Charles Stumar
Charles J. Stumar (born August 28, 1890 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † June 29, 1935 at Westlake Village , California , United States ) was an American cameraman and as such a specialist in horror films of early talkies.
Live and act
Stumar came to the USA at a very young age and began his professional career in 1908 at the Lubin Co. in Philadelphia . In the late phase of the First World War , Stumar began to shoot films on his own responsibility, from 1920 as chief cameraman at Universal Studios . In 1923 he was involved in the first significant film adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame , and four years later Stumar photographed the only film version of the classic youth book Onkel Toms Hütte for almost four decades .
Immediately before the end of the silent film age, Stumar was sent to Berlin by his employer to shoot a series of mostly less important films for the German Universal branch. With Wilhelm Dieterle's almost two-hour Kini portrait of Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria , Stumar also made an ambitious movie in 1929. After around a dozen films, Charles Stumar returned to Hollywood shortly after the start of the sound film era. There he caused a sensation with the atmospheric black and white photography of several horror film classics, especially The Mummy , The Werewolf of London and The Raven , where he congenially portrayed the two company stars Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi .
Charles Stumar, an experienced pilot, died in mid-1935 as a result of the crash of a special aircraft he was piloting. Under him, Robert Surtees, who later became a star cameraman, learned his trade in Berlin . Stumar's younger brother John Stumar (1892–1962), who was also born in Budapest , also worked as a cameraman.
Filmography
- 1917: Chicken Casey
- 1917: The Firefly of Tough Luck
- 1918: Little Orphant Annie
- 1918: Keys of the Righteous
- 1918: Without Honor
- 1919: Sahara
- 1919: The Lone Wolf's Daughter
- 1920: sex
- 1920: Love
- 1920: Love Madness
- 1921: Greater Than Love
- 1922: When Husbands Deceive
- 1922: Forsaking All Others
- 1922: Caught Bluffing
- 1922: The Power of a Lie
- 1923: The Hunchback of Notre Dame ( The Hunchback of Notre Dame )
- 1923: Abysmal Brute
- 1923: From the life of a lady-in-waiting (A Lady of Quality)
- 1923: The Midnight Quest
- 1924: The Gaiety Girl
- 1924: Stolen Secrets
- 1924: The Turmoil
- 1925: Raffles , the Amateur Cracksman
- 1925: Where Was I?
- 1926: The Combat
- 1926: The Cohens and the Kellys
- 1927: Perch of the Devil
- 1927: Uncle Tom's Cabin (Uncle Tom's Cabin)
- 1928: The Michigan Kid
- 1928: Foray in Love (Anybody Seen Here Kelly?)
- 1928: The Price of Fear
- 1928: Between the Ropes (The Shakedown)
- 1929: The rush of spring
- 1929: Through the Brandenburg Gate
- 1929: The silence in the forest
- 1929: The devil reporter
- 1929: The Strange Past of Thea Carter
- 1929: Ludwig the Second, King of Bavaria
- 1929: I live for you
- 1929: Secret police
- 1930: harried girls
- 1930: Witnesses wanted
- 1930: Next, please!
- 1930: The Rhineland girl
- 1930: an hour of happiness
- 1930: love on command
- 1931: Aloha
- 1931: Nice Women
- 1931: A House Divided
- 1932: Steady Company
- 1932: The Mummy ( The Mummy )
- 1933: Billion Dollar Scandal
- 1933: Black Beauty
- 1933: Saturday's Millions
- 1934: Bombay Mail
- 1934: The Countess of Monte Cristo
- 1934: Romance In The Rain
- 1934: Werewolf of London (The Werewolf of London)
- 1935: Transient Lady
- 1935: Storm Over The Andes
- 1935: Manhattan Moon
- 1935: The Raven ( The Raven )
literature
- Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 7: R - T. Robert Ryan - Lily Tomlin. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 549.
Web links
- Charles J. Stumar in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stumar, Charles |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stumar, Charles J. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 28, 1890 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Austria-Hungary |
DATE OF DEATH | June 29, 1935 |
Place of death | near Westlake Village , California , United States |