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died: "16 October 1991"
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# Arthur E. Arling

Cinematographer. Born 19 September 1906 in Missouri, USA. Died 16 October 1991.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 19 September 1906, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 16 October 1991
- **Active:** 1933–1946
- **Also known as:** Arthur Edward Arling, Arthur Arling, Art Arling, Arling
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won · 1 nominated)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 57 (1), 1940s 79 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Arling, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q505035, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0035186/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40246

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Yearling*](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md) (79)

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## Biography

Arthur E. Arling (also credited as Arthur Arling or Art Arling) was an American cinematographer. He began his career as a camera operator on films including *Cavalcade* (1933) and *Gone with the Wind* (1939), and served as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Navy during the Second World War.

Arling worked as director of photography on *The Yearling* (1946), for which he shared an Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Colour) with Charles Rosher and Leonard Smith. He received a further Oscar nomination for *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1955). His other credits as director of photography include *Love Me or Leave Me* (1955), *Pillow Talk* (1959), *Lover Come Back* (1961), *The Notorious Landlady* (1962) and *Strait-Jacket* (1964). He was educated at the New York Institute of Photography and began his career at the Fox Film Corporation.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Yearling* (1946), Fi1m 79, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, Camera Operator — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)

## Complete filmography (45)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Once Before I Die* (1966), Director of Photography
- *Ski Party* (1965), Director of Photography
- *The Secret Invasion* (1964), Director of Photography
- *Strait-Jacket* (1964), Director of Photography
- *My Six Loves* (1963), Director of Photography
- *Boys' Night Out* (1962), Director of Photography
- *When the Girls Take Over* (1962), Director of Photography
- *The Notorious Landlady* (1962), Director of Photography
- *Lover Come Back* (1961), Director of Photography
- *Swingin' Along* (1961), Director of Photography
- *The Story of Ruth* (1960), Director of Photography
- *Take a Giant Step* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Pillow Talk* (1959), Director of Photography
- *Kathy O'* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Once Upon a Horse...* (1958), Director of Photography
- *This Happy Feeling* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Flood Tide* (1958), Director of Photography
- *Man in the Shadow* (1957), Director of Photography
- *Tammy and the Bachelor* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Kettles on Old MacDonald's Farm* (1957), Director of Photography
- *The Great American Pastime* (1956), Director of Photography
- *Ransom!* (1956), Director of Photography
- *I'll Cry Tomorrow* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Love Me or Leave Me* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Three for the Show* (1955), Director of Photography
- *Red Garters* (1954), Director of Photography
- *The I Don't Care Girl* (1953), Director of Photography
- *Belles on Their Toes* (1952), Director of Photography
- *My Blue Heaven* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Wabash Avenue* (1950), Director of Photography
- *You're My Everything* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Mother Is a Freshman* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Captain from Castile* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Hollywood Wonderland* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Homestretch* (1947), Director of Photography
- *The Yearling* (1946), Director of Photography — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/the-yearling.md)
- *Your National Gallery* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Unfinished Rainbows* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Mendelssohn's Wedding March* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), Camera Operator
- *Yo, tú y ella* (1933), Camera Operator
- *Una viuda romántica* (1933), Camera Operator
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Camera Operator — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *6 Hours to Live* (1932), Camera Operator
- *Merely Mary Ann* (1931), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won, 1 nominated

- 1956: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *I'll Cry Tomorrow*
- 1947: Best Cinematography, Color (won), for *The Yearling*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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