Allen G. Siegler was an American

cinematographer The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the recording of a film, television production, music video or other live-action piece. The cinematographer is the chief of the camera ...

who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952. He worked at

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for many years, and was an early member of the

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Biography

Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood. He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like

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and

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. During

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, he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserve's photographic and motion picture unit. He had two daughters with his wife, Gertrude.

Partial filmography

Mary Astor-Lyle Talbot in Trapped by Television

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The Broken Coin ''The Broken Coin'' is a 1915 American adventure- mystery film serial directed by Francis Ford. This serial is presumed to be lost. Cast * Grace Cunard - Kitty Gray * Francis Ford - Count Frederick * Eddie Polo - Roleau * Harry Schumm ...

'' (1915) * '' The Dumb Girl of Portici'' (1916) * ''

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'' (1916) * ''

Saving the Family Name ''Saving the Family Name'' is a 1916 American drama film directed by Lois Weber and Phillips Smalley and written by Lois Weber. The film stars Mary MacLaren, Gerard Alexander, Carl von Schiller, Jack Holt, Phillips Smalley, and Harry Depp. Th ...

'' (1916) * '' Idle Wives'' (1916) * '' The Hand That Rocks the Cradle'' (1917) * '' The Price of a Good Time'' (1917) * '' The Doctor and the Woman'' (1918) * '' Danger, Go Slow'' (1918) * '' Modern Love'' (1918) * ''

The Scarlet Shadow ''The Scarlet Shadow'' is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Mae Murray, Martha Mattox and Frank Elliott.Ankerich p.326 Cast * Mae Murray as Elena Evans * Martha Mattox as Aunt Alvira Evans * Frank ...

'' (1919) * ''

The Delicious Little Devil ''The Delicious Little Devil'' is a 1919 American silent film, silent comedy-drama film starring Mae Murray and Rudolph Valentino. A 35 mm print of the film is housed at the EYE Film Instituut Nederland,What Am I Bid?'' (1919) * '' The Unpainted Woman'' (1919) * ''

April Folly ''April Folly'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Adrian Johnson and Cynthia Stockley. The film stars Marion Davies, Madeline Marshall, Hattie Delaro, Amelia Summerville, Conway Tearle, J. Herbe ...

'' (1920) * ''

The Restless Sex ''The Restless Sex'' is a 1920 American silent drama film starring Marion Davies, and Ralph Kellard. It was directed by Leon D'Usseau and Robert Z. Leonard and written by Frances Marion. The film is based upon the 1918 novel of the same name ...

'' (1920) * ''

Over the Wire ''Over the Wire'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Wesley Ruggles and starring Alice Lake, Alan Roscoe and Alan Hale.Connelly p.393 Plot Terry Dexter embezzles a large sum of money from his employer, John Grannan, and loses it ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Truant Husband ''The Truant Husband'' is a 1921 American silent comedy film directed by Thomas N. Heffron and starring Mahlon Hamilton, Betty Blythe and Francelia Billington.Munden p.327 Plot Cast * Mahlon Hamilton as Billy Sayre * Betty Blythe as Vera De ...

'' (1921) * '' The Inside of the Cup'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' The Dangerous Age'' (1922) * '' Slippy McGee'' (1923) * ''

A Fool's Awakening ''A Fool's Awakening'' is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by Harold M. Shaw and starring Mary Alden, Lionel Belmore, and Enid Bennett.Munden p. 260 Plot As described in a film magazine review, John Briggs, who was seen service duri ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Fighting Sheriff ''The Fighting Sheriff'' is a 1931 American Western film directed by Louis King and starring Buck Jones, Loretta Sayers and Robert Ellis.Pitts p.107 Plot Cast * Buck Jones as Sheriff Bob Terry * Loretta Sayers as Mary Cameron * Robert E ...

'' (1925) * '' Faint Perfume'' (1925) * '' My Lady's Lips'' (1925) * '' White Thunder'' (1925) * ''

The Human Tornado ''The Human Tornado'' is a 1976 American blaxploitation film directed by Cliff Roquemore. The film is a sequel to ''Dolemite''. In the film, a sheriff's wife has an extramarital affair with Dolemite. Her husband orders one of his subordinates ...

'' (1925) * '' Parisian Love'' (1925) * '' The Other Woman's Story'' (1925) * '' Laddie'' (1926) * '' Breed of the Sea'' (1926) * '' Enemies of Society'' (1927) * ''

The Magic Garden ''The Magic Garden'' is the second album by the American pop group the 5th Dimension, released in 1967. A concept album A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually. Thi ...

