Cinematography: Theodor Sparkuhl

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


Salty O'Rourke

1945 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast Alan Ladd · Gail Russell · William Demarest · Stanley Clements

Plot Salty owes money to Doc Baxter; he and his pal Smitty have one month to pay up. They get a race horse and a disbarred jockey, Johnny Cates, who must...

6.0

28 votes

6.0

28 votes

Wake Island

1942 · Movie · 87 min. · United States

Direction John Farrow

Cast Brian Donlevy · Macdonald Carey · Robert Preston · William Bendix

Plot In November 1941, Major Caton takes command of the small Marine garrison on Wake Island. His tendency toward spit and polish upsets the men's tropical lassitude, but Pearl Harbor changes...

6.0

53 votes

6.0

53 votes

Among the Living

1941 · Movie · 67 min. · United States

Direction Stuart Heisler

Cast Albert Dekker · Susan Hayward · Frances Farmer · Harry Carey

Plot Paul Raden (Albert Dekker), hopelessly insane son of Maxim Raden, hated owner of the Radentown mills, is in a strait jacket in a secret room in the family mansion, while...

6.0

21 votes

6.0

21 votes

The Merry Jail

1917 · Movie · 48 min. · Germany

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Harry Liedtke · Kitty Dewall · Emil Jannings · Ossi Oswalda

Plot A neglected wife disguises herself in order to lure her wastrel husband into a compromising position.

5.8

82 votes

5.8

82 votes

Wells Fargo

1937 · Movie · 115 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast Joel McCrea · Bob Burns · Frances Dee · Lloyd Nolan

Plot This is one of those history lesson films that tell us an interesting story about the expansion of this country, the failure of the US Post Office to meet the...

5.8

34 votes

5.8

34 votes

The Last Outpost

1935 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Charles Barton · Louis J. Gasnier

Cast Cary Grant · Claude Rains · Gertrude Michael · Kathleen Burke

Plot In World War I, British-officer Michael Andrews is captured by a band of Kurdish raiders on the Eastern Front, and is rescued by a man calling himself John Stevenson, although...

5.7

90 votes

5.7

90 votes

Blood on the Sun

1945 · Movie · 94 min. · United States

Direction Frank Lloyd

Cast James Cagney · Sylvia Sidney · Wallace Ford · Rosemary DeCamp

Plot Cagney is a crusading newspaper editor in 1930s Japan who's come into possession of the "Tanaka Plan" for world domination. Amidst political intrigue and crossed loyalties, Cagney must now find...

5.7

546 votes

5.7

546 votes

Second Chorus

1940 · Movie · 83 min. · United States

Direction H.C. Potter

Cast Fred Astaire · Paulette Goddard · Artie Shaw · Burgess Meredith

Plot Danny and Hank are surprised when Artie Shaw hires competent manager Ellen away from their college band. The two trumpet players scheme to get into Shaw's outfit themselves, each trying...

5.6

413 votes

5.6

413 votes

Meyer from Berlin

1919 · Movie · 58 min. · Germany

5.3

35 votes

5.3

35 votes

S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen

1923 · Movie · min. · Germany

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Our Hearts Were Young and Gay

1944 · Movie · 81 min. · United States

Direction Lewis Allen

Cast Gail Russell · Diana Lynn · Charles Ruggles · Dorothy Gish

Plot In 1923, two young ladies depart unescorted for a tour of Europe, meeting two eligible men aboard ship. Their great naivity and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many...

Not rated

Not rated

The Rocket Bus

1929 · Movie · 65 min. · United Kingdom

Direction W.P. Kellino

Cast Gerald Rawlinson · Gladys Hamer · Edward O'Neill · Janice Adair

Plot Busmen find a magic carpet and save a girl's father from the caliph.

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Salute for Three

1943 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Ralph Murphy

Cast Betty Jane Rhodes · Macdonald Carey · Marty May · Cliff Edwards

Plot Press agent Jimmy Gates gets an idea while watching a New York parade, for a returned war hero Sergeant Buzz McAllister, with his chief client, singer Judy Ames; Dona Drake,...

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Not rated

The Bachelor's Daughters

1946 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Andrew L. Stone

Cast Gail Russell · Claire Trevor · Ann Dvorak · Adolphe Menjou

Plot A semi-trifle with Adolphe Menjou as a department store floor walker who is persuaded by four husband-seeking salesgirls---two-bordering-on-three of which were well beyond the "girl" stage---to pose as their father...

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The Flame

1923 · Movie · 43 min. · Germany

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Pola Negri · Hermann Thimig · Alfred Abel · Hilde Woerner

Plot In 19th century Paris a hedonistic woman marries an aristocrat but has trouble keeping faithful to him.

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The Ballet Girl (S)

1918 · Movie · 26 min. · Germany

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Tip-Off Girls

1938 · Movie · 61 min. · United States

Direction Louis King

Cast Mary Carlisle · Lloyd Nolan · Roscoe Karns · Buster Crabbe

Plot A gang of racketeers are using girl hitch-hikers and waitresses at greasy-spoon roadside cafés and truck-stops, to tip them off about valuable shipments and cargo's they can hijack. The federal...

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Morris Makes His Fortune

1931 · Movie · 85 min. · Germany

Direction Jaap Speyer

Cast Siegfried Arno · Viktor Schwannecke · Willi Prager · Irene Ambrus

Plot Comedy about a clerk in a clothing store.

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High, Wide, and Handsome

1937 · Movie · 110 min. · United States

Direction Rouben Mamoulian

Cast Irene Dunne · Randolph Scott · Dorothy Lamour · Elizabeth Patterson

Plot The setting is a small town in 1870s Pennsylvania. Sally Waterson and her father have stopped in town with their traveling medicine show, but when their wagon catches fire, they...

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Not rated

The Toboggan Cavalier

1918 · Movie · 37 min. · Germany

Direction Ernst Lubitsch

Cast Ernst Lubitsch · Ferry Sikla · Ossi Oswalda · Erich Schönfelder

Plot A young woman is forced by her father to marry a man she doesn't love and flees before the marriage takes place. In a small village she falls in love...

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Not rated