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| John ALTON | Johann Jacob Altmann |
"I got $ 1,500 per week, when others were getting $ 250, because of my speed, because they /producers/ made money with me. The secret of fast lighting was to know ahead what to do. I needed a very small crew, and I visualized light in my eye. I could see in the dark. I have good eyes." |
* 05.10.1901, Sopron, (heute:) Ungarn, † 02.06.1996, Santa Monica, California, USA| FILMS |
| Los tres berretines (1933-RA; [d: Enrique Susini], B: Arnaldo Malfatti, Nicolás de las Llanderas, [K: John Alton], M: Enrique Pedro Delfino, ML: Isidro Maiztegui, D: Luis Arata * Luisa Vehil * Luis Sandrini) 65m-Komödie (3305) El hijo de papá (1933-RA; R+B: John Alton, K: John Alton, D: Luis Sandrini, Rosa Rosen, Enrique Duca) 50m-Komödie (07-?; 3310) > nach vernichtenden Kritiken wurden die existierenden Kopien vom Hauptdarsteller Luis Sandrini aufgekauft und (wahrscheinlich) zerstört. Crimen a las 3 (1934-RA; R: Luis Saslavsky, B: Luis Saslavsky; Carlos Adén, K: John Alton, ML: Iván Gálvez, D: Héctor Cataruzza, María Nils, Blanca de Castejón) 77m-Drama (3508) Escala en la ciudad (1935-RA; R: Alberto de Zavalía, B: Alberto de Zavalía; Luis de Elizalde [= Carlos Adén], K: Juan/John Alton, M: Mimi Gray, Alfonso Sayons, Dick Johnson, Héctor Lagna Fietta, D: Héctor Cataruzza, Esther Vani, Matilde Mor, Eduardo Berri, Cecilia Lezard) 70m-Drama (3510) Compañeros (1936-RA; R: Gerardo Húttula=Gerhard Huttula, B: ?, K: John Alton, M: Rodolfo Sachs, Dajos Bela, D: Pedro Quartucci, Emilio Ricayo, Nury Montsé) 62m-Drama (3604) Loco lindo (1936-RA; R: Arturo S. Mom, B: José B. Cairola, K: John Alton, Lieder: Enrique Casella, Alberto Gambino, Carlos Di Sarli, Ernesto Famá, comentarios musicales: José Vázquez Vigo, D: Luis Sandrini, Sofía Bozán, Tomás Simari, Ernesto Famá) 86m-Komödie (3605) Amalia (1936-RA; R+B: Luis José Moglia Barth, K: Juan/John Alton, M: Enrique M[ario] Casella; García Machuca, A. Lobos, Hans Diernhammer, D: Herminia Franco, Ernesto Raquén, Floren Delbene, Nélida Franco, Miguel Gómez Bao, Herminia Mancini) 104m-Drama (Roman von José Mármol, 1855 > Buch) (3607) ¡Goal! (1936-RA; R: Luis José Moglia Barth, B: Ricardo López, Risso, Espinosa, K: John Alton, M: Hans Diernhammer, D: Sofía Bozán, Severo Fernández, Pedro Quartucci) 72m-Sportfilm (3610) El pobre Pérez (1937-RA; R: Luis César Amadori, B: Antonio Botta, Luis César Amadori, K: John Alton, M+Lieder: Enrique S[antos] Discépolo & Hans Diernhammer, D: Pepe Arias, Alicia Vignoli, Alicia Barrié, José Gola, Orestes Caviglia & Tania) 90m-Komödie (3702) Cadetes de San Martín (1937-RA; R: Mario Soffici, B: /libro de/ José A[ntonio] Saldías; /guion cinematográfico/ Mario Soffici, K: [Innenaufnahmen] John Alton; [Außenaufnahmen] Antonio Merayo, M: Germán Kern, Roberto Zerrillo, Hans Diernhammer, D: Enrique Muiño * Elías Alippi, Rosita Contreras, Matilde Rivera, Orestes Caviglia, Angel Magaña, Lola del Prado, Héctor Calcaño, Villita) 82m (3703) Palermo (1937-RA; R: Arturo S. Mom, B: Dinty Moore, K: Francis Boeniger, John Alton, M: José Vázquez Vigo, D: Nedda Francy, José Gola, Orestes Caviglia, Pedro Quartucci, Aída Luz, Pablo Palitos, Sebastián Chiola, Juan Mangiante) 86m-Krimidrama (3706) La vida bohemia (1937-USA; R: Josef Berne, B: José