A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Alias:
David Ragin
David Rakin
Born:
July 2, 1899
Died:
March 9, 1980
Assistant Camera:
1934 Black Moon
Camera Operator:
1931 Bad Girl
1931 Surrender
1931 The Yellow Ticket
1931 Transatlantic
1932 After Tomorrow
1932 Dance Team
1934 Black Moon
1934 The Defense Rests
1934 Twentieth Century
1934 Whirlpool
1935 Party Wire
1944 Gentle Annie
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1945 Bewitched
1945 Main Street After Dark
1945 She Went to the Races
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1947 Little Mister Jim
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Trail to Laredo
1949 Champion
1949 Criss Cross
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Take One False Step
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1951 The Scarf
1952 Barbed Wire
Director of Photography:
1931 Bad Girl
1931 Surrender
1931 The Yellow Ticket
1931 Transatlantic
1932 After Tomorrow
1932 Dance Team
1934 Black Moon
1934 The Defense Rests
1934 Twentieth Century
1934 Whirlpool
1935 Oh, My Nerves
1935 Party Wire
1937 New News
1943 You Dear Boy!
1944 Bachelor Daze
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944 Gentle Annie
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1945 Bewitched
1945 Main Street After Dark
1945 She Went to the Races
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1947 Little Mister Jim
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Trail to Laredo
1949 Champion
1949 Criss Cross
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Take One False Step
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1951 The Scarf
1952 Barbed Wire
Editor:
1931 Bad Girl
1931 Surrender
1931 The Yellow Ticket
1931 Transatlantic
1932 After Tomorrow
1932 Dance Team
1934 Black Moon
1934 The Defense Rests
1934 Twentieth Century
1934 Whirlpool
1935 Oh, My Nerves
1935 Party Wire
1937 New News
1943 You Dear Boy!
1944 Bachelor Daze
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944 Gentle Annie
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1945 Bewitched
1945 Main Street After Dark
1945 She Went to the Races
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1947 Little Mister Jim
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Trail to Laredo
1949 Champion
1949 Criss Cross
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Take One False Step
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1951 The Scarf
1952 Barbed Wire
2024 Christmas at the Roanoke Ranch
2024 Jack London’s Son of the Wolf
Still Photographer:
1927 Very Confidential
1931 Bad Girl
1931 Surrender
1931 The Yellow Ticket
1931 Transatlantic
1932 After Tomorrow
1932 Dance Team
1934 Black Moon
1934 The Defense Rests
1934 Twentieth Century
1934 Whirlpool
1935 Oh, My Nerves
1935 Party Wire
1937 New News
1943 You Dear Boy!
1944 Bachelor Daze
1944 Cowboy from Lonesome River
1944 Gentle Annie
1944 Nothing But Trouble
1945 Bewitched
1945 Main Street After Dark
1945 She Went to the Races
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
1947 Little Mister Jim
1948 One Touch of Venus
1948 The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 Trail to Laredo
1949 Champion
1949 Criss Cross
1949 Once More, My Darling
1949 Take One False Step
1950 Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 The Skipper Surprised His Wife
1951 The Scarf
1952 Barbed Wire
2024 Christmas at the Roanoke Ranch
2024 Jack London’s Son of the Wolf
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