Karl Malkames

Karl Malkames

1926-05-06
83 (2010-03-08)
Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA

Cinematographer, taking after the profession of his father, Don Malkames.

Hazleton, Pennsylvania, USA

Cinematographer, taking after the profession of his father, Don Malkames.

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The Birth of a Nation 1915 (5.981)

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1920 (6.7)

A doctor's research into the roots of evil turns him into a hideous depraved fiend.
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The Motion Picture Camera 1979 (7)

The history and development of motion picture machinery is lovingly and authoritatively presented and narrated by ASC cinematographer and film preservationist, Karl Malkames, using actual early motion picture cameras from 'The Malkames Collection'.