López Rubio, K: John Alton, M: Alexander Borisoff, D: Rosita Díaz, Gilbert Roland, Miguel Ligero) 77/89m-Drama (Buch Scènes de la vie de bohème von Henry Murger, 1851) (08-?; 3802, Panama | 3902, USA) spanischsprachige Produktion * AT: Tragedias de la vida bohemia El último encuentro (1938-RA; R: Luis José Moglia Barth, B: Augusto César Vatteone; Luis José Moglia Barth, K: Juan/John Alton, M: Rodolfo Sciammarella, D: Amanda Ledesma * Floren Delbene * Marcos Caplán) 80m-Drama (3805) Madreselva (1938-RA; R: Luis César Amadori, B: Ivo Pelay, Luis César Amadori, K: John Alton, M/sincronización musical/: Hans Diernhammer, D: Libertad Lamarque, Hugo del Carril, Malisa Zini, Miguel Gómez Bao, Leo Rapoli) 93m-musikalische Romanze (3810) Puerta cerrada (1938-RA; R: Luis Saslavsky, B: Luis Saslavsky; Carlos Adén, K: John Alton, M: Mario Maurano, D: Libertad Lamarque, Agustín Irusta, Angelina Pagano, Sebastián Chiola & Angel Magaña) 105m-Drama (3902) Doce mujeres (1939-RA; R: Luis José Moglia Barth, B: Lola Pita Martínez, K: John Alton, M: Mario Maurano, D: Olinda Bozán, Paquito Busto, Delia Garcés) 82m-Komödie (3903) El matrero (1939-RA; R+B: Orestes Caviglia, K: John Alton, MA: Mario Maurano, D: Agustín Irusta ° Amelia Bence, Carlos Perelli, Roberto Escalada, Ada Cornaro) 83m-Drama (Oper von Felipe Boero, 1929) (3907) Caminito de gloria (1939-RA; R+B: Luis César Amadori, K: John Alton, José María Beltrán, M/sincronización musical/: Mario Maurano, D: Libertad Lamarque, Roberto Airaldi, Miguel Gómez Bao, Emperatriz Carvajal) 97m-Liebesdrama (3909) The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Ring Lardner, Jr., Ian McLellan Hunter, K: John Alton, M: William Lava, D: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Robert Baldwin, Tom Neal, Maude Eburne) 67m-Drama (01-?; 4004) Three Faces West (1940-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: F. Hugh Herbert, Joseph Moncure March, Samuel Ornitz, K: John Alton, M: Victor Young, D: John Wayne * Sigrid Gurie ° Charles Coburn) 80m-Drama (03-?; 4007) Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940-USA; R: William C. McGann, B: Marion Orth, K: John Alton, M: C. Bakaleinikoff, D: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Rod La Rocque, Frank Albertson) 68m-Drama (04-?; 4007) Remedy for Riches (1940-USA; R: Erle C. Kenton, B: Lee Loeb, K: John Alton, ML: C. Bakaleinikoff, D: Jean Hersholt, Dorothy Lovett, Edgar Kennedy, Jed Prouty, Walter Catlett) 60m-Drama (09-?; 4011) Melody for Three (1940-USA; R: Erle C. Kenton, B: Lee Loeb, Walter Ferris, K: John Alton, M: C. Bakaleinikoff, D: Jean Hersholt, Fay Wray, Walter Woolf King, Toscha Seidel, Astrid Allwyn, Schuyler Standish, Maude Eburne) 67m-Drama (11-12; 4103) Power Dive (1941-USA; R: James P. Hogan, B: Maxwell Shane, Edward Churchill, K: John Alton, M: C. Bakaleinikoff, D: Richard Arlen * Jean Parker, Helen Mack, Roger Pryor, Don Castle, Cliff Edwards, Billy Lee) 68m-Abenteuerdrama (01-02; 4105) Forced Landing (1941-USA; R: Gordon Wiles, B: Maxwell Shane, Edward Churchill, K: John Alton, MS: Dimitri Tiomkin, D: Richard Arlen, Eva Gabor, J. Carrol Naish, Nils Asther, Evelyn Brent) 67m-Action (04-05; 4107) The Devil Pays Off (1941-USA; R: John H. Auer, B: Lawrence Kimble, Malcolm Stuart Boylan, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: