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Fred Jackman is a Director, Scriptwriter, Director of Photography, Visual Effects and Special Effects American born on 9 july 1881 at Tama County (USA)

Fred Jackman

Fred Jackman
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Nationality USA
Birth 9 july 1881 at Tama County (USA)
Death 27 august 1959 (at 78 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Fred Jackman (July 9, 1881 – August 27, 1959), was an American cinematographer and film director of the silent era. He worked on 58 films as a cinematographer between 1916 and 1925. He also directed eleven films between 1919 and 1927, including two film serials for Hal Roach Studios.

He was born in Iowa and died in Hollywood, California.

Best films

A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
(Special Effects)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
(Special Effects)

Usually with

Hal B. Wallis
Hal B. Wallis
(5 films)
Hal Roach
Hal Roach
(4 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Fred Jackman (17 films)

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Director

No Man's Law, 1h11
Directed by Fred Jackman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Actors Oliver Hardy, Barbara Kent, James Finlayson, Theodore von Eltz
Rating63% 3.1801053.1801053.1801053.1801053.180105
Deux voyous de l'Ouest américain, Spider O'Day et Sharkey Nye tentent de s'emparer de la mine d'or du vieux Jack Belcher et trouvent sa fille, Toby, fort à leur goût...
The Call of the Wild
Directed by Fred Jackman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Jack Mulhall, Walter Long, Sidney D'Albrook, Frank Butler, Lassie Lou Ahern, Maurice Murphy
Rating64% 3.241973.241973.241973.241973.24197
The story opens with Buck as a puppy, being ushered into a happy family as a Christmas present for a little girl. He grows up a faithful and loving friend of the children until one day he is stolen and sold as a sled dog in the Klondike. Here, under cruel treatment, he learns many lessons and develops a keen dislike to the man who stole him and clubbed him into submission. One experience follows another for Buck until he finds a real friend in his last master to whom he proves his faithfulness in the climax.

Scriptwriter

The Call of the Wild
Directed by Fred Jackman
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs
Actors Jack Mulhall, Walter Long, Sidney D'Albrook, Frank Butler, Lassie Lou Ahern, Maurice Murphy
Roles Writer
Rating64% 3.241973.241973.241973.241973.24197
The story opens with Buck as a puppy, being ushered into a happy family as a Christmas present for a little girl. He grows up a faithful and loving friend of the children until one day he is stolen and sold as a sled dog in the Klondike. Here, under cruel treatment, he learns many lessons and develops a keen dislike to the man who stole him and clubbed him into submission. One experience follows another for Buck until he finds a real friend in his last master to whom he proves his faithfulness in the climax.

Cameraman

Down on the Farm, 50minutes
Directed by Erle C. Kenton, F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Louise Fazenda, Harry Gribbon, Bert Roach, James Finlayson, Marie Prevost, Don Marion
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1323253.1323253.1323253.1323253.132325
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Directed by F. Richard Jones
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Political films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Malcolm St. Clair, Bert Roach, Charles Murray, Marie Prevost
Roles Director of Photography
Rating55% 2.7547552.7547552.7547552.7547552.754755
Captain Bob White, an American aviator behind enemy lines, disguises himself as a woman in order to fool and steal an important map from the members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

Visual effects

The Charge of the Light Brigade, 1h55
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, David Niven, Patric Knowles, Nigel Bruce, Donald Crisp
Roles Visual Effects
Rating69% 3.4959153.4959153.4959153.4959153.495915
In 1854, Major Geoffrey Vickers (Errol Flynn) and his brother, Captain Perry Vickers (Patric Knowles), are stationed at the fictional city of Chukoti in India, with the 27th Lancers of the British Army during the period of East India Company dominance over the Indian subcontinent. Perry has secretly betrayed Geoffrey by stealing the love of his fiancee Elsa (Olivia de Havilland).

Team

Stolen Holiday, 1h20
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Melodrama, Romance
Actors Kay Francis, Claude Rains, Ian Hunter, Alison Skipworth, Alexander D'Arcy, Betty Lawford
Roles Special Effects
Rating62% 3.147983.147983.147983.147983.14798
In 1931 Paris, Nicole Picot (Kay Francis), a model for a fashionable dress shop, is hired by nearly-penniless Stefan Orloff (Claude Rains) to help persuade a financier to fund his ambitious plans. By 1934, Stefan has established an investment bank; in gratitude, he provides the capital that Nicole needs to set up her own business and become a successful dress designer (though she insists on paying him back).
Anthony Adverse, 2h21
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Michael Curtiz
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Fredric March, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Woods, Anita Louise, Edmund Gwenn, Claude Rains
Roles Special Effects
Rating62% 3.1463753.1463753.1463753.1463753.146375
In 1773, Maria Bonnyfeather (Anita Louise) is the new bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis (Claude Rains). However, she is pregnant by Denis Moore (Louis Hayward), the man she loved before being forced to marry Don Luis. After the marquis learns of his wife's affair, Don Luis takes her away but Denis tracks them down at an inn, where Don Luis treacherously kills him in a sword fight.
Ceiling Zero, 1h35
Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, June Travis, Stuart Erwin, Barton MacLane, Isabel Jewell
Roles Special Effects
Rating66% 3.3374253.3374253.3374253.3374253.337425
Old pals Jake Lee (Pat O'Brien), Tex Clarke (Stuart Erwin) and Dizzy Davis (James Cagney) flew together in the Army during World War I. Almost 20 years later, Jake is the manager of the Newark, New Jersey branch of Federal Airlines, a New York-based airline company. Tex works as an airmail pilot and Dizzy, also still flying aircraft, is seeking employment with his friends. Prior to his hot-shot arrival (Dizzy does a few tricks in the air before landing), a New York associate warns Jake about Dizzy, calling him unreliable and troublesome. Insulted, Jake replies that Dizzy is one of the best pilots in the country, telling a few stories about his fearlessness and bravery.
A Midsummer Night's Dream, 2h13
Directed by William Dieterle, Max Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Théâtre, Les fées, Films based on plays, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Dick Powell, Mickey Rooney, Hobart Cavanaugh, Olivia de Havilland
Roles Special Effects
Rating67% 3.3967653.3967653.3967653.3967653.396765
Part one A beautiful young woman named Hermia (Olivia de Havilland) is in love with Lysander (Dick Powell) and wishes to marry him. Her father Egeus (Grant Mitchell), however, has instructed her to marry Demetrius (Ross Alexander), whom he has chosen for her. When Hermia refuses to obey, stating she is in love with Lysander, her father invokes before Duke Theseus of Athens (Ian Hunter) an ancient Athenian law that states a daughter must marry the suitor chosen by her father, or else face death. Theseus offers her another choice—to live a life of chastity as a nun and worship the goddess Diana.
Captured!
Captured! (1933)
, 1h9
Directed by Roy Del Ruth
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Prison films, Political films, Évasion
Actors Leslie Howard, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., Robert Barrat, Paul Lukas, Arthur Hohl, Margaret Lindsay
Roles Special Effects
Rating64% 3.240343.240343.240343.240343.24034
British Captain Fred Allison (Leslie Howard) bids farewell to his new wife, Monica (Margaret Lindsay), whom he has only known for six days, and sets out for the war. He ends up a prisoner of war (POW), tortured by the fact that his wife has not written to him since the early days of his two year captivity.