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Joseph Walker is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 22 august 1892 at Denver (USA)

Joseph Walker

Joseph Walker
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Birth name Joseph Bailey Walker
Nationality USA
Birth 22 august 1892 at Denver (USA)
Death 1 august 1985 (at 92 years) at Las Vegas (USA)

Joseph Walker, A.S.C. (August 22, 1892 - August 1, 1985) was an American cinematographer who worked on 145 films during a career that spanned thirty-three years.

Best films

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
(Director of Photography)
The Jolson Story (1946)
(Director of Photography)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
(Director of Photography)
It Happened One Night (1934)
(Director of Photography)
Born Yesterday (1951)
(Director of Photography)
The Awful Truth (1937)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Frank Capra
Frank Capra
(18 films)
Morris Stoloff
Morris Stoloff
(19 films)
Stephen Goosson
Stephen Goosson
(17 films)
Harry Cohn
Harry Cohn
(18 films)
Jean Louis
Jean Louis
(15 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Joseph Walker (67 films)

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Cameraman

Affair in Trinidad, 1h38
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about music and musicians, Transport films
Actors Rita Hayworth, Glenn Ford, Alexander Scourby, Valerie Bettis, Torin Thatcher, Karel Štěpánek
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2964753.2964753.2964753.2964753.296475
The film is set in Trinidad while it was still a British colony. Chris Emery (Rita Hayworth) works as a nightclub singer and dancer. One night after her performance she receives news from Inspector Smythe (Torin Thatcher) and Anderson (Howard Wendell), a member of the American consulate, that her husband Neil was found dead. She is comforted by Neil's friend Max Fabian (Alexander Scourby).
The Marrying Kind, 1h32
Directed by George Cukor
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors Judy Holliday, Aldo Ray, Madge Kennedy, Mickey Shaughnessy, Ruth Gordon, Sheila Bond
Roles Director of Photography
Rating68% 3.444653.444653.444653.444653.44465
The ups and downs of marriage and commitment are realized as a disgruntled and grieving couple recount their marriage to the divorce judge. As the judge attempts to decipher whether or not their love for one another is gone, key moments of their lives together are remembered in this witty comedy/drama.
Born Yesterday, 1h43
Directed by George Cukor, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Judy Holliday, Broderick Crawford, William Holden, Howard St. John, Barbara Brown, Claire Carleton
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.7470653.7470653.7470653.7470653.747065
Uncouth tycoon Harry Brock (Broderick Crawford) goes to Washington, D.C. with his brassy girlfriend, Emma "Billie" Dawn (Judy Holliday), and his crooked lawyer, Jim Devery (Howard St. John), to "influence" a politician or two. The lawyer also presses Harry to marry Billie on the grounds that a wife cannot be forced to testify against her husband.
The Mob
The Mob (1951)
, 1h27
Directed by Robert Parrish
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Broderick Crawford, Richard Kiley, Neville Brand, Ernest Borgnine, John Marley, Charles Bronson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.543533.543533.543533.543533.54353
Johnny Damico (Broderick Crawford), a detective going home in the rain one night, he finds himself just a few feet from a shooting on a dark street, where the gunman claims to be a detective from another precinct, flashing a real badge -- and then slipping away. Damico discovers that the victim of the shooting was a witness who was to have appeared before a grand jury investigating waterfront crime, and that the same man who shot him also murdered the chief investigator on the case just a few hours earlier (which is where the badge came from).
Never a Dull Moment, 1h29
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Irene Dunne, Fred MacMurray, William Demarest, Andy Devine, Natalie Wood, Gigi Perreau
Roles Director of Photography
Rating56% 2.8043852.8043852.8043852.8043852.804385
At a rodeo in New York, visiting cowboy Chris Heyward is charmed to make the acquaintance of Kay Kingsley, a songwriter. They marry and move out west to his ranch.
Harriet Craig, 1h34
Directed by Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Joan Crawford, Wendell Corey, Allyn Joslyn, Lucile Watson, K. T. Stevens, Raymond Greenleaf
Roles Director of Photography
Rating72% 3.6461553.6461553.6461553.6461553.646155
Dominatrice Harriet Craig tient plus de considération pour sa maison et ses biens qu'elle ne le fait pour toute personne dans sa vie. Parmi ceux qu'elle traite comme des objets ménagers, on trouve son aimable mari Walter, à qui elle a menti à propos de son incapacité à avoir des enfants; sa cousine Claire, qu'elle traite comme une secrétaire; et ses serviteurs qu'elle traite comme des esclaves.
A Woman of Distinction, 1h25
Directed by Edward Buzzell, Earl Bellamy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Actors Rosalind Russell, Ray Milland, Edmund Gwenn, Janis Carter, Francis Lederer, Jerome Courtland
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2926553.2926553.2926553.2926553.292655
Susan Manning Middlecott is dean of a New England school called Benton College and it is her whole life, apart from living with dad Mark and raising an adopted daughter, Louisa.
Mr. Soft Touch, 1h33
