| Nobert Brodine | |
| Birth Name: | Norbert F. Brodin |
| Birth Date: | 1896 12, mf=yes |
| Birth Place: | Saint Joseph, Missouri, US |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Education: | Columbia University |
| Spouse: | Catherine Ferguson |
| Occupation: | Cinematographer |
| Yearsactive: | 1919–1960 |
Nobert Brodine (December 16, 1896 – February 28, 1970), also credited as Norbert F. Brodin and Norbert Brodin, was an American film cinematographer. The Saint Joseph, Missouri-born cameraman worked on over 100 films in his career before retiring from film making in 1953, at which time he worked exclusively in television until 1960.[1]
Brodine began his cameraman career working in a camera shop and later building on that experience in the Army Signal Corps, as an army photographer during World War I.[2] [3] After studying at Columbia University, he began working as a still photographer in Hollywood before moving to motion pictures in 1919. He began working exclusively for Hal Roach Studios in 1937 and then moved on to 20th Century Fox in 1943.[4]
Brodine's films include the sought after lost film A Blind Bargain (1922) starring Lon Chaney, This Thing Called Love (1929), The Death Kiss (1932), Counsellor at Law (1933), Deluge (1933), The House on 92nd Street (1945), Somewhere in the Night (1946), Boomerang (1947), Kiss of Death (1947), Thieves' Highway (1949), and 5 Fingers (1952).
Brodine shot several films with Laurel and Hardy at both Roach and Fox, such as Pick a Star (1937), Swiss Miss (1938), The Dancing Masters (1943), and The Bullfighters (1945). Brodine moved back to Hal Roach Studios to end his film career in the early 1950s. He worked in television from 1952 to 1960, and finished his career on the well-known television series The Loretta Young Show, for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award.
Brodine died at the age of 73, on February 28, 1970. He was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
Racket Squad (1952–1953), TV series, 40 episodes
Letter to Loretta (a.k.a. The Loretta Young Show) (1953–1960), TV series, 65 episodes
Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson (1954–1955), TV series, 4 episodes
Our Gang (a.k.a. Little Rascals) (1955), series cinematography for 1938
| Year | Award | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1939 | Nominated – Oscar | Best Cinematography "Merrily We Live" (1938) | |
| 1940 | Nominated – Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White "Lady of the Tropics" (1939) | |
| 1952 | Nominated – Oscar | Best Cinematography, Black-and-White "The Frogmen" (1951) | |
| 1955 | Nominated – Primetime Emmy | Best Direction of Photography "Letter to Loretta" (1954) For episode "The Clara Schumann Story" | |
| 1956 | Nominated – Primetime Emmy | Best Cinematography for Television "Letter to Loretta" (1955) For episode "I Remember the Rani" | |
| 1957 | Won – Primetime Emmy | Best Cinematography for Television "Letter to Loretta" (1956) For episode "The Pearl" | |
| 1958 | Nominated – Primetime Emmy | Best Cinematography for Television "Letter to Loretta" (1957) For episode "Miss Ashley's Demon" |