George Folsey

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

George J Folsey, George J. Folsey

Birth Place

New York City, New York, USA

Died

November 01, 1988

Biography

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Veteran cinematographer, long with MGM, who produced outstanding work in collaboration with Frank Borzage and Vincente Minnelli, among others. Son George Folsey, Jr. (born 1939) is an editor and producer....

Filmography

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The Road to London (1921)

That's Entertainment! II (1976)

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The Balcony (1963)

Director of Photography

I Passed for White (1960)

Director of Photography

Cash McCall (1960)

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Count Your Blessings (1959)

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Animal Kingdom, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Haven't Any Clothes On

Clock, The - (Original Trailer)

Biography

Veteran cinematographer, long with MGM, who produced outstanding work in collaboration with Frank Borzage and Vincente Minnelli, among others. Son George Folsey, Jr. (born 1939) is an editor and producer.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

The Road to London (1921)

Cinematography (Feature Film)

That's Entertainment! II (1976)

Director Of Photography

The Balcony (1963)

Director of Photography

I Passed for White (1960)

Director of Photography

Cash McCall (1960)

Director of Photography

Count Your Blessings (1959)

Director of Photography

Torpedo Run (1958)

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The High Cost of Loving (1958)

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Imitation General (1958)

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Saddle the Wind (1958)

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The Seventh Sin (1957)

House of Numbers (1957)

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Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957)

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These Wilder Years (1956)

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Forbidden Planet (1956)

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The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)

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The Power and the Prize (1956)

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The Cobweb (1955)

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Hit the Deck (1955)

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Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954)

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Tennessee Champ (1954)

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Men of the Fighting Lady (1954)

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Deep in My Heart (1954)

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Executive Suite (1954)

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The Band Wagon (1953)

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All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953)

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Shadow in the Sky (1952)

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Lovely To Look At (1952)

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Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)

Assistant Camera

Night into Morning (1951)

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The Law and the Lady (1951)

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The Man with a Cloak (1951)

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Mr. Imperium (1951)

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Vengeance Valley (1951)

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The Big Hangover (1950)

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A Life of Her Own (1950)

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949)

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Director of Photography

The Great Sinner (1949)

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Adam's Rib (1949)

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If Winter Comes (1948)

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State of the Union (1948)

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Green Dolphin Street (1947)

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Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

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The Green Years (1946)

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The Harvey Girls (1946)

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Ziegfeld Follies (1946)

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The Secret Heart (1946)

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The Clock (1945)

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The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)

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Thousands Cheer (1944)

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A Guy Named Joe (1944)

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Meet Me in St. Louis (1944)

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Three Hearts for Julia (1942)

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Panama Hattie (1942)

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Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942)

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Grand Central Murder (1942)

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Seven Sweethearts (1942)

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Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)

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Rio Rita (1942)

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Free and Easy (1941)

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Married Bachelor (1941)

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The Trial of Mary Dugan (1941)

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Rage in Heaven (1941)

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Lady Be Good (1941)

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Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941)

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Come Live with Me (1941)

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Gallant Sons (1940)

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Two Girls on Broadway (1940)

Third Finger, Left Hand (1940)

Lady of the Tropics (1939)

Director of Photography

Remember? (1939)

Director of Photography

Fast and Furious (1939)

Society Lawyer (1939)

Fast and Loose (1939)

Marie Antoinette (1938)

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Arsene Lupin Returns (1938)

The Shining Hour (1938)

Mannequin (1937)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

The Bride Wore Red (1937)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Ziegfeld roof numbers [Photographer]

The Gorgeous Hussy (1936)

Hearts Divided (1936)

Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Kind Lady (1935)

Page Miss Glory (1935)

Reckless (1935)

I Live My Life (1935)

Men in White (1934)

Operator 13 (1934)

Forsaking All Others (1934)

Going Hollywood (1933)

Men Must Fight (1933)

Stage Mother (1933)

Reunion in Vienna (1933)

Storm at Daybreak (1933)

The Animal Kingdom (1932)

The Misleading Lady (1932)

The Big Broadcast (1932)

The Wiser Sex (1932)

Honor Among Lovers (1931)

The Cheat (1931)

The Smiling Lieutenant (1931)

