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Red Light (1949)

2d unit Director of Photographer

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

2d unit Director of Photographer

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Director of Photography

A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Director of Photography

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Director of Photography

Bedside Manner (1945)

Director of Photography

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Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Mucho Gusto!

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Sugarville, Alabama Had Me

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Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Red Light (1949)

2d unit Director of Photographer

The Babe Ruth Story (1948)

2d unit Director of Photographer

The Fabulous Dorseys (1947)

Director of Photography

A Night in Casablanca (1946)

Director of Photography

Angel on My Shoulder (1946)

Director of Photography

Bedside Manner (1945)

Director of Photography

Hit the Hay (1945)

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The Great John L. (1945)

Nine Girls (1944)

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The Last Ride (1944)

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Two-Man Submarine (1944)

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The Racket Man (1944)

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Adventure in Iraq (1943)

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Find the Blackmailer (1943)

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The Gorilla Man (1943)

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Wintertime (1943)

Fill-in Photographer

Secret Enemies (1942)

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You Can't Escape Forever (1942)

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Escape from Crime (1942)

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Busses Roar (1942)

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Here Comes Happiness (1941)

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Flight from Destiny (1941)

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A Shot in the Dark (1941)

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Steel Against the Sky (1941)

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The Nurse's Secret (1941)

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International Squadron (1941)

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Waterfront (1939)

Smashing the Money Ring (1939)

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The Patient in Room 18 (1938)

Over the Wall (1938)

Let Them Live (1937)

Love Is on the Air (1937)

It's Love I'm After (1937)

Expensive Husbands (1937)

Wine, Women and Horses (1937)

Palm Springs (1936)

Her Master's Voice (1936)

The Unguarded Hour (1936)

The Man Who Lived Twice (1936)

Career Woman (1936)

They Met in a Taxi (1936)

Flying Hostess (1936)

Director of Photography

The Girl from 10th Avenue (1935)

Sweet Music (1935)

A Night at the Ritz (1935)

Shanghai (1935)

Every Night at Eight (1935)

West of the Pecos (1935)

The Bishop Misbehaves (1935)

The Age of Innocence (1934)

Murder in the Private Car (1934)

Looking for Trouble (1934)

Stingaree (1934)

Gentlemen Are Born (1934)

Blood Money (1933)

The King's Vacation (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

Parachute Jumper (1933)

Midnight Mary (1933)

Lilly Turner (1933)

I Loved a Woman (1933)

Baby Face (1933)

Advice to the Lovelorn (1933)

They Call It Sin (1932)

Big City Blues (1932)

A Successful Calamity (1932)

The Heart of New York (1932)

Silver Dollar (1932)

The Man Who Played God (1932)

Life Begins (1932)

Gold Dust Gertie (1931)

The Reckless Hour (1931)

Star Witness (1931)

Alexander Hamilton (1931)

The Millionaire (1931)

Viennese Nights (1931)

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Children of Dreams (1931)

Captain Thunder (1930)

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She Couldn't Say No (1930)

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The Man Hunter (1930)

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Old English (1930)

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The Green Goddess (1930)

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The Man From Blankley's (1930)

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Children of the Ritz (1929)

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The Sacred Flame (1929)

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The Lone Wolf's Daughter (1929)

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So Long Letty (1929)

The Heart of a Follies Girl (1928)

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The Whip (1928)

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The Scarlet Lady (1928)

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Sinner's Parade (1928)

The Prince of Headwaiters (1927)

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Lost at the Front (1927)

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The Crystal Cup (1927)

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Man Crazy (1927)

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I Want My Man (1925)

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The White Flower (1923)

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The Rustle of Silk (1923)

Addl Photographer

The Top of New York (1922)

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Sacred and Profane Love (1921)

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The Witching Hour (1921)

Director of Photography

The Highway of Hope (1917)

Giving Becky a Chance (1917)

The Making of Maddalena (1916)

The American Beauty (1916)

An International Marriage (1916)

The Code of Marcia Gray (1916)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

The Cyrstal Cup (1927)

Cinematography (Short)

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys (1944)

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Gun to Gun (1944)

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The Rear Gunner (1943)

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Life Events

Videos

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Mucho Gusto! From the top, Warner Bros. with Alfred E. Green directing adapts the headline technique to find goofy pilots Bill and Toodles (Douglas Fairbanks Jr., Frank McHugh) partying in Nicaragua, their companions not credited, Thomas E. Jackson their superior, in Parachute Jumper, 1933, also starring Bette Davis.

