Hap Depew (1887–1940) was an American
cinematographer
The cinematographer or director of photography (sometimes shortened to DP or DOP) is the person responsible for the photographing or recording of a film, television production, music video or other live action piece. The cinematographer is the c ...
.
[Stumpf p.112] He shot
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
s for
Trem Carr
Tremlet C. Carr (November 6, 1891– August 18, 1946) was an American film producer, closely associated with the low-budget filmmaking of Poverty Row. In 1931 he co-founded Monogram Pictures, which developed into one of the leading specialist pro ...
at
Rayart Pictures
Rayart Pictures was one of the early film production and distribution companies operating independently of the major Hollywood studios in the United States during the later silent film era from the mid-to-late 1920s and into the early "talkies" e ...
during the 1920s. During the 1930s he worked on several
Our Gang
''Our Gang'' (also known as ''The Little Rascals'' or ''Hal Roach's Rascals'') is an American series of comedy short films chronicling a group of poor neighborhood children and their adventures. Created by film producer Hal Roach, also the ...
short films.
Selected filmography
* ''
Cold Steel'' (1921)
* ''
Stormy Seas
''Stormy Seas'' is a 1923 American silent film, silent drama film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring McGowan, Helen Holmes (actress), Helen Holmes, and Leslie Casey.
Cast
Preservation
With no prints of ''Stormy Seas'' located in any film a ...
'' (1923)
* ''
Million Dollar Mystery
''Million Dollar Mystery'' (also known as ''Money Mania'') is a 1987 American film released with a promotional tie-in for Glad-Lock brand bags. This was the final feature-length film directed by Richard Fleischer.
It starred an ensemble cast o ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Gun-Hand Garrison
''Gun-Hand Garrison'' is a 1927 American silent Western film directed by Edward Gordon and starring Kermit Maynard, Ruby Blaine and Jack Anthony.
Cast
* Kermit Maynard
* Ruby Blaine
* Jack Anthony
* Charles O'Malley
* Charles Schaeffer
* Ed ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Modern Daughters
''Modern Daughters'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring Edna Murphy, Bryant Washburn and Ernest Hilliard.Munden p.519
Cast
* Edna Murphy
* Bryant Washburn
* Ernest Hilliard
Ernest Hilliard (Januar ...
'' (1927)
* ''
Duty's Reward
''Duty's Reward'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Bertram Bracken and starring Alan Roscoe, Eva Novak and Lou Archer.Connelly p.343
Cast
* Alan Roscoe as Richard Webster
* Eva Novak as Dorothy Thompson
* Lou Archer as 'Peek' ...
'' (1927)
* ''
On the Stroke of Twelve
''On the Stroke of Twelve'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by Charles J. Hunt and starring David Torrence, June Marlowe and Lloyd Whitlock.Connelly p.392
Cast
* David Torrence as Henry Rutledge
* June Marlowe as Doris Bainbridge ...
'' (1927)
* ''
The Branded Man'' (1928)
* ''
The Black Pearl'' (1928)
* ''
The Law and the Man
''The Law and the Man'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Tom Santschi, Gladys Brockwell and Robert Ellis.Wlaschin p.252
Cast
* Tom Santschi as Dan Creedoon
* Gladys Brockwell as Margaret Grayson ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Devil's Tower'' (1928)
* ''
Lightnin' Shot
''Lightnin' Shot'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Buddy Roosevelt.
Plot
Cast
* Buddy Roosevelt
* J.P. McGowan
* Frank Earle
* Carol Lane
* Jimmy Kane
* Tommy Bay
* Art Rowlands
Art i ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Divine Sinner
''The Divine Sinner'' is a 1928 American silent film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Vera Reynolds, Nigel De Brulier and Bernard Siegel.
This film is now lost.
Cast
* Vera Reynolds as Lillia Ludwig
* Nigel De Brulier as Minister of P ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Ships of the Night
''Ships of the Night'' is a 1928 American silent adventure film directed by Duke Worne and starring Jacqueline Logan, Sôjin Kamiyama and Jack Mower.Palmer p.137
Cast
* Jacqueline Logan as Johanna Hearne
* Sôjin Kamiyama as Yut Sen
* Jack Mo ...
'' (1928)
* ''
A Gentleman Preferred
''A Gentleman Preferred'' is a 1928 American silent comedy Western film directed by Arthur Hotaling and starring Gaston Glass, Jimmy Aubrey and Kathleen Myers.
