James S. Brown Jr.

James S. Brown Jr. (March 16, 1892 – June 1, 1949) was an American cinematographer. He was a prolific worker with around 150 credits during his career spent generally with lower-budget outfits such as Columbia Pictures, Mayfair Pictures and Monogram Pictures.

James S. Brown Jr.
Born	March 16, 1892 Montclair, New Jersey, U.S.
Died	June 1, 1949 (1949-07) (aged 57) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Cinematographer
Years active	1924–1949

Filmography

• Some Pun'kins (1925)
• The College Boob (1926)
• Fangs of Justice (1926)
• Flying High (1926)
• The Winning Wallop (1926)
• Stop, Look and Listen (1926)
• Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
• With Davy Crockett at the Fall of the Alamo (1926)
• Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre (1927)
• Avenging Fangs (1927)
• Spuds (1927)
• One Chance in a Million (1927)
• The Down Grade (1927)
• Catch-As-Catch-Can (1927)
• The Snarl of Hate (1927)
• The Mystery Train (1931)
• Sea Devils (1931)
• Defenders of the Law (1931)
• Air Eagles (1931)
• Klondike (1932)
• The Vanishing Frontier (1932)
• The Big Bluff (1933)
• Her Forgotten Past (1933)
• Cheating Blondes (1933)
• The Big Bluff (1933)
• Secret Sinners (1933)
• What's Your Racket? (1934)
• Badge of Honor (1934)
• The Fighting Rookie (1934)
• Night Alarm (1934)
• Dancing Man (1934)
• She Had to Choose (1934)
• The Scarlet Letter (1934)
• Back Page (1934)
• Arizona Bad Man (1935)
• Shadows of the Orient (1935)
• Manhattan Butterfly (1935)
• Calling All Cars (1935)
• Reckless Roads (1935)
• Get That Man (1935)
• Murder by Television (1935)
• Western Frontier (1935)
• Avenging Waters (1936)
• North of Nome (1936)
• Heroes of the Range (1936)
• Rio Grande Ranger (1936)
• The Unknown Ranger (1936)
• The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)
• The Rangers Step In (1937)
• Under Suspicion (1937)
• Law of the Ranger (1937)
• Trouble in Morocco (1937)
• Ranger Courage (1937)
• Rich Relations (1937)
• Outlaws of the Orient (1937)
• Roaring Timber (1937)
• Trapped by G-Men (1937)
• Stagecoach Days (1938)
• Crime Takes a Holiday (1938)
• Reformatory (1938)
• Rolling Caravans (1938)
• In Early Arizona (1938)
• Flight Into Nowhere (1938)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (1938)
• Making the Headlines (1938)
• Phantom Gold (1938)
• Crashing Through Danger (1938)
• Pioneer Trail (1938)
• Frontiers of '49 (1939)
• Fugitive at Large (1939)
• Lone Star Pioneers (1939)
• Hidden Power (1939)
• Whispering Enemies (1939)
• Trapped in the Sky (1939)
• The Law Comes to Texas (1939)
• Ellery Queen, Master Detective (1940)
• The Great Plane Robbery (1940)
• Fugitive from a Prison Camp (1940)
• Deadwood Dick (1940)
• The Shadow (1940)
• Passport to Alcatraz (1940)
• Outside the Three-Mile Limit (1940)
• The Green Archer (1940)
• Terry and the Pirates (1940)
• The Spider Returns (1941)
• Holt of the Secret Service (1941)
• Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (1941)
• Ellery Queen and the Perfect Crime (1941)
• Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
• The Great Swindle (1941)
• The Iron Claw (1941)
• White Eagle (1941)
• The Valley of Vanishing Men (1942)
• A Close Call for Ellery Queen (1942)
• Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (1942)
• Captain Midnight (1942)
• Perils of the Royal Mounted (1942)
• The Secret Code (1942)
• A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (1942)
• Land of Hunted Men (1943)
• Crime Doctor (1943)
• Harvest Melody (1943)
• Batman (1943)
• The Phantom (1943)
• No Place for a Lady (1943)
• The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)
• Shadows in the Night (1944)
• The Desert Hawk (1944)
• The Whistler (1944)
• The Man Who Walked Alone (1945)
• The Great Flamarion (1945)
• The Phantom of 42nd Street (1945)
• Crime, Inc. (1945)
• The Kid Sister (1945)
• The Missing Corpse (1945)
• Dangerous Intruder (1945)
• Shadows on the Range (1946)
• Devil Bat's Daughter (1946)
• The Trap (1946)
• Ginger (1946)
• Trail to Mexico (1946)
• Strangler of the Swamp (1946)
• Mr. Hex (1946)
• Renegade Girl (1946)
• Killer at Large (1947)
• Dragnet (1947)
• The Prairie (1947)
• Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
• The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (1947)
• Ridin' Down the Trail (1947)
• The Hat Box Mystery (1947)
• Stage to Mesa City (1947)
• Frontier Revenge (1948)
• Deadline (1948)
• Tornado Range (1948)
• The Counterfeiters (1948)
• Zamba (1949)

Bibliography

• Blottner, Gene. Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland, 2011.
• Darby, William. Masters of Lens and Light: A Checklist of Major Cinematographers and Their Feature Films. Scarecrow Press, 1991.

External links

• James S. Brown Jr. at IMDb