Leo Tover

Director Of Photography

About

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Birth Place

New Haven, Connecticut, USA

Born

December 06, 1902

Died

December 30, 1964

Biography

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Began his career in 1918 at the age of 16 and worked as a clapper boy and camera assistant before graduating to cinematographer in 1926. Tover established himself as one of the finest technicians in Hollywood with his work on productions such as "I'm No Angel" (1933), "Hold Back the Dawn" (1941), "The Snake Pit" (1948), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and "From the Terrace" (1960)...

Filmography

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A Very Special Favor (1965)

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Strange Bedfellows (1965)

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Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)

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Sunday in New York (1964)

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Follow That Dream (1962)

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Dead Reckoning (1947) — (Movie Clip) I’ve Got To Tell Somebody

Thirteen Women (1932) -- (Movie Clip) She Seemed Very Charming

Biography

Began his career in 1918 at the age of 16 and worked as a clapper boy and camera assistant before graduating to cinematographer in 1926. Tover established himself as one of the finest technicians in Hollywood with his work on productions such as "I'm No Angel" (1933), "Hold Back the Dawn" (1941), "The Snake Pit" (1948), "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and "From the Terrace" (1960).

Filmography

Cinematography (Feature Film)

A Very Special Favor (1965)

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Strange Bedfellows (1965)

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Island of the Blue Dolphins (1964)

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Sunday in New York (1964)

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Follow That Dream (1962)

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All Hands on Deck (1961)

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The Marriage-Go-Round (1960)

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From the Terrace (1960)

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Say One for Me (1959)

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Blue Denim (1959)

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Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959)

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In Love and War (1958)

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A Nice Little Bank That Should Be Robbed (1958)

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Fräulein (1958)

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The Sun Also Rises (1957)

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The Way to the Gold (1957)

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The Conqueror (1956)

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The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

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Between Heaven and Hell (1956)

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Love Me Tender (1956)

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The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

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The Tall Men (1955)

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Soldier of Fortune (1955)

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The Egyptian (1954)

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Man in the Attic (1953)

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The President's Lady (1953)

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A Blueprint for Murder (1953)

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My Wife's Best Friend (1952)

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My Pal Gus (1952)

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The Pride of St. Louis (1952)

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We're Not Married! (1952)

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Gambling House (1951)

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Payment on Demand (1951)

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Follow the Sun (1951)

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The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)

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The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

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When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)

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For Heaven's Sake (1950)

Paid in Full (1950)

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The Secret Fury (1950)

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The Heiress (1949)

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Rope of Sand (1949)

Fill-in Director of Photographer

My Friend Irma (1949)

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I Walk Alone (1948)

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The Snake Pit (1948)

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Sealed Verdict (1948)

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The Woman on the Beach (1947)

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Dead Reckoning (1947)

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The Crystal Ball (1943)

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Star Spangled Rhythm (1943)

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Young and Willing (1943)

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Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1942)

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Night in New Orleans (1942)

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The Major and the Minor (1942)

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Hold Back the Dawn (1941)

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I Wanted Wings (1941)

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Bahama Passage (1941)

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Life with Henry (1941)

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The Farmer's Daughter (1940)

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The Quarterback (1940)

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The Biscuit Eater (1940)

A Night at Earl Carroll's (1940)

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Never Say Die (1939)

The Night of Nights (1939)

Invitation to Happiness (1939)

King of Chinatown (1939)

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)

Cocoanut Grove (1938)

The Arkansas Traveler (1938)

I Met Him in Paris (1937)

Night Club Scandal (1937)

Maid of Salem (1937)

Ebb Tide (1937)

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Florida Special (1936)

Valiant Is the Word for Carrie (1936)

The Bride Comes Home (1936)

The Arizona Raiders (1936)

Rose of the Rancho (1936)

Love in Bloom (1935)

The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935)

Murder at the Vanities (1934)

College Rhythm (1934)

