Ray Rennahan

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

Raymond Rennahan

Birth Place

Las Vegas, New Mexico, USA

Born

May 01, 1896

Died

May 30, 1980

Cause of Death

Heart Failure

Biography

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Pioneer of color photography who began his career as a cameraman in 1917. Rennahan produced striking color images for films such as "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933) and "Wings of the Morning" (1937)--the first British Technicolor film, co-shot with Jack Cardiff. He switched to working in TV in the late 1950s....

Filmography

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I Love a Mystery (1973)

Director Of Photography

Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Director of Photography

The Halliday Brand (1957)

Director of Photography

The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)

Director of Photography

7th Cavalry (1956)

Director of Photography

The Court Jester (1956)

Director of Photography

Photos & Videos

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Blue Bird, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) It's Against The Law!

Blue Bird, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I Always Knew You Were A Fool!

Family & Companions

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Lilian Hunt

Wife

Married on May 11, 1916.

Biography

Pioneer of color photography who began his career as a cameraman in 1917. Rennahan produced striking color images for films such as "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933) and "Wings of the Morning" (1937)--the first British Technicolor film, co-shot with Jack Cardiff. He switched to working in TV in the late 1950s.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

I Love a Mystery (1973)

Director Of Photography

Terror in a Texas Town (1958)

Director of Photography

The Halliday Brand (1957)

Director of Photography

The Guns of Fort Petticoat (1957)

Director of Photography

7th Cavalry (1956)

Director of Photography

The Court Jester (1956)

Director of Photography

Rage at Dawn (1955)

Director of Photography

Texas Lady (1955)

Director of Photography

A Lawless Street (1955)

Director of Photography

Stranger on Horseback (1955)

Director of Photography

Pony Express (1953)

Director of Photography

Flight to Tangier (1953)

Director of Photography

Arrowhead (1953)

Director of Photography

Flaming Feather (1952)

Director of Photography

At Sword's Point (1952)

Director of Photography

Denver & Rio Grande (1952)

Director of Photography

Hurricane Smith (1952)

Director of Photography

Silver City (1951)

Director of Photography

The Great Missouri Raid (1951)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

The White Tower (1950)

Director of Photography

Fancy Pants (1950)

Streets of Laredo (1949)

Director of Photography

Whispering Smith (1949)

Director of Photography

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949)

Director of Photography

The Paleface (1948)

Director of Photography

Duel in the Sun (1947)

Director of Photography

California (1947)

Director of Photography

The Perils of Pauline (1947)

Director of Photography

Unconquered (1947)

Director of Photography

The Three Caballeros (1945)

Live action seq Photographer

It's a Pleasure! (1945)

Director of Photography

Incendiary Blonde (1945)

Director of Photography

A Thousand and One Nights (1945)

Director of Photography

Lady in the Dark (1944)

Director of Photography

Belle of the Yukon (1944)

Director of Photography

Up in Arms (1944)

Director of Photography

Victory Through Air Power (1943)

Director of Photography

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Director of Photography

The Black Swan (1942)

Loc Photographer

Louisiana Purchase (1941)

Director of Photography

That Night in Rio (1941)

Director of Photography

Belle Starr (1941)

Director of Photography

Blood and Sand (1941)

Director of Photography

Maryland (1940)

Associate Photographer

Chad Hanna (1940)

Director of Photography

The Blue Bird (1940)

Technicolor Associate

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

Photographer 1938 loc scenes

Down Argentine Way (1940)

Director of Photography

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Director of Photography

Dodge City (1939)

Associate Photographer

Kentucky (1938)

Her Jungle Love (1938)

Wings of the Morning (1937)

Technicolor Photographer

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Technicolor Photographer

Ebb Tide (1937)

Becky Sharp (1935)

Kid Millions (1934)

Col Photographer

The Cat and the Fiddle (1934)

Technicolor Photographer

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Director of Photography

Doctor X (1932)

Manhattan Parade (1931)

First Technicolor Camera

The Runaround (1931)

Fanny Foley Herself (1931)

The Vagabond King (1930)

Director of Photography

Whoopee! (1930)

King of Jazz (1930)

