FrameThrower · Actors · Fredric March
Fredric March
2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1931–1946
Born 31 August 1897 · Racine, Wisconsin, USA · died 14 April 1975
Fredric March was an American actor, regarded as one of Hollywood's most celebrated, versatile stars of the 1930s and 1940s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1931) and The Best Years of Our Lives (1946), as well as the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play for Years Ago (1947) and Long Day's Journey into Night (1956).
March is one of only two actors, the other being Helen Hayes, to have won both the Academy Award and the Tony Award twice.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 2 · 1931–1946
- Academy Award for Best Actor1947
- Academy Award for Best Actor1932
- Volpi Cup for Best Actor
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1957
- Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play1947
- David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Fredric 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, 62% of their frames are night, 45% low key — the look of the work Fredric takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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