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David Abel
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916.…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. His credits include Grumpy (1930), The Virtuous Sin (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), and The Affairs of Susan (1945). At RKO Pictures during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, and Shall We Dance). Other credits include The Awful Truth, Huckleberry Finn, Hips, Hips, Hooray!, Grumpy, The Virtuous Sin, and History Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films. He retired in 1937, but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic Holiday Inn (1942). After two more films, Follow the Boys (1944) and The Affairs of Susan (1945), Abel left Hollywood film work for good.
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1945
The Affairs of Susan
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1944
Follow the Boys
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1942
Holiday Inn
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1937
Shall We Dance
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1937
History Is Made at Night
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1937
Criminal Lawyer
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1936
Make Way for a Lady
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1936
Swing Time
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1936
Bunker Bean
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1936
Follow the Fleet
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1935
I Dream Too Much
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1935
Top Hat
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1935
The Case of the Curious Bride
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1935
A Notorious Gentleman
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1934
The Gay Divorcee
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1934
Bachelor Bait
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1934
Cockeyed Cavaliers
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1934
Where Sinners Meet
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1934
This Man Is Mine
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1934
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
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1933
Ann Vickers
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1933
Rafter Romance
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1933
Pick-up
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1933
The Crime of the Century
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1932
Madame Butterfly
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1932
The Phantom President
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1932
Merrily We Go to Hell
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1932
Sky Bride
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1932
The Miracle Man
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1931
Ladies of the Big House
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1931
Rich Man's Folly
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1931
Huckleberry Finn
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1931
The Secret Call
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1931
Scandal Sheet
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1930
The Virtuous Sin
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1930
Grumpy
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1930
Swing High
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1930
The Grand Parade
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1929
The Racketeer
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1929
Square Shoulders
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