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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lee Garmes, A.S.C. (May 27, 1898 – August 31, 1978) was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. He also co-directed two films with legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht: Angels Over Broadway and Actor's and Sin. Born in Peoria, Illinois, Garmes first came to Hollywood in 1916. His first job was as an assistant in the paint department at Thomas H. Ince Studios, but he soon became a camera assistant before graduating to full-time cameraman. His earliest films were comedy shorts, and his career did not fully take off until the introduction of sound. Garmes was married to film actress Ruth Hall from 1933 until his death in 1978. He is interred in the Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Garmes was one of the earliest proponents of video technology, which he advocated as early as 1972. That year, he had been hired by Technicolor to photograph the short film Why, which was intended to test whether video was a viable technology for shooting feature films. According to American Cinematographer magazine, "Although officially unaccredited, Lee Garmes photographed a considerable portion of Gone with the Wind. Many consider the famous railroad yard sequence among his finest cinematic efforts." Garmes was one of many Hollywood veterans from the silent era interviewed by Kevin Brownlow for the television series Hollywood (1980).
Release Date | Title | Job | Rating | Your Lists |
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January 17th, 1968 | How to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
June 8th, 1966 | A Big Hand for the Little Lady | Director of Photography | 7.1 | |
June 10th, 1964 | Lady in a Cage | Director of Photography | 6.1 | |
July 25th, 1962 | Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man | Director of Photography | 5.5 | |
June 4th, 1961 | Misty | Director of Photography | 6 | |
August 4th, 1959 | The Big Fisherman | Director of Photography | 5.2 | |
January 1st, 1959 | Happy Anniversary | Director of Photography | 6.5 | |
June 22nd, 1958 | Never Love a Stranger | Director of Photography | 5.3 | |
March 11th, 1957 | The Big Boodle | Director of Photography | 5 | |
November 1st, 1956 | The Sharkfighters | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
May 29th, 1956 | D-Day the Sixth of June | Director of Photography | 5.3 | |
February 1st, 1956 | The Bottom of the Bottle | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
November 5th, 1955 | Man with the Gun | Director of Photography | 6.2 | |
October 5th, 1955 | The Desperate Hours | Director of Photography | 7 | |
July 24th, 1955 | Land of the Pharaohs | Director of Photography | 6.4 | |
July 13th, 1953 | Hannah Lee: An American Primitive | Director of Photography | 6.7 | |
December 4th, 1952 | Thunder in the East | Director of Photography | 5.6 | |
October 24th, 1952 | The Lusty Men | Director of Photography | 6.7 | |
June 18th, 1952 | Actors and Sin | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
March 26th, 1952 | The Captive City | Director of Photography | 6.1 | |
October 19th, 1951 | Detective Story | Director of Photography | 7 | |
May 31st, 1951 | That's My Boy | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
March 1st, 1951 | Saturday's Hero | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
July 27th, 1950 | Our Very Own | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
July 22nd, 1950 | The Furies | Director of Photography | 7.1 | |
June 25th, 1950 | My Friend Irma Goes West | Director of Photography | 6.2 | |
January 19th, 1950 | My Foolish Heart | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
October 12th, 1949 | Roseanna McCoy | Director of Photography | 6.1 | |
September 15th, 1949 | The Fighting Kentuckian | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
February 17th, 1949 | Caught | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
December 29th, 1947 | The Paradine Case | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
October 9th, 1947 | Nightmare Alley | Director of Photography | 7.2 | |
September 1st, 1947 | The Secret Life of Walter Mitty | Director of Photography | 6.8 | |
December 31st, 1946 | Duel in the Sun | Director of Photography | 6.4 | |
August 9th, 1946 | The Searching Wind | Director of Photography | 8 | |
July 5th, 1946 | Specter of the Rose | Director of Photography | 4.8 | |
March 1st, 1946 | Young Widow | Director of Photography | 4.8 | |
October 26th, 1945 | Love Letters | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
December 8th, 1944 | Guest in the House | Director of Photography | 4.9 | |
June 30th, 1944 | Since You Went Away | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
February 3rd, 1944 | None Shall Escape | Director of Photography | 6.5 | |
April 14th, 1943 | Flight for Freedom | Director of Photography | 5.8 | |
January 21st, 1943 | Forever and a Day | Director of Photography | 7.5 | |
December 9th, 1942 | China Girl | Director of Photography | 5.4 | |
August 1st, 1942 | Footlight Serenade | Director of Photography | 6.5 | |
April 3rd, 1942 | Jungle Book | Director of Photography | 6.4 | |
September 18th, 1941 | Lydia | Director of Photography | 6.5 | |
October 2nd, 1940 | Angels Over Broadway | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
April 30th, 1935 | The Scoundrel | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
August 30th, 1934 | Crime Without Passion | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
December 25th, 1933 | I Am Suzanne! | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
November 4th, 1933 | My Lips Betray | Director of Photography | 10 | |
August 3rd, 1933 | Shanghai Madness | Director of Photography | 8 | |
April 28th, 1933 | Zoo in Budapest | Director of Photography | 4.8 | |
January 15th, 1933 | Face in the Sky | Director of Photography | 5.8 | |
December 30th, 1932 | Strange Interlude | Director of Photography | 5.6 | |
November 24th, 1932 | Call Her Savage | Director of Photography | 5.8 | |
September 24th, 1932 | Smilin' Through | Director of Photography | 5.9 | |
April 9th, 1932 | Scarface | Director of Photography | 7.4 | |
February 12th, 1932 | Shanghai Express | Director of Photography | 7 | |
August 22nd, 1931 | An American Tragedy | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
April 18th, 1931 | City Streets | Director of Photography | 6.3 | |
April 4th, 1931 | Dishonored | Director of Photography | 6.8 | |
February 1st, 1931 | Fighting Caravans | Director of Photography | 4.9 | |
January 7th, 1931 | Kiss Me Again | Camera Operator | 8 | |
November 14th, 1930 | Morocco | Director of Photography | 6.4 | |
September 26th, 1930 | Whoopee! | Director of Photography | 6.6 | |
September 21st, 1930 | Bright Lights | Director of Photography | 5.2 | |
May 24th, 1930 | The Song of the Flame | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
April 13th, 1930 | Spring Is Here | Director of Photography | 5.7 | |
February 9th, 1930 | The Other Tomorrow | Director of Photography | 10 | |
November 1st, 1929 | Disraeli | Director of Photography | 5.2 | |
August 5th, 1929 | Say It with Songs | Director of Photography | 5.5 | |
May 18th, 1929 | Prisoners | Director of Photography | 8 | |
March 24th, 1929 | Love and the Devil | Director of Photography | 7 | |
February 3rd, 1929 | His Captive Woman | Director of Photography | 8 | |
October 2nd, 1928 | The Barker | Director of Photography | 7 | |
September 16th, 1928 | Waterfront | Director of Photography | 8 | |
May 28th, 1928 | The Yellow Lily | Director of Photography | 6 | |
September 25th, 1927 | Rose of the Golden West | Director of Photography | 9 | |
November 22nd, 1926 | The Popular Sin | Director of Photography | 3.3 | |
August 16th, 1926 | The Show Off | Director of Photography | 7.2 | |
December 1st, 1924 | The Lighthouse by the Sea | Director of Photography | 8.5 | |
September 1st, 1924 | Find Your Man | Director of Photography | 9 | |
May 25th, 1919 | I'll Get Him Yet | Director of Photography | 8 |