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Sol Polito

Sol Polito, A.S.C. (born Salvatore Polito , November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960) was a Sicilian-American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with directors Michael Curti...

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Sol Polito, A.S.C. (born Salvatore Polito, November 12, 1892 – May 23, 1960) was a Sicilian-American cinematographer. He is best known for his work with directors Michael Curtiz and Mervyn LeRoy at Warner Bros. studios in the 1930s and 1940s.

Biography

Salvatore Polito was born November 12, 1892, in Palermo, Italy, and immigrated to the United States in 1905.[1] He attended school in New York City and began working in the motion picture industry as a still photographer. After experience as a lab assistant and camera assistant, he was promoted to lighting cameraman in 1917.[2]

Polito married Frances (Francesca) D'Angelis in New York in 1914.[3][4] The union produced two sons. The elder son Gene Polito (1918-2010) also became a cinematographer.[5] Younger son S. Robert Polito (1922–2015) became a physician.

Polito moved from Brooklyn to Los Angeles in 1919 to continue his career at First National Pictures and Warner Bros.[5] He worked on more than 170 films at various studios,[6] but is best known for his work at Warner Bros. with directors Michael Curtiz and Mervyn LeRoy.[2]

Polito died in Los Angeles on May 23, 1960, aged 67,[7] and was entombed in the Mausoleum at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.

Accolades

Polito received three Academy Award nominations:[8]

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Referencias

  1. ↑ "Salvatore Polito". Archivos Nacionales y Administración de Registros (NARA); Washington, DC; Registros de Naturalización del Tribunal de Distrito de los Estados Unidos para el Distrito Sur de California, División Central (Los Ángeles), 1887–1940; Rollo de Microfilm: 93 ; Número de Serie del Microfilm: M1524 . Ancestry.com, Registros de Naturalización de los Estados Unidos, 1840–1957 [base de datos en línea]. Provo, Utah: Ancestry.com Operations Inc., 2010. Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017.
  2. ^ Katz , Efraín (1998). Klein, Fred; Nolen, Ronald Dean (eds.). La enciclopedia cinematográfica (3ª  ed.). Nueva York: HarperPerennial. pag.  1096.ISBN​ 0-06-273492-X.
  3. ↑ "Salvatore Polito". Ancestry.com. Índice de matrimonios de Nueva York, Nueva York, 1866–1937 [base de datos en línea]. Provo, UT, EE. UU.: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017.
  4. ↑ "Frances Polito". Ancestry.com. Índice de defunciones de California, 1940–1997 [base de datos en línea]. Provo, UT, EE. UU.: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017.
  5. 1 2 "In Memoriam: Gene Polito, ASC" . Escuela de Artes Cinematográficas de la USC . 2 de diciembre de 2010. Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017 .
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 "Sol Polito" . Catálogo de largometrajes del AFI . American Film Institute . Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017 .
  7. ↑ "Sol Polito". Ancestry.com. Índice de defunciones de California, 1940–1997 [base de datos en línea]. Provo, UT, EE. UU.: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2000. Consultado el 1 de marzo de 2017.
  8. 1 2 3 4 "Sol Polito" . Base de datos de los Premios de la Academia . Academia de Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas . Recuperado el 1 de marzo de 2017 .
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