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- Elgin_Lessley abstract "Elgin Lessley (also credited as Lesly, Lessly, and Leslie) (June 10, 1883 - January 10, 1944) 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.Lessley's most striking effects were in The Playhouse (1921) and Sherlock, Jr. (1924). In The Playhouse, through use of a specially shuttered lens and repeated back-cranking and re-cranking, Lessley allowed Keaton to appear as up to nine characters simultaneously, interacting with one another. In Sherlock, Jr., Lessley's careful positioning of camera and actor in various locations produced the effect of a man stuck in a movie where his location keeps changing as he struggles to keep up. Lessley retired from filmmaking after shooting The Cameraman with Buster Keaton in 1928.".
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- Elgin_Lessley birthDate "1883-06-10".
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- Elgin_Lessley deathDate "1944-02-08".
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- Elgin_Lessley deathYear "1944".
- Elgin_Lessley knownFor Special_effect.
- Elgin_Lessley occupation Cinematographer.
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- Elgin_Lessley restingPlace Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale).
- Elgin_Lessley restingPlace Glendale,_California.
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- Elgin_Lessley wikiPageWikiLinkText "Elgin Leslie".
- Elgin_Lessley wikiPageWikiLinkText "Elgin Lessley".
- Elgin_Lessley birthDate "1883-06-10".
- Elgin_Lessley birthPlace Higbee,_Missouri.
- Elgin_Lessley dateOfBirth "1883-06-10".
- Elgin_Lessley dateOfDeath "1944-02-08".
- Elgin_Lessley deathDate "1944-02-08".
- Elgin_Lessley deathPlace Los_Angeles.
- Elgin_Lessley knownFor "Special Effects".
- Elgin_Lessley name "Elgin Lessley".
- Elgin_Lessley name "Lessley, Elgin".
- Elgin_Lessley notableWorks "Sherlock, Jr., The Playhouse".
- Elgin_Lessley occupation Cinematographer.
- Elgin_Lessley placeOfBirth Higbee,_Missouri.
- Elgin_Lessley placeOfDeath Los_Angeles.
- Elgin_Lessley restingPlace Forest_Lawn_Memorial_Park_(Glendale).
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- Elgin_Lessley shortDescription "American cinematographer".
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- Elgin_Lessley yearsActive "1911".
- Elgin_Lessley description "American cinematographer".
- Elgin_Lessley description "American cinematographer".
- Elgin_Lessley subject Category:1883_births.