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William Harrigan

William Harrigan

2 films · 116 frames · top-billed in 1 · 19331947

Born 26 March 1894 · New York City, New York, USA · died 1 February 1966

William Harrigan was an American stage, screen, and television actor.

How their films are shot

Measured across 116 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work William 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, 70% of their frames are night, 59% low key — the look of the work William takes.

Time of day

Night70%
Day28%

Lighting

Low key59%
Natural18%
High key16%
Chiaroscuro7%

Shot size

Medium63%
Wide22%
Closeup13%

Camera angle

Eye level85%
Low angle8%
High angle7%

Mood

Neutral55%
Tense28%
Ominous8%
Mysterious4%

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 William Harrigan'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.