Leon Shamroy is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 16 july 1901 at New York City (USA)
Leon Shamroy
Leon Shamroy participated to
97 films (as actor, director or script writer).
Among those,
15 have good markets following the box office.
Here are the best films classified by number of entries :
Cameraman
, 4h8
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz,
Darryl F. Zanuck,
Rouben MamoulianOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Biography,
Historical,
Peplum,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Politique,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on works by William Shakespeare,
Children's films,
Films about royaltyActors Elizabeth Taylor,
Richard Burton,
Rex Harrison,
Roddy McDowall,
Martin Landau,
Hume CronynRoles Director of Photography
Rating70%
After the Battle of Pharsalus where Julius Caesar (Rex Harrison) has defeated Pompey, Pompey flees to Egypt, hoping to enlist the support of the young Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O'Sullivan) and his sister Cleopatra (Elizabeth Taylor). The Romans hold, and the armies of Mithridates arrive on Egyptian soil. The following day, Caesar passes judgment. He sentences Ptolemy's lord chamberlain to death for arranging an assassination attempt on Cleopatra. Cleopatra is crowned Queen of Egypt. She dreams of ruling the world with Caesar. When their son Caesarion is born, Caesar accepts him publicly, which becomes the talk of Rome and the Senate., 2h15
Directed by Henry KosterOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
PeplumThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about religion,
Films based on the Bible,
Portrayals of Jesus in film,
Children's filmsActors Richard Burton,
Jean Simmons,
Victor Mature,
Michael Rennie,
Jay Robinson,
Dean JaggerRoles Director of Photography
Rating67%
The action takes place in Ancient Rome, Judaea, Capri, and Galilee in a time period stretching from A.D. 32 to A.D. 38, 1h52
Directed by Franklin J. SchaffnerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Science fiction,
Action,
Adventure,
Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fictionThemes Films about animals,
Films about computing,
Post-apocalyptic films,
Psychologie,
Films about racism,
Films about religion,
Time travel films,
Films based on science fiction novels,
Films set in the future,
Films about apes,
Political films,
Cyberpunk films,
Dystopian films,
Children's films,
Mise en scène d'un mammifère,
Arme nucléaire,
Disaster films,
LobotomieActors Charlton Heston,
Roddy McDowall,
Maurice Evans,
Kim Hunter,
James Whitmore,
James DalyRoles Director of Photography
Rating79%
Astronauts Taylor (Charlton Heston), Landon (Robert Gunner), Dodge (Jeff Burton) and Stewart are in deep hibernation when their spaceship crashes in a lake on an unknown planet after a long near-light speed voyage, during which, due to time dilation, the crew ages only 18 months. As the ship sinks, Taylor finds Stewart dead and her body desiccated. They throw an inflatable raft from the ship and climb down into it; before departing the ship, Taylor notes that the date is November 25, AD 3978, approximately two millennia after their departure in 1972. Once ashore, Dodge performs a soil test and pronounces the soil incapable of sustaining life., 2h19
Directed by Walter LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Adventure,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Politique,
Théâtre,
Musical films,
Political films,
Films based on plays,
Films based on musicals,
Children's films,
Films about language and translation,
Films about royaltyActors Deborah Kerr,
Yul Brynner,
Rita Moreno,
Maureen Hingert,
Martin Benson,
Alan MowbrayRoles Director of Photography
Rating73%
Strong-willed, widowed schoolteacher Anna Leonowens arrives in Bangkok from Wales with her young son Louis after being summoned to tutor the many children of King Mongkut. The two are introduced to the Kralahome, King Mongkut's confidante and Siam's prime minister. His severe countenance makes Louis apprehensive, but Anna refuses to be intimidated and convinces him to disguise his fear ("I Whistle a Happy Tune"). The Kralahome explains he has come to escort them to the Royal Palace where they will live – a violation of Anna's contract, which calls for them to live in a separate house outside the walls of the palace. Despite her threat to return to Singapore, Anna reluctantly disembarks with Louis and the Kralahome., 1h54
Directed by Henry King,
Roy Ward BakerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Films set in Africa,
Films about writers,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Ava Gardner,
Susan Hayward,
Hildegard Knef,
Leo G. Carroll,
Marcel DalioRoles Director of Photography
Rating60%
The film begins with the opening words of Hemingway's story: "Kilimanjaro is a snow-covered mountain 19,710 feet high, and is said to be the highest mountain in Africa. Its western summit is called the Masai 'Ngje Ngi,' the House of God. Close to the western summit there is the dried and frozen carcass of a leopard. No one has explained what the leopard was seeking at that altitude.", 2h55
Directed by Otto PremingerOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
HistoricalThemes Films about religionActors Tom Tryon,
Raf Vallone,
Jill Haworth,
