Hal Mohr
| Hal Mohr | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 2, 1894 San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | May 10, 1974 (aged 79) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | cinematographer |
| Title | A.S.C. President (1930-1931), (1963-1965), (1969-1970), |
| Spouse | Evelyn Venable (1934-74) |
| Awards |
Academy Award for Best Cinematographer A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Hal Mohr, A.S.C. (August 2, 1894, San Francisco — May 10, 1974, Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer.
[edit] Career
In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast. This film purported to show the last night of the depraved Barbary Coast red-light district of San Francisco before it was shut down by the police. (The area wasn't actually closed down until 1917.) This is now considered a lost film.
He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematographer for his work on The Fourposter (1952), a film based on a play of the same name, written by Jan de Hartog. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Cinematography in a Black and White Film, for his work on the same movie.
Notably, he is the only person to have won a competitive Academy Award without being nominated for it. In 1936, a write-in campaign won him the Best Cinematography Oscar for his work on A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935). The Academy later changed the Oscar rules, making write-in voting impossible.
He won another Academy Award for his work on The Phantom of the Opera (1943). Other film cinematographer credits include Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941), Another Part of the Forest (1948) and The Wild One (1953).
[edit] Personal life
On December 7, 1934, Mohr married actress Evelyn Venable, whom he met on the set of the Will Rogers film David Harum. Strict vegetarians, they had two daughters, Dolores and Rosalia, and remained married until his death in 1974.
[edit] External links
- Hal Mohr at the Internet Movie Database
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