Bert Lawrence Glennon (November 19, 1895 – June 29, 1967) 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 ...

and

film director A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role ...

. He directed ''

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'' (1929), the first film released by

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Biography

Glennon was born in

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, Montana in 1895 and attended Stanford University, where he graduated in 1912. Before gaining fame in Hollywood, Glennon served as a pursuit pilot instructor during World War I. He began his work in film in 1912 as a stage manager for theater entrepreneur Oliver Morosco and then c. 1913 worked for Keystone and Famous Players, then was laboratory superintendent for Clune Film Corporation, for four years. In 1915 he did his first film as cinematographer ''The Stingaree'' (serial) and in 1928 he directed his first film ''The Perfect Crime''. Glennon was nominated for two

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for the films ''

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'' (1939) and ''

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'' (1941). He worked as a cinematographer on over 100 films for directors that included

John Ford John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), better known as John Ford, was an American film director and producer. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers during the Golden Age of Hollywood, and w ...

André de Toth Endre Antal Miksa de Toth, known as Andre de Toth (; May 15, 1913 – October 27, 2002), was a Hungarian-American film director, born and raised in Makó, Austria-Hungary. He directed the 3D film ''House of Wax'' (1953), despite being una ...

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Raoul Walsh Raoul Walsh (born Albert Edward Walsh; March 11, 1887December 31, 1980) was an American film director, actor, founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), and the brother of silent cinema actor George Walsh. He wa ...

, and

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. His son James Glennon was also an Academy Award-nominated cinematographer.

Partial filmography

As cinematographer

* ''

Ramona ''Ramona'' is an 1884 American novel written by Helen Hunt Jackson. Set in Southern California after the Mexican–American War and annexation of the territory by the United States, ''Ramona'' explores the life of a mixed-race Scottish– Native ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Kentucky Colonel ''The Kentucky Colonel'' is a 1920 American silent drama film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Joseph J. Dowling, Frederick Vroom and Elinor Field based on the 1890 best-selling book ''A Kentucky Colonel'' by Opie Read.Singer p.390 ...

'' (1920) * ''

A Daughter of the Law ''A Daughter of the Law'' is a 1921 American silent crime film directed by Jack Conway and starring Carmel Myers, John B. O'Brien and Fred Kohler.Parish & Pitts p.176 Plot Cast * Carmel Myers as Nora Hayes * John B. O'Brien as Jim Garth * ...

'' (1921) * ''

Cheated Love ''Cheated Love'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by King Baggot and starring Carmel Myers, George B. Williams and Allan Forrest.Munden p.120 Plot Cast * Carmel Myers as Sonya Schonema * George B. Williams as Abraham Schonema * ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Dangerous Moment ''The Dangerous Moment'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Marcel De Sano and starring Carmel Myers, Lule Warrenton and George Regas.Munden p.167 Plot Cast * Carmel Myers as Sylvia Palprini * Lule Warrenton as Mrs. Tarkides * G ...

'' (1921) * '' The Torrent'' (1921) *'' Moonlight Follies'' (1921) * '' Nobody's Fool'' (1921) * '' The Kiss'' (1921) * ''

Ebb Tide Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravity, gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide ...

'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1923) * ''

The Ten Commandments The Ten Commandments (), or the Decalogue (from Latin , from Ancient Greek , ), are religious and ethical directives, structured as a covenant document, that, according to the Hebrew Bible, were given by YHWH to Moses. The text of the Ten C ...

'' (1923) * ''

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'' (1924) * '' Changing Husbands'' (1924) * '' Open All Night'' (1924) * ''

Are Parents People? ''Are Parents People?'' is a 1925 American silent comedy film starring Betty Bronson, Florence Vidor, Adolphe Menjou, George Beranger, and Lawrence Gray. The film was directed by Malcolm St. Clair and released by Paramount Pictures ...

'' (1925) * '' Wild Horse Mesa'' (1925) * ''

Flower of Night ''Flower of Night'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Paul Bern. Famous Players–Lasky produced the film with Paramount Pictures releasing. Joseph Hergesheimer provided an original story for the screen. Plot As described in a fil ...

'' (1925) * ''

A Woman of the World ''A Woman of the World'' is a 1925 American silent comedy-drama film starring Pola Negri, directed by Mal St. Clair, produced by Famous Players–Lasky, and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a review in a film magazine ...

