FrameThrower · Actors · Arthur Shields
Arthur Shields
2 films · 108 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1951–1954
Born 15 February 1896 · Dublin, Ireland · died 27 April 1970
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Arthur Shields was an Irish stage and film actor.
Born into an Irish Protestant family in Portobello, Dublin, he started acting in the Abbey Theatre when still a young man. He was the younger brother of actor Barry Fitzgerald. An Irish nationalist, he fought in the Easter Uprising of 1916. He was captured and was interned in Frongoch, North Wales. He afterwards returned to the Abbey theatre. In 1936 John Ford brought him to the United States to act in a film version of The Plough and the Stars.
He later returned to the U.S. and for health reasons, he decided to reside in California.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 108 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Arthur takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 65% of their frames are day, 62% natural — the look of the work Arthur takes.
Time of day
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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