David Abel

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1883-12-15 (90 years old)

Deathday

1973-11-12

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

David Abel

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. His credits include Grumpy (1930), The Virtuous Sin (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), and The Affairs of Susan (1945). At RKO Pictures during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsib...

Production

1935

Top Hat

as Director of Photography

1942

Holiday Inn

as Director of Photography

1933

Ann Vickers

as Director of Photography

1945

The Affairs of Susan

as Director of Photography

1935

A Notorious Gentleman

as Cinematography

1922

The Primitive Lover

as Director of Photography

1927

The First Auto

as Director of Photography

1928

Craig's Wife

as Director of Photography

1928

Tenth Avenue

as Director of Photography

1928

Midnight Madness

as Director of Photography

1928

Stand and Deliver

as Director of Photography

1927

The Forbidden Woman

as Director of Photography

1922

Mixed Faces

as Director of Photography

1930

Grumpy

as Director of Photography

1937

Criminal Lawyer

as Director of Photography

1937

History Is Made at Night

as Director of Photography

1934

The Gay Divorcee

as Director of Photography

1932

The Phantom President

as Director of Photography

1936

Swing Time

as Director of Photography

1932

Merrily We Go to Hell

as Director of Photography

1922

Little Miss Smiles

as Director of Photography

1933

Rafter Romance

as Director of Photography

1926

Footloose Widows

as Director of Photography

1929

The Racketeer

as Director of Photography

1919

The New Moon

as Director of Photography

1934

Cockeyed Cavaliers

as Director of Photography

1944

Follow the Boys

as Director of Photography

1937

Shall We Dance

as Director of Photography

1936

Make Way for a Lady

as Director of Photography

1936

Bunker Bean

as Director of Photography

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Director of Photography

1935

I Dream Too Much

as Director of Photography

1935

The Case of the Curious Bride

as Director of Photography

1934

Bachelor Bait

as Director of Photography

1934

This Man Is Mine

as Director of Photography

1934

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

as Director of Photography

1933

Pick-up

as Director of Photography

1933

The Crime of the Century

as Director of Photography

1932

Madame Butterfly

as Director of Photography

1932

Sky Bride

as Director of Photography

1932

The Miracle Man

as Director of Photography

1931

Ladies of the Big House

as Director of Photography

1931

Huckleberry Finn

as Director of Photography

1931

Scandal Sheet

as Director of Photography

1930

The Virtuous Sin

as Director of Photography

1930

Swing High

as Director of Photography

1930

The Grand Parade

as Director of Photography

1929

Square Shoulders

as Director of Photography

1919

The Heart of Wetona

as Director of Photography

1917

The Bad Boy

as Director of Photography

1919

The Probation Wife

as Director of Photography

1919

The Way of a Woman

as Director of Photography

1919

The Isle of Conquest

as Director of Photography

1920

She Loves and Lies

as Director of Photography

1924

The Dark Swan

as Director of Photography

1926

The Honeymoon Express

as Director of Photography

1920

A Daughter of Two Worlds

as Director of Photography

1920

The Woman Gives

as Director of Photography

1917

Madame Bo-Peep

as Director of Photography

1917

A Woman's Awakening

as Director of Photography

1928

Show Folks

as Director of Photography

1931

The Secret Call

as Director of Photography

1931

Rich Man's Folly

as Director of Photography

1925

Seven Sinners

as Director of Photography

1916

1936

Bunker Bean

as Cinematography

1925

Recompense

as Director of Photography

1926

The Cave Man

as Director of Photography

1917

Thais

as Director of Photography

1923

Lovebound

as Director of Photography

1920

Unseen Forces

as Cinematography

1916

A Sister of Six

as Cinematography

1924

Beau Brummel

as Director of Photography

1921

Rip Van Winkle

as Cinematography

1922

A Self-Made Man

as Cinematography

1929

Geraldine

as Cinematography

1925

How Baxter Butted In

as Director of Photography

1924

A Lost Lady

as Director of Photography

1934

Where Sinners Meet

as Director of Photography

1922

The Great Night

as Director of Photography

1919

Maggie Pepper

as Director of Photography

1927

1924

The Lover of Camille

as Director of Photography

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