Reminiscences of William Mellor : oral history, 1959.

Biographical Note

Cinematographer.

Scope and Contents

A PLACE IN THE SUN 1951; BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK 1954; GIANT 1956; DIARY OF ANNE FRANK 1959; filming a movie: roles of assistant cameraman, operator cameraman and cinematographer, relationship between cinematographer and director, various lighting problems and techniques, studio shooting vs location, westerns and filming chase scenes, relationship with chief sound man, effect of photography on the audience; impressions of Preston Sturges and George Stevens.

Subjects

• Cinematographers--Interviews.
• Cinematography.
• Franklin, Joan, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Franklin, Robert, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Interviews.
• Mellor, William C., 1903-1963.
• Motion picture producers and directors.
• Oral histories.

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