Elgin Lessley

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American cinematographer

United States ActorsLived 1883 to 1944 · aged 61

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Elgin Lessley was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era - a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming.

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Lessley filming Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand on the set of He Did and He Didn't (1915)

Keaton as nine members of a minstrel show in the opening of The Playhouse (1921)

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The General1926 · ★ 7.9

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Edward HearnAlso in The General (1926)Jack HanlonAlso in The General (1926)

Frederick VroomAlso in The General (1926)Jimmy BryantAlso in The General (1926)

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Peggy Allenby39.0

Betty Morrissey39.0

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Elgin Lessley was an American hand-crank cameraman of the silent film era - a period of filmmaking when virtually all special effects work had to be produced inside the camera during filming. Though Lessley worked earlier with Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and later with Harry Langdon, he is best known for the groundbreaking effects he produced with Buster Keaton, who dubbed him "the human metronome" for his ability to crank consistently at any requested speed.

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