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George Barnes is a Actor, Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 16 october 1892 at Pasadena (USA)

George Barnes

George Barnes
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Nationality USA
Birth 16 october 1892 at Pasadena (USA)
Death 30 may 1953 (at 60 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Awards Academy Award for Best Cinematography

George S. Barnes, A.S.C. (October 16, 1892 – May 30, 1953) was an American cinematographer from the era of silent films to the early 1950s. Over the course of his career, he was nominated for an Academy Award eight times, including his work on The Devil Dancer (1927) with Gilda Gray and Clive Brook. However, he only won once, for his work on the Alfred Hitchcock film Rebecca (1940). He died at the age of 60 in Los Angeles, California after having worked on at least 142 films.

He was married to Joan Blondell from 1933 to 1936, and was the father of television executive Norman S. Powell.

Biography

Il a fait ses débuts en 1919 pour Thomas Ince. Collaborateur de Gregg Toland, il s'affranchit bientôt de sa tutelle et travaille dans des registres très variés.


Vie privée
Il se maria sept fois, notamment à Joan Blondell en 1932, (divorce le 4 septembre 1936), puis à Margaret Atkinson, le 9 juin 1947.

Best films

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)
(Director of Photography)
The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
(Director of Photography)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
(Director of Photography)
Rebecca (1940)
(Director of Photography)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
(Director of Photography)
Since You Went Away (1944)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Gregg Toland
Gregg Toland
(10 films)
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
(17 films)
Orry-Kelly
Orry-Kelly
(18 films)
Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman
(11 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of George Barnes (107 films)

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Actor

The Great Train Robbery, 11minutes
Directed by Edwin S. Porter, Wallace McCutcheon
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Historical, Crime, Western
Themes Films about terrorism, Transport films, Rail transport films, Films based on plays, Heist films, Films about hijackings
Actors Alfred C. Abadie, Gilbert M. Anderson, J. Barney Sherry, Justus D. Barnes, George Barnes, Morgan Jones
Roles (uncredited)
Rating72% 3.6455353.6455353.6455353.6455353.645535
The film opens with two bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph office, where they force the operator at gunpoint to have a train stopped and to transmit orders for the engineer orders to fill the locomotive's tender at the station's water tank. They then knock operator out and tie him up. As the train stops it is boarded by the bandits—​now four. Two bandits enter an express car, kill a messenger and open a box of valuables with dynamite; the others kill the fireman and force the engineer to halt the train and disconnect the locomotive. The bandits then force the passengers off the train and rifle them for their belongings. One passenger tries to escape, but is instantly shot down. Carrying their loot, the bandits escape in the locomotive, later stopping in a valley where their horses had been left.

