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Lester White is a Director of Photography and Cinematography American born on 25 july 1907 at New York City (USA)

Lester White

Lester White
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Birth name Lester Harold White
Nationality USA
Birth 25 july 1907 at New York City (USA)
Death 4 december 1958 (at 51 years)

Lester White est un directeur de la photographie américain, de son nom complet Lester Harold White, né le 25 juillet 1907 à New York (État de New York), mort le 4 décembre 1958 à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biography

Au cinéma, Lester White est cadreur sur sept films américains sortis de 1932 à 1934 (le dernier est La Veuve joyeuse d'Ernst Lubitsch). Il devient chef opérateur sur Un cœur, deux poings de W.S. Van Dyke, avec Myrna Loy et Max Baer, sorti en 1933.

Jusqu'en 1957, il dirige les prises de vues de quatre-vingt-cinq films américains, dont des westerns (ex. : Gun Fury de Raoul Walsh en 1953, avec Rock Hudson et Donna Reed). Mentionnons également L'amour frappe André Hardy de George B. Seitz (1938) et Débuts à Broadway de Busby Berkeley (1941), tous deux avec Mickey Rooney et Judy Garland. Parmi ses autres films notables, citons encore Sherlock Holmes et l'Arme secrète de Roy William Neill (1943, avec Basil Rathbone et Nigel Bruce) et Du plomb pour l'inspecteur de Richard Quine (1954, avec Fred MacMurray et Kim Novak).

À la télévision, Lester White exerce à partir de 1951, d'abord sur un téléfilm, puis sur dix-sept séries, dont quinze épisodes de Rintintin en 1954 et 1955. Sa dernière contribution est pour un épisode de L'Homme à la carabine, diffusé début janvier 1959, un mois après sa mort prématurée.

Best films

The Prizefighter and the Lady (1933)
(Director of Photography)

Usually with

Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
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Mickey Rooney
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(16 films)
George B. Seitz
George B. Seitz
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David Snell
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Lewis Stone
Lewis Stone
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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Lester White (60 films)

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Cameraman

The Monster That Challenged the World, 1h23
Directed by Arnold Laven
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Giant monster films, Disaster films
Actors Tim Holt, Audrey Dalton, Hans Conried, Harlan Warde, Max Showalter, Mimi Gibson
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8510852.8510852.8510852.8510852.851085
In the Salton Sea, an underwater earthquake causes a crevice to open, releasing prehistoric giant mollusks. A rescue training parachute jump is conducted, but the patrol boat sent to pick up the jumper finds only a floating parachute. One sailor dives in but disappears. The other sailor screams in terror as something rises from the water.
5 Against the House, 1h24
Directed by Phil Karlson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Heist films
Actors Kim Novak, Guy Madison, Brian Keith, Kerwin Mathews, Alvy Moore, William Conrad
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.901932.901932.901932.901932.90193
During a weekend side-trip to Reno, Nevada, college friends Brick (Keith), Al (Madison), Ronnie (Kerwin Mathews) and Roy (Alvy Moore) visit the famous casino Harold's Club.
Top Gun
Top Gun (1955)

Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Karin Booth, James Millican, Regis Toomey, Hugh Sanders, John Dehner
Roles Director of Photography
Rating61% 3.098223.098223.098223.098223.09822
Rick Martin arrives in a small town warning of an impending attack by his old gang.
Women's Prison, 1h19
Directed by Lewis Seiler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Women in prison films
Actors Ida Lupino, Jan Sterling, Audrey Totter, Cleo Moore, Phyllis Thaxter, Howard Duff
Roles Director of Photography
Rating64% 3.242783.242783.242783.242783.24278
A ruthless superintendent of a prison, Amelia van Zandt, makes life hell for the female inmates. Her rules are rigid and she makes no exceptions.
Drums of Tahiti, 1h13
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Dennis O'Keefe, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, George Keymas, Sylvia Lewis
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49% 2.493842.493842.493842.493842.49384
In 1877, Tahitians under the rule of aging Queen Pomare (Frances Brandt) dislike their position as a French protectorate and quietly plan a new war with assistance from Britain.
Pushover
Pushover (1954)
, 1h28
Directed by Richard Quiney
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Politic
Actors Fred MacMurray, Philip Carey, Kim Novak, Dorothy Malone, Donald Patrick Harvey II, E. G. Marshall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5430453.5430453.5430453.5430453.543045
Honest cop Paul Sheridan (Fred MacMurray) is tasked to recover $200,000 after a bank robbery. He and other officers maintain a 24-hour surveillance on Lona McLane (Kim Novak), a girlfriend of one of the robbers.
Wyoming Renegades, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Philip Carey, Gene Evans, Martha Hyer, Roy Roberts, Don Beddoe, Douglas Kennedy
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.8592952.8592952.8592952.8592952.859295
Overland Pacific
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Jock Mahoney, John Mahoney, Peggie Castle, Walter Sande, Adele Jergens, Pat Hogan
Roles Director of Photography
Rating54% 2.7175252.7175252.7175252.7175252.717525
Ross Granger is hired by the Overland Pacific railroad to investigate sabotage. Posing as a telegraph operator, Granger goes to Oaktown, where a fellow Civil War veteran he knows, Del Stewart, is now owner of the Silver Dollar saloon.
The Lone Gun, 1h14
Directed by Ray Nazarro
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors George Montgomery, Douglas Kennedy, Dorothy Malone, Neville Brand, Frank Faylen, Skip Homeier
Roles Director of Photography
Rating57% 2.89952.89952.89952.89952.8995
Les hasards de la route font se rencontrer un certain Beau-Fixe, joueur professionnel, et Cruze, un ex-marshal fatigué de s'attirer des ennuis en défendant le bon droit. Cruze, à peine arrivé en ville, rosse un buveur peu gracieux et se voit de nouveau proposer l'étoile : il refuse...
Jesse James vs. the Daltons, 1h5
Directed by William Castle
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Brett King, Barbara Lawrence, James Griffith, William Phipps, Rory Mallinson, William Tannen
Roles Director of Photography
Rating49% 2.4975852.4975852.4975852.4975852.497585
Joe Branch (Brett King) rumored to be the son of outlaw Jesse James, sets out to contact the infamous Dalton Gang and to learn the truth about his legendary father.
Spooks!
Spooks! (1953)

