William C. Mellor

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

William Mellor

Birth Place

Missouri, USA

Born

June 29, 1903

Died

April 30, 1963

Cause of Death

Complications Fron Surgery

Biography

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Distinguished, versatile cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM, and Fox during a career that spanned three decades. Mellor did his best work with directors George Stevens ("A Place in the Sun" 1951) and, especially, William Wellman ("Westward the Woman" 1951, etc.). Mellor also contributed to several Anthony Mann westerns and a number of MGM musicals....

Filmography

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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

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State Fair (1962)

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Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

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The Big Gamble (1961)

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Wild in the Country (1961)

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One Foot in Hell (1960)

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Give A Girl A Break (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Applause, Applause

Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Your Brother Will Rise Again

Biography

Distinguished, versatile cinematographer who worked at Paramount, MGM, and Fox during a career that spanned three decades. Mellor did his best work with directors George Stevens ("A Place in the Sun" 1951) and, especially, William Wellman ("Westward the Woman" 1951, etc.). Mellor also contributed to several Anthony Mann westerns and a number of MGM musicals.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

Director of Photography

State Fair (1962)

Director of Photography

Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962)

Director of Photography

The Big Gamble (1961)

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Wild in the Country (1961)

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One Foot in Hell (1960)

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Crack in the Mirror (1960)

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The Best of Everything (1959)

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Woman Obsessed (1959)

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The Diary of Anne Frank (1959)

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Compulsion (1959)

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Sing, Boy, Sing (1958)

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Peyton Place (1957)

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Love in the Afternoon (1957)

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Johnny Concho (1956)

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The Last Frontier (1956)

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Back from Eternity (1956)

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Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

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Oklahoma! (1955)

Temporary Director of Photographer

Alaska Seas (1954)

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Give a Girl a Break (1954)

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The Naked Spur (1953)

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Big Leaguer (1953)

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The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)

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Carbine Williams (1952)

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My Man and I (1952)

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Westward the Women (1952)

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It's a Big Country: An American Anthology (1952)

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Skirts Ahoy! (1952)

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A Place in the Sun (1951)

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Across the Wide Missouri (1951)

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The Unknown Man (1951)

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Soldiers Three (1951)

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Love Happy (1950)

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The Next Voice You Hear (1950)

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Too Late For Tears (1949)

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Man-Eater of Kumaon (1948)

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The Senator Was Indiscreet (1948)

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Texas, Brooklyn & Heaven (1948)

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Blaze of Noon (1947)

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Abie's Irish Rose (1946)

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Commandos Strike At Dawn (1942)

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Wake Island (1942)

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Beyond the Blue Horizon (1942)

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The Great Man's Lady (1942)

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My Favorite Blonde (1942)

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Road to Morocco (1942)

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The Fleet's In (1942)

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Reaching for the Sun (1941)

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Las Vegas Nights--"The Last Frontier Town" (1941)

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Birth of the Blues (1941)

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Moon over Burma (1940)

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Road to Singapore (1940)

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The Great McGinty (1940)

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Comin' Round the Mountain (1940)

Disputed Passage (1939)

Undercover Doctor (1939)

$1,000 a Touchdown (1939)

Hotel Imperial (1939)

The Magnificent Fraud (1939)

Romance in the Dark (1938)

Thrill of a Lifetime (1938)

Ride a Crooked Mile (1938)

Bulldog Drummond in Africa (1938)

Stolen Heaven (1938)

Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)

Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)

Exclusive (1937)

Champagne Waltz (1937)

The Sky Parade (1936)

College Holiday (1936)

A Son Comes Home (1936)

Woman Trap (1936)

Collegiate (1935)

Without Regret (1935)

Wings in the Dark (1935)

The Crusades (1935)

Camera Operator

Wagon Wheels (1934)

Enter Madame! (1934)

Home on the Range (1934)

Elmer and Elsie (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

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Wharf Angel (1934)

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The Song of Songs (1933)

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One Sunday Afternoon (1933)

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This Day and Age (1933)

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Luxury Liner (1933)

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Design for Living (1933)

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Broken Lullaby (1932)

Love Me Tonight (1932)

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This Is the Night (1932)

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One Hour with You (1932)

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I Take This Woman (1931)

Tarnished Lady (1931)

Life Events

Videos

Give A Girl A Break (1954) -- (Movie Clip) Applause, Applause Finally on-stage for the big show that gives the movie its name, Bob (Bob Fosse) and Suzy (Debbie Reynolds) perform Applause, Applause, by Burton Land and Ira Gershwin, in Give A Girl A Break, 1954, directed by Stanley Donen.

Greatest Story Ever Told, The (1965) -- (Movie Clip) Your Brother Will Rise Again Jesus (Max Von Sydow) has traveled to Bethany, where Martha (Ina Balin) can't see why he didn't prevent her brother Lazarus' death, Magdalene (Joanna Dunham) among observers as director George Stevens frames the renowned miracle, in The Greatest Story Ever Told, 1965.

Peyton Place (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Begin By Getting Out Fairly pointed first conference between new high school principal Rossi (Lee Philips) and frosty single mom Constance (Lana Turer), under the pretense of discussing her daughter, in Mark Robson's film from the Grace Metalious novel, Peyton Place, 1957.

