| RALPH HAMMERAS |
Effects pioneer Ralph Hammeras was one of the finest artist and inventor working for the film industry. He developed the rear process technique. He started to paint glass shots in the early 20, and he patented the glass shot technique in 1925.
Ralph Hammeras with a large-scale
miniature of London made for the movie "The sky hawk"
The patent document for the glass shot invention.
Ralph Hammeras and Ray Mannes, his assistant, getting the camera ready to shoot a miniature.
An example of Hammeras glass shot for the movie "The private life of Helen of Troy" for witch he got an Oscar nomination in 1927.
He won the Oscar in 1954 for "20.000 leagues under the sea"
The stage constructed on the First national lot at right. The final shot with the painting at left
Filmography:
- My Dog, Buddy (1960)
- The Giant Gila Monster (1959)
(special effects)
- The Giant Claw (1957) (technical
effects)
- 20000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
(effects photographer)
- The Great Dictator (1940) (special
photographic effects) (uncredited)
- Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
(process photography) (uncredited)
- In Old Chicago (1937) (special
effects)
- Dante's Inferno (1935) (technical
staff)
- A Connecticut Yankee (1931) (special
effects)
- Body and Soul (1931) (special
effects)
- Just Imagine (1930) (uncredited)
- The Sky Hawk (1929) (mechanical
effects)
- The Patent Leather Kid (1927)
- The private life of Helen of
Troy (1927) (glass shots)
- The Lost World (1925) (associate
technical director)