'' (1927) * '' Judgment of the Hills'' (1927) * '' Not for Publication'' (1927) * '' The Harvester'' (1927) * '' Driftin' Sands'' (1928) * '' The Big Hop'' (1928) * '' Pointed Heels'' (1929) * '' Burning Up'' (1930) * '' L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes'' (1930) * '' Sea Legs'' (1930) * ''

Take the Heir ''Take the Heir'' is a 1930 American synchronized comedy sound film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Edward Everett Horton, Dorothy Devore and Edythe Chapman.Pitts p.62 While the film has no audible dialog, it was released with a synchroni ...

'' (1930) * '' The Sky Raiders'' (1931) * ''

Hell's House ''Hell's House'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code drama film starring Junior Durkin, featuring Bette Davis and directed by Howard Higgin. The screenplay by Paul Gangelin and Ben Orkow, B. Harrison Orkow, set during the waning days of the Prohibition ...

'' (1932) * '' Damaged Lives'' (1933) * '' Unknown Valley'' (1933) * '' Meet the Baron'' (1933) * '' Against the Law'' (1934) * '' The Crime of Helen Stanley'' (1934) * ''

The Calling of Dan Matthews ''The Calling of Dan Matthews'' is a 1935 American crime film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Richard Arlen, Charlotte Wynters and Douglass Dumbrille. It was based on the novel of the same title by Harold Bell Wright.Goble p.510 Plot Cast * ...

'' (1935) * '' You May Be Next!'' (1936) * '' Roaming Lady'' (1936) * '' Trapped by Television'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' Killer at Large'' (1936) * '' The Cowboy Star'' (1936) * '' Counterfeit Lady'' (1936) * '' Woman in Distress'' (1936) * '' Trapped'' (1937) * '' Two-Fisted Sheriff'' (1937) * '' The Devil Is Driving'' (1937) * ''

Playing the Ponies ''Playing the Ponies'' is a 1937 short subject directed by Charles Lamont starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 26th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starr ...

'' (1937) * '' The Old Wyoming Trail'' (1937) * '' No Time to Marry'' (1938) * ''

Tassels in the Air ''Tassels in the Air'' is a 1938 short subject directed by Charley Chase starring American slapstick comedy team The Three Stooges (Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard). It is the 30th entry in the series released by Columbia Pictures starr ...

'' (1938) * '' Healthy, Wealthy and Dumb'' (1938) * '' The Main Event'' (1938) * ''

Smashing the Spy Ring ''Smashing the Spy Ring'' is a 1938 American drama film, directed by Christy Cabanne. It stars Ralph Bellamy, Fay Wray, and Regis Toomey, and was released on December 29, 1938. Plot Undercover secret agents John Baxter and Ted Hall apprehend a ...

'' (1938) * '' The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt'' (1939) * '' Beware Spooks!'' (1939) * '' My Son Is a Criminal'' (1939) * '' Romance of the Redwoods'' (1939) * '' Saved by the Belle'' (1939) * '' Behind Prison Gates'' (1939) * '' Five Little Peppers at Home'' (1940) * '' How High Is Up?'' (1940) * '' Military Academy'' (1940) * '' Shadows on the Stairs'' (1941) * ''

Strange Alibi ''Strange Alibi'' is a 1941 American film noir directed by D. Ross Lederman, written by Kenneth Gamet, Leslie T. White and Fred Niblo Jr., and starring Arthur Kennedy, Joan Perry, Jonathan Hale, John Ridgely, Florence Bates and Charles Tr ...

'' (1941) * '' Adventure in Washington'' (1941) * '' The Body Disappears'' (1941) * '' Sing While You Dance'' (1946) * '' The Secret of the Whistler'' (1946) * '' The Lone Wolf in Mexico'' (1947) * '' Millie's Daughter'' (1947) * '' Devil Ship'' (1947) * '' All Gummed Up'' (1947) * '' Shivering Sherlocks'' (1948) * ''

The Wreck of the Hesperus "The Wreck of the Hesperus" is a narrative poem by American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, first published in ''Ballads and Other Poems'' in 1842. It is a story that presents the tragic consequences of a skipper's pride. On an ill-fated voyag ...

'' (1948) * '' Pardon My Clutch'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' Fiddlers Three'' (1948) * '' Inner Sanctum'' (1948) * '' Mummy's Dummies'' (1948) * ''

Air Hostess A flight attendant is a member of the aircrew whose primary responsibility is ensure the safety of passengers in the cabin of an aircraft across all stages of flight. Their secondary duty is to see to the comfort of passengers. Flight attenda ...

'' (1949) * '' Smuggler's Gold'' (1951) * '' Never Trust a Gambler'' (1951) * '' Merry Mavericks'' (1951) * '' Unknown World'' (1951)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Siegler, Allen G. 1892 births 1960 deaths American cinematographers People from Newark, New Jersey