J. Edward Bromberg ° Osa Massen, William Wright, Margaret Tallichet, Abner Biberman) 70m-Spionagedrama (09-10; 4111) The Captain of Koepenick / I Was a Criminal (1941-USA; R: Richard Oswald, B: Al/brecht Joseph, Ivan Goff, K: John Alton, M: Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Albert Bassermann ° Mary Brian, Eric Blore, Herman Bing, Luis Alberni) 71m-Komödie (Film Der Hauptmann von Köpenick von Richard Oswald, 1931) (10 > 10 Tage; 4501) > completed as Passport to Heaven in 1941, but unable to find a distributor due to the outbreak of World War II, which made its German settings and characterizations unpalatable to the American public; eventually picked up by Film Classics in 1945, but received few bookings, probably for the same reason; the only review it ever received was in Exhibitor Magazine in July 1946, who also commented on this same problem (IMDB) * No reviews have been located prior to 1946 and it is possible that the picture had not been theatrically released until that year. (AFI) Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Sidney Sheldon, Ben Roberts, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: James Ellison ° Virginia Gilmore, Franklin Pangborn, Paul Harvey, Lynne Carver, Spencer Charters) 67m-Krimidrama (10-11; 4112) Pardon My Stripes (1941-USA; R: John H. Auer, B: Lawrence Kimble, Stuart Palmer, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: Bill/William Henry ° Sheila Ryan, Edgar Kennedy, Harold Huber, Paul Hurst, Cliff Nazarro, Tom Kennedy) 64m-Komödie (11-12; 4201) Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Olive Cooper, Robert Tasker, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: Dennis O'Keefe ° Ruth Terry ° Gloria Dickson) 72m-Krimikomödie [Bühnenstück Alias Jimmy Valentine von Paul Armstrong, 1910] (01-02; 4203) Moonlight Masquerade (1942-USA; R: John H. Auer, B: Lawrence Kimble, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: Dennis O'Keefe ° Jane Frazee ° Betty Kean ° Eddie Foy, Jr.) 67m-Musikkomödie (04-05; 4206) Ice-Capades Revue (1942-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Bradford Ropes, Gertrude Purcell, K: John Alton, ML: Walter Scharf, D: Ellen Drew * Richard Denning, Jerry Colonna, Barbara Jo Allen, Harold Huber, Marilyn Hare, Bill Shirley) 79m-Musikkomödie (06-08; 4212) Johnny Doughboy (1942-USA; R: John H. Auer, B: Lawrence Kimble, K: John Alton, ML: Walter Scharf, D: Jane Withers, Henry Wilcoxon, Patrick Brook [=Jack Boyle], William Demarest, Ruth Donnelly) 63m-Musikkomödie (08-09; 4212) The Sultan's Daughter (1943-USA; R: Arthur Dreifuss, B: Milton Raison, Tim Ryan, K: John Alton, ML: Karl Hajos, D: Ann Corio, Tim Ryan, Irene Ryan, Charles Butterworth, Fortunio Bonanova) 64m-Musikkomödie (08-09; 4312 | 4401) Enemy of Women (1943-USA; R: Alfred Zeisler, B: Alfred Zeisler, Herbert O. Phillips, K: John Alton, M: Artur Guttmann, D: Donald Woods, Claudia Drake, H.B. Warner, Paul Andor [=Wolfgang Zilzer], Ralph Morgan) 72/86m-Propagandafilm (09-10; 4411) The Lady and the Monster (1943-USA; R: George Sherman, B: Dane Lussier, Frederick Kohner, K: John Alton, M: Walter Scharf, D: Vera Ralston ° Richard Arlen ° Erich von Stroheim) 86m-Sci-Fi-Horror (Roman Donovan's Brain von Curt Siodmak, 1943 > Buch) (10-11; 4404) Storm over Lisbon (1944-USA; R: George Sherman, B: Doris Gilbert; Dane Lussier, K: John Alton, ML: Morton Scott, D: Vera Ralston * Richard Arlen * Erich von Stroheim) 86m-Thriller (01-?; 4410) Atlantic City (1944-USA; R: Ray McCarey, B: Doris Gilbert, Frank Gill, Jr., George Carleton Brown, K: John Alton, ML: Walter Scharf, MS: Albert M. Newman, D: Constance Moore * Brad Taylor=Stanley Brown, Charley Grapewin, Jerry Colonna) 87m-Musikromanze (04-06; 4409) Lake Placid Serenade (1944-USA; R: Steve Sekely, B: Dick Irving Hyland, Doris Gilbert, K: John Alton, ML: Walter Scharf, D: Vera Ralston, Eugene Pallette, Vera Vague [=Barbara Jo Allen], Robert Livingston, Stephanie Bachelor) 85m-Musikromanze (08-09; 4412) Song of Mexico (1944-USA; R+B: James A. FitzPatrick, K: John Alton, Jorge Stahl, Jr., ML: Manuel Esperón, Richard Cherwin, D: Adele Mara, Edgar Barrier, George J. Lewis, Jacqueline Dalya, José Pulido, Raquel De Alva) 58m-Musikfilm (?-12; 4512) Girls of the Big House (1945-USA; R: George Archainbaud, B: Houston Branch, K: John Alton, M: Joseph Dubin, D: Lynne Roberts ° Virginia Christine, Marion Martin, Adele Mara, Richard Powers=Tom Keene) 68m-Drama (02-03; 4511) Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945-USA; R: Albert S. Rogell, B: Arthur Phillips, Lee Loeb, Dick Irving Hyland, K: John Alton, M: Roy Webb, D: Virginia Bruce * Edward Ashley, Victor McLaglen) 87m-Liebeskomödie (04-06; 4509) A Guy Could Change (1945-USA; R: William K. Howard, B: Al Martin, K: John Alton, ML: Richard Cherwin, D: Allan Lane * Jane Frazee, Twinkle Watts) 65m-Drama (Kurzgeschichte von F. Hugh Herbert, 1943) (06-07; 4601) The Madonna's Secret (1945-USA; R: William/Wilhelm Thiele, B: Bradbury Foote, William Thiele, K: John Alton, M: Joseph Dubin, D: Francis Lederer ° Gail Patrick ° Ann Rutherford ° Edward Ashley) 79m-Noir-Krimi (09-10; 4602) One Exciting Week (1945-USA; R: William Beaudine, B: Jack Townley, John K. Butler, K: John Alton, ML: Morton Scott, D: Al Pearce, Pinky Lee, Jerome Cowan, Shemp Howard, Arlene Harris, Mary Treen) 69m-Komödie (12; 4606) Affairs of Geraldine (1946-USA; R: George Blair, B: John K. Butler, K: John Alton, ML: Morton Scott, D: Jane Withers ° James/Jimmy Lydon, Raymond Walburn, Donald Meek) 68m-Komödie (01; 4611) The Ghost Goes Wild (1946-USA; R: George Blair, B: Randall Faye, K: John Alton, M: Joseph Dubin, D: James Ellison ° Anne Gwynne ° Edward Everett Horton) 66m-Mysterykomödie (02; 4703) Winter Wonderland (1946-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Peter Goldbaum, David Chandler, Arthur Marx, Gertrude Purcell, K: John Alton, M: Paul Dessau, D: Lynne Roberts ° Charles Drake, Roman Bohnen, Eric Blore, Renee Godfrey) 71m-Drama (04-05; 4705) The Magnificent Rogue (1946-USA; R: Albert S. Rogell, B: Dane Lussier; Sherman L. Lowe, K: John Alton, ML: Mort Glickman, D: Lynne Roberts ° Warren Douglas, Gerald Mohr, Stephanie Bachelor, Adele Mara) 73m-Komödie (07; 4702) Hit Parade of 1947 (1946-USA; R: Frank McDonald, B: Mary Loos, K: John Alton, ML: Cy Feuer, D: Eddie Albert ° Constance Moore ° Joan Edwards) 90m-Musical (08-10; 4703) Wyoming (Hyänen der Prärie, 1946-USA; R: Joseph Kane, B: Lawrence Hazard, Gerald Geraghty, K: John Alton, M: Nathan Scott, Ernest Gold, D: William/Wild Bill Elliott ° Vera Ralston ° John Carroll) 84m-Western (11-12; 