Cast
* Gaston Glass as James Fargo
* Jimmy Aubrey as Bill Jenkins
* Kathleen Mye ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Sisters of Eve
''Sisters of Eve'' is a 1928 American silent mystery film directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Anita Stewart, Betty Blythe and Creighton Hale.Goble p.353 It is based on the 1911 novel ''The Temptation of Tavernake'' by E. Phillips Oppenheim ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Mystery Valley'' (1928)
* ''
Gypsy of the North
''Gypsy of the North'' is a 1928 silent film drama directed by Scott Pembroke and starring Georgia Hale. It was produced by Trem Carr Productions and distributed by Rayart.
An incomplete copy is in the Library of Congress.
Cast
*Georgia Hal ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Isle of Lost Men
''Isle of Lost Men'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by Duke Worne and starring Tom Santschi, James A. Marcus and Patsy O'Leary.Munden p.387
Cast
* Tom Santschi as Captain Jan Jodahl
* James A. Marcus as Malay Pete
* Allen Co ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Man from Headquarters
''The Man from Headquarters'' is a 1928 American mystery film directed by Duke Worne and starring Cornelius Keefe, Edith Roberts and Charles West.Weaver p.307
Cast
* Cornelius Keefe as Yorke Norray
* Edith Roberts as Countess Jalna
* Ch ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Should a Girl Marry?'' (1928)
* ''
Silent Trail
''Silent Trail'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Peggy Montgomery and John Lowell.McGowan p.168
Cast
* Bob Custer
* Peggy Montgomery
* John Lowell
* J.P. McGowan
* Mack V. Wright
* Nancy ...
'' (1928)
* ''
West of Santa Fe
''West of Santa Fe'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Custer, Peggy Montgomery and Bud Osborne.McGowan p.169
Cast
* Bob Custer as Jack
* Peggy Montgomery as Helen
* Bud Osborne as Crooked Forema ...
'' (1928)
* ''
The Cowboy and the Outlaw'' (1929)
* ''
Two Sisters'' (1929)
* ''
The Devil's Chaplain
''The Devil's Chaplain'' is a 1929 American silent romance film directed by Duke Worne, written by Arthur Hoerl and George Bronson Howard and featuring Boris Karloff. It was produced by Trem Carr and released by Rayart Pictures.
Cast
* Corne ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Bride of the Desert
''Bride of the Desert'' is a 1929 American silent Western film directed by Duke Worne and starring Alice Calhoun, LeRoy Mason and Ethan Laidlaw.
Cast
* Alice Calhoun as Joanna Benton
* LeRoy Mason as Fugitive
* Ethan Laidlaw
Ethan Allen ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Handcuffed
''Handcuffed'' is a 1929 American silent mystery film directed by Duke Worne and starring Virginia Brown Faire, Wheeler Oakman and Dean Jagger.Munden p.322
Synopsis
Gerald Morely's father is ruined in a stock fraud and commits suicide. When short ...
'' (1929)
* ''
The Man from Nevada'' (1929)
* ''
Shanghai Rose'' (1929)
* ''
When Dreams Come True'' (1929)
* ''
Some Mother's Boy'' (1929)
* ''
The Oklahoma Kid
''The Oklahoma Kid'' is a 1939 Western film starring James Cagney and Humphrey Bogart. The film was directed for Warner Bros. by Lloyd Bacon. Cagney plays an adventurous gunslinger in a broad-brimmed cowboy hat while Bogart portrays his bla ...
'' (1929)
* ''
Breezy Bill
''Breezy Bill'' is a 1930 American western film directed by J.P. McGowan and starring Bob Steele, Edna Aslin and Bud Osborne. It was produced as an independent second feature on Poverty Row.Pitts p.398
Cast
* Bob Steele as Breezy Bill
* Edna ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Call of the Desert
''Call of the Desert'' is a 1930 American silent Western film directed by J. P. McGowan and starring Tom Tyler, Sheila Bromley and Bud Osborne.Pitts, p. 396. Some versions of the film were released with added sound effects.
Cast
* Tom Tyler a ...
'' (1930)
* ''
The Canyon of Missing Men'' (1930)
* ''
Oklahoma Cyclone
''Oklahoma Cyclone'' is a 1930 American pre-Code Western film directed by John P. McCarthy that is a forerunner of the singing cowboy genre. It stars Bob Steele in his second talking picture playing the title role and singing. The film was rel ...
'' (1930)
* ''
Near the Rainbow's End'' (1930)
* ''
The Devil's Brother
''The Devil's Brother'' (or ''Bogus Bandits'' as an Astor Pictures reissue title) or ''Fra Diavolo'' outside the U.S. is a 1933 American Pre-Code comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on Daniel Auber's operetta ''Fra Diavolo'' abou ...
'' (1933)
References
Bibliography
* Scott Allen Nollen. ''Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television, and Recording Work''. McFarland, 1991.
* Charles Stumpf. ''ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career''. McFarland, 2010.
External links
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1887 births
1940 deaths
American cinematographers
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