Winton Hoch

Director Of Photography

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Winton C. Hoch

Birth Place

Iowa, USA

Born

July 31, 1905

Biography

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Lab technician who contributed to the development of Technicolor before going on to become one of Hollywood's premier color cinematographers. Hoch is best known for his collaborations with director John Ford....

Filmography

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Necromancy (1972)

Director of Photography

The Green Berets (1968)

Director of Photography

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Director of Photography

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Director of Photography

Sergeants 3 (1962)

Director of Photography

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Director of Photography

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Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Go Home

Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) We've Seen Scalps Before

Biography

Lab technician who contributed to the development of Technicolor before going on to become one of Hollywood's premier color cinematographers. Hoch is best known for his collaborations with director John Ford.

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

Necromancy (1972)

Director of Photography

The Green Berets (1968)

Director of Photography

Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964)

Director of Photography

Five Weeks in a Balloon (1962)

Director of Photography

Sergeants 3 (1962)

Director of Photography

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (1961)

Director of Photography

The Lost World (1960)

Director of Photography

The Big Circus (1959)

Director of Photography

This Earth Is Mine (1959)

Director of Photography

The Young Land (1959)

Director of Photography

Jet Pilot (1957)

Director of Photography

The Searchers (1956)

Mister Roberts (1955)

Director of Photography

A Star Is Born (1954)

Director of Photography

The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)

Director of Photography

Return to Paradise (1953)

Director of Photography

The Quiet Man (1952)

Director of Photography

Bird of Paradise (1951)

Director of Photography

Halls of Montezuma (1951)

Director of Photography

The Sundowners (1950)

Director of Photography

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

Director of Photography

3 Godfathers (1949)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

So Dear to My Heart (1949)

Director of Photography

Melody Time (1948)

Live action Photographer

Tap Roots (1948)

Director of Photography

Captains of the Clouds (1942)

Aerial Photographer

The Reluctant Dragon (1941)

Technicolor seq Director of Photographer

Dive Bomber (1941)

Director of Photography

Dr. Cyclops (1940)

Associate [camera]

Sweethearts (1938)

Walter Wanger's Vogues of 1938 (1937)

Technicolor Camera chief of prod

Post Production (Feature Film)

Joan of Arc (1948)

Technicolor Photographer

Cinematography (Short)

Over the Andes (1943)

Cinematographer

Rural Hungary (1939)

Cinematographer

Glimpses of Austria (1938)

Cinematographer

Rural Sweden (1938)

Cinematographer

Czechoslovakia on Parade (1938)

Cinematographer

Natural Wonders of the West (1938)

Cinematographer

Glimpses of New Brunswick (1938)

Cinematographer

Beautiful Budapest (1938)

Cinematographer

Land of the Incas (1937)

Cinematographer

Colorful Bombay (1937)

Cinematographer

Copenhagen (1937)

Cinematographer

Serene Siam (1937)

Cinematographer

Hong Kong "The Hub of the Orient" (1937)

Cinematographer

Picturesque South Africa (1937)

Cinematographer

Chile "Land of Charm" (1937)

Cinematographer

Stockholm "Pride of Sweden" (1937)

Cinematographer

India on Parade (1937)

Cinematographer

Rocky Mountain Grandeur (1937)

Cinematographer

Glimpses of Java and Ceylon (1937)

Cinematographer

Glimpses of Peru (1937)

Cinematographer

St. Helena and its "Man of Destiny" (1936)

Cinematographer

Colorful Islands Madagascar and Seychelles (1936)

Cinematographer

Yellowstone Park "Nature's Playground" (1936)

Cinematographer

Victoria and Vancouver Gateways to Canada (1936)

Cinematographer

Quaint Quebec (1936)

Cinematographer

Rio de Janeiro "City of Splendour" (1936)

Cinematographer

Beautiful Banff and Lake Louise (1935)

Cinematographer

Life Events

Videos

Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Go Home Significant SPOILER here in a landmark picture, Natalie Wood as the mature Debbie is rescued from five years captivity by her adoptive brother Marty (Jeffrey Hunter) from the Comanche chief Scar (Henry Brandon), as his partner Ethan (John Wayne), leading an attack with Rev. Clayton (Ward Bond), appears determined to execute her, in John Ford’s The Searchers, 1956.

Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) We've Seen Scalps Before Big reveal here as Mexican trader Figueroa (Antonio Moreno) leads the title characters (John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter as Ethan and Martin) to meet Comanche chief Scar (Henry Brandon), who is suspected of holding kidnapped Debbie (who’s grown up to be Natalie Wood), and who brandishes a medal long ago given to the girl, in John Ford’s celebrated Western The Searchers, 1956.

Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Disharmony Aboard This Ship Henry Fonda, who won the Tony on Broadway in the same title role, takes a startling, indecent dressing down from James Cagney (the always-nameless “Captain,”), standing up for his crew (Ken Curtis et al) and his right to seek a transfer, in Mister Roberts, 1955, from Joshua Logan’s play, from the book by Thomas Heggen.

Mister Roberts (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Is That Your Battleship? Henry Fonda (title character) joined by Jack Lemmon (in his Best Supporting Actor award-winning role) as scalawag Ensign Pulver, who’s ashore on a ruse, to visit the nurses he and the crew have been ogling with binoculars, met by Betsy Palmer as Lt. Girard and her team, in the “safe area of the Pacific,” April, 1945, in Mister Roberts, 1955.

Searchers, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) My, The Days Are Getting Shorter Piercing scream from Lucy (Pippa Scott) confirms director John Ford has moved into horror movie territory, as the Edwards family (Walter Coy, Dorotny Jordan, Robert Lyden, and Lana Wood, young sister of Natalie) detects the arrival of the raiding party in The Searchers, 1956.

Quiet Man, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Begin At The Beginning John Ford’s Academy Award-winning direction opens with John Wayne arriving in an imaginary Irish town, Ward Bond narrating, Paddy O’Donnell, Web Overlander and Eric Gorman with greetings until Barry FitzGerald intervenes, in The Quiet Man, 1952, co-starring Maureen O’Hara.

Quiet Man, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) A Bold One You Are! Winton Hoch’s photography supports director John Ford’s expression of operatic passions in pastoral Ireland, as American Thornton (John Wayne, title character), enters the old family home he’s just bought, finding fiery Mary Kate (Maureen O’Hara) engaged, in The Quiet Man, 1952.

Quiet Man, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) See Here Little Man! Dannaher (Victor McLaglen) throws a tantrum, interrupting Michaeleen (Barry FitzGerald) and Thornton (John Wayne), who’s about to buy his old family home from widow Tillane (Mildred Natwick), though his sister Mary Kate (Maureen O’Hara) doesn’t object, in John Ford’s The Quiet Man, 1952.

Quiet Man, The (1952) -- (Movie Clip) It's Only A Mirage Michaeleen (Barry FitzGerald) conveys Thornton (John Wayne) to Innisfree, explaining to narrating Fr. Lonergan (Ward Bond) that the big American from Pittsburgh was born there, when Mary Kate (Maureen O’Hara) first appears, early in John Ford’s The Quiet Man, 1952.

Green Berets, The (1968) -- (Movie Clip) He Keeps Score Captain Coleman (Jason Evers) receives officer Nim (George Takei) after a patrol, who's then introduced to the new commander York (John Wayne, who also co-directed) and McDaniels (Edward Faulkner), in the Vietnam combat drama The Green Berets, 1968.

So Dear To My Heart (1948) -- (Movie Clip) The Greatest Wealth Narration and vocal by John Beal, song by Irving Taylor and Ticker Freeman, story-book opening by Disney animators including Ub Iwerks and Josh Meador, and a quick look at the leading lad, Bobby Driscoll as Jerry, in the 1948 adaptation of the book by Sterling North, So Dear To My Heart.

So Dear To My Heart (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Black As A Lump Of Coal Jerry (Bobby Driscoll) and hardworking Granny (Beulah Bondi) check to see if the lambs have been born, on her Indiana farm, and we meet the black sheep who will become the boy’s true pet-project, in Walt Disney’s live-action plus animation feature So Dear To My Heart, 1948.

Searchers, The - (Original Trailer) An Indian-hating Civil War veteran tracks down the tribe that slaughtered his family and kidnapped his niece in director John Ford's masterpiece, The Searchers, starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter and Natalie Wood.

Dive Bomber (1941) -- (Original Trailer) Errol Flynn as a reckless but honorable surgeon turned test pilot, Fred MacMurray the flight commander who becomes his friend, in Warner Bros. noisy, uneven pre-Pearl Harbor color action hit Dive Bomber, 1941, from a story by aviator Frank "Spig" Wead.

Mister Roberts - (Original Trailer) Henry Fonda re-creates his Broadway stage success in the World War II comedy Mister Roberts (1955).

Star is Born, A (1954) - (Original Trailer) A falling star marries the newcomer he's helping reach the top in A Star is Born (1954) starring Judy Garland and James Mason.

3 Godfathers (1948) - (Original Trailer) Three outlaws on the run risk their freedom and their lives to return a newborn baby to civilization in 3 Godfathers (1948).

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