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Robert Kurrle is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 2 february 1890

Robert Kurrle

Robert Kurrle
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Birth name Robert Bard Kurrle
Nationality USA
Birth 2 february 1890
Death 27 october 1932 (at 42 years)

Robert Bard Kurrle est un directeur de la photographie américain, né le 2 février 1890 à Port Hueneme (Californie), mort le 27 octobre 1932 à Los Angeles — Quartier d'Hollywood (Californie).

Membre de l'ASC, il est généralement crédité Robert Kurrle, parfois Robert B. Kurrle.

Biography

Robert Kurrle débute comme chef opérateur sur Her Great Price, sorti en 1916 et réalisé par Edwin Carewe. Il retrouve celui-ci pour vingt-trois autres films américains (majoritairement muets), le dernier étant Resurrection (1931, version anglaise avec Lupe Vélez et John Boles), auquel s'ajoute une version espagnole titrée Resurrección (avec Lupe Vélez et Gilbert Roland). Entretemps, mentionnons Le Foyer qui s'éteint (coréalisé par John Ford, 1922, avec Percy Helton) et Ramona (version 1928, avec Dolores del Río et Warner Baxter). Notons aussi sa participation à une version muette de Resurrection (1927, avec Rod La Rocque et Dolores del Río), réalisée par le même Carewe.

Parmi les autres réalisateurs avec lesquels Robert Kurrle collabore, citons Henry King (Sackcloth and Scarlet, 1925, avec Alice Terry et Dorothy Sebastian), Raoul Walsh (Faiblesse humaine, 1928, avec Gloria Swanson et Lionel Barrymore), Merian C. Cooper (Les Quatre Plumes blanches, version 1929, avec Richard Arlen et Fay Wray), Lloyd Bacon (deux films, dont Jim le harponneur, 1930, avec John Barrymore et Joan Bennett), Michael Curtiz (trois films, dont L'Étrange Passion de Molly Louvain, 1932, avec Ann Dvorak et Lee Tracy) et Tay Garnett (Voyage sans retour, version 1932, avec William Powell et Kay Francis).

Le dernier de ses soixante-neuf films comme directeur de la photographie est Lawyer Man de William Dieterle (avec William Powell et Joan Blondell), sorti le 7 janvier 1933, à peine plus de deux mois après sa mort prématurée, d'une infection généralisée du cerveau (indéterminée).

Best films

Sadie Thompson (1928)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Earl Luick
Earl Luick
(7 films)
Edwin Carewe
Edwin Carewe
(4 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Robert Kurrle (26 films)

