Cinematography: John Stumar

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by John Stumar. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


The Three Stooges (TV Series)

1930 · Series · 16 min. · United States

Direction Jack Cummings · Del Lord · Edward Bernds · Jules White

Cast Moe Howard · Larry Fine · Curly Howard · Shemp Howard

Synopsis The Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the stooges were commonly known by...

7.5

894 votes

7.5

894 votes

If You Could Only Cook

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Herbert Marshall · Jean Arthur · Leo Carrillo · Lionel Stander

Synopsis Auto magnate James Buchanan has a fiancée who doesn't love him and a board of directors who won't listen to him. Brooding on a park bench, he meets unemployed Joan Hawthorne, a fine cook who needs a partner to apply...

6.3

33 votes

6.3

33 votes

The Crowd Roars

1932 · Movie · 85 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast James Cagney · Joan Blondell · Ann Dvorak · Eric Linden

Synopsis Famous motor-racing champion Joe Greer (James Cagney) returns to his hometown to compete in a local race. He discovers his younger brother has aspirations to become a racing champion and during the race Joe loses his nerve when another driver...

6.1

205 votes

6.1

205 votes

Something to Sing About

1937 · Movie · 89 min. · United States

Direction Victor Schertzinger

Cast James Cagney · Evelyn Daw · William Frawley · Mona Barrie

Synopsis Popular New York band leader Terry Rooney (Cagney) is offered a lucrative film contract out in Hollywood. Rooney and his wife pack up and head for California. Upon arriving, they meet Mr. Regan, the head of the studio, who believes...

6.1

171 votes

6.1

171 votes

Mr. Boggs Steps Out

1938 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Gordon Wiles

Cast Stuart Erwin · Helen Chandler · Toby Winq · Tully Marshall

Synopsis Oliver Boggs, a typical office drone, with no success in sight, who can spout statistics about anything and everything, wins $1500 in a bean-guessing contest at the movie theatre, quits his job and sets forth for the seedy, down-at-the-heels town...

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The Best Man Wins

1935 · Movie · 75 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Edmund Lowe · Jack Holt · Bela Lugosi · Florence Rice

Synopsis A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile...

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The Family Secret

1924 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction William A. Seiter

Cast Baby Peggy · Gladys Hulette · Frank Currier · Lucy Beaumont

Synopsis A modest man unknowingly has a baby with a woman from a affluent family.Through a series of coincidences he is reunited with his daughter, forcing the family to confront its secrets.

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The Darling of New York

1923 · Movie · 60 min. · United States

Direction King Baggot

Cast Baby Peggy · Sheldon Lewis · Gladys Brockwell · Pat Hartigan

Synopsis Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their stolen jewels in her ragdoll. In New York, Big Mike, finding Santussa a nuisance,...

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Devil's Squadron

1936 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Richard Dix · Karen Morley · Lloyd Nolan · Shirley Ross

Synopsis Martha Dawson (Karen Morley), the daughter of an aircraft manufacturer building airplanes for the U.S. Army Air Corps, takes over the running of the plant when her father dies. She has problems with the test pilots that object working for...

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The Lone Wolf Takes a Chance

1941 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Sidney Salkow

Cast Warren William · June Storey · Henry Wilcoxon · Eric Blore

Synopsis The Lone Wolf Michael Lanyard takes Inspector Crane's challenge that he can't keep out of trouble for 24 hours. No sooner accepted when Lanyard is sucked into a case of murder and kidnapping in which he is sole suspect. Lanyard...

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Counterfeit

1936 · Movie · 73 min. · United States

Direction Erle C. Kenton

Cast Chester Morris · Margot Grahame · Lloyd Nolan · Marian Marsh

Synopsis A cop goes undercover to infiltrate and break up a counterfeiting ring.

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Laughter in Hell

1933 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Edward L. Cahn

Cast Pat O'Brien · Tommy Conlon · Merna Kennedy · Berton Churchill

Synopsis In the late 1800s, a man is sentenced to life at hard labor for killing his wife and her lover.

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Once to Every Woman

1934 · Movie · 70 min. · United States

Direction Lambert Hillyer

Cast Ralph Bellamy · Walter Connolly · Fay Wray · Walter Byron

Synopsis Twenty-six-year-old Mary Fanshawe, a dedicated, attractive nurse, is the able supervisor of Ward K in a prestigious hospital. Her judgment in matters of the heart is not as sound as her professional acumen, however, for she is in love with...

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Tramp, Tramp, Tramp!

1942 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton

Cast Jackie Gleason · Jack Durant · Florence Rice · Bruce Bennett

Synopsis A pair of barbers are driven out of business because most of the men in their small town are drafted into the army. When their attempts to also enlist fail, they decide to form a Home Defense Force, and wind...

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Embrujo antillano

1946 · Movie · 126 min. · Mexico

Direction Juan Orol · Geza P. Polaty

Cast María Antonieta Pons · Ramón Armengod · Blanquita Amaro · Federico Pineiro

Synopsis In Cuba, a crooked politician tries to manipulate a decent tobacco business, and force himself upon the daughter of a tobacco grower even though she refuses him.

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The Marriage Ring

1918 · Movie · United States

Direction Fred Niblo

Cast Enid Bennett · Jack Holt · Robert McKim · Maude George

Synopsis Anne Mertons (Enid Bennett) is the unhappy wife of Hugo Mertons (Robert McKim), an unscrupulous brute. When the two struggle over a gun, Hugo is shot. Anne, thinking he is dead, flees to Hawaii, where she falls in love with...

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Direction Lew Landers

Cast Sally Eilers · Donald Woods · Eduardo Ciannelli · Victor Kilian

Synopsis A ship's officer is sentenced to Devil's Island for murder after a fatal brawl.

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Klondike Kate

1943 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction William Castle

Cast Ann Savage · Tom Neal · Glenda Farrell · Constance Worth

Synopsis Molly and her troupe of dancing girls and "entertainers", sent for by saloon owner "Sometime" Smith, arrive in a Klondike mining town by train. Smith is out of town and rival saloon owner Jefferson Braddock signs the girls up to...

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