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name: "Norbert Brodine"
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born: "16 December 1896"
died: "28 February 1970"
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# Norbert Brodine

Cinematographer. Born 16 December 1896 in St. Joseph, Missouri, USA. Died 28 February 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 16 December 1896, St. Joseph, Missouri, USA
- **Died:** 28 February 1970
- **Active:** 1936–1939
- **Also known as:** Norbert F. Brodin, Norbert Brodin
- **Academy Awards:** 3 Oscar nominations
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert_Brodine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970432, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005661/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33225

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Of Mice and Men*](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md) (84)

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## Biography

Norbert Brodine, also credited as Norbert F. Brodin and Norbert Brodin, was an American cinematographer. He was born on 16 December 1896 in St Joseph, Missouri, and died on 28 February 1970 in Los Angeles, California.

Brodine began his career working in a camera shop and served as an army photographer in the US Army Signal Corps during the First World War. After studying at Columbia University, he worked as a still photographer in Hollywood before moving into motion pictures in 1919. He worked exclusively for Hal Roach Studios from 1937 and joined 20th Century Fox in 1943.

His credits include *Libeled Lady* (1936), *Topper* (1937), *Of Mice and Men* (1939), *Kiss of Death* (1947), *Thieves' Highway* (1949), *I Was a Male War Bride* (1949), *The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel* (1951) and *5 Fingers* (1952). He also shot several Laurel and Hardy films. Brodine worked in television from the early 1950s until 1960, including on *The Loretta Young Show*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), Fi1m 84, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)
- *Libeled Lady* (1936), Fi1m 77, Cinematography, Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)

## Complete filmography (107)

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

- *Captain Scarface* (1953), Director of Photography
- *5 Fingers* (1952), Director of Photography
- *The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel* (1951), Director of Photography
- *The Frogmen* (1951), Director of Photography
- *Right Cross* (1950), Director of Photography
- *Thieves' Highway* (1949), Director of Photography
- *I Was a Male War Bride* (1949), Director of Photography
- *Sitting Pretty* (1948), Director of Photography
- *Kiss of Death* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Boomerang!* (1947), Director of Photography
- *13 Rue Madeleine* (1947), Director of Photography
- *Somewhere in the Night* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Sentimental Journey* (1946), Director of Photography
- *The House on 92nd Street* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Don Juan Quilligan* (1945), Director of Photography
- *The Bullfighters* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Lady for a Night* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Model Wife* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Topper Returns* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Road Show* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Captain Caution* (1940), Director of Photography
- *One Million B.C.* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Of Mice and Men* (1939), Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/of-mice-and-men.md)
- *Captain Fury* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Topper Takes a Trip* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Hide and Shriek* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Merrily We Live* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Topper* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Pick a Star* (1937), Cinematography
- *Nobody's Baby* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Libeled Lady* (1936), Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md)
- *Crash Donovan* (1936), Camera Operator
- *East of Java* (1935), Director of Photography
- *She Gets Her Man* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Lady Tubbs* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Princess O'Hara* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Good Fairy* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Cheating Cheaters* (1934), Director of Photography
- *There's Always Tomorrow* (1934), Director of Photography
- *The Human Side* (1934), Director of Photography
- *One Exciting Adventure* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Little Man, What Now?* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Madame Spy* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Counsellor at Law* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Broadway to Hollywood* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Deluge* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Made on Broadway* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Whistling in the Dark* (1933), Director of Photography
- *The Death Kiss* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Uptown New York* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Wild Girl* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Unashamed* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Bachelor's Affairs* (1932), Director of Photography
- *Night Court* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Beast of the City* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Passionate Plumber* (1932), Director of Photography
- *The Guardsman* (1931), Director of Photography
- *The Pagan Lady* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Rebound* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Beyond Victory* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Let Us Be Gay* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Holiday* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Divorcee* (1930), Director of Photography, Cinematography
- *This Thing Called Love* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Rich People* (1929), Cinematography
- *Her Private Affair* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Big News* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Paris Bound* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Beware of Bachelors* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Five and Ten Cent Annie* (1928), Cinematography
- *The Lion and the Mouse* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Pay as You Enter* (1928), Director of Photography
- *Turn Back the Hours* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Little Snob* (1928), Cinematography
- *A Reno Divorce* (1927), Cinematography
- *One-Round Hogan* (1927), Cinematography
- *The Clown* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Bush Leaguer* (1927), Cinematography
- *The Romantic Age* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Rich Men's Sons* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Poor Girls* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Children of Divorce* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Eagle of the Sea* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Paris at Midnight* (1926), Director of Photography
- *What Fools Men* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Winds of Chance* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Her Husband's Secret* (1925), Director of Photography
- *The Silent Watcher* (1924), Cinematography
- *The Foolish Virgin* (1924), Director of Photography
- *The Sea Hawk* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Black Oxen* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Within the Law* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Brass* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Look Your Best* (1923), Cinematography
- *The Voice from the Minaret* (1923), Director of Photography
- *A Blind Bargain* (1922), Director of Photography
- *Remembrance* (1922), Director of Photography
- *Grand Larceny* (1922), Director of Photography
- *A Tale of Two Worlds* (1921), Director of Photography
- *Get Rich Quick Edgar* (1920), Camera Operator
- *Officer 666* (1920), Director of Photography
- *Going Some* (1920), Director of Photography
- *The Great Accident* (1920), Director of Photography
- *The Gay Lord Quex* (1919), Cinematography
- *Toby's Bow* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Almost a Husband* (1919), Director of Photography

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 3 nominated

- 1952: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *The Frogmen*
- 1940: Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (nominated), for *Lady of the Tropics*
- 1939: Best Cinematography (nominated), for *Merrily We Live*

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

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