'' (1925) * ''

The Crown of Lies ''The Crown of Lies'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Dimitri Buchowetzki and starring Pola Negri. It was produced and financed by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot As described in a fi ...

'' (1926) * '' Good and Naughty'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

Underworld The underworld, also known as the netherworld or hell, is the supernatural world of the dead in various religious traditions and myths, located below the world of the living. Chthonic is the technical adjective for things of the underworld. ...

'' (1927) * ''

The Woman on Trial ''The Woman on Trial'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Mauritz Stiller, starring Pola Negri, and based on the play ''Confession'' by Erno Wajda (aka Ernest Vajda). Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky, and B. P. Schulberg produced for ...

'' (1927) * ''

The City Gone Wild ''The City Gone Wild'' is a 1927 American silent crime film produced by Famous Players–Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film starred Thomas Meighan, Marietta Millner, and Louise Brooks and was directed by James Cruze. Plot ...

'' (1927) * '' The Last Command'' (1928) * '' Street of Sin'' (1928) * '' The Patriot'' (1928) * ''

Blonde Venus ''Blonde Venus'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film starring Marlene Dietrich, Herbert Marshall and Cary Grant. It was produced, edited and directed by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Jules Furthman and S. K. Lauren, adapted fro ...

'' (1932) * ''

Christopher Strong ''Christopher Strong'' (also known as ''The Great Desire'' and ''The White Moth'') is a 1933 American pre-Code romantic drama film produced by RKO and directed by Dorothy Arzner. It is a tale of illicit love among the English aristocracy and ...

'' (1933) * ''

Gabriel Over the White House ''Gabriel Over the White House'' is a 1933 American pre-Code political fantasy film starring Walter Huston as a genial but politically corrupt U.S. President who has a near-fatal automobile accident and comes under divine influence—specifical ...

'' (1933) * ''

Morning Glory Morning glory (also written as morning-glory) is the common name for over 1,000 species of flowering plants in the family Convolvulaceae, whose taxonomy and systematics remain in flux. These species are distributed across numerous genus, gene ...

'' (1933) * ''

Alice in Wonderland ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (also known as ''Alice in Wonderland'') is an 1865 English Children's literature, children's novel by Lewis Carroll, a mathematics university don, don at the University of Oxford. It details the story of a ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Scarlet Empress ''The Scarlet Empress'' is a 1934 American historical drama film starring Marlene Dietrich and John Lodge about the life of Catherine the Great. It was directed and produced by Josef von Sternberg from a screenplay by Eleanor McGeary, loosely b ...

'' (1934) * ''

Grand Canary Gran Canaria (, ; ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spain, Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. the island had a population of that constitut ...

'' (1934) * '' The Prisoner of Shark Island'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in o ...

'' (1937) (uncredited) * '' The Hurricane'' (1937) * ''

'' (1939) * ''

Young Mr. Lincoln ''Young Mr. Lincoln'' is a 1939 American biographical drama film about the early life of President Abraham Lincoln, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda. Ford and producer Darryl F. Zanuck fought for control of the film, to the p ...

'' (1939) * ''

Drums Along the Mohawk ''Drums Along the Mohawk'' is a 1939 American historical drama film based upon a 1936 novel of the same name by American author Walter D. Edmonds. The film stars Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert, was produced by Darryl F. Zanuck, and direct ...

'' (1939) * '' Swanee River'' (1939) * ''

Our Town ''Our Town'' is a three-act play written by American playwright Thornton Wilder in 1938. Described by Edward Albee as "the greatest American play ever written", it presents the fictional American town of Grover's Corners between 1901 and 1913 ...

'' (1940) * ''

The Howards of Virginia ''The Howards of Virginia'' is a 1940 American drama war western film directed by Frank Lloyd, released by Columbia Pictures, and based on the book ''The Tree of Liberty'' written by Elizabeth Page. The Howards of Virginia live through the Amer ...

'' (1940) * '' One Night in Lisbon'' (1941) * ''

'' (1941) * ''

They Died with Their Boots On ''They Died with Their Boots On'' is a 1941 American biographical western war film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Arthur Kennedy. It was made and distributed by Warner Bros. and produced by Hal B. Wal ...

