A propboy at Thomas H. Ince Studios in the mid teens, Garmes became an assistant cameraman in the early '20s, working on numerous short comedies and several feature films. He became a director of photography by the mid '20s, and over the next 40 years lensed films for Rex Ingram, Josef von Sternberg, Howard Hawks, King Vidor, Edmund Goulding, Alfred Hitchcock and Frank Borzage; he also shot much of Gone with the Wind, but was uncredited. Garmes was director of photography and associate director with collaborating writer/directors Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur (Crime Without Passion, The Scoundrel) and with Hecht alone (Angels Over Broadway, Actors and Sin). Garmes also co-directed The Sky's the Limit with Jack Buchanan.
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How to Save a Marriage (And Ruin Your Life)
Cinematographer |
1968 | |||
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Cinematographer |
1966 | |||
Lady in a Cage
Cinematographer |
1964 | |||
Adventures of a Young Man
Cinematographer |
1962 | |||
Misty
Cinematographer |
1961 | |||
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Happy Anniversary
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
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The Big Fisherman
Cinematographer |
1959 | |||
Never Love a Stranger
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Big Boodle
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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Abdulla the Great
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
D-Day, the Sixth of June
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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The Bottom of the Bottle
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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The Sharkfighters
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
Land of the Pharaohs
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
Man With the Gun
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
The Desperate Hours
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
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Outlaw Territory
Cinematographer, Director, Producer |
1953 | |||
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Thunder in the East
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
Actors and Sin
Cinematographer, Director |
1952 | |||
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The Captive City
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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The Lusty Men
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
Detective Story
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Saturday's Hero
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
That's My Boy
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
My Friend Irma Goes West
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
Our Very Own
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
Caught
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
My Foolish Heart
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
Roseanna McCoy
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
The Fighting Kentuckian
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
Nightmare Alley
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
The Paradine Case
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
Duel in the Sun
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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The Searching Wind
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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The Specter of the Rose
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Young Widow
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
Guest in the House
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
Love Letters
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
Paris Underground
Cinematographer |
1945 | |||
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None Shall Escape
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
Since You Went Away
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Flight for Freedom
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
Forever and a Day
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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China Girl
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
Footlight Serenade
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
The Jungle Book
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Lydia
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
Angels over Broadway
Actor, Cinematographer, Director |
1940 | |||
Beyond Tomorrow
Producer |
1940 | |||
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The Lilac Domino
Producer |
1937 | |||
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The Sky's the Limit
Cinematographer, Director |
1937 | |||
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Once in a Blue Moon
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Scoundrel
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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Crime Without Passion
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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George White's Scandals
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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I Am Suzanne
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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My Lips Betray
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Shanghai Madness
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Face in the Sky
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Zoo in Budapest
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Call Her Savage
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Dreaming Lips
Cinematographer, Director |
1932 | |||
Scarface
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
Shanghai Express
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
Smilin' Through
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
Strange Interlude
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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An American Tragedy
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Bright Lights
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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City Streets
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Confessions of a Co-Ed
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
Dishonored
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
Fighting Caravans
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Kiss Me Again
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Lilies of the Field
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
Morocco
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Song of the Flame
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Spring Is Here
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
The Great Divide
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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The Other Tomorrow
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
Whoopee!
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
Disraeli
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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His Captive Woman
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Love and the Devil
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Prisoners
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
Say It with Songs
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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The Barker
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Yellow Lily
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Love Mart
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Private Life of Helen of Troy
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Rose of the Golden West
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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The Garden of Allah
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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A Social Celebrity
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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The Carnival Girl
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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The Grand Duchess and the Waiter
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Goat Getter
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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Keep Smiling
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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Find Your Man
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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I'll Get Him Yet
Cinematographer |
1919 |
