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Cliff Shirpser(1906-1977)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Visual Effects
  • Additional Crew
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Cliff Shirpser was born on 4 August 1906 in San Francisco, California, USA. He is known for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928), Lilac Time (1928) and The Right to Love (1930). He died on 18 December 1977 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 4, 1906
DiedDecember 18, 1977(71)
BornAugust 4, 1906
DiedDecember 18, 1977(71)
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Known for

Anita Loos, Chester Conklin, John Emerson, Ford Sterling, and Alice White in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1928
Gary Cooper and Colleen Moore in Lilac Time (1928)
Lilac Time
6.5
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1928
Ruth Chatterton and David Manners in The Right to Love (1930)
The Right to Love
5.6
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1930
Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)
Road to Bali
6.4
  • Camera and Electrical Department(Technicolor)
  • 1952

Credits

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Camera and Electrical Department

  • Ernest Borgnine, Glenn Ford, and Diana Brewster in Torpedo Run (1958)
    Torpedo Run
    6.4
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster in Run Silent Run Deep (1958)
    Run Silent Run Deep
    7.3
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • John Wayne and Janet Leigh in Jet Pilot (1957)
    Jet Pilot
    5.6
    • aerial camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Joan Collins, Dan Dailey, Rick Jason, Jayne Mansfield, and Dolores Michaels in The Wayward Bus (1957)
    The Wayward Bus
    6.5
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Dennis O'Keefe and Barry Sullivan in Dragoon Wells Massacre (1957)
    Dragoon Wells Massacre
    6.1
    • camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • On the Threshold of Space (1956)
    On the Threshold of Space
    6.5
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • Joseph Cotten, Van Johnson, and Ruth Roman in The Bottom of the Bottle (1956)
    The Bottom of the Bottle
    6.4
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1956
  • James Cagney, Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, and William Powell in Mister Roberts (1955)
    Mister Roberts
    7.6
    • assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • The Bridges at Toko-Ri (1954)
    The Bridges at Toko-Ri
    6.7
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney, and Vera-Ellen in White Christmas (1954)
    White Christmas
    7.5
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1954
  • Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour in Road to Bali (1952)
    Road to Bali
    6.4
    • assistant camera: Technicolor
    • 1952
  • Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, and Donald O'Connor in Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    Singin' in the Rain
    8.3
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1952
  • Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn in The African Queen (1951)
    The African Queen
    7.7
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • John Wayne, Janis Carter, and Robert Ryan in Flying Leathernecks (1951)
    Flying Leathernecks
    6.3
    • aerial camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Deborah Kerr and Stewart Granger in King Solomon's Mines (1950)
    King Solomon's Mines
    6.7
    • assistant camera: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1950

Visual Effects

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
    The Greatest Story Ever Told
    6.6
    • effects camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1965
  • The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964)
    The Unsinkable Molly Brown
    6.6
    • matte camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)
    Mutiny on the Bounty
    7.2
    • matte camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1962
  • Never So Few (1959)
    Never So Few
    5.8
    • effects camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Ben-Hur (1959)
    Ben-Hur
    8.1
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Cary Grant, Alfred Hitchcock, Eva Marie Saint, and Philip Ober in North by Northwest (1959)
    North by Northwest
    8.3
    • optical matte camera operator (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • Audrey Hepburn and Anthony Perkins in Green Mansions (1959)
    Green Mansions
    5.3
    • effects unit assistant camera (uncredited)
    • 1959
  • The Rains of Ranchipur (1955)
    The Rains of Ranchipur
    5.8
    • first assistant camera: effects unit (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Clark Gable and Susan Hayward in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
    Soldier of Fortune
    6.2
    • special photographic effects (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • The War of the Worlds (1953)
    The War of the Worlds
    7.0
    • visual effects camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1953
  • When Worlds Collide (1951)
    When Worlds Collide
    6.6
    • effects camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1951
  • Hedy Lamarr and Victor Mature in Samson and Delilah (1949)
    Samson and Delilah
    6.8
    • effects camera operator: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1949

Additional Crew

  • Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Randolph Scott, and Nancy Kelly in Jesse James (1939)
    Jesse James
    7.0
    • assistant: Technicolor (uncredited)
    • 1939

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Clifford M. Shirpser
  • Born
    • August 4, 1906
    • San Francisco, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 18, 1977
    • Los Angeles, California, USA

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