David Abel | |
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| Born | December 15, 1883 Amsterdam |
| Died | November 12, 1973 (aged 89) |
| Burial place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery |
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| Spouse | Eva Rayevsky |
David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was acinematographer.
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Born inAmsterdam toRussian parents,[1] Abel began his career in 1916. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer in New York before entering films withFlying A Studios in 1913. His credits includeGrumpy (1930),The Virtuous Sin (1930),Huckleberry Finn (1931),The Gay Divorcee (1934),Top Hat (1935),Follow the Fleet (1936), andThe Affairs of Susan (1945). AtRKO Pictures during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of directorMark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee,Top Hat,Follow the Fleet,Swing Time, andShall We Dance).
Other credits includeThe Awful Truth,Huckleberry Finn,Hips, Hips, Hooray!,Grumpy,The Virtuous Sin, andHistory Is Made at Night. He filmed a total of 110 films.
He retired in 1937 but Sandrich persuaded him to come back as cameraman for the classicHoliday Inn (1942). After two more films,Follow the Boys (1944) andThe Affairs of Susan (1945), he left Hollywood film work for good.
Abel lived for over fifty years inSierra Madre, California and died inLos Angeles, buried in theHollywood Forever Cemetery. He and his wife, Eva ("Chava") Rayevsky did not leave behind children.
