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David Abel is a Director of Photography and Cinematography Néerlandais born on 15 december 1883

David Abel

David Abel
David Abel participated to 58 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those, 3 have good markets following the box office.

Here are the best films classified by number of entries :

Cameraman

Holiday Inn, 1h40
Directed by Fred Astaire, Bing Crosby, Charles C. Coleman, Mark Sandrich, Oscar Rudolph
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Christmas films, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, Walter Abel, Virginia Dale, Irving Berlin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6478553.6478553.6478553.6478553.647855
Jim Hardy (Bing Crosby), Ted Hanover (Fred Astaire), and Lila Dixon (Virginia Dale) have a musical act popular in the New York City nightlife scene. On Christmas Eve, Jim prepares to give his last performance as part of the act before marrying Lila and retiring with her to a farm in Connecticut. At the last minute, Lila decides she is not ready to stop performing, and that she has fallen in love with Ted. She tells Jim that she will stay on as Ted's dancing partner. While heartbroken, Jim follows through with his plan and bids the act goodbye.
Swing Time
Swing Time (1936)
, 1h43
Directed by George Stevens
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Victor Moore, Eric Blore, Helen Broderick, Frank Jenks
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.74433.74433.74433.74433.7443
John "Lucky" Garnett (Fred Astaire) is a gambler and dancer. He is set to marry Margaret (Betty Furness), but his friends hold him up so that he is late for the wedding. Margaret's father phones to call off the wedding, but Lucky doesn't get that message. His friends bet him that he won't be getting married and he agrees to the bet. Margaret's father tells Lucky that he must earn $25,000 in order to demonstrate his good intentions.
The Gay Divorcee, 1h47
Directed by Mark Sandrich
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Betty Grable, Eric Blore
Roles Director of Photography
Rating73% 3.6955153.6955153.6955153.6955153.695515
Mimi Glossop (Ginger Rogers) arrives in England to seek a divorce from her geologist husband Cyril, whom she hasn't seen for several years. Under the guidance of her domineering and much-married aunt Hortense (Alice Brady), she consults incompetent and bumbling lawyer Egbert Fitzgerald (Edward Everett Horton), once a fiancé of her aunt. He arranges for her to spend a night at a seaside hotel and to be caught in an adulterous relationship, for which purpose he hires a professional co-respondent, Rodolfo Tonetti (Erik Rhodes). But Egbert forgets to arrange for private detectives to "catch" the couple.