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Karl Struss

Karl Struss

Known For Camera
Birthday Nov 30, 1886
Died Dec 16, 1981 (95)
Birthplace New York City, New York, USA
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Nov 15, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F. W. Murnau's Sunrise ... : A Song of Two Humans and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator and Limelight, he was also one of the cinematographers for the television series Broken Arrow and photographed 19 episodes of My Friend Flicka. In 1919, after his discharge from WWI, he moved to Los Angeles and signed on with Cecil B. DeMille as a cameraman, initially for the film For Better, For Worse starring Gloria Swanson, followed by another Swanson film Male and Female and leading to a two-year contract with the studio In early 1921, he married Ethel Wall, who helped to support him in his photographic work independent of the film studios, which included pictorial views set in California In the 1920s, Struss worked on such films as Ben-Hur and F. W. Murnau's Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. In 1927, he contracted with United Artists, where he worked with D. W. Griffith on such films as Drums of Love and also filmed Mary Pickford's first talking film Coquette. He continued his experimental work with camera technology, developing the "Lupe Light" and a new bracket system for the Bell & Howell camera. From 1931 through 1945, Struss worked as a cameraman for Paramount, where he worked on a variety of material including films featuring Mae West, Bing Crosby, and Dorothy Lamour Struss also aimed to shape the field through publishing; for example, in 1934 he authored "Photographic Modernism and the Cinematographer" for American Cinematographer. Struss was later admitted to the American Society of Cinematographers, and was a founding member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts. In 1949, while working as a freelancer, he began his work in "stereo cinematography", becoming one of the first proponents of that art form. Unfortunately, he did most of his 3D film work in Italy and none of his films were subsequently released in 3D in the United States. Struss's photographic archive of exhibition prints, film stills, negatives and papers (3 linear feet of materials) is available at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art located in Fort Worth, Texas.

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Counterplot

Counterplot

1959

Director of Photography

The Alligator People

The Alligator People

1959

Director of Photography

The Fly

The Fly

1958

Director of Photography

Machete

Machete

1958

Director of Photography

The Deerslayer

The Deerslayer

1957

Director of Photography

Kronos

Kronos

1957

Director of Photography

She Devil

She Devil

1957

Director of Photography

Mohawk

Mohawk

1956

Director of Photography

Mesa of Lost Women

Mesa of Lost Women

1953

Cinematography

Rose of Cimarron

Rose of Cimarron

1952

Director of Photography

Lady Possessed

Lady Possessed

1952

Director of Photography

Limelight

Limelight

1952

Director of Photography

Tarzan's Peril

Tarzan's Peril

1951

Director of Photography

The Return of Jesse James

The Return of Jesse James

1950

Director of Photography

It's a Small World

It's a Small World

1950

Director of Photography

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

1950

Director of Photography

Rocketship X-M

Rocketship X-M

1950

Director of Photography

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

Tarzan's Magic Fountain

1949

Director of Photography

Siren of Atlantis

Siren of Atlantis

1949

Director of Photography

Call of the Forest

Call of the Forest

1949

Director of Photography

Hello Out There

Hello Out There

1949

Director of Photography

The Dude Goes West

The Dude Goes West

1948

Director of Photography

The Macomber Affair

The Macomber Affair

1947

Director of Photography

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

Tarzan and the Leopard Woman

1946

Director of Photography

Suspense

Suspense

1946

Director of Photography

Bring on the Girls

Bring on the Girls

1945

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Rainbow Island

Rainbow Island

1944

Director of Photography

And the Angels Sing

And the Angels Sing

1944

Director of Photography

Riding High

Riding High

1943

Director of Photography

Journey into Fear

Journey into Fear

1943

Director of Photography

Caught in the Draft

Caught in the Draft

1941

Director of Photography

Aloma of the South Seas

Aloma of the South Seas

1941

Director of Photography

The Great Dictator

The Great Dictator

1940

Director of Photography

Zenobia

Zenobia

1939

Director of Photography

Paris Honeymoon

Paris Honeymoon

1939

Director of Photography

The Star Maker

The Star Maker

1939

Director of Photography

Island of Lost Men

Island of Lost Men

1939

Director of Photography

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory

1938

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Sing, You Sinners

Sing, You Sinners

1938

Cinematography

Mountain Music

Mountain Music

1937

Director of Photography

Every Day's a Holiday

Every Day's a Holiday

1937

Director of Photography

Hollywood Boulevard

Hollywood Boulevard

1936

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Go West Young Man

Go West Young Man

1936

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The Preview Murder Mystery

The Preview Murder Mystery

1936

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Let's Make a Million

Let's Make a Million

1936

Director of Photography

Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1936

Director of Photography

Two for Tonight

Two for Tonight

1935

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Goin' to Town

Goin' to Town

1935

Director of Photography

Here Is My Heart

Here Is My Heart

1934

Director of Photography

Four Frightened People

Four Frightened People

1934

Director of Photography

Belle of the Nineties

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Cinematography

Torch Singer

Torch Singer

1933

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The Woman Accused

The Woman Accused

1933

Director of Photography

Disgraced!

Disgraced!

1933

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Tonight Is Ours

Tonight Is Ours

1933

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The Story of Temple Drake

The Story of Temple Drake

1933

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The Sign of the Cross

The Sign of the Cross

1932

Director of Photography

Island of Lost Souls

Island of Lost Souls

1932

Director of Photography

Forgotten Commandments

Forgotten Commandments

1932

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The Man from Yesterday

The Man from Yesterday

1932

Director of Photography

Dancers in the Dark

Dancers in the Dark

1932

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The World and the Flesh

The World and the Flesh

1932

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Two Kinds of Women

Two Kinds of Women

1932

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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1931

Director of Photography

Skippy

Skippy

1931

Director of Photography

Danger Lights

Danger Lights

1931

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The Road to Reno

The Road to Reno

1931

Director of Photography

Up Pops the Devil

Up Pops the Devil

1931

Director of Photography

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

1930

Director of Photography

Be Yourself!

Be Yourself!

1930

Director of Photography

Lummox

Lummox

1930

Director of Photography

One Romantic Night

One Romantic Night

1930

Director of Photography

The Bad One

The Bad One

1930

Director of Photography

Coquette

Coquette

1929

Director of Photography

The Taming of the Shrew

The Taming of the Shrew

1929

Director of Photography

The Battle of the Sexes

The Battle of the Sexes

1928

Director of Photography

Night Watch

Night Watch

1928

Director of Photography

Babe Comes Home

Babe Comes Home

1927

Director of Photography

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927

Director of Photography

Forever After

Forever After

1926

Director of Photography

Hell's Four Hundred

Hell's Four Hundred

1926

Director of Photography

Sparrows

Sparrows

1926

Director of Photography

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ

1925

Director of Photography

Poor Men's Wives

Poor Men's Wives

1923

Director of Photography

Minnie

Minnie

1922

Director of Photography

Fool's Paradise

Fool's Paradise

1921

Director of Photography

Something to Think About

Something to Think About

1920

Director of Photography

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