Edward Cronjager was virtually born into the movie business, as the son of Henry Cronjager and the nephew of Jules Cronjager, both pioneering cinematographers from a time almost before there was a movie "business." Born in 1904, Edward entered the industry in his teens as an assistant cameraman, and at 20 became a director of photography. He went on to become a mainstay of Paramount and RKO in the 1920s and '30s, his credits including a string of successful sports-oriented features during the late silent era, the highly regarded (and eminently successful) Westerns The Virginian (1929) and Cimarron (1931, for which he received his first of seven Oscar nominations), as well as the thriller Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929). Edward Cronjager truly hit his stride at Fox in the 1940s, where his work included the pioneering film noir I Wake Up Screaming (1941), Fritz Lang's Technicolor Western Western Union, and the Glenn Miller musical comedy showcase Sun Valley Serenade (1941). Cronjager also enjoyed a string of Oscar nominations during this period, including those for his work on the wartime drama The Pied Piper (1942); Ernst Lubitsch's fantasy comedy Heaven Can Wait (1943); the morale booster To the Shores of Tripoli (1942); and the big-budget Technicolor wartime musical The Gang's All Here (1943). His photography on Beneath the 12-Mile Reef (1953) was also nominated, and broke ground on technical terms as the first use of Cinemascope photography in an underwater setting. During the later '50s, as the studios cut back on their production schedules and personnel, Cronjager moved into television work, on such ZIV TV-produced series as Men Into Space and Sea Hunt, the latter making use of his valuable experience in underwater shooting. Edward Cronjager died in 1960, at age 56, of natural causes several weeks after being injured while breaking up a fight between two stuntmen on a set.
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The Threat
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1960 | |||
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The Devil's Partner
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Siege at Red River
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Beneath the 12-Mile Reef
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Powder River
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Treasure of the Golden Condor
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Bloodhounds of Broadway
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Lure of the Wilderness
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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I'd Climb the Highest Mountain
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Two Tickets to Broadway
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Best of the Badmen
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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The Capture
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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The House by the River
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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An Innocent Affair
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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On Our Merry Way
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Relentless
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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The Countess of Monte Cristo
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Desert Fury
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Honeymoon
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Canyon Passage
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Do You Love Me?
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Colonel Effingham's Raid
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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Nob Hill
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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Home in Indiana
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Heaven Can Wait
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Margin for Error
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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The Gang's All Here
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Friendly Enemies
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Girl Trouble
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Life Begins at 8:30
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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The Pied Piper
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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To the Shores of Tripoli
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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A Very Young Lady
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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I Wake Up Screaming
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Rise and Shine
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Sun Valley Serenade
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Western Union
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Girl in 313
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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I Was an Adventuress
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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The Gay Caballero
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Young People
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Youth Will Be Served
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Everything Happens at Night
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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The Chicken Wagon Family
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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The Escape
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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The Gorilla
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Too Busy to Work
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Winner Take All
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Gateway
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Island in the Sky
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Keep Smiling
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Rascals
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Thin Ice
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Wake up and Live
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Wife, Doctor and Nurse
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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One in a Million
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Special Investigator
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Texas Rangers
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Three Married Men
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Yellow Dust
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Enchanted April
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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In Person
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Jalna
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Lightning Strikes Twice
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Roberta
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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The Nitwits
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Down to Their Last Yacht
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Kentucky Kernels
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Spitfire
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Strictly Dynamite
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Ann Vickers
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Diplomaniacs
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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If I Were Free
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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No Other Woman
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Professional Sweetheart
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Sweepings
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Monkey's Paw
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Bird of Paradise
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Docks of San Francisco
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Hell's Highway
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Night Beat
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Roar of the Dragon
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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The Conquerors
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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The Lost Squadron
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Secret Service
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Public Defender
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Young Donovan's Kid
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Cimarron
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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He Knew Women
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Lovin' the Ladies
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Shooting Straight
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Fashions in Love
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Fast Company
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Nothing But the Truth
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Redskin
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Seven Keys to Baldpate
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Love Doctor
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Virginian
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Wheel of Life
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Easy Come, Easy Go
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Just Married
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Moran of the Marines
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Sporting Goods
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Warming Up
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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What a Night!
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Gay Defender
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Knockout Reilly
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Man Power
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Yours to Command
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Is That Nice?
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Let's Get Married
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Say It Again
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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The Quarterback
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Womanhandled
Cinematographer |
1925 |

