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Allen M. Davey

Career

Active from 1917 to 1945, with up to 2 main titles a year.

Leading roles
0
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Cover Girl
Cover Girl
GoodWatch score80/100

Awards

Reported results for this person. Coverage is incomplete; these results don't establish award totals.

  • Academy Awards · Special Achievement Academy Award

    1939 · Won · 11th Academy Awards

    Sweethearts

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1939 · Won

    Sweethearts

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1946 · Nominated · 18th Academy Awards

    A Song to Remember

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1945 · Nominated · 17th Academy Awards

    Cover Girl

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1944 · Nominated · 16th Academy Awards

    Hello, Frisco, Hello

    Source: Wikidata

  • Academy Awards · Best Cinematography, Color

    1941 · Nominated · 13th Academy Awards

    Bitter Sweet

    Source: Wikidata

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 10 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.4 versus catalog average 4.5EnergyHeart: 4.9 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.2 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.1 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Allen M. Davey Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.5, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.9, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    3.6, average 5.5
  • Mystery
    2.1, average 3.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Classic Western 3
  • Silent Film Era 2
  • American Frontier 2
  • Good vs. Evil 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Technicolor 2
  • Romantic Comedy 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

25
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1940s

8 titles · average score 65
A Song to Remember
A Song to Remember (1945)
GoodWatch score 62

Director of Photography

Cover Girl
Cover Girl (1944)
GoodWatch score 80

Director of Photography

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

Director of Photography

Spanish Fiesta
Spanish Fiesta (1942)

Director of Photography

Western Union
Western Union (1941)
GoodWatch score 68

Director of Photography

Moon Over Miami
Moon Over Miami (1941)
GoodWatch score 67

Director of Photography

Typhoon
Typhoon (1940)

Director of Photography

Bitter Sweet
Bitter Sweet (1940)
GoodWatch score 51

Additional Photography

1930s

7 titles · average score 61
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
GoodWatch score 85

Assistant Director of Photography

Hollywood Cavalcade
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

Sweethearts
Sweethearts (1938)
GoodWatch score 60

Director of Photography

Romance Road
Romance Road (1938)
GoodWatch score 49

Director of Photography

The Man Without a Country
The Man Without a Country (1937)
GoodWatch score 58

Director of Photography

God's Country and the Woman
God's Country and the Woman (1937)
GoodWatch score 54

Assistant Director of Photography

Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs
Sunkist Stars at Palm Springs (1936)

Director of Photography

1920s

8 titles
The Bullet Mark
The Bullet Mark (1928)

Director of Photography

Durand of the Bad Lands
Durand of the Bad Lands (1925)

Director of Photography

The Timber Wolf
The Timber Wolf (1925)

Director of Photography

Sawdust
Sawdust (1923)

Director of Photography

Fools and Riches
Fools and Riches (1923)

Director of Photography

Tillie
Tillie (1922)

Director of Photography

The Girl Who Ran Wild
The Girl Who Ran Wild (1922)

Director of Photography

The Kentucky Colonel
The Kentucky Colonel (1920)

Cinematography

1910s

2 titles
Each to His Kind
Each to His Kind (1917)

Director of Photography

The Heir of the Ages
The Heir of the Ages (1917)

Director of Photography