Stolen Heaven (1931)

Secrets of a Secretary (1931)

The Royal Family of Broadway (1931)

The Big Pond (1930)

Laughter (1930)

Director of Photography

Dangerous Nan McGrew (1930)

Director of Photography

Animal Crackers (1930)

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Applause (1930)

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The Hole in the Wall (1929)

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The Cocoanuts (1929)

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The Letter (1929)

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Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

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The Laughing Lady (1929)

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Gentlemen of the Press (1929)

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Lady Be Good (1928)

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The Butter and Egg Man (1928)

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American Beauty (1927)

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Orchids and Ermine (1927)

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No Place To Go (1927)

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See You in Jail (1927)

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Naughty But Nice (1927)

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Her Wild Oat (1927)

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Ladies at Play (1926)

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The Savage (1926)

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Too Much Money (1926)

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The Necessary Evil (1925)

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The Half-Way Girl (1925)

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Scarlet Saint (1925)

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The Enchanted Cottage (1924)

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Born Rich (1924)

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The Fighting Blade (1923)

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The Bright Shawl (1923)

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Radio-Mania (1923)

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Twenty-One (1923)

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Nancy From Nowhere (1922)

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What's Wrong With the Women? (1922)

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Slim Shoulders (1922)

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The Game Chicken (1922)

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Sheltered Daughters (1921)

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The Education of Elizabeth (1921)

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The Case of Becky (1921)

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Room and Board (1921)

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The Price of Possession (1921)

Director of Photography

A Heart To Let (1921)

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The Stolen Kiss (1920)

The Fear Market (1920)

The Frisky Mrs. Johnson (1920)

His Bridal Night (1919)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Pusher-in-the-Face (1929)

Cast (Special)

The Marx Brothers in a Nutshell (1982)

Cast (Short)

You Can't Fool a Camera (1941)

Film Production - Main (Short)

The Battle of Gettysburg (1956)

Life Events

1914

Hired as office boy by Jesse Lasky Co.

1915

First film as assistant cameraman

Photo Collections

Operator 13 - Behind-the-Scenes Photo

Here is a photo taken behind-the-scenes during production of MGM's Operator 13 (1934), starring Marion Davies and Gary Cooper.

Videos

Animal Kingdom, The (1932) -- (Movie Clip) You Haven't Any Clothes On Having just parted ways with his long-time butler, and about to attend a gallery opening for his best friend Daisy, new fianceè Cecelia (Myrna Loy) in a pre-code negligee persuades publisher Tom (Leslie Howard) to change his plans, in The Animal Kingdom, 1932.

Green Dolphin Street (1947) -- (Movie Clip) The Tide May Not Wait None of the principals appear here (except Donna Reed and Lana Turner, as the sisters Patourel, in a portrait) but MGM’s intentions are declared, Dame May Whitty oversees the convent on the fictional Channel Island of St. Pierre, a boffo SF/X backdrop and a visit to Gladys Cooper as the mom, in the 1947 disaster melodrama Green Dolphin Street.

Green Dolphin Street (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I Think I'll Be A Smuggler! The dazzling Patourel sisters (Lana Turner as Marianne, Donna Reed as Marguerite), on the fictional Channel Island of St. Pierre in the 1840’s, are observed by Van Heflin (as Timothy Haslam, with Ramsey Ames), then picnic with their handsome unorthodox new neighbor William (Richard Hart), early in MGM’s disaster-melodrama Green Dolphin Street, 1947.

Green Dolphin Street (1947) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Bold And Scheming Introduction of the sisters Patourel, on a fictional Channel Island ca. 1840, Donna Reed as Marguerite with their mom (Gladys Cooper), and Lana Turner as self-assured (and brunette!) Marianne with papa (Edmund Gwenn), noticing the arrival of a hunky new neighbor (Richard Hart), not knowing yet that his father was her mother’s major first love, early in MGM’s Green Dolphin Street, 1947.

Green Dolphin Street (1947) -- (Movie Clip) It Must Be St. Peter Donna Reed as 1840-something Channel Islander Marguerite is distraught over the (Spoiler!) consecutive deaths of her parents, wakened by the waves at the foot of the cliff-side convent, chooses to approach (though it’s not strictly necessary) through the old smuggler’s cave, thus a dramatic sequence for the MGM special effects team, in Green Dolphin Street, 1947.

