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name: "Theodor Sparkuhl"
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roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "7 October 1894"
died: "14 June 1946"
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# Theodor Sparkuhl

Cinematographer. Born 7 October 1894 in Hannover, Germany. Died 14 June 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 7 October 1894, Hannover, Germany
- **Died:** 14 June 1946
- **Also known as:** Теодор Шпаркуль
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodor_Sparkuhl, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90926, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005882/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/48054

## Biography

Theodor Sparkuhl (7 October 1894 – 13 June 1946) was a German-born cinematographer. He began his career as a projectionist in 1911 and trained as a newsreel cameraman at Gaumont in Berlin in 1912. During the First World War he filmed battles in the Middle East and Russia. From 1916 he worked as a lighting director in the German film industry, shooting films for Ernst Lubitsch among others until 1928.

Sparkuhl worked in Britain from 1928 to 1930 and in France in 1930–31 before emigrating to Hollywood in December 1931. He joined Paramount Pictures and remained under contract there until 1945. His credits include *La Chienne* (1931), *Beau Geste* (1939), *The Glass Key* (1942) and *Wake Island* (1942). He also shot *The Doll* (1919), *The Oyster Princess* (1919) and *Blood on the Sun* (1945). He was married to Helen Shahwan.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wake Island* (1942), Fi1m 73, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)

## Complete filmography (104)

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

- *The Bachelor's Daughters* (1946), Director of Photography
- *Murder, He Says* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Blood on the Sun* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Salty O'Rourke* (1945), Director of Photography
- *Our Hearts Were Young and Gay* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Till We Meet Again* (1944), Director of Photography
- *Hail the Conquering Hero* (1944), Camera Operator
- *Johnny Come Lately* (1943), Director of Photography
- *The Good Fellows* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Night Plane from Chungking* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Salute for Three* (1943), Director of Photography
- *Street of Chance* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Glass Key* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Wake Island* (1942), Director of Photography — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/wake-island.md)
- *Dr. Broadway* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Star Spangled Rhythm* (1942), Director of Photography
- *The Remarkable Andrew* (1942), Director of Photography
- *Pacific Blackout* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Among the Living* (1941), Director of Photography
- *West Point Widow* (1941), Director of Photography
- *Second Chorus* (1941), Director of Photography
- *The Way of All Flesh* (1940), Director of Photography
- *Queen of the Mob* (1940), Director of Photography
- *The Light That Failed* (1939), Director of Photography
- *All Women Have Secrets* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Rulers of the Sea* (1939), Director of Photography
- *Beau Geste* (1939), Director of Photography
- *St. Louis Blues* (1939), Director of Photography
- *If I Were King* (1938), Director of Photography
- *The Texans* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Tip-Off Girls* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Dangerous to Know* (1938), Director of Photography
- *Wells Fargo* (1937), Director of Photography
- *High, Wide and Handsome* (1937), Director of Photography
- *Internes Can't Take Money* (1937), Director of Photography
- *College Holiday* (1936), Director of Photography
- *The Big Broadcast of 1937* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Yours for the Asking* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Forgotten Faces* (1936), Cinematography
- *13 Hours by Air* (1936), Director of Photography
- *Ship Cafe* (1935), Director of Photography
- *The Last Outpost* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Four Hours to Kill!* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Enter Madame* (1935), Director of Photography
- *Caravan* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Father Brown, Detective* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Caravane* (1934), Director of Photography
- *Lone Cowboy* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Too Much Harmony* (1933), Director of Photography
- *Midnight Club* (1933), Director of Photography
- *La Chienne* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Baby's Laxative* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Black and White* (1931), Director of Photography, Camera Car
- *The Lovers of Midnight* (1931), Director of Photography
- *Suspense* (1930), Director of Photography
- *Harmony Heaven* (1930), Director of Photography
- *The Compulsory Husband* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Alf's Carpet* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Informer* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Flying Scotsman* (1929), Cinematography
- *The Lady from the Sea* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Bright Eyes* (1929), Director of Photography
- *Love's Carnival* (1929), Director of Photography
- *After the Verdict* (1929), Director of Photography
- *The Devious Path* (1928), Director of Photography
- *The Hangman* (1928), Director of Photography, Director
- *Der Fluch der Vererbung* (1927), Director of Photography
- *The Last Waltz* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Eva and the Grasshopper* (1927), Director of Photography
- *Madame Wants No Children* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Die Boxerbraut* (1926), Director of Photography
- *Manon Lescaut* (1926), Director of Photography
- *The Fallen* (1926), Director of Photography
- *The Blackguard* (1925), Director of Photography
- *Comedy of the Heart* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Don Carlos und Elisabeth* (1924), Director of Photography
- *Decameron Nights* (1924), Director of Photography
- *The Ancient Law* (1923), Director of Photography
- *The Whirlwind of Passion* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Die Flamme* (1923), Director of Photography
- *Zum Paradies der Damen* (1922), Director of Photography
- *The Loves of Pharaoh* (1922), Director of Photography
- *The Story of a Maid* (1921), Director of Photography
- *Nights of Terror* (1921), Director of Photography
- *The Wildcat* (1921), Director of Photography
- *Anna Boleyn* (1920), Director of Photography
- *Sumurun* (1920), Director of Photography
- *Die Marchesa d'Arminiani* (1920), Director of Photography
- *Romeo and Juliet in the Snow* (1920), Director of Photography
- *Kohlhiesel's Daughters* (1920), Director of Photography
- *The Doll* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Madame DuBarry* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Vendetta* (1919), Cinematography
- *Intoxication* (1919), Director of Photography
- *The Oyster Princess* (1919), Director of Photography
- *My Wife, the Movie Star* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Meyer from Berlin* (1919), Director of Photography
- *Amt Zukunft* (1919), Director of Photography
- *I Don't Want to Be a Man* (1918), Director of Photography
- *Keimendes Leben. 2. Teil* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Ballet Girl* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Toboggan Cavalier* (1918), Director of Photography
- *The Merry Jail* (1917), Director of Photography
- *The Tenor, Inc.* (1916), Director of Photography

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