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Sugarville, Alabama Had Me In Central Park, in the suit he’s sharing with his equally-broke out-of-work pilot buddy, discouraged Bill (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) gets approached by Bette Davis as “Alabama,” with suitable accent masking her New England ancestry, early in the Warner Bros. action-comedy Parachute Jumper, 1933.

Parachute Jumper (1933) -- (Movie Clip) He Must Need The Money Now kinda-platonic Manhattan roommates, Bette Davis as unemployed stenographer “Alabama” and jobless ex-military pilot Bill (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) visit an air show, where he finagles an impromptu gig, Leon Ames reassuring Bette, in one of her earliest, and least favorite Warner Bros. features, Parachute Jumper, 1933.

Taxi! (1932) -- (Movie Clip) What About Ellis Island After scenes establishing New York taxi conflict, we meet Matt (James Cagney) with a comical cop and fare (Robert Emmett O'Connor, Hector Sarno), then a shot of Columbus Circle where Pop (Guy Kibbee) tangles with a fixer (David Landau), early in Taxi!, 1932.

Midnight Mary (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Her Vicious Criminal Career From the top, Frank Conroy the prosecutor and top-billed Loretta Young the accused title character, the outcome not looking good as her trial ends, Charley Grapewin the philosophical but gaff-prone clerk with her awaiting a verdict, in Midnight Mary, 1933, from MGM and William A. Wellman.

Midnight Mary (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Who Might That Lovely Lady Be? We know that knockout lady gambler Mary (Loretta Young) and coat check babe Bunny (Una Merkel) both work for gangsters, so we know something’s up at the casino, as we meet sophisticate Tom (Franchot Tone) and dyspeptic buddy Sam (Andy Devine), in MGM’s Midnight Mary, 1933.

Stingaree (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Wasn't Supposed To Meet You Richard Dix (the bandit title character, in colonial Australia) cannily assumes the identity of a visiting English composer, pretty, talented but indentured Hilda (Irene Dunne) having presumed incorrectly, in RKO's Stingaree, 1934, restored by TCM.

Baby Face (1933) -- (Movie Clip) Have You Had Any Experience? Lily (Barbara Stanwyck, title character) has come straight from the boxcar on-which she rode-in to the employment office of a big city firm, where she meets the defenseless Pratt (Maynard Holmes), in the pre-Code shocker Baby Face, 1933.

Taxi! (1932) -- (Movie Clip) We'll Show Those Dirty Finks! At the cafe Skeets (George E. Stone) jousts with Ruby (Leila Bennett) but the business is cabbie Matt (James Cagney) telling Sue (Loretta Young) about the meeting of independents organizing against the big firm that got her old driver dad sent to jail, in Taxi!, 1932.

Taxi! (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Please Do Not Stamp Or Whistle One of several scenes showing relations between New York cabby Matt (James Cagney) and Sue (Loretta Young) warming up, using their dancing skills and those of George Raft, winner of the competition, not his first Warner Bros. picture, but early enough that he’s not credited, in Taxi!, 1932.

Successful Calamity, A (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Lots Of Poor People Are Happy Overhearing his socially over-committed wife (Mary Astor) making even more plans, fed-up financier Wilton (George Arlliss), who’s just returned from a year in Europe, is reminded of an earlier chat with his servant Connors (Grant Mitchell), and decides upon a ruse, in A Successful Calamity, 1932.

Successful Calamity, A (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Can't Kill Me Financier Wilton (George Arliss), just home from Europe after a year representing the American president, is delivered by servant Connors (Grant Mitchell) to son Eddie (William Janney), whose polo game (with Randolph Scott!) prevented his meeting the train, early in A Successful Calamity, 1932.

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