Fayte M. Browne

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Fayte M. Browne
Born
Fayte McKinley Browne

June 14, 1896
DiedJuly 18, 1952 (aged 56)
Los Angeles, California, USA
OccupationCinematographer

Fayte M. Browne was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood—primarily at Columbia Pictures—from the 1930s through the 1950s.[1][2][3]

Biography[]

Fayte was born in Salem, Oregon, to C.F. William Browne and Sarah Belle Snyder. He married Anna Marie Bernegg in Stockton, California, and the pair had three children.[4]

He began working as a camera operator at Columbia in the early 1930s, but it wasn't until the late 1940s that he began getting regular work as a cinematographer. He shot almost 40 films between 1949 and 1952, the year he died in Los Angeles, California.

Aside from his career, Browne enjoyed racing miniature cars.[1]

Selected filmography[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Baby Cars to Convene at Gilmore". The Los Angeles Times. 26 September 1935. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ^ Wid's Films and Film Folk, Inc (1945). The 1945 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Media History Digital Library. New York, The Film Daily (Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.).
  3. ^ Blottner, Gene (2011-12-22). Columbia Pictures Movie Series, 1926-1955: The Harry Cohn Years. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-8672-4.
  4. ^ "Death Notices". The Los Angeles Times. 15 Apr 1992. Retrieved 2019-12-08.


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