Shoot the Works (1934)

You Belong to Me (1934)

Girl Without a Room (1933)

I'm No Angel (1933)

The Great Jasper (1933)

College Humor (1933)

The Monkey's Paw (1933)

The Lost Squadron (1932)

No Man of Her Own (1932)

Girl of the Rio (1932)

State's Attorney (1932)

Is My Face Red? (1932)

Symphony of Six Million (1932)

Thirteen Women (1932)

Echec au roi (1931)

Are These Our Children (1931)

Traveling Husbands (1931)

The Royal Bed (1931)

The Lady Refuses (1931)

Bachelor Apartment (1931)

Transgression (1931)

The Gay Diplomat (1931)

Girl of the Port (1930)

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The Runaway Bride (1930)

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She's My Weakness (1930)

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The Silver Horde (1930)

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The Fall Guy (1930)

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Street Girl (1929)

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The Very Idea (1929)

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Tanned Legs (1929)

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The Vagabond Lover (1929)

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Love's Greatest Mistake (1927)

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The Telephone Girl (1927)

God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1927)

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Fascinating Youth (1926)

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The Great Gatsby (1926)

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Cinematography (Special)

Marilyn Monroe: The Final Days (2001)

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Life Events

1965

Shot last film, "A Very Special Favor"

Videos

Dead Reckoning (1947) — (Movie Clip) I’ve Got To Tell Somebody Opening with Humphrey Bogart in flight in a dark but Southern city, John Cromwell directing him to a church where we learn he’s ex-paratrooper Rip and James Bell is sky-diving priest Logan, but the story, for now, is about Johnny (William Prince), in Dead Reckoning, 1947, also starring Lizabeth Scott.

Thirteen Women (1932) -- (Movie Clip) She Seemed Very Charming We’ve just met Ricardo Cortez as L-A detective Clive, investigating a suicide on a just-arrived train, questioning spooky Ursula (Myrna Loy), who somehow psychically caused it, and who gives a false name, whereupon we join her worried former boarding school classmates Laura, Jo and Grace (Irene Dunne, Jill Esmond, Florence Eldridge) in Thirteen Women, 1932.

Thirteen Women (1932) -- (Movie Clip) One Chain Of Destiny With extensive exposition in the opening scene we learned that boarding-school grad trapeze artist June (the brunette, Mary Duncan) is nervous because a swami predicted the death of her sister (Harriet Hagman), after which we meet him (C. Henry Gordon) and Myrna Loy as Ursula, whose role is not explained as yet, in RKO’s Thirteen Women, 1932.

Thirteen Women (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Those Fool Horoscopes We learn here that somehow super-psychic powered Ursula (Myrna Loy) has been forging letters from her evidently credible lover the Swami, instigating the deaths of boarding school roommates, adding Hazel (Peg Entwistle) to her tally, whereupon we meet Laura (Irene Dunne) who reaches out to Helen (Kay Johnson), in RKO’s Thirteen Women, 1932.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) What's Wrong With The Boy? From the credits, we meet second-billed Brandon De Wilde as teen Arthur, coming home to bad news from his dad (MacDonald Carey), while his mother (Marsha Hunt) and sister (Nina Shipman) fuss over her date, in Blue Denim, 1958, also starring Carol Lynley, based on a play by James Leo Herlihy and William Noble.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) Break The Bottle Over Your Head Frustrated teen Arthur (Brandon De Wilde) has adjourned to his family’s basement with his more-wayward pal Ernie (Warren Berlinger) for decadent pursuits when they’re surprised by tomboy-ish Janet (Carol Lynley, her first scene), in the Twentieth Century-Fox melodrama Blue Denim, 1958.

Blue Denim (1959) -- (Movie Clip) They're Engaged, For Pete's Sake! Arthur (Brandon De Wilde) is practicing his missed shot that would have won the game when swooning Janet (Carol Lynley) proposes a walk home together, just days since their first kiss, interrupted by his sister and boyfriend (Nina Shipman, Buck Class), in Blue Denim, 1958.

Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) Gregory, Not Peck Sheree North (as Katy, in one of her first lead roles) narrating the opening, introducing her snoozing husband (Tom Ewell) and his agent (Les Tremayne), script by Albert Beich and director Frank Tashlin, in The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, 1956.

Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The (1956) -- (Movie Clip) I Didn' t See That Movie Hack TV writer Greg (Tom Ewell), hanging at his bachelor pal's place with his wife away in the service, visited by frisky neighbor Sandy (Rita Moreno), who all but names Ewell's earlier movie (Billy Wilder's The Seven Year Itch), in Frank Tashlin's The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, 1956.

Blueprint For Murder, A (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Don't Touch My Feet! The opening from independent writer, producer and director Andrew L. Stone finds Joseph Cotten racing to the bedside of a niece, meeting Jean Peters as the stepmother, the widow of his late brother then, when the emergency subsides, with his nephew (Freddy Ridgeway), in A Blueprint For Murder, 1953, distributed by 20th Century-Fox.

Blueprint For Murder, A (1953) -- (Movie Clip) It All Adds Up Delicate business as Jean Peters, as young stepmother Lynn Cameron, is grilled by police detectives (Jack Kruschen, Barney Phillips and Charles Tannen) who have reluctantly concluded she poisoned her stepdaughter, and her brother-in-law Cam (Joseph Cotten) dares not let on that he agrees, in Andrew L. Stone’s A Blueprint For Murder, 1953.

Blueprint For Murder, A (1953) -- (Movie Clip) The Same Kind Of Convulsions This is how we learn that the young niece of Joseph Cotten, as visiting businessman “Cam” Cameron, died the evening before after a second unexplained seizure, as we meet his friends, Gary Merrill and Catherine McLeod, as lawyer Fred and freelance reporter Maggie, discussing her father’s earlier death, in A Blueprint For Murder, 1953.

Day The Earth Stood Still, The (1951) -- (Original Trailer) Original theatrical trailer for hit 195 real-world cold-war science fiction thriller The Day The Earth Stood Still, from Twentieth Century-Fox, starring Michael Rennie and Patricia Neal.

Misty - (Original Trailer) A farm boy and his sister capture a mysterious wild horse in Misty (1961), adapted from the children's classic Misty of Chincoteague.

Love Me Tender - (Original Trailer) Elvis Presley in his first movie as one of three brothers turned outlaws in Love Me Tender (1956).

Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The - (Original Trailer) A middle-aged man is left to tend house while his wife is accepted by the Air Force training program and becomes a Lieutenant in The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956).

Sun Also Rises, The - (Original Trailer) A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain in The Sun Also Rises (1957).

Journey to the Center of the Earth - (Original Trailer) A professor (James Mason) and his colleagues follow an explorer's trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano to the earth's center.

Sunday In New York -- (Original Trailer) Cliff Robertson, a philandering pilot, gets real moral, real fast when his sister Jane Fonda contemplates a premarital fling on a Sunday In New York (1964).

All Hands On Deck - (Original Trailer) Pat Boone is a singing lieutenant in the U.S. Navy in the service comedy All Hands on Deck (1961).

For Heaven's Sake - (Original Trailer) An angel's earthly mission takes a wrong turn when he falls in love with mortal life in For Heaven's Sake (1950).

I Walk Alone - (Original Trailer) Ex-convict Burt Lancaster discovers the world of crime has changed drastically since he went up the river in I Walk Alone (1948).

Major And The Minor, The - (Original Trailer) The Major And The Minor (1942), a farce about finding cut-price transportation, is director Billy Wilder's first Hollywood movie.

Follow That Dream - (Original Trailer) Elvis Presley is one of a family of "squatters" that gamblers are trying to force off their land in Follow That Dream (1962).

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