Cinematographer

Technicolor seq

Gold Diggers of Broadway (1929)

Director of Photography

Blood Test (1923)

Director of Photography

Visual Effects (Feature Film)

It's a Pleasure! (1945)

Transparency projection shots

Post Production (Feature Film)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

Technicolor Associate

The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

Photographer adv

Cast (Short)

Cavalcade of the Academy Awards (1940)

Cinematography (Short)

La Gazza Ladra Overture (1954)

Cinematographer

Teddy the Rough Rider (1940)

Cinematographer

Campus Cinderella (1938)

Cinematographer

Out Where the Stars Begin (1938)

Cinematographer

The Romance of Robert Burns (1937)

Cinematographer

The Littlest Diplomat (1937)

Cinematographer

Romance of Louisiana (1937)

Cinematographer

A Day at Santa Anita (1937)

Cinematographer

Starlit Days at the Lido (1935)

Cinematographer

Memories and Melodies (1935)

Cinematographer

Gypsy Night (1935)

Cinematographer

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)

Cinematographer

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)

Cinematographer

Show Kids (1934)

Cinematographer

What, No Men? (1934)

Cinematographer

Service with a Smile (1934)

Cinematographer

Good Morning, Eve! (1934)

Cinematographer

La Cucaracha (1934)

Cinematographer

Run, Girl, Run (1928)

Cinematographer

His Unlucky Night (1928)

Cinematographer

The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross (1927)

Cinematographer

Film Production - Main (Short)

Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)

Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

Post Production (Short)

Matchmaking Mama (1929)

Life Events

Videos

Blue Bird, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) It's Against The Law! Opening in black & white from a Maurice Maeterlinck fantasy (thus seen as similar to the previous year’s The Wizard Of Oz), Shirley Temple and little bro Johnny Russell are woodcutters’ kids seeking a precious bird, Sybil Jason their bothersome friend, in 20th Century-Fox’s The Blue Bird, 1940.

Blue Bird, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) I Always Knew You Were A Fool! Just now transformed from the family cat and dog, Gale Sondergaard and Eddie Collins don’t agree on whether to aid the children (Shirley Temple as Mytyl, Johnny Russell as Tyltyl), guided by the spirit “Light” (Helen Ericson), in their search, in The Blue Bird, 1940, from a Maurice Maeterlinck story.

Blue Bird, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Lay-Dee-O Now in a dream in Technicolor having found their deceased grandparents (Cecilia Loftus, Al Shean) in their search for a certain bird of happiness, Shirley Temple as Mytyl (Johnny Russell as littler Tyltyl) offers her only song in the picture, a traditional, in 20th Century-Fox’s The Blue Bird, 1940.

Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) -- (Movie Clip) At The Borst Home The first scene in director John Ford’s first color (Technicolor) film, Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as colonials Gil and Lana are married in Albany, New York, 1776, cinematography credit shared by Bert Glennon and Ray Rennahan, Edwin Maxwell the celebrant, Robert Grieg and Clara Blandick her parents, opening Drums Along The Mohawk, 1939.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Chica Chica Boom Chic Opening with an original song, by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, for Carmen Miranda and then Don Ameche, whom we will learn are "Carmen" and American Larry, performers in a Rio night club, in 20th Century-Fox's That Night In Rio, 1941, also starring Alice Faye.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) They Met In Rio Still on that first night in the Rio night club, Don Ameche as American singer Larry meets Alice Faye as Brazilian baroness Cecilia, whose prominent husband he impersonates as part of his act, song by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, in That Night In Rio, 1941.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Cai Cai Straight up number for Carmen Miranda, who plays an entertainer named Carmen, performing at a Brazilian society party, co-stars Don Ameche and Alice Faye in her audience, original song by Harry Warren and Mack Gordon, in 20th Century-Fox's That Night In Rio, 1941.

That Night In Rio (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Quite Yourself Now? Brazilians Penna and Salles (S.Z. Sakall, Curt Bois) can't let Baroness Cecilia (Alice Faye) tell American Larry (Don Ameche) that she knows they've hired him to impersonate her husband, their boss, the less charming Baron Manuel, for business reasons, in That Night In Rio, 1941.

