The nephew of cameraman Walter Stradling, who worked with Mary Pickford in the 1910s and '20s, British-born cinematographer Harry Stradling began manning the Bell and Howell himself in the mid-'20s. Confined to programmers and two-reelers in Hollywood, Stradling packed up his equipment and headed for France in 1934, almost immediately distinguishing himself with his work on the director Jacques Feyder's film classic Carnival in Flanders (1935). He then moved to England, where he worked on the 1939 Alfred Hitchcock picture Jamaica Inn. Hitchcock called upon Stradling to shoot two of his early Hollywood films, Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941) and Suspicion (1941). Resettling in Hollywood, Stradling went on to win an Oscar for his work on The Picture of Dorian Gray (1946). He continued turning out superior work on such films as A Streetcar Named Desire (1951) and My Fair Lady (1964) (the latter film contained a piquant on-set moment when Stradling photographed Betty Blythe -- one of the major stars he'd lensed in the '20s, now confined to bit roles). Perhaps Stradling's most momentous assignment of the '60s was the task of turning the oddly-featured stage star Barbra Streisand into a photogenic movie star in Funny Girl (1968). Streisand was so grateful and appreciative that she insisted upon Stradling's services for her subsequent films Hello Dolly (1969) and On a Clear Day You Can See Forever (1969). Harry Stradling died in 1970, halfway through production of the Streisand vehicle The Owl and the Pussycat; his replacement was Andrew Laszlo.
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On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
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1970 | |||
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The Owl and the Pussycat
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1970 | |||
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Hello, Dolly!
Cinematographer |
1969 | |||
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Moment to Moment
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
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Penelope
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
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Walk, Don't Run
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
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How to Murder Your Wife
Cinematographer |
1965 | |||
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Synanon
Cinematographer |
1965 | |||
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My Fair Lady
Cinematographer |
1964 | |||
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Island of Love
Cinematographer |
1963 | |||
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Mary Mary
Cinematographer |
1963 | |||
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Five Finger Exercise
Cinematographer |
1962 | |||
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Gypsy
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1962 | |||
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A Majority of One
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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On the Double
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1961 | |||
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Parrish
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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The Crowded Sky
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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The Dark at the Top of the Stairs
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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Who Was That Lady?
Cinematographer |
1960 | |||
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A Summer Place
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1959 | |||
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The Young Philadelphians
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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Auntie Mame
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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Marjorie Morningstar
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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A Face in the Crowd
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1957 | |||
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The Pajama Game
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1957 | |||
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The Eddy Duchin Story
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1956 | |||
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Guys and Dolls
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1955 | |||
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Helen of Troy
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
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Johnny Guitar
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1954 | |||
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A Lion Is in the Streets
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1953 | |||
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Angel Face
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Forever Female
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Androcles and the Lion
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1952 | |||
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Hans Christian Andersen
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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My Son, John
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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A Millionaire for Christy
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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A Streetcar Named Desire
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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I Want You
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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The Guy Who Came Back
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Valentino
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Edge of Doom
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1950 | |||
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The Yellow Cab Man
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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In the Good Old Summertime
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1949 | |||
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Tension
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1949 | |||
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The Barkleys of Broadway
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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Easter Parade
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1948 | |||
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The Pirate
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1948 | |||
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Words and Music
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1948 | |||
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Song of Love
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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The Sea of Grass
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Easy to Wed
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Holiday in Mexico
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Till the Clouds Roll By
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Her Highness and the Bellboy
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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Thrill of a Romance
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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Bathing Beauty
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Song of Russia
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1943 | |||
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Swing Shift Maisie
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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The Human Comedy
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Fingers at the Window
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Her Cardboard Lover
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Maisie Gets Her Man
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Nazi Agent
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Salute to Courage
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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White Cargo
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Mr. & Mrs. Smith
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1941 | |||
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Mr. and Mrs. North
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Suspicion
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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The Corsican Brothers
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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The Devil and Miss Jones
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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The Men in Her Life
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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My Son, My Son
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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The Lion Has Wings
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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They Knew What They Wanted
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Clouds over Europe
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Jamaica Inn
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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Over the Moon
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Pygmalion
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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South Riding
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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The Citadel
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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The Divorce of Lady X
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Action for Slander
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Dark Journey
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Knight Without Armour
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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Symphonie D'Amour
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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Episode
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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La Kermesse Héroïque
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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La Dame aux Camelias
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Le Grand Jeu
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Melodía de Arrabal
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Die Manner Um Lucie
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Esperame
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Lucky in Love
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Mother's Boy
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Nest
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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The Secrets of Paris
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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Jim the Penman
Cinematographer |
1921 |














