Stanley CORTEZ | Stanislaus Krantz

* 04.11.1908, New York (City), USA † 23.12.1997, Hollywood / Los Angeles, USA

Chefkameramann (ASC) * (jüngerer) Bruder von Ricardo Cortez * Assistent von Porträtfotografen in New York * in 20er Jahren macht erste Erfahrungen als Kameramann bei Pathé Revue * geht nach Hollywood und arbeitet dort (ab 1929) als Kameraassistent und Schwenker [camera operator] * 1932 inszeniert einen experimentellen Kurzfilm (Scherzo; 20m) * Vertrag bei Universal - 1936 Debüt als Chefkameramann (Four Days' Wonder) * bis 1941 filmt ausschließlich B-Pictures und experimentiert dabei mit Licht und fotografischen Effekten * erster Erfolg (Oscar-Nominierung) mit Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1941/42) - danach arbeitet für die unabhängigen Produzenten David O. Selznick und Walter Wanger * Kriegsdienst beim Signal Corps (im Army Pictorial Service / APS) - fotografiert u.a. die Jaltakonferenz (Februar 1945) * 1948/49 erster Farbfilm (The Man on the Eiffel Tower) * in den 50ern und 60ern wirkt an zahlreichen (anspruchslosen) low-budget Produktionen mit (The Neanderthal Man, 1952/53; Dinosaurus!, 1960; The Navy vs. the Night Monsters, 1965) * 1954/55 kreiert expressionistische Bilder für den mittlerweile zum Kultfilm avancierten Thriller (und die einzige Regiearbeit von Charles Laughton) The Night of the Hunter * 1946-61 fotografiert Susan Hayward in vier Filmen * Ende der 60er Jahre beendet seine Kinokarriere und betätigt sich als Autor von Fachliteratur und Dozent an Filmhochschulen * 1985-86 Präsident der American Society of Cinematographers [ASC]


"He was a very nice man, but he had a problem; he thought he had all the time in the world on a big picture." Robert Aldrich

FILMS

Four Days' Wonder (1936-USA; d: Sidney Salkow, B: Harvey Thew, Michael H. Uris, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Jeanne Dante, Kenneth Howell, Martha Sleeper, Alan Mowbray, Walter Catlett, Charles Williams) 61m-Mystery (Roman von A.A. Milne, 1933) (08-?; 3701)

The Wildcatter (1937-USA; d: Lewis D. Collins, B: Charles A. Logue, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Scott Colton * Jean Rogers * Jack Smart) 58m-Drama (02-?; 3706)

Armored Car (1937-USA; d: Lewis R. Foster, B: Lewis R. Foster, Robert N. Lee, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Robert Wilcox * Judith Barrett * Cesar Romero) 64m-Krimidrama (04; 3706)

The Lady in the Morgue (1938-USA; d: Otis Garrett, B: Eric Taylor, Robertson White, K: Stanley Cortez, D: Preston Foster, Patricia Ellis, Frank Jenks) 65/70m-Krimi (Roman von Jonathan Latimer, 1936) (03-?; 3804)

Danger on the Air (1938-USA; d: Otis Garrett, B: Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Nan Grey * Donald Woods) 66m-Krimi (Roman Death Catches Up with Mr. Kluck von Xantippe, 1935) (05-?; 3807)

Personal Secretary (1938-USA; d: Otis Garrett, B: Betty Laidlaw, Robert Lively, Charles Grayson, K: Stanley Cortez, D: Joy Hodges ° William Gargan ° Andy Devine ° Ruth Donnelly ° Samuel S. Hinds) 62m-Tragikomödie (07-?; 3809)

The Last Express (1938-USA; d: Otis Garrett, B: Edmund L. Hartmann, K: Stanley Cortez, D: Kent Taylor: Duncan MacLain * Dorothea Kent: Amy Arden) 63m-Krimi (Roman von Baynard Kendrick, 1937) (08-?; 3810)

Exposed (1938-USA; d: Harold Schuster, B: Charles Kaufman, Franklin Coen, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Glenda Farrell * Otto Kruger * Herbert Mundin * David Oliver) 63m-Krimidrama (09; 3811)

Risky Business (1939-USA; d: Arthur Lubin, B: Charles Grayson, K: Stanley Cortez, D: George Murphy * Dorothea Kent) 67m-Krimidrama (02; 3903)

