Harry Stradling Senior
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- born: 01/Sep/1901 (Newark, New Jersey, USA)
- died: 14/Feb/1970 (Hollywood, California, USA)
Biography
Harry Stradling Sr. was an Academy Award-winning an American cinematographer with over 130 films to his credit. His son Harry Stradling Jr. is also a cinematographer.
Stradling was born in Newark, New Jersey, the nephew of cameraman Walter Stradling who had worked with Mary Pickford. Confined to two-reelers in Hollywood, he left for France and Germany in the early 1930s. He made contributions to several Jacques Feyder films, "La Kermesse héroïque" (Carnival in Flanders) (1935), "Die Klugen Frauen" (1936) and "Knight Without Armour" (1937). In England, he made several films for Alexander Korda among others, including "Action for Slander" (1937), "The Divorce of Lady X" (1938), "The Citadel" (1938) (as Harry Stradling), "Pygmalion" (1938), "The Lion Has Wings" (1939) and "Q Planes" (1939).
He moved back to the United States at the beginning of World War II. Alfred Hitchcock engaged him for "Jamaica Inn" (1939), "Mr and Mrs Smith" (1941) and "Suspicion" (1941). After that time, he was in great demand and worked steadily on such notable films as "White Cargo" (1942), "The Human Comedy" (1943), "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1945), "Song of Love" (1947), "The Pirate" (1948), "Easter Parade" (1948), "Words and Music" (1948), "The Barkleys of Broadway" (1949), "In the Good Old Summertime" (1949), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951), "Johnny Guitar" (1954), "Guys and Dolls" (1955), "A Face in the Crowd" (1957), "Marjorie Morningstar" (1958), "Auntie Mame" (1958), "Gypsy" (1962), "My Fair Lady" (1964), "Funny Girl" (1968), "Hello, Dolly!" (1969), "On a Clear Day You Can See Forever" (1970) and "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970), his last film.
His last four films starred Barbra Streisand. During his career, he photographed Marlene Dietrich, Vivien Leigh, Katharine Hepburn, Audrey Hepburn, Jean Simmons, Hedy Lamarr, Rosalind Russell, Kim Novak and Judy Garland.
He died in Hollywood, California.
Filmography
With Hitchcock...
- Jamaica Inn (1939) - cinematographer
- Mr and Mrs Smith (1941) - director of photography
- Suspicion (1941) - cinematographer