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Charles Van Enger

1890 – 1980

American cinematographer

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Lived 1890 – 1980 (aged 89). Charles Van Enger was an American cinematographer.

Charles Van Enger (29August 18904July 1980) was an American cinematographer. In the 1920s Van Enger worked on all the silent films the German director Ernst Lubitsch made for Warner Bros. During the 1930s he worked in the British film industry. His later work was largely on supporting features for Universal Pictures and various independents.

Partial filmography

The Great Redeemer (1920) The Last of the Mohicans (1920) The Foolish Matrons (1921) Salomé (1923) The Christian (1923) Broadway After Dark (1924) Forbidden Paradise (1924) The Marriage Circle (1924) Three Women (1924) The Phantom of the Opera (1925) Kiss Me Again (1925) Hogan's Alley (1925) Lady Windermere's Fan (1925) Why Girls Go Back Home (1926) Paradise (1926) Puppets (1926) Easy Pickings (1927) The Sea Tiger (1927) The Life of Riley (1927) The Port of Missing Girls (1928) The Head of the Family (1928) One Mad Kiss (1930) Meet the Wife (1931) Forgotten Women (1931) Help Yourself (1932) Money Means Nothing (1932) Turkey Time (1933) I Was a Spy (1933) Friday the Thirteenth (1933) Aunt Sally (1933) Forbidden Territory (1934) My Song for You (1934) Me and Marlborough (1935) In Town Tonight (1935) Boys Will Be Boys (1935) The Stoker (1935) Things Are Looking Up (1935) Soft Lights and Sweet Music (1936) Ménilmontant (1936) Where There's a Will (1936) Captain Bill (1936) Jack of All Trades (1936) The Bureaucrats (1936) San Francisco Docks (1940) Moonlight in Havana (1942) Who Done It? (1942) Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943) Frisco Sal (1945) That Night with You (1945) White Tie and Tails (1946) Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) The Pecos Pistol (1949) Lorna Doone (1951) Sitting Bull (1954) Captain Kidd and the Slave Girl (1954) Khyber Patrol (1954) Gun Fever (1958)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Charles Van Enger?

American cinematographer (1890-1980)

When was Charles Van Enger born?

Charles Van Enger was born on 29 August 1890 in Port Jervis.

When did Charles Van Enger die?

Charles Van Enger died on 4 July 1980 in Woodland Hills.

What was Charles Van Enger's occupation?

Charles Van Enger was a cinematographer.

What nationality was Charles Van Enger?

Charles Van Enger was American.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Charles Van Enger

· Wikidata: Q5083108

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