Wilfred M. Cline

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Wilfred M. Cline (born September 3, 1903 in Los Angeles , † April 9, 1976 in Orange County , California ; actually Wilfrid Mantin Cline ) was an American cameraman .

Life

Wilfred M. Cline initially worked as a cameraman at Universal Pictures from 1928 . He also worked for MGM , Paramount Pictures, and Warner Brothers in the 1930s . Specializing in Technicolor , he came as a technical advisor for film classics such as The Adventures of Robin Hood ( The Adventures of Robin Hood , 1938) and Gone with the Wind ( Gone with the Wind , 1939) are used. For the film Aloma, the daughter of the South Seas ( Aloma of the South Seas , 1941), he and his colleagues Karl Struss and William E. Snyder received an Oscar nomination in the category Best Cinematography in 1942 , but lost to Ray Rennahan and Ernest Palmer with King of the Toreros ( Blood and Sand , 1941).

From the late 1940s he directed a number of films with Doris Day , including Ein tollesfühl ( It's a Great Feeling , 1949), The Lullaby of Broadway ( The Lullaby of Broadway , 1951) and Heavy Colts in Tender Hands ( Calamity Jane , 1953). He often turned Western as Delmer Daves ' The last car ( The Last Wagon , 1956) with Richard Widmark in the lead role. From 1954 Cline also took part in some television productions before he retired into private life in 1971. He died in Orange County in 1976 at the age of 72 . His grave is located in the Pacific View Memorial Park in Corona del Mar .

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SURNAME Cline, Wilfred M.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cline, Wilfrid Mantin (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American cameraman
DATE OF BIRTH September 3, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH April 9, 1976
Place of death Orange County , California