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Gregg Toland, A.S.C. (May 29, 1904 – September 28, 1948) was
an American cinematographer noted for his innovative use of lighting and
techniques such as deep focus, an example of which can be found in his work on
Orson Welles' Citizen Kane.
Toland was born in Charleston, Illinois on May 29, 1904.
During the 1930s, Toland became the youngest cameraman in Hollywood but soon
one of its most sought-after cinematographers. Over a seven-year span
(1936–1942), he was nominated five times for the "Best
Cinematography" Oscar, including a win in 1940 for his work on Wuthering
Heights.
He worked with many of the top directors of his era,
including John Ford, Howard Hawks, Erich von Stroheim, King Vidor, Orson
Welles, and William Wyler.
Toland was the subject of an "Annals of Hollywood"
article in The New Yorker, "The Cameraman," by Hilton Als (June 19,
2006, p. 46).
Just before his death, he was concentrating on the
"ultimate focus" lens, which makes both near and far objects equally
distinct.
He died in Los Angeles, California on September 26, 1948 of
coronary thrombosis at age 44. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery
in Hollywood, California.
Most Popular Gregg Toland Trailers
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27 August 1937
Mobster "Baby Face" Martin returns home to visit the New York neighborhood where he grew up, dropping in on his mother, who rejects him because of his gangster lifestyle, and his old girlfriend, Francey, now a syphilitic prostitute.
18 August 1939
The future is bleak for a troubled boy from a broken home in the slums. He runs away when his step father breaks his violin, ending up sleeping in the basement of a music school for poor children.
21 March 1946
Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister.
18 September 1940
Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her.
19 October 1948
The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson.
03 June 1933
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
17 April 1941
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist.
18 December 1930
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay.
26 September 1930
Western sheriff Bob Wells is preparing to marry Sally Morgan; she loves part-Indian Wanenis, whose race is an obstacle.
03 November 1929
Suave thief Colman is sent to Devil's Island, where he becomes romantically involved with the wife of sadistic warden Digges.
14 March 1926
A masked criminal who dresses like a giant bat terrorizes the guests at an old house rented by a mystery writer.
02 May 1929
Bulldog Drummond is a British WWI veteran who longs for some excitement after he returns to the humdrum existence of civilian life.
21 May 1943
A multi-studio effort to show the newsreel audience the progress of the Hollywood war effort.
14 October 1926
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.
23 September 1931
Musical comedy antics in an art deco bakery (motto: "Glorifying the American Doughnut") where Eddie Cantor, the overworked assistant to a phony psychic, is mistaken for an efficiency expert and placed in charge.
25 December 1948
Roland Dane finally retires to the house he was brought up in. Lost in thoughts of his lost love Lark, he does not want to be disturbed in his last days.
08 March 1935
While working on a novel in his country home in Connecticut, married writer Tony Barrett (Cooper) becomes attracted to Manya (Sten), the daughter of a neighboring farmer.
01 March 1943
"Docudrama" about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements.
22 November 1935
When Brighton Lorrimore returns home with his new bride, Phyllis, his family makes their disappointment in his choice obvious.
12 July 1935
An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with the hands of a knife murderer--hands which still have the urge to throw knives.
07 May 1937
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing development project.
07 April 1939
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff.
16 June 1928
This short experimental film tells the story of a man who comes to Hollywood to become a star, only to fail and be dehumanized.
06 October 1939
A concert violinist becomes charmed with his daughter's talented piano teacher. When he invites her to go on tour with him, they make beautiful music away from the concert hall as well.
01 November 1934
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, is someone he once seduced and abandoned and that he himself bears responsibility for reducing her to crime.
23 May 1932
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns that her boss is attempting to swindle Jones and pulls a successful coup d'etat producing a play that she stars in.
04 February 1938
Movie producer chooses a simple girl to be "Miss Humanity" and to critically evalute his movies from the point of view of the ordinary person.
12 November 1946
Uncle Remus draws upon his tales of Br'er Rabbit to help little Johnny deal with his confusion over his parents' separation as well as his new life on the plantation.
17 November 1932
Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk.
21 August 1946
In order to help bring Nazis to justice, U.S. government agent T.R. Devlin recruits Alicia Huberman, the American daughter of a convicted German war criminal, as a spy.
31 May 1935
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums.
11 November 1939
Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose.
01 October 1944
A 1944 propaganda short film produced for the U.S. Treasury Department and intended to boost war bond sales, directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock and starring Jennifer Jones as a nurse's aide.
25 December 1946
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home.
11 July 1930
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman".
01 February 1934
Young Parisian Nana wards off of a boozed-up military officer at a local restaurant, and fellow diner Gaston Greiner is so impressed with her pluck that he decides to make her a performer at his musical theater.
23 December 1934
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
05 February 1943
Newly appointed sheriff Pat Garrett is pleased when his old friend Doc Holliday arrives in Lincoln, New Mexico on the stage.
11 November 1929
A stenographer who works for a lawyer falls in love with and marries a wealthy young man. His family has the marraige annulled, after which she gives birth to a child.
15 March 1940
Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure.
02 December 1941
A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language.
05 March 1937
An American woman falls in love with a romantic Parisian head waiter who tries to save her from her possessive wealthy ex-husband who wants to keep her under his control.
06 November 1936
An ambitious lumberjack abandons his saloon girl lover so that he can marry into wealth, but years later becomes infatuated with the woman's daughter.
05 September 1931
The setting is a city block during a sweltering summer, where the residents serve as representatives of the not-very-idealized American melting pot.
23 April 1932
A female editor of a magazine falls in love with her male secretary.
20 April 1935
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert.
22 June 1929
This film was released in both silent and sound versions.
25 December 1930
A poor but basically honest flower woman agrees to impersonate a wicked opera star.
29 August 1941
In 1900, a clan attempts to strike a deal with a Chicago industrialist to get him to build cotton mills in their Deep South town.
17 November 1938
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby.
25 December 1947
An Episcopal Bishop, Henry Brougham, has been working for months on the plans for an elaborate new cathedral which he hopes will be paid for primarily by a wealthy, stubborn widow.
09 July 1932
An honest, talented and well respected attorney defeats a corrupt incumbent U.S. Senator. After a very good start he has to face the subtle temptations and innocent looking traps of Washington.
03 September 1933
A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporarily assume his identity.
18 March 1936
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe.
08 September 1935
Kitty Vane, Alan Trent, and Gerald Shannon have been inseparable friends since childhood. Kitty has always known she would marry one of them, but has waited until the beginning of World War I before finally choosing Alan.
16 November 1940
The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II.
25 December 1936
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks. As wanted Irish rebel leader Dennis Riordan is not recognized in public, he is able to move about freely and saves the Athleighs from an assassination attempt by a radical faction.
27 November 1933
A kind-hearted young man is thrown out of his corrupt home town of West Rome, Oklahoma. He falls asleep and dreams that he is back in the days of olden Rome, where he gets mixed up with court intrigue and a murder plot against the Emperor.
04 January 1931
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
04 September 1936
The story of trench life during World War I through the lives of a French regiment. As men are killed and replaced jaunty Lt.
