Bert Glennon
Bert Lawrence Glennon (November 19, 1893 – June 29, 1967) was an American cinematographer and film director. He directed Syncopation (1929) the first film released by RKO Radio Pictures.
Glennon was born in Anaconda, Montana, and attended Stanford University, California, where he graduated in 1912. Before gaining fame in Hollywood, Glennon served as a pursuit pilot instructor during World War I.
He began his work in film in 1912 as a stage manager for theater entrepreneur Oliver Morosco and then c. 1913 worked for Keystone and Famous Players, then was laboratory superintendent for Clune Film Corporation, for four years. In 1915 he did his first film as cinematographer, The Stingaree (serial) and in 1928 he directed his first film, The Perfect Crime.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards in Best Cinematography for the films Stagecoach (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939), and Dive Bomber (1941).[1]
Glennon worked as a cinematographer on over a hundred films for directors including John Ford, André De Toth, Josef Von Sternberg, Raoul Walsh, and Cecil B. DeMille.
His son, James Glennon, was also an Academy Award Nominated cinematographer.[2]
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Partial filmography
As cinematographer
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- Ramona (1916)
- Ebb Tide (1922)
- Java Head (1923)
- The Ten Commandments (1923)
- Triumph (1924)
- Changing Husbands (1924)
- Open All Night (1924)
- Are Parents People? (1925)
- Wild Horse Mesa (1925)
- Flower of Night (1925)
- A Woman of the World (1925)
- Good and Naughty (1926)
- Underworld (1927)
- The Woman on Trial (1927)
- The City Gone Wild (1927)
- The Last Command (1928)
- Street of Sin (1928)
- The Patriot (1928)
- Blonde Venus (1932)
- Christopher Strong (1933)
- Gabriel Over the White House (1933)
- Morning Glory (1933)
- Alice in Wonderland (1933)
- The Scarlet Empress (1934)
- Grand Canary (1934)
- The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
- Dimples (1936)
- Lloyd's of London (1936)
- The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) (uncredited)
- The Hurricane (1937)
- Stagecoach (1939)
- Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- Swanee River (1939)
- Our Town (1940)
- The Howards of Virginia (1940)
- One Night in Lisbon (1941)
- Dive Bomber (1941)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
- Mission to Moscow (1943)
- This Is the Army (1943)
- Destination Tokyo (1943)
- The Desert Song (1943)
- The Very Thought of You (1944)
- Hollywood Canteen (1944)
- San Antonio (1945)
- Shadow of a Woman (1946)
- The Red House (1947)
- Copacabana (1947)
- Ruthless (1948)
- Red Light (1949)
- Wagon Master (1950)
- Rio Grande (1950)
- Operation Pacific (1951)
- The Big Trees (1952)
- About Face (1952)
- House of Wax (1953)
- The Moonlighter (1953)
- Thunder Over the Plains (1953)
- Crime Wave (1954)
- Riding Shotgun (1954)
- The Mad Magician (1954)
- Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
- Lad: A Dog (1962)
As director
- Gang War (1928)
- The Air Legion (1929)
- Syncopation (1929)
- Girl of the Port (1930)
As screenwriter
- Second Wife (1930)
As actor
- The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914) (as Herbert Glennon)
References
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Further reading
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External links
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