About

Known credits:
76
Birthday:
1883-12-15
Place of birth:
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Website:
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David Abel

Overview

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

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1945 The Affairs of Susan Camera Director of Photography 59
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1944 Follow the Boys Camera Director of Photography 58
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1942 Holiday Inn Camera Director of Photography 62
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1937 Shall We Dance Camera Director of Photography 61
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1937 History Is Made at Night Camera Director of Photography 59
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1937 Criminal Lawyer Camera Director of Photography 59
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1936 Make Way for a Lady Camera Director of Photography 58
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1936 Swing Time Camera Director of Photography 61
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1936 Bunker Bean Camera Director of Photography 58
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1936 Follow the Fleet Camera Director of Photography 59
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1935 I Dream Too Much Camera Director of Photography 58
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1935 Top Hat Camera Director of Photography 64
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1935 The Case of the Curious Bride Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 The Gay Divorcee Camera Director of Photography 60
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1934 Bachelor Bait Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 Cockeyed Cavaliers Camera Director of Photography 59
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1934 This Man Is Mine Camera Director of Photography 58
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1934 Hips, Hips, Hooray! Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 Ann Vickers Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 Rafter Romance Camera Director of Photography 59
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1933 Pick-up Camera Director of Photography 58
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1933 The Crime of the Century Camera Director of Photography 58
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1932 Madame Butterfly Camera Director of Photography 58
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1932 The Phantom President Camera Director of Photography 58
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1932 Merrily We Go to Hell Camera Director of Photography 59
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1932 Sky Bride Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1932 The Miracle Man Camera Director of Photography 59
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1931 Ladies of the Big House Camera Director of Photography 59
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1931 Rich Man's Folly Camera Director of Photography 58
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1931 Huckleberry Finn Camera Director of Photography 58
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1931 The Secret Call Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1931 Scandal Sheet Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1930 The Virtuous Sin Camera Director of Photography 58
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1930 Grumpy Camera Director of Photography 58
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1930 Swing High Camera Director of Photography 59
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1930 The Grand Parade Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1929 The Racketeer Camera Director of Photography 58
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1929 Square Shoulders Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 Show Folks Camera Director of Photography 59
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1928 Craig's Wife Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 Tenth Avenue Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 Midnight Madness Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1928 Stand and Deliver Camera Director of Photography 59
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1927 The Forbidden Woman Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1927 The First Auto Camera Director of Photography 58
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1926 The Honeymoon Express Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1926 Footloose Widows Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1926 The Cave Man Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1925 Seven Sinners Camera Director of Photography 59
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1925 How Baxter Butted In Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1925 Recompense Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1924 The Dark Swan Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1924 Beau Brummel Camera Director of Photography 59
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1923 Lovebound Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1922 Mixed Faces Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1922 The Primitive Lover Camera Director of Photography 59
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1922 Little Miss Smiles Camera Director of Photography 58
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1920 The Woman Gives Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1920 A Daughter of Two Worlds Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1920 She Loves and Lies Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The Isle of Conquest Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The Way of a Woman Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The Probation Wife Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The New Moon Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1919 The Heart of Wetona Camera Director of Photography 58
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1917 Thais Camera Director of Photography 58
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1917 Madame Bo-Peep Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1917 A Woman's Awakening Camera Director of Photography N/A
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1917 The Bad Boy Camera Director of Photography N/A
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Crew
1936 Bunker Bean Crew Cinematography 58
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1935 A Notorious Gentleman Crew Cinematography 58
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1922 A Self-Made Man Crew Cinematography N/A
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1921 Rip Van Winkle Crew Cinematography 59
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1920 Unseen Forces Crew Cinematography 58
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1916 The Heiress at Coffee Dan's Crew Cinematography N/A
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1916 A Sister of Six Crew Cinematography 59
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