Harry Stradling

Director Of Photography

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Also Known As

Harry Stradling Sr.

Birth Place

Newark, New Jersey, USA

Born

September 01, 1901

Died

February 14, 1970

Cause of Death

Heart Attack

Biography

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Entered film in the early 1920s as a Hollywood cameraman and emerged as a prominent cinematographer following his work in France on director Jacques Feyder's "Carnival in Flanders" (1935). Stradling gained renown for his work on a number of British productions, including "Knight Without Armour" (1937) and "Pygmalion" (1938), before returning to Hollywood in 1940. He contributed to such o...

Filmography

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The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

Director of Photography

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Director of Photography

Hello, Dolly! (1969)

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Funny Girl (1968)

Director of Photography

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Director Photographer (see note)

Walk, Don't Run (1966)

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Gypsy (1962) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Never Get Away From Me

Gypsy (1962) -- (Movie Clip) If Momma Was Married

Biography

Entered film in the early 1920s as a Hollywood cameraman and emerged as a prominent cinematographer following his work in France on director Jacques Feyder's "Carnival in Flanders" (1935). Stradling gained renown for his work on a number of British productions, including "Knight Without Armour" (1937) and "Pygmalion" (1938), before returning to Hollywood in 1940. He contributed to such outstanding black-and-white productions as "The Picture of Dorian Gray" (1944), "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1951) and "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966) and was responsible for the lush color of films including "Guys and Dolls" (1955) and "My Fair Lady" (1964). Stradling shot Barbra Streisand's first four movies and died while filming "The Owl and the Pussycat" (1970).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

The Owl and the Pussycat (1970)

Director of Photography

On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1970)

Director of Photography

Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Director of Photography

Funny Girl (1968)

Director of Photography

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Director Photographer (see note)

Walk, Don't Run (1966)

Director of Photography

Moment to Moment (1966)

Director of Photography

Penelope (1966)

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

How To Murder Your Wife (1965)

Director of Photography

My Fair Lady (1964)

Director of Photography

Five Finger Exercise (1962)

Director of Photography

On the Double (1961)

Director of Photography

Who Was That Lady? (1960)

Director of Photography

The Miracle (1959)

Marjorie Morningstar (1958)

Director of Photography

A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Director of Photography

Helen of Troy (1956)

Director of Photography

The Eddy Duchin Story (1956)

Director of Photography

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Director of Photography

A Star Is Born (1954)

Director of Photography

Johnny Guitar (1954)

Director of Photography

Forever Female (1954)

Director of Photography

Angel Face (1953)

Director of Photography

Androcles and the Lion (1953)

Director of Photography

A Lion Is in the Streets (1953)

Director of Photography

A Streetcar Named Desire (1952)

Director of Photography

Hans Christian Andersen (1952)

Director of Photography

My Son John (1952)

Director of Photography

A Millionaire for Christy (1951)

Director of Photography

Valentino (1951)

Director of Photography

I Want You (1951)

Director of Photography

The Yellow Cab Man (1950)

Director of Photography

Edge of Doom (1950)

Director of Photography

On the Town (1949)

The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)

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In the Good Old Summertime (1949)

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Director of Photography

The Pirate (1948)

Director of Photography

Words and Music (1948)

Director of Photography

Easter Parade (1948)

Director of Photography

Till the Clouds Roll By (1947)

Director of Photography

The Sea of Grass (1947)

Director of Photography

Song of Love (1947)

Director of Photography

Holiday in Mexico (1946)

Director of Photography

Easy to Wed (1946)

Director of Photography

Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945)

Director of Photography

Thrill of a Romance (1945)

Director of Photography

The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)

Director of Photography

Song of Russia (1944)

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Bathing Beauty (1944)

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Swing Shift Maisie (1943)

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The Human Comedy (1943)

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Her Cardboard Lover (1942)

Director of Photography

Fingers at the Window (1942)

Director of Photography

White Cargo (1942)

Director of Photography

Mr. & Mrs. North (1942)

Director of Photography

Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)

Director of Photography

Nazi Agent (1942)

Director of Photography

The Corsican Brothers (1941)

Director of Photography

The Men in Her Life (1941)

Director of Photography

Suspicion (1941)

Director of Photography

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941)

Director of Photography

They Knew What They Wanted (1940)

