Fayte M. Browne

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Fayte M. Browne
Born
Fayte McKinley Browne

June 14, 1896
DiedJuly 18, 1952 (aged 56)
OccupationCinematographer

Fayte M. Browne (1896-1952) was an American cinematographer who worked in Hollywood—primarily at Columbia Pictures—from the 1930s through the 1950s.[1][2][3]

Biography

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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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Baby Cars to Convene at Gilmore". The Los Angeles Times. 26 September 1935. Retrieved 2019-12-08.
  2. ^ The 1945 Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Wid's Films and Film Folk. New York, The Film Daily (Wid's Films and Film Folks, Inc.). 1945 – via Media History Digital Library.
  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.