For Love or Money (1939-USA; d: Albert S. Rogell, B: Charles Grayson, Arthur T. Horman, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: June Lang * Robert Kent) 67m-Komödie (03; 3904)

They Asked for It (1939-USA; d: Frank McDonald, B: Arthur T. Horman, K: Stanley Cortez, D: William Lundigan ° Joy Hodges ° Michael Whalen ° Isabel Jewell ° Lyle Talbot ° Spencer Charters ° Thomas Beck) 61m-Drama (03-04; 3905)

The Forgotten Woman (1939-USA; d: Harold Young, B: Lionel Houser, Harold Buchman, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Sigrid Gurie, Eve Arden, Donald Briggs, William Lundigan, Donnie Dunagan) 63m-Krimidrama (05; 3907)

Hawaiian Nights (1939-USA; d: Albert S. Rogell, B: Charles Grayson, Lee Loeb, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Johnny Downs * Mary Carlisle * Constance Moore * Eddie Quillan) 65m-Musikkomödie (07; 3909)

Laugh It Off (1939-USA; d: Albert S. Rogell, B: Harry Clork, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Johnny Downs * Constance Moore) 63m-Musikkomödie (08; 3912)

Alias the Deacon (1940-USA; d: Christy Cabanne, B: Nat Perrin, Charles Grayson, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: Bob Burns, Mischa Auer, Dennis O'Keefe, Peggy Moran) 72m-Komödie (Bühnenstück The Deacon von John B. Hymer & LeRoy Clemens, 1925) (01-02; 4005)

Love, Honor and Oh-Baby! (1940-USA; d: Charles Lamont, B: Clarence Upson Young, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, Hans J. Salter, D: Wallace Ford * Mona Barrie * Donald Woods * Kathryn Adams) 60m-Tragikomödie (4006)

Margie (1940-USA; d: Otis Garrett, Paul Girard Smith, B: Erna Lazarus, W. Scott Darling, Paul Girard Smith, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: H[ans] J. Salter, D: Mischa Auer, Nan Grey, Tom Brown, Edgar Kennedy, Allen Jenkins, Eddie Quillan, Wally Vernon, Joy Hodges) 59m-Liebeskomödie (06-?; 4012)

The Leather-Pushers (1940-USA; d: John Rawlins, B: Larry Rhine, Ben Chapman, Maxwell Shane, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: Richard Arlen * Andy Devine) 64m-Sportdrama (07-?; 4009)

Meet the Wildcat (1940-USA; d: Arthur Lubin, B: Alex Gottlieb, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: H[ans] J. Salter, D: Ralph Bellamy * Margaret Lindsay) 65m-Mystery (08-?; 4011)

A Dangerous Game (1940-USA; d: John Rawlins, B: Larry Rhine, Ben Chapman, Maxwell Shane, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: Richard Arlen * Andy Devine) 62m-Mysterykomödie (09; 4103, NY)

The Black Cat (1941-USA; d: Albert S. Rogell, B: Robert Lees, Frederic I. Rinaldo, Eric Taylor, Robert Neville, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Hans J. Salter, D: Basil Rathbone * Hugh Herbert * Broderick Crawford & Bela Lugosi) 70m-Horror (02-03; 4105)

Sealed Lips (1941-USA; d+B: George Waggner, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: William Gargan ° June Clyde ° John Litel ° Anne Nagel ° Mary Gordon) 62m-Krimidrama (04; 4201)

Moonlight in Hawaii (1941-USA; d: Charles Lamont, B: Morton Grant, James Gow, Erna Lazarus, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Jane Frazee * The Merry Macs * Leon Errol * Mischa Auer) 61m-Musikkomödie (04-05; 4110, NY)

San Antonio Rose (1941-USA; d: Charles Lamont, B: Hugh Wedlock, Jr., Howard Snyder, Paul Girard Smith, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Charles Previn, D: Jane Frazee * Robert Paige * Lon Chaney, Jr. * Eve Arden * Shemp Howard & The Merry Macs) 63m-Musical (05-06; 4106)

Bombay Clipper (1941-USA; d: John Rawlins, B: Roy Chanslor, Stanley Rubin, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: William Gargan * Irene Hervey) 61m-Spionagedrama (06-07; 4201)