John Saxon,
Romy Schneider,
Carol LynleyRoles Director of Photography
Rating66%
A newly ordained Irish Catholic priest, Stephen Fermoyle (Tom Tryon) returns home to Boston in 1917. He discovers that his parents are upset about daughter Mona (Carol Lynley) having become engaged to marry a Jewish boy, Benny Rampell (John Saxon). Mona seeks Stephen's counsel as a priest., 1h27
Directed by Henry King,
Albert R. BroccoliOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Pirate films,
Children's filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara,
Laird Cregar,
Thomas Mitchell,
George Sanders,
Anthony QuinnRoles Director of Photography
Rating66%
After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates., 2h18
Directed by Otto Preminger,
John M. StahlOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Children's filmsActors Linda Darnell,
Cornel Wilde,
Richard Greene,
George Sanders,
Richard Haydn,
Glenn LanganRoles Director of Photography
Rating64%
The film begins in 1644 during the English Civil War, as we see a group of Roundheads pursuing a Cavalier's carriage. The carriage drives into the country where its passengers abandon a baby, named Amber, on the doorstep of a farming cottage. The roundheads soon catch up with the carriage and kill all the passengers while the farmers discover and decide to adopt Amber., 1h57
Directed by Walter LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Musical theatre,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Transport films,
Aviation films,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Susan Hayward,
Rory Calhoun,
David Wayne,
Thelma Ritter,
Robert Wagner,
Helen WestcottRoles Director of Photography
Rating66%
Ms. Jane Froman (Susan Hayward) is a humble staff singer at a Cincinnati radio stations, but in no time rises to the uppermost rungs of network radio fame. Jane gratefully marries her agent Don Ross (David Wayne), but soon both realize they're not truly in love., 2h12
Directed by Henry KingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
ActionThemes Transport films,
Aviation films,
Political films,
United States Armed Forces in filmsActors Gregory Peck,
Hugh Marlowe,
Gary Merrill,
Millard Mitchell,
Dean Jagger,
Paul StewartRoles Director of Photography
Rating76%
In 1949, former U.S. Army Air Force officer Harvey Stovall (Dean Jagger) is vacationing in Great Britain when he spots a familiar Toby Jug in an antique shop window and is told that it came from Archbury, where Stovall served with the 918th Bomb Group during World War II. Convinced that it is the same jug, he buys it and journeys to the now-abandoned airfield. , 1h42
Directed by Henry KingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
War,
RomanceThemes Films about writers,
Films about journalists,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Jennifer Jones,
William Holden,
Keye Luke,
Torin Thatcher,
Isobel Elsom,
Richard LooRoles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with the married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly., 2h34
Directed by Otto Brower,
Henry KingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Comedy,
Historical,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Politique,
Political films,
Children's filmsActors Charles Coburn,
Alexander Knox,
Geraldine Fitzgerald,
Thomas Mitchell,
Cedric Hardwicke,
Ruth NelsonRoles Director of Photography
Rating63%
The story begins in 1909, a time when Wilson (Alexander Knox) is best known as the head of Princeton University and the author of several books on the democratic process. Urged into running for Governor of New Jersey by the local political machine, Wilson soon proves that he is his own man, beholden to no one-and that he is dedicated to the truth at any cost., 1h50
Directed by Otto Brower,
John M. StahlOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Thriller,
Noir,
Melodrama,
RomanceThemes Films about suicide,
Children's filmsActors Gene Tierney,
Cornel Wilde,
Jeanne Crain,
Vincent Price,
Mary Philips,
Ray CollinsRoles Director of Photography
Rating75%
Novelist Richard Harland (Cornel Wilde) returns to his remote island home, called Back of the Moon, after two years in prison. His friend and attorney, (Ray Collins), narrates how Richard meets beautiful socialite Ellen Berent (Gene Tierney) on a train. She falls in love with him based mainly on his close resemblance to her recently deceased father, to whom she was obsessively attached., 1h34
Directed by Walter LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Musical,
RomanceThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Alice Faye,
Betty Grable,
Jack Oakie,
John Payne,
Allen Jenkins,
Esther RalstonRoles Director of Photography
Rating63%
, 2h9
Directed by Elia KazanOrigin USAGenres DramaThemes Films about alcoholism,
Medical-themed films,
Films about drugs,
Children's filmsActors Dorothy McGuire,
Peggy Ann Garner,
Joan Blondell,
James Dunn,
Lloyd Nolan,
Ted DonaldsonRoles Director of Photography
Rating79%
The film covers several months in the life of the Nolans, an Irish American family living in the Williamsburg neighborhood in the borough of Brooklyn in 1912. The film is much shorter than the book, which covers the time from before Francie is born until after she turns 16. The film focuses on the time when Francie is around 13 years old.