Director of Photography

My Son, My Son! (1940)

Over the Moon (1940)

The Lion Has Wings (1940)

Jamaica Inn (1939)

Pygmalion (1939)

Clouds over Europe (1939)

Intermezzo, a Love Story (1939)

The Citadel (1938)

Action for Slander (1938)

The Divorce of Lady X (1938)

South Riding (1938)

Knight Without Armor (1937)

Dark Journey (1937)

Un soir de réveillon (1935)

Photographie de [Photographed by]

Carnival in Flanders (1935)

Cinematographer

Melodía de arrabal (1933)

Fotografía de [Photographer]

Mistigri (1933)

Espérame (1933)

Il est charmant (1932)

Il richiamo del cuore (1931)

Un hombre de suerte (1930)

Director of Photography

Lucky In Love (1929)

Director of Photography

Mother's Boy (1929)

Director of Photography

The Nest (1927)

Director of Photography

Burnt Fingers (1927)

Director of Photography

The Substitute Wife (1925)

Director of Photography

Wandering Fires (1925)

Director of Photography

The Secrets of Paris (1922)

Director of Photography

How Women Love (1922)

Director of Photography

His Wife's Husband (1922)

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Fair Lady (1922)

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Jim the Penman (1921)

Director of Photography

The Great Adventure (1921)

Director of Photography

The Stolen Kiss (1920)

Assistant Camera

The Devil's Garden (1920)

Cinematography (Short)

A Night in a Dormatory (1929)

Cinematographer

Life Events

1920

Shot first film, "The Devil's Garden"

1929

Shot first sound film, "Lucky in Love"

1934

Worked in France on "Quelle Drole de Gosse", "La Dame aux Camelias" and "La Kermesse heroique/Carnival in Flanders"

1940

Returned to Hollywood

1970

Died while shooting "The Owl and the Pussycat" (completed by Andrew Laszlo)

Photo Collections

Hello, Dolly! - Behind-the-Scenes Photo

Here is a photo taken behind-the-scenes during production of Hello, Dolly! (1969), starring Barbra Streisand.

Videos

Gypsy (1962) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Never Get Away From Me Chasing Vaudeville bookings cross-country in the 1930's, crazy stage-mother Rose (Rosalind Russell) at a New York Chinese joint with Herbie (Karl Malden), her persistent suitor and manager of her two daughters, finds another Jule Styne-Stephen Sondheim original from the Broadway smash, in Gypsy, 1962.

Gypsy (1962) -- (Movie Clip) If Momma Was Married Manager and virtual-spouse Herbie (Karl Malden) of their tiger stage-mother Rose (Rosalind Russell) reassures sisters (Natalie Wood as less-gifted Louise, Ann Jillian as star

Guys And Dolls (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Have We Got A Bet? Sinatra and Brando (as Damon Runyon's rival hustlers Nathan Detroit and Sky Masterson) did not click, and Marlon is said to have caused Frank to eat tons of cheesecake in this, their first scene together, in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's Guys And Dolls, 1955.

Guys And Dolls (1955) -- (Movie Clip) Adelaide Frank Sinatra (as Nathan Detroit) with his one ballad, Frank Loesser's "Adelaide," sung to his fianceè (Vivian Blaine), which he chose to sing not-fully in character, in the Samuel Goldwyn production of Guys And Dolls, 1955, directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz.

Fingers At The Window -- (Movie Clip) You Must Not Forgive Chicago is all-but shut down due to a wave of unsolved axe murders so actor Oliver (Lew Ayres), still in costume, saunters home after his play closed, and a bird-shop owner (Charles Waggenheim) is visited by not-quite seen Basil Rathbone, and Laraine Day happens by, early in MGM’s Fingers At The Window, 1942.

Gypsy (1962) -- (Movie Clip) Let Me Entertain You Early days, Karl Malden as Herbie (stage name Uncle Jocko) intervenes somewhat to do the right thing for young June (Suzanne Cupito) and Louise (Diane Pace), a Styne/Sondheim tune getting murdered, and Mama Rose (Rosalind Russell) storms in, 1920’s vaudeville, in Gypsy, 1962.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I've Been A Good Girl! Rescued teens Molly (Sandra Dee) and John (Troy Donahue) return from their night stranded on a coastal island, her mother Helen (Constance Ford) assuming they have sinned, in Delmer Daves' A Summer Place, 1959.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Waiting To Be Kissed A version of the giant hit theme song by Max Steiner accompanies Johnny (Troy Donahue), son of the troubled couple that owns the resort, escorting Sandra Dee (as Molly), daughter of the VIP guests, with provocative talk and shots from writer-producer-director Delmer Daves in A Summer Place, 1959, from the novel by Sloan Wilson.

