Charles Harten

Charles Harten (born March 20, 1902 in the United States , † March 6, 1979 in Miami Beach , Miami-Dade County , Florida , United States) was an American cameraman who was nominated for the Oscar for best camera was.

Life

Harten worked between 1936 and 1974 as a cameraman in the Hollywood film industry on only five film productions such as the comedy Soak the Rich (1936) by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur with Walter Connolly , John Howard and Mary Zimbalist in the lead roles.

At the Academy Awards in 1961 Harten was nominated together with Joseph Ruttenberg for the Oscar for best camera for the drama Telefon Butterfield 8 (Butterfield 8, 1960) by Daniel Mann with Elizabeth Taylor , Laurence Harvey and Eddie Fisher .

Filmography (selection)

• 1936: Soak the Rich
• 1960: Butterfield 8 telephone
• 1974: The Three Stooges Follies (segment)

literature

• Paul Michael, James Robert Parish: The American Movies: The History, Films, Awards: a Pictorial Encyclopedia. Galahad Books, New York, 1969, p. 79.
• American cinematographer. Volume 55. ASC Holding Corporation, Hollywood, Calif., 1974, p. 295.
• Charles E. Matthews: Oscar A to Z: A Complete Guide to More Than 2,400 Movies Nominated for Academy Awards. Doubleday, New York, 1995, p. 118.

Web links

• Charles Harten in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Charles Harten , U.S. Social Security Death Directory (SSDI), accessed May 28, 2017
2. ↑ Charles Harten ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2012 on WebCite ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: awardsdatabase.oscars.org; accessed on May 28, 2017 
3. ^ Charles Harten in: Meeting Jimmie Rodgers: How America's Original Roots Music Hero Changed the Pop Sounds of a Century , by Barry Mazor, Oxford University Press, 2009, p. 94