Jack Cardiff
Cinematographer and director Jack Cardiff, one of the early masters of color cinematography, has died. He was 94.
Cardiff’s work as a cinematographer was quite eclectic, ranging from his partnership with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger in the British-made Black Narcissus (1945) and The Red Shoes (1948) to prestigious international productions such as John Huston’s The African Queen (1951) and King Vidor’s War and Peace (1956), and to low-brow commercial fare such as Conan the Destroyer (1984) and Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985).
I’ve never watched Conan or Rambo, but I have watched more than 20 of Cardiff’s 60 or so features, and I can testify that whether working in art-house or commercial fare, Cardiff’s cinematography was invariably one [...]
by Andre Soares | April 22, 2009
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d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Joseph Jackson
Blessed Event
d: Roy del Ruth; scr: Howard J. Green
Jewel Robbery
d: William Dieterle; scr: Erwin S. Gelsey
The Most Dangerous Game / The Hounds of Zaroff
d: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel; scr: James Ashmore Creelman
The Old Dark House
d: James Whale; scr: Ben W. Levy, R.C. Sheriff
One Way Passage
d: Tay Garnett; scr: Wilson Mizner, Joseph Jackson
Tod Browning and cast on the Freaks set
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d: Edward H. Griffith; scr: Horace Jackson
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d: Tod Browning; scr: Al Boasberg, Willis Goldbeck, Leon Gordon, Edgar Allan Woolf
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d: Lewis Milestone; scr: Maxwell Anderson
The Hatchet Man
d: William A. Wellman; scr: J. Grubb Alexander
Trouble in Paradise
d: Ernst Lubitsch; [...]
by Andre Soares | April 3, 2009
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Tags: Beauty and the Boss, Best Films, Blessed Event, Charles Laughton, Charpin, Classic Movies, Claudette Colbert, Ernst Lubitsch, Fanny, Freaks, Guy Kibbee, Howard J. Green, James Whale, Jewel Robbery, Joseph Jackson, Kay Francis, Leslie Banks, Melvyn Douglas, One Way Passage, Que Viva Mexico!, Raimu, Roy Del Ruth, Tay Garnett, The Hatchet Man, The Mask of Fu Manchu, The Most Dangerous Game, The Old Dark House, The Sign of the Cross, Tod Browning, Trouble in Paradise, Warren William, William Dieterle, William Powell
