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Sonny Tufts
2 films · 151 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1955–1967
Born 16 July 1911 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA · died 4 June 1970
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Sonny Tufts was a United States film actor.
Tufts was born into a prominent banking family, whose patriarch had supposedly sailed to America from England in 1683. He broke with the family banking tradition by studying opera at Yale, where he was a member of Skull and Bones. After graduating from college in 1935, he auditioned with the Metropolitan Opera in New York but eventually worked on the Broadway stage. In 1942, Tufts went to Hollywood.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 151 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Sonny 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, 71% of their frames are day, 58% natural — the look of the work Sonny takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
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