Allen M. Davey

Allen Milburn Davey (born May 15, 1894 in Bayonne , New Jersey , † March 5, 1946 in Hollywood , Los Angeles ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Allen M. Davey worked as a cameraman in Hollywood from 1916 . From then on he worked for many different film studios, but primarily at Fox Film Corporation . In 1929 he took a career break of several years before re-entering the film business in 1936. He specialized in Technicolor and worked for the company of the same name from 1937. He also worked as an advisory cameraman on classic films such as Robin Hood, King of the Vagabonds ( The Adventures of Robin Hood , 1938), The Wizard of Oz ( The Wizard of Oz , 1939) and Duel in the Sun ( Duel in the Sun , 1946 ) and introduced cameramen like Tony Gaudio and Harold Rosson , who had previously only shot black and white films, to the new color film process.

After moving to MGM , he and Oliver T. Marsh received an honorary Oscar in 1939 for the color shots of WS Van Dyke's revue film Sweethearts . In the years that followed, four Oscar nominations in the category Best Cinematography followed , including for the film musical Es tanzt die Göttin ( Cover Girl , 1944) with Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly . He was also a member of the American Society of Cinematographers . His career ended abruptly when he died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1946, aged only 51 . His grave is in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale . His son of the same name also became a cameraman.

Filmography (selection)

1937: The Man Without a Country (short film)
1938: Sweethearts
1939: Back in Hollywood ( Hollywood Cavalcade )
1940: Hell of the South Seas ( Typhoon )
1941: Raid of the Ogalalla ( Western Union )
1941: Allotria in Florida ( Moon Over Miami )
1943: Hello, Frisco, Hello
1944: The Goddess Dances ( Cover Girl )
1945: Polonaise ( A Song to Remember )

Awards

Oscar

Won:

1939: Honorary Oscar for Sweethearts together with Oliver T. Marsh

Nominated:

1941: Best camera for Bitter Sweet together with Oliver T. Marsh
1944: Best camera for Hello, Frisco, Hello together with Charles G. Clarke
1945: Best camera for The Goddess Dances with Rudolph Maté
1946: Best camera for polonaise with Tony Gaudio

Web links

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b William Crookes, TA Malone, George Shadbolt, J. Traill Taylor, William Blanchard Bolton, Thomas Bedding: British Journal of Photography . Volume 93, H. Greenwood, 1946, p. 219.

personal data
SURNAME	Davey, Allen M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Davey, Allen Milburn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH	May 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bayonne , New Jersey
DATE OF DEATH	March 5, 1946
Place of death	Hollywood , Los Angeles

[Journal-1] A ^b William Crookes, TA Malone, George Shadbolt, J. Traill Taylor, William Blanchard Bolton, Thomas Bedding: British Journal of Photography . Volume 93, H. Greenwood, 1946, p. 219.