Directed by Jules White
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Buddy films
Actors Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Shemp Howard, Philip Van Zandt, Tom Kennedy, Norma Randall
Roles Director of Photography
Rating70% 3.5280453.5280453.5280453.5280453.528045
The Stooges are private detectives that are hired to track down a kidnapped girl name Mary Bopper (Norma Randall), daughter of George B. Bopper. They decide to trace Bopper back to where she was last seen, which leads them to mad scientist Dr. Jeckyl (Philip Van Zandt) and his assistant, Mr. Hyde (Tom Kennedy). There is also a gorilla kept imprisoned in the house for experimental purposes. The Stooges arrive to rescue the kidnapped girl disguised as door-to door pie salesmen.
The 49th Man, 1h13
Origin USA
Genres Thriller
Themes Political films
Actors John Ireland, Richard Denning, Peter Marshall, Robert Foulk, Suzanne Dalbert, Mike Connors
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.953812.953812.953812.953812.95381
After a fatal car crash in Lordsburg, New Mexico, investigators find a mysterious machine component that they turn over to the nearby Los Alamos National Laboratory for identification. Scientists there declare that it is one component of an advanced portable nuclear weapon designed by an unknown, presumably hostile power. The discovery prompts Paul Reagan (Richard Denning), chief of the Security Investigation Division (SID), to send agent John Williams (John Ireland) to investigate the source of these components and to prevent them from being assembled into a functioning weapon. As more parts are smuggled into the United States, the investigation expands and a pattern begins to emerge which points to Marseilles, France.
Gun Fury
Gun Fury (1953)
, 1h23
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Western
Actors Rock Hudson, Donna Reed, Leo Gordon, Lee Marvin, Neville Brand, Philip Carey
Roles Director of Photography
Rating59% 2.9995652.9995652.9995652.9995652.999565
Quelques années après la guerre de Sécession, en Arizona, Jennifer Ballard voyage de la Géorgie à la Californie à bord d'une diligence dans le but de retrouver son fiancé Ben Warren. Parmi les voyageurs, se trouvent un certain Hamilton, en fait le célèbre hors-la-loi Frank Slayton, un ex-Confédéré, et son complice Jess Burgess. La voiture est escortée par des soldats car elle transporte aussi la solde. Ils s'arrêtent pour la nuit dans une petite ville, l'escorte se rendant au fort voisin pour être remplacée. Ben, impatient de retrouver sa fiancée, est déjà là. Slayton, attiré par Jennifer, est ennuyé par l'arrivée de Ben, mais les invite néanmoins à dîner. Lorsque la conversation vient à porter sur la guerre, Ben, lui aussi un ancien Confédéré, déclare préférer désormais les compromis et la paix. Le lendemain matin, la diligence repart, mais les soldats qui l'escortent sont en fait des hommes de Slayton. En plein milieu du désert, ils arrêtent la voiture et tuent le conducteur. Slayton dévoile alors sa véritable identité et, lorsque Ben tente de s'interposer, lui tire dessus, le laissant pour mort. Les hors-la-loi partent alors avec l'argent et emmènent Jennifer avec eux. Plus tard, après que Jess a mis en doute la nécessité d'emmener Jennifer, Slayton le fait ligoter et le laisse en plein soleil avant de partir. Pendant ce temps, Ben a repris ses esprits et, après avoir retrouvé un des chevaux de l'attelage, suit la piste des bandits jusqu'à leur cachette, où il trouve Jess, inconscient. Il le ranime et apprend que le gang est en route pour leur cachette au Mexique. Ils partent à leur poursuite, bientôt rejoints par Johash, un Indien dont la sœur est morte à cause de Slayton.
The Stranger Wore a Gun, 1h23
Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors Randolph Scott, Claire Trevor, Joan Weldon, George Macready, Lee Marvin, Alfonso Bedoya
Roles Director of Photography
Rating58% 2.94812.94812.94812.94812.9481
Jeff Travis (Randolph Scott), a former spy for Quantrill's Raiders, rides to Arizona to start a new life. Finding that his reputation has preceded him, crooked Jules Mourret (George Macready) hires him to monitor a series of gold shipments, in preparation for a major robbery. Travis falls in love with Shelby Conroy (Joan Weldon), daughter of freight-line operator Jason Conroy (Pierre Watkin), and decides to turn honest.
White Lightning, 1h1
Directed by Edward Bernds
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Sports films
Actors Lee Van Cleef, Stanley Clements, Gloria Blondell, Lyle Talbot, Steve Brodie, Frank Jenks
Roles Director of Photography
Rating69% 3.470133.470133.470133.470133.47013
The film centers around a professional ice hockey team called the Red Devils who are in the midst of an extended losing streak. The losing streak is due to the team's proprietor Jack Monohan (Steve Brodie) taking bribes from gamblers. The team receives fresh hope in the form of a new player, Mike Connors (Stanley Clements). Mike is an arrogant and self-assured man, who is also Jack's former childhood friend. His talent helps the team regain their formerly winning ways. However, the new star quickly becomes disliked for his egocentric attitude and playing style. Matters worsen when Jack's sister Margaret (Barbara Bestar) becomes attracted in Mike. This romantic interest leads to an out-and-out brawl between the two men. The fight is stopped after a local drifter named Brutus steps in but tragically is stabbed by Mike. The situation takes a turn for the worse when an angered Mike takes a bribe - to throw the extremely important final game - from a gambler named Rocky Gibraltar (Lyle Talbot). Fortunately, during the game, Mike sees sense with the help of a young, admiring fan named Davey (Duncan Richardson). He helps win the game.