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Ray C. Smallwood(1887-1964)

  • Visual Effects
  • Director
  • Cinematographer
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Ray C. Smallwood
Ray C. Smallwood was born on 19 July 1887 in New York City, New York, USA. He was a director and cinematographer, known for My Old Kentucky Home (1922), The Best of Luck (1920) and Camille (1921). He was married to Ethel Grandin. He died on 23 February 1964 in Hollywood, California, USA.
BornJuly 19, 1887
DiedFebruary 23, 1964(76)
BornJuly 19, 1887
DiedFebruary 23, 1964(76)
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Known for

Matthew Betz, Monte Blue, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Frank Currier, Lucy Fox, Julia Swayne Gordon, Sigrid Holmquist, and Billy Quirk in My Old Kentucky Home (1922)
My Old Kentucky Home
  • Director
  • 1922
The Best of Luck (1920)
The Best of Luck
  • Director
  • 1920
Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in Camille (1921)
Camille
6.5
  • Director
  • 1921
Madame Peacock (1920)
Madame Peacock
6.9
  • Director
  • 1920

Credits

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Visual Effects

  • The Gabby Hayes Show (1950)
    The Gabby Hayes Show
    6.8
    TV Series
    • visual effects
    • visual effects editor
    • 1951–1952
  • Marjorie Lord and Robert Shayne in The Strange Mrs. Crane (1948)
    The Strange Mrs. Crane
    6.4
    • process effects supervisor (as Ray Smallwood)
    • 1948
  • Lady at Midnight (1948)
    Lady at Midnight
    6.1
    • process supervisor (as Ray Smallwood)
    • 1948
  • Robert Lowery, Charles Quigley, Audrey Young, and Jane Withers in Danger Street (1947)
    Danger Street
    5.6
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Buster Crabbe, Virginia Grey, and Johnny Weissmuller in Swamp Fire (1946)
    Swamp Fire
    5.3
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Hillary Brooke, Robert Lowery, and Phillip Reed in Big Town (1946)
    Big Town
    5.1
    • transparency shots (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Harry Cording, William Gargan, Phillip Reed, and Jean Rogers in Hot Cargo (1946)
    Hot Cargo
    3.9
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Barbara Britton, James Bush, and Robert Lowery in They Made Me a Killer (1946)
    They Made Me a Killer
    5.8
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Tokyo Rose (1946)
    Tokyo Rose
    5.6
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Jack Haley, Frances Langford, Ozzie Nelson, Rudy Vallee, and Helen Walker in People Are Funny (1946)
    People Are Funny
    5.4
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Bert Gordon, Ella Mae Morse, Harry von Zell, Cheryl Walker, and Claire Windsor in How DOooo You Do (1945)
    How DOooo You Do
    5.9
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • William Gargan and Nancy Kelly in Follow That Woman (1945)
    Follow That Woman
    5.4
    • transparencies (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Ace the Wonder Dog in Danny Boy (1945)
    Danny Boy
    6.4
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Lita Baron, Donald Douglas, Margaret Lindsay, Gertrude Michael, Carlos Molina, Dorothy Morris, Tom Neal, Renie Riano, and Ernest Truex in Club Havana (1945)
    Club Havana
    6.2
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Buster Crabbe, Evelyn Finley, and Al St. John in Prairie Rustlers (1945)
    Prairie Rustlers
    6.2
    • transparency projection shots (uncredited)
    • 1945

Director

  • Violet Heming in When the Desert Calls (1922)
    When the Desert Calls
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Martha Mansfield in Queen of the Moulin Rouge (1922)
    Queen of the Moulin Rouge
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Matthew Betz, Monte Blue, Arthur Edmund Carewe, Frank Currier, Lucy Fox, Julia Swayne Gordon, Sigrid Holmquist, and Billy Quirk in My Old Kentucky Home (1922)
    My Old Kentucky Home
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Alla Nazimova and Rudolph Valentino in Camille (1921)
    Camille
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Alla Nazimova in Billions (1920)
    Billions
    6.1
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Madame Peacock (1920)
    Madame Peacock
    6.9
    • Director
    • 1920
  • The Best of Luck (1920)
    The Best of Luck
    • Director
    • 1920
  • Alla Nazimova in The Heart of a Child (1920)
    The Heart of a Child
    • Director
    • 1920
  • The Stranger
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • The Spider
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • War at Home
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • Ethel Grandin in In Her Daddy's Footsteps (1915)
    In Her Daddy's Footsteps
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • The Stolen Will
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • Tainted Blood
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915
  • Ethel Grandin in Affinities (1915)
    Affinities
    Short
    • Director
    • 1915

Cinematographer

  • Revelation (1918)
    Revelation
    • Cinematographer
    • 1918
  • Emily Stevens in Outwitted (1917)
    Outwitted
    • Cinematographer
    • 1917
  • Emily Stevens in A Sleeping Memory (1917)
    A Sleeping Memory
    • Cinematographer (as Ray Smallwood)
    • 1917
  • The Masked Rider (1916)
    The Masked Rider
    • Cinematographer
    • 1916
  • The Invaders (1912)
    The Invaders
    6.2
    Short
    • Cinematographer (uncredited)
    • 1912
  • Francis Ford in Custer's Last Fight (1912)
    Custer's Last Fight
    5.8
    Short
    • Cinematographer (as Ray Smallwood)
    • 1912
  • The Heart of an Indian (1912)
    The Heart of an Indian
    6.4
    Short
    • Cinematographer
    • 1912
  • The Deputy's Sweetheart
    Short
    • cinematography by
    • 1912
  • The Wild West Circus
    Short
    • cinematographer
    • 1912
  • The Empty Water Keg
    Short
    • cinematography by
    • 1912

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Ray Smallwood
  • Born
    • July 19, 1887
    • New York City, New York, USA
  • Died
    • February 23, 1964
    • Hollywood, California, USA
  • Spouse
    • Ethel Grandin1912 - ?
  • Publicity listings
    • 12 Articles

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Founded the Smallwood Film Corp. production company.

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