Green Dolphin Street (1947) -- (Movie Clip) Big Sea A big earthquake from MGM special effects wizards A. Arnold Gillespie and Warren Newcombe has already begun in what by now must be 1850-something New Zealand, Van Heflin is rescuing Lana Turner while Richard Hart, her husband on a nearby riverboat, is slow to recognize what the natives sense, in Green Dolphin Street, 1947.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne) A relatively modest production number, in MGM’s three million dollar musical, based on the premise of deceased impresario Florenz Ziegfeld imagining the show he could stage with MGM talent, Lena Horne with an original tune by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) You've Cut Some Corners Industrialist Matthews (Spencer Tracy) visiting with political boss Conover (Adolphe Menjou), doesn't realize his estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) has arrived, then discussing a run for the White House, in Frank Capra's State Of The Union, 1948.

State Of The Union (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Twelve Commandments Continuing their first scene together, maid Norah (Margaret Hamilton) in the middle as estranged wife Mary (Katharine Hepburn) discovers how close her potential-candidate husband Grant (Spencer Tracy) has become with his powerful mistress, in State Of The Union, 1948.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne) A relatively modest production number, in MGM’s three million dollar musical, based on the premise of deceased impresario Florenz Ziegfeld imagining the show he could stage with MGM talent, Lena Horne with an original tune by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) A Water Ballet There had only been one full-blown Esther Williams swimming feature (Bathing Beauty, 1944) when this came out so it was pretty extravagant at the time, Merrill Pye the uncredited director, an early number in MGM's variety showcase Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

Arsene Lupin Returns (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Out Of Circulation Joining Melvyn Douglas, as gentleman farmer Farrand in France, though we suspect he’s the jewel-thief title character, visited by pals (Nat Pendleton as Joe, E.E. Clive as Alf) about a New York heist, then by the almost-victim, his neighbor-girlfriend Lorraine (Virginia Bruce) and her private sleuth pal Steve (Warren William), in MGM’s Arsene Lupin Returns, 1938.

Clock, The - (Original Trailer) A G.I. en route to Europe falls in love during a whirlwind two-day leave in New York City in The Clock (1945).

Green Years, The - (Original Trailer) An orphaned Irish boy is taken in by his mother's Scottish relations in The Green Years (1946) from the author of The Citadel and The Stars Look Down.

Lady Be Good - (Original Trailer) None of the plot but all of the Gershwin songs like "Fascinatin' Rhythm" in MGM's version of Lady Be Good (1941).

Stage Mother - (Original Trailer) Maureen O'Sullivan's mother will sacrifice anything, even her daughter if it will make her a star in Stage Mother (1933).

Hold That Kiss - (Original Trailer) Romance blossoms when a man and woman each think the other is rich in Hold That Kiss (1938) starring Maureen O'Sullivan.

Grand Central Murder - (Original Trailer) A detective (Van Heflin) investigates an actress's murder in a train car in Grand Central Murder (1942).

Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day - (Original Trailer) The eighth entry in the series reaches Dr. Kildare's Wedding Day (1941) but things don't work out as planned.

Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant - (Original Trailer) Three young surgeons vie to replace the legendary Dr. Kildare in Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant (1942).

Deep in My Heart -- (Original Trailer) Jose Ferrer stars in Deep in My Heart (1954), MGM's all-star biography of Broadway songsmith Sigmund Romberg.

Come Live With Me -- (Original Trailer) A Viennese refugee (Hedy Lamarr) weds a struggling author (James Stewart) platonically so she can stay in the U.S. Directed by Clarence Brown

Age Of Indiscretion - (Original Trailer) A moralistic publisher (Paul Lukas) discovers his wife (Helen Vinson) is cheating on him in Age of Indiscretion (1935).

Forbidden Planet - (Original Trailer) A group of space troopers investigates the destruction of an earth colony on a remote planet in Forbidden Planet (1956), the sci-fi thriller that introduced Robby the Robot.

Family

George Jr Folsey

Son

Producer, editor.

Bibliography

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