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Arthur Edeson (1891–1970)

Cinematographer | Camera and Electrical Department | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Arthur Edeson is an American cinematographer who was a pioneer of his craft. His career spanned four decades and encompassed many films now regarded as classics. Born in New York in 1891, Edeson first worked as a still photographer. In 1911 he entered the movie business at Eclair Studios, a production unit based in Fort Lee... See full bio »

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in New York City, New York, USA

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(age 78) in Agoura Hills, California, USA
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1949 The Fighting O'Flynn
 
1948 Two Guys from Texas
 
1947 My Wild Irish Rose (director of photography)
 
1947 Stallion Road
 
1946 The Time, the Place and the Girl
 
1946 Never Say Goodbye
 
1946 Nobody Lives Forever
 
1946 Two Guys from Milwaukee
 
1946 Three Strangers
 
1944 The Conspirators
 
1944 The Mask of Dimitrios
 
1944 Shine on Harvest Moon
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars (director of photography)
 
1942 Casablanca (director of photography)
 
1942 Across the Pacific
 
1942 Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra (short)
 
1942 The Male Animal (director of photography)
 
1941 The Maltese Falcon (director of photography)
 
1941 Kisses for Breakfast
 
1940 Lady with Red Hair (director of photography)
 
1940 Tugboat Annie Sails Again (director of photography)
 
1940 They Drive by Night (director of photography)
 
1940 Castle on the Hudson (director of photography)
 
1939 Kid Nightingale (director of photography)
 
1939 No Place to Go (photography)
 
1939 Each Dawn I Die (photography)
 
1939 Sweepstakes Winner
 
1939 Secret Service of the Air (uncredited)
 
1939 Nancy Drew... Reporter (photography)
 
1939 Wings of the Navy
 
1938 Mr. Chump
 
1938 Racket Busters (photography)
 
1938 Cowboy from Brooklyn
 
1938 The Kid Comes Back (photography)
 
1938 Swing Your Lady (photography)
 
1937 Submarine D-1 (photography)
 
1937 The Footloose Heiress (photography)
 
1937 Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
 
1937 They Won't Forget (photography)
 
1937 The Go Getter
 
1936 Gold Diggers of 1937 (photography)
 
1936 China Clipper (photography)
 
1936 Satan Met a Lady
 
1936 Hot Money (photography)
 
1936 The Golden Arrow
 
1936 Ceiling Zero
 
1935 Mutiny on the Bounty (photographed by)
 
1935 Dinky
 
1935 While the Patient Slept
 
1935 Devil Dogs of the Air (photography)
 
1935 Maybe It's Love (photography)
 
1934 Here Comes the Navy
 
1934 The Merry Frinks
 
1934 Palooka (photography)
 
1933 His Double Life
 
1933 The Invisible Man (camera)
 
1933 Enemies of Society
 
1933 The Life of Jimmy Dolan (photography)
 
1933 A Study in Scarlet
 
1933 The Constant Woman
 
1932 Flesh (photographed by)
 
1932 Red Dust (uncredited)
 
1932 The Old Dark House (uncredited)
 
1932 Those We Love
 
1932 The Last Mile (photography)
 
1932 Fast Companions
 
1932 Strangers of the Evening
 
1932 The Impatient Maiden
 
1931 Frankenstein
 
1931 Waterloo Bridge
 
1931 Always Goodbye
 
1931 Die große Fahrt
 
1931 Doctors' Wives
 
1931 The Man Who Came Back
 
1930 The Big Trail (photography / 70mm version)
 
1930 All Quiet on the Western Front
 
1929 Romance of the Rio Grande
 
1929 The Cock-Eyed World
 
1929 Girls Gone Wild
 
1928 In Old Arizona
 
1928 Me, Gangster
 
1928 Thief in the Dark
 
1927 The Gorilla
 
1927 The Drop Kick
 
1927 The Patent Leather Kid
 
1927 McFadden's Flats
 
1926 Just Another Blonde
 
1926 Subway Sadie
 
1926 The Blue Eagle (uncredited)
 
1926 Sweet Daddies
 
1926 The Bat
 
1926 Partners Again
 
1925 Stella Dallas
 
1925 Her Sister from Paris
 
1925 The Talker
 
1925 One Way Street
 
1925 Waking Up the Town
 
1925 The Lost World (photography)
 
1924 Inez from Hollywood
 
1924 The Thief of Bagdad (photographed by)
 
1922 Robin Hood (photography)
 
1922 The Worldly Madonna
 
1922 The End of the World
 
1921 The Three Musketeers (photographed by)
 
1921 Good Women
 
1921 Hush
 
1920 Mid-Channel
 
1920 For the Soul of Rafael
 
1920 The Forbidden Woman
 
1919 Eyes of Youth
 
1919 The Better Wife
 
1919 The Hushed Hour
 
1919 Cheating Cheaters
 
1918 The Road Through the Dark
 
1918 The Savage Woman
 
1918 Jack Spurlock, Prodigal
 
1917 Nearly Married
 
1917 Baby Mine
 
1917 Souls Adrift
 
1917 The Price of Pride
 
1917 The Stolen Paradise
 
1917/II In Again, Out Again
 
1917 The Page Mystery
 
1917 The Social Leper
 
1917 A Square Deal
 
1917 A Woman Alone
 
1916 Bought and Paid For
 
1916 The Gilded Cage
 
1916 Miss Petticoats
 
1916 His Brother's Wife
 
1916 The Devil's Toy
 
1915 The Master Hand
 
1915 Hearts in Exile
 
1914 A Gentleman from Mississippi
 
1914 The Dollar Mark
 
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1941 Sergeant York (photographer: battle sequences)
 
1933 The Invisible Man (camera operator - uncredited)
 
1915 The Deep Purple (camera operator)
 
1915 The Master Hand (assistant director)
 

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President American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) 1953-1954. See more »

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