Back From Eternity (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Blue Moon Girls Between segments of the South American airline journey, little Tommy (Jon Provost) rescued by nice Louise (Phyllis Kirk) but not vampy Rena (Anita Ekberg), who joins jaded pilot Bill (Robert Ryan), in John Farrow's Back From Eternity, 1956.

Back From Eternity (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Our Chances? After crash-landing, convict Vasquel (Rod Steiger) and bounty hunter Crimp (Fred Clark) tangle, pilots Bill (Robert Ryan) and Joe (Keith Andes) speak to survivors (Cameron Prud'homme, Phyllis Kirk, Jesse White, Anita Ekberg et al), John Farrow directing, in Back From Eternity, 1956.

Back From Eternity (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Place Called Boca Grande Meant to be dazzling introduction of Anita Ekberg (as probably-hooker "Rena"), getting bounced from Las Vegas by probably-pimp Paul (Tris Coffin), launching events in John Farrow's Back From Eternity, 1956.

Diary Of Anne Frank, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Seen My Shoes? Life in the attic apartment, Anne (Millie Perkins) first writing and narrating, then taunting Peter (Richard Beymer), his mother (Shelley Winters) and her father (Joseph Schildkraut) supporting, in George Stevens' The Diary Of Anne Frank, 1959.

Diary Of Anne Frank, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Living A Great Adventure In Amsterdam just after the war, Joseph Schildkraut as Otto Frank has just been identified, greeted by Miep (Dody Heath) and Kraler (Douglas Spencer), whom we surmise helped him and his family hide from the Nazis, leading to the introduction of the diary and the title character (Millie Perkins), early in George Stevens' The Diary Of Anne Frank, 1959.

Diary Of Anne Frank, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Bring Only What You Can Carry Delivered by the hosts (Douglas Spencer, Dody Heath) and introduced to the hidden family (including Joseph Schildkraut, Shelley Winters, Millie Perkins as the title character and Lou Jacobi as Van Daan), dentist Dussell (Ed Wynn) brings harrowing news of Amsterdam, in George Stevens’ The Diary Of Anne Frank, 1959.

Diary Of Anne Frank, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Was It A Very Bad Dream? A dream sequence from screenwriters Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, from their play and directed by George Stevens, Millie Perkins as the title character, in Amsterdam ca. 1944, imagining scenes of German concentration camps that have been described only by hearsay, Gusti Huber as her mother, in The Diary Of Anne Frank, 1959.

Giant (1956) -- (Movie Clip) You Are An Odd One Leslie (Elizabeth Taylor), new bride of Texas rancher Bick, in a forthright talk while on errands with hired hand Jett (James Dean), director George Stevens interjecting a scene with the sister-in-law (Mercedes McCambridge) teaching the downtrodden Angel (Victor Millan) a lesson, in Giant, 1956.

Giant (1956) -- (Movie Clip) So Fascinating And Uncouth After maybe the biggest single leap in time, still before WWII, the Texan Benedict kids have grown up to be Carroll Baker as Luz II, and Dennis Hopper and Fran Bennett as twins Jordan and Judy (Earl Holliman her boyfriend), perplexing their parents Bick and Leslie (Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor), in Giant, 1956.

Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959) -- (Original Trailer) Theatrical trailer for producer-director George Stevens’ adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hacket, based on the original diary, The Diary Of Anne Frank, 1959, starring Millie Perkins.

Back From Eternity (1956) -- (Original Trailer) When an airliner crashes in the jungle, the repaired plane can only hold five of the survivors in Back From Eternity, 1956, with Robert Ryan and Rod Steiger, director John Farrow's remake of his own feature Five Came Back, 1939.

Great McGinty, The - (Original Trailer) A hobo (Brian Donlevy) rises to town mayor when he hooks up with a crooked political boss in Preston Sturges' The Great McGinty (1940).

Commandos Strike At Dawn - (Original Trailer) A Norwegian fisherman (Paul Muni) forms a resistance group to fight the Nazis in Commandos Strike At Dawn (1943).

Big Leaguer - (Original Trailer) Edward G. Robinson plays an aging ballplayer turned manager in Robert Aldrich's first movie Big Leaguer (1953).

Greatest Story Ever Told, The - (Original Trailer) The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) is an epic re-telling of the life of Christ, directed by George Stevens and starring Max Von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Claude Rains and many more

Road To Singapore (1940) - (Original Trailer) Bob Hope, Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour star in Road To Singapore (1940), the first of their riotous "road" comedies.

Giant - (Original Trailer) A Texas ranching family fights to survive changing times in Giant (1956) starring James Dean, Rock Hudson and Elizabeth Taylor.

Compulsion - (Original Trailer) Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in Compulsion (1959) based on the true story of the Leopold-Loeb case.

Skirts Ahoy! - (Original Trailer) Three women join the Navy to find husbands in the MGM Technicolor musical Skirts Ahoy! (1952) starring Esther Williams.

My Favorite Blonde - (Original Trailer) Bob Hope gets mixed up with a beautiful blonde spy in My Favorite Blonde (1942), a takeoff of Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935).

Wake Island - (Original Trailer) Sailors stationed in the Pacific fight off the Japanese during World War II. Released nine months after the actual battle.

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