Summer Place, A (1959) -- (Movie Clip) We've Spoiled Two Lives Critical revelations as well-to-do Ken (Richard Egan), visiting the island inn owned by Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire) and her useless boozy husband Bart, steps in to fix the roof and revisit their implied but so-far not confirmed old romance, a big moment in Delmer Davis’ hit melodrama A Summer Place, 1959, also starring Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Some Kind Of Social Position Wrapping up the 1920’s prologue and introducing the star, Diana Brewster as widowed Philadelphian and new mom Kate, whose high-society husband died, possibly by suicide, on their wedding night, with the rough-hewn immigrant Mike (Brian Keith), who is the real father of her son Anthony, who grows up to be Paul Newman, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) If You Brought A Shotgun... Respectable but poor Tony (Paul Newman), a semester short of finishing Princeton, and Joan (Barbara Rush), his affluent lovestruck girlfriend, have decided to elope but get intercepted by his long-widowed mother (Diane Brewster), and her high-powered lawyer father (John Williams), in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Young Philadelphians, The (1959) -- (Movie Clip) I Always Used A Diagram Law student Tony, now cynical due to earlier setbacks, is spending the summer helping rich retiring lawyer Wharton (Otto Kruger) write a book, drawing all the attention of his young wife Carol (Alexis Smith), the three of them then receiving guests Carter and Joan (Fred Eisley, Barbara Rush), who was once, secretly, Tony’s fianceè, in The Young Philadelphians, 1959.

Easter Parade (1948) -- (Re-issue Trailer) When his partner leaves him, a vaudeville star trains an untried performer to take her place in Easter Parade (1948) starring Judy Garland & Fred Astaire.

White Cargo - (Original Trailer) Hedy Lamarr plays Tondelayo, driving the manager of an African plantation (Richard Carlson) out of his mind with lust in White Cargo (1942).

Guys And Dolls - (Original Trailer) Ed Sullivan hosts the trailer for the movie version of the Broadway musical Guys And Dolls (1955) starring Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra.

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - (Original Trailer) Elizabeth Taylor won a Best Actress Oscar portraying an academic's harridan wife in Who's Afraid Of Virginia Woolf? (1966).

Face in the Crowd, A - (Original Trailer) Television turns a folk-singing drifter (Andy Griffith) into a media celebrity in Elia Kazan's A Face in the Crowd (1957).

Fingers At The Window - (Original Trailer) A magician uses hypnosis to create an army of murderers in Fingers at the Window (1942) starring Basil Rathbone.

Words And Music - (Original Trailer) Judy Garland, Lena Horne and Perry Como perform the songs of Rodgers and Hart in Words And Music (1948).

On the Town - (Original Trailer) Three sailors wreck havoc during a whirlwind 24-hour shore leave in New York City in On the Town (1949) starring Gene Kelly & Frank Sinatra.

Pirate, The - (Original Trailer) An actor (Gene Kelly) poses as a notorious buccaneer to court a romantic Caribbean girl (Judy Garland) in The Pirate (1948).

Suspicion - (Re-issue Trailer) A wealthy wallflower (Joan Fontaine) suspects her penniless playboy husband (Cary Grant) of murder in Suspicion (1942), directed by Alfred Hitchcock.

Angel Face - (Original Trailer) Jean Simmons goes to the dark side playing an unscrupulous woman who murders her loved ones for profit in Otto Preminger's Angel Face (1952).

Her Cardboard Lover - (Original Trailer) In Norma Shearer's final movie, she plays a flirt who tries to make her fiance jealous by hiring a gigolo in George Cukor's Her Cardboard Lover (1942).

Family

Walter Stradling

Uncle

Cameraman. Worked on many early Mary Pickford films.

Harry Stradling Jr

Son

Director of photography. Survived him.

Bibliography

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