FrameThrower · Actors · Wendell Corey
Wendell Corey
2 films · 116 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1947–1954
Born 20 March 1914 · Dracut, Massachusetts, USA · died 8 November 1968
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Wendell Reid Corey was an American actor and politician. He began his acting career on the stage, doing a number of productions in summer stock. His Broadway debut was in Comes the Revelation (1942). After appearing in a number of supporting roles, he scored his first hit as a cynical newspaperman in Elmer Rice's comedy Dream Girl (1945). While appearing in the play Corey was seen by producer Hal Wallis, who persuaded him to sign a contract with Paramount and pursue a motion picture career in Hollywood.…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 2 films · 116 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1947–1954
- Theatre World Award1946
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
How their films are shot
Measured across 116 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Wendell 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 night, 61% low key — the look of the work Wendell takes.
Time of day
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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 116 frames from Wendell Corey'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.