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name: "Edward Linden"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 August 1891"
died: "15 November 1956"
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# Edward Linden

Cinematographer. Born 26 August 1891 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.. Died 15 November 1956.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 August 1891, Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, U.S.
- **Died:** 15 November 1956
- **Also known as:** Eddie Linden
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5344146, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005775/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3250

## Biography

Edward Linden (also credited as Eddie Linden) was an American cinematographer. Born Edwin Gilbert Linden on 26 August 1891 in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, he died on 15 November 1956 in Los Angeles, California.

He began his career in the silent era and worked as a motion picture photographer during the First World War. Linden served as a cinematographer on *King Kong* (1933) and its sequel *The Son of Kong* (1933). He later photographed numerous B pictures, westerns and serials, including *The Lost City* (1935), *The Secret of Treasure Island* (1938) and *The Werewolf* (1956), and contributed special effects to *The Adventures of Mark Twain* (1944). In the 1950s he moved into television work.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *King Kong* (1933), Fi1m 88, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/king-kong.md)

## Also known for

- *The Son of Kong* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Werewolf* (1956), Director of Photography

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