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Charles Lawton Jr. is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 6 april 1904 at Los Angeles (USA)
Charles Lawton Jr. (parfois crédité Charles Lawton), A.S.C., est un directeur de la photographie américain, né le 6 avril 1904 à Los Angeles (Californie), où il est décédé — dans le quartier de Pacific Palisades — le 11 juillet 1965.
Il collabore également, entre autres, avec les réalisateurs Budd Boetticher (ex. : Comanche Station en 1960, avec Randolph Scott et Nancy Gates), Delmer Daves (ex. : La Montagne des neuf Spencer en 1963, avec Henry Fonda et Maureen O'Hara), John Ford (ex. : Les Deux Cavaliers en 1961, avec James Stewart et Richard Widmark), ou encore Orson Welles (La Dame de Shanghai en 1947, avec Rita Hayworth et Orson Welles).
À la télévision, Charles Lawton Jr. est directeur de la photographie sur trois séries (un épisode de chacune), en 1953, 1956 et 1959.
(1957)
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Nationality USA
Birth 6 april 1904 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 11 july 1965 (at 61 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
Birth 6 april 1904 at Los Angeles (USA)
Death 11 july 1965 (at 61 years) at Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles (USA)
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Après trois films comme premier assistant opérateur ou cadreur, en 1933 et 1935, Charles Lawton Jr. débute comme chef opérateur en 1937. Il participe alors à cent-dix films américains (et un film britannique), dont de nombreux westerns, jusqu'en 1965. Il meurt durant le tournage de Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad , sorti en 1967, réalisé par Richard Quine, aux côtés duquel il travaille à plusieurs reprises, comme sur Ma sœur est du tonnerre (1955, avec Janet Leigh et Jack Lemmon).Il collabore également, entre autres, avec les réalisateurs Budd Boetticher (ex. : Comanche Station en 1960, avec Randolph Scott et Nancy Gates), Delmer Daves (ex. : La Montagne des neuf Spencer en 1963, avec Henry Fonda et Maureen O'Hara), John Ford (ex. : Les Deux Cavaliers en 1961, avec James Stewart et Richard Widmark), ou encore Orson Welles (La Dame de Shanghai en 1947, avec Rita Hayworth et Orson Welles).
À la télévision, Charles Lawton Jr. est directeur de la photographie sur trois séries (un épisode de chacune), en 1953, 1956 et 1959.
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, 1h26Directed by Richard Quiney, Alexander Mackendrick
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse, Barbara Harris, Hugh Griffith, Jonathan Winters, Lionel Jeffries
Roles Director of Photography
Rating48%
Described by the author as a "farce in three scenes", the story involves an overbearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her deceased husband, preserved and in his casket.
A Rage to Live (1965)
, 1h41Directed by Walter Grauman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Suzanne Pleshette, Bradford Dillman, Ben Gazzara, Sarah Marshall, Peter Graves, Bethel Leslie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Newspaper heiress Grace Caldwell's nymphomania threatens to destroy the reputation of her staid, wealthy Pennsylvania family. As a precocious teenager, she succumbs to the advances of her older brother Brock's friend Charlie Jay, a decision that apparently ignites her passion for all men.
Ensign Pulver (1964)
, 1h44Directed by Joshua Logan
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Robert Walker Jr., Burl Ives, Walter Matthau, Larry Hagman, Tommy Sands, Millie Perkins
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59%
U.S. Navy Ensign Frank Pulver (Robert Walker, Jr.) feels unappreciated, as usual. Even when he personally aims a sharp object into the hindquarters of the hated Captain Morton (Burl Ives), the happy crew cannot imagine that the all-talk, no-action Pulver could be behind it. A poll to guess at the identity of the "ass-sassin" results in votes for almost everyone except Pulver, which he bitterly resents.
Youngblood Hawke (1964)
, 2h17Directed by Delmer Daves, Robert Totten
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about writers
Actors James Franciscus, Suzanne Pleshette, Geneviève Page, Eva Gabor, Mary Astor, Lee Bowman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60%
Based on the 1962 novel of the same name, Youngblood Hawke is about a Kentucky truck driver, (James Franciscus), who moves to New York City with dreams of becoming a hot-shot writer. Almost immediately he meets editor Jeanne Green, (Suzanne Pleshette). She sees great promise in Hawke's writing and falls for the handsome Kentuckian while helping him put together his first book deal. His first novel is moderately successful, but is soon transformed into a Broadway play by a has-been stage actress. Jeanne discovers that Youngblood has an effect on a great many women, so she takes a new job at a new publishing company. Soon after, Hawke's second novel is heralded and he becomes the toast of the town. He then has an affair with a married socialite. His third novel bombs and is also panned by critics. Hawke's financial state declines and he has to move back to Kentucky. While in Kentucky working on his next book, he contracts pneumonia just before realizing that Jeanne was his true ideal woman.
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
, 1h58Directed by Delmer Daves, Robert Totten
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Mimsy Farmer, Wally Cox
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
The film centers on the trials and tribulations of the Spencers, a family living in the Grand Teton Mountains of Wyoming during the early 1960s. As the patriarch of a large and growing family, Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) is fiercely independent, yet dedicated to his family. While he resists the influence of religion, he struggles to remain faithful to his wife Olivia (Maureen O'Hara), to allow his son (James MacArthur) to attend college, and to build a new home for his family.
