twins", with very similar looks, but very different personalities. Buster Dingle, who goes by the stage name "Buzzy Bellew", is a loud and goofy performer at a classy nightclub (the Pelican Club), while Edwin Dingle is a studious, quiet bookworm writing a history book. The two brothers have not seen each other for years.
The Princess and the Pirate (1944)
, 1h34Directed by David Butler, Samuel Goldwyn, Sidney Lanfield
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Pirate films
Actors Bob Hope, Virginia Mayo, Walter Brennan, Walter Slezak, Victor McLaglen, Marc Lawrence
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
A pirate captain known as the Hook (Victor McLaglen) buries his treasure on an island and kills the map maker so no one else will find it. He and his cut-throat crew go after the Mary Ann, a ship on which Princess Margaret (Virginia Mayo) is running away from her father, the King (Robert Warwick), so she can marry a commoner. The Hook plans to hold her for a large ransom. A cowardly actor, Sylvester the Great (Hope), is in the cabin next door to Margaret. The Hook's ship, The Avenger attacks the Mary Ann and after a big fight, the crew are killed or made to walk the plank by the pirates. Sylvester escapes by disguising himself as a gypsy woman and is taken on board The Avenger with Margaret.
The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)
, 2h20Directed by Cecil B. DeMille, Arthur Rosson, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Gary Cooper, Laraine Day, Signe Hasso, Dennis O'Keefe, Paul Kelly, Carol Thurston
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
Lors de l'offensive japonaise en Indonésie, un médecin originaire de l'Arkansas, le Dr Wassell, chercheur passionné engagé dans la Marine se consacre à soigner les blessés américains d'un navire coulé par les Japonais. Au moment ce l'offensive japonaise sur Java un navire accepte d'embarquer les blessés capables de marcher mais pas la petite douzaine sur des civières. Le Dr Wassell reste avec eux, les ramène à l'hôpital de campagne plusieurs fois bombardé, parvient à les faire transporter par un convoi anglais à travers la jungle, use de la ruse pour les faire monter à bord d'un cargo surchargé et arrive enfin en Australie.
The Great Moment (1944)
Directed by Preston Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Joel McCrea, Betty Field, Harry Carey, William Demarest, Louis Jean Heydt, Julius Tannen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
The titles and credits open with a scene (in 1846) of a triumphant street procession and a jubilant crowd hailing William Morton (Joel McCrea) with signs such as "Pain is no more," followed by a long, written prologue pointing out, in part, that "before ether there was nothing." Next, an old Eben Frost (William Demarest) is seen heading through the snow to the farmhouse of Morton's aging widow Lizzie (Betty Field). On the way he stops at a pawn shop and redeems a medal once awarded to Morton inscribed: "To the benefactor of mankind."
Hostages (1943)
Directed by Frank Tuttle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Actors Luise Rainer, Arturo de Córdova, William Bendix, Paul Lukas, Katína Paxinoú, Oskar Homolka
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%
A group of twenty-six Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed as hostages by the Gestapo until the supposed killer of a Nazi officer – who actually committed suicide – is turned in. The hostages include the leader of the underground resistance movement (William Bendix), whose cover is that of an apparently ignorant washroom attendant in the nightclub where the victim was last seen alive.