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Cameraman

Lawyer Man
Lawyer Man (1933)
, 1h12
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors William Powell, Joan Blondell, David Landau, Helen Vinson, Claire Dodd, Alan Dinehart, Sr.
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.245543.245543.245543.245543.24554
Anton Adam is a lawyer who has just got a client acquitted against the uptown New York lawyer Granville Bentley. Granville offers the poor lawyer partnership and he accepts. Anton's faithful secretary Olga Michaels isn't delighted to see Anton disrespecting the law. His downfall comes when he meets the beautiful Virginia, an actress who is introduced as a woman whose doctor has abandoned her and now seeks help.
High Pressure, 1h14
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Powell, Evelyn Brent, George Sidney, John Wray, Evalyn Knapp, Guy Kibbee
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.293243.293243.293243.293243.29324
Gar Evans (William Powell) agrees to promote Ginsburg's product, artificial rubber created from sewage, only after his friend Mike Donahey (Frank McHugh) assures him it is not a scam. Gar is superstitious; he believes he will only succeed if his long-suffering girlfriend Francine Dale (Evelyn Brent) joins them on the venture. She, however, has given up on him, especially since he left her five days before to pick up something, and never came back. It is only with great effort that he convinces her to give him another chance.
The Match King, 1h19
Directed by Howard Bretherton, William Keighley
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Warren William, Lili Damita, Glenda Farrell, Juliette Compton, Claire Dodd, Harold Huber
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.440633.440633.440633.440633.44063
Though a lowly Chicago street cleaner, Swedish immigrant Paul Kroll (Warren William) is ambitious and unscrupulous. When a fellow employee is fired (due to one of Kroll's schemes), Kroll convinces his foreman (John Wray) to keep him on the payroll (officially at least) so they can split his salary. Soon there are eight "phantom" workers, and Kroll and his partner have amassed $460. However, Kroll has been romancing his partner's wife, Babe (Glenda Farrell), behind his back.
One Way Passage, 1h8
Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic drama, Romance
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Warren Hymer, Frederick Burton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.7460853.7460853.7460853.7460853.746085
Dan Hardesty (William Powell) is an escaped murderer, sentenced to hang. In Hong Kong, he meets Joan Ames (Kay Francis), a terminally-ill woman, in a bar. They share a drink, then Dan breaks his glass, followed by Joan. Police Sergeant Steve Burke (Warren Hymer) captures Dan when he leaves (though out of sight of Joan) and escorts his prisoner aboard an ocean liner crossing the Pacific to San Francisco. On board, Dan jumps into the water in a bid to escape, dragging a handcuffed (and non-swimmer) Steve with him, but spots Joan among the passengers and changes his mind. Once the ship is underway, he persuades Steve to remove his handcuffs. Dan and Joan fall in love on the month-long cruise, neither knowing that the other is under the shadow of death.
Winner Take All, 1h6
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Boxing films
Actors James Cagney, Marian Nixon, Guy Kibbee, Dickie Moore, Virginia Bruce, Alan Mowbray
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9994952.9994952.9994952.9994952.999495
Rising boxer Jimmy Kane is sent from New York City to the Rosario Ranch and Hot Springs in New Mexico to regain his health after spending too much time with women and drink. There he meets young widow Peggy Harmon and her son Dickie. She eventually falls in love with him, and he likes her too. When Jimmy finds out that she will have to cut short her son's treatment because she will not receive an insurance payout, Jimmy takes on a tough fight in Tijuana to raise the $600 she needs. The marks on his face show Peggy where the money came from.
Crooner
Crooner (1932)
, 1h8
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors David Manners, Ann Dvorak, Ken Murray, J. Carrol Naish, Guy Kibbee, Claire Dodd
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0018153.0018153.0018153.0018153.001815
Ted Taylor est le leader de groupe Ted Taylor's Collegians. Alors que le chanteur du groupe ne peut plus chanter, il décide de prendre sa place. Cependant, sa voix est trop faible. Il décide alors de chanter avec un mégaphone. Les femmes sont séduites par sa voix douce. Taylor devient une grande vedette de la chanson, mais devient aussi égocentrique.
The Strange Love of Molly Louvain, 1h13
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Ann Dvorak, Lee Tracy, Richard Cromwell, Guy Kibbee, Leslie Fenton, Frank McHugh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.193693.193693.193693.193693.19369
Vendeuse de cigares dans un hôtel, Molly fréquente un jeune homme fortuné. Un mariage semble s'annoncer. Molly doit être présentée à la famille. Elle constate, hélas, que mère et fils ont disparu et se sont embarqués pour l'Europe. Mère d'un enfant, Molly le confie à une nourrice et finit par trouver refuge auprès d'un gangster, Nicky Grant. Elle est alors mêlée, en dépit de sa propre volonté, à un meurtre. La police arrête Nicky. Ce dernier, en la trahissant, l'oblige à modifier son apparence et son identité. Molly est alors recueillie par un étudiant, autrefois groom, qui veut l'épouser et la rendre "respectable". Or, précisément, dans le même immeuble vit un journaliste cynique et beau parleur, Scotty Cornell, qui enquête sur l'"affaire Molly Louvain" et dont la jeune femme ne tarde pas à devenir amoureuse.
Jewel Robbery, 1h10
Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors William Powell, Kay Francis, Helen Vinson, Hardie Albright, C. Henry Gordon, Alan Mowbray
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.592293.592293.592293.592293.59229
