Known For
Camera
Born
Dec 15, 1883
Died
Nov 12, 1973
Place of Birth
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Credits
88 titles
David Abel
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. His credits include Grumpy (1930), The Virtuous Sin (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), and The Affairs of Susan (1945). At RKO Pictures during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, and Shall We Dance). Other credits include The Awful Truth, Huckleberry Finn, Hips, Hips, Hooray!, Grumpy, The Virtuous Sin, and History Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films. He retired in 1937, but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic Holiday Inn (1942). After two more films, Follow the Boys (1944) and The Affairs of Susan (1945), Abel left Hollywood film work for good.
Known For
Filmography
The Affairs of Susan
Director of Photography
Follow the Boys
Director of Photography
Holiday Inn
Director of Photography
Shall We Dance
Director of Photography
History Is Made at Night
Director of Photography
Criminal Lawyer
Director of Photography
Make Way for a Lady
Director of Photography
Swing Time
Director of Photography
Bunker Bean
Director of Photography
Follow the Fleet
Director of Photography
I Dream Too Much
Director of Photography
Top Hat
Director of Photography
The Case of the Curious Bride
Director of Photography
A Notorious Gentleman
Cinematography
The Gay Divorcee
Director of Photography
Bachelor Bait
Director of Photography
Cockeyed Cavaliers
Director of Photography
Where Sinners Meet
Director of Photography
This Man Is Mine
Director of Photography
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
Director of Photography
Ann Vickers
Director of Photography
Rafter Romance
Director of Photography
Pick-up
Director of Photography
The Crime of the Century
Director of Photography
Madame Butterfly
Director of Photography
The Phantom President
Director of Photography
Merrily We Go to Hell
Director of Photography
Sky Bride
Director of Photography
The Miracle Man
Director of Photography
Ladies of the Big House
Director of Photography
Rich Man's Folly
Director of Photography
Huckleberry Finn
Director of Photography
The Secret Call
Director of Photography
Scandal Sheet
Director of Photography
The Virtuous Sin
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Grumpy
Director of Photography
Swing High
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The Grand Parade
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The Racketeer
Director of Photography
Square Shoulders
Director of Photography
Noisy Neighbors
Director of Photography
Geraldine
Cinematography
Show Folks
Director of Photography
Craig's Wife
Director of Photography
Tenth Avenue
Director of Photography
Midnight Madness
Director of Photography
Stand and Deliver
Director of Photography
The Forbidden Woman
Director of Photography
The First Auto
Director of Photography
What Every Girl Should Know
Cinematography