Cinematography: Joseph H. August

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


Portrait of Jennie

1948 · Movie · 86 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Jennifer Jones · Joseph Cotten · Ethel Barrymore · Lillian Gish

Plot Eben Adams is a struggling artist in Depression era New York who has never been able to find inspiration for a painting. One day, after he finally finds someone to...

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

The Informer

1935 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Victor McLaglen · Heather Angel · Preston Foster · Margot Grahame

Plot A brutish but well-meaning Irishman, Gypo Nolan (Victor McLaglen), informs on his best friend Frankie McPhillip (Wallace Ford), who is a member of the Irish Republican Army, in order to...

7.6

3K votes

7.6

3K votes

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

1939 · Movie · 116 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Charles Laughton · Maureen O'Hara · Cedric Hardwicke · Thomas Mitchell

Plot Of the many film versions of Victor Hugo's novel, this classic from Hollywood's golden year of 1939 remains the best, rivaled only by the 1923 silent version starring Lon Chaney....

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

Man's Castle

1933 · Movie · 80 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast Spencer Tracy · Loretta Young · Marjorie Rambeau · Glenda Farrell

Plot Bill takes Trina into his depression camp cabin. Later, just as he finds showgirl LaRue who will support him, Trina becomes pregnant.

7.0

332 votes

7.0

332 votes

Gunga Din

1939 · Movie · 117 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Cary Grant · Victor McLaglen · Douglas Fairbanks Jr. · Joan Fontaine

Plot Based loosely on the poem by Rudyard Kipling, this takes place in British India during the Thuggee uprising. Three fun loving sergeants are doing fine until one of them wants...

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

No Greater Glory

1934 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast George P. Breakston · Jimmy Butler · Jackie Searl · Frankie Darro

Plot George Breakston plays a frail youngster who idolizes gang leader Jimmy Butler. The gang is modeled after an army, complete with uniforms and a flag. Breakston's ill health makes him...

7.0

54 votes

7.0

54 votes

The Whole Town's Talking

1935 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Edward G. Robinson · Jean Arthur · Arthur Hohl · Arthur Byron

Plot Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. He's never late for work and nothing interesting ever happens to him. One day everything changes: he oversleeps and is...

6.8

521 votes

6.8

521 votes

Twentieth Century

1934 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Barrymore · Carole Lombard · Walter Connolly · Roscoe Karns

Plot Broadway director Oscar Jaffe (John Barrymore) is a bigger ham than most actors, but through sheer drive and talent he is able to build a successful career. When one of...

6.8

502 votes

6.8

502 votes

The Devil and Daniel Webster

1941 · Movie · 112 min. · United States

Direction William Dieterle

Cast Edward Arnold · Walter Huston · James Craig · Jane Darwell

Plot William Dieterle adapts Stephen Vincent Benet's transformation of the Faust legend from the tale of an aging genius to that of struggling New Hampshire farmer Jabez Stone, played by James...

6.7

489 votes

6.7

489 votes

They Were Expendable

1945 · Movie · 136 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Robert Montgomery · John Wayne · Donna Reed · Ward Bond

Plot In the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the members of a PT boat squadron patrol Philippine waters and attack Japanese ships. The PT boat initially had little...

6.7

1K votes

6.7

1K votes

Quick Millions

1931 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

Direction Rowland Brown

Cast Spencer Tracy · Marguerite Churchill · Sally Eilers · Bob Burns

Plot Truck driver Bugs Raymond organizes the trucking associations and takes protection money. Now rich, he decides to marry socialite Dorothy Stone. She rejects him for another, so he makes plans...

6.6

42 votes

6.6

42 votes

The Primrose Path

1940 · Movie · 93 min. · United States

Direction Gregory La Cava

Cast Ginger Rogers · Joel McCrea · Marjorie Rambeau · Miles Mander

Plot Mamie Adams (Marjorie Rambeau) supports her alcoholic husband and two daughters by the same profession her mother had practiced: prostitution. Ellie May (Ginger Rogers), the eldest girl, wants desperately to...

6.5

186 votes

6.5

186 votes

The Beloved Rogue

1927 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Alan Crosland

Cast John Barrymore · Conrad Veidt · Marceline Day · Lawson Butt

Plot In 1432, while François Villon is still an infant, his father dies as a martyr to his devotion to France. François grows up to be a renowned poet, an ardent...

6.4

21 votes

6.4

21 votes

6.3

29 votes

Hell's Hinges

1916 · Movie · 64 min. · United States

Direction Charles Swickard · William S. Hart · Clifford Smith

Cast William S. Hart · Clara Williams · Jack Standing · Alfred Hollingsworth

Plot When Reverend Robert Henley and his sister Faith arrive in the town of Hell's Hinges, saloon owner Silk Miller and his cohorts sense danger to their evil ways. They hire...

6.3

30 votes

6.3

30 votes

Mary of Scotland

1936 · Movie · 123 min. · United States

Direction John Ford

Cast Katharine Hepburn · Fredric March · Florence Eldridge · Douglas Walton

Plot Mary Stuart returns to Scotland to rule as queen, to the chagrin of Elizabeth I of England who finds her a dangerous rival. There is much ado over whom Mary...

6.3

1K votes

6.3

1K votes

Tumbleweeds

1925 · Movie · 78 min. · United States

Direction King Baggot · William S. Hart

Cast William S. Hart · Barbara Bedford · Lucien Littlefield · J. Gordon Russell

Plot It's 1889 and the Cherokee Strip is about to be opened to settlers. After cowboy Dan Carver helps move the Box K cattle off the strip he meets Molly Lassiter....

6.2

64 votes

6.2

64 votes

Sylvia Scarlett

1935 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

The Plough and the Stars

1936 · Movie · 72 min. · United States

6.2

157 votes

6.2

157 votes

A Damsel in Distress

1937 · Movie · 98 min. · United States

Direction George Stevens

Cast Fred Astaire · George Burns · Gracie Allen · Joan Fontaine

Plot Lady Alyce Marshmorton must marry soon, and the staff of Tottney Castle have laid bets on who she'll choose, with young Albert wagering on "Mr. X." After Alyce goes to...

6.1

234 votes

6.1

234 votes