Lawrence Dallin "Dal" Clawson (October 5, 1885 – July 18, 1937) was a cinematographer in the United States who founded the
American Society of Cinematographers
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.
Biography
He was born around October 4, 1885, in
Salt Lake City
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,
Utah
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, to Stanley Clawson and Mary Jones.
His first known feature credits as a cinematographer are for director
Lois Weber
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at Bosworth, Inc., and Universal in 1914–15. This was after graduating from the University of Utah as a mechanical engineer. He also worked for the American Film Company and Ince-Triangle-KayBee, where photographic superintendent and future director
Irvin Willat
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would remember Clawson as “sort of like a news cameraman” who was not especially noted for his lighting style. He also worked around the world, even being decorated by the King of Siam for his work. His book on this adventure was entitled ''How I Shot the King of Siam''.
By the early 1920s, Clawson was chief cinematographer for popular star
Anita Stewart
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Early years
Anita Stewart was born in Brooklyn, New York as Anna Marie Stewart on February 7, 18 ...
at
Louis B. Mayer Productions
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History
Founded by the New England-based theater owner Louis B. Mayer, it functioned as a hi ...
, but later in the decade, he often worked as a second cameraman. He was lead cinematographer on the early talkie '' Syncopation'', but his few remaining published credits are for expedition films such as ''Hunting Tigers in India'' (1929) and low-budget East Coast productions such as '' The Black King'' and ''The Horror'' (both 1932).
A resident of
Northvale, New Jersey
Northvale is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 4,640,Englewood, New Jersey, on July 18, 1937, of an intestinal malady. He died within an hour of his own mother's death.
Cinematographer
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The Horror
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Critical reception
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The Love Kiss
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'' (1930)
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Love at First Sight
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The Slaver
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Cast
* Pat O'Malley as Dick Farnum
* Carmelita Geraghty as Natalie Rivers
* John Miljan as Cyr ...
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What Price Love?
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The film's art direction was by .
Cast
In alphabetical order
* as Celestine
*Max Freiburg as a servant
*Mizzi Griebl
* L ...
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Another Scandal
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Plot
As de ...
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Miami
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The Lone Wolf The Lone Wolf may refer to:
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'' (1924)
* ''
The Marriage Chance
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Cast
* Alta Allen as Eleannor Douglas
* Milton Sills as William Bradley
* Henry B. Wa ...
'' (1922)
* ''
The World's a Stage
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Cast
* Dorothy Phillips as Jo Bisho ...
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Rose o' the Sea
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Cast
* Anita Stewart as Rose Elton
* Rudolph Cameron as Elliot Schuyler
* Thomas Holding as Peter Schuyler
* Margaret Landis as Vivienne Raymond
* Kate Lest ...
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The Woman He Married
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Plot
As reviewed in a film magazine, a rich man's son marries an artist's model, and is then disinh ...
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What Do Men Want?
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Plot
As described in a film magazine, at t ...
'' (1922)
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The Oath The Oath may refer to:
Books
* ''The Oath'' (Wiesel novel), a 1973 novel by Elie Wiesel
* ''The Oath'' (Peretti novel), a 1995 novel by Frank E. Peretti
* '' The Oath: The Obama White House and the Supreme Court'', a 2012 book by Jeffrey Toobin ...
'' (1921)
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The Corsican Brothers
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Eve in Exile
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The film is preserved in the Library of Congre ...
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Bonds of Honor
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Her Kingdom of Dreams
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Mary Regan
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A Heart in Pawn
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A Midnight Romance
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The Weaker Sex
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It was one of the most popular films at the British box office in 1948. The film's subject was what ''The Ne ...
The Love Thief
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Cast list
* Norman Kerry as Prince Boris Alexander Emanuel Augustus
* Greta Niss ...
Somewhere in France
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Directed by Charles Giblyn and produced by Thomas H. Ince, the screenplay was adapted by J. G. Hawks based on the 1 ...
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The Vagabond Prince
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Cast
* H. B. Warner - Prince Torio
* Dorothy Dalton - Lola " ...
The Phantom
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The Dumb Girl of Portici
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The Call of the Cumberlands
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Civilization
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The Yankee Girl
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'' (1915)
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Scandal
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It's No Laughing Matter
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The Merchant of Venice
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