In Vienna, Baroness Teri von Horhenfels (Kay Francis) relieves the boredom of her marriage to her rich but dull husband (Henry Kolker) with love affairs. One day, at an exclusive jewel shop to purchase a diamond ring, her tedium is lifted by a suave, charming thief (William Powell) and his gang. In turn, he is entranced by her beauty. He locks her husband and her latest lover, Paul (Hardie Albright) (of whom she has already tired), in the vault, and forces shop owner Hollander (Lee Kohlmar) to smoke a special cigarette that soon makes him forget his troubles. She however persuades him into leaving her free. However, he is not so carried away as to neglect his duties; he takes her ring, all 28 carats (5.6 g) of it.
Illicit
Illicit (1931)
, 1h19
Directed by Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Ricardo Cortez, James Rennie, Natalie Moorhead, Claude Gillingwater, Charles Butterworth
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.04813.04813.04813.04813.0481
Anne Vincent (Barbara Stanwyck) is a woman who has modern ideas about love. She believes that marriage kills love and leads to unhappiness and, inevitably, divorce. Although her boyfriend Dick (James Rennie), and his father (Claude Gillingwater), try to persuade Anne to get married, she resists their arguments. Anne and Dick live together for a while without getting married but eventually Anne caves in to avoid scandal and agrees to marry Dick. Anne receives a telegram from her ex-boyfriend, Price (Ricardo Cortez), saying that he wants to visit her. Dick tries to prevent Anne from seeing him, but she does so anyway. Price tries to persuade Anne not to get married, tells her that he is still in love with her and warns her that she will be unhappy if she marries, but she remains unconvinced. Anne marries Dick and eventually they settle down and start to behave like a typical married couple. They become bored with each other, avoid each other and fight over silly things. Dick becomes interested in Margie (Natalie Moorhead) who tells him that she is in love with him. Soon, he begins a torrid affair with her. He spends less and less time with Anne. Eventually Anne tells Dick that they need to separate for a time. Dick becomes bored with Margie while Anne does the same with Price, who attempts to rekindle their old relationship. The separation makes Dick and Anne realize how much they love each other. They resume their relationship, initially as a courtship. Eventually, they move back in together as husband and wife.
God's Gift to Women, 1h12
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Frank Fay, Laura La Plante, Alan Mowbray, Joan Blondell, Charles Winninger, Billy House
Roles Director of Photography
Rating51% 2.564572.564572.564572.564572.56457
Wealthy French playboy Toto Duryea (Frank Fay) is irresistible to women, but is in love with none of them. According to Monsieur Rancour (Armand Kaliz), for Toto, "every woman is like a new dish to be tasted." When he is finally and instantly smitten with American Diane Churchill (Laura LaPlante), he has great difficulty proving to her and her father (Charles Winninger) that he truly loves her. Finally, he convinces her that he is sincere; Mr. Churchill insists that Toto give up his women and carousing and stay away from his daughter for six months to prove he has reformed. He also asks that Toto get examined by Churchill's doctor.
Smart Money, 1h21
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy-drama, Action, Crime
Actors Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Charles Lane, Evalyn Knapp, Noel Francis, Margaret Livingston
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3979153.3979153.3979153.3979153.397915
Nick Venizelos (Robinson), a prosperous small-town barber, provides his customers with gambling in his back room. He is so lucky that one suggests he go to the big city to take on famous gambler named Hickory Short. Not lacking in self-confidence, Nick puts up half of the $10,000 stake himself, while the others raise the rest. He leaves the shop under the supervision of his assistant, Jack (Cagney), and takes the train into the city.
The Road to Singapore
Directed by Alfred E. Green
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors William Powell, Doris Kenyon, Marian Marsh, Louis Calhern, Alison Skipworth, Lumsden Hare
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.191023.191023.191023.191023.19102
On an ocean liner from Colombo to Singapore, black sheep Hugh Dawltry tries, but fails to become better acquainted with fellow passenger Philippa Crosby. He is pleasantly surprised to find that they are both getting off at Khota. Ashore, she rebuffs his advances again, informing him that she has come to marry Dr. George March, Dawltry's neighbor.
Moby Dick
Moby Dick (1930)
, 1h20
Directed by Lloyd Bacon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Cétacé, Films about disabilities, Mise en scène d'un cétacé
Actors John Barrymore, Joan Bennett, Walter Long, Lloyd Hughes, Noble Johnson, Nigel De Brulier
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.804452.804452.804452.804452.80445
The film tells of a sea captain's maniacal quest for revenge on a great white whale who has bitten off his leg. Ahab meets and falls in love with the daughter of the local minister, after disembarking in New Bedford. She falls in love with Barrymore and is heartbroken when he leaves on another voyage. During his next voyage, Ahab loses his leg to a large white whale. When he returns to New Bedford, he mistakenly believes that the woman he loves no longer wants to see him due to his disfigurement. He vows revenge against the whale, and to kill it or be killed in the process, and returns to sea.
River's End, 1h15
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance, Western
Actors Charles Bickford, Evalyn Knapp, J. Farrell MacDonald, Zasu Pitts, Walter McGrail, David Torrence
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8163652.8163652.8163652.8163652.816365
In remote northern Canada, Sergeant Conniston (Bickford) seeks to capture escaped convicted murderer Keith (also played by Bickford). He is accompanied by O'Toole (J. Farrell MacDonald), a guide who is constantly drunk. When he finally catches his quarry, he is shocked to find that they look exactly alike.