Hap Depew Explained

Hap Depew
Birth Date:	March 30, 1887
Birth Place:	Brushton, New York, United States
Death Date:	April 11, 1940 (aged 53)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation:	Cinematographer
Yearsactive:	1921-1936 (film)

Hap Depew (1887–1940) was an American cinematographer.^{[1] [2]} He shot silent films for Trem Carr at Rayart Pictures during the 1920s. During the 1930s, he worked on several Our Gang short films.

Selected filmography

• Cold Steel (1921)
• Stormy Seas (1923)
• Million Dollar Mystery (1927)
• Gun-Hand Garrison (1927)
• Modern Daughters (1927)
• Duty's Reward (1927)
• On the Stroke of Twelve (1927)
• The Branded Man (1928)
• The Black Pearl (1928)
• The Law and the Man (1928)
• The Devil's Tower (1928)
• Lightnin' Shot (1928)
• The Divine Sinner (1928)
• Ships of the Night (1928)
• A Gentleman Preferred (1928)
• Sisters of Eve (1928)
• Mystery Valley (1928)
• Gypsy of the North (1928)
• Isle of Lost Men (1928)
• The Man from Headquarters (1928)
• Should a Girl Marry? (1928)
• Silent Trail (1928)
• West of Santa Fe (1928)
• The Cowboy and the Outlaw (1929)
• Two Sisters (1929)
• The Devil's Chaplain (1929)
• Bride of the Desert (1929)
• Handcuffed (1929)
• The Man from Nevada (1929)
• Shanghai Rose (1929)
• When Dreams Come True (1929)
• Some Mother's Boy (1929)
• The Oklahoma Kid (1929)
• Breezy Bill (1930)
• Call of the Desert (1930)
• The Canyon of Missing Men (1930)
• Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)
• Near the Rainbow's End (1930)
• The Devil's Brother (1933)

Bibliography

• Scott Allen Nollen. Boris Karloff: A Critical Account of His Screen, Stage, Radio, Television, and Recording Work. McFarland, 1991.
• Charles Stumpf. ZaSu Pitts: The Life and Career. McFarland, 2010.

Notes and References

1. Nollen p.362
2. Stumpf p.112