FrameThrower · Actors · John Wray
John Wray
2 films · 120 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1930–1932
Born 12 February 1887 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · died 5 April 1940
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John Wray was an American character actor of stage and screen.
Wray was one of the many Broadway actors to descend on Hollywood in the aftermath of the sound revolution, and quickly made an indelible impression on the era in a variety of substantial character roles, such as the Arnold Rothstein-like gangster in The Czar of Broadway (1930); Himmelstoss, the sadistic drill instructor in All Quiet on the Western Front (1930); and as the contortionist the Frog in the remake of The Miracle Man (1932), in the role previously played by Lon Chaney in the 1919 original.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 120 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, 60% of their frames are night, 57% low key — the look of the work John takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
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