Sol Polito

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cinematographer person

Sol Polito was an Italian-American cinematographer renowned for his work on numerous classic Hollywood films of the 1930s and 1940s.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cinematographer ⓘ
person ⓘ
activePeriod 1930s ⓘ
1940s ⓘ
silent film era ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Cinematography ⓘ
birthDate 1892-11-12 ⓘ
birthName Salvatore Polito ⓘ
birthPlace Palermo ⓘ
surface form: Palermo, Sicily, Italy
children three children ⓘ
citizenship Italy ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1960-05-23 ⓘ
deathPlace Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
employer First National Pictures ⓘ
Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
era Hollywood Golden Age ⓘ
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
field cinematography ⓘ
industry Hollywood film industry ⓘ
knownFor classic Hollywood cinematography ⓘ
work in the 1930s and 1940s ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
movedTo United States of America ⓘ
name Sol Polito self-link ⓘ
nationality Italian-American ⓘ
notableCollaboration Errol Flynn ⓘ
James Cagney ⓘ
Michael Curtiz ⓘ
occupation cinematographer ⓘ
director of photography ⓘ
spouse Annunziata Polito ⓘ
style dynamic lighting ⓘ
expressive camera movement ⓘ
workedOn Angels with Dirty Faces ⓘ
Captain Blood (1935 film) ⓘ
surface form: Captain Blood

Juarez ⓘ
Now, Voyager ⓘ
The Adventures of Robin Hood ⓘ
The Amazing Dr. Clitterhouse ⓘ
Charge of the Light Brigade ⓘ
surface form: The Charge of the Light Brigade

The Fighting 69th ⓘ
The Maltese Falcon ⓘ
surface form: The Maltese Falcon (early 1931 version)

Petrified Forest National Park ⓘ
surface form: The Petrified Forest

1937 film The Prince and the Pauper ⓘ
surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex ⓘ
The Roaring Twenties ⓘ
The Sea Hawk ⓘ
The Story of Louis Pasteur ⓘ
They Drive by Night ⓘ
Yankee Doodle Dandy ⓘ

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Sergeant York → cinematographyBy → Sol Polito ⓘ
subject surface form: The Prince and the Pauper (1937 film)
Sol Polito → name → Sol Polito self-link ⓘ