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Charles Van Enger is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 29 august 1890 at Port Jervis (USA)

Charles Van Enger

Charles Van Enger
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Nationality USA
Birth 29 august 1890 at Port Jervis (USA)
Death 4 july 1980 (at 89 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Charles Van Enger (1890–1980) was an American cinematographer. In the 1920s Van Enger worked on all the silent films the German director Ernst Lubitsch made for Warner Brothers. During the 1930s he worked in the British film industry. His later work was largely on supporting features for Universal Pictures and various independents.

Best films

Seven Years Bad Luck (1921)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Russel Gausman
Russel Gausman
(25 films)
Vera West
Vera West
(17 films)
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Filmography of Charles Van Enger (94 films)

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Cameraman

Time Table
Time Table (1956)
, 1h19
Directed by Mark Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Mark Stevens, Felicia Farr, Wesley Addy, Alan Reed, Jack Klugman, John Marley
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2916053.2916053.2916053.2916053.291605
A physician, whose license has been revoked, poses as a practicing doctor aboard a train passing through Arizona. His presence there is part of a caper involving a fictitious patient, on whose behalf he gains access to his checked baggage, including his physician's "black bag," in the baggage car, whereupon he blows and then robs the safe. Then he arranges for both the fictitious patient, which he claims is infected with polio, a communicable disease which poses an immediate and extremely serious public health risk, and himself to leave the train, presumably departing for the closest hospital, which is also far from any scheduled train stop, the two thereby escaping with $500,000 in an ambulance. The railroad officials do not discover the robbery until the train reaches Phoenix, many hours after their escape has been effected.
Khyber Patrol, 1h11
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Richard Egan, Dawn Addams, Raymond Burr, Patric Knowles, Paul Cavanagh, Donald Randolph
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.775082.775082.775082.775082.77508
The Magnetic Monster, 1h16
Directed by Curt Siodmak, Herbert L. Strock
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Richard Carlson, King Donovan, Jean Byron, Leo Britt, Leonard Mudie, Byron Foulger
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.900542.900542.900542.900542.90054
A pair of agents from the Office of Scientific Investigation (OSI) are sent to investigate a local appliance store, where all of the clocks have stopped at the same time, and metal items in the store have been magnetized. The source of this is traced to an office located directly above the store, where scientific equipment is found, along with a dead body. There are also signs of radioactivity, but the cause of the difficulties itself is clearly no longer in the room, or the immediate area.
Battles of Chief Pontiac, 1h12
Directed by Felix E. Feist
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Western
Actors Lex Barker, Helen Westcott, Lon Chaney, Jr., Berry Kroeger, Roy Roberts, Katherine Warren
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8144152.8144152.8144152.8144152.814415
Conflict between Ottawa Native Americans, led by Chief Pontiac, and the British.
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla, 1h14
Directed by William Beaudine
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Comedy horror films
Actors Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo, Muriel Landers, Al Kikume, Mickey Simpson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating37% 1.8576551.8576551.8576551.8576551.857655
On their way to perform in Guam for the troops, nightclub performers Duke Mitchell and Sammy Petrillo find themselves stranded on a seemingly treacherous island, known by the natives as "Kola Kola". The natives are quite friendly, especially Nona, the tribal chief's daughter, who tries to help the two get off the island. Though Paradise has been found, for the time being, the duo soon discovers that a mad scientist named Dr. Zabor (Bela Lugosi), lives on the other side of the island. Seeing a chance to get help, the two visit the strange doctor. Tension mounts as Duke falls in love with Nona. Seeing Duke as a threat, a jealous Dr. Zabor plans to literally make a monkey out of Duke, for he too loves Nona. Sammy tries to help his pal, with unexpected results.
Bride of the Gorilla, 1h6
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Curt Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Barbara Payton, Lon Chaney, Jr., Raymond Burr, Tom Conway, Paul Cavanagh, Woody Strode
Roles Director of Photography
Rating44% 2.2141052.2141052.2141052.2141052.214105
Deep in the South American jungles, plantation manager Barney Chavez (Burr) kills his elderly employer in order to get to his beautiful wife Dina Van Gelder (Payton). However, old native witch Al-Long (Gisela Werbisek) witnesses the crime and puts a curse on Barney, who soon after finds himself turning nightly into a rampaging gorilla. When a wise but superstitious police commissioner Taro (Chaney) is brought in to investigate the plantation owner's death and a rash of strange animal killings, he begins to suspect that all is not as it seems. Dina is also becoming suspicious of Barney, who seems to be more in love with the jungle than with her. She follows him one night into the jungle, only to be attacked by the feral Barney. The police chief follows her screams in the jungle and shoots Barney.
Lorna Doone, 1h22
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Barbara Hale, Richard Greene, Carl Benton Reid, Ron Randell, Sean McClory, Onslow Stevens
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.902272.902272.902272.902272.90227
Lorna Doone falls for John Ridd, but is betrothed (against her will) to one Carver Doone. As the English Civil War looms, John is determined to defeat the vicious Doone family and win Lorna over.
The Kid from Texas, 1h18
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Gangster films
Actors Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Will Geer, Shepperd Strudwick, Robert Barrat