Badlands of Dakota (1941-USA; d: Alfred E. Green, B: Gerald Geraghty, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Hans J. Salter, D: Robert Stack * Ann Rutherford) 74m-Western (07; 4109)

The Magnificent Ambersons (Der Glanz des Hauses Amberson, 1941/42-USA * Orson Welles) (Roman von Booth Tarkington) (10-01; 4207)

Eagle Squadron (1942-USA; d: Arthur Lubin, B: Norman Reilly Raine, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Frank Skinner, D: Robert Stack, Diana Barrymore, Jon Hall, Eddie Albert, Nigel Bruce, Evelyn Ankers) 109m-Kriegsdrama (Kurzgeschichte von C.S. Forester, 1941) (02-04; 4206)

Flesh and Fantasy (Das zweite Gesicht, 1942/43-USA; R: Julien Duvivier, B: Ernest Pascal, Samuel Hoffenstein, Ellis St. Joseph, K: Paul Ivano, Stanley Cortez [2], M: Alexander Tansman, D * 2. Episode [07-08]: Edward G. Robinson, Thomas Mitchell) 94m-Episodenfilm (4310) > H[ollywood] R[eporter] news items also report that Stanley Cortez, the director of photography on the Edward G. Robinson episode of Flesh and Fantasy , was replaced by Paul Ivano for subsequent filming when producer David O. Selznick, to whom Cortez was under contract, recalled the cinematographer to work on the 1942 Charles R. Rogers production, The Powers Girl. Modern sources state, however, that Cortez left Flesh and Fantasy a few weeks into production because of his disagreement with Duvivier over the cinematographer's slow shooting pace. [AFI - Catalog of Feature Films]

The Powers Girl (1942-USA; d: Norman Z. McLeod, B: E. Edwin Moran, Harry Segall, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Louis Silvers, D: George Murphy * Anne Shirley * Carole Landis) 93m-Musikkomödie (Buch von John Robert Powers, 1941) (08-10; 4301)

Since You Went Away (Als Du Abschied nahmst, 1943/44-USA; R: John Cromwell, B: [David O. Selznick]; Margaret Buell Wilder, K: Stanley Cortez, Lee Garmes, M: Max Steiner, D: Claudette Colbert * Jennifer Jones * Joseph Cotten * Shirley Temple) 120/72m-Drama (Roman von Margaret Buell Wilder, 1943) (09-02; 4406, LA)

Smash-up: The Story of a Woman (1946-USA; d: Stuart Heisler, B: John Howard Lawson; Lionel Wiggam, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Frank Skinner, D: Susan Hayward * Lee Bowman * Marsha Hunt * Eddie Albert) 103m-Drama (05-08; 4703)

Secret beyond the Door... (Geheimnis hinter der Tür, 1947-USA * Fritz Lang) (Story=Roman von Rufus King) (02-04; 4801)

Smart Woman (1947-USA; d: Edward A. Blatt, B: Alvah Bessie, Lou/is Morheim, Herbert [H.] Margolies; Adela Rogers St. Johns, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Louis Gruenberg, D: Brian Aherne * Constance Bennett * Barry Sullivan) 93m-Drama (10-11; 4804)

The Man on the Eiffel Tower (Der Mann vom Eiffelturm, 1948-USA; R: Burgess Meredith, B: Harry Brown, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Michel Michelet, D: Charles Laughton * Franchot Tone * Burgess Meredith * Robert Hutton) 97m-Mysterythriller (Roman Le tête d'un homme von Georges Simenon, 1931) (09-12/+04; 5001, NY)

The Underworld Story (Der Gangsterboß von Rocket City, 1949-USA; R: Cyril/Cy Endfield, B: Henry Blankfort; Cyril Endfield, K: Stanley Cortez, M: David Rose, D: Dan Duryea * Herbert Marshall * Gale Storm) 90m-Krimidrama (08-09/+10; 5007)

The Admiral Was a Lady (Unser Admiral ist eine Lady, 1949-USA; R: Albert S. Rogell, B: Sidney Salkow, John O'Dea, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Edward J. Kay, D: Edmond O'Brien * Wanda Hendrix) 87m-Liebeskomödie (12; 5008)

