- Clyde De Vinna
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Clyde De Vinna Born July 13, 1890
Sedalia, MissouriDied July 26, 1953 (aged 63)
Los Angeles, CaliforniaNationality American Other names Clyde Da Vinna
Capt. Clyde DeVinna
Clyde DeVinnaAlma mater University of Arkansas Occupation Cinematographer
Director of photographyYears active 1915-1953 Organization American Society of Cinematographers Notable works White Shadows in the South Seas Awards Academy Award Clyde De Vinna (born July 13, 1890 in Sedalia, Missouri, died July 26, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) was an American film and television cinematographer and director of photography. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for White Shadows in the South Seas[1] presented by American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1930 at their 2nd Academy Awards show.[2][3][4]
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Background
De Vinna was cinematographer on over 120 film and television projects from 1916 through 1953. He graduated from the University of Arkansas and began his career began when he joned Inceville studios in 1915 as First Cameraman.[5] In 1916 he shot The Raiders, the first film to be shot at what was to become MGM.[1] He was also an avid ham radio enthusiast, serving as an army radio operator, and carrying a portable transmitter with him on all location shoots.[6] While shooting Trader Horn (1931) on location in Kenya, he seconded as the project's ham radio operator, keeping the production crew in the African bush in contact with their base camp in Nairobi.[7][8]
When on location in Alaska for eleven months for the filming of Eskimo (1933), he kept the production company in contact with their base.[6][8] While working in a small shack made air-tight against the cold, De Vinna was in short wave contact with a ham operator in New Zealand, and was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes emitted by his gasoline heater. When De Vinna's keystrokes faltered, the ham in New Zealand realized something was wrong, and put out a call for help to a ham in Hawaii, who in turn relayed the message to a ham in Alaska, which led to De Vinna receiving the necessary emergency aid.[6][8]
De Vinna's life as a cameraman, world traveler, and adventurer was captured in the 1939 Pete Smith MGM short film Radio Hams, written by Buddy Adler and directed by Felix E. Feist, with actor Alonzo Price starring as Clyde De Vinna.[9]
De Vinna was also accomplished in aerial cinematography. His scenes shot in Air Cadet, were referred to as "exciting air sequences" that were the "true highlights in this routine drama".[10]
Partial filmography
- Films
- The Three Musketeers (1916)
- Civilization (1916)
- The Little Brother (1917)
- Unfaithful (1918)
- Blindfolded (1918)
- Adele (1919)
- Leave It to Me (1920)
- Lost and Found on a South Sea Island (1923)
- Crimson Gold (1923)
- The Victor (1923)
- The Wild Party (1923)
- Ben-Hur (1925)
- War Paint (1926)
- Winners of the Wilderness (1927)
- California (1927)
- Foreign Devils (1927)
- The Law of the Range (1928)
- Wyoming (1928)
- The Adventurer (1928)
- White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)
- The Pagan (1929)
- Trader Horn (1931)
- Shipmates (1931)
- Politics (1931)
- Tarzan the Ape Man (1932)
- Bird of Paradise (1932)
- Eskimo (1933)
- Tarzan and His Mate (1934)
- Lazy River (1934)
- Viva Villa! (1934)
- Treasure Island (1934)
- West Point of the Air (1935)
- China Seas (1935)
- Ah, Wilderness! (1935)
- Old Hutch (1936)
- The Good Old Soak (1937)
- Saratoga (1937)
- Big City (1937)
- The Bad Man of Brimstone (1937)
- Of Human Hearts (1938)
- Fast Company (1938)
- Passing Parade (1938)
- Too Hot to Handle (1938)
- Football Romeo (1938)
- New Roadways (1939)
- Unseen Guardians (1939)
- All About Hash (1940)
- The Hidden Master (1940)
- 20 Mule Team (1940)
- Bubbling Troubles (1940)
- Phantom Raiders (1940)
- Wyoming (1940)
