William V. Skall - Turner Classic Movies

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The Silver Chalice (1955)

Cripple Creek (1952)

Director of Photography

The Golden Hawk (1952)

Director of Photography

The Half-Breed (1952)

Director of Photography

Brave Warrior (1952)

Director of Photography

Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)

Director of Photography

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Two Guys From Texas (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Ever Watch That Guy Operate?

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, It's The Darkness

Biography

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Silver Chalice (1955)

Cripple Creek (1952)

Director of Photography

The Golden Hawk (1952)

Director of Photography

The Half-Breed (1952)

Director of Photography

Brave Warrior (1952)

Director of Photography

Everything I Have Is Yours (1952)

Director of Photography

Quo Vadis (1951)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Two Guys from Texas (1948)

Director of Photography

Life with Father (1947)

Director of Photography

Song of Scheherazade (1947)

Director of Photography

The Time, the Place and the Girl (1946)

Director of Photography

Night and Day (1946)

Director of Photography

The Forest Rangers (1942)

Director of Photography

Arabian Nights (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Director of Photography

Virginia (1941)

Director of Photography

Billy the Kid (1941)

Director of Photography

The Return of Frank James (1940)

Photographer Associate

Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)

Director of Photography

Victoria the Great (1937)

God's Country and the Woman (1937)

Technicolor Photographer advisor

Dancing Pirate (1936)

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Northwest Passage (1940)

The Mikado (1939)

Post Production (Feature Film)

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

Technicolor Photographer adv

Technicolor Photographer

Cinematography (Short)

The Song of a Nation (1947)

Cinematographer

Frontier Days (1945)

Cinematographer

Penny Wisdom (1937)

Cinematographer

Carnival Day (1936)

Cinematographer

Gypsy Night (1935)

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King of the Islands (1935)

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Okay, José (1935)

Cinematographer

Film Production - Main (Short)

Two Hearts in Wax Time (1935)

Life Events

Videos

Two Guys From Texas (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Ever Watch That Guy Operate? Dennis Morgan as visiting Steve has just finished serenading dude ranch owner Joan (Dorothy Malone) and they retire to join roommates (Jack Carson as animal-phobic Danny, Penny Edwards as Maggie), for a clever bit directed by David Butler from the script by I.A.L Diamond and Allan Boretz for Warner Bros., in Two Guys From Texas, 1948.

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Open, It's The Darkness The opening with the sole un-disguised edit in the picture, Alfred Hitchcock with his first Technicolor feature, the movie-with-no-cuts gimmick, stars John Dall and Farley Granger as New Yorkers Brandon and Philip finishing off their victim (Dick Hogan), in Rope, 1948, co-starring James Stewart.

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) Do You Deserve Justice? From another of director Alfred Hitchcock’s disguised edits, Constance Collier with pianist David (Farley Granger) who with roommate Brandon (John Dall) has hidden murder victim David in the trunk, James Stewart as their old prep school teacher finally arriving, meeting Cedric Hardwicke, Joan Chandler, Douglas Dick and Edith Evanson as the maid, in Rope, 1948.

Rope (1948) -- (Movie Clip) I Don't Think You Appreciate Me Having murdered a friend for fun, New Yorker Brandon (John Dall) springs an idea on less confident David (Farley Granger), regarding the trunk that holds the body, with director Alfred Hitchcock’s first disguised edit in his movie made to look like a single take, the loosely Loeb & Leopold-based, Edith Evanson their maid, in Rope, 1948.

Silver Chalice, The (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Fear Not My Eaglet Ambitious magician Simon (Jack Palance) entertaining Roman soldiers in Antioch, with sexy assistant Helena (Virginia Mayo), wild ancient sorcery in The Silver Chalice, 1955.

Golden Hawk (1952) -- (Movie Clip) The Smell Of Gold Dismissing his latest conquest (Donna Martell), “Kit” Gerardo (Sterling Hayden, title character) joins Diaz (Michael Ansara) with buccaneers downstairs on news that an enemy has arrived at their Caribbean hideout, tangling with Smithers (Paul Cavanaugh), in The Golden Hawk, 1952.

Golden Hawk (1952) -- (Movie Clip) Throw The Wench Back In Amid battle between ships helmed by Spaniard Del Toro (John Sutton) and pirate Gerardo (Sterling Hayden, title character), previously unmentioned prisoners appear, Columbia getting full Technicolor value from a dunked Rhonda Fleming, as Dutch “Jane,” in The Golden Hawk, 1952.

Life With Father (1947) -- (Movie Clip) A Man's Soul When Rev. Lloyd (Edmund Gwenn) seems to aim his sermon at prominent New Yorker Clarence Day (William Powell), he rightly suspects wife Vinnie (Irene Dunne) has intervened, Elizabeth Taylor (as "Mary") in the trailing party, in Life With Father, 1947.

Billy The Kid (1941) -- (Movie Clip) He Don't Look So Tough Robert Taylor (title character) has just busted Pedro (Frank Puglia) and others out of jail, now in the saloon earning the attention of crooked cattle man Hickey (Gene Lockhart), who offers a job, early in MGM's Taylor-toughening Billy The Kid, 1941.

Billy The Kid (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Back In Silver City Robert Taylor (title character) on his first evening on the job, stampeding the competition's cattle, runs into an old friend, Brian Donlevy as "Jim Sherwood," on the other side, manly material early in MGM's Billy The Kid, 1941.

Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I Happened To Walk Down First Street The tune is by Arthur Schwartz and Leo Robin, Dennis Morgan and Jack Carson are New York night club producers, Angela Greene and Janis Paige their partners, trying to keep their show from being shut down by snooty neighbors, in Warner Bros.' The Time, The Place And The Girl, 1946.

Time, The Place And The Girl, The (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Company Under The Table Martha Vickers is the young opera singer being charmed by scheming producer Dennis Morgan, Cuddles Sakall (using his own nickname) is her impresario granddad being all-but assaulted by Janis Paige, the girlfriend of producing partner Jack Carson, in The Time, The Place And The Girl, 1946.

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