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Harry J. Wild

Harry J. Wild, A.S.C. (July 5, 1901 - February 24, 1961) was a film and television cinematographer. Wild worked at RKO Pictures studios from 1931 through the 1950s. In total Wild was involved in 91 major film projects and two extended television series. In 1931, he began his career and was hired as second cameraman and operator on nine projects, most notably Fred Niblo's Young Donovan'a Kid (1931). In 1936, Wild shot his first feature, Wallace Fox's sports drama The Big Game. Two years later he shared an Academy Award nomination for the Republic Pictures film Army Girl (1938). According to film critic Spencer Selby, Wild was a prolific film noir cinematographer, shooting 13 of them, including: Dmytryk's Murder, My Sweet (1944), Johnny Angel (1945), Nocturne (1946), the Jean Renoir-directed The Woman on the Beach (1947), They Won't Believe Me (1947), and others. He was also, in the early 1950s, Jane Russell's cinematographer; he worked on seven of her movies as an actress, three of which were released by other studios: His Kind of Woman (1951) and Son of Paleface (1952) for Paramount, and, his most widely seen movie, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) for Twentieth Century-Fox.

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Movies Made by Harry J. Wild (77)

The Conqueror (1956)

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Top of the World (1955)

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Underwater! (1955)

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She Couldn't Say No (1954)

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The French Line (1954)

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)

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Affair with a Stranger (1953)

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Son of Paleface (1952)

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Macao (1952)

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The Las Vegas Story (1952)

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Two Tickets to Broadway (1951)

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His Kind of Woman (1951)

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My Forbidden Past (1951)

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Gambling House (1950)

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Walk Softly, Stranger (1950)

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The Threat (1949)

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Strange Bargain (1949)

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Easy Living (1949)

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The Big Steal (1949)

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Station West (1948)

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Pitfall (1948)

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Tycoon (1947)

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They Won't Believe Me (1947)

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The Woman on the Beach (1947)

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The Falcon's Adventure (1946)

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Nocturne (1946)

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Till the End of Time (1946)

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Cornered (1945)

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Johnny Angel (1945)

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First Yank into Tokyo (1945)

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West of the Pecos (1945)

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Radio Stars on Parade (1945)

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Wanderer of the Wasteland (1945)

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Nevada (1944)

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Murder, My Sweet (1944)

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Mademoiselle Fifi (1944)

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The Falcon Out West (1944)

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Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

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Rookies in Burma (1943)

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So This Is Washington (1943)

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Stage Door Canteen (1943)

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Tarzan Triumphs (1943)

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Come on Danger (1942)

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Land of the Open Range (1942)

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Valley of the Sun (1942)

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Dude Cowboy (1941)

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The Bandit Trail (1941)

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Six-Gun Gold (1941)

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Cyclone on Horseback (1941)

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The Saint In Palm Springs (1941)

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The Fargo Kid (1940)

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Wagon Train (1940)

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Stage to Chino (1940)

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Millionaires in Prison (1940)

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Bullet Code (1940)

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Legion of the Lawless (1940)

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The Marshal Of Mesa City (1939)

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The Wrong Room (1939)

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Timber Stampede (1939)

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Racketeers of the Range (1939)

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Baby Daze (1939)

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The Rookie Cop (1939)

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Trouble in Sundown (1939)

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Arizona Legion (1939)

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Lawless Valley (1938)

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Painted Desert (1938)

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Army Girl (1938)

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Many Unhappy Returns (1937)

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Don't Tell the Wife (1937)

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Racing Lady (1937)

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The Big Game (1936)

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The General (1926)

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Same first name: Harry

Same surname: Wild