George Barnes (cameraman)
George Barnes (born October 16, 1892 in California , † May 30, 1953 in Los Angeles ) was an American cameraman who worked in the silent film era until the 1950s. Barnes, who has been behind the camera for more than a hundred films during his career, was nominated eight times for an Oscar. He received the trophy in 1941 for his work on Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca .
Barnes was married seven times, including to actress Joan Blondell .
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Barne's career began during the silent movie era. He initially worked for Thomas Ince as a camera assistant and cameraman, later switched to various producers until he became Samuel Goldwyn's chief cameraman in the mid-1920s . Before joining Goldwyn, Barnes was behind the camera in 1924 for Janice Meredith , an epic about the American Revolutionary War .
Barne's first work for Goldwyn in 1925 was The Black Angel , a drama starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Bánky , one of the dream couples from Hollywood's silent film era. In the same year Barnes shot The Eagle with Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky in the leading roles. A year later, Valentino's last film, The Sheikh's Son , was directed by George Fitzmaurice and directed by Barnes. In order to have Valentino, who played father and son in a double role, appear on the screen at the same time, Barnes relied on double exposures.
In 1927 they made The Magic Flame and The Devil Dancer , two unsuccessful films for which Barnes was nominated for an Academy Award along with the 1928 ... but the meat is weak . The Oscar went to Karl Struss and Charles Rosher for their work on Murnau's Sunrise - A Song of Two People . A year later, Barnes received another Oscar nomination for Our Dancing Daughters .
In the late 1920s, Gregg Toland , who had initially worked with Barnes as a camera assistant, became the second cameraman alongside Barnes. In the early 1930s, Barnes and Toland were involved in eight productions together. After Toland became Goldwyn's cameraman of choice, Barnes first moved to MGM and 20th Century Fox in 1934 before working as a cameraman for Warner Bros. Here he shot mostly musicals, such as Busby Berkeley's Broadway Show and The Gold Digger of 1935 .
In 1938 Barnes left Warner Bros. and directed the western Jesse James, Man Without a Law , starring Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda for director Henry King . The film, shot in Missouri, was Barne's first color film. Barnes was also behind the camera for the 1940 sequel, Revenge for Jesse James , directed by Fritz Lang .
That same year, Hitchcock's Rebecca , a black and white film that won Barnes an Oscar for Best Cinematography, was made. In 1945 Barnes was the cameraman for Hitchcock's I Fight for You and for the pirate film The Anglerfish of Cartagena, which starred Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid . Since at that time the Oscar categories for Best Camera were still divided into black and white and color film, Barnes was nominated for both films at the same time.
Barnes received another Academy Award nomination for Samson and Delilah in 1951 . He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for his work on this film . Barnes received this award in 1952 for The Greatest Show in the World , directed by Cecil B. DeMille .
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Web links
- George Barnes in the Internet Movie Database (English)
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| SURNAME | Barnes, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American cameraman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 16, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | California |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 1953 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |