Cinematographers, were responsible for putting the magic
onto the silver screen, and without them, the spectacle would never be!
Four such men,
William H. Clothier,Archie Stout, Winton Hoch and Bert Glennon
were without doubt very special to Duke and his movies.
Clothier and Hoch, more or less took over the mantle,
from Stout for the years after!
Bert Glennon was an American cinematographer and film director.
He directed Syncopation (1929) the first film released by RKO Radio Pictures.
He was nominated for three Academy Awards in Best Cinematography
categories for the films Stagecoach (1939), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939),
and Dive Bomber (1941)
with John Ford
Glennon worked as a cinematographer on over a hundred films
for directors including John Ford, André De Toth,
Josef Von Sternberg, Raoul Walsh, and Cecil B. DeMille.
His son, James Glennon, was also a noted cinematographer.
Bert Clennon, was a top cinematographer,
and a favourite of both John Ford, and Cecil B. DeMille,
He was responsible for the camerawork
on such movies as
Swanee River, Drums Along the Mohawk , Young Mr. Lincoln,
Destination Tokyo, Wagon Master, Sergeant Rutledge etc.
As well as top TV Series such as Disneyland,
Davy Crockett, Bonanza, Laramie, M Squad,
The Dakotas, 77 Sunset Strip, Lawman, Maverick etc
Bert.Glennon - James Wong Howe [2nd cam]
More importantly he bought the camera magic,
to what was probably Duke's most important career movie
Stagecoach
He was the cinematographer on 3 movies with Duke
Operation Pacific (1951)
Rio Grande (1950)
Stagecoach (1939)