Movies: James Wong Howe

  • 1924
    The Breaking Point

    The Breaking Point (1924)

    The Breaking Point

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    Assuming that he has killed the husband of the woman he also loves, Judson Clark flees through a blizzard to a lonely cabin, where he nearly dies. When he recovers, he has lost his memory and is believed to be dead until an actress recognizes "the yo...

    The Breaking Point
  • 1933
    Beauty for Sale

    Beauty for Sale (1933)

    Beauty for Sale

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    A beautiful woman lands a job at an exclusive salon that deals with the wives of wealthy businessmen. Her contact with these men leads to a series of affairs....

    Beauty for Sale
  • 1928
    The Perfect Crime

    The Perfect Crime (1928)

    The Perfect Crime

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    A police inspector "solves" a crime that, in fact, may not have occurred at all....

    The Perfect Crime
  • 1925
    Not So Long Ago

    Not So Long Ago (1925)

    Not So Long Ago

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    Against the backdrop of New York City of the early 1850s, a young woman -- naively seeking to win the love she reads about in the romance novels she devours -- finds one prospect in an earnest denizen of the Bowery, and another in an elegant young ar...

    Not So Long Ago
  • 1963
    The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

    The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada (1963)

    The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada

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    In this unsold television pilot for a proposed travelogue series, Richard Erdman visits with the children and townsfolk of the Sacromonte district of Granada, Spain. Directed and photographed by noted master cinematographer and multi-Academy Award wi...

    The Small World: The Gypsy Children of Granada
  • 1953
    The World of Dong Kingman

    The World of Dong Kingman (1953)

    The World of Dong Kingman

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    James Wong Howe follows artist Dong Kingman over the course of a day, in which the maestro starts and finishes a watercolor of a street in New York City....

    The World of Dong Kingman
  • 1923
    To the Last Man

    To the Last Man (1923)

    To the Last Man

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    Feuding ranchers and sheepherders....

    To the Last Man
  • 1973
    James Wong Howe: Cinematographer

    James Wong Howe: Cinematographer (1973)

    James Wong Howe: Cinematographer

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    1973 documentary about the Oscar-winning director of photography, featuring lighting tutorials with Howe....

    James Wong Howe: Cinematographer
  • 1919
    Told in the Hills

    Told in the Hills (1919)

    Told in the Hills

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    Jack becomes an outlaw after being wrongly accused of killing a young Kootenai chieftain. He's known as "Genesee Jack" and prefers to live among Native Americans, but he eventually falls in love with a white woman named Rachel. The film explores them...

    Told in the Hills
  • 1930
    The Inevitable Urge

    The Inevitable Urge (1930)

    The Inevitable Urge

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    After his wife deserts him, a doctor is obliged to abandon his practice in order to care for his infant son and ends up working as a janitor. This was the first Japanese language talking picture produced by an American production company....

    The Inevitable Urge
  • 2024
    Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe

    Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe (2024)

    Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe

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    The story of an unsung hero in filmmaking and the racial barriers he faced growing up and into his career, through archival footage of himself and his films, and what made his camerawork so innovative and unique....

    Against All Odds: The Life of Cinematographer James Wong Howe