Stronghold (1950-MEX; d: Steve Sekely, B: Wells Root, K: Stanley Cortez, ML: Antonio Diaz Conde, D: Veronica Lake * Zachary Scott * Arturo de Cordova) 72m-Abenteuerdrama (04-?; 5110)

+ Furia roja (1950; d: Steve Sekely, B: Wells Root, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Antonio Diaz Conde, D: Arturo de Cordova * Sarita/Sara Montiel) 72m (04-?; 5111) > co-director: Victor Urruchúa * spanischsprachige Version

The Basketball Fix (1951-USA; d: Felix E. Feist, B: Peter R. Brooke, Charles K. Peck, Jr., K: Stanley Cortez, M: Raoul Kraushaar, D: John Ireland * Marshall Thompson * Vanessa Brown) 65m-Drama (03-?; 5108)

Fort Defiance (Keine Gnade für Jonny T., 1951-USA; R: John Rawlins, B: Louis Lantz, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Sawtell, D: Dane Clark * Ben Johnson * Peter Graves) 81m-Western (?-06; 5111)

Models, Inc. (1952-USA; d: Reginald LeBorg, B: Harry Essex, Paul Yawitz, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Herschel Burke Gilbert, D: Howard Duff * Coleen Gray) 73m-Krimidrama (01; 5205)

Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (Abbott und Costello als Piraten wider Willen, 1952-USA; R: Charles Lamont, B: Howard Dimsdale, John Grant, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Raoul Kraushaar, D: Bud Abbott * Lou Costello) 70m-Abenteuerkomödie (02-03; 5212)

The Neanderthal Man (1952-USA; d: E.A. Dupont, B: Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Albert Glasser, D: Robert Shayne * Richard Crane * Doris Merrick * Joyce Terry) 78m-Sci-Fi-Horror (12; 5306)

Dragon's Gold (1952/53-USA; d+B: Aubrey Wisberg, Jack Pollexfen, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Albert Glasser, D: John Archer * Hillary Brooke) 70m-Krimidrama (12-?; 5406, LA)

The Diamond Queen (Der blaue Stein des Maharadscha, 1953-USA; R: John Brahm, B: Otto Englander, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Sawtell, D: Fernando Lamas * Arlene Dahl * Gilbert Roland) 80m-Abenteuer (03-04; 5311)

Shark River (Flucht vor dem Gesetz, 1953-USA; R: John Rawlins, B: Joseph Carpenter = [1997] Louis Lantz, Lewis Meltzer, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Irving Gertz, D: Steve Cochran * Carole Mathews * Warren Stevens) 80m-Abenteuer (04-05; 5311)

Riders to the Stars (R 3 überfällig, 1953-USA; R: Richard Carlson, B: Curt Siodmak, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Harry Sukman, D: William Lundigan * Herbert Marshall * Richard Carlson) 81m-Sci-Fi-Abenteuer (06-?; 5401)

Black Tuesday (Schwarzer Freitag, 1954-USA; R: Hugo Fregonese, B: Sydney Boehm, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Edward G. Robinson, Peter Graves, Jean Parker) 80m-Gangsterfilm (07-?; 5412, NY)

The Night of the Hunter (Die Nacht des Jägers, 1954-USA * Charles Laughton) (Roman von Davis Grubb) (08-10; 5508, LA)

Man from Del Rio (Der Mann von Del Rio, 1956-USA * Harry Horner) (03-04; 5610)

Top Secret Affair (Charmant und süß - aber ein Biest, 1956-USA; R: H.C. Potter, B: Roland Kibbee, Allan Scott, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Roy Webb, D: Susan Hayward * Kirk Douglas) 100m-Komödie (nach Romanfiguren von John P. Marquand, 1951) (09-11; 5701, NY)

The Three Faces of Eve (Eva mit den drei Gesichtern, 1957-USA; R+B: Nunnally Johnson, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Robert Emmett Dolan, D: Joanne Woodward * David Wayne * Lee J. Cobb) 91/5m-Drama (Buch von Corbett H. Thigpen & Hervey M. Cleckley, 1957) (02-03; 5710)

