Hal Mohr (August 2, 1894, San Francisco – May 10, 1974 in Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer. Events 338 BC - A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. He is one of only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the others being J. Peverell Marley, Ray Rennahan, Leon Shamroy, Haskell Wexler, and Conrad L. Hall. The Hollywood Walk of Fame is a Sidewalk along Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street in Hollywood Los Angeles California, USA, that J Peverell Marley (b August 14, 1901 in San Jose California, - d Ray Rennahan, ASC (b May 1, 1896 in Las Vegas Nevada – d May 19, 1980 in Tarzana, California) was a Leon Shamroy ( 16 July 1901, New York City &ndash 7 July 1974, Los Angeles) was an American film cinematographer Haskell Wexler, ASC (born February 6, 1922 in Chicago Illinois) is an Academy Award -winning American Cinematographer Conrad L Hall, ASC ( June 21, 1926 &ndash January 4, 2003) was a top-billed Hollywood Cinematographer and three-time His wife Evelyn Venable also has a "Star". Evelyn Venable ( October 18 1913 - November 15 1993) was an American actress
Career
In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast. Exploitation film is a type of film that eschews the expense of quality productions in favor of making films inexpensively attracting viewers by exciting their more prurient interests Sol Lesser (born February 17, 1890 in Spokane Washington – September 19, 1980 in Hollywood California) was an Academy This film purported to show the last night of the depraved Barbary Coast section of San Francisco before it was shut down by the police. Barbary Coast was a pleasure quarter in old San Francisco California. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city (The area wasn't actually closed down until 1917. ) This is now considered a lost film. A lost film is a Feature film or Short film that no longer exists in either studio archives or private collections
Notably, he is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. In 1936, a write-in campaign won him the Best Cinematography Oscar for his work on A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). A Midsummer Night's Dream ( 1935) is a film directed by Max Reinhardt and William Dieterle, produced by Henry Blanke and Hal Wallis The Academy later changed the Oscar rules, making write-in voting impossible.
He won another Academy Award for his work on The Phantom of the Opera (1943). Phantom of the Opera is a 1943 Universal Horror film starring Nelson Eddy, Susanna Foster and Claude Rains, directed Other film cinematographer credits include Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) and Another Part of the Forest (1948). Cheers for Miss Bishop ( 1941) is a film based on the novel Miss Bishop by Bess Streeter Aldrich. Another Part of the Forest is a 1948 American Drama film directed by Michael Gordon.
Personal life
Mohr married actress Evelyn Venable on December 7, 1934, whom she met on the set of the Will Rogers film David Harum. Evelyn Venable ( October 18 1913 - November 15 1993) was an American actress Events 43 BC - Marcus Tullius Cicero assassinated 1696 - Connecticut Route 108, one of the oldest highways Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This page is about the humorist for others with similar names see William Rogers. Strict vegetarians, they had two daughters, Dolores and Rosalia, and remained married until his death in 1974.
External links
- Hal Mohr at the Internet Movie Database
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