Charles Schoenbaum
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Charles Edgar Schoenbaum (1893–1951) was a popular cinematographer
whose career began in 1917 and ended with his abrupt death in 1951.
He worked on over 100 films, including several of the Lassie
films in the late 40s. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1949 for his work on Little Women
.
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
whose career began in 1917 and ended with his abrupt death in 1951.
He worked on over 100 films, including several of the Lassie
Lassie
Lassie is a fictional collie dog character created by Eric Knight in a short story expanded to novel length called Lassie Come-Home. Published in 1940, the novel was filmed by MGM in 1943 as Lassie Come Home with a dog named Pal playing Lassie. Pal then appeared with the stage name "Lassie" in six...
films in the late 40s. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 1949 for his work on Little Women
Little Women (1949 film)
Little Women directed by Mervyn LeRoy is based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt...
.
Partial Filmography
- Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Hawthorne of the U.S.A.Hawthorne of the U.S.A. is a 1919 silent film comedy/adventure produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. James Cruze directed and Wallace Reid starred in a story based on a 1912 Broadway play Hawthorne of the U.S.A. that starred Douglas Fairbanks and Irene Fenwick. The...
(1919) - Always Audacious (1920)
- The Charm SchoolThe Charm School (1921 film)The Charm School is a 1921 silent film comedy starring Wallace Reid. Produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures this James Cruze directed film was based on a 1920 Broadway stage play and novel by Alice Duer Miller that starred veteran actress Minnie Dupree. It is...
(1921) - The Love Special (1921)
- Too Much Speed (1921)
- The Hell Diggers (1921)
- The World's ChampionThe World's ChampionThe World's Champion is a 1922 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The movie is based on a play The Champion by Thomas Louden and A.E. Matthews, produced on Broadway in 1921. The film was directed by Phil Rosen and starred Wallace Reid...
(1922) - Across the ContinentAcross the ContinentAcross the Continent is a silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922. It was one of star Wallace Reid's last films before his death on 18 January 1923...
(1922) - Empty HandsEmpty Hands-Cast:*Jack Holt - Grimshaw*Norma Shearer - Claire Endicott*Charles Clary - Robert Endicott*Hazel Keener - Mrs.Endicott*Gertrude Olmstead - Typsy*Ramsay Wallace -Montie*Ward Crane - Milt Bisnet*Charles Stevens - Indian Guide*Hank Mann - Spring Water Man...
(1924) - A Son of His FatherA Son of His FatherA Son of His Father is a 1925 silent film Western directed by Victor Fleming. Uncertain whether this is a lost or extant film -Cast:*Bessie Love - Nora Shea*Warner Baxter - Big Boy Morgan*Raymond Hatton - Charlie Grey*Walter McGrail - Holdbrook...
(1925) - The Vanishing American (1925)
- NevadaNevada (1927 film)Nevada is a 1927 movie based upon a Zane Grey novel and starring Gary Cooper, Thelma Todd, and William Powell. This lavish Western film was remade in 1944 as an early Robert Mitchum B-picture, the only time Cooper and Mitchum played the same role.-Cast:...
(1927) - Beau SabreurBeau SabreurBeau Sabreur is a 1928 silent film produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. It was directed by John Waters and starred Gary Cooper and Evelyn Brent. The plot was based on a novel by P. C. Wren. Only a trailer exists of this film...
(1928) - The Rogue Song (1930)
- Bride of the Regiment (1930)
- Woman HungryWoman Hungry (film)Woman Hungry is a 1931 musical western film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was based on the play The Great Divide which was written by William Vaughn Moody...
(1931) - Salvation NellSalvation NellSalvation Nell is a 1931 film drama produced and directed by James Cruze and distributed by Tiffany Films, a company then on the brink of ceasing operations. It is based on Edward Sheldon's 1908 Broadway play which starred Minnie Maddern Fiske. Two silent versions were produced ie, in 1915 with...
(1931)