King Of Jazz (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Meet Our Girls Now becoming clear that this is nothing but a revue/variety show, bandleader Paul Whiteman, for whom the picture is titled, introduces the Russell Markert Girls who, upon the opening of the Radio City Music Hall in 1932, would become the Rockettes, accompanied by the Whiteman orchestra, in Universal’s King Of Jazz, 1930.

King Of Jazz (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Ladies Of The Press One of the wackiest and most brief of the comic vignettes, credited to screenwriter Harry Ruskin, introduced by MC Charles Irwin, in the Universal two-strip Technicolor musical-variety feature, with Laura LaPlante, Jeanie Lang, Merna Kennedy, Grace Hayes and Kathryn Crawford, in King Of Jazz, 1930, featuring the Paul Whiteman Orchestra.

King Of Jazz (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Very Proud Of The Boys Hal Mohr was one of three cinematographers on the project, and was credited with most of the trick photography, seen here as the MC Charles Irwin introduces the de-facto star, bandleader Paul Whiteman, whose soloists include Harry Goldfield on trumpet, Joe Venuti on violin and Eddie Lang on guitar, early in Universal’s King Of Jazz, 1930.

King Of Jazz (1930) -- (Movie Clip) So The Bluebirds And The Blackbirds Got Together Another event in the revue, this time Bing Crosby in his first on camera appearance in his first movie, with his then-colleagues with the Paul Whiteman Orchestra, The Rhythm Boys, Al Rinker on vocals and Harry Barris, also a composer of their song, on piano, in the Universal two-strip Technicolor showcase King Of Jazz, 1930.

Wings Of The Morning (1937) -- (Movie Clip) I Am Not A Shrimp! Introduction of Canadian horse trainer Kerry (Henry Fonda), whereupon Gypsy-descended Spanish duchess Maria (Annabella), disguised as a boy, rides up and makes a trade, in 20th Century Fox's 3-strip Technicolor experiment Wings Of The Morning, 1937.

Doctor X - (Original Trailer) Reporter Lee Tracy investigates a series of cannibalistic murders at a medical college in the two-strip Technicolor horror classic Doctor X (1932).

For Whom the Bell Tolls -- (Original Trailer) Gary Cooper and Ingrid Bergman fight the good fight in Spain in the movie of Ernest Hemingway's For Whom The Bell Tolls (1943).

Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, A (1949) - (Original Trailer) Bing Crosby brings 19th-Century know-how to Camelot in a musical version of Mark Twain's classic tale.

Black Swan, The - (Original Trailer) When he's named governor of Jamaica, a former pirate sets out to clean up the Caribbean in The Black Swan, 1942, starring Tyrone Power and Maureen O'Hara.

Whispering Smith -- (Re-issue Trailer) A railroad detective (Alan Ladd) tries to bring in a gang of train robbers and a lost love in the western adventure Whispering Smith (1949).

Dodge City - (Original Trailer) A soldier of fortune takes on the corrupt boss of a Western town in Dodge City (1939), starring Errol Flynn & Olivia de Havilland.

White Tower, The - (Original Trailer) Mountain climbers in the Swiss Alps mull over past problems while trying to conquer a perilous peak. Starring Glenn Ford and Claude Rains.

Perils Of Pauline, The - (Original Trailer) Betty Hutton plays silent serial heroine Pearl White in The Perils Of Pauline (1947). Songs by Frank Loesser (Guys & Dolls).

Down Argentine Way - (Original Trailer) Love and horse racing spice up an American girl's South American vacation in Down Argentine Way (1940).

Louisiana Purchase - (Original Trailer) A bumbling young politician (Bob Hope) gets caught between grifters and a senator investigating corruption in Louisiana Purchase (1941).

Paleface, The - (Original Trailer) An inept dentist (Bob Hope) must rescue his outlaw wife from the Indians in The Paleface (1948) co-starring Jane Russell.

Family

John Rennahan

Father

Mary Rennahan

Mother

Rae Moore

Daughter

Companions

Lilian Hunt

Wife

Married on May 11, 1916.

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