The Camera History of John Stumar (1923) 🇺🇸
John Stuart Stumar, A. S. C.
There are presented this month the photographic biographies of E. B. Du Par and John Stumar, A. S. C. members, who are recognized in the world of cinematography as master camera artists.
John Stumar’s career as a cinematographer extends back 13 years, during which time he has filmed many of the most successful productions of all times.
A partial list of the productions that he has photographed includes The Forgotten Law, for Graf-Metro [Max Graf]; The Kingdom Within and The Dollar Devils for Schertzinger-Hodkinson; Blaze Away; Pardon My French, starring Vivian Martin for Goldwyn release; Robert W. Chambers’ Cardigan; The Song of the Soul, starring Vivian Martin; the following vehicles starring Dorothy Dalton for Ince-Paramount: The Dark Mirror, His Wife’s Friend, Black is White, La Apache, Market of Souls, Other Men’s Wives, The Housebreaker, The Lady of Red Butte, Hard Boiled, Extravagance, Quicksand, Vive La France, The Kaiser’s Shadow, Tyrant Fear, The Mating of Marcella, Love Letters, Love Me, The Price Mark and Flare-Up Sal; The Vamp and The Marriage Ring, starring Enid Bennett; An Even Break, starring Olive Thomas for Ince-Triangle; Mountain Dew, starring Margery Wilson for Ince-Triangle; Partners of the Tide, for Eastern Film Corporation; Frank R. Adams’ The Super Sex, and, not released as yet, the Goldwyn-Hampton production of Rex Beach’s The Spoilers, and the Sacramento Pictures Corporation production, Temporary Marriage.
At present Stumar is filming Wanted, A Home, a six-reel Universal-Jewel feature, directed by King Baggot and with a cast including Baby Peggy and Sheldon Lewis. Stumar has numerous other Universal productions to his credit.
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Ray Renahan of the Technicolor Motion Picture Corporation is still scouring motion picture quarters for the tripod head which mysteriously disappeared from the Metro studios in Hollywood. The tripod head is of no value except to Renahan.
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André Barlatier, A. S. C., is photographing the Metro production, Hell to Answer, directed by Harold Shaw.
Collection: American Cinematographer, July 1923
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[Transcriber’s Note: Classified advertisements are always a good source for surprise. On this page, cinematographers George Meehan and J. R. Lockwood try peddling their worn out cameras, and the Leon Schlesinger from the Agfa ad might just be the future head of Leon Schlesinger Productions, later known as Warner Bros. Cartoons]
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