James S. Brown Jr. (March 16, 1892 – June 1, 1949) was an American cinematographer.[1][2] He was a prolific worker with around 150 credits during his career spent generally with lower-budget outfits such as Columbia Pictures, Mayfair Pictures and Monogram Pictures.
James S. Brown Jr. | |
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| Born | March 16, 1892 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | June 1, 1949 (aged 57) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1924–1949 |
Filmography
edit- Some Pun'kins (1925)
- The College Boob (1926)
- Fangs of Justice (1926)
- Flying High (1926)
- The Winning Wallop (1926)
- Stop, Look and Listen (1926)
- Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
- With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)
- Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
- Avenging Fangs (1927)
- Spuds (1927)
- One Chance in a Million (1927)
- The Down Grade (1927)
- Catch-As-Catch-Can (1927)
- The Snarl of Hate (1927)
- The Mystery Train (1931)
- Sea Devils (1931)
- Defenders of the Law (1931)
- Air Eagles (1931)
- Klondike (1932)
- The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
- The Big Bluff (1933)
- Her Forgotten Past (1933)
- Cheating Blondes (1933)
- The Big Bluff (1933)
- Secret Sinners (1933)
- What's Your Racket? (1934)
- Badge of Honor (1934)
- The Fighting Rookie (1934)
- Night Alarm (1934)
- Dancing Man (1934)
- She Had to Choose (1934)
- The Scarlet Letter (1934)
- Back Page (1934)
- Arizona Bad Man (1935)
- Shadows of the Orient (1935)
- Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
- Calling All Cars (1935)
- Reckless Roads (1935)
- Get That Man (1935)
- Murder by Television (1935)
- Western Frontier (1935)
- Avenging Waters (1936)
- North of Nome (1936)
- Heroes of the Range (1936)
- Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
- The Unknown Ranger (1936)
- The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
- The Rangers Step In (1937)
- Under Suspicion (1937)
- Law of the Ranger (1937)
- Trouble in Morocco (1937)
- Ranger Courage (1937)
- Rich Relations (1937)
- Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
- Roaring Timber (1937)
- Trapped by G-Men (1937)
- Stagecoach Days (1938)
- Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)
- Reformatory (1938)
- Rolling Caravans (1938)
- In Early Arizona (1938)
- Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
- The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
- Making the Headlines (1938)
- Phantom Gold (1938)
- Crashing Through Danger (1938)
- Pioneer Trail (1938)
- Frontiers of '49 (1939)
- Fugitive at Large (1939)
- Lone Star Pioneers (1939)
- Hidden Power (1939)
- Whispering Enemies (1939)
- Trapped in the Sky (1939)
- The Law Comes to Texas (1939)
- Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
- The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
- Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
- Deadwood Dick (1940)
- The Shadow (1940)
- Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
- Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
- The Green Archer (1940)
- Terry and the Pirates (1940)
- The Spider Returns (1941)
- Holt of the Secret Service (1941)
- Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
- Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
- Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
- The Great Swindle (1941)
- The Iron Claw (1941)
- White Eagle (1941)
- The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942)
- A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
- Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
- Captain Midnight (1942)
- Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942)
- The Secret Code (1942)
- A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
- Land of Hunted Men (1943)
- Crime Doctor (1943)
- Harvest Melody (1943)
- Batman (1943)
- The Phantom (1943)
- No Place for a Lady (1943)
- The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
- Shadows in the Night (1944)
- The Desert Hawk (1944)
- The Whistler (1944)
- The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
- The Great Flamarion (1945)
- The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
- Crime, Inc. (1945)
- The Kid Sister (1945)
- The Missing Corpse (1945)
- Dangerous Intruder (1945)
- Shadows on the Range (1946)
- Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
- The Trap (1946)
- Ginger (1946)
- Trail to Mexico (1946)
- Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
- Mr. Hex (1946)
- Renegade Girl (1946)
- Killer at Large (1947)
- Dragnet (1947)
- The Prairie (1947)
- Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
- The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
- Ridin' Down the Trail (1947)
- The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
- Stage to Mesa City (1947)
- Frontier Revenge (1948)
- Deadline (1948)
- Tornado Range (1948)
- The Counterfeiters (1948)
- Zamba (1949)
References
editBibliography
edit- Blottner, Gene. Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland, 2011.
- Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991.