Arthur Miller (cinematographer)

Arthur Charles Miller, A.S.C. (July 8, 1895 – July 13, 1970) was
an American cinematographer. He was nominated for the Oscar for
Arthur Charles Miller
Best Cinematography six times, winning three times: for How Green
Was My Valley in 1941, The Song of Bernadette in 1944, and Anna
and the King of Siam in 1947.[1]

Contents
Miller at Cliffhanger Point filming
Career Pearl White and Antonio Moreno in
Partial filmography The House of Hate (1918)

References Born Arthur Charles Miller

July 8, 1895
External links
Roslyn, New York,
US
Career Died July 13, 1970
(aged 75)
Born in Roslyn, New York, he began his movie career at the age of Hollywood,
13. According to a 1970 interview with Leonard Maltin, he once California, US
worked for a horse dealer. One day, he was returning home from
Nationality American
delivering some horses and was sitting on a horse when a man offered
him a job in motion pictures because he could ride bareback. Miller Occupation Cinematographer
recalled, "The first day we went out to a golf course in Brooklyn, and Years active 1914–1951
I rode this horse all over, got chased, and all."[2] He found himself
Employer Fox Film Corporation
working as an assistant to filmmaker Fred J. Balshofer.[2] The two
remained lifelong friends and in 1967 co-wrote the book about the Board American Society of
early days of film titled One Reel a Week. member of Cinematographers
(A.S.C.) founder
Miller eventually joined Pathé and, although only 19 years old, (1918) and president
became the cinematographer for the 1914 adventure-serial The Perils
(1954-1956)
of Pauline. He worked for Astra Film Co. and then Solax Studios in
New Jersey. Awards Academy Award for
Best
In 1918, he and his brother Bill founded the Motion Picture Industry Cinematography
Union. He moved to Hollywood and had a lengthy tenure at How Green Was My
Paramount from the late teens throughout the 1920s. In 1932, Miller
Valley (1941)
signed a long-term contract with Fox Film Corporation to be the
The Song of
cinematographer for every Shirley Temple film. He retired in 1951 for
health reasons but remained active in the industry as president of the Bernadette (1944)
American Society of Cinematographers. Anna and the King of
Siam (1947)
He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1970 and was interred in the
Hollywood Memorial Park Cemetery.[3]
In August 1973, his widow Mae Miller and Donald Crisp attended the dedication of the Arthur Miller
Memorial Fountain and Arbor at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland
Hills.[3]

Partial filmography
At Coney Island (1912 short) The Cheat (1923)
The Perils of Pauline (1914 serial) The Eternal City (1923)
At Bay (1915) Cytherea (1924)
Arms and the Woman (1916) Tarnish (1924)
Big Jim Garrity (1916) In Hollywood with Potash and Perlmutter
New York (1916) (1924)
The Romantic Journey (1916) A Thief in Paradise (1925)
The Test (1916) His Supreme Moment (1925)
Kick In (1917) The Coming of Amos (1925)
The Hunting of the Hawk (1917) Made for Love (1926)
The Recoil (1917) The Volga Boatman (1926)
Blind Man's Luck (1917) Eve's Leaves (1926)
The On-the-Square Girl (1917) For Alimony Only (1926)
The Mark of Cain (1917) The Clinging Vine (1926)
Sylvia of the Secret Service (1917) Vanity (1927)
Vengeance Is Mine (1917) The Fighting Eagle* (1927)
The Iron Heart (1917) The Angel of Broadway (1927)
Convict 993 (1918) The Blue Danube (1928)
A Japanese Nightingale (1918) The Cop (1928)
The Hillcrest Mystery (1918) Annapolis (1928)
The Naulahka (1918) The Spieler (1928)
The Cry of the Weak (1919) The Bellamy Trial (1929)
The Avalanche* (1919) Strange Cargo (1929)
The Profiteers (1919) The Flying Fool (1929)
Our Better Selves (1919) Sailor's Holiday (1929)
A Society Exile (1919) The Truth About Youth (1930)
The Witness for the Defense (1919) See America Thirst (1930)
Counterfeit (1919) Father's Son (1931)
On With the Dance (1920) Bad Company (1931)
His House in Order (1920) The Big Shot (1931)
The Right to Love (1920) Panama Flo (1932)
Lady Rose's Daughter (1920) A Woman Commands (1932)
Idols of Clay (1920) Young Bride (1932)
Paying the Piper (1921) Okay, America! (1932)
Experience (1921) Me and My Gal (1932)
Forever (1921) Sailor's Luck (1933)
Three Live Ghosts (1922) Hold Me Tight (1933)
To Have and to Hold (1922) The Man Who Dared (1933)
Kick In (1922) The Last Trail (1933)
Bella Donna (1923) My Weakness (1933)
 Ever Since Eve (1934) The Mark of Zorro (1940)
Bottoms Up (1934) Tobacco Road (1941)
Handy Andy (1934) Man Hunt (1941)
The White Parade (1934) How Green Was My Valley (1941; Academy
Bright Eyes (1934) Award)
The Little Colonel (1935) The Men in Her Life (1941)
It's a Small World (1935) Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
(1942)
Black Sheep (1935)
This Above All (1942; Academy Award
Welcome Home (1935)
nomination)
Paddy O'Day (1936)
Immortal Sergeant (1943)
White Fang (1936)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
36 Hours to Kill (1936)
The Song of Bernadette (1943; Academy
Pigskin Parade (1936) Award)
Stowaway (1936) The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) Lifeboat (uncredited, 1944)
Heidi (1938) The Purple Heart (1944)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1938) The Keys of the Kingdom (1944; Academy
Just Around the Corner (1938) Award nomination)
Little Miss Broadway (1938) A Royal Scandal (1945)
The Little Princess (1939) Dragonwyck (1946)
Young Mr. Lincoln (uncredited, 1939) Anna and the King of Siam (1946; Academy
The Rains Came (1939) Award)
Susannah of the Mounties (1939) The Razor's Edge (1946)
Here I Am a Stranger (1939) Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
The Blue Bird (1940; nominated for an The Walls of Jericho (1948)
Academy Award, shared with Ray A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Rennahan) Whirlpool (1949)
Johnny Apollo (1940) The Gunfighter (1950)
On Their Own (1940) The Prowler (1951)
Brigham Young (1940)

* - according to silentera.com

References
1. "The Official Academy Awards® Database" (https://www.webcitation.org/65UmSK3jW?url=htt
p://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/ampas_awards/index.jsp). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and
Sciences. Archived from the original (http://awardsdatabase.oscars.org/) on 2012-02-16.
Retrieved 2019-02-21.
2. Maltin, Leonard (July 25, 2012). The Art of the Cinematographer (https://books.google.com/boo
ks?id=DTXDAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT117). Courier Corporation. pp. 117–137.
ISBN 9780486154749. Retrieved May 10, 2015.
3. "Arthur Miller Memorial Fountain and Arbor" (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/2378428/memo
rial_dedication_to_arthur_c_miller/). Van Nuys News. August 7, 1973 – via Newspapers.com.

External links
 Arthur C. Miller (https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0587926/) on IMDb
Miller profile (http://www.cinematographers.nl/GreatDoPh/miller.htm) at the Internet
Encyclopedia of Cinematographers

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