Thunder in the Sun (Donner in der Sonne, 1958-USA; R: Russell Rouse, B: Russell Rouse; Stewart Stern, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Cyril J. Mockridge, D: Susan Hayward * Jeff Chandler) 81m-Western (07-08; 5904)

Vice Raid (Razzia auf Callgirls, 1959-USA; R: Edward L. Cahn, B: Charles Ellis, K: Stanley Cortez, music source: Paul Sawtell, Bert Shefter, D: Mamie Van Doren * Richard Coogan) 71m-Krimidrama (06; 6002)

The Angry Red Planet (Weltraumschiff MR 1 gibt keine Antwort, 1959-USA; R: Ib Melchior, B: Ib Melchior, Sid/ney Pink, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Gerald Mohr * Nora/Naura Hayden * Les Tremayne * Jack Kruschen) 83m-Sci-Fi-Thriller (09-?; 5911)

Dinosaurus! (Dinosaurus, 1960-USA; R: Irvin S. Yeaworth, Jr, B: Dan E. Weisburd, Jean Yeaworth, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Ronald Stein, D: Ward Ramsey * Kristina Hanson * Paul Lukather) 85m-Sci-Fi-Abenteuer (02-03; 6007, LA)

Back Street (Endstation Paris, 1960-USA; R: David Miller, B: Eleanore Griffin, William Ludwig, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Frank Skinner, D: Susan Hayward * John Gavin) 107m-Drama (Roman von Fannie Hurst, 1931) (?-12; 6110)

[The] Madmen of Mandoras (1962-USA; d: David Bradley, B: Richard Miles, Steve Bennett, K: Stanley Cortez, D: Walter Stocker ° Audrey Caire ° Carlos Rivas ° Dani Lynn ° Scott Peters ° Marshall Reed) 74m-Sci-Fi-Thriller (6401, LA)

Shock Corridor (Schock-Korridor, 1963-USA; R+B: Samuel Fuller, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Peter Breck * Constance Towers) 101m-Psychothriller (02-03; 6309)

Nightmare in the Sun (Hetzjagd in Ketten, 1963-USA; R: Marc Lawrence, B: Ted Thomas, Fanya Lawrence, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Glass, D: Ursula Andress * John Derek) 80m-Krimidrama (6503)

The Naked Kiss (Der nackte Kuß, 1963-USA; R+B: Samuel Fuller, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Paul Dunlap, D: Constance Towers * Anthony Eisley * Michael Dante) 93m-Krimidrama (08-09; 6501, LA)

Young Dillinger (Staatsfeind Nr. 1 - John Dillinger, 1964-USA; R: Terry O. Morse, B: Arthur Hoerl, Don/ald Zimbalist, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Shorty Rogers, D: Nick Adams, Robert Conrad, John Ashley, Victor Buono, Dan Terranova & Mary Ann Mobley) 102m-Gangsterdrama (6504)

The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (Verhängnisvolle Fracht, 1965-USA; R+B: Michael A. Hoey, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Gordon Zahler, D: Mamie Van Doren * Anthony Eisley) 87m-Sci-Fi-Horror (Roman The Monster from Earth's End von Murray Leinster, 1959) (10 Tage; 6606)

The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (Erbschaft mit Hindernissen, 1965-USA; R: Don Weis, B: Louis M. Heyward, Elwood Ullman, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Les Baxter, D: Tommy Kirk ° Deborah Walley ° Aron Kincaid ° Harvey Lembeck ° Jesse White) 82m-Komödie (09-11; 6604)

Blue (Inferno am Fluß, 1967-USA; R: Silvio Narizzano, B: Meade Roberts, Ronald M. Cohen, K: Stanley Cortez, M: Manos Hadjidakis, D: Terence Stamp * Joanna Pettet * Karl Malden & Ricardo Montalban) 113m-Western (?-09; 6805)

The Bridge at Remagen (Die Brücke von Remagen, 1968-USA * John Guillermin) (6908)

Un autre homme, une autre chance (Ein anderer Mann - eine andere Frau, 1976/77-F; R+B: Claude Lelouch, K: [F] Jacques Lefrancois; [USA] Stanley Cortez, M: Francis Lai, D: James Caan * Genevieve Bujold * Francis Huster) 129/32m-Melodram (7709)

AWARD

Lifetime Achievement Award [American Society of Cinematographers / ASC 1990]

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