H. Lyman Broening — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸
H. Lyman Broening, A. S. C, in his twelve years of cinematoging has shot so many celebrities that a review of his pictures carries one through an art gallery of film history and awakens interesting memories of the past.
Do you remember these: “Caprice,” “In the Bishop’s Carriage” with Mary Pickford; “A Lady of Quality” with Cecelia Loftus, “Chelsea 7750” with Henry E. Dixie; “Leah Kleshna” with Charlotta Wilson; “The Lost Paradise” with H. B. Warner; “Martha of the Lowlands” with Henrietta Crossman; “The County Chairman” with Maclyn Arbuckle; “The Conspiracy” with John Emerson; “The Dancing Girl” with Florence Reed; “David Harum” with William H. Crane; “The Rainbow Princess” with Ann Pennington; “The Lost Bridegroom” with John Barrymore; “The Mysterious Miss Terry” with Billie Burke; “The Lie” with Elsie Ferguson; “The Death Dance,” “The Better Half” with Alice Brady; “The Forbidden City” with Norma Talmadge; “Wildflower,” “The Pretty Sister of Jose,” “Helene of the North,” “Silks and Satins,” “Miss George Washington,” “Snow White,” “Bab’s Burglar,” “Her Matinee Idol,” “The Seven Swans,” “Rich Man Poor Man,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin,” all with Marguerite Clark. All these pictures were Famous Players productions, Mr. Broening having had full charge of the camera department of this company’s New York studio for six years.
He personally photographed practically all of Marguerite Clark’s starring features and Mary Pickford’s first big pictures. After leaving Famous Players he shot “The Spirit of Lafayette” for James Vincent and then went to International for Marion Davies’ first two stellar vehicles. Allan Dwan then sent for H. Lyman to film “Soldiers of Fortune,” and remained to picturize “The Luck of the Irish,” “The Heart of a Fool” and “The Perfect Crime.”
Mr. Broening is an adept in laboratory practice and knows it from perforating to final inspection. Also he is a writer of ability and a member of the Board of Editors of The American Cinematographer.
Mr. Broening filmed for the Monopol Film Company the first five reelers made in California, “Carmen,” “The Dead Secret,” “Those Who Live in Glass Houses,” “The Sins of the Fathers,” etc.
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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922
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