Rome Adventure (1962)
, 1h59Directed by Delmer Daves
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Troy Donahue, Angie Dickinson, Rossano Brazzi, Suzanne Pleshette, Constance Ford, Hampton Fancher
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63%
New England librarian Prudence Bell (Suzanne Pleshette) recommended a book, Lovers Must Learn, to one of her students. After defending herself and the book, she resigns telling the school board she's going to Rome where she will be surrounded by people who really know the meaning of love. Sailing from New York she picks the wrong man as a protective consort, providing two potential romantic interests. Albert Stillwell, a student of Etruscan history is a perfect gentlemen, while Roberto Orlandi (Rossano Brazzi) is the perfect mature Roman lover.
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
, 2h8Directed by Daniel Petrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Sidney Poitier, Ruby Dee, Claudia McNeil, Diana Sands, Ivan Dixon, John Fiedler
Roles Director of Photography
Rating79%
Au cours des années 1950, une famille pauvre afro-américaine, les Younger, vit dans un petit appartement d'un quartier sud de Chicago. La mère, Lena (veuve), reçoit un jour un chèque de 10 000 dollars, montant d'une assurance-vie que son époux avait contractée. Chacun fait alors des projets : la mère souhaite acquérir une maison dans un quartier résidentiel ; son fils, Walter Lee, voudrait monter un commerce d'alcool ; l'épouse de ce dernier, Ruth, y voit l'occasion de vivre plus décemment et d'élever convenablement leur fils ; Beneatha, la jeune sœur de Walter Lee, pourrait ainsi entamer des études de médecine…
Two Rode Together (1961)
, 1h49Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Western
Themes Buddy films
Actors James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%
In the 1880s, Marshal Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart) is content to be the business and personal partner of attractive saloon owner Belle Aragon (Annelle Hayes), receiving ten percent of the profits. When relatives of Comanche captives demand that Army Major Fraser (John McIntire) free them, he uses a combination of army pressure and high pay to get the reluctant McCabe to take on the job of ransoming any he can find. He assigns Lieutenant Jim Gary (Richard Widmark) to accompany McCabe.
Comanche Station (1960)
, 1h14Directed by Randolph Scott, Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Nancy Gates, Claude Akins, Skip Homeier, Richard Rust, Rand Brooks
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69%
Jefferson Cody (Randolph Scott), whose wife was captured by Comanches, frees another man's wife and is taking her home. Three outlaws, led by the charming but malevolent Ben Lane (Claude Akins), reveal that the woman's husband has offered a $5,000 reward, making the woman, Mrs. Lowe (Nancy Gates), suspicious of Cody's motives in coming to her rescue.
Man on a String (1960)
, 1h28Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Spy, Crime
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Ernest Borgnine, Colleen Dewhurst, Kerwin Mathews, Glenn Corbett, Alexander Scourby, Vladimir Nikolayevich Sokoloff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61%
A government intelligence agency in Washington, D.C., wants agent Frank Sanford to follow Boris Mitrov, a film producer who appears to also be a Russian spy.
, 1h39Directed by Richard Murphy
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Rick Nelson, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
During World War II, Lt. Rip Crandall (Jack Lemmon), an expert yachtsman in civilian life, now based at Townsville, Queensland, Australia, is surprised to be assigned command of a sailing ship, the USS Echo. The only crew member who knows how to work a ship with sails is eager young Ensign Tommy Hanson (Ricky Nelson), who cost Crandall a yacht race with a mistake before the war.
, 1h39Directed by Richard Murphy
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Actors Rick Nelson, Jack Lemmon, John Lund, Chips Rafferty, Tom Tully, Joby Baker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62%
Le lieutenant Rip Grandall hérite d'une mission: il doit, en 1943, conduire un bateau d'Australie en Nouvelle Guinée. Le rafiot ne paie pas de mine, mais Rip parvient à s'acquitter de sa mission. Au moment de prendre l'avion pour le retour, il apprend, stupéfait, qu'une autre mission a été confiée a son remplaçant avec le même rafiot.
Ride Lonesome (1959)
, 1h13Directed by Budd Boetticher
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, Lee Van Cleef, James Best, James Coburn
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70%
Bounty hunter Ben Brigade (Randolph Scott) captures wanted outlaw Billy John (James Best), who brags that his brother Frank (Lee Van Cleef) will never allow Brigade to take Billy John to justice in Santa Cruz County, AZ. AIong the way, Brigade comes to the rescue of a woman, Carrie Lane (Karen Steele), whom he and a pair of unwelcome new partners, gunmen Sam Boone (Pernell Roberts) and his friend Whit (James Coburn), take along toward safety. But Brigade knows that the reward on Billy John's head is the real motive behind Sam's and Whit's arrival, and that outlaw leader Frank won't be far behind.
It Happened to Jane (1959)
, 1h37Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Doris Day, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Jack Carter, Steve Forrest, Gina Gillespie
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64%
In May 1959, in the town of Cape Anne, Maine, a foul-up by the Eastern & Portland Railroad (E&P) results in the death of 300 lobsters shipped by Jane Osgood (Day), an attractive, widowed businesswoman with two children. She gets her lawyer and friend, George Denham (Lemmon), to go after the E&P to pay damages after her customer, the Marshalltown Country Club, refuses all future orders.
The Gene Krupa Story (1959)
, 1h41Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Sal Mineo, Susan Kohner, James Darren, Susan Oliver, Yvonne Craig, Lawrence Dobkin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66%