Reginald Lyons — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸

Lieut. Reginald E. Lyons, one of the A. S. Cs who served with honor in the great war. As official photographer of the 79th Division A.  E.  F., Lyons made a reputation for good work and was discharged with the rank of lieutenant of Signal Corps.

It was twelve years ago that Reggie Lyons turned to cinematography as a profession and he has been idle probably as little as any member of the A. S. C. He has served with credit on the staff of Vitagraph, Christie [Al Christie], Keystone, La Salle, Reserve and with various independent producers and during his career has helped make famous such names as Robert Edeson, Charles Richman, Lillian Walker, Clara Kimball Young, Maurice Costello, Edith Storey, William Duncan, Syd Chaplin, Betty Compson, Tony Moreno, Alice Lake, Nell Shipman, Earle Williams, Mary Anderson and many others.

Having started in the days when one, two and three reelers were the staple films Mr. Lyons has hundreds of pictures to his credit but he was also one of the first cameramen to make five, six and seven reel features. Among these were Mortmain and The Cave Man in five and six reels, starring Robert Edeson; The Dawn of Freedom, Mr. Barnes of New York, The Thirteenth Girl, etc., etc.

Black Beauty, the big Vitagraph production from the famous book of this name, is one of Mr. Lyon’s finest bits of cinematographic work. At the termination of his Vitagraph contract he went to Tulsa, Oklahoma, to film a series of Westerns for the Westart Film Company and he has just returned to Camerafornia after shooting ten of them.

Lieut. Lyons [Reginald Lyons] tells the writer that he longs for the army service and that he may return if he can see a future in it.

Just now he is contemplating a trip to Europe to look into the situation in England, France, Italy and Germany with the idea of making a connection if it looks good enough.

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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922

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