Arthur Crabtree

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1900-10-29 (75 years old)

Deathday

1975-03-15

Place of Birth

Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Arthur Crabtree

Biography

Arthur Crabtree (29 October 1900, Shipley, Yorkshire, England – 15 March 1975, Worthing, Sussex, England) was a British cinematographer and film director. Crabtree earliest credits as a cinematographer working on such films as the Will Hay comedies Oh, Mr. Porter! and Good Morning, Boys (both 1937) and Hey! Hey! USA! (1938), the Arthur Askey vehicle Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940), and The Man in Grey (1943) and Fanny by Gaslight (1944) for Gainsborough Pictures. Crabtree continued his association with Gainsborough as he started his directorial career, beginning with the melodramatic fantasies Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), starring...

Production

1958

1947

Dear Murderer

as Director

1943

The Man in Grey

as Director of Photography

1940

For Freedom

as Camera Operator

1938

Bank Holiday

as Director of Photography

1940

1948

Quartet

as Director

1941

Kipps

as Cinematography

1944

Fanny by Gaslight

as Director of Photography

1945

1952

Hindle Wakes

as Director

1941

Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

as Director of Photography

1950

Lilli Marlene

as Director

1946

Caravan

as Director

1938

Alf's Button Afloat

as Director of Photography

1938

Convict 99

as Cinematography

1949

1948

The Calendar

as Director

1935

The Love Test

as Director of Photography

1958

1943

Dear Octopus

as Director of Photography

1931

Out of the Blue

as Director of Photography

1932

The Maid of the Mountains

as Director of Photography

1936

All In!

as Director of Photography

1942

Much Too Shy

as Cinematography

1936

First Offence

as Cinematography

1942

Uncensored

as Director of Photography

1938

Hey! Hey! USA

as Cinematography

1941

South American George

as Cinematography

1940

Neutral Port

as Cinematography

1945

Waterloo Road

as Director of Photography

1942

The Nose Has It!

as Camera Operator

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