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
Direction Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Ernst Lubitsch · Ethel Orff · Heinz Landsmann · Trude Troll
5.3
35 votes
5.3
35 votes
S.O.S. Die Insel der Tränen
1923 · Movie · min. · Germany
Direction Lothar Mendes
Cast Lya De Putti · Paul Wegener · Lyda Salmonova · Olga Engl
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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...
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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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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
Direction Ernst Lubitsch
Cast Ossi Oswalda · Margarete Kupfer · Ferry Sikla · Harry Liedtke
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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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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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