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Glen MacWilliams is a Director of Photography, Assistant Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 21 may 1898 at Saratoga (USA)
Glen MacWilliams, né le 21 mai 1898 à Saratoga (Californie), mort le 15 avril 1984 à Seal Beach (Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain, membre de l'ASC.
Pour ses premiers films comme directeur de la photographie, sortis à partir de 1918, il retrouve notamment Fairbanks et Fleming, comme dans His Majesty, the American de Joseph Henabery (1919). Jusqu'en 1946, il contribue ainsi à quatre-vingt-seize films, la plupart américains.
Toutefois, il travaille également en Angleterre sur plusieurs films britanniques sortis de 1933 à 1940, majoritairement produits par Gaumont British Picture Corporation, comme Le Chant du Danube d'Alfred Hitchcock (1934, avec Esmond Knight et Edmund Gwenn) et Les Mines du roi Salomon de Robert Stevenson (1937, avec Cedric Hardwicke et Paul Robeson). Mentionnons aussi un film musical franco-germano-britannique de Carmine Gallone et Serge Véber (version française sortie en 1934, avec Jan Kiepura et Danielle Darrieux, titrée Mon cœur t'appelle, et version anglaise sortie en 1935, avec Jan Kiepura et Marta Eggerth, titrée My Heart is calling you).
Aux États-Unis, Glen MacWilliams retrouve Hitchcock sur Lifeboat (1944, avec Tallulah Bankhead et William Bendix), lequel lui vaut en 1945 une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie. Parmi ses autres films notables, citons Oliver Twist de Frank Lloyd (1922, avec James A. Marcus et Jackie Coogan), Lazybones de Frank Borzage (1925, avec Buck Jones et Zasu Pitts), The Front Page de Lewis Milestone (1931, avec Adolphe Menjou et Pat O'Brien), ou encore Fantômes déchaînés d'Alfred L. Werker (1942, avec Laurel et Hardy).
Après 1946, il ne revient au cinéma que pour deux ultimes films sortis en 1958. Sinon, Glen MacWilliams travaille à la télévision sur quinze séries, entre 1958 et 1965, dont quatre épisodes de la série-western Au nom de la loi (1959) et six épisodes de la série policière Les Incorruptibles (1962-1963). Il contribue également à deux téléfilms, respectivement diffusés en 1960 et 1966 (un western, après lequel il se retire).
(1933)
(Camera Operator)
(1931)
(Director of Photography)
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Nationality USA
Birth 21 may 1898 at Saratoga (USA)
Death 15 april 1984 (at 85 years) at Seal Beach (USA)
Birth 21 may 1898 at Saratoga (USA)
Death 15 april 1984 (at 85 years) at Seal Beach (USA)
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Au cinéma, Glen MacWilliams débute comme premier assistant opérateur sur huit films muets américains sortis en 1916 et 1917 (ayant tous pour vedette Douglas Fairbanks), dont six aux côtés de Victor Fleming (alors chef opérateur).Pour ses premiers films comme directeur de la photographie, sortis à partir de 1918, il retrouve notamment Fairbanks et Fleming, comme dans His Majesty, the American de Joseph Henabery (1919). Jusqu'en 1946, il contribue ainsi à quatre-vingt-seize films, la plupart américains.
Toutefois, il travaille également en Angleterre sur plusieurs films britanniques sortis de 1933 à 1940, majoritairement produits par Gaumont British Picture Corporation, comme Le Chant du Danube d'Alfred Hitchcock (1934, avec Esmond Knight et Edmund Gwenn) et Les Mines du roi Salomon de Robert Stevenson (1937, avec Cedric Hardwicke et Paul Robeson). Mentionnons aussi un film musical franco-germano-britannique de Carmine Gallone et Serge Véber (version française sortie en 1934, avec Jan Kiepura et Danielle Darrieux, titrée Mon cœur t'appelle, et version anglaise sortie en 1935, avec Jan Kiepura et Marta Eggerth, titrée My Heart is calling you).
Aux États-Unis, Glen MacWilliams retrouve Hitchcock sur Lifeboat (1944, avec Tallulah Bankhead et William Bendix), lequel lui vaut en 1945 une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie. Parmi ses autres films notables, citons Oliver Twist de Frank Lloyd (1922, avec James A. Marcus et Jackie Coogan), Lazybones de Frank Borzage (1925, avec Buck Jones et Zasu Pitts), The Front Page de Lewis Milestone (1931, avec Adolphe Menjou et Pat O'Brien), ou encore Fantômes déchaînés d'Alfred L. Werker (1942, avec Laurel et Hardy).
