Charles J. Stumar

Charles Stumar behind the camera during the filming of The Mummy (1932), with Boris Karloff at left and director Karl Freund at right

Charles J. Stumar (28 August 1890 – 29 June 1935) was a Hungarian-American cinematographer who shot 110 English and German language films from 1917 until his death in a plane accident. He was a brother of cinematographer John Stumar.

Biography

He was born on 28 August 1890 in Budapest, Hungary. He died on 29 June 1935 in Los Angeles, California.

Selected filmography

• Chicken Casey (1917)
• Wooden Shoes (1917)
• Three X Gordon (1918)
• The Drifters (1919)
• Love (1920)
• Greater Than Love (1921)
• I Am Guilty (1921)
• Lying Lips (1921)
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)
• The Abysmal Brute (1923)
• Siege (1925)
• Poker Faces (1926)
• The Combat (1926)
• The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928)
• Anybody Here Seen Kelly? (1928)
• The Michigan Kid (1928)
• Rustle of Spring (1929)
• Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1929)
• Secret Police (1929)
• The Daredevil Reporter (1929)
• Next, Please! (1930)
• Witnesses Wanted (1930)
• The Rhineland Girl (1930)
• Busy Girls (1930)
• Of Life and Death (1930)
• One Hour of Happiness (1931)
• A House Divided (1931)
• Hearts of Humanity (1932)
• The Mummy (1932)
• Black Beauty (1933)
• Storm Over the Andes (1935)
• Straight from the Heart (1935)
• Werewolf of London (1935)
• The Raven (1935)

External links

• Stumar, Charles J. at IMDb