- American Spoken Here (1940)
- Fightin' Fools (1941)
- The Bad Man (1941)
- The Penalty (1941)
- Barnacle Bill (1941)
- The People vs. Dr. Kildare (1941)
- Come Back, Miss Pipps (1941)
- Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
- The Bugle Sounds (1942)
- A Yank on the Burma Road (1942)
- Jackass Mail (1942)
- Whistling in Dixie (1942)
- Rio Rita (1942)
- Ship Ahoy (1942)
- The Omaha Trail (1942)
- A Yank at Eton (1942)
- The Battle for the Marianas (1944)
- The Caribbean Mystery (1945)
- Within These Walls (1945)
- It's a Joke, Son! (1947)
- Sword of the Avenger (1948)
- The Jungle (1952)
- Air Cadet (1951)
- Television
- The Silver Theatre (2 episodes, 1950)
- The Roy Rogers Show (2 episodes, 1951-1952)
- I Married Joan (3 episodes, 1953)
Recognition
Awards and nominations
- 1930, Won Academy Award for Best Cinematography for the film White Shadows in the South Seas (1928)[2][3][4]
References
- ^ a b "Funeral Set Today for Pioneer Filmer". Sarasota Journal (Google News Archive): p. 10. July 29, 1953. http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=tAAdAAAAIBAJ&sjid=M4oEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2983,2184833&dq=clyde-de-vinna&hl=en. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b Cohen, Harold W. (April 15, 1930). "Film Facts". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Google News Archive). http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T6BRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=lmgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4734,5129991&dq=clyde-de-vinna+academy+award&hl=en. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b Reid, John (2004). Award-Winning Films of the 1930s. p. 107. ISBN 1411614321, 9781411614321.
- ^ a b Academy Award winners (illustrated ed.). Prion. 1994. p. 23. ISBN 1853751472, 9781853751479.
- ^ Erickson, Hal. "Clyde De Vinna". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/87243/Clyde-De-Vinna/biography. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ a b c "Radio Operator and Cameraman". Radio News (Ziff-Davis Pub. Co.,) 15: 522. 1933. http://books.google.com/books?id=IYDmAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Clyde+De+Vinna%22&dq=%22Clyde+De+Vinna%22&hl=en&ei=eEX7TOW5OIHmsQOPhPH2DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBw.
- ^ Bartlett, Richard A. (2007). The world of ham radio, 1901-1950: a social history (illustrated ed.). McFarland & Company. pp. 113–114. ISBN 0786429666, 9780786429660. http://books.google.com/books?id=u5UfAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Clyde+De+Vinna%22&dq=%22Clyde+De+Vinna%22&hl=en&ei=eEX7TOW5OIHmsQOPhPH2DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDUQ6AEwBA.
- ^ a b c DeSoto, Clinton B. (1941). Calling C Q: adventures of short-wave radio operators (First ed.). Chapter 5, A Vagabond Ham: Doubleday, Doran & company, inc.. pp. 43–53. http://www.archive.org/download/CallingCq-AdventureOfShort-waveRadioOperators/CallingCq-Desoto-FirstEdition-1941.pdf.
- ^ "Radio Hams". QST (American Radio Relay League): 31. 1939.
- ^ Jay Robert Nash, Stanley Ralph Ross, ed (1985). The motion picture guide, Volume 1. The Complete Film Resource Center Series. Cinebooks,. p. 32. ISBN 0933997000, 9780933997004. http://books.google.com/books?id=v4QqAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Clyde+Da+Vinna%22&dq=%22Clyde+Da+Vinna%22&hl=en&ei=e077TIeEB4bEsAPAseX3DQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA.
External links
Academy Award for Best Cinematography (1928–1940) Charles Rosher and Karl Struss (1928) · Clyde De Vinna (1929) · Joseph T. Rucker and Willard Van Der Veer (1930) · Floyd Crosby (1931) · Lee Garmes (1932) · Charles Lang (1933) · Victor Milner (1934) · Hal Mohr (1935) · Tony Gaudio (1936) · Karl Freund (1937) · Joseph Ruttenberg (1938) · Gregg Toland / Ernest Haller and Ray Rennahan (1939) · George Barnes / George Perinal (1940)
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