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Charles Lawton Jr.

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Biography

Cinematographer Charles Lawton Jr. was born on 6 April 1904 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Lady from Shanghai (1947), 3:10 to Yuma (1957), A Raising in the Sun (1961) and The Gallant Blade (1948). He was married to Irene Thompson.

Notable films

Where to start

Highlights from credits and KinoChain journeys.

The Big Store

Appears in a KinoChain journey

3:10 to Yuma

Director of Photography

The Lady from Shanghai

Director of Photography

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

Director of Photography

Chains

KinoChain journeys

Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.

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Breaking the Frame: A Journey Through the Fourth Wall

It began with a gun, a bullet, and an audience leaping out of their seats. When Justus D. Barnes leveled his revolver at the camera in The Great Train Robbery (...

8 films

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Collaborators & neighbours

Cinematography

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad

1967

3:10 to Yuma

1957

The Lady from Shanghai

1947

The Big Store

1941