Motion picture cinematographer of the silent and early talkie era. Film credits over a 16-year career included "Her Great Price" (1916), "Boston Blackie's Little Pal" (1918), "Faith" (1919), "The Lion's Den" (1919), "Easy to Make Money" (1919), "Rio Grande" (1920), "Playthings of Destiny" (1921), "I Am the Law" (1922), "All the Brothers Were Valiant" (1923), "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln" (1924), "Madonna of the Streets" (1924), "Sackcloth and Scarlet" (1925), "Why Women Love" (1925), "Pals First" (1926), "Resurrection" (1927), "The Stolen Bride" (1927), ""Sadie Thompson" (1928), "Ramona" (1928), "The Four Feathers" (1929), "Rio Rita" (1929), "Hit the Deck" (1930), "Moby Dick" (1931), "Smart Money" (1931), "Illicit" (1931), "Her Majesty, Love" (1931), "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain" (1932), "Winner Take All" (1932), "Crooner" (1932), "One Way Passage" (1932), "Jewel Robbery" (1932), "Lawyer Man" (1932) and "The Match King" (1933). The last two were released posthumously. He spent his last four years at Warner Brothers, ending up as the chief cameraman there. Robert Bard Kurrle died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles of acute frontal sinusitis, bacillis capsulatus and mucosis meningitis following a 10-day illness. Per his obituary in Variety (Nov.1, 1932), "(His) case drew the attention of 20 brain specialists who observed the phenominal resistance that Kurrle was making. He had gone to the hospital to be cured of an obstinate cold, which developed into sinus trouble. Just as he was cured of the latter, the brain infection set in." He was survived by his wife, parents and brother, Dr. E. W. Kurrle.
Motion picture cinematographer of the silent and early talkie era. Film credits over a 16-year career included "Her Great Price" (1916), "Boston Blackie's Little Pal" (1918), "Faith" (1919), "The Lion's Den" (1919), "Easy to Make Money" (1919), "Rio Grande" (1920), "Playthings of Destiny" (1921), "I Am the Law" (1922), "All the Brothers Were Valiant" (1923), "The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln" (1924), "Madonna of the Streets" (1924), "Sackcloth and Scarlet" (1925), "Why Women Love" (1925), "Pals First" (1926), "Resurrection" (1927), "The Stolen Bride" (1927), ""Sadie Thompson" (1928), "Ramona" (1928), "The Four Feathers" (1929), "Rio Rita" (1929), "Hit the Deck" (1930), "Moby Dick" (1931), "Smart Money" (1931), "Illicit" (1931), "Her Majesty, Love" (1931), "The Strange Love of Molly Louvain" (1932), "Winner Take All" (1932), "Crooner" (1932), "One Way Passage" (1932), "Jewel Robbery" (1932), "Lawyer Man" (1932) and "The Match King" (1933). The last two were released posthumously. He spent his last four years at Warner Brothers, ending up as the chief cameraman there. Robert Bard Kurrle died at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital in Los Angeles of acute frontal sinusitis, bacillis capsulatus and mucosis meningitis following a 10-day illness. Per his obituary in Variety (Nov.1, 1932), "(His) case drew the attention of 20 brain specialists who observed the phenominal resistance that Kurrle was making. He had gone to the hospital to be cured of an obstinate cold, which developed into sinus trouble. Just as he was cured of the latter, the brain infection set in." He was survived by his wife, parents and brother, Dr. E. W. Kurrle.