4707, NY) The Trespasser (1947-USA; R: George Blair, B: Jerry/Jerome Gruskin; Dorrell McGowan, Stuart E. McGowan, K: John Alton, ML: Mort Glickman, D: Dale Evans, Warren Douglas, Janet Martin, Douglas Fowley, Adele Mara, Grant Withers) 71m-Action (02; 4707) The Pretender (1947-USA; R: W. Lee Wilder, B: Don Martin; Doris Miller, K: John Alton, M: Paul Dessau, D: Albert Dekker, Catherine Craig, Charles Drake, Alan Carney, Linda Stirling) 69m-Film-Noir (03-04; 4708) Bury Me Dead (1947-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Karen DeWolf, Dwight V. Babcock, K: John Alton, M: Emil Cadkin, D: Cathy O'Donnell ° June Lockhart ° Hugh Beaumont ° Mark Daniels) 68m-Film-Noir (Hörspiel von Irene Winston, 1946 & 1947) (04-?; 4710) Driftwood (1947-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Mary Loos, Richard Sale, K: John Alton, M: Nathan Scott, D: Ruth Warrick * Walter Brennan * Dean Jagger * Charlotte Greenwood & Natalie Wood) 88m-Familiendrama (05-06; 4709) T-Men (Geheimagent T, 1947-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: John C. Higgins, K: John Alton, M: Paul Sawtell, D: Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade, Alfred Ryder, Wally/Wallace Ford, June Lockhart, Charles McGraw) 92m-Krimi (07-08; 4712, LA) Raw Deal (Flucht ohne Ausweg, 1947-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: Leopold Atlas, John C. Higgins, K: John Alton, M: Paul Sawtell, D: Dennis O'Keefe ° Claire Trevor ° Marsha Hunt) 79m-Film-Noir (11-12; 4805) The Spiritualist / The Amazing Mr. X (1948-USA; R: Bernard Vorhaus, B: Muriel Roy Bolton, Ian McLellan Hunter, K: John Alton, M: Alexander Laszlo, D: Turhan Bey * Lynn Bari * Cathy O'Donnell) 78m-Film-Noir (01 > 3 Wochen; 4807) Hollow Triumph / The Scar (Der Mann mit der Narbe, 1948-USA; R: Steve Sekely, B: Daniel Fuchs, K: John Alton, M: Sol Kaplan, D: Paul Henreid * Joan Bennett, Eduard Franz, Leslie Brooks, John Qualen, Mabel Paige, Herbert Rudley) 83m-Krimi (Roman von Murray Forbes, 1946) (01-02; 4808 | 4810) Canon City (Rebellion im grauen Haus, 1948-USA; R+B: Crane Wilbur, K: John Alton, ML: Irving Friedman, D: Scott Brady, Jeff Corey, Whit Bissell, Stanley Clements, Charles Russell, DeForest Kelley, Ralph Byrd, Mabel Paige & Roy Best) 82m-Krimi (03-04; 4807) He Walked by Night (Schritte in der Nacht, 1948-USA; R: Alfred L. Werker, B: John C. Higgins, Crane Wilbur; Harry Essex, K: John Alton, M: Leonid Raab, D: Richard Basehart * Scott Brady) 79m-Gangsterdrama (04-05; 4811) Red Stallion in the Rockies (1948-USA; R: Ralph Murphy, B: Tom Reed, K: John Alton, M: Lucien Cailliet, D: Arthur Franz, Jean Heather, Jim Davis, Ray Collins, Wallace Ford, Leatrice Joy, James Kirkwood) 85m-Tierabenteuer (07-08; 4905) Reign of Terror (Guillotine, 1948-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: Philip Yordan, Aeneas MacKenzie, K: John Alton, M: Sol Kaplan, D: Robert Cummings, Arlene Dahl, Richard Basehart, Richard Hart) 89m-Historienabenteuer (08-10; 4906) The Crooked Way (Herr der Unterwelt, 1948-USA; R: Robert Florey, B: Richard H. Landau, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: John Payne * Sonny Tufts * Ellen Drew) 90m-Film-Noir (Hörspiel No Blade Too Sharp von Robert Monroe, ?) (11-12; 4904) Border Incident (Tödliche Grenze, 1949-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: John C. Higgins, K: John Alton, ML: André Previn, D: Ricardo Montalban ° George Murphy, Howard Da Silva, James Mitchell, Arnold Moss, Alfonso Bedoya) 92/6m-Krimi (01-03; 4910) Captain China (Käpt'n China, 1949-USA; R: Lewis R. Foster, B: Lewis R. Foster, Gwen Bagni, K: John Alton, M: Lucien Cailliet, D: John Payne * Gail Russell * Jeffrey Lynn * Lon Chaney, Jr. * Edgar Bergen * Michael O'Shea) 97m-Abenteuer (04; 5002) Devil's Doorway (Fluch des Blutes, 1949-USA; R: Anthony Mann, B: Guy Trosper, K: John Alton, M: Daniele Amfitheatrof, D: Robert Taylor, Louis Calhern, Paula Raymond) 84m-Western (08-10; 5009) Mystery Street (Die Tote in den Dünen, 1949-USA; R: John Sturges, B: Sydney Boehm, Richard Brooks, K: John Alton, M: Rudolph G. Kopp, D: Ricardo Montalban ° Sally Forrest, Bruce Bennett, Elsa Lanchester, Marshall Thompson) 93m-Krimi (10-12; 5007) Father of the Bride (1950-USA * Vincente Minnelli) (Roman von Edward Streeter) (01-02; 5006) Grounds for Marriage (Mein Mann will heiraten, 1950-USA; R: Robert Z. Leonard, B: Allen Rivkin, Laura Kerr, K: John Alton, M: Bronislau Kaper, D: Van Johnson * Kathryn Grayson, Paula Raymond, Barry Sullivan, Lewis Stone, Reginald Owen) 90m-Musikkomödie (05-06; 5101) It's a Big Country[: An American Anthology] (1950-USA; R: Richard Thorpe [1], John Sturges [2], Charles Vidor [4], Don Weis [5], Clarence Brown [6], William A. Wellman [7], Don Hartman [8], B: William Ludwig [1], Helen Deutsch [2], Ray Chordes [3], Isobel Lennart [4], Allen Rivkin [5], Dorothy Kingsley [6], Dore Schary [7], George Wells [8], K: John Alton, Ray June, William C. Mellor, Joseph Ruttenberg, MS: Johnny Green, D: Ethel Barrymore, Keefe Brasselle, Gary Cooper, Nancy Davis, Van Johnson, Gene Kelly, Janet Leigh, Marjorie Main, Fredric March, George Murphy, William Powell, S.Z. Sakall, Lewis Stone, James Whitmore, Keenan Wynn) 89m-Episodenfilm (04-09; 5201) > Reihenfolge der Episoden nach AFI catalog Father's Little Dividend (1950-USA * Vincente Minnelli) (10; 5104) An American in Paris (1950/51-USA * Vincente Minnelli) (12-01; 5110) The People against O'Hara (1951-USA * John Sturges) (Roman von Eleazar Lipsky) (02-04; 5109) Talk about a Stranger (1951-USA; R: David Bradley, B: Margaret Fitts, K: John Alton, M: David Buttolph, D: George Murphy ° Nancy Davis ° Billy Gray ° Lewis Stone ° Kurt Kasznar) 65m-Film-Noir (Kurzgeschichte The Enemy von Charlotte Armstrong, 1951) (07-08; 5204) Washington Story (1951/52-USA; R+B: Robert Pirosh, K: John Alton, M: Conrad Salinger, D: Van Johnson * Patricia Neal * Louis Calhern) 81m-Drama (12-02; 5207, NY) Apache War Smoke (1952-USA; R: Harold F. Kress, B: Jerry Davis, K: John Alton, ML: Alberto Colombo, D: Gilbert Roland ° Glenda Farrell ° Robert Horton ° Barbara Ruick ° Gene Lockhart) 67m-Western (Kurzgeschichte Stage Station von Ernest Haycox, 1939) (05-06; 5210) Battle Circus (1952-USA * Richard Brooks) (07-09; 5303) Count the Hours! (Die Nacht vor dem Galgen, 1952-USA; R: Don/ald Siegel, B: Doane R. Hoag, Karen DeWolf, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: Teresa Wright * Macdonald Carey, Dolores Moran, Adele Mara) 75m-Krimi (10-?; 5304) Duffy of San Quentin (1952-USA; R+B: Walter Doniger, K: John Alton, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Louis Hayward ° Joanne Dru ° Paul Kelly) 77m-Krimi (serial story San Quentin Is My Home von Clinton T. Duffy, 1950) (12; 5403) Take the High Ground (Sprung auf, marsch, marsch!, 1953-USA; R: Richard Brooks, B: Millard Kaufman, K: John Alton, M: Dimitri Tiomkin, D: Richard Widmark, Karl Malden, Elaine Stewart, Steve Forrest) 101m-Action (01-03; 5310) I, the Jury (Der Richter bin ich, 1953-USA; R+B: Harry Essex, K: John Alton, M: Franz Waxman, D: Biff Elliot, Preston Foster, Peggie Castle, Margaret Sheridan, Alan Reed) 87m-Krimi (Roman von Mickey Spillane, 1947) (04-?; 5308) Witness to Murder (Zeugin des Mordes, 1953-USA; R: Roy Rowland, B: Chester Erskine, K: John Alton, M: Herschel Burke Gilbert, D: Barbara Stanwyck * George Sanders * Gary Merrill) 83m-Krimidrama (11-?; 5404) Silver Lode (Stadt der Verdammten, 1953/54-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Karen DeWolf, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: John Payne * Lizabeth Scott * Dan Duryea) 80m-Western (12-01; 5406) Passion (Wo der Wind stirbt, 1954-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Beatrice A. Dresher, Josef Leytes [=Józef Lejtes]; Howard Estabrook, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: Cornel Wilde * Yvonne De Carlo) 84m-Western (04-05; 5410) Cattle Queen of Montana (1954-USA * Allan Dwan) (07-08; 5411) The Big Combo (1954-USA * Joseph H. Lewis) (08-09/+11; 5502) Escape to Burma (Flucht nach Burma, 1954-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Talbot Jennings, Hobart Donovan, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: Barbara Stanwyck * Robert Ryan * David Farrar) 87m-Abenteuer (Kurzgeschichte Bow Tamely to Me von Kenneth Perkins, 1936) (10-11; 5504) Pearl of the South Pacific (Piratenblut, 1955-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Jesse L. Lasky, Jr.; Talbot Jennings, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: Virginia Mayo * Dennis Morgan * David Farrar) 86m-Abenteuer (02-03; 5508, LA) Tennessee's Partner (Todesfaust, 1955-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Milton Krims, D.D. Beauchamp, [C.] Graham Baker, Teddi Sherman, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: John Payne * Ronald Reagan * Rhonda Fleming * Coleen Gray) 87m-Western (Kurzgeschichte von Bret Harte, 1869) (05-06; 5509) Slightly Scarlet (Straße des Verbrechens, 1955-USA; R: Allan Dwan, B: Robert Blees, K: John Alton, M: Louis Forbes, D: John Payne * Arlene Dahl * Rhonda Fleming) 99m-Noir-Krimi (Roman Love's Lovely Counterfeit von James M. Cain, 1942) (07-08; 5602) The Catered Affair (Mädchen ohne Mitgift, 1955/56-USA; R: Richard Brooks, B: Gore Vidal, K: John Alton, M: Andre Previn, D: Bette Davis * Ernest Borgnine * Debbie Reynolds * Barry Fitzgerald) 93m-Komödie (Fernsehspiel von Paddy Chayefsky, 1955) (12-01; 5606) Tea and Sympathy (Anders als die anderen, 1956-USA; R: Vincente Minnelli, B: Robert Anderson, K: John Alton, M: Adolph Deutsch, D: Deborah Kerr ° John Kerr, Leif Erickson, Edward Andrews) 122m-Drama (Bühnenstück von Robert Anderson, 1953) (04-05; 5609) The Teahouse of the August Moon (Das kleine Teehaus, 1956-USA; R: Daniel Mann, B: John Patrick, K: John Alton, MS: Saul Chaplin, D: Marlon Brando * Glenn Ford * Machiko Kyo) 123m-Komödie (Roman von Vern J. Sneider, 1951 + Bühnenstück von John