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American cinematographer
Oliver T. Marsh
Born January 30, 1892Kansas City, MO
Died May 5, 1941Hollywood, California
Occupation Cinematographer
Oliver T. Marsh (January 30, 1892 – May 5, 1941) was a prolific Hollywood
cinematographer . He worked on over eighty films just for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer alone.
[1]
Marsh was born January 30, 1892, in
Kansas City, Missouri . He is the brother of actresses
Marguerite Marsh (1888–1925) and
Mae Marsh (1894–1968), as well as editor
Frances Marsh , and the father of
jazz
saxophonist
Warne Marsh (1927–1987).
Marsh worked on
Sadie Thompson (1928),
Rain (1932),
The Merry Widow (1934),
David Copperfield (1935),
A Tale of Two Cities (1935),
The Great Ziegfeld (1936),
San Francisco (1936) and
Another Thin Man (1939). He and Allen Davey received
Academy Honorary Awards "for the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production,
Sweethearts "
[2] (1938) at the
11th Academy Awards . The pair were also nominated for
Best Cinematography (Color) for
Bitter Sweet (1940).
[3]
He died May 5, 1941, and is interred at
Forest Lawn Memorial Park in
Glendale, California .
Partial filmography
References
External links
1928–1950
Warner Bros. /
Charlie Chaplin (1928)
Walt Disney (1932)
Shirley Temple (1934)
D. W. Griffith (1935)
The March of Time /
W. Howard Greene and
Harold Rosson (1936)
Edgar Bergen /
W. Howard Greene /
Museum of Modern Art Film Library /
Mack Sennett (1937)
J. Arthur Ball /
Walt Disney /
Deanna Durbin and
Mickey Rooney /
Gordon Jennings ,
Jan Domela , Devereaux Jennings, Irmin Roberts, Art Smith,
Farciot Edouart ,
Loyal Griggs ,
Loren L. Ryder , Harry D. Mills,
Louis Mesenkop , Walter Oberst /
Oliver T. Marsh and Allen Davey /
Harry Warner (1938)
Douglas Fairbanks /
Judy Garland /
William Cameron Menzies /
Motion Picture Relief Fund (
Jean Hersholt ,
Ralph Morgan ,
Ralph Block ,
Conrad Nagel )/
Technicolor SA (1939)
Bob Hope /
Nathan Levinson (1940)
Walt Disney ,
William Garity , John N. A. Hawkins, and the
RCA Manufacturing Company /
Leopold Stokowski and his associates / Rey Scott /
British Ministry of Information (1941)
Charles Boyer /
Noël Coward /
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1942)
George Pal (1943)
Bob Hope /
Margaret O'Brien (1944)
Republic Studio,
Daniel J. Bloomberg , and the Republic Studio Sound Department /
Walter Wanger /
The House I Live In /
Peggy Ann Garner (1945)
Harold Russell /
Laurence Olivier /
Ernst Lubitsch /
Claude Jarman Jr. (1946)
James Baskett /
Thomas Armat ,
William Nicholas Selig ,
Albert E. Smith , and
George Kirke Spoor /
Bill and Coo /
Shoeshine (1947)
Walter Wanger /
Monsieur Vincent /
Sid Grauman /
Adolph Zukor (1948)
Jean Hersholt /
Fred Astaire /
Cecil B. DeMille /
The Bicycle Thief (1949)
Louis B. Mayer /
George Murphy /
The Walls of Malapaga (1950)
1951–1975 1976–2000 2001–present
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