John van den Broek
John van den Broek (1895 – June 29, 1918) was a Dutch born cinematographer. He is remembered primarily for his work on the films of Maurice Tourneur. Van den Broek died at 23 while filming the Tourneur directed film Woman in 1918. According to Tourneur's biographer Harry Waldman, Van den Broek was on a cliff in Maine filming some large waves when he got caught in a series of waves that carried him out to sea. His body was never recovered.[1][2]
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_1.jpg) van den Broek, kneeling, with director Maurice Tourneur on left and cinematographer Lucien Andriot sitting at camera. On the set of The Poor Little Rich Girl | |
| Born | ?1895 Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| Died | June 29, 1918 Schooner Head, Maine |
| Occupation | Cinematographer |
| Years active | 1914-1918 |
Partial filmography
- The Wishing Ring (1914)
- The Rail Rider (1916)
- The Pride of the Clan (1917)
- The Poor Little Rich Girl (1917)
- The Undying Flame (1917)
- The Law of the Land (1917)
- Barbary Sheep (1917)
- The Rise of Jennie Cushing (1917)
- Rose of the World (1918)
- The Blue Bird (1918)
- Prunella (1918)
- A Doll's House (1918)
- The Sporting Life (1918)
gollark: what's your intended use for this "debt toll" or whatever mode?
gollark: It would fail you at the slightest error but not say what the problem is.
gollark: You'd have to hand in a paper passport, disk based ID card, a visa, work permit...
gollark: Hmm, a papers please style gate for some random thing could be fun.
gollark: You're going to shove toll gates in front of people's bases for debt collection or something?
References
- Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films by Harry Waldman, c.2001, page 80
- Silent Film Necrology, 3rd Edition, c.2001, by Eugene Michael Vazzana; pg. 537
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