John Alton  

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John Alton (1901 – 1996) was an American cinematographer of Hungarian-German origin. Alton photographed some of the most famous films noir of the classic period and won an Academy Award for the cinematography of An American in Paris (1951), becoming the first Hungarian-born person to do so in the cinematography category.

Filmography

• The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg (1927)
• The Man Who Murdered (1930)
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• Los tres berretines (1933)
• El hijo de papá (1933)
• Crimen a las tres (1935)
• Big Calibre (1935)
• Escala en la ciudad (1935)
• Puerto Nuevo (1936)
• Compañeros (1936)
• Loco lindo (1936)
• Tararira (1936)
• Goal (1936)
• Amalia (1936)
• El Pobre Pérez (1937)
• Palermo (1937)
• La vida bohemia (1938)
• Honeysuckle (1938)
• Puerta cerrada (1938)
• Cadetes de San Martín (1939)
• El último encuentro (1939)
• Caminito de Gloria (1939)
• Puerta cerrada (1939)
• Doce mujeres (1939)
• El matrero (1939)
• Remedy for Riches (1940)
• Dr. Christian Meets the Women (1940)
• Three Faces West (1940)
• The Courageous Dr. Christian (1940)
• The Devil Pays Off (1941)
• Forced Landing (1941)
• Melody for Three (1941)
• Power Dive (1941)
• Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)
• The Affairs of Jimmy Valentine (1942)
• Ice-Capades Revue (1942)
• Johnny Doughboy (1942)
• Moonlight Masquerade (1942)
• Pardon My Stripes (1942)
• The Sultan's Daughter (1943)
• The Lady and the Monster (1944)
• Lake Placid Serenade (1944)
• Storm Over Lisbon (1944)
• Enemy of Women (1944)
• Atlantic City (1944)
• The Captain from Köpenick (1945)
• Girls of the Big House (1945)
• Song of Mexico (1944)
• Love, Honor and Goodbye (1945)
• I Was a Criminal (1945)
• Affairs of Geraldine (1946)
• A Guy Could Change (1946)
• The Madonna's Secret (1946)
• Murder in the Music Hall (1946)
• One Exciting Week (1946)
• The Magnificent Rogue (1947)
• The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)
• Hit Parade of 1947 (1947)
• T-Men (1947)
• The Trespasser (1947)
• Winter Wonderland (1947)
• Wyoming (1947)
• Bury Me Dead (1947)
• The Pretender (1947)
• Driftwood (1947)
• He Walked by Night (1948)
• Hollow Triumph (1948)
• The Amazing Mr. X (1948)
• Canon City (1948)
• Raw Deal (1948)
• Border Incident (1949)
• The Crooked Way (1949)
• Captain China (1949)
• Reign of Terror (1949)
• Red Stallion in the Rockies (1949)
• Mystery Street (1950)
• Father of the Bride (1950)
• Grounds for Marriage (1950)
• Devil's Doorway (1950)
• An American in Paris (1951) (ballet photography)
• The People Against O'Hara (1951)
• Father's Little Dividend (1951)
• It's a Big Country (1951)
• Talk About a Stranger (1952)
• Washington Story (1952)
• Apache War Smoke (1952)
• Count the Hours (1952)
• Battle Circus (1953)
• Take the High Ground! (1953)
• I, the Jury (1953)
• Cattle Queen of Montana (1954)
• Silver Lode (1954)
• Witness to Murder (1954)
• Duffy of San Quentin (1954)
• Passion (1954)
• Tennessee's Partner (1955)
• The Big Combo (1955)
• Pearl of the South Pacific (1955)
• Escape to Burma (1955)
• The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
• Slightly Scarlet (1956)
• The Catered Affair (1956)
• Tea and Sympathy (1956)
• Designing Woman (1957)
• The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
• Lonelyhearts (1958)
• 12 to the Moon (1960)
• Elmer Gantry (1960)