David Abel
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. Born in Amsterdam to Russian parents, Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. His credits include Grumpy (1930), The Virtuous Sin (1930), Huckleberry Finn (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), and The Affairs of Susan (1945). At RKO Pictures during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the Fleet, Swing Time, and Shall We Dance). Other credits include The Awful Truth, Huckleberry Finn, Hips, Hips, Hooray!, Grumpy, The Virtuous Sin, and History Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films. He retired in 1937, but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classic Holiday Inn (1942). After two more films, Follow the Boys (1944) and The Affairs of Susan (1945), Abel left Hollywood film work for good.
Known for
CameraBirthday
December 15, 1883Deathday
November 12, 1973Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
72Place of birth
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsCrew credits
Top Hat
Director of PhotographyHoliday Inn
Director of PhotographyAnn Vickers
Director of PhotographyThe Affairs of Susan
Director of PhotographyGrumpy
Director of PhotographyTenth Avenue
Director of PhotographyCriminal Lawyer
Director of PhotographyThe Forbidden Woman
Director of PhotographyMixed Faces
Director of PhotographyStand and Deliver
Director of PhotographyHistory Is Made at Night
Director of PhotographyThe First Auto
Director of PhotographyMidnight Madness
Director of PhotographyCraig's Wife
Director of PhotographyThe Gay Divorcee
Director of PhotographyThe Phantom President
Director of PhotographySwing Time
Director of PhotographyMerrily We Go to Hell
Director of PhotographyRafter Romance
Director of PhotographyFootloose Widows
Director of PhotographyThe Racketeer
Director of Photography