Alvin Wyckoff (July 3, 1877 – July 30, 1957) 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 worked on more than 80 films between 1914 and 1945. Several of Wyckoff's films had sequences filmed in the early

Handschiegl Color Process The Handschiegl color process (, , App: Nov 20, 1916, Iss: May 13, 1919) produced motion picture film prints with color artificially added to selected areas of the image. Aniline dyes were applied to a black-and-white print using gelatin imbibition ...

, originally billed as the "

DeMille DeMille or De Mille is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Agnes De Mille, American dance and choreographer * Beatrice deMille, English-born American playwright and screenwriter * Cecil B. DeMille, American film director * Constan ...

-Wyckoff Process". Wyckoff also worked with DeMille to develop the

Lasky Lasky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Art Lasky (1909–1980), American heavyweight professional boxer * Bette Lasky (born 1947), American politician; New Hampshire state senator and former state representative * David Lask ...

-lighting technique, which made selective lighting possible.

Partial filmography

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'' (1912) (*as actor) * '' The Spoilers'' (1914) * '' The Man From Home'' (1914) * '' Rose of the Rancho'' (1914) * '' What's His Name'' (1914) * '' The Virginian'' (1914) * '' The Cheat'' (1915) * ''

Carmen ''Carmen'' () is an opera in four acts by the French composer Georges Bizet. The libretto was written by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée. The opera was first performed by the O ...

'' (1915) * '' The Captive'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1915) * '' The Arab'' (1915) * '' Chimmie Fadden'' (1915) * ''

Kindling Kindling may refer to: * Kindling, material for firelighting * ''Kindling'' (album), a 1973 album by Gene Parsons * ''Kindling'' (1915 film), a film by Cecil B. DeMille * Kindling (2023 film), a British drama film * ''Kindling'' (Mick Farren no ...

'' (1915) * '' The Wild Goose Chase'' (1915) * ''

Joan the Woman ''Joan the Woman'' is a 1916 American epic silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Geraldine Farrar as Joan of Arc. The film premiered on Christmas Day in 1916. This was DeMille's first historical drama. The screenplay is b ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Heart of Nora Flynn ''The Heart of Nora Flynn'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It stars Marie Doro in her first film for Jesse L. Lasky. Art direction for the film was done by Wilfred Buckland. It premiered on April 23, 191 ...

'' (1916) * '' The Dream Girl'' (1916) * '' The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'' (1916) * '' The Devil-Stone'' (1917) * ''

The Little American ''The Little American'' is a 1917 American silent romantic war drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. The film stars Mary Pickford (who also served as producer) as an American woman who is in love with both a German soldier and a French ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Whispering Chorus ''The Whispering Chorus'' is a 1918 American silent film, silent Psychological drama (film genre), psychological drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille. It is the first and earliest film considered a Psychological drama (subgenre), psychologi ...

'' (1918) * ''

We Can't Have Everything ''We Can't Have Everything'' was a 1918 American silent drama film produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille and adapted for the screen by his brother, William C. De Mille. The film was based upon a 1917 novel of the same name by Rupert Hugh ...

'' (1918) * '' Male and Female'' (1919) * '' For Better, for Worse'' (1919) * '' Why Change Your Wife?'' (1920) * '' Fool's Paradise'' (1921) * ''

The Affairs of Anatol ''The Affairs of Anatol'' is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille, starring Wallace Reid and Gloria Swanson. The film is based on the 1893 play '' Anatol'' by Arthur Schnitzler. It was adapted by Jeanie ...

'' (1921) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Blood and Sand'' (1922) * '' Strangers of the Night'' (1923) * ''

Adam's Rib ''Adam's Rib'' is a 1949 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by George Cukor from a screenplay written by Ruth Gordon and Garson Kanin. It stars Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn as married lawyers who come to oppose each other in ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' The Border Legion'' (1924) * '' Lily of the Dust'' (1924) * '' When a Girl Loves'' (1924) * '' The Swan'' (1925) * '' The Lucky Devil'' (1925) * '' Irish Luck'' (1925) * ''

The New Klondike ''The New Klondike'' is a 1926 American black-and-white silent romantic comedy sports drama film directed by Lewis Milestone for Famous Players–Lasky. The film was set against the backdrop of the Florida land boom of the 1920s, and stands a ...

'' (1926) * '' It's the Old Army Game'' (1926) * '' Tin Gods'' (1926) * ''

The Canadian ''The Canadian'' () is a transcontinental passenger train operated by Via Rail with service between Union Station in Toronto, Ontario, and Pacific Central Station in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Canadian Pacific introduced this serv ...

'' (1926) * '' Blind Alleys'' (1927) * ''

If I Had a Million ''If I Had a Million'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Paramount Studios anthology film starring Gary Cooper, George Raft, Charles Laughton, W. C. Fields, Jack Oakie, Frances Dee and Charlie Ruggles, among others. There were seven directors: ...

'' (1932) * '' The Mystery Squadron'' (1933) * ''

The Lost Jungle ''The Lost Jungle'' (1934) is a Mascot Pictures movie serial. A semi-sequel to this serial, ''Darkest Africa'', was released by Republic Pictures in 1936. Republic was made from a merger of several companies, including Mascot, which became the ...

'' (1934)

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