Hal Mohr

Hal Mohr, A.S.C. (August 2, 1894, San Francisco – May 10, 1974 in Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer. He is one of only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the others being J. Peverell Marley, Ray Rennahan, Leon Shamroy, Haskell Wexler, and Conrad L. Hall. His wife Evelyn Venable also has a "Star". In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owne... more

Hal Mohr, A.S.C. (August 2, 1894, San Francisco – May 10, 1974 in Santa Monica, California) was a famed movie cinematographer. He is one of only six cinematographers to have a "Star" on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame, the others being J. Peverell Marley, Ray Rennahan, Leon Shamroy, Haskell Wexler, and Conrad L. Hall. His wife Evelyn Venable also has a "Star". In 1915, in an early example of an exploitation film peddled directly to theater owners, Mohr and Sol Lesser produced and directed a film The Last Night of the Barbary Coast. This film purported to show the last night of the depraved Barbary Coast section of San Francisco before it was shut down by the police. (The area wasn't actually closed down until 1917.) This is now considered a lost film. The following year he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematographer for his work on The Fourposter a 1952 film based on a play of the same name, written by Jan de Hartog. He was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best... less