Fayte M. Browne (1896-1952) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood—primarily at Columbia Pictures—from the 1930s through the 1950s.[1][2][3]
Fayte M. Browne | |
|---|---|
| Born | Fayte McKinley Browne June 14, 1896 Salem, Oregon, USA |
| Died | July 18, 1952 (aged 56) |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
Biography edit
Fayte was born in Salem, Oregon, to C.F. William Browne and Sarah Belle Snyder. He married Anna Marie Bernegg in Stockton, California, and the pair had three children.[4]
He began working as a camera operator at Columbia in the early 1930s, but it wasn't until the late 1940s that he began getting regular work as a cinematographer. He shot almost 40 films between 1949 and 1952, the year he died in Los Angeles, California.
Aside from his career, Browne enjoyed racing miniature cars.[1]
Selected filmography edit
- The Kid from Broken Gun (1952)
- The Rough, Tough West (1952)
- Laramie Mountains (1952)
- Jungle Jim in the Forbidden Land (1952)
- The Hawk of Wild River (1952)
- Smoky Canyon (1952)
- Captain Video: Master of the Stratosphere (1951)
- Pecos River (1951)
- The Kid from Amarillo (1951)
- Mysterious Island (1951)
- Roar of the Iron Horse (1951)
- Snake River Desperadoes (1951)
- Ridin' the Outlaw Trail (1951)
- Prairie Roundup (1951)
- Lightning Guns (1950)
- Frontier Outpost (1950)
- Raiders of Tomahawk Creek (1950)
- Across the Badlands (1950)
- Streets of Ghost Town (1950)
- Hoedown (1950)
- Texas Dynamo (1950)
- Outcasts of Black Mesa (1950)
- Trail of the Rustlers (1950)
- Renegades of the Sage (1949)
- Horsemen of the Sierras (1949)
- Feudin' Rhythm (1949)
- Bandits of El Dorado (1949)
- South of Death Valley (1949)
- Cyclone Prairie Rangers (1949)
- Arizona (1940)
References edit
- ^ a b "Baby Cars to Convene at Gilmore". The Los Angeles Times. 26 September 1935. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
- ^ The 1945 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Wid's Films and Film Folk. New York, The Film Daily (Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.). 1945 – via Media History Digital Library.
- ^ Blottner, Gene (2011-12-22). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8672-4.
- ^ "Death Notices". The Los Angeles Times. 15 Apr 1992. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
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