Lee Garmes
Camera
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).
Known for
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movieHow to Save a Marriage and Ruin Your Life
1968
Director of Photography
movieA Big Hand for the Little Lady
1966
Director of Photography
movieLady in a Cage
1964
Director of Photography
movieHemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
Director of Photography
movieMisty
1961
Director of Photography
movieThe Big Fisherman
1959
Director of Photography
movieHappy Anniversary
1959
Director of Photography
movieNever Love a Stranger
1958
Director of Photography
movieThe Big Boodle
1957
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movieThe Sharkfighters
1956
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movieD-Day the Sixth of June
1956
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movieThe Bottom of the Bottle
1956
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movieMan with the Gun
1955
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movieThe Desperate Hours
1955
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movieLand of the Pharaohs
1955
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movieHannah Lee: An American Primitive
1953
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movieThunder in the East
1952
Director of Photography
movieThe Lusty Men
1952
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movieActors and Sin
1952
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movieThe Captive City
1952
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movieDetective Story
1951
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movieThat's My Boy
1951
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movieSaturday's Hero
1951
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movieOur Very Own
1950
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movieThe Furies
1950
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movieMy Friend Irma Goes West
1950
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movieMy Foolish Heart
1950
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movieRoseanna McCoy
1949
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movieThe Fighting Kentuckian
1949
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movieCaught
1949
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movieThe Paradine Case
1947
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movieNightmare Alley
1947
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movieThe Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947
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movieDuel in the Sun
1946
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movieThe Searching Wind
1946
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movieSpecter of the Rose
1946
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movieYoung Widow
1946
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movieLove Letters
1945
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movieGuest in the House
1944
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movieSince You Went Away
1944
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movieNone Shall Escape
1944
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movieFlight for Freedom
1943
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movieForever and a Day
1943
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movieChina Girl
1942
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movieFootlight Serenade
1942
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movieJungle Book
1942
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movieLydia
1941
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movieAngels Over Broadway
1940
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movieThe Scoundrel
1935
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movieCrime Without Passion
1934
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movieI Am Suzanne!
1933
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movieMy Lips Betray
1933
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movieShanghai Madness
1933
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movieZoo in Budapest
1933
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movieFace in the Sky
1933
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movieStrange Interlude
1932
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movieCall Her Savage
1932
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movieSmilin' Through
1932
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movieScarface
1932
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movieShanghai Express
1932
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movieAn American Tragedy
1931
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movieCity Streets
1931
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movieDishonored
1931
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movieFighting Caravans
1931
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movieKiss Me Again
1931
Camera Operator
movieMorocco
1930
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movieWhoopee!
1930
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movieBright Lights
1930
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movieThe Song of the Flame
1930
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movieSpring Is Here
1930
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movieThe Other Tomorrow
1930
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movieDisraeli
1929
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movieSay It with Songs
1929
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moviePrisoners
1929
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movieLove and the Devil
1929
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movieHis Captive Woman
1929
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movieThe Barker
1928
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movieWaterfront
1928
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movieThe Yellow Lily
1928
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movieRose of the Golden West
1927
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movieThe Popular Sin
1926
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movieThe Show Off
1926
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movieThe Lighthouse by the Sea
1924
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movieFind Your Man
1924
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movieI'll Get Him Yet
1919
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movieWhy?
1973
Cinematography
Abdullah's Harem
1955
Cinematography
movieParis Underground
1945
Cinematography
movieOnce in a Blue Moon
1935
Cinematography
movieDreaming Lips
1932
Technical Supervisor
movieThe Conquest of the Air
1931
Cinematography
movieLilies of the Field
1930
Cinematography
movieDisraeli
1929
Cinematography
movieThe Great Divide
1929
Cinematography
movieCrack O' Dawn
1926
Cinematography
Money to Burns
1924
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Cinematography
Fighting Blood
1923
Cinematography
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movieSpecter of the Rose
1946
Co-Producer
movieLydia
1941
Associate Producer
movieBeyond Tomorrow
1940
Producer
movieDreaming Lips
1932
Producer
Directing5
movieActors and Sin
1952
Co-Director
movieSpecter of the Rose
1946
Co-Director
movieAngels Over Broadway
1940
Director, Co-Director
movieCrime Without Passion
1934
Director