Paul Perry (cinematographer) explained

Paul Perry
Birth Name:	Paul Percy Perry
Birth Date:	December 13, 1891
Birth Place:	Denver, Colorado, USA
Death Date:	October 24, 1963 (aged 71)
Death Place:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Occupation:	Cinematographer
Relatives:	Harry Perry (brother)

Paul Percy Perry (1891 – 1963) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood from the silent era through the 1940s.^[1] He was the brother of fellow cameraman Harry Perry.^[2]

Biography

Paul was born in Colorado to Frank Perry and Fanny Teeter. He worked at Pickford-Fairbanks Studios on films like 1923's Rosita and was also noted for being one of Mack Sennett's cameraman.^[3] He was a founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers, and served on its board of governors early on.^[4]

Partial filmography

• Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1916)
• The Thousand-Dollar Husband (1916)
• The Lash (1916)
• Unprotected (1916)
• Lost and Won (1917)
• What Money Can't Buy (1917)
• The Ghost House (1917)
• Nan of Music Mountain (1917)
• The Hidden Pearls (1918)
• Wild Youth (1918)
• The Bravest Way (1918)
• Sandy (1918)
• The City of Dim Faces (1918)
• The Cruise of the Make-Believes (1918)
• Such a Little Pirate (1918)
• Good Gracious, Annabelle (1919)
• Everywoman (1919)
• At the End of the World (1921)
• The Little Minister (1921)
• Over the Border (1922)
• Pink Gods (1922)
• Singed Wings (1922)
• Ponjola (1923)
• Introduce Me (1925)
• Souls for Sables (1925)
• Caught in the Kitchen (1928)
• Hubby's Latest Alibi (1928)
• His New Stenographer (1928)
• Pink Pajamas (1929)
• Two Plus Fours (1930)
• The Bluffer (1930)
• Take Your Medicine (1930)
• Strange Birds (1930)
• A Hollywood Theme Song (1930)
• A Poor Fish (1931)
• The Bride's Mistake (1931)
• Just a Bear (1931)
• Movie-Town (1931)
• Dos amigos y un amor (1938)
• Concierto de almas (1942)

References

1. Web site: Blast from the Past: 1918. Craigmont. Courtesy of Dick Southern. The Lewiston Tribune. en. 2019-12-03.
2. Book: Wohl, Robert. The Spectacle of Flight: Aviation and the Western Imagination, 1920-1950. 2005. Yale University Press. 978-0-300-10692-3. en.
3. Book: Walker, Brent E.. Mack Sennett's Fun Factory: A History and Filmography of His Studio and His Keystone and Mack Sennett Comedies, with Biographies of Players and Personnel. 2010-01-13. McFarland. 978-0-7864-5707-6. en.
4. Book: American Cinematographer. 1922. ASC Holding Corporation. en.