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Arthur Crabtree
Born October 29, 1900 · Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK
Died March 15, 1975 · aged 74
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 Ma…
Known For
Horrors of the Black Museum · 1959Horrors of the Black Museum
★ 5.91959
MovieHorror
A writer of murder mysteries finds himself caught up in a string of murders in London.
The Man in Grey · 1943The Man in Grey
★ 6.11943
MovieDramaRomance
After marrying a dour and disinterested lord for status, a young woman falls in love with a stage actor while her best friend from boarding school enters an affair with her husband.
Fiend Without a Face · 1958Fiend Without a Face
★ 6.11958
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
An American airbase in Canada provokes resentment from the nearby residents after fallout from nuclear experiments at the base are blamed for a recent spate of disappearances. A captain from the airbase is assigned to investigate, and begins to suspect that an elderly British scientist who lives near the base and conducts research in the field of mind over matter knows more than he is letting on..
Fanny by Gaslight · 1944Fanny by Gaslight
★ 5.51944
MovieDramaRomance
Returning to 1870s London after finishing at boarding school, Fanny winesses the death of her father in a fight with Lord Manderstoke. She then finds that her family has for many years been running a bordello next door to their home. When her mother dies shortly after, she next discovers that her real father is in fact a well-respected politician. Meeting him and then falling in love with his young advisor Harry Somerford leads to a life of ups and downs and conflict between the classes. Periodically the scoundrel of a Lord crosses her path, always to tragic effect.
Hindle Wakes · 1952Hindle Wakes
★ 5.41952
MovieDramaRomance
During a holiday to the beach Jenny meets Alan and agrees to spend the week with him. Wanting to keep this a secret from her parents Jenny gets help from her friend Mary to pretend her whereabouts but disaster strikes during a boating accident. It is soon discovered Jenny was not with Mary. When the parents find out the truth they pressure the couple to get married, but Jenny thinks otherwise.
They Were Sisters · 1945They Were Sisters
★ 5.51945
MovieDrama
The story of three sisters and the men they marry: one is happily married but childless, the second promiscuously escapes an unhappy, loveless marriage, and the third is tortured by the mental cruelties inflicted by a domineering husband.
Kipps · 1941Kipps
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyDrama
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It · 1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
★ 7.41941
MovieCrime
Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.
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Kipps · 1941Kipps
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyDrama
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
Cinematography
The Maid of the Mountains · 1932The Maid of the Mountains
★ 7.01932
MovieMusic
A British musical film directed by Lupino Lane
Director of Photography
The Love Test · 1935The Love Test
★ 6.71935
MovieComedyRomance
Romance set in a chemical factory.
Director of Photography
Waterloo Road · 1945Waterloo Road
★ 6.01945
MovieDramaRomance
During WW2 a former railway employee who had been drafted, goes AWOL to hunt down the spiv and draft dodger who is having an affair with his wife.
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