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Sidney Wagner is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 13 january 1901 at Los Angeles (USA)
Sidney Wagner, A.S.C., né le 13 janvier 1901 dans le Comté d'Orange (lieu indéterminé ; Californie), décédé le 7 juillet 1947 dans le Comté d'Orange (lieu indéterminé ; Californie), est un directeur de la photographie américain.
Parmi ses films les mieux connus, mentionnons Des hommes sont nés de Norman Taurog (1938, avec Spencer Tracy et Mickey Rooney), Le Grand Passage de King Vidor (1940, avec Spencer Tracy, Robert Young et Walter Brennan), Les Fils du dragon de Jack Conway et Harold S. Bucquet (1944, avec Katharine Hepburn et Walter Huston), ou encore Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois de Tay Garnett (version de 1946, avec Lana Turner et John Garfield).
Le dernier film de Sidney Wagner est L'Heure du pardon de Roy Rowland (avec Van Johnson, Janet Leigh — son premier rôle au cinéma — et Thomas Mitchell), sorti le 4 août 1947, quasiment un mois après sa mort prématurée, d'une crise cardiaque.
Le Grand Passage et Les Fils du dragon, pré-cités, lui valent chacun une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie (voir détails ci-dessous).
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(Director of Photography)
(1938)
(Director of Photography)
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Sidney Wagner
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 january 1901 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 7 july 1947 (at 46 years) at Orange County (USA)
Birth 13 january 1901 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 7 july 1947 (at 46 years) at Orange County (USA)
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Entre 1924 et 1947, Sidney Wagner est chef opérateur sur soixante-neuf films américains, dont des westerns. Il mène essentiellement sa carrière à la Fox et surtout, à la MGM (à partir de 1934).Parmi ses films les mieux connus, mentionnons Des hommes sont nés de Norman Taurog (1938, avec Spencer Tracy et Mickey Rooney), Le Grand Passage de King Vidor (1940, avec Spencer Tracy, Robert Young et Walter Brennan), Les Fils du dragon de Jack Conway et Harold S. Bucquet (1944, avec Katharine Hepburn et Walter Huston), ou encore Le facteur sonne toujours deux fois de Tay Garnett (version de 1946, avec Lana Turner et John Garfield).
Le dernier film de Sidney Wagner est L'Heure du pardon de Roy Rowland (avec Van Johnson, Janet Leigh — son premier rôle au cinéma — et Thomas Mitchell), sorti le 4 août 1947, quasiment un mois après sa mort prématurée, d'une crise cardiaque.
Le Grand Passage et Les Fils du dragon, pré-cités, lui valent chacun une nomination à l'Oscar de la meilleure photographie (voir détails ci-dessous).
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The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1947)
, 1h41Directed by Roy Rowland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance, Western
Actors Van Johnson, Thomas Mitchell, Janet Leigh, Marshall Thompson, Selena Royle, Charles Dingle
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Henry Carson (Van Johnson), a schoolteacher before the Civil War, shows up in a rural region of the Missouri hills. He spends the night with a family consisting of Gill MacBean (Thomas Mitchell), his wife Sairy (Selena Royle), and two of their children, Lissy Anne (Janet Leigh), and youngster Andrew (Dean Stockwell). Another son, Ben (Marshall Thompson), had run off to fight in the war; the family's hope that he will someday return is gradually waning.
, 1h53Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about capital punishment
Actors Lana Turner, John Garfield, Cecil Kellaway, Hume Cronyn, Leon Ames, Audrey Totter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Frank Chambers (John Garfield) is a drifter who stops at a rural diner for a meal and ends up working there. The diner is operated by a beautiful young woman, Cora Smith (Lana Turner), and her much older husband, Nick (Cecil Kellaway).
The Sailor Takes a Wife (1945)
Directed by Richard Whorf
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Political films, Films based on plays
Actors Robert Walker, Eddie Anderson, June Allyson, Reginald Owen, Gerald Oliver Smith, Audrey Totter
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Dragon Seed (1944)
, 2h28Directed by Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, Turhan Bey, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
Durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, un paisible village chinois est occupé par l'armée japonaise. Si la plupart des habitants acceptent le joug nippon, Jade le refuse. La rebelle entrepend de résister à l'envahisseur, au grand dam de son père.