Patrick, 1953) (04-06, Japan + 06-07, USA; 5611, LA) Designing Woman (1956-USA * Vincente Minnelli) (09-11; 5704) The Brothers Karamazov (1957-USA * Richard Brooks) (Roman von Fjodor M. Dostojevskij) (5802) Lonelyhearts (1958-USA * Vincent J. Donehue) (Buch von Nathanael West + Bühnenstück von Howard Teichmann) (5812, LA) 12 to the Moon (1959-USA; R: David Bradley, B: DeWitt Bodeen, K: John Alton, M: Michael Andersen, D: Ken Clark, Michi Kobi, Tom Conway, Anthony Dexter, John Wengraf) 74m-Science-Fiction (04-06; 6006) Elmer Gantry (1959-USA * Richard Brooks) (Roman von Sinclair Lewis) (09-12; 6006) |
| AWARDS |
Academy Award / Oscar (beste Kamera | Farbe) für An American in Paris (1952) ex aequo mit Alfred Gilks Career Achievement Award [Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 1993] |
| BOOKS |
Few cinematographers have had as decisive an impact on the cinematic medium as John Alton. Best known for his highly stylized film noir classics T-Men, He Walked by Night, and The Big Combo, Alton earned a reputation during the 1940s and 1950s as one of Hollywood's consummate craftsmen through his visual signature of crisp shadows and sculpted beams of light. No less renowned for his virtuoso color cinematography and deft appropriation of widescreen and Technicolor, he earned an Academy Award in 1951 for his work on the musical An American in Paris. First published in 1949, Painting With Light remains one of the few truly canonical statements on the art of motion picture photography, an unrivaled historical document on the workings of postwar American cinema. In simple, non-technical language, Alton explains the job of the cinematographer and explores how lighting, camera techniques, and choice of locations determine the visual mood of film. Todd McCarthy's introduction provides an overview of Alton's biography and career and explores the influence of his work on contemporary cinematography and the foreword, written expressly for this edition by award-winning cinematographer John Bailey, explores Alton’s often contentious relationships with colleagues, the American Society of Cinematographers, and the movie industry itself. Introduction by Todd McCarthy, with a new foreword by John Bailey * 248 p.; 245 b/w photographs, 47 line illustrations |
Devoted to his craft - sometimes to the detriment of his reputation - cinematographer John Alton (1901-1996) was sought after by such directors as Vincente Minnelli, Richard Brooks and Anthony Mann but was disdained by others of comparable talent. An auteur in the truest sense, Alton established a landmark body of work described by Variety film critic Todd McCarthy as "The essence, and ultimate example, of film noir … logically created by a cinematographer, not a director." This collection of new essays by filmmakers and film scholars explores the central role Alton's distinctive style of "painting with light" played in formulating the aesthetics of noir, as well as his contributions to other genres. 190 p.; 14 photos, filmography, notes, bibliographies, index |
John Alton: Painting with Light. Berkeley & Los Angeles: University of California Press, 2013
Leon Lewis [Hg.]: John Alton: Essays on the Cinematographer's Art and Craft. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, 2020| home © midas 02/2021 |