When Planet of the Apes premiered in 1968, audiences were stunned—not just by its twist ending, but by the sheer imagination of a world where apes ruled and humans were hunted, silenced and enslaved.

It is very sumptuous visually. With Leon Shamroy, one of the greatest Hollywood cameramen, and some terrific art directors, they recreated Alexandria, Egypt, in 1936, in the studio. The cast is ...

Searle Dawley in 1910. They also provided the sound behind the silent adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher,” by Jean Epstein in 1928, and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” by Charles ...

Leon Shamroy’s camera gives Amber a highly appetizing protective Technicoloration that dotes with equal affection on furniture and flesh, brazen sconce and brazen bust. ¶ To keep Amber stepping ...

Mankiewicz and cinematographer Leon Shamroy originally began production using anamorphic CinemaScope but switched to 3-panel Cinerama during filming. Because of the budget overruns, all of the footage ...

Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner, who would go on to win an Academy Award for best director for “Patton,” with cinematography by Leon Shamroy (best known for his work on “Cleopatra” and ...

Handsomely directed by James Whale, magnificently photographed by Leon Shamroy, it brings to the screen what has become a U. S. institution: Edna Ferber’s story of 1926 which was the basis of ...