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Morris Carnovsky

Morris Carnovsky

2 films · 130 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19461950

Born 4 September 1897 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA · died 1 September 1992

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Morris Carnovsky was an American stage and film actor born in St. Louis, Missouri. He worked briefly in the Yiddish theatre before attending Washington University in St. Louis. Opting for a mainstream acting career, he appeared in dozens of Broadway shows.

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How their films are shot

Measured across 130 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Morris 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, 63% of their frames are night, 44% low key — the look of the work Morris takes.

Time of day

Night63%
Day34%

Lighting

Low key44%
Natural25%
Chiaroscuro18%
High key13%

Shot size

Medium65%
Closeup18%
Wide9%
Fullbody7%

Camera angle

Eye level87%
High angle7%
Low angle4%

Mood

Neutral58%
Tense34%
Ominous4%

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 130 frames from Morris Carnovsky'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.