Lester Lang
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Lester Lang | |
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| Born | Lester Stephen Lang August 15, 1896 Fort Lee, New Jersey, USA |
| Died | August 1969 (aged 73) Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA |
| Years active | 1922–1948 |
Lester Lang was an American cinematographer known for lensing several of Oscar Micheaux's films in the 1930s.[1][2]
Biography
[edit | edit source]Lester was born in Union City, New Jersey, to John Lang and Elizabeth Frank. He married Lillian Sutherland, and the pair had three children together. She died suddenly in 1942.[3] He worked as a photographer for 22 years at New York race tracks, and was one of the early cinematographers working in the film industry in Fort Lee, New Jersey.[2]
Selected filmography
[edit | edit source]- Killer Diller (1948)
- Big Timers (1945)
- The Notorious Elinor Lee (1940)
- Lying Lips (1939)[1]
- God's Step Children (1938)
- Swing! (1938)
- Underworld (1937)
- Ten Minutes to Live (1932)
- Amor in Montagna (1932)
- Love's Interlude (1932)[4]
- The Darktown Revue (1931)
- The Exile (1931)
- The House of Secrets (1929)
- The Mad Marriage (1925)
- The Mohican's Daughter (1922)[5]
References
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