Harry Jackson (April 15, 1896 – August 3, 1953) was an American cinematographer.
Jackson was born in Nebraska, and was first employed in Hollywood as a still photographer for
Warner Brothers
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. As a cinematographer he was active through the end of the silent era in 1927, until his death in 1953, shooting about 75 films altogether. He was nominated for the
Academy Award
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for Color Cinematography for his work on 1947's ''
Mother Wore Tights
''Mother Wore Tights'' is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang.
This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same n ...
''.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Sporting Chance
''The Sporting Chance'' is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Oscar Apfel and starring Lou Tellegen, Dorothy Phillips, and George Fawcett
George Fawcett (August 25, 1860 – June 6, 1939) was an American stage and film actor of ...
'' (1925)
* ''
The Man in Hobbles
''The Man in Hobbles'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring John Harron, Lila Lee and Lucien Littlefield.Babington & Barr p.133 The film's sets were designed by the art director Hervey Libbert.
Cast
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The Floating College
''The Floating College'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by George Crone and starring Sally O'Neil, William Collier Jr., and Georgia Hale.
Plot
Two sisters fall in love with a swimming instructor.
Cast
* Sally O'Neil as Pat Bix ...
'' (1928)
* ''
Ladies of the Night Club
''Ladies of the Night Club'' is a 1928 American comedy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Ricardo Cortez, Barbara Leonard and Lee Moran.Munden p.413 It was produced during the transition to sound film and is essentially a silent fil ...
Forbidden Melody
''La melodía prohibida'', translated into English in English reviews as ''Forbidden Melody'', was a 1933 American Spanish language drama film directed by Frank Strayer, which stars José Mojica, Conchita Montenegro, and Mona Maris. The screen ...
'' (1933)
* ''
She Learned About Sailors
''She Learned About Sailors'' is a 1934 American musical comedy film directed by George Marshall and starring Alice Faye, Lew Ayres and Frank Mitchell.Bradley p.236 It was produced and distributed by Fox Film. Songs for the film were written by ...
'' (1934)
* ''
$10 Raise
''$10 Raise'' is a 1935 American comedy film directed by George Marshall, written by Henry Johnson and Lou Breslow, and starring Edward Everett Horton, Karen Morley, Alan Dinehart, Glen Boles, Berton Churchill and Rosina Lawrence. It was release ...
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
''Think Fast, Mr. Moto'' is a 1937 American mystery film directed by Norman Foster and featuring a mysterious Japanese detective named Mr. Moto. It is the first of eight films in the Mr. Moto series, all based on the character Mr. Moto create ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Circumstantial Evidence
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Strange Triangle
''Strange Triangle'' is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Ray McCarey and starring Signe Hasso, Preston Foster and Anabel Shaw..
Plot
A bank examiner becomes involved with a couple planning embezzlement, which leads them to murder.
...
'' (1946)
* ''
Mother Wore Tights
''Mother Wore Tights'' is a 1947 American Technicolor musical film starring Betty Grable and Dan Dailey as married vaudeville performers, directed by Walter Lang.
This was Grable and Dailey's first film together, based on a book of the same n ...
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend
''The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend'' is a 1949 romantic comedy Western film starring Betty Grable and featuring Cesar Romero and Rudy Vallee. It was directed by Preston Sturges and written by him based on a story by Earl Felton.
The ...
'' (1949)
* ''
A Ticket to Tomahawk
''A Ticket to Tomahawk'' is a 1950 American Western film directed by Richard Sale and starring Dan Dailey and Anne Baxter. It was released by 20th Century Fox. Marilyn Monroe appeared in one of her earliest roles.
Plot
In 1876, Johnny James ...