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Wong Howe Biography (1899-1976)
Real name, Wong Tung Jim; born August 28, 1899, in Kwangtung, China; immigrated to Pasco, WA, 1904; died of cancer, July 12, 1976, in Hollywood, CA; son of Wong Howe (a businessman and restaurateur); married Sanora Bobb, September16, 1949. Career: Cinematographer and director. Also worked as a professional boxer, 1914; delivery boy; bellhop; slate boy for Cecil B. DeMille; camera assistant and an assistant cameraman for Alvin Wyckoff, 1917. Member: American Society of Cinematographers. Awards, Honors: Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1938, for Algiers; Academy Awardnomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1940, for Abe Lincoln inIllinois; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1942, for Kings Row; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1943, for The North Star; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1943, for Air Force(with Elmer Dyer and Charles A. Marshall); Academy Award, best cinematography--black and white, 1955, for The Rose Tattoo; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1958, for The Old Man and the Sea; Academy Award, best cinematography--black and white, 1963, for Hud; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography--black and white, 1966, for Seconds; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, 1975, for Funny Lady..
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Cinematographer, director
- Birth Details
- August 28, 1899
- Kwangtung, China
- Death Details
- July 12, 1976
- Hollywood, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
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Cinematographer
- (As James Howe) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine, Paramount, 1923
- (As James Howe) Drums of Fate, Paramount, 1923
- (As Jimmie Howe) The Woman with Four Faces, Paramount, 1923
- (As James Howe) To the Last Man, Paramount, 1923
- (As James Howe) The Spanish Dancer, Paramount, 1923
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The Call of the Canyon, Paramount, 1923
- (As James Howe) The Alaskan, Paramount, 1924
- (As James Howe) The Breaking Point, Paramount, 1924
- (As James Howe) The Side Show of Life, Paramount, 1924
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Peter Pan, Paramount, 1924
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The King on Main Street, Paramount, 1925
- (As James Howe) The Charmer, Paramount, 1925
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Not So Long Ago, Paramount, 1925
- (As James Howe) The Best People, Paramount, 1925
- (As James Howe) Padlocked, Paramount, 1926
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Mantrap, Paramount, 1926
- (As James Howe) The Song and Dance Man, Paramount, 1926
- (As James Howe) Sea Horses, Paramount, 1926
- (As James Howe) The Rough Riders, Paramount, 1927
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Sorrell and Son, United Artists, 1927
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Laugh, Clown, Laugh, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1928
- (As James Howe) Perfect Crime, Film Booking Offices of America, 1928
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Four Walls, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1928
- (As James Howe) Desert Nights, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1929
- (As James Howe) Today, 1930
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Transatlantic, Fox Film Corporation, 1931
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Surrender, Fox Film Corporation, 1931
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The Spider, Fox Film Corporation, 1931
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The Criminal Code, Columbia, 1931
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The Yellow Ticket (also known as The Yellow Passport), FoxFilm Corporation, 1931
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Man About Town, Fox Film Corporation, 1932
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Dance Team, Fox Film Corporation, 1932
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Chandu the Magician, Fox Film Corporation, 1932
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Amateur Daddy, Fox Film Corporation, 1932
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After Tomorrow, Fox Film Corporation, 1932
- (Uncredited) Shanghai Express, Paramount Public Corporation, 1932
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Hello, Sister (also known as Walking Down Broadway), Fox Film Corporation, 1933
- (As James Howe) Beauty for Sale (also known as Beauty), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
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The Power and the Glory, Fox Film Corporation, 1933
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The Thin Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
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Stamboul Quest, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
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Have a Heart, 1934
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The Show-Off, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
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Viva Villa!, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
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Manhattan Melodrama, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
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Hollywood Party, Loew's Inc., 1934
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Three Live Ghosts, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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O'Shaughnessy's Boy, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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The Night is Young, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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Mark of the Vampire (also known as Vampires of Prague), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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The Flame Within, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
- (Uncredited) Rendezvous, Loew's Inc., 1935
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Whipshaw, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
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The Prisoner of Zenda, United Artists, 1937
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Fire Over England, United Artists, 1937
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Farewell Again (also known as Troopship), 1937
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Comet Over Broadway, Warner Bros., 1938
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Algiers, United Artists, 1938
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, United Artists, 1938
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They Made Me a Criminal (also known as I Became a Criminaland They Made Me a Fugitive), Warner Bros., 1939
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The Oklahoma Kid, Warner Bros., 1939
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Daughters Courageous (also known as American Family,
A Family Affair, and Family Reunion), Warner Bros., 1939
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Dust Be My Destiny, Warner Bros., 1939
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On Your Toes, Warner Bros., 1939
