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'''Allen G. Siegler''' was an American [[cinematographer]] who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7IZ_-YerLt0C&pg=PA121&lpg=PA121&dq=%22allen+siegler%22+cinematographer&source=bl&ots=x1KrZ9cFBx&sig=ACfU3U3Xsjma20J8WH16tkkL4EHTCm-L8A&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc8ISDo5fmAhUIHDQIHTXsBMEQ6AEwBXoECBQQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22allen%20siegler%22%20cinematographer&f=false|title=King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans|last=White|first=Raymond E.|date=2006|publisher=Popular Press|year=|isbn=978-0-299-21004-5|location=|pages=|language=en}}</ref> He worked at [[Columbia Pictures]] for many years, and was an early member of the [[American Society of Cinematographers]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S08_AAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA179&lpg=RA1-PA179&dq=%22allen+siegler%22+cinematographer&source=bl&ots=tcCfCi44pr&sig=ACfU3U1tiMNSw1GRivr1qHHqUilS3tTwtA&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc8ISDo5fmAhUIHDQIHTXsBMEQ6AEwBnoECA4QAQ#v=onepage&q=%22allen%20siegler%22%20cinematographer&f=false|title=American Cinematographer|date=1922|publisher=ASC Holding Corporation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qEbAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA1379&lpg=PA1379&dq=%22allen+siegler%22+cinematographer&source=bl&ots=qbsF0B-IlY&sig=ACfU3U0uS2ar0bowJnpuzaD8Kqe1Zh7XNQ&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjc8ISDo5fmAhUIHDQIHTXsBMEQ6AEwCXoECBEQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22allen%20siegler%22%20cinematographer&f=false|title=The Moving Picture World|date=1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKBOnmUBZpoC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=%22allen+g.+siegler%22+cinematographer&source=bl&ots=uagWvQEwp6&sig=ACfU3U1pKtfYlXMKy17nahznm40Zq1Py7w&hl=en&ppis=_c&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjy377VpJfmAhWRq54KHWliBWA4ChDoATABegQIChAB#v=onepage&q=%22allen%20g.%20siegler%22%20cinematographer&f=false|title=Highlights and Shadows: The Memoirs of a Hollywood Cameraman|last=Clarke|first=Charles G.|date=1989|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2237-5|language=en}}</ref>
'''Allen G. Siegler''' was an American [[cinematographer]] who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/kingofcowboysque00whit|url-access=registration|page=[https://archive.org/details/kingofcowboysque00whit/page/121 121]|quote=allen siegler cinematographer.|title=King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans|last=White|first=Raymond E.|date=2006|publisher=Popular Press|isbn=978-0-299-21004-5|language=en}}</ref> He worked at [[Columbia Pictures]] for many years, and was an early member of the [[American Society of Cinematographers]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=S08_AAAAYAAJ&q=%22allen+siegler%22+cinematographer&pg=RA1-PA179|title=American Cinematographer|date=1922|publisher=ASC Holding Corporation|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1qEbAQAAMAAJ&q=%22allen+siegler%22+cinematographer&pg=PA1379|title=The Moving Picture World|date=1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sKBOnmUBZpoC&q=%22allen+g.+siegler%22+cinematographer&pg=PA17|title=Highlights and Shadows: The Memoirs of a Hollywood Cameraman|last=Clarke|first=Charles G.|date=1989|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-2237-5|language=en}}</ref>


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood. He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like [[Lois Weber]] and [[Sam Newfield]]. During [[World War II]], he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]]'s photographic and motion picture unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380694275/?terms=%22allen+siegler%22|title=Camera Experts Try Life at Sea|last=|first=|date=6 Jul 1941|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref> He had two daughters with his wife, Gertrude.
Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood. He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like [[Lois Weber]] and [[Sam Newfield]]. During [[World War II]], he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the [[U.S. Naval Reserve]]'s photographic and motion picture unit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/380694275/?terms=%22allen+siegler%22|title=Camera Experts Try Life at Sea|date=6 Jul 1941|website=The Los Angeles Times|language=en|access-date=2019-12-02}}</ref> He had two daughters with his wife, Gertrude.


