Object Details
- Artist
- George Hurrell, 01 Jun 1904 - 17 May 1992
- Sitter
- James Wong Howe, 28 Aug 1899 - 12 Jul 1976
- Exhibition Label
- Born Taishan, Guangdong, China
- James Wong Howe was one of Hollywood’s preeminent cinematographers; his filmography spans from 1923 to 1975. He began at the Lasky studios during the silent era, working as an assistant on Cecil B. DeMille’s early features. By the time "talkies" arrived, Howe was in demand, having established his reputation for, as he once said, making "old stars young, plump stars thin, ordinary faces beautiful." Howe was known for his technical innovations, such as using black-velvet camera hoods "to make blue eyes show up better on the orthochromatic film stock in use until the early 1920s." Among his noted films were The Thin Man (1934), The Prisoner of Zenda (1937), Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942), and The Old Man and the Sea (1958). Nominated for ten Academy Awards, Howe won two Oscars, for The Rose Tattoo (1956) and Hud (1963).
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1942
- Object number
- NPG.89.191
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Copyright
- © George Hurrell, Jr.
- Type
- Photograph
- Medium
- Gelatin silver print
- Dimensions
- Image/Sheet/Mount: 33 × 25.5 cm (13 × 10 1/16")
- Mat: 71.1 × 55.9 cm (28 × 22")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Interior
- Home Furnishings\Lighting Devices\Spot Light
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Tie\Necktie
- James Wong Howe: Male
- James Wong Howe: Performing Arts\Director\Motion Pictures
- James Wong Howe: Performing Arts\Cinematographer
- James Wong Howe: Oscar
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.89.191
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46ed722aa-51d0-4ead-83a7-47c45ffd7122
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