Après 1946, il ne revient au cinéma que pour deux ultimes films sortis en 1958. Sinon, Glen MacWilliams travaille à la télévision sur quinze séries, entre 1958 et 1965, dont quatre épisodes de la série-western Au nom de la loi (1959) et six épisodes de la série policière Les Incorruptibles (1962-1963). Il contribue également à deux téléfilms, respectivement diffusés en 1960 et 1966 (un western, après lequel il se retire).
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Shock (1946)
, 1h10Directed by Alfred L. Werker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Noir
Themes Children's films
Actors Vincent Price, Lynn Bari, Frank Latimore, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Charles Trowbridge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
The film tells the story of a psychiatrist, Dr. Cross (Vincent Price), who is treating a young woman, Janet Stewart (Anabel Shaw), who is in a coma-state, brought on when she heard loud arguing, went to her window and saw a man strike his wife with a candlestick and kill her. It also stars Lynn Bari as Dr. Cross's nurse/lover, Elaine Jordan.
The Spider (1945)
, 1h3Directed by Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Conte, Kurt Kreuger, Faye Marlowe, John Harvey, Martin Kosleck, Mantan Moreland
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
A private detective is pursued by both police and a mysterious killer.
Within These Walls (1945)
, 1h11Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Thomas Mitchell, Mary Anderson, Mark Stevens, B.S. Pully, Roy Roberts, John Russell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Wing and a Prayer (1944)
, 1h36Directed by Henry Hathaway
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Don Ameche, Dana Andrews, William Eythe, Charles Bickford, Cedric Hardwicke, Richard Jaeckel
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
In the days just after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the American people are asking "Where is our navy? Why doesn't it fight?" Gravely weakened by the disaster, the Navy comes up with a plan to trap the Japanese fleet, by using one carrier as several ships to deceive the Japanese Navy into heading for Midway, where a showdown with them will be planned. Meanwhile, on the carrier charged with the mission, flight commander Bingo Harper (Don Ameche) is in charge of the bomber crews on one of the aircraft carriers that shouldered the burden in the desperate early days of the war. He is tough and sticks to the rules, while his young pilots behave more like youngsters and do not always follow his logic.
Lifeboat (1944)
, 1h36Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films, Children's films, Disaster films, Films about seafaring accidents or incidents
Actors Tallulah Bankhead, William Bendix, Walter Slezak, Mary Anderson, John Hodiak, Henry Hull
Roles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Several British and U.S. civilians, service members and merchant marines are stuck in a lifeboat in the North Atlantic after their ship and a U-boat sink each other in combat. Willi (Walter Slezak), a German survivor, is pulled aboard and denies being the U-boat's captain. During an animated debate, Kovac (John Hodiak) demands the German be thrown out to drown. However, the others object, with Stanley (Hume Cronyn), wealthy industrialist Rittenhouse (Henry Hull) and columnist Connie Porter (Tallulah Bankhead), who speaks German, succeeding in arguing that he be allowed to stay. Porter, initially alone in the boat, had managed to bring her luggage with her, and her primary concern at first is a run in her stocking. She is thrilled at having filmed the battle between the two vessels, but her movie camera is the first in a series of her possessions to be lost overboard in a succession of incidents.
Winged Victory (1944)
, 2h10Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Lon McCallister, Jeanne Crain, Red Buttons, Edmond O'Brien, Don Taylor, Judy Holliday
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Frankie Davis (Lon McCallister), Allan Ross (Mark Daniels) and Pinkie Scariano (Don Taylor) join the U.S. Army Air Forces with hopes of becoming pilots. In training, they befriend Irving Miller (Edmond O'Brien) and Bobby Grills (Barry Nelson). The five friends go through the training process to become pilots, facing success, failure and tragedy.
Wintertime (1943)
, 1h22Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Sports films, Musical films
Actors Jack Oakie, Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, S.Z. Sakall, Cornel Wilde, Bess Flowers
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Norwegian millionaire Ostgaard (S.Z. Sakall) and his niece Nora (Sonja Henie) believe they will be staying at a posh resort in Canada, but it turns out owner Skip Hutton (Jack Oakie) and partner Freddy Austin (Cornel Wilde) are in debt and barely holding off foreclosure.
It's Everybody's War (1942)
, 18minutesOrigin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Henry Fonda, Mae Marsh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Young America (1942)
, 1h13Directed by Louis King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Jane Withers, Jane Darwell, Lynne Roberts, William Tracy, Roman Bohnen, Irving Bacon
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56%
Blue, White, and Perfect (1942)
, 1h14Directed by Herbert I. Leeds
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Mary Beth Hughes, George Reeves, Helene Whitney, Steven Geray, Henry Victor
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Le détective privé Michael Shayne (Lloyd Nolan) annonce à sa petite amie Merle Garland (Mary Beth Hughes) qu'il quitte son métier pour un travail à l'usine, moins dangereux pour lui. En réalité, il s'agit d'une couverture pour une nouvelle enquête. Lors de son premier jour à l'usine, des diamants sont dérobés et Shayne doit suivre leurs traces sur un bateau de croisière qui le mêne vers le Panama à la poursuite d'espions allemands ...
