Conrad Wells [SEP] place of death
Conrad Wells
Conrad Wells (1892 New York, New York – January 2, 1930 Santa Monica, California) American cinematographer and editor.
Biography.
Wells began his film career as a camera assistant, becoming a full cameraman in 1919. He specialized in outdoor cinematography often on Westerns and action-adventure films. Conrad Wells was born as Abraham Fried but began using "Conrad Wells" in 1927.
On January 2, 1930, while filming aerial scenes for the film "Such Men Are Dangerous",
's death in 1962, much of the Conrad material was sold at auction at the Parke-Bernet Galleries on 7 and 8 May 1963.
Sometime around 1931, Currie acquired, via Gabriel Wells, the original manuscript for Richard Brinsley Sheridan's "The School for Scandal". It was purchased for less than the $75,000 reported in the press at the time. It was then acquired by Robert H. Taylor and ultimately by Princeton University, who received Taylor's collection.
Death.
Currie died on 7 May