Jules Cronjager Explained

Jules Cronjager
Birth Date:	August 23, 1871
Death Date:	December 28, 1934 (aged 63)
Death Place:	Culver City, California, United States
Occupation:	Cinematographer
Yearsactive:	1916-1933 (film)

Jules Cronjager (1871–1934) was a German-born American cinematographer active in the silent and early sound eras, as was his brother, Henry Cronjager.^[1] Towards the end of his career he worked mainly for Poverty Row studios such as Mayfair Pictures.^[2] He was also the uncle of cinematographers Edward Cronjager and Henry Cronjager Jr.^{[3] [4] [5]}

Selected filmography

• The Bottom of the Well (1917)
• A Nymph of the Foothills (1918)
• The Mating (1918)
• Youthful Folly (1920)
• The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes (1920)
• The Greatest Love (1920)
• Handcuffs or Kisses (1921)
• A Man of Stone (1921)
• The Last Door (1921)
• Worlds Apart (1921)
• Is Life Worth Living? (1921)
• Chivalrous Charley (1921)
• Clay Dollars (1921)
• Gilded Lies (1921)
• The Prophet's Paradise (1922)
• Shadows of the Sea (1922)
• One Week of Love (1922)
• Reported Missing (1922)
• Reckless Youth (1922)
• Love Is an Awful Thing (1922)
• Evidence (1922)
• The Dancer of the Nile (1923)
• Modern Matrimony (1923)
• The Storm Daughter (1924)
• The Isle of Retribution (1926)
• Collegiate (1926)
• Home Struck (1927)
• Ladies Beware (1927)
• Old Age Handicap (1928)
• The Kid from Arizona (1931)
• Wild West Whoopee (1931)
• The Sheriff's Secret (1931)
• Anybody's Blonde (1931)
• Dragnet Patrol (1931)
• Soul of the Slums (1931)
• Chinatown After Dark (1931)
• Hell-Bent for Frisco (1931)
• Her Mad Night (1932)
• Sister to Judas (1932)
• Dynamite Denny (1932)
• Malay Nights (1932)
• Midnight Morals (1932)
• Gorilla Ship (1932)
• Alias Mary Smith (1932)
• No Living Witness (1932)
• Tangled Destinies (1932)
• Behind Stone Walls (1932)
• Love in High Gear (1932)
• Midnight Warning (1932)
• The Monster Walks (1932)
• Dance Hall Hostess (1933)
• Under Secret Orders (1933)
• Her Splendid Folly (1933)
• Easy Millions (1933)

Bibliography

• Michael R. Pitts. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.

Notes and References

1. Wilson, Scott . Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 167.
2. Pitts p.240-51
3. News: Services Held Today for Jules Cronjager. October 8, 1976. The Hollywood Reporter. 2. Funeral services will be held today for Jules Cronjager, one of the early motion picture cameramen, who died Christmas day, ten days after suffering a paralytic stroke. Two of Cronjager's nephews, Eddie and Henry Cronjager, Jr., are also cameramen.. .
4. News: THE FINAL CURTAIN. January 12, 1935. The Billboard. 33. CRONJAGER—Jules, 62, motion picture cameraman for 25 years, died at his home in Los AngelesDecember 25 of a heart attack after a two-week illness following a paralytic stroke. Funeral services were held December 28 in Pasadena, Calif., with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Calif. His widow, brother and two nephews, Edward and Henry Cronjager, Jr., film cameramen, survive.. .
5. https://archive.org/details/internationalpho07holl/page/n21/mode/2up?q=obituary "Obituary"