Paul Perry (cinematographer)

Paul Percy Perry (1891 – 1963) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1940s.^[1] He was the brother of fellow cameraman Harry Perry.^[2]

Paul Perry
Perry on the set of At the End of the World
Born	Paul Percy Perry December 13, 1891 Denver, Colorado, USA
Died	October 24, 1963 (aged 71) Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation	Cinematographer
Relatives	Harry Perry (brother)

Biography

Paul was born in Colorado to Frank Perry and Fanny Teeter. He worked at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios on films like 1923's Rosita and was also noted for being one of Mack Sennett's cameraman.^[3] He was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and served on its board of governors early on.^[4]

Partial filmography

• Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1916)
• The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916)
• The Lash (1916)
• Unprotected (1916)
• Lost and Won (1917)
• What Money Can't Buy (1917)
• The Ghost House (1917)
• Nan of Music Mountain (1917)
• The Hidden Pearls (1918)
• Wild Youth (1918)
• The Bravest Way (1918)
• Sandy (1918)
• The City of Dim Faces (1918)
• The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918)
• Such a Little Pirate (1918)
• Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
• Everywoman (1919)
• At the End of the World (1921)
• The Little Minister (1921)
• Over the Border (1922)
• Pink Gods (1922)
• Singed Wings (1922)
• Ponjola (1923)
• Introduce Me (1925)
• Souls for Sables (1925)
• Caught in the Kitchen (1928)
• Hubby's Latest Alibi (1928)
• His New Stenographer (1928)
• Pink Pajamas (1929)
• Two Plus Fours (1930)
• The Bluffer (1930)
• Take Your Medicine (1930)
• Strange Birds (1930)
• A Hollywood Theme Song (1930)
• A Poor Fish (1931)
• The Bride's Mistake (1931)
• Just a Bear (1931)
• Movie-Town (1931)
• Dos amigos y un amor (1938)
• Concierto de almas (1942)

References

1. Craigmont, Courtesy of Dick Southern. "Blast from the Past: 1918". The Lewiston Tribune. Retrieved 2019-12-03.
2. Wohl, Robert (2005). The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10692-3.
3. Walker, Brent E. (2010-01-13). Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-5707-6.
4. American Cinematographer. ASC Holding Corporation. 1922.

External links

• Paul Perry at IMDb