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Ben Gage was born on 29 October 1914 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and producer, known for State Fair (1945), My Gal Sal (1942) and Star Trek (1966). He was married to Anne Martin and Esther Williams. He died on 28 April 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
- Additional Crew
Cinematographer Russell Metty, a superb craftsman who worked with such top directors as John Huston, Stanley Kubrick, Steven Spielberg and Orson Welles, was born in Los Angeles on September 20, 1906. Entering the movie industry as a lab assistant, he apprenticed as an assistant cameraman and graduated to lighting cameraman at RKO Radio Pictures in 1935. Metty's ability to create effects with black-and-white contrast while shooting twilight and night were on display in two films he shot for Welles, The Stranger (1946) and the classic Touch of Evil (1958), the latter showing his mastery of complex crane shots. (Metty shot additional scenes for Welles' second masterpiece, The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), whose lighting cameraman was Stanley Cortez but had the look of Citizen Kane (1941), which was shot by Gregg Toland). At Universal in the 1950s, he enjoyed a productive collaboration with director Douglas Sirk on ten films from 1953-59, including Sirk's masterpieces Magnificent Obsession (1954) and Imitation of Life (1959), a remake of the 1934 classic (Imitation of Life (1934)). However, his collaboration with Kubrick on Spartacus (1960) proved troublesome.
A union cinematographer himself who had been an accomplished professional photographer, Kubrick exerted control over the look of his films. Kubrick gave far less leeway to his directors of photography than did traditional directors, even directors such as Welles and noted bizarre-camera-angle freak Sidney J. Furie (The Appaloosa (1966)), men who were extraordinarily active partners in crafting the look of their films. Kubrick was not deferential to his directors of photography, even to such top cameramen as Lucien Ballard and future Academy Award winners Oswald Morris and Geoffrey Unsworth. Metty and Kubrick clashed over the filming of "Spartacus," as Kubrick--with his extraordinary sense of light and effect--considered himself to be the director of photography on the film.
Ironically, it was "Spartacus" that won Metty his sole Academy Award, for color cinematography (he received his second nomination for the color cinematography on Flower Drum Song (1961)). Metty continued to work on top productions into the 1970s, including The Misfits (1961), That Touch of Mink (1962), Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967), Madigan (1968), and The Omega Man (1971). Metty also worked extensively on television, including Columbo (1971) and The Waltons (1972).
Russell Metty died on April 28, 1978, in Canoga Park, California. He was 71 years old.- Actor
- Writer
- Producer
Arch Hall Sr. was born on 21 December 1908 in Missouri, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Eegah (1962), The Choppers (1961) and The Corpse Grinders. He was married to Addalyn Pollitt. He died on 28 April 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Director
- Art Director
- Cinematographer
Roman Karmen was born on 29 November 1906 in Odessa, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire [now Ukraine]. He was a director and art director, known for Grenada, Grenada, Grenada moya (1967), Nuremberg Trials (1946) and One Day in Soviet Russia (1941). He died on 28 April 1978 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Russia].- Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Costume Designer
Marge Makau was born on 23 September 1911 in Ghent, Belgium. She was a costume designer, known for Star Trek (1966), I Spy (1965) and Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966). She died on 28 April 1978 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
- Writer
Muammer Karaca was born on 8 November 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey. He was an actor and writer, known for Demirel'e söylerim (1967), In the Waves of Bosphorus (1934) and Istanbul Yildizlari (1952). He died on 28 April 1978 in Istanbul, Turkey.- Denis Drouin was born on 16 April 1916 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. He was an actor, known for Dubois et fils (1961), Let's Talk About Love (1976) and La gammick (1975). He died on 28 April 1978 in Montreal, Québec, Canada.
- Kenneth Dight was born in 1924 in Devizes, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Big Pull (1962), Keep It in the Family (1973) and Rotten to the Core (1965). He died on 28 April 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.