Ernest George Palmer (December 6, 1885 – February 22, 1978) was a Hollywood cinematographer for more than 160 films. His earliest known credit was for a 1912 adaptation of '' Ivanhoe''.

Biography

Palmer was born in

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. In 1941, he won an

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for Best Cinematography (in collaboration with Ray Rennahan) for '' Blood and Sand''. Palmer was nominated on several other occasions—in 1928 for '' Four Devils'', in 1929 for '' Street Angel'', and in 1950 for '' Broken Arrow''. Palmer died in

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. He is sometimes confused with a British cinematographer of the same name (1901–1964) who worked on various UK films and television programmes until the early 1960s.

Selected filmography

* '' The Miracle Man'' (1919) * '' Prisoners of Love'' (1921) * '' Ladies Must Live'' (1921) * ''

Always the Woman ''Always the Woman'' is a 1922 American silent romance drama film produced by and starring Betty Compson and directed by Arthur Rosson. The film is incomplete and preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot Celia Thaxter (Compson) ...

'' (1922) * '' One Clear Call'' (1922) * '' The Song of Life'' (1922) * '' The Dancers'' (1925) * ''

Wages for Wives ''Wages for Wives'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Jacqueline Logan, Creighton Hale, Earle Foxe, ZaSu Pitts, Claude Gillingwater, and David Butler. The film was released by Fox Film Corporation on ...

'' (1925) * ''

Fine Clothes ''Fine Clothes'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by John M. Stahl and starring Lewis Stone, Percy Marmont, and Alma Rubens. It is based on a play adapted from Ferenc Molnár's original. The film's sets were designed by the art d ...

'' (1925) * '' Champion of Lost Causes'' (1925) * '' Honesty – The Best Policy'' (1926) * ''

Early to Wed ''Early to Wed'' is a 1926 American silent comedy film directed by Frank Borzage and starring Matt Moore, Katherine Perry, and Albert Gran Albert Gran (August 4, 1862 – December 16, 1932) was a Norwegian-born American stage and film ...

'' (1926) * '' Seventh Heaven'' (1927) * '' Street Angel'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Four Devils'' (1928) * ''

Women Everywhere ''Women Everywhere'' is a 1930 American Pre-Code musical adventure film directed by Alexander Korda and starring J. Harold Murray, Fifi D'Orsay, and George Grossmith, Jr. It is set amongst the French Foreign Legion in North Africa. The fi ...

'' (1930) * '' Six Cylinder Love'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1933) * ''

The Great Hotel Murder ''The Great Hotel Murder'' is a 1935 American mystery film directed by Eugene Forde and starring Edmund Lowe, Victor McLaglen, Rosemary Ames and Mary Carlisle. It is based on ''Recipe for Murder'' a 1934 story by Vincent Starrett. The film stars ...

'' (1935) * '' Gentle Julia'' (1936) * ''

Flying Fifty-Five ''Flying Fifty-Five'' is a 1939 British sports-drama film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Derrick De Marney, Nancy Burne, Marius Goring, John Warwick and Peter Gawthorne. It was made by Admiral Films at Welwyn Studios. The film is bas ...

'' (1939) * '' Public Deb No. 1'' (1940) * ''

Chad Hanna ''Chad Hanna'' is a 1940 American drama romance film directed by Henry King, and was adapted from a bestseller of sorts that was published that same year. The novel was written by Walter Dumaux Edmonds (after it had first been published in seri ...

'' (1940) * '' Blood and Sand'' (1941) * '' Sweet Rosie O'Grady'' (1943) * ''

Three Little Girls in Blue ''Three Little Girls in Blue'' is a 1946 Technicolor musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring June Haver along with George Montgomery, Vivian Blaine, Celeste Holm, and Vera-Ellen. The 20th Century-Fox film was adapted from S ...

'' (1946) * '' Broken Arrow'' (1950)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Palmer, Ernest 1885 births 1978 deaths American cinematographers Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)