Ernest Palmer (cameraman, 1885)

Ernest Palmer (born December 6, 1885 in Kansas City , Missouri , † February 22, 1978 in Pacific Palisades , California ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Ernest Palmer began his career as a cameraman in 1918 and initially worked for various production companies such as Metro Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures , until he received a permanent contract with Fox Film Corporation in 1924 , which merged with 20th Century Pictures to form 20th Century Fox in 1935 . Over the years, Palmer has worked with a number of high-profile directors including Victor Fleming , FW Murnau , Henry King , John Ford , Otto Preminger, and Delmer Daves .

In 1930 he was nominated for the Oscar for the best cameraman for the two films Engel der Strasse (1928) and Vier Teufel (1928) . In 1942 he received the trophy together with Ray Rennahan for Rouben Mamoulian's bullfighting drama King of the Toreros (1941) in the category Best Camera / Color . For Delmer Daves' western The Broken Arrow (1950), Palmer was nominated again for an Oscar and also received a Golden Globe nomination.

In 1960 Ernest Palmer retired from the film business. He died in 1978 in Pacific Palisades at the age of 92 and was buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale , California.

Filmography (selection)

• 1922: Red Hot Romance - Director: Victor Fleming
• 1925: Wages for Wives - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1926: Early to Wed - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1926: Marriage License? - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1927: High School Hero - Director: David Butler
• 1927: The Happiness in the Attic ( Seventh Heaven ) - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1928: Street Angel ( Street Angel ) - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1928: Vier Teufel ( 4 Devils ) - Director: FW Murnau
• 1929: The First Woman in Life ( The River ) - Director: Frank Borzage
• 1930: Our daily bread ( City Girl ) - Director: FW Murnau
• 1930: Women Everywhere - Director: Alexander Korda
• 1932: Business and Pleasure - Directed by David Butler
• 1930: Just Imagine - Director: David Butler
• 1933: Kavalkade ( Cavalcade ) - Director: Frank Lloyd
• 1933: Berkeley Square - Director: Frank Lloyd
• 1933: Hoop-La - Director: Frank Lloyd
• 1934: Liebesreigen ( Music in the Air ) - Director: Joe May
• 1935: The Farmer Takes a Wife - Directed by Victor Fleming
• 1935: Way Down East - directed by Henry King
• 1936: Under Two Flags - Director: Frank Lloyd
• 1936: Mississippi Melody ( Banjo on My Knee ) - directed by John Cromwell
• 1937: The Love Reporter ( Love Is News ) - Directed by Tay Garnett
• 1937: The Slave Ship - Directed by Tay Garnett
• 1937: Second Honeymoon - Director: Walter Lang
• 1937: Ali Baba Goes to Town - directed by David Butler
• 1938: The Golden Whip ( Kentucky ) - Director: David Butler
• 1938: Vier Mann - Ein Schwur ( Four Men and a Prayer ) - Director: John Ford
• 1938: Three Blind Mice - Director: William A. Seiter
• 1940: The Death of the Old Circus Lion ( Chad Hanna ) - Director: Henry King
• 1941: Tall, Dark and Handsome - Directed by H. Bruce Humberstone
• 1941: King of the Toreros ( Blood and Sand ) - Director: Rouben Mamoulian
• 1942: The Queen of Broadway ( My Gal Sal ) - directed by Irving Cummings
• 1943: Coney Island - Director: Walter Lang
• 1945: Dolly Sisters (The Dolly Sisters) - Director: Irving Cummings
• 1946: Centennial Summer - Director: Otto Preminger
• 1948: Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay! - Director: F. Hugh Herbert
• 1950: The Broken Arrow ( Broken Arrow ) - Director: Delmer Daves

Awards

• 1930: Oscar nomination in the Best Camera category for Angels of the Road and Four Devils, respectively
• 1942: Oscar in the Best Camera category for King of the Toreros together with Ray Rennahan
• 1951: Oscar nomination for Best Cinematography for The Broken Arrow
• 1951: Golden Globe nomination in the Best Camera category for The Broken Arrow

Web links

• Ernest Palmer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Ernest Palmer in the database of Find a Grave (English)