Rationing (1944)
, 1h33Directed by Willis Goldbeck
Genres Comedy
Actors Wallace Beery, Marjorie Main, Donald Meek, Howard Freeman, Connie Gilchrist, Dorothy Morris
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Ben Barton, grocer in Tuttleton, is trying to get gas coupons from the local rationing board, but instead he gets a lecture on thrift from the head of the board, his enemy since twenty years, Iris Tuttle.
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
, 1h38Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Ethel Waters, Eddie Anderson, Lena Horne, Rex Ingram, Oscar Polk, Mantan Moreland
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Little Joe, a man killed over gambling debts, is restored to life by angelic powers and given six months to redeem his soul and become worthy of entering Heaven—otherwise he will be condemned to Hell. Secretly guided by "The General" (the Lord's Angel), Little Joe gives up his shiftless ways and becomes a hardworking, generous, and loving husband to his wife Petunia, whom he had previously neglected. Unfortunately, demon Lucifer Jr. (the son of Satan himself), is determined to drag Little Joe to Hell. Lucifer arranges for Joe to become wealthy by winning a lottery, reintroduces Joe to beautiful gold-digger Georgia Brown, and manipulates marital discord between Joe and Petunia. Little Joe abandons his wife for Georgia, and the two embark on a life of hedonistic pleasure. As Little Joe and Georgia celebrate at a nightclub one evening, Petunia joins them, determined to win Joe back. Little Joe fights with Domino for Petunia and she prays for God to destroy the nightclub. A cyclone appears and leaves the nightclub in ruins, as Joe and Petunia lie dead in the ruins after being shot by Domino. Just as it appears that Joe's soul is lost forever, the angelic General informs him that Georgia was so affected by the tragedy that she has donated all the money that he had given her to the church. On this technicality, Little Joe is allowed to go to Heaven with Petunia. As the two climb the Celestial Stairs, Joe suddenly wakes in his own bed. He had not been killed in the initial gambling-debt fracas—he had only received a concussion, and all his supposed dealings with angels and demons were only a fever dream. Now genuinely reformed, Little Joe begins a new, happy life with his loving Petunia.
Bataan (1943)
, 1h54Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors Robert Taylor, George Murphy, Tom Dugan, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Nolan, Lee Bowman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68%
The US Army is conducting a fighting retreat. A high bridge spans a ravine on the Bataan Peninsula. After the army and some civilians cross, a group of eleven hastily assembled soldiers from different units is assigned to blow it up and delay Japanese rebuilding efforts as long as possible. The rear guard is a mixed lot, including:
The Cross of Lorraine (1943)
, 1h30Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Prison films, Political films
Actors Jean-Pierre Aumont, Gene Kelly, Cedric Hardwicke, Peter Lorre, Hume Cronyn, Richard Whorf
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65%
At the start of World War II, Frenchmen from all walks of life enlist. Defeated by the invading Germans in 1940, Marshal Philippe Pétain signs a peace agreement and the troops surrender. However, instead of being repatriated to their homes, a group of soldiers find themselves in a brutal prison camp. Most of the men resist as best they can, and some, like Paul (Jean-Pierre Aumont), are willing to spend time in solitary confinement and be subjected to beatings, while others, such as Duval (Hume Cronyn), collaborate with their jailers to get an easier life. The men find solace from Father Sebastian (Sir Cedric Hardwicke), a priest who was also in the army and who counsels them wisely. Eventually Paul helps his fellow prisoners to escape. When they liberate a village, they realise that continued fighting is the only option, so they join the French Resistance.
The Man from Down Under (1943)
, 1h42Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Films about children, Seafaring films, Sports films, Transport films, Martial arts films, Boxing films, Political films
Actors Charles Laughton, Binnie Barnes, Richard Carlson, Donna Reed, Clyde Wilfred Cook, Stephen McNally
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
After the end of World War I, Australian soldier Jocko Wilson (Charles Laughton) admires the spirit of a destitute Belgian orphan who fights a larger boy. He feeds the child, whom he names "Nipper", and the boy's younger sister Mary. When he receives orders to go home, he gets his friend Ginger Gaffney (Clyde Cook) to smuggle the pair aboard their ship. Then, realizing he knows nothing about raising children, he proposes to his singer girlfriend Aggie Dawlins (Binnie Barnes). She accepts. However, he gets drunk and is nearly arrested; in the confusion, he forgets and sails home without her.