Directed by Henry Levin, Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime, Romance
Actors Glenn Ford, John Ireland, Evelyn Keyes, Beulah Bondi, Percy Kilbride, Clara Blandick
Roles Director of Photography
Rating65% 3.2971853.2971853.2971853.2971853.297185
Polish American Joe Miracle (Glenn Ford) returns from fighting in World War II, only to find his San Francisco nightclub under the control of the Mob, and his friend and partner Leo missing and presumed murdered. To get even, he robs $100,000 from his former business, planning to leave the country as soon as possible. He goes to the apartment of Victor Christopher (Ray Meyer), Leo's brother, where he picks up a ticket Victor and his wife Clara (Angela Clarke) had purchased for him. However, he discovers to his dismay that they could only book him on a ship that sails for Yokohama on Christmas Eve, the next night. He has to hide until then. When the police come to stop Victor from ringing a bell and disturbing the neighbors, Joe pretends to be him in order to spend the night safely in jail. However, Jenny Jones (Evelyn Keyes), a kind-hearted social worker, gets him remanded into her custody instead.
Tell It to the Judge, 1h27
Directed by Norman Foster
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Rosalind Russell, Robert Cummings, Gig Young, Marie McDonald, Harry Davenport, Fay Baker
Roles Director of Photography
Rating63% 3.194773.194773.194773.194773.19477
Appointed to be a federal judge, Marsha Meredith (Rosalind Russell) is questioned by a U.S. Senate committee, specifically about her divorce from lawyer Peter Webb (Robert Cummings).
The Dark Past, 1h15
Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry
Actors William Holden, Nina Foch, Lee J. Cobb, Adele Jergens, Lois Maxwell, Stephen Dunne
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.1465753.1465753.1465753.1465753.146575
A psychoanalyst and his young family and some friends are taken hostage by a gang led by an escaped killer, Al Walker. The doctor gets the killer to talk to him in an attempt to find out the killer's unconscious motivation for his evil ways.
The Mating of Millie, 1h27
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy
Themes Films about children
Actors Glenn Ford, Evelyn Keyes, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Jimmy Hunt, Mabel Paige
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.536683.536683.536683.536683.53668
Millie McGonigle (Evelyn Keyes), is riding a bus to work when the frustrated driver, Doug Andrews (Glenn Ford), stops the vehicle and quits. As the assistant personnel director of a large department store, Millie is impressed by his independence and hands him her card.
The Velvet Touch, 1h40
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Rosalind Russell, Leon Ames, Leo Genn, Claire Trevor, Sydney Greenstreet, Frank McHugh
Roles Director of Photography
Rating67% 3.3897753.3897753.3897753.3897753.389775
Broadway leading lady Valerie Stanton (Russell), accidentally kills her producer and former lover, Gordon Dunning (Ames), during an argument about the direction her career should take. He expects her to sign for his next production, a typical frothy comedy for which he is known, while she wants to star in a revival of Hedda Gabler in order to prove her versatility as an actress.
The Lady from Shanghai, 1h27
Directed by Orson Welles
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles, Everett Sloane, Errol Flynn, Glenn Anders, Ted de Corsia
Roles Director of Photography
Rating74% 3.748693.748693.748693.748693.74869
Irish sailor Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles) meets the beautiful blonde Elsa (Rita Hayworth) as she rides a horse-drawn coach in Central Park. Three hooligans waylay the coach. Michael rescues Elsa and escorts her home. Michael reveals he is a seaman and learns Elsa and her husband, disabled criminal defense attorney Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane), are newly arrived in New York City from Shanghai. They are on their way to San Francisco via the Panama Canal. Michael, attracted to Elsa despite misgivings, agrees to sign on as an able seaman aboard Bannister's yacht.
The Guilt of Janet Ames, 1h23
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Films about disabilities
Actors Rosalind Russell, Melvyn Douglas, Sid Caesar, Betsy Blair, Nina Foch, Harry von Zell
Roles Director of Photography
Rating62% 3.143023.143023.143023.143023.14302
Bitter war widow Janet Ames (Rosalind Russell) seeks out the five soldiers for whom her husband gave his life by falling on a hand grenade during the Battle of the Bulge. While crossing a city street to find the first, she is struck and knocked unconscious by an automobile. The police find no identification on her, only a list of names. One recognizes the last name on her list, Smithfield "Smitty" Cobb (Melvyn Douglas), a reporter recently fired for alcoholism, and contacts Smitty. When Smitty sees the list, he realizes who she must be.
It's a Wonderful Life, 2h10
Directed by Frank Capra
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about angels, Alternate history films
Actors James Stewart, Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore, Henry Travers, Thomas Mitchell, Samuel S. Hinds
Roles Director of Photography
Rating85% 4.298614.298614.298614.298614.29861
In Bedford Falls, New York, on Christmas Eve 1945, George Bailey is suicidal. Prayers for him reach Heaven. Clarence Odbody, Angel 2nd Class, is assigned to save George in order to earn his angel wings. To prepare Clarence, his superior Joseph shows flashbacks of George's life.