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Torrid Zone, Warner Bros., 1940
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (also known as The Story of Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet), Warner Bros., 1940
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A Dispatch from Reuters (also known as This Man Reuter), Warner Bros., 1940
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City for Conquest, Warner Bros., 1940
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (also known as Spirit of the People), RKO Radio Pictures, 1940
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Saturday's Children, Warner Bros., 1940
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The Strawberry Blonde, Warner Bros., 1941
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Shining Victory, Warner Bros., 1941
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Out of the Fog, Warner Bros., 1941
- (Dance Sequences only) Navy Blues, Warner Bros., 1941
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Kings Row, Warner Bros., 1942
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The Hard Way, Warner Bros., 1942
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Yankee Doodle Dandy, Warner Bros., 1942
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The North Star (also known as Armored Attack), Video Yesteryear, 1943
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Air Force, Warner Bros., 1943
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Hangmen Also Die (also known as Lest We Forget), United Artists, 1943
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Passage to Marseille, Warner Bros., 1944
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Objective, Burma!, Warner Bros., 1945
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Danger Signal, Warner Bros., 1945
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Counter-Attack (also known as One Against Seven), Columbia,1945
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Confidential Agent, Warner Bros., 1945
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My Reputation, Warner Bros., 1946
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Pursued, Warner Bros., 1947
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Nora Prentiss, Warner Bros., 1947
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Body and Soul (also known as An Affair of the Heart), United Artists, 1947
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The Time of Your Life, United Artists, 1948
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, RKO Radio Pictures, 1948
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The Eagle and the Hawk (also known as Spread Eagle), Paramount, 1950
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Tripoli (also known as The First Marines), Paramount, 1950
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Baron of Arizona, Lippert Pictures, 1950
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The Lady Says No, 1951
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The Brave Bulls, Columbia, 1951
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Behave Yourself!, RKO Radio Pictures, 1951
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He Ran All the Way, United Artists, 1951
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The Fighter, United Artists, 1952
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Come Back, Little Sheba, Paramount, 1952
- (Uncredited; additional scenes) Stazione Termini (also known as Indiscretion,
Indiscretion of an American Wife,
Station Terminus,
Terminal Station,
Terminal Station Indiscretion, and Terminus Station), Columbia, 1953
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Main Street to Broadway, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
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Jennifer, Allied Artists, 1953
- (Uncredited) On the Waterfront, Columbia, 1954
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The Rose Tattoo, Paramount, 1955
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Picnic, Columbia, 1955
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Death of a Scoundrel (also known as Diary of a Scoundrel,
The Loves and Death of a Scoundrel, and Loves of a Scoundrel), 1956
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Sweet Smell of Success, United Artists, 1957
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Drango, United Artists, 1957
- (Uncredited) A Farewell to Arms, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1957
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Bell, Book and Candle, Columbia, 1958
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The Old Man and the Sea, Warner Bros., 1958
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The Story on Page One, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1959
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The Last Angry Man, Columbia, 1959
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Tess of the Storm Country, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1960
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Song Without End (also known as Crescendo), Columbia, 1960
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Hud, Paramount, Paramount, 1963
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The Outrage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1964
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The Glory Guys, United Artists, 1965
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Seconds, Paramount, 1966
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This Property Is Condemned, Paramount, 1966
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Hombre, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1967
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Warner Bros., 1968
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Last of the Mobile Hot Shots (also known as Blood Kin and The Seven Descendents of Myrtle), 1969
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The Molly Maguires, Paramount, 1970
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The Horseman, 1971
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Funny Lady, Columbia, 1975
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Director
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Go, Man, Go!, United Artists, 1954
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The Invisible Avenger (also known as Bourbon Street Shadows), Republic, 1958
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Pre-Production Manager
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I Walk the Line, Columbia, 1970
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Film Appearances
- Himself, James Wong Howe, A.S.C.: A Lesson in Light, 1973
- Interviewee (archive footage), Visions of Light: The Art of Cinematography (also known as Visions of Light), City Screen Ltd, 1992
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books:
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Almanac of Famous People, 6th ed., Gale (Detroit, MI), 1998.
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International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, Volume 4: Writers and Production Artists, St. James Press (Detroit, MI), 1996.
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Notable Asian Americans, Gale, 1995.
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