'' (1941) * ''

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'' (1943) * ''

Desperate Journey ''Desperate Journey'' is a 1942 American World War II action and aviation film directed by Raoul Walsh and starring Errol Flynn and Ronald Reagan. The supporting cast includes Raymond Massey, Alan Hale Sr., and Arthur Kennedy. The melodramati ...

'' (1942) * ''

This Is the Army ''This Is the Army'' is a 1943 American wartime musical film, musical comedy film produced by Jack L. Warner and Hal B. Wallis and directed by Michael Curtiz, adapted from This Is the Army (musical), the wartime stage musical of the same name, d ...

'' (1943) * ''

Destination Tokyo ''Destination Tokyo'' is a 1943 black and white American submarine war film. The film was directed by Delmer Daves in his directorial debut,McGee, Scott"Articles: 'Destination Tokyo' (1944)."''TCM.com'', 2019. Retrieved: August 15, 2019. and th ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Berber fighters, against French colonia ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Very Thought of You "The Very Thought of You" is a pop standard that was recorded and published in 1934 with music and lyrics by Ray Noble. The song was first recorded by Ray Noble and His Orchestra with Al Bowlly on vocals for His Master's Voice in England in Apri ...

'' (1944) * ''

Hollywood Canteen The Hollywood Canteen operated at 1451 North Cahuenga Boulevard in the Los Angeles, California, neighborhood of Hollywood between October 3, 1942 and November 22, 1945, as a club offering food, dancing, and entertainment for enlisted men and ...

'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1945) * ''

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'' (1946) * '' Mr. District Attorney'' (1947) * '' The Red House'' (1947) * '' Copacabana'' (1947) * '' Ruthless'' (1948) * '' Red Light'' (1949) * ''

Wagon Master ''Wagon Master'' is a 1950 American Western film produced and directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ward Bond. The story follows a Mormon pioneer wagon train across treacherous desert to the San ...

'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1950) * ''

Operation Pacific ''Operation Pacific'' is a 1951 black-and-white World War II submarine war drama from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Louis Edelman, and written as well as directed by George Waggner. John Wayne and Patricia Neal star and Ward Bond and ...

'' (1951) * ''

The Big Trees ''The Big Trees'' is a 1952 American lumberjack Western film starring Kirk Douglas and directed by Felix E. Feist. It was Kirk Douglas's final film for Warner Brothers, a film he did for free in exchange for the studio agreeing to release him ...

'' (1952) * '' About Face'' (1952) * '' House of Wax'' (1953) * ''

The Moonlighter ''The Moonlighter'' is a 1953 American 3D Western film directed by Roy Rowland and starring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray and Ward Bond. Distributed by Warner Bros., it premiered alongside the 1953 Looney Tunes 3-D Bugs Bunny cartoon, '' L ...

'' (1953) * '' Thunder Over the Plains'' (1953) * '' Crime Wave'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

The Mad Magician ''The Mad Magician'' is a 1954 American horror film in 3D, directed by John Brahm starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy and Eva Gabor. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, with a release in 3-D to build on the craze started by fi ...

'' (1954) * ''

Sergeant Rutledge ''Sergeant Rutledge'' is a 1960 American Technicolor Western film directed by John Ford and starring Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Woody Strode and Billie Burke. The title was also used for the novelization published in the same year. S ...

'' (1960) * '' Lad: A Dog'' (1962)

As director

* '' Gang War'' (1928) * '' The Perfect Crime'' (1928) * '' The Air Legion'' (1929) * ''

'' (1929) * '' Girl of the Port'' (1930) * ''

Around the Corner ''Around the Corner'' is a 1930 American comedy-drama film directed by Bert Glennon and starring George Sidney, Charles Murray and Joan Peers.Fetrow p.25 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Plot Cast * George Sidney as Kap ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' In Line of Duty'' (1931) * '' South of Santa Fe'' (1932)

As screenwriter

* '' Second Wife'' (1930)

As actor

* ''

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'' (1914) (as Herbert Glennon)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glennon, Bert 1893 births 1967 deaths American cinematographers Burials at San Fernando Mission Cemetery Film directors from Montana People from Anaconda, Montana Stanford University alumni

Biography

Partial filmography

As cinematographer

As director

As screenwriter

As actor

References

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