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.139273.139273.139273.139273.13927
The film starts 11 July 1879 in Lincoln County, New Mexico Territory. A group of men who work for Major Harper, led by gunslinger Minniger, attempt to arrest rancher Alexander Kain and his English partner Jameson. They are stopped by William Bonney, aka Billy the Kid, who shoots and injuries them.
The Kid from Texas, 1h18
Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Gale Storm, Albert Dekker, Will Geer, Shepperd Strudwick, William Talman
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.139273.139273.139273.139273.13927
William Bonney alias Billy The Kid est engagé comme cow-boy dans le ranch de Jameson, le seul éleveur à lui tendre une main. Lorsque celui-ci est abattu, Billy n'a qu'une seule idée en tête : le venger. Kain, un autre propriétaire, profite du Kid en le manipulant et en se débarrassant de ses ennemis. Sa tête étant mise à prix, Billy se réfugie parmi quelques fidèles dans les collines...
Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, 1h24
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Comedy horror films, Buddy films
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Boris Karloff, Lenore Aubert, James Flavin, Donna Martell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3477753.3477753.3477753.3477753.347775
Prominent criminal attorney Amos Strickland (Nicholas Joy) checks into the Lost Caverns Resort Hotel. His murdered body is later discovered by the bellboy, Freddie Phillips (Lou Costello), who is implicated in the crime. Casey Edwards (Bud Abbott), the house detective, tries to clear Freddie, but Inspector Wellman (James Flavin) and Sgt. Stone (Mikel Conrad) keep him in custody.
Africa Screams, 1h20
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty, Frank Buck, Max Baer Jr., Shemp Howard
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.999092.999092.999092.999092.99909
Diana Emerson (Hillary Brooke) is in the book department of Klopper's Department store looking for a copy of the book Dark Safari, written by the famed explorer Cuddleford. Buzz Johnson (Bud Abbott) overhears Diana saying that she will pay $2,500 for a map that is inside that book. He devises a plan to pass off his friend Stanley Livington (Lou Costello) as a great explorer who accompanied Cuddleford on the expedition described in the book. With claims that he can reproduce the map, the two men go to Diana's home that very night. They agree to accompany her on an African expedition, and when Buzz overhears that Clyde Beatty has been offered $20,000 to lead the expedition, he feels that the map is worth considerably more than $2,500.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Frankenstein, 1h23
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about computing, Films about magic and magicians, Films based on science fiction novels, Comedy science fiction films, Wolves in film, Dracula films, Frankenstein films, Werewolves in film, Vampires in film, Comedy horror films, Cyberpunk films, Buddy films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Lon Chaney, Jr., Bela Lugosi, Glenn Strange, Jane Randolph
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.648043.648043.648043.648043.64804
Lawrence Talbot (Lon Chaney, Jr.) is making an urgent call from London to a Florida railway station where Chick Young (Bud Abbott) and Wilbur Grey (Lou Costello) work as baggage clerks. Wilbur answers the phone and Talbot tries to impart to him the danger of a shipment due to arrive for the "McDougal House Of Horrors" (a local wax museum) which purportedly contains the actual bodies of Count Dracula (Béla Lugosi) and the Frankenstein Monster (Glenn Strange). However, before he is able to warn Wilbur, a full moon rises and Talbot transforms into a werewolf, who proceeds to destroy his apartment while Wilbur is on the line. Wilbur, thinking the call is just a prank, hangs up and continues on with his work day. Immediately thereafter, the actual Mr. McDougal (Frank Ferguson) shows up to claim the shipments and, fearing them damaged when Wilbur and Chick mishandle them, demands that the crates be delivered in person so his insurance agent can inspect them.
Mexican Hayride, 1h17
Directed by Charles Barton
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Bullfighting films, Théâtre, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Virginia Grey, John Hubbard, Fritz Feld, Pedro de Cordoba
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.098053.098053.098053.098053.09805
Joe Bascomb (Lou Costello) chases con man Harry Lambert (Bud Abbott) to Mexico City, after Harry apparently swindled him (and some friends) in an oil stock scam back in the United States. Joe's ex-girlfriend, Mary (Virginia Grey) has hired Harry as her agent, and is going by the name 'Montana', passing herself off as a toreador. When Joe encounters Harry at a bullring arena, he also sees Mary, who is in the ring. As part of 'Amigo Americana Week', she is about to toss her hat into the crowd where the lucky recipient will be proclaimed 'goodwill ambassador'. Mary is supposed to toss the hat to Gus Adamson (Frank Fenton), another con man whom Harry has arranged to be chosen, but Mary instead throws the hat in anger at Joe. It turns out that Joe, now the 'goodwill ambassador', is also being pursued by American authorities for partaking in the oil stock scam; he uses an alias, 'Humphrey Fish', while in Mexico.
The Noose Hangs High, 1h17
Directed by Charles Barton
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Cathy Downs, Joseph Calleia, Leon Errol, Mike Mazurki
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2973553.2973553.2973553.2973553.297355
Ted Higgins (Bud Abbott) and Tommy Hinchcliffe (Lou Costello) work for the Speedy Service Window Washing Company. They run into a bookie named Nick Craig (Joseph Calleia), who, after mistaking them for employees of the Speedy Messenger Service, sends them to Mr. Stewart's (Ben Weldon) office to collect $50,000 owed to him. But Stewart has plans of his own: he hires two thugs to rob Ted and Tommy of the money he has just paid. Tommy flees from the robbers and takes refuge in a room with a gaggle of women who are mailing face powder samples. He hides the money in an envelope and addresses it to Craig, but it is accidentally switched with an envelope containing a powder sample. Ted and Tommy return to Craig's office and explain what happened; they assure him that the cash will arrive in the mail the next day.