Frank Kesson

Frank Kesson
Born (1885-08-27)August 27, 1885
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Died September 29, 1939(1939-09-29) (aged 54)
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Burial place Los Angeles National Cemetery
Occupation Cinematographer

Frank Kesson (27 August 1885 - 29 September 1939) was an American cinematographer. He worked with Byron Haskin in The Sea Beast (1926),[1] the Spanish western film El hombre malo (1930),[2] El cantante de Nápoles (1935) with William Rees,[3] La dama atrevida (1931),[4] La llamada sagrada (1931),[5] Die heilige Flamme (1931),[5] and Millionaires (1926).[6]

He also worked in How I Play Golf - Trouble Shots (1931),[7] Beware of Bachelors (1928) with Norbert Brodin,[8] Beware of Married Men (1928),[8] Bobbed Hair (1925),[9] Rinty of the Desert (1928),[10] Why Girls Go Back Home (1926),[11] Women They Talk About (1928),[12] While London Sleeps (1926).[13]

He died on 29 September 1939 and he was buried at the Los Angeles National Cemetery.[14]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ Holston, Kim R. (18 December 2012). Movie Roadshows: A History and Filmography of Reserved-Seat Limited Showings, 1911-1973. McFarland Publishing. p. 315. ISBN 9780786460625.
  2. ↑ Gevinson 1997, p. 62.
  3. ↑ Gevinson 1997, p. 162.
  4. ↑ Gevinson 1997, p. 248.
  5. 1 2 Gevinson 1997, p. 605.
  6. ↑ Gevinson 1997, p. 664.
  7. ↑ Beck, Robert (2 September 2008). The Edward G. Robinson Encyclopedia. McFarland Publishing. p. 159. ISBN 9781476606668.
  8. 1 2 Munden 1997, p. 53.
  9. ↑ Munden 1997, p. 73.
  10. ↑ Munden 1997, p. 656.
  11. ↑ Munden 1997, p. 898.
  12. ↑ Munden 1997, p. 924.
  13. ↑ Soister, John T. (25 October 2012). Up from the Vault: Rare Thrillers of the 1920s and 1930s. McFarland Publishing. p. 1926. ISBN 9780786481859.
  14. ↑ US Veteran's Affairs (4 March 2000). "Frank Kesson". Find a Grave.

Bibliography

  • Gevinson, Alan (1997). Within Our Gates: Ethnicity in American Feature Films, 1911-1960. American Film Institute. University of California Press. p. 1571. ISBN 9780520209640.
  • Munden, Kenneth White (1997). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States. American Film Institute. Part 1. University of California Press. p. 2600. ISBN 9780520209695.


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