Basil Emmott
Basil Emmott | |
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| Born | 5 July 1894 London, England |
| Died | 23 January 1976 (aged 81) Eastbourne, East Sussex, England |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1921–1965 |
Basil Emmott, BSC (5 July 1894 – 23 January 1976) was a prolific English cinematographer with 190 films to his credit, active from the 1920s to the 1960s. Emmott's career started in the silent era and continued through to the mid-1960s. His most prolific decade was the 1930s, when he was involved with almost 120 films, many of which were produced by noted documentary film-maker John Grierson.
Emmott worked mainly in the field of
.Selected filmography (cinematographer)
- Branded (1920)
- Rob Roy (1922)
- Young Lochinvar (1923)
- Reveille (1924)
- Quinneys (1927)
- The Glad Eye (1927)
- The Flight Commander (1927)
- Sailors Don't Care (1928)
- The Feather (1929)
- To What Red Hell (1929)
- The Co-Optimists (1929)
- Spanish Eyes (1930)
- Kissing Cup's Race (1930)
- Big Business (1930)
- The Mystery of the Villa Rose (1930)
- The Great Game (1930)
- The Rosary (1931)
- Chin Chin Chinaman (1931)
- The Officers' Mess (1931)
- When London Sleeps (1932)
- Collision (1932)
- Blind Spot (1932)
- Her Night Out (1932)
- Don't Be a Dummy (1932)
- The Marriage Bond (1932)
- Murder on the Second Floor (1932)
- In a Monastery Garden (1932)
- Frail Women (1932)
- The Missing Rembrandt (1932)
- The Lodger (1932)
- The Stolen Necklace (1933)
- This Acting Business (1933)
- Little Fella (1933)
- Head of the Family (1933)
- Mr. Quincey of Monte Carlo (1933)
- Double Wedding (1933)
- Enemy of the Police (1933)
- Call Me Mame (1933)
- The Melody-Maker (1933)
- Out of the Past (1933)
- Too Many Wives (1933)
- Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Going Straight (1933)
- Smithy (1933)
- The Bermondsey Kid (1933)
- As Good as New (1933)
- Little Miss Nobody (1933)
- High Finance (1933)
- Her Imaginary Lover (1933)
- Guest of Honour (1934)
- What Happened to Harkness? (1934)
- The Life of the Party (1934)
- The Church Mouse (1934)
- A Glimpse of Paradise (1934)
- Father and Son (1934)
- Nine Forty-Five (1934)
- No Escape (1934)
- The Office Wife (1934)
- Leave It to Blanche (1934)
- What's in a Name? (1934)
- Murder at the Inn (1934)
- The Girl in Possession (1934)
- Something Always Happens (1934)
- Big Business (1934)
- The Blue Squadron (1934)
- Trouble in Store (1934)
- Hello, Sweetheart (1935)
- Murder at Monte Carlo (1935)
- The Girl in the Crowd (1935)
- Falling in Love (1935)
- Man of the Moment (1935)
- Crime Unlimited (1935)
- The Black Mask (1935)
- Someday (1935)
- Get Off My Foot (1935)
- Widow's Might (1935)
- Faithful (1936)
- The Brown Wallet (1936)
- Fair Exchange (1936)
- It's in the Bag (1936)
- Educated Evans (1936)
- Crown v. Stevens (1936)
- Gaol Break (1936)
- Where's Sally? (1936)
- Twelve Good Men (1936)
- Hail and Farewell (1936)
- Irish for Luck (1936)
- The Compulsory Wife (1937)
- Don't Get Me Wrong (1937)
- Mayfair Melody (1937)
- Change for a Sovereign (1937)
- Ship's Concert (1937)
- Gypsy (1937)
- The Vulture (1937)
- It's Not Cricket (1937)
- The Perfect Crime (1937)
- You Live and Learn (1937)
- The Singing Cop (1938)
- Thank Evans (1938)
- Thistledown (1938)
- The Viper (1938)
- Dangerous Medicine (1938)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
- The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
- Double or Quits (1938)
- They Drive by Night (1938)
- Everything Happens to Me (1938)
- It's in the Blood (1938)
- Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)
- Too Dangerous to Live (1939)
- The Midas Touch (1940)
- The Good Old Days (1940)
- Hoots Mon! (1940)
- Dr. O'Dowd (1940)
- The Briggs Family (1940)
- His Brother's Keeper (1940)
- That's the Ticket (1940)
- Two for Danger (1940)
- The Seventh Survivor (1941)
- The Prime Minister (1941)
- Atlantic Ferry (1941)
- The Peterville Diamond (1942)
- Flying Fortress (1942)
- Miss London Ltd. (1943)
- Time Flies (1944)
- It Happened One Sunday (1944)
- The Man from Morocco (1945)
- Master of Bankdam (1947)
- Brass Monkey (1948)
- Paper Orchid (1949)
- Companions in Crime (1954)
- The Green Carnation (1954)
- Where There's a Will (1955)
- Track the Man Down (1955)
- Secret Venture (1955)
- Johnny, You're Wanted (1956)
- Soho Incident (aka Spin a Dark Web) (1956)
- Wicked As They Come(1956)
- Home and Away(1956)
- Town on Trial (1957)
- The Long Haul (1957)
- Battle of the V-1 (1958)
- I Was Monty's Double (1958)
- Touch of Death (1961)
- Rag Doll (1961)
- The Wind of Change (1961)
- The Breaking Point (1961)
- Pit of Darkness (1961)
- The Painted Smile (1962)
- Strongroom (1962)
- Blind Corner (1963)
- Live It Up! (1963)
- Tomorrow at Ten (1964)
- Be My Guest (1965)
- Curse of the Fly (1965)
External links
- Basil Emmott at IMDb
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