Sol Polito

Personal Info

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Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1892-11-12 (68 years old)

Deathday

1960-05-23

Place of Birth

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

Sol Polito

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sol Polito, A.S.C. (born Salvatore Polito, November 12, 1892 — May 23, 1960) was an American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with directors Michael Curtiz and Mervyn LeRoy at Warner Bros. studios in the 1930s and 1940s. Salvatore Polito was born November 12, 1892, in Palermo, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1905. He attended school in New York City and began working in the motion picture industry as a still photographer. After experience as a lab assistant and camera assistant, he was promoted to lighting cameraman in 1917. Polito married Frances (Francesca) D'Angelis in Ne...

Production

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Director of Photography

1933

42nd Street

as Director of Photography

1938

The Adventures of Robin Hood

as Director of Photography

1940

City for Conquest

as Director of Photography

1941

The Sea Wolf

as Director of Photography

1929

Seven Footprints to Satan

as Director of Photography

1932

Two Seconds

as Director of Photography

1938

Angels with Dirty Faces

as Director of Photography

1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Director of Photography

1931

Five Star Final

as Director of Photography

1928

The Shepherd of the Hills

as Director of Photography

1947

The Long Night

as Director of Photography

1946

A Stolen Life

as Director of Photography

1925

Soft Shoes

as Director of Photography

1936

The Petrified Forest

as Director of Photography

1946

Cloak and Dagger

as Director of Photography

1933

Picture Snatcher

as Director of Photography

1942

The Gay Sisters

as Director of Photography

1935

The Woman in Red

as Director of Photography

1923

The Bishop of the Ozarks

as Director of Photography

1935

Frisco Kid

as Director of Photography

1944

Arsenic and Old Lace

as Director of Photography

1924

A Cafe in Cairo

as Cinematography

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Director of Photography

1944

The Adventures of Mark Twain

as Director of Photography

1920

Alias Jimmy Valentine

as Director of Photography

1947

Escape Me Never

as Director of Photography

1926

The Unknown Cavalier

as Director of Photography

1927

The Overland Stage

as Director of Photography

1931

Local Boy Makes Good

as Director of Photography

1927

The Land Beyond the Law

as Director of Photography

1933

The Working Man

as Director of Photography

1930

Playing Around

as Director of Photography

1932

Fireman, Save My Child

as Director of Photography

1932

The Dark Horse

as Director of Photography

1928

Heart to Heart

as Director of Photography

1926

Senor Daredevil

as Director of Photography

1927

Gun Gospel

as Director of Photography

1939

Four Wives

as Director of Photography

1946

Cinderella Jones

as Director of Photography

1940

Virginia City

as Director of Photography

1939

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

as Director of Photography

1943

Old Acquaintance

as Director of Photography

1947

The Voice of the Turtle

as Director of Photography

1941

Sergeant York

as Director of Photography

1945

Rhapsody in Blue

as Director of Photography

1943

This Is the Army

as Director of Photography

1945

The Corn Is Green

as Director of Photography

1942

Captains of the Clouds

as Director of Photography

1949

Anna Lucasta

as Director of Photography

1942

Now, Voyager

as Director of Photography

1948

Sorry, Wrong Number

as Director of Photography

1937

The Prince and the Pauper

as Director of Photography

1931

Suicide Fleet

as Director of Photography

1933

Gold Diggers of 1933

as Director of Photography

1927

Hard-Boiled Haggerty

as Cinematography

1936

The Charge of the Light Brigade

as Director of Photography

1934

Dames

as Director of Photography

1939

1932

Blessed Event

as Director of Photography

1934

Sweet Adeline

as Director of Photography

1928

The Hawk's Nest

as Cinematography

1939

Dodge City

as Director of Photography

1928

Scarlet Seas

as Director of Photography

1938

Valley of the Giants

as Director of Photography

1934

Hi, Nellie!

as Director of Photography

1929

The Man and the Moment

as Director of Photography

1935

'G' Men

as Director of Photography

1934

Wonder Bar

as Director of Photography

1934

Dark Hazard

as Director of Photography

1931

The Ruling Voice

as Director of Photography

1936

Sons o' Guns

as Director of Photography

1930

Going Wild

as Director of Photography

1930

No, No, Nanette

as Director of Photography

1937

Ready, Willing and Able

as Director of Photography

1933

The Mind Reader

as Director of Photography

1939

You Can't Get Away with Murder

as Director of Photography

1936

Colleen

as Director of Photography

1930

Numbered Men

as Director of Photography

1936

Three Men on a Horse

as Director of Photography

1934

Flirtation Walk

as Director of Photography

1931

Big Business Girl

as Director of Photography

1937

Varsity Show

as Director of Photography

1928

Burning Daylight

as Director of Photography

1935

Shipmates Forever

as Director of Photography

1934

Dr. Monica

as Director of Photography

1929

Broadway Babies

as Director of Photography

1938

Boy Meets Girl

as Director of Photography

1935

In Caliente

as Director of Photography

1938

Gold Diggers in Paris

as Director of Photography

1938

Gold Is Where You Find It

as Director of Photography

1932

Union Depot

as Director of Photography

1930

Show Girl in Hollywood

as Director of Photography

1934

Madame du Barry

as Director of Photography

1932

It's Tough to Be Famous

as Director of Photography

1931

The Hot Heiress

as Director of Photography

1930

The Widow from Chicago

as Director of Photography

1919

In Wrong

as Director of Photography

1924

Roaring Rails

as Director of Photography

1919

Should a Woman Tell?

as Director of Photography

1929

Twin Beds

as Cinematography

1927

Lonesome Ladies

as Director of Photography

1924

Why Men Leave Home

as Director of Photography

1930

1941

Navy Blues

as Cinematography

1928

The Border Patrol

as Director of Photography

1924

The Siren Of Seville

as Director of Photography

1919

Bill Apperson's Boy

as Director of Photography

1919

Burglar by Proxy

as Director of Photography

1924

The Lightning Rider

as Director of Photography

1929

Paris

as Director of Photography

1932

Three on a Match

as Director of Photography

1931

Woman Hungry

as Director of Photography

1931

The Bargain

as Cinematography

1914

Rip Van Winkle

as Director of Photography

1917

Her Second Husband

as Camera Operator

1926

Satan Town

as Camera Operator

1916

Fate's Boomerang

as Director of Photography

1915

The Cotton King

as Director of Photography

1916

The World Against Him

as Director of Photography

1916

Fruits of Desire

as Director of Photography

1915

The Butterfly

as Director of Photography

1927

Somewhere in Sonora

as Director of Photography

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