Hal Young

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Hal Young (1890–1970) was a British cinematographer. After gaining experience in Hollywood he returned to his native Britain where he was employed by Gainsborough Pictures.

Películas

The Devil’s Jest
Director of Photography
An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy.
Land of Promise
Director of Photography
Described as a 'film argument' about homes and houses, this film is in three parts showing houses as they were, houses as they are and houses as they might be.
Night Shift
Director of Photography
Documentary short depicting night workers in an armament factory making tank components for the war effort, the commentary largely being supplied by the workers themselves.
Broken Blossoms
Director of Photography
A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.
Love on the Spot
Director of Photography
Two criminals are reformed when they meet and fall in love.
Many Waters
Director of Photography
An elderly couple reminisce about the romantic adventures of their youth.
Tons of Money
Director of Photography
A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
The Love Storm
Director of Photography
This is the German-language version of the British film The Love Storm (1931).
Suspense
Director of Photography
During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
El enemigo de las rubias
Director of Photography
Londres. Un misterioso asesino en serie mata brutalmente a jóvenes mujeres rubias amparado por la niebla nocturna. Una neblinosa y siniestra noche, un joven que dice llamarse Jonathan Drew llega a la casa de huéspedes de los Bunting y alquila un cuarto.
The Triumph of the Rat
Director of Photography
Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' and a former underworld notoriety, is now living the high life as the kept man of Zelie de Chaumet. But when she learns he is planning to marry another woman, her vengeance pursues him into the murkiest depths of Paris...
The Prude's Fall
Director of Photography
A French captain persuades a rich widow to become his mistress, but it is a scheme to test her love.
The Rat
Director of Photography
When bored courtesan Zelie de Chaumet begs her lover, the corrupt and powerful Stetz, to take her slumming, the pair encounter Pierre Boucheron, alias 'The Rat' , boy-king of the Paris underworld, and the innocent Odile. Love, life and jewels are risked and lost in this powerful romantic melodrama as the four characters' lives are changed by this chance encounter for ever.
Fighting Blood
Film Processor
Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note that this was one of a series of boxing films with the same characters, and each new film in the series was called a "round" (appropriate for a series of boxing movies!), but these movies were not serials, just connected by having the same characters. This card is from the second series, 11th round, "Beauty and the Feast".
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
Director of Photography
Car racer Burn 'em Up Barnes, son of a wealthy manufacturer, leaves home to make his own way in the world. After being robbed by hoodlums, Barnes joins a group of hobos who take him in and show him the carefree life.
My Cousin
Director of Photography
Sincere but struggling sculptor Tommasso (Caruso--bushy moustache, gawky) works in an ornamental plaster shop, but his masterpiece on the side is a bust of his cousin Caroli (Caruso--no moustache, polished), who is the Metropolitan Opera's leading tenor. Tommasso hopes to marry his model Rosa, but her father, restaurant owner Pietro, wants her to find someone more settled and money-conscious, such as the greengrocer Lombardi down the street. Tommasso, he says, throws away his money, such as for a pair of tickets to take Rosa to the opera to see his famed cousin. After the opera, the cousins cross paths in the swanky Galeotto's restaurant, but when neither recognizes the other, Tommasso is generally mocked and Rosa believes him a liar and unworthy. Tommasso must recover his reputation and make a sale, preferably the Caroli bust to his cousin, in order to win Rosa back.
Let's Get a Divorce
Director of Photography
A bit too immature for marriage, Cyprienne allows her pretty head to be turned by an egotistical fop. The girl demands that her husband Prunelles grant her a divorce, but he devises a scheme to bring her back into the matrimonial fold.
The Foolish Virgin
Director of Photography
A 1916 film.
Diplomacy
Director of Photography
The story takes place in Monte Carlo, where the impoverished Julian proposes marriage to the wealthy Dora, only to be turned down by the girl's mercenary mother. Several years later, Julian manages not only to obtain a huge fortune, but also a prominent position in the British diplomatic service. Now a suitable husband for Dora, Julian marries the girl. Alas, their happiness is short-lived.
Madame Butterfly
Director of Photography
The story of a Japanese woman and the tragedy that ensues when she loves an American naval officer.