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David Abel
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Born December 15, 1883Died November 12, 1973 (89 years)
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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 responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, and Shall We Dance).
Other credits include The Awful Truth, Huckleberry Finn, Hips, Hips, Hooray!, Grumpy, The Virtuous Sin, and History Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films.
He retired in 1937, but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic Holiday Inn (1942). After two more films, Follow the Boys (1944) and The Affairs of Susan (1945), Abel left Hollywood film work for good.
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 responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, and Shall We Dance).
Other credits include The Awful Truth, Huckleberry Finn, Hips, Hips, Hooray!, Grumpy, The Virtuous Sin, and History Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films.
He retired in 1937, but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic Holiday Inn (1942). After two more films, Follow the Boys (1944) and The Affairs of Susan (1945), Abel left Hollywood film work for good.
David Abel Filmography
| 1945 | The Affairs of Susan · as Director Of Photography |
| 1944 | Follow the Boys · as Director Of Photography |
| 1942 | Holiday Inn · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Shall We Dance · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | History Is Made at Night · as Director Of Photography |
| 1937 | Criminal Lawyer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Make Way for a Lady · as Director Of Photography |
| 1936 | Swing Time · 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 | Top Hat · as Director Of Photography |
| 1935 | The Case of the Curious Bride · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Bachelor Bait · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Cockeyed Cavaliers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Where Sinners Meet · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | This Man Is Mine · as Director Of Photography |
| 1934 | Hips, Hips, Hooray! · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | Ann Vickers · as Director Of Photography |
| 1933 | Rafter Romance · 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 | The Phantom President · as Director Of Photography |
| 1932 | Merrily We Go to Hell · 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 | Rich Man's Folly · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Huckleberry Finn · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | The Secret Call · as Director Of Photography |
| 1931 | Scandal Sheet · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | The Virtuous Sin · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Grumpy · as Director Of Photography |
| 1930 | Swing High · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | The Racketeer · as Director Of Photography |
| 1929 | Her Private Affair · as Cinematographer |
| 1928 | Show Folks · as Director Of Photography |
| 1928 | Stand and Deliver · as Director Of Photography |
| 1927 | The First Auto · as Director Of Photography |
| 1926 | His Jazz Bride · as Cinematographer |
| 1924 | The Lover of Camille · as Director Of Photography |
| 1924 | Beau Brummel · as Director Of Photography |
| 1922 | The Primitive Lover · as Director Of Photography |
| 1922 | Little Miss Smiles · as Director Of Photography |
| 1921 | Rip Van Winkle · as Cinematographer |
| 1920 | Unseen Forces · as Cinematographer |
| 1918 | The Lady of the Dugout · as Cinematographer |