Arthur Crabtree

Personal Info

Known For Director

Birthday 1900-10-29

Deathday 1975-03-15 (74 years old)

Place of Birth Shipley, Yorkshire, England, UK

Arthur Crabtree

Biography

Arthur Crabtree (29 October 1900, Shipley, Yorkshire, England – 15 March 1975, Worthing, Sussex, England) was a British cinematographer and film director. Crabtree earliest credits as a cinematographer working on such films as the Will Hay comedies Oh, Mr. Porter! and Good Morning, Boys (both 1937) and Hey! Hey! USA! (1938), the Arthur Askey vehicle Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940), and The Man in Grey (1943) and Fanny by Gaslight (1944) for Gainsborough Pictures. Crabtree continued his association with Gainsborough as he started his directorial career, beginning with the melodramatic fantasies Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945), starring Phyllis Calvert and Stewart Granger and Caravan (1946). His last two films were Fiend Without a Face (1958) and Horrors of the Black Museum (1959), a science fiction and horror, respectively, both of which have become cult favourites, although the former enjoys a better critical reputation. He also directed episodes of television series such as The Adventures of Robin Hood and The Adventures of Sir Lancelot (both 1956). Description above from the Wikipedia article Arthur Crabtree, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Director

1961
1958
1958
1958
Ivanhoe

as Director

1952
Hindle Wakes

as Director

1950
Lilli Marlene

as Director

1949
1948
Quartet

as Director

1948
The Calendar

as Director

1947
Dear Murderer

as Director

1946
Caravan

as Director

1945
They Were Sisters

as Director

Camera

1945
Waterloo Road

as Director of Photography

1944
Fanny by Gaslight

as Director of Photography

1943
The Man in Grey

as Director of Photography

1943
Dear Octopus

as Director of Photography

1942
Uncensored

as Director of Photography

1941
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It

as Director of Photography

1940
For Freedom

as Camera Operator

1938
Bank Holiday

as Director of Photography

1938
Alf's Button Afloat

as Director of Photography

1936
All In!

as Director of Photography

1935
The Love Test

as Director of Photography

1932
The Maid of the Mountains

as Director of Photography

1931
Out of the Blue

as Director of Photography

Crew

1942
Much Too Shy

as Cinematography

1941
Kipps

as Cinematography

1941
South American George

as Cinematography

1940
1940
Neutral Port

as Cinematography

1938
Convict 99

as Cinematography

1938
Hey! Hey! USA

as Cinematography

1936
First Offence

as Cinematography