Lee Garmes

Lee Garmes

American cinematographer (1898–1978)

Lee Garmes, A.S.C. was an American cinematographer. During his career, he worked with directors Howard Hawks, Max Ophüls, Josef von Sternberg, Alfred Hitchcock, King Vidor, Nicholas Ray and Henry Hathaway, whom he had met as a young man when the two first came to Hollywood in the silent era. He also co-directed two films with legendary screenwriter Ben Hecht: Angels Over Broadway and Actors and Sin.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 54 films (1918–1963) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
19-- Shanghai Express Adolph Zukor presents ; a Paramount picture ; directed by Josef von Sternberg ; screen play by Jules Furthman. 81 16mm B&W sound
1918 THE HOPE CHEST. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 5 reels B&W
1919 NUGGET NELL. The New Art Film Co. 5 reels B&W
1921 Nobody Home Elmer Clifton 16mm B&W silent
1924 The lighthouse by the sea. Warner Bros. Pictures Inc. 7 reels 16mm B&W
1926 A SOCIAL CELEBRITY. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 6 reels B&W
1926 THE GRAND DUCHESS AND THE WAITER. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 75 min B&W
1926 THE POPULAR SIN. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1926 THE SHOW OFF. Famous Players-Lasky Corp. 7 reels B&W
1927 ROSE OF THE GOLDEN WEST. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1927 THE LOVE MART. First National Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1927 THE PRIVATE LIFE OF HELEN OF TROY. First National Pictures Inc. 8 reels B&W
1929 Disraeli Warner Bros Pictures Inc 1:27:00 16mm B&W sound
1929 HIS CAPTIVE WOMAN. Vitaphone Corp. 1 reel B&W
1929 LOVE AND THE DEVIL. Vitaphone Corp. 1 reel B&W
1930 WHOOPEE. Samuel Goldwyn 12 reels Color & B&W
1931 AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY. Paramount Publix Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 Dishonored Josef von Sternberg 91 B&W
1931 DISHONORED. Paramount Publix Corp. 10 reels B&W
1931 KISS ME AGAIN. First National Pictures Inc. 7 reels B&W
1932 Shanghai Express Paramount Publix Corporation 1:22:00 16mm B&W sound
1933 I AM SUZANNE. Fox Film Corp 98 min B&W
1933 MY LIPS BETRAY. Fox Film Corp B&W
1933 Zoo in Budapest Fox Film Corporation 85 min 16mm B&W sound
1934 Crime without passion Hecht-MaArthur 1:10:00 16mm B&W sound
1934 CRIME WITHOUT PASSION. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1934 GEORGE WHITE'S SCANDALS. Fox Film Corp 80 min B&W
1935 THE SCOUNDREL. Paramount Productions Inc. 8 reels B&W
1937 DREAMING LIPS. Trafalgar Film Productions Ltd. 9 reels B&W
1939 Gone With The Wind. Sam Wood, George Cukor, Victor Fleming 26 reels Color sound
1940 Angels Over Broadway. Ben Hecht, Lee Garmes 8 reels B&W
1943 Flight For Freedom Lothar Mendes 1:02 B&W
1943 Flight For Freedom. Lothar Mendes 102 min B&W
1943 Jack London. Alfred Santell 93 min. B&W
1945 Love Letters William Dieterle 101 min 16mm B&W
1945 Paris underground. Gregory Ratoff 3250 16mm Color & B&W sound
1946 The Searching Wind. William Dieterle 12 reels 35mm B&W sound
1947 Duel In The Sun unknown 129 min 16mm Color & B&W sound
1947 Duel in the Sun Selznick International Pictures Inc 2:10:00 16mm Color sound
1947 The Paradine Case Alfred Hitchcock 125 min 16mm B&W
1947 The Paradine Case. unknown 132 min 35mm B&W sound
1948 Portrait of Jennie William Dieterle 86 min 16mm Color & B&W
1948 Portrait Of Jennie. William Dieterle 86 min. 35mm B&W sound
1949 Roseanna Mccoy. Irving Reis, Nicholas Ray 89 min. 35mm B&W sound
1951 Detective Story Paramount Pictures Corporation 1:43:00 16mm B&W sound
1951 That's My Boy Hal Walker 98 min 16mm B&W
1953 Hannah Lee Lee Garmes
1953 THUNDER IN THE EAST. Paramount Pictures Corp. 98 min. 35mm B&W sound
1955 The Desperate Hours Paramount Pictures Corporation 1:52:00 16mm B&W sound
1956 D-Day, The Sixth Of June. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp 106 min 35mm Color sound