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Paul Eagler(1890-1961)

  • Visual Effects
  • Cinematographer
  • Camera and Electrical Department
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Paul Eagler was born on 24 September 1890 in Newman, Illinois, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for Foreign Correspondent (1940), Notorious (1946) and Portrait of Jennie (1948). He died on 30 September 1961 in Sherman Oaks, California, USA.
BornSeptember 24, 1890
DiedSeptember 30, 1961(71)
BornSeptember 24, 1890
DiedSeptember 30, 1961(71)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 1 win & 1 nomination total

Known for

Laraine Day and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
Foreign Correspondent
7.4
  • Visual Effects
  • 1940
Ingrid Bergman, Cary Grant, and Claude Rains in Notorious (1946)
Notorious
7.9
  • Special Effects
  • 1946
Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie (1948)
Portrait of Jennie
7.6
  • Visual Effects(uncredited)
  • 1948
Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)
The Killing
7.9
  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • 1956

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Don DeFore, Melvin Frank, Ruth Hussey, Louis Nye, and Norman Panama in The Facts of Life (1960)
    The Facts of Life
    6.3
    • process photography
    • 1960
  • Nancy Gates, Evelyn Keyes, Frank Lovejoy, and Dale Robertson in Top of the World (1955)
    Top of the World
    5.9
    • process photography
    • 1955
  • Joseph Cotten and Jennifer Jones in Portrait of Jennie (1948)
    Portrait of Jennie
    7.6
    • process and miniature photography (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Frankie Carle, Leon Errol, Joan Newton, Glen Vernon, and Frankie Carle's Orchestra in Riverboat Rhythm (1946)
    Riverboat Rhythm
    5.8
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, and Doris Davenport in The Westerner (1940)
    The Westerner
    7.2
    • special effects cinematography
    • 1940
  • Laraine Day and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
    Foreign Correspondent
    7.4
    • special photographic effects
    • 1940
  • Gary Cooper in The Real Glory (1939)
    The Real Glory
    6.5
    • special effects cinematography
    • 1939
  • Gary Cooper and Merle Oberon in The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
    The Cowboy and the Lady
    6.6
    • special effects photography
    • 1938
  • Frances Farmer, Edward Arnold, and Joel McCrea in Come and Get It (1936)
    Come and Get It
    6.8
    • special effects photography (uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Eddie Cantor, Dona Drake, Sally Eilers, William Frawley, Ethel Merman, Harry Einstein, and Norman Taurog in Strike Me Pink (1936)
    Strike Me Pink
    6.4
    • special effects photographer
    • 1936
  • Robert Young and Evelyn Venable in Vagabond Lady (1935)
    Vagabond Lady
    5.9
    • process photography (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Ramon Novarro in Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
    Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
    7.8
    • trick photography (uncredited)
    • 1925

Cinematographer

  • Noah Beery Jr. and Bill Patton in Five Bad Men (1935)
    Five Bad Men
    • Cinematographer
    • 1935
  • Excuse Me (1925)
    Excuse Me
    • Cinematographer (as P.E. Eagler)
    • 1925
  • Border Scouts
    • Cinematographer
    • 1922
  • Daisy Jefferson, J.P. Lockney, Gordon Mullen, Gertrude Norman, Jack Perrin, and Irvin Willat in Partners of the Tide (1921)
    Partners of the Tide
    • Cinematographer
    • 1921
  • Henry B. Walthall in The False Faces (1919)
    The False Faces
    5.8
    • Cinematographer
    • 1919
  • Because of a Woman
    • Cinematographer (as Paul E. Eagler)
    • 1917
  • Roy Stewart and George Webb in Bond of Fear (1917)
    Bond of Fear
    • Cinematographer (as Paul E. Eagler)
    • 1917
  • Sudden Jim (1917)
    Sudden Jim
    • Cinematographer (as Paul E. Eagler)
    • 1917
  • The Clodhopper (1917)
    The Clodhopper
    6.5
    • Cinematographer (as Paul E. Eagler)
    • 1917
  • Charles Ray in The Millionaire Vagrant (1917)
    The Millionaire Vagrant
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917
  • The Pinch Hitter (1917)
    The Pinch Hitter
    4.7
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917

Camera and Electrical Department

  • The Monster That Challenged the World (1957)
    The Monster That Challenged the World
    5.7
    • process photographer (uncredited)
    • 1957
  • Sterling Hayden and Marie Windsor in The Killing (1956)
    The Killing
    7.9
    • process camera operator
    • 1956
  • Charles Coburn, James Craig, and Anne Shirley in Unexpected Uncle (1941)
    Unexpected Uncle
    6.0
    • camera operator: Palm Beach, Florida (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Martha O'Driscoll, Billie Seward, and Jeff York in Li'l Abner (1940)
    Li'l Abner
    5.0
    • photographer: second unit
    • 1940
  • Laraine Day and Joel McCrea in Foreign Correspondent (1940)
    Foreign Correspondent
    7.4
    • photographer: second unit (uncredited)
    • 1940
  • Jon Hall and Dorothy Lamour in The Hurricane (1937)
    The Hurricane
    7.1
    • photography: South Seas
    • 1937
  • Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Joel McCrea, and Sylvia Sidney in Dead End (1937)
    Dead End
    7.2
    • process photographer (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Randolph Scott, Binnie Barnes, and Henry Wilcoxon in The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
    The Last of the Mohicans
    6.6
    • camera operator: special effects
    • director of photography (uncredited, uncredited)
    • 1936
  • Mary Pickford and Forrest Robinson in Tess of the Storm Country (1922)
    Tess of the Storm Country
    7.0
    • trick photographer (uncredited)
    • 1922

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • P.E. Eagler
  • Born
    • September 24, 1890
    • Newman, Illinois, USA
  • Died
    • September 30, 1961
    • Sherman Oaks, California, USA(stroke)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Member of A.S.C. (American Society of Cinematographers).

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