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Gregg Toland

Highest Rated: 100% Whoopee! (1930)

Lowest Rated: 33% The Goldwyn Follies (1938)

Birthday: May 29, 1904

Birthplace: Charleston, Illinois, USA

During the deeply entrenched days of the Hollywood studio system, cinematographer Gregg Toland's technical and visual innovations set him apart from the flock of doctrinaire technicians and engineers embedded in the formulaic studio factories. He was that rarity among technicians--a cinematographer eager to accept technological advances and apply them creatively to the narrative film form. Toland's talent was readily accepted by the Hollywood establishment, who graced him with a charmed life amid the workmanlike atmosphere pervading most studio productions. Contracted throughout his career to Samuel Goldwyn (although he was lent to other producers), Toland was permitted more freedom than most cinematographers of his time, from being allowed his choice of crew and story properties to converting studio cameras to his own specifications. Working with such outstanding directors as Howard Hawks, William Wyler, John Ford and Orson Welles, Toland was in the unique position of incorporating technological innovations into equally innovative narrative frameworks.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 67% Whoopee!
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100% 78% History Is Made at Night
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100% 76% The Westerner
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100% 43% Beloved Enemy
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100% 76% These Three
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100% 88% The Grapes of Wrath Watchlist
100% 70% The Long Voyage Home
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100% 87% The Little Foxes
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99% 90% Citizen Kane Watchlist
98% 93% The Best Years of Our Lives
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Filmography

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Enchantment 72% 1948 Cinematographer The Bishop's Wife 85% 81% 1947 Cinematographer The Best Years of Our Lives 98% 93% 1946 Cinematographer December 7th 60% 1943 Director The Little Foxes 100% 87% 1941 Cinematographer Citizen Kane 99% 90% 1941 Cinematographer The Westerner 100% 76% 1940 Cinematographer The Long Voyage Home 100% 70% 1940 Cinematographer The Grapes of Wrath 100% 88% 1940 Cinematographer Raffles 53% 1940 Cinematographer Wuthering Heights 96% 85% 1939 Cinematographer The Cowboy and the Lady 61% 1938 Cinematographer Kidnapped 43% 1938 Cinematographer The Goldwyn Follies 33% 25% 1938 Cinematographer Woman Chases Man 50% 1937 Cinematographer Dead End 83% 77% 1937 Cinematographer History Is Made at Night 100% 78% 1937 Cinematographer These Three 100% 76% 1936 Cinematographer Come and Get It 91% 68% 1936 Cinematographer Beloved Enemy 100% 43% 1936 Cinematographer The Dark Angel 94% 76% 1935 Cinematographer The Wedding Night 1935 Cinematographer Public Hero No. 1 1935 Cinematographer We Live Again 80% 30% 1934 Cinematographer Nana 71% 1934 Cinematographer
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