Great Guns (1941)
, 1h14Directed by Monty Banks
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Military humor in film, Buddy films, Children's films
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sheila Ryan, Mae Marsh, Russell Hicks, Charles Trowbridge
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
The young, spoiled and feeble Daniel Forrester IV (Dick Nelson), a very rich eligible bachelor, gets his draft notice from the U.S. Army and is beyond himself with joy, because now Daniel has a chance to prove he hasn't the weak constitution his Aunts Martha (Mae Marsh) and Agatha (Ethel Griffies) believe him to have. Daniel performs well at his Army physical and is enrolled in the Army soon after. To look after Daniel during the service, his chauffeur Ollie (Oliver Hardy) and gardener Stan (Stan Laurel) joins the Army at the same time. They all go to basic military training at legendary Fort Merritt in Texas. Daniel finds the Army to his liking, performing excellently at the exercises, but Stan and Ollie are less happy with their new duties. Their drill Sergeant Hippo (Edmund MacDonald) considers Stan and Ollie to be lazy, and soon their every antic drives the sergeant crazy. Stan's pet crow Penelope is a constant source of irritation for the sergeant. But what irritates Hippo most is that the fort's photo developer, Ginger Hammond (Sheila Ryan), takes a special interest in Daniel. The sergeant, who has tried to catch Ginger's heart himself for quite some time, becomes jealous of Daniel. Her feelings are reciprocated as Daniel confesses his love for her in his sleep, while Stan and Ollie listen. They don't want Daniel to pursue Ginger, since they are not certain that his health will cope with the strain of a romantic involvement. Stan and Ollie worry that a relation between the two will kill their employer, so posing as businessmen they pay Ginger a visit and try to fend her off by telling her that Daniel is broke and not the catch she believes. She recognizes them and throws them out. Hippo also tries to break up the loving couple by cancelling Daniel's night leave and putting him in the guard room instead. Stan and Ollie get into trouble when they are captured by the opposite team in a military exercise maneuver. When Daniel hears about their unfortunate situation, he escapes his lock-up and uses Penelope to find Stan. Penelope helps find Stan, and the team that Stan and Ollie belong to win the maneuver. Daniel and his employees become heroes, and Daniel and Ginger become a couple. Penelope gets her own bird-size uniform and all the boys participate in a military parade together, while the aunts and Ginger watch.
A Window in London (1940)
, 1h17Directed by Herbert Mason
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors Michael Redgrave, Sally Gray, Paul Lukas, Hartley Power, Patricia Roc, Glen Alyn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Pat (Patricia Roc), a hotel switchboard operator and Peter (Michael Redgrave) a crane operator are a happy well meaning couple, however because of their different shifts during the day they have no time for each other. While he works during the day on the construction of Waterloo Bridge his patient wife works during the night on a hotel telephone exchange. One morning on his way to work, Peter goes on the London Underground train and spots what seems to be a murder being committed on at the open window of a building overlooking the tracks. Deciding to investigate this "crime" Peter and a policeman arrive at the residence. There they find out that the couple were in fact rehearsing an illusion. Zoltini is a bad tempered magician and his wife Vivienne (Sally Gray) is his assistant. The suspicious magician becomes sure that his wife is having an affair with Peter - every time he sees her with the handsome stranger. On another night Zoltini and Vivienne have an argument on the backstage - leading to him slapping her in the face. As a result, Vivienne leaves (while her husband performs on stage) and takes a taxi with Peter up to his crane. Furious with Vivienne for leaving during the 'vanishing women' sequence of their performance, Zoltini looks for his wife while Pat has been sacked from the hotel for not paying attention to her job.
Sailing Along (1938)
Directed by Sonnie Hale
Genres Comedy, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Noel Madison, Barry MacKay, Alastair Sim, Frank Pettingell, Athene Seyler, Roland Young
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
King Solomon's Mines (1937)
, 1h17Directed by Robert Stevenson, Geoffrey Barkas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Cedric Hardwicke, Anna Lee, Paul Robeson, Roland Young, John Loder, Robert Adams
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
In 1882, Irish dream chaser Patrick "Patsy" O'Brien (Arthur Sinclair) and his daughter Kathy (Anna Lee) have failed to strike it rich in the diamond mines of Kimberley, South Africa. They persuade a reluctant Allan Quartermain (Sir Cedric Hardwicke) to give them a lift to the coast in his wagon.
Gangway (1937)
Directed by Sonnie Hale
Genres Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Jessie Matthews, Barry MacKay, Nat Pendleton, Alastair Sim, Olive Blakeney, Noel Madison
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67%