Edward Cronjager

Edward Cronjager

Edward Cronjager (March 21, 1904 – June 15, 1960) was an American cinematographer, whose career spanned from the silent era through the 1950s. He came from a family of cinematographers, with his father, uncle, and brother all working in the film industry behind the camera. His work covered over 100 films, and included projects on the small screen towards the end of his career. He filmed in both black and white and color mediums, and his work received nominations for seven Academy Awards over the span of three decades, although he never won the statue. He was the preferred director of photography of early film star Richard Dix, and served on several Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) committees, as well as being selected by the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) to test new types of film stock. Cronjager pioneered several new techniques and types of cinematography, developing new camera angles in the 1920s, working on one of the earliest film noirs in the 1940s, and using CinemaScope in underwater photography in the 1950s.

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Movies Made by Edward Cronjager (94)

Devil's Partner (1961)

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The Girl in Lovers Lane (1960)

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The Threat (1960)

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The Siege at Red River (1954)

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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953)

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Powder River (1953)

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Lure of the Wilderness (1952)

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Best of the Badmen (1951)

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The Capture (1950)

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House by the River (1950)

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An Innocent Affair (1948)

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Relentless (1948)

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On Our Merry Way (1948)

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Desert Fury (1947)

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Honeymoon (1947)

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Canyon Passage (1946)

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Do You Love Me (1946)

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Colonel Effingham's Raid (1946)

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Nob Hill (1945)

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Home in Indiana (1944)

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The Gang's All Here (1943)

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Heaven Can Wait (1943)

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Margin for Error (1943)

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Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942)

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To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)

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The Pied Piper (1942)

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Rise and Shine (1941)

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I Wake Up Screaming (1941)

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Sun Valley Serenade (1941)

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Western Union (1941)

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Young People (1940)

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Girl in 313 (1940)

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I Was an Adventuress (1940)

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Everything Happens at Night (1939)

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Too Busy to Work (1939)

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The Escape (1939)

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The Gorilla (1939)

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Keep Smiling (1938)

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Gateway (1938)

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Wife, Doctor and Nurse (1937)

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Thin Ice (1937)

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Wake Up and Live (1937)

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One in a Million (1937)

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Three Married Men (1936)

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The Texas Rangers (1936)

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Yellow Dust (1936)

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In Person (1935)

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Jalna (1935)

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The Nitwits (1935)

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Roberta (1935)

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Enchanted April (1935)

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Lightning Strikes Twice (1934)

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Kentucky Kernels (1934)

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Down to Their Last Yacht (1934)

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Strictly Dynamite (1934)

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Spitfire (1934)

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If I Were Free (1933)

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Ann Vickers (1933)

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Professional Sweetheart (1933)

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Sweepings (1933)

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The Monkey's Paw (1933)

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The Conquerors (1932)

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Hell's Highway (1932)

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Bird of Paradise (1932)

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Roar of the Dragon (1932)

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The Lost Squadron (1932)

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Night Beat (1931)

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Secret Service (1931)

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Scratch-As-Catch-Can (1931)

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The Public Defender (1931)

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Cimarron (1931)

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Shooting Straight (1930)

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He Knew Women (1930)

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Lovin' the Ladies (1930)

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Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929)

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The Virginian (1929)

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Redskin (1929)

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Fashions in Love (1929)

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The Wheel of Life (1929)

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The Love Doctor (1929)

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What a Night! (1928)

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Just Married (1928)

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Knockout Reilly (1927)

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The Quarterback (1926)

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Say It Again (1926)

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Same first name: Edward

Same surname: Cronjager