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George S. Barnes ( October 16 , 1892 - May 30 , 1953 ) was an American Cinematographer from the era of Silent Film s to the early 1950s. Barnes got his start with Producer Thomas Ince in 1919 , where he lensed one of the first Anti-Communist Propaganda films, ''Dangerous Hours''. He was best known for his soft-edged, ethereal photography of such silent-film romances as '' Son Of The Shiek '' ( 1926 ), '' The Night Of Love '' ( 1927 ), and '' The Magic Flame '' ( 1928 ). His mastery of the black and white spectrum was as adaptable to noirish melodramas like '' Sherlock Holmes '' ( 1932 ) as it was to splashy musicals like '' Footlight Parade '' ( 1933 ). (One of Barnes' seven wives was ''Footlight Parade'' costar Joan Blondell .) During the early 1930s, George Barnes spent most of his time at the Sam Goldwyn Studio, where he helped nurture the skills of his brilliant assistant, future '' Citizen Kane '' cinematographer Gregg Toland . Over the course of his life, he was nominated for an Academy Award five times, though he only won once in 1940 for his work on the Alfred Hitchcock film '' Rebecca ''. George Barnes' final film was the Technicolor Sci-fi fest '' The War Of The Worlds '' ( 1953 ), one of the most visually vivid movie efforts of the early 1950s. He died at the age of 60 in Los Angeles, California after having worked on at least 142 films. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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