Nicholas Cavaliere

Nicholas Cavaliere
Frank Buck (right), director Clyde E. Elliott (next to Buck), cameramen Nick Cavaliere (far left) and Carl Berger (next to Cavaliere) ready to leave for the far east to film Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932)
Born	July 23, 1899 North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Died	January 10, 1995 North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Nationality	US
Occupation	cinematographer
Known for	work with Frank Buck
Spouse	never married

Nicholas Cavaliere (July 23, 1899 North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut – January 10, 1995 North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut) was a cinematographer who filmed Frank Buck’s films Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932), Wild Cargo (1934), and Fang and Claw (1935).^[1]

Early years

In 1927, when Leroy G. Phelps opened his industrial motion picture laboratory in New Haven, he engaged Cavaliere to do the developing and printing. This lasted about a year. Then Cavaliere launched himself upon a career as a free-lance, out-of-doors cameraman. He was so good that he soon became a staff photographer for Pathé Revue.^[2]

Work with Frank Buck

Van Beuren Studios hired Cavaliere in 1932 to photograph Bring 'Em Back Alive with Frank Buck. Early in 1933, Buck was making plans for another trip into southern Asia, where he hoped to fill a stack of orders from circuses and zoos and make a new movie, Wild Cargo (1934). He asked Cavaliere to suggest a second cameraman for the expedition. Cavaliere named Leroy G. Phelps and Phelps readily accepted.

A third film, Fang and Claw (1935), took nine months to make. Cavaliere came off without a scratch, but a 27-foot-long (8.2 m) python cameraman Harry E. Squire was helping Buck to force into a box left a 4-inch (100 mm) wound on Squire’s right arm.^[3] Some of the scenes Cavaliere had filmed in the first three movies were used in Jungle Cavalcade (1941).

References

1. ^ Lehrer, Steven (2006). Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck. Texas Tech University press. pp. x-xi. ISBN 0896725820. http://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=frank+buck+steven+lehrer&ei=3sHhSrv0Bo2UyAScyInsCw#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
2. ^ Wesley S. Griswold. Stalking Asia's fiercest wildlife with a movie camera involved New Haven photographer in thrilling adventures. Hartford Courant April 8, 1934, p D1
3. ^ Buck Cameraman relates thrills of jungle treks. Evening Independent - Google News Archive - Feb 19, 1936

External links

Nicholas Cavaliere on the Internet Movie Database [1]

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Name	Cavaliere, Nicholas
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Date of birth	July 23, 1899
Place of birth	North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut
Date of death	January 10, 1995
Place of death	North Branford, New Haven, Connecticut