Salvatore Polito

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Salvatore Polito, better known as Sol Polito, was an Italian-American cinematographer renowned for his work on classic Hollywood films and multiple Academy Award nominations.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Sol Polito 10
Salvatore Polito canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian-American ⓘ
cinematographer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1950s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1910s ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Salvatore Polito ⓘ
surface form: Sol Polito
awardNomination multiple Academy Award nominations for cinematography ⓘ
birthName Salvatore Polito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
citizenship United States of America ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Italy ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-11-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-05-23 ⓘ
employer Warner Bros. Entertainment ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.

Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
fieldOfWork cinematography ⓘ
genre classic Hollywood cinema ⓘ
industry film industry ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
name Salvatore Polito self-link ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
notableFor dynamic camera movement ⓘ
innovative lighting techniques ⓘ
notableWork Angels with Dirty Faces ⓘ
Captain Blood (1935 film) ⓘ
surface form: Captain Blood

The Adventures of Robin Hood ⓘ
The Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
The Petrified Forest ⓘ
The Roaring Twenties ⓘ
The Sea Hawk ⓘ
Yankee Doodle Dandy ⓘ
occupation cinematographer ⓘ
partOf Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
placeOfBirth Italy ⓘ
Palermo ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
placeOfDeath California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Hollywood ⓘ
Los Angeles ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
residence California, United States ⓘ
surface form: California

Los Angeles ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
workedOn Technicolor films ⓘ
black-and-white films ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sol Polito → birthName → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938 film) → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Now, Voyager → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Sorry, Wrong Number → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Angels with Dirty Faces → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang → cinematographer → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Dodge City (1939 film) → cinematographyBy → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Annunziata Polito → spouse → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Annunziata Polito → notableRelative → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Salvatore Polito → name → Salvatore Polito self-link ⓘ
Salvatore Polito → alsoKnownAs → Salvatore Polito ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sol Polito
Salvatore Polito → birthName → Salvatore Polito self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Sol Polito