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
, 1h11Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Johnny Weissmuller, Maureen O'Sullivan, Johnny Sheffield, Virginia Grey, Charles Bickford, Paul Kelly
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
Circus workers land an aircraft in the jungles of Africa in search of lions for their show. While trapping lions, the three men meet up with Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller), Jane (Maureen O'Sullivan) and their adopted son Boy (Johnny Sheffield). Watching Boy's tricks with the elephants, the head of the circus, Buck Rand (Charles Bickford), realizes that Boy would be a great act for the circus. The group is attacked by natives, and it appears that Tarzan and Jane have perished in a jungle fire. The men take Boy on an aircraft back to the United States. Tarzan's loyal chimp Cheeta wakes Tarzan and Jane before they are burned by the fire. Then Cheeta tells Tarzan that Boy has left with the men on the plane.
Tortilla Flat (1942)
, 1h45Directed by Victor Fleming
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Spencer Tracy, Hedy Lamarr, John Garfield, Frank Morgan, Akim Tamiroff, Sheldon Leonard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Danny (John Garfield) inherits two houses, so Pilon (Spencer Tracy) and his poor, idle friends move in. One of them, Pirate, (Frank Morgan) is saving money which Pilon endeavors to steal, until he discovers that it is being collected to purchase a golden candlestick which he intends to burn for St. Francis to honor the Pirate's dead dog. One of the houses burns down, so Danny allows his friends to move into the other house with him, and in gratitude Pilon tries to make life better for his friend. Things are fine at first until Danny's passion for a lovely girl (Hedy Lamarr) causes him to actually go to work. A misunderstanding caused by Pilon about a vacuum cleaner causes Danny to lose it; he becomes drunk and a bit crazy. He almost dies in an accident in the cannery but through Pilon's prayers, is restored to health. He then marries his sweetheart with the promise that he will become a fisherman now that Pilon has found the money to buy a boat.
Apache Trail (1942)
, 1h6Directed by Richard Rosson, Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Lloyd Nolan, Donna Reed, William Lundigan, Ann Ayars, Connie Gilchrist, Chill Wills
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58%
Tom Folliard (William Lundigan) is released from jail and seeks work at his prior employer, a stagecoach line. He is sent to manage a stagecoach rest stop in a remote area. Upon arrival, he meets a woman, Señora Martinez (Connie Gilchrist) and her daughter Rosalia (Donna Reed) who cook and clean at the rest stop. When the next stage arrives, among its cargo is a strong box with cash. Soon after, Folliard's brother "Trigger" Bill Folliard (Lloyd Nolan), a known outlaw arrives and seekes shelter from the local Apaches, whom he has offended. Upon his discovery that a strong box is present, he plans to steal it and make a getaway. During Tom Folliard's absence from the rest stop, Trigger Bill gets the upper hand on the stagecoach line employees watching him and tries to escape with the proceeds but is thwarted by his brother's arrival back at the rest stop. Soon thereafter, the Apaches attack the rest stop but are repulsed. They demand Trigger Bill and in return they will leave the rest stop alone. After realizing that they won't be able to hold off the Apaches much longer, Trigger Bill attempts to flee but is killed by the pursuing Apaches. Meanwhile, Tom, after a brief flirtation with one of the stagecoach passengers, Constance Selden (Ann Ayars), tells Señora Martinez that he would like to court her daughter.
The Get-Away (1941)
, 1h29Directed by Edward Buzzell, Richard Rosson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Robert Sterling, Charles Winninger, Donna Reed, Henry O'Neill, Dan Dailey, Donald Douglas
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
Whistling in the Dark (1941)
, 1h18Directed by S. Sylvan Simon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Red Skelton, Conrad Veidt, Ann Rutherford, Virginia Grey, Rags Ragland, Henry O'Neill
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Wally Benton (Red Skelton) is the star of a mystery series on radio, The Fox, which he writes himself, inventing for each episode a crime that has "only one loophole" so the criminal can be caught. He is about to elope with Carol Lambert (Ann Rutherford), but his agent (Eve Arden) tells him he must go out with the sponsor's daughter, Fran Post (Virginia Grey), or risk his show being canceled.
Blonde Inspiration (1941)
, 1h12Directed by Busby Berkeley
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Virginia Grey, Albert Dekker, Charles Butterworth, Donald Meek, Reginald Owen, Alma Kruger
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57%