Arthur Crabtree
Born: 1900-10-29 in Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died: 1975-03-15
Known For: Directing
Biography
Arthur Crabtree (29 October 1900, Shipley, Yorkshire, England – 15 March 1975, Worthing, Sussex, England) was a British cinematographer and film director. Crabtree earliest credits as a cinematographer working on such films as the Will Hay comedies Oh, Mr. Porter! and Good Morning, Boys (both 1937) and Hey! Hey! USA! (1938), the Arthur Askey vehicle Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940), and The Man in Grey (1943) and Fanny by Gaslight (1944) for Gainsborough Pictures. Crabtree continued his association with Gainsborough as he started his directorial career, beginning with the melodramatic fantasies Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), starring Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger and Caravan (1946). His last two films were Fiend Without a Face (1958) and Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), a science fiction and horror, respectively, both of which have become cult favourites, although the former enjoys a better critical reputation. He also directed episodes of television series such as The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (both 1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Crabtree, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1961
- Stryker of the Yard ... (Director)
1959
- Horrors of the Black Museum ... (Director)
1958
- Ivanhoe ... (Director)
- Fiend Without a Face ... (Director)
- Death Over My Shoulder ... (Director)
1957
- The Strange Case of Dr. Manning ... (Director)
1956
- The Adventures of Sir Lancelot ... (Director)
- Colonel March of Scotland Yard ... (Director)
1955
- The Adventures of Robin Hood ... (Director)
1953
- The Wedding of Lilli Marlene ... (Director)
1952
- Hindle Wakes ... (Director)
1950
- Lilli Marlene ... (Director)
1949
- Don't Ever Leave Me ... (Director)
1948
- Quartet ... (Director)
- The Calendar ... (Director)
1947
- Dear Murderer ... (Director)
1946
- Caravan ... (Director)
1945
- Madonna of the Seven Moons ... (Director)
- Waterloo Road ... (Director of Photography)
- They Were Sisters ... (Director)
1944
- Fanny by Gaslight ... (Director of Photography)
1943
- The Man in Grey ... (Director of Photography)
- Dear Octopus ... (Director of Photography)
1942
- Much Too Shy ... (Cinematography)
- Uncensored ... (Director of Photography)
- The Nose Has It! ... (Camera Operator)
1941
- Kipps ... (Cinematography)
- Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It ... (Director of Photography)
- South American George ... (Director of Photography)
1940
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt ... (Cinematography)
- Neutral Port ... (Cinematography)
- For Freedom ... (Camera Operator)
1938
- Bank Holiday ... (Director of Photography)
- Convict 99 ... (Cinematography)
- Hey! Hey! USA ... (Cinematography)
- Alf's Button Afloat ... (Director of Photography)
1936
- All In! ... (Director of Photography)
- First Offence ... (Cinematography)
1935
- The Love Test ... (Director of Photography)
1932
- The Maid of the Mountains ... (Director of Photography)
1931
- Out of the Blue ... (Director of Photography)