David Abel

CinematographerCrew Dec 15 (died age 89) Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 1916–1945 (29 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. His credits include Grumpy (1930), The Virtuous Sin (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (…

Known For

Film

Top Hat

Director of Photography

Film

Swing Time

Director of Photography

Film

Holiday Inn

Director of Photography

Film

Shall We Dance

Director of Photography

Film

The Gay Divorcee

Director of Photography

Film

Follow the Fleet

Director of Photography

Film

History Is Made at Night

Director of Photography

Film

Merrily We Go to Hell

Director of Photography

Filmography

Crew (87)

Movies (87)

The Affairs of Susan

1945

Director of Photography

6.1

Follow the Boys

1944

Director of Photography

5.3

Holiday Inn

1942

Director of Photography

7.0

History Is Made at Night

1937

Director of Photography

6.6

Shall We Dance

1937

Director of Photography

7.3

Criminal Lawyer

1937

Director of Photography

5.9

Follow the Fleet

1936

Director of Photography

Bunker Bean

Cinematography

Bunker Bean

Director of Photography

4.6

Swing Time

1936

Director of Photography

6.9

Make Way for a Lady

1936

Director of Photography

5.0

I Dream Too Much

1935

Director of Photography

5.1

Top Hat

1935

Director of Photography

7.2

The Case of the Curious Bride

1935

Director of Photography

6.0

A Notorious Gentleman

1935

Cinematography

6.0

The Gay Divorcee

1934

Director of Photography

6.9

Bachelor Bait

1934

Director of Photography

5.7

Cockeyed Cavaliers

1934

Director of Photography

5.3

This Man Is Mine

1934

Director of Photography

5.5

Where Sinners Meet

1934

Director of Photography

3.3

Hips, Hips, Hooray!

1934

Director of Photography

6.5

Ann Vickers

1933

Director of Photography

5.5

Rafter Romance

1933

Director of Photography

6.5

Pick-up

1933

Director of Photography

4.0

The Crime of the Century

1933

Director of Photography

6.4

The Miracle Man

1932

Director of Photography

5.7

Madame Butterfly

1932

Director of Photography

5.2

The Phantom President

1932

Director of Photography

5.5

Sky Bride

1932

Director of Photography

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932

Director of Photography

6.4

Rich Man's Folly

1931

Director of Photography

4.5

The Secret Call

1931

Director of Photography

7.0

Huckleberry Finn

1931

Director of Photography

6.7

Ladies of the Big House

1931

Director of Photography

6.0

Scandal Sheet

1931

Director of Photography

Swing High

1930

Director of Photography

6.5

The Grand Parade

1930

Director of Photography

Grumpy

1930

Director of Photography

4.3

The Virtuous Sin

1930

Director of Photography

4.3

The Racketeer

1929

Director of Photography

4.9

Geraldine

1929

Cinematography

Square Shoulders

1929

Director of Photography

Noisy Neighbors

1929

Director of Photography

Stand and Deliver

1928

Director of Photography

5.8

Show Folks

1928

Director of Photography

6.0

Craig's Wife

1928

Director of Photography

Tenth Avenue

1928

Director of Photography

Midnight Madness

1928

Director of Photography

What Every Girl Should Know

1927

Cinematography

The Forbidden Woman

1927

Director of Photography

The First Auto

1927

Director of Photography

4.5

The Cave Man

1926

Director of Photography

The Honeymoon Express

1926

Director of Photography

My Official Wife

1926

Director of Photography

Footloose Widows

1926

Director of Photography

Recompense

1925

Director of Photography

Seven Sinners

1925

Director of Photography

6.0

How Baxter Butted In

1925

Director of Photography

The Lover of Camille

1924

Director of Photography

The Dark Swan

1924

Director of Photography

Beau Brummel

1924

Director of Photography

6.9

A Lost Lady

1924

Director of Photography

Lovebound

1923

Director of Photography

The Barefoot Boy

1923

Cinematography

A Self-Made Man

1922

Cinematography

The Primitive Lover

1922

Director of Photography

5.9

Little Miss Smiles

1922

Director of Photography

4.0

Mixed Faces

1922

Director of Photography

The Great Night

1922

Director of Photography

Rip Van Winkle

1921

Cinematography

7.0

The Woman Gives

1920

Director of Photography

Unseen Forces

1920

Cinematography

5.2

She Loves and Lies

1920

Director of Photography

A Daughter of Two Worlds

1920

Director of Photography

The Heart of Wetona

1919

Director of Photography

5.0

The Probation Wife

1919

Director of Photography

Maggie Pepper

1919

Director of Photography

The Isle of Conquest

1919

Director of Photography

The New Moon

1919

Director of Photography

The Way of a Woman

1919

Director of Photography

Our Little Wife

1918

Director of Photography

The Bad Boy

1917

Director of Photography

A Woman's Awakening

1917

Director of Photography

Thais

1917

Director of Photography

4.5

Madame Bo-Peep

1917

Director of Photography

A Sister of Six

1916

Cinematography

7.5

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's

1916

Cinematography