Cameraman

The War of the Worlds, 1h21
Directed by Byron Haskin
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Films based on science fiction novels, Films set in the future, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Films about extraterrestrial life, Alien invasions in films, Arme nucléaire, Disaster films, American disaster films
Actors Gene Barry, Ann Robinson, Les Tremayne, Cedric Hardwicke, Sandro Giglio, Robert O. Cornthwaite
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.4982853.4982853.4982853.4982853.498285
In early 1950s southern California, Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a scientist who had worked on the Manhattan Project, is fishing with colleagues when a large object crashes near the town of Linda Rosa. At the impact site, he meets Sylvia Van Buren (Ann Robinson) and her uncle, Pastor Matthew Collins (Lewis Martin). Van Buren was told that the meteorite came down at a low angle, while Forrester observes it appears far lighter than normal for its massive size. His Geiger counter also detects it is slightly radioactive, but the object is still too hot to examine closely. Unable to account for these anomalies, Forrester is intrigued and decides to wait in town overnight for the object to cool down.
Road to Bali, 1h31
Directed by Hal Walker
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Action, Musical
Themes Films about films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films, Musical films, Road movies, Buddy films
Actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Murvyn Vye, Humphrey Bogart, Leon Askin
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.198313.198313.198313.198313.19831
George (Bing Crosby) and Harold (Bob Hope), American song-and-dance men performing in Melbourne, Australia, leave in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals. They end up in Darwin, where they take jobs as pearl divers for a prince. They are taken by boat to an idyllic island on the way to Bali, Indonesia. They vie for the favours of exotic (and half-Scottish) Princess Lala (Dorothy Lamour), a cousin of the Prince (Murvyn Vye). A hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels, which the Prince plans to claim as his own.
The Greatest Show on Earth, 2h33
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action, Romance
Themes Circus films, Films about euthanasia, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Betty Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Gloria Grahame
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.248323.248323.248323.248323.24832
Brad Braden is the no-nonsense general manager of what was at the time the world's largest railroad circus. He has a number of problems on his hands for the upcoming season.
Just for You, 1h44
Directed by Elliott Nugent
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Julie Newmar, Ethel Barrymore, Robert Arthur, Natalie Wood
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.0000153.0000153.0000153.0000153.000015
Widower Jordan Blake is a successful Broadway producer and songwriter, but he has been neglecting his teenaged children, Jerry and Barbara.
Here Comes the Groom, 1h53
Directed by Elliott Nugent, Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Bing Crosby, Jane Wyman, Alexis Smith, James Barton, Franchot Tone, Ethel Barrymore
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1436953.1436953.1436953.1436953.143695
Newspaper reporter Pete (Bing Crosby) works in a Paris orphanage. His charming way with children and music enables him to find homes for even the most troubled kids. One afternoon, Mr. and Mrs. Godfrey (Alan Reed and Minna Gombell), an American couple, come to the orphanage to adopt Bobby, a boy they saw in one of the ads Pete ran in his newspaper. Bobby misbehaves, but when Pete discovers that Mr. Godfrey plays for the Boston Symphony Orchestra, he quickly produces a young blind opera wunderkind, Theresa (Anna Maria Alberghetti), who sings her way into the Godfreys' hearts.
Let's Dance, 1h47
Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Betty Hutton, Fred Astaire, Roland Young, Ruth Warrick, Shepperd Strudwick, Lucile Watson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.049253.049253.049253.049253.04925
A war widow returns to work with her former dancing partner, but her upper class mother-in-law is aghast that her grandson is being exposed to show business and takes legal steps to gain custody.
Mr. Music
Mr. Music (1950)
, 1h50
Directed by Richard Haydn
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Bing Crosby, Nancy Olson, Groucho Marx, Charles Coburn, Ruth Hussey, Robert Stack
Roles Director of Photography
Rating60% 3.048963.048963.048963.048963.04896
New York theater producer Alex Conway (Charles Coburn) travels with composer Paul Merrick (Bing Crosby) to Lawford College, Paul's alma mater, where one of his musicals is being revived by the students. The current campus hero is handsome athlete Jefferson Blake (Robert Stack) so Katherine Holbrook (Nancy Olson), class valedictorian and chairman of the welcoming committee for returning alumni, asks Paul to work in a phrase about Jeff in one of his songs. Paul balks at the suggestion, but Kate's matter-of-fact manner leaves no room for discussion.
Riding High, 1h52
Directed by Frank Capra, George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Films about horses, Musical films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère, Horse sports in film, Sport hippique
Actors Bing Crosby, Coleen Gray, Charles Bickford, William Demarest, Frances Gifford, James Gleason
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.09753.09753.09753.09753.0975
Yale grad Dan Brooks is expected to marry wealthy boss J.L. Higgins' daughter Margaret and join the family box-making business. He is far more interested in racing a horse he owns, Broadway Bill.
Samson and Delilah, 2h11
Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.396123.396123.396123.396123.39612
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
The File on Thelma Jordon, 1h40
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Wendell Corey, Paul Kelly, Joan Tetzel, Stanley Ridges, Richard Steven Rauber
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.4445953.4445953.4445953.4445953.444595
Thelma Jordon shows up late one night in the office of married assistant district attorney Cleve Marshall with a story about prowlers and burglars. Before Cleve can stop himself, he and Thelma are involved in a love affair. But Thelma is a mysterious woman, and Cleve can't help wondering if she is hiding something.
Force of Evil, 1h18
Directed by Abraham Polonsky
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Actors John Garfield, Thomas Gomez, Marie Windsor, Paul Fix, Howland Chamberlain, Roy Roberts
Roles Director of Photography
Rating71% 3.594143.594143.594143.594143.59414
The drama tells of a lawyer, Joe Morse (Garfield), working for a powerful gangster, Tucker, who wishes to consolidate and control the numbers racket in New York. This means assuming control of the many smaller numbers rackets, one of which is run by Morse’s older brother Leo Morse (Thomas Gomez). The plot which unfolds is a terse, melodramatic thriller notable for realist location photography, almost poetic dialogue and frequent biblical allusions (Cain and Abel, Judas's betrayal, stigmata).
The Boy with Green Hair, 1h22
Directed by Joseph Losey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about adoption, Films about education, Films about children, Films about racism, L'enfance marginalisée, Films about school violence
Actors Dean Stockwell, Robert Ryan, Barbara Hale, Pat O'Brien, Walter Catlett, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Director of Photography
Rating66% 3.3444153.3444153.3444153.3444153.344415
Finding a curiously silent young runaway boy (Stockwell) whose head has been completely shaved, small-town police call in a psychologist (Ryan) and discover that he is a war orphan named Peter Fry. Moving in with an understanding retired actor named Gramps (O'Brien), Peter starts attending school and generally begins living the life of a normal boy until his class gets involved with trying to help war orphans in Europe and Asia.
Good Sam
Good Sam (1948)
, 1h54
Directed by Leo McCarey, Ray McCarey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Ann Sheridan, Ray Collins, Edmund Lowe, Joan Lorring, Clinton Sundberg
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1466653.1466653.1466653.1466653.146665
Sam Clayton is too good for his own good. A sermon by Rev. Daniels persuades him to help others in every way he can, including his wife Lu's good-for-nothing brother, Claude, who's been living with them rent-free for six months, and their neighbors the Butlers, who need a car for a vacation when theirs breaks down.