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Thought this might be interesting... Martin Scorsese's Picks for Best-Photographed Color Films The Adventures of Robin Hood Drums Along the Mohawk Four Feathers (1939) Gone with the Wind The Wizard of Oz The Thief of Bagdad (1940) Blood and Sand (1941) Jungle Book Phantom of the...

Brook: Miller's work in HGWMV is, IMO, brilliant primarily in the deceptively simple, yet highly dramatic compositions and dazzling spectrum of silvery gradations which he was able to achieve. I have also always favored Miller's sharp, textured look to the "painterly" esthetics of pictorialism...

I edited my post because I forgot to post my "favorites of" list, and include one of Steve's (and my) favorites, Odd Man Out, in my roster of recommendations.

I see I wasn't disqualified for failing to claim my prize (whatever it is). May I also second Walter's sentiments on the fun that was had in this tourney, and the recommendations he makes. Getting with the program, I will offer a few of my own: Gate of Hell, 1953 (Kohei Sugiyama) -...

You going to vote, John? (Love the new sig, btw, even though I don't know what it's from. :laugh: )

Walter Anyone with the eclectic wherewithal to know and appreciate Urusevsky's and Figueroa's work is a guaranteed :emoji_thumbsup: from me. :)

The beads say Brook. I think they liked the more balanced color/b&w ratio. :D

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Freddie Francis certainly receives no dearth of credit from me, John. Another of our participants chose a film he shot which I consider one of the dozen or so most beautifully-photographed b&w films ever. That said, I'll have to go with Brook, considerably by virtue of the middle selections...

Rain, in a close match-up.

Day of Wrath (Carl Andersson) You're up, Erik.

Hello, Steve. :) Argh, that's two potential picks of mine snatched in this round! Lessee... Touch of Evil (Russell Metty)

Couldn't resist a quick plug for my new sig: info and images of the Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa (as discussed above), perhaps the most unknown great cinematographer of the 20th century. :star::star::star::star:

You're welcome, Walter. The Fugitive is, largely due to censorship, pretty tepid drama, even for cine-poet Ford; but it deserves to be better known if only for the magnificence of its visual imagery. Regarding the Figueroa page, the images from Un dia en la vida and La Perla are, to me...

Another excellent pick, Walter, and another which might have been my next choice. Figueroa's work on The Fugitive is just about neck-and-neck with Arthur Miller's on How Green Was My Valley and Joe MacDonald's on My Darling Clementine in my assessment of the single most beautifully-shot movie in...

The Devil and Daniel Webster (Joseph August)

The Seventh Seal (Gunnar Fischer) Justin_S steals another beauty. :emoji_thumbsup: Get well soon, John.

Whoops, I meant to say Harold (sometimes credited as "Hal") Rosson, not Hal Mohr. The Anchor Bay DVD is gorgeous, for a steal of a price, I may add.

[SIZE=2]The Garden of Allah is the first masterpiece of three-color cinematography. Since almost everyone thinks of early Technicolor in terms of the iridescent hues of The Wizard of Oz, first-time viewers of TGoA never fail to be shocked at the subtle hues the "primitive" three-strip...

The Conformist (Vittorio Storaro)

No, we're still up. ;)

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One of the most amazingly-lit films ever, IMO (Sternberg designed his own chiaroscuro). Too bad the Criterion DVD only does it pale justice. Here's hoping that they will revisit it someday employing the sparkling nitrate print UCLA has in their archives, like they did with Beauty and the Beast...

The Scarlet Empress (Bert Glennon)

I'm sure we've all lost a few choices. (And, yes, that was most definitely a "nice pick", Walter. :emoji_thumbsup: I wish more of our folks here had seen I Am Cuba, simply astonishing cinematography.)

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I think your pick's safe, Brook. Portrait of Jennie (Joseph August)

Walkabout (Nicholas Roeg)

The Magnificent Ambersons (Stanley Cortez)