Ted Dale Tetzlaff (born Dale Herbert Tetzlaff; June 3, 1903 – January 7, 1995) was an American

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-nominated

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active in the 1930s and 1940s.

Career

Tetzlaff was particularly favored by the actress

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, whom he photographed in 10 films. After

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service as a US Army Major, he became a

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, and directed about a dozen films from 1947 to 1957, including the

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classic '' The Window'' (1949). His father was racecar driver and film stuntman Teddy Tetzlaff (1883–1929).

Selected filmography

As cinematographer

* '' Atta Boy'' (1926) * '' Sunshine of Paradise Alley'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' Polly of the Movies'' (1927) *'' The Masked Angel'' (1928) * '' The Apache'' (1928) *'' The Power of the Press'' (1928) * '' Into No Man's Land'' (1928) * '' Stool Pigeon'' (1928) * '' The Devil's Cage'' (1928) *'' The Donovan Affair'' (1929) *''

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'' (1929) *'' The Younger Generation'' (1929) *'' Mexicali Rose'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Faker'' (1929) * '' Hell's Island'' (1930) *'' Soldiers and Women'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) *'' The Squealer'' (1930) *''

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'' (1930) *'' Men in Her Life'' (1931) * '' The Lightning Flyer'' (1931) * '' The Last Parade'' (1931) * '' A Dangerous Affair'' (1931) *'' The Night Club Lady'' (1932) * '' The Night Mayor'' (1932) *'' Man Against Woman'' (1932) * '' This Sporting Age'' (1932) *'' Brief Moment'' (1933) *'' Child of Manhattan'' (1933) *'' Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round'' (1934) *'' Fugitive Lovers'' (1934) *'' Rumba'' (1935) *'' Hands Across the Table'' (1935) *'' Paris in Spring'' (1935) *'' The Princess Comes Across'' (1936) *'' My Man Godfrey'' (1936) *'' Easy Living'' (1937) *'' Swing High, Swing Low'' (1937) *'' True Confession'' (1937) *'' Fools for Scandal'' (1938) *'' Artists and Models Abroad'' (1938) *'' Remember the Night'' (1940) *'' The Mad Doctor'' (1941) *'' The Road to Zanzibar'' (1941) *'' I Married a Witch'' (1942) *'' The Lady is Willing'' (1942) *'' The Talk of the Town'' (1942) –

nomination for Best Cinematography *''

You Were Never Lovelier ''You Were Never Lovelier'' is a 1942 American musical romantic comedy film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The supporting cast also features Adolphe Menjou, Xavier Cugat and Adele Mara. The music ...

'' (1942) *'' The More the Merrier'' (1943) *'' The Enchanted Cottage'' (1945) *'' Notorious'' (1946)

As director

*'' Riffraff'' (1947) *'' Fighting Father Dunne'' (1948) *'' The Window'' (1949) *'' Johnny Allegro'' (1949) *'' A Dangerous Profession'' (1949) *'' The White Tower'' (1950) *'' Gambling House'' (1951) *''

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'' (1952) *'' Terror on a Train'' (1953) (aka ''Time Bomb'') *'' Son of Sinbad'' (1955) *'' The Young Land'' (1959)

References

External links

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Ted Tetzlaff
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