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
[[File:Mary Astor-Lyle Talbot in Trapped by Television.jpg|thumb|Mary Astor and Lyle Talbot in ''Trapped by Television''.]]
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* ''[[The Broken Coin]]'' (1915)
* ''[[The Broken Coin]]'' (1915)
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* ''[[Saving the Family Name]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Saving the Family Name]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Idle Wives]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Idle Wives]]'' (1916)
* ''[[Hand That Rocks the Cradle]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917 film)|The Hand That Rocks the Cradle]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Price of a Good Time]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Price of a Good Time]]'' (1917)
* ''[[The Doctor and the Woman]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Doctor and the Woman]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Danger, Go Slow]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Danger, Go Slow]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Modern Love (1918 film)|Modern Love]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Scarlet Shadow]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Scarlet Shadow]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Delicious Little Devil]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Delicious Little Devil]]'' (1919)
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* ''[[April Folly]]'' (1920)
* ''[[April Folly]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Restless Sex]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Restless Sex]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Over the Wire]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Truant Husband]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Inside of the Cup (film)|The Inside of the Cup]]'' (1921)
* ''[[The Inside of the Cup (film)|The Inside of the Cup]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Kisses (1922 film)|Kisses]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Kisses (1922 film)|Kisses]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Dangerous Age]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Dangerous Age (1923 film)|The Dangerous Age]]'' (1922)
* ''[[Slippy McGee]]'' (1923)
* ''[[Slippy McGee (1923 film)|Slippy McGee]]'' (1923)
* ''[[A Fool's Awakening]]'' (1924)
* ''[[A Fool's Awakening]]'' (1924)
* ''[[The Fighting Sheriff]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Fighting Sheriff]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Faint Perfume]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Faint Perfume]]'' (1925)
* ''[[My Lady's Lips]]'' (1925)
* ''[[My Lady's Lips]]'' (1925)
* ''[[White Thunder (film)|White Thunder]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Human Tornado (1925 film)|The Human Tornado]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Parisian Love]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Parisian Love]]'' (1925)
* ''[[The Other Woman's Story]]'' (1925)
* ''[[Laddie (1926 film)|Laddie]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Laddie (1926 film)|Laddie]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Breed of the Sea]]'' (1926)
* ''[[Breed of the Sea]]'' (1926)
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* ''[[The Harvester (1927 film)|The Harvester]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Harvester (1927 film)|The Harvester]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Driftin' Sands]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Driftin' Sands]]'' (1928)
* ''[[The Big Hop]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Pointed Heels]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Pointed Heels]]'' (1929)
* ''[[Burning Up (film)|Burning Up]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Mysterious Mr. Parkes|L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Mysterious Mr. Parkes|L'Énigmatique Monsieur Parkes]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Sea Legs (film)|Sea Legs]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Sea Legs (film)|Sea Legs]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Take the Heir]]'' (1930)
* ''[[Sky Raiders (1931 film)|The Sky Raiders]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Sky Raiders (1931 film)|The Sky Raiders]]'' (1931)
* ''[[Hell's House]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Hell's House]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Damaged Lives]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Damaged Lives]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Unknown Valley]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Meet the Baron]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Meet the Baron]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Against the Law (1934 film)|Against the Law]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Crime of Helen Stanley]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Crime of Helen Stanley]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Calling of Dan Matthews]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Calling of Dan Matthews]]'' (1935)
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* ''[[Counterfeit Lady]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Counterfeit Lady]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Woman in Distress]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Woman in Distress]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Trapped (1937 film)|Trapped]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Two-Fisted Sheriff]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Two-Fisted Sheriff]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Devil Is Driving (1937 film)|The Devil Is Driving]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Devil Is Driving (1937 film)|The Devil Is Driving]]'' (1937)
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* ''[[Smashing the Spy Ring]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Smashing the Spy Ring]]'' (1938)
* ''[[The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Beware Spooks!]]'' (1939)
* ''[[My Son Is a Criminal]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Romance of the Redwoods (1939 film)|Romance of the Redwoods]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Romance of the Redwoods (1939 film)|Romance of the Redwoods]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Saved by the Belle]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Saved by the Belle]]'' (1939)
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0005874}}

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Latest revision as of 21:42, 23 November 2024

Allen G. Siegler
Born
Allen Graydon Siegler

June 26, 1892
Newark, New Jersey, USA
DiedSeptember 21, 1960 (aged 68)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationCinematographer

Allen G. Siegler was an American cinematographer who lensed nearly 200 films and television episodes between 1914 and 1952.[1] He worked at Columbia Pictures for many years, and was an early member of the American Society of Cinematographers.[2][3][4]

Biography

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Allen was born in Newark, New Jersey, in 1892 to Frederick Siegler and Flora Wood. He started working as a cameraman around 1914, picking up dozens of credits over the ensuing decades on films by directors like Lois Weber and Sam Newfield. During World War II, he took a break from Hollywood to serve in the U.S. Naval Reserve's photographic and motion picture unit.[5] He had two daughters with his wife, Gertrude.

Partial filmography

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Mary Astor and Lyle Talbot in Trapped by Television.

References

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  1. ^ White, Raymond E. (2006). King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Popular Press. p. 121. ISBN 978-0-299-21004-5. allen siegler cinematographer.
  2. ^ American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.
  3. ^ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916.
  4. ^ Clarke, Charles G. (1989). Highlights and Shadows: The Memoirs of a Hollywood Cameraman. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-2237-5.
  5. ^ "Camera Experts Try Life at Sea". The Los Angeles Times. 6 Jul 1941. Retrieved 2019-12-02.
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