James B. Shackelford
James B. Shackelford | |
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Los Angeles, California | |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | cinematographer |
| Known for | work with Frank Buck and paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews |
| Spouse | Jean E. Shackelford |
James Blaine Shackelford (20 September 1886 – 5 August 1969) was a
Los Angeles, California
.
Career
Shackelford was a cinematographer for
to the museum.In 1933, Shackelford and George Dromgold traveled to the Great Barrier Reef and Papua, spending three months at Fiji. At Suva, they observed and analyzed fire-walking.[1] Dromgold wrote a book, Two Lugs on a Lugger, with photographs by Shackelford, describing their adventures.[2]
Shackelford was cinematographer for the film crew of
Jacaré. The group spent three and a half months at Para, at the mouth of the Amazon, usually within a day's journey of the city, so that they could return to civilization for the night. The company's most primitive adventure occurred on Marajó Island, at the mouth of the Amazon, where they spent four weeks. They ran out of imported food and had to subsist for five days on moldy doughnuts filled with small worms and on chickens which seemed to be 90 percent vulture.[3][4]
Shackelford's later career included work in The Bells in Old Town (1946, Klockorna i Gamla sta'n was the original Swedish title).
References
- ^ Max Freedom Long. Recovering the Ancient Magic. Huna Press, Cape Girardeau, MO, U.S.A., 1978 p 22.
- ^ George C. Dromgold. Two Lugs on a Lugger. Hutchinson. London 1938.
- ^ Thomas F. Brady. Hollywood’s story marts dry up. New York Times. May 24, 1942 p X3.
- ISBN 0-89672-582-0.
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