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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
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.
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.
Kipps · 1941Kipps
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyDrama
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
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.
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.
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..
The Calendar · 1948The Calendar
★ 6.71948
MovieDrama
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Madonna of the Seven Moons · 1945Madonna of the Seven Moons
★ 6.31945
MovieDramaMystery
In the early part of this century, Maddelena a teenage Italian girl, is attacked whilst walking in the woods. The attack leaves her mentally scarred and our story flashes forward to the 1940s where Maddelena is still troubled. She disappears one day and her daughter vows to find her.
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Kipps · 1941Kipps
★ 6.11941
MovieComedyDrama
A young tradesman learns that money doesn't necessarily bring happiness. Drama.
Cinematography
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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