John Stumar

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John Stuart Stumar (born May 30, 1892 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary , † October 27, 1962 in Los Angeles , United States ) was a Hungarian-born, American cameraman of mostly B-films.

Live and act

Charles Stumar's brother, two years younger than him, came to the United States as a child, where he began to learn his trade around 1910. After years as a camera assistant during the First World War, John Stumar was employed as head cameraman for the first time in 1917 by the production company Thomas H. Inces and initially photographed several anti-German and pro-French propaganda films such as The Kaiser's Shadow and Viva la France . Even the later B-films photographed by Stumars were rarely of above-average quality.

John S. Stumar photographed westerns and melodramas, comedies and dramas, and above-average productions such as The Scream of the Crowd , which he photographed as Sid Hickox's junior partner , remained the exception. Most recently, John Stumar had to be content with short film photography; his career ended immediately after the end of World War II. His last film work took him to Central America. What Stumar did professionally after 1946 is not known.

Filmography

  • 1917: The Price Mark
  • 1917: Love Letters
  • 1918: Green Eyes
  • 1918: The Vamp
  • 1918: The Marriage Ring
  • 1918: Quicksand
  • 1919: extravagance
  • 1919: L'apache
  • 1919: Hard Boiled
  • 1920: The Dark Miror
  • 1920: Black Is White
  • 1921: Mother Eternal
  • 1921: Pardon My French
  • 1922: cardigan
  • 1922: Blaze Away
  • 1923: Dollar Devils
  • 1923: Temporary Marriage
  • 1923: The Golden Land (The Spoilers)
  • 1924: Wine
  • 1924: The Tornado
  • 1924: The Family Secret
  • 1925: The Home Maker
  • 1925: Fifth Avenue Models
  • 1925: Feverish Blood (The Price of Pleasure)
  • 1926: The Love Thief
  • 1927: Wild Beauty
  • 1927: The Claw
  • 1928: Buck Privates
  • 1928: Oops - Father doesn't see it (Home, James)
  • 1929: Port of Dreams
  • 1930: Second Choice
  • 1930: Recaptured Love
  • 1931: The Flood
  • 1932: Cornered
  • 1932: The roar of the crowd (The Crowd Roars)
  • 1934: On is Guilty
  • 1934: Jealousy
  • 1935: The Best Man Wins
  • 1935: If You Only Could Cook
  • 1936: Counterfeit
  • 1936: End of the Trail
  • 1937: Intimate Relations
  • 1937: Music in your fists
  • 1938: Stardust
  • 1939: Parents on Trial
  • 1940: Music in My Heart
  • 1940: The Secret Seven
  • 1940: The Durango Kid
  • 1941: Two Latins from Manhattan
  • 1942: Tramp, Tramp, Tramp
  • 1942: The Spirit of Stanford
  • 1943: Klondike Kate
  • 1943: The Return of the Vampire
  • 1944: Doctor, Feel My Pulse (short film)
  • 1945: Rhythm Round-Up
  • 1946: Embrujo antillano

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personal data
SURNAME Stumar, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stumar, John Stuart (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian-born, American cameraman of mostly B-films
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest , Austria-Hungary
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1962
Place of death Los Angeles , United States