Ray June Biography

American cinematographer

Ray June, A.S.C. (March 27, 1895 – May 26, 1958) was an American cinematographer during the early and cl*ical Hollywood cinema. His best-known films are Babes in Arms and Funny Face. June attended Columbia University but did not graduate. His experience as a cameraman in the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I was instrumental to his success in Hollywood.

Partial filmography

  • The New Adventures of J. Rufus Wallingford (1915) (short)
  • Patria (1917)
  • The Great White Trail (1917)
  • The Eagle's Eye (1918)
  • Bits of Life (1921)
  • If Women Only Knew (1921)
  • Racing Luck (1924)
  • By Divine Right (1924)
  • Missing Daughters (1924)
  • The Shadow on the Wall (1925)
  • One of the Bravest (1925)
  • The Golden Web (1926)
  • The Phantom of the Forest (1926)
  • The Silent Power (1926)
  • Racing Blood (1926)
  • King of the Pack (1926)
  • The Sign of the Claw (1926)
  • Heroes of the Night (1927)
  • Through Thick and Thin (1927)
  • The Girl from Rio (1927)
  • The Silent Avenger (1927)
  • Quarantined Rivals (1927)
  • The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)
  • The Opening Night (1927)
  • The Final Extra (1927)
  • Mountains of Manhattan (1927)
  • Sinews of Steel (1927)
  • So This Is Love? (1928)
  • United States Smith (1928)
  • A Woman's Way (1928)
  • Alibi (1929)
  • Times Square (1929)
  • The Locked Door (1929)
  • Puttin' On the Ritz (1930)
  • The Eyes of the World (1930)
  • The Lottery Bride (1930)
  • The Bat Whispers (1930)
  • Reaching for the Moon (1930)
  • Arrowsmith (1931)
  • Corsair (1931)
  • Bought! (1931)
  • Indiscreet (1931)
  • Horse Feathers (1932)
  • Disorderly Conduct (1932)
  • Roman Scandals (1933)
  • I Cover the Waterfront (1933)
  • Secrets (1933)
  • Treasure Island (1934)
  • Barbary Coast (1935)
  • China Seas (1935)
  • Born to Dance (1936)
  • The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (sequence)
  • Riffraff (1936)
  • Broadway Melody of 1938 (1937) (uncredited)
  • Saratoga (1937)
  • Night Must Fall (1937)
  • Test Pilot (1938)
  • Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)
  • Babes in Arms (1939)
  • Joy Scouts (1939) (short)
  • Lucky Night (1939)
  • Fast and Furious (1939)
  • Strike Up the Band (1940)
  • H.M. Pulham, Esq. (1941)
  • Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
  • I Married an Angel (1942)
  • Ziegfeld Follies (1945) (uncredited)
  • The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
  • The Beginning or the End (1947)
  • A Southern Yankee (1948)
  • The Bride Goes Wild (1948)
  • The Sun Comes Up (1949)
  • Mrs. O'Malley and Mr. Malone (1950)
  • Crisis (1950)
  • Shadow on the Wall (1950)
  • It's a Big Country (1951)
  • Callaway Went Thataway (1951)
  • Day of Triumph (1954)
  • The Court Jester (1956)
  • The Seventh Sin (1957)
  • Funny Face (1957)
  • Gigi (1958) (uncredited)
  • Houseboat (1958)

Awards

June was nominated for three Academy Award for Best Cinematography:

  • 1931 for Arrowsmith
  • 1935 for Barbary Coast
  • 1957 for Funny Face

References

    External links

    • Ray June at IMDb