George Barnes (cinematographer)
George Barnes ( born October 16, 1892 in California, † May 30, 1953 in Los Angeles ) was an American cinematographer who worked in the silent film era to the 1950s. Barnes, who was during his career for more than one hundred films behind the camera, was eight times nominated for an Oscar. He received the trophy in 1941 for his work on Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca.
Barnes was married seven, including the actress Joan Blondell.
Work
Barnes 's career began during the silent film era. Initially, he worked for Thomas Ince as a camera assistant and cameraman, later moved to different producers until he became Samuel Goldwyn's director of photography mid -1920s. Prior to joining Barnes Goldwyn was 1924 Janice Meredith, an epic about the American Revolutionary War, behind the camera.
Barnes first work for Goldwyn in 1925 The Black Angel, a drama starring Ronald Colman and Vilma Banky, one of the dream couples from Hollywood's silent film era. In the same year Barnes turned the eagle with Rudolph Valentino and Vilma Banky in the lead roles. A year later was Valentino 's last film, The Son of the Sheik, directed by George Fitzmaurice, for the Barnes led the camera. To Valentino, who played here in a double role father and son to have the same appear on the canvas, Barnes sat on double exposures.
Formed in 1927, The Magic Flame and The Devil Dancer, two films that are not received for the Barnes incurred in conjunction with the 1928 ... but the flesh is weak in 1929 was nominated for an Oscar. The Oscar went to Karl Struss and Charles Rosher for their work on Murnau's Sunrise - A Song of Two people. A year later, Barnes received another Oscar nomination for Our Dancing Daughters.
End of the 1920s was Gregg Toland, who had previously worked as a camera assistant with Barnes, second cameraman next to Barnes. Beginning of the 1930s were involved in common Barnes and Toland to eight productions. After Toland Goldwyn preferred cameraman was joined Barnes in 1934 initially to MGM and 20th Century Fox, before working as a cameraman for the Warner Bros.. Here he turned mostly musicals, like Busby Berkeley's Broadway Show and The Gold Diggers of 1935.
1938 Barnes left the Warner Bros. and turned the Western Jesse James, husband of director Henry King without law, with Tyrone Power and Henry Fonda in the lead roles. Filmed in Missouri movie was Barnes 's first color film. For the continuation of 1940, The Return of Frank James, directed by Fritz Lang Barnes was also behind the camera.
In the same year was Hitchcock's Rebecca, a black and white film for the Barnes won an Oscar for Best Cinematography leadership. In 1945, Barnes was a cameraman for Hitchcock's Spellbound and for the pirate movie The monkfish Cartagena with Maureen O'Hara and Paul Henreid in the lead roles. There were still divided into black and white and color film at that time the Oscar for Best Cinematography categories, Barnes was also nominated for both films.
Barnes received another Oscar nomination in 1951 for Samson and Delilah. For his work on this film, he was also nominated for a Golden Globe. This award was given Barnes 1952 for The Greatest Show on Earth, directed by Cecil B. DeMille.