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John Marley

John Marley

2 films · 107 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19681972

Born 17 October 1907 · New York City, New York, USA · died 22 May 1984

John Marley was an American actor who was known for his role as Phil Cavalleri in Love Story and as Jack Woltz— the defiant movie mogul who awakens to find the severed head of his prized horse in his bed—in The Godfather (1972). He starred in John Cassavetes' breakthrough feature Faces (1968) and appeared in The Glitter Dome (1984).

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How their films are shot

Measured across 107 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work John 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, 48% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work John takes.

Time of day

Night48%
Day44%
Interior5%

Lighting

Low key50%
Natural33%
High key11%
Chiaroscuro4%

Shot size

Medium40%
Closeup34%
Wide16%
Fullbody8%

Camera angle

Eye level89%
High angle8%

Mood

Neutral61%
Tense26%
Lonely7%
Ominous5%

Films in the library

Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.

A reference database for filmmakers

FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 107 frames from John Marley's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.