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He worked as cinematographer on Hollywood films from the mid-1930s, including "Dodsworth" (1936), the Laurel and Hardy feature "Our Relations" (1936) and "Stella Dallas" (1937). He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in five consecutive years, for Alfred Hitchcock's "Foreign Correspondent" (1940), Alexander Korda's "That Hamilton Woman" (1941), Sam Wood's "The Pride of the Yankees" (1942), Zoltan Korda's "Sahara" (1943), and Charles Vidor's "Cover Girl" (1944).