Word: toland
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...aged general (David Niven) come home to dream-and to warn the young 'uns against making the same mistakes he did. This leads to so many flashbacks that Enchantment might have sent its audiences into St. Vitus' dance, had it not been for Cameraman Gregg Toland, who completed the picture a few weeks before he died (TIME...
...Toland's subtle transition shots make the jumps seem as smooth as cold cream. Sample: in the '90s, Niven's older sister (Jayne Meadows) stands in the hallway of their house holding a large brass key. He has just sworn never to touch it again (or enter the house) as long as she lives. The camera narrows its focus to the key; the key turns in a lock-in the hand of Niven's grandniece (Evelyn Keyes) half a century later...
Died. Gregg Toland, 44, top Hollywood cameraman (The Long Voyage Home The Best Years of Our Lives) famed for his combination of creative imagination and technical skill; of coronary thrombosis; in Los Angeles. Toland introduced revolutionary innovations which contributed to the critical success oi such movies as Citizen Kane and the Oscar-winning Wuthering Heights, just before he died was concentrating on the ultimate focus" lens (which makes both near and far objects equally distinct...
Princeton Alternates: Ricker, Schulter, Ryerson, Wicks, Dickenson, C. Erdman, P. Erdman, Toland...
Second Period: Key (Coulter) 14:56; War (Minot, Sears). Third Period: Coulter (Greeley) 0:54; Roberts (unassisted) 5:23; Schulter (Toland) 19:28; Sears (Minot, Ward...