Oliver T. Marsh


Oliver Taylor Marsh was a prolific Hollywood cinematographer. He worked on over eighty films just for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer alone.
Marsh was born January 30, 1892, in Kansas City, Missouri. He is the brother of actresses Marguerite Marsh and Mae Marsh, as well as editor Frances Marsh, and the father of jazz saxophonist Warne Marsh.
Marsh worked on Sadie Thompson, Rain, The Merry Widow, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities, The Great Ziegfeld, San Francisco and Another Thin Man. He and Allen Davey received Academy Honorary Awards "for the color cinematography of the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production, Sweethearts" at the 11th Academy Awards. The pair were also nominated for Best Cinematography (Color) for Bitter Sweet.
He died May 5, 1941, and is interred at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Partial filmography

Dodging a Million The Floor Below Joan of Plattsburg The Racing Strain All Woman A Virtuous Vamp Good References The Point of View The Perfect Woman Dangerous Business Something Different Mama's Affair Wedding Bells Woman's Place Red Hot Romance The Mohican's Daughter Peacock Alley Fascination Broadway Rose Jazzmania The French Doll Fashion Row The Unknown Purple Daring Love Married Flirts Circe, the Enchantress The Merry Widow The Midshipman Time, the Comedian The Masked Bride Soul Mates Kiki The Duchess of Buffalo Camille Annie Laurie The Enemy The Dove Sadie Thompson The Divine Woman The Smart Set The Masks of the Devil Dream of Love Eternal Love The Single Standard Marianne Our Modern Maidens Untamed Not So Dumb Strictly Unconventional In Gay Madrid