David Abel
Camera
1883-12-15 · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.
Filmography
The Affairs of Susan
1945 · Movie
Follow the Boys
1944 · Movie
Holiday Inn
1942 · Movie
Shall We Dance
1937 · Movie
History Is Made at Night
1937 · Movie
Criminal Lawyer
1937 · Movie
Make Way for a Lady
1936 · Movie
Swing Time
1936 · Movie
Bunker Bean
1936 · Movie
Follow the Fleet
1936 · Movie
I Dream Too Much
1935 · Movie
Top Hat
1935 · Movie
The Case of the Curious Bride
1935 · Movie
A Notorious Gentleman
1935 · Movie
The Gay Divorcee
1934 · Movie
Bachelor Bait
1934 · Movie
Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934 · Movie
Where Sinners Meet
1934 · Movie
This Man Is Mine
1934 · Movie
Hips, Hips, Hooray!
1934 · Movie
Ann Vickers
1933 · Movie
Rafter Romance
1933 · Movie
Pick-up
1933 · Movie
The Crime of the Century
1933 · Movie
Madame Butterfly
1932 · Movie
The Phantom President
1932 · Movie
Merrily We Go to Hell
1932 · Movie
Sky Bride
1932 · Movie
The Miracle Man
1932 · Movie
Ladies of the Big House
1931 · Movie
Rich Man's Folly
1931 · Movie
Huckleberry Finn
1931 · Movie
The Secret Call
1931 · Movie
Scandal Sheet
1931 · Movie
The Virtuous Sin
1930 · Movie
Grumpy
1930 · Movie
Swing High
1930 · Movie
The Grand Parade
1930 · Movie
The Racketeer
1929 · Movie
Square Shoulders
1929 · Movie
Noisy Neighbors
1929 · Movie
Geraldine
1929 · Movie
Show Folks
1928 · Movie
Craig's Wife
1928 · Movie
Tenth Avenue
1928 · Movie
Midnight Madness
1928 · Movie
Stand and Deliver
1928 · Movie
The Forbidden Woman
1927 · Movie
The First Auto
1927 · Movie
What Every Girl Should Know
1927 · Movie
My Official Wife
1926 · Movie
The Honeymoon Express
1926 · Movie
Footloose Widows
1926 · Movie
The Cave Man
1926 · Movie
Seven Sinners
1925 · Movie
How Baxter Butted In
1925 · Movie
Recompense
1925 · Movie
A Lost Lady
1924 · Movie
The Dark Swan
1924 · Movie
The Lover of Camille
1924 · Movie
Beau Brummel
1924 · Movie
The Barefoot Boy
1923 · Movie
Lovebound
1923 · Movie
The Great Night
1922 · Movie
Mixed Faces
1922 · Movie
A Self-Made Man
1922 · Movie
The Men of Zanzibar
1922 · Movie
The Primitive Lover
1922 · Movie
Little Miss Smiles
1922 · Movie
Rip Van Winkle
1921 · Movie
Unseen Forces
1920 · Movie
The Woman Gives
1920 · Movie
A Daughter of Two Worlds
1920 · Movie
She Loves and Lies
1920 · Movie
The Isle of Conquest
1919 · Movie
The Way of a Woman
1919 · Movie
The Probation Wife
1919 · Movie
The New Moon
1919 · Movie
Maggie Pepper
1919 · Movie
The Heart of Wetona
1919 · Movie
Our Little Wife
1918 · Movie
Thais
1917 · Movie
Madame Bo-Peep
1917 · Movie
A Woman's Awakening
1917 · Movie
The Bad Boy
1917 · Movie
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
1916 · Movie
A Sister of Six
1916 · Movie
Billion Pound Cruises: All At Sea
Movie