Sol Polito

Sol Polito, A.S.C. (born Salvatore Polito, November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960) was a Sicilian-American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with directors Michael Curtiz and Mervyn LeRoy at Warner Bros. studios in the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography Salvatore Polito was born November 12, 1892, in Palermo, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1905. He attended school in New York City and began working in the motion picture industry as a still photographer. After experience as a lab assistant and camera assistant, he was promoted to lighting cameraman in 1917.

Polito married Frances (Francesca) D'Angelis in New York in 1914. The union produced two sons. The elder son Gene Polito (1918-2010) also became a cinematographer. Younger son S. Robert Polito (1922–2015) became a physician.

Polito moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1919 to continue his career at First National Pictures and Warner Bros. but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. with directors Michael Curtiz and Mervyn LeRoy. and was entombed in the Mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

Accolades Polito received three Academy Award nominations: 1939 Dodge City 1939 Four Wives 1940 Virginia City 1940 1940 Santa Fe Trail 1941 1941 Sergeant York Nominee, Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Black and White) 1942 Captains of the Clouds Nominee, Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Color) 1942 Now, Voyager 1943 This Is the Army 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace 1944 1945 1947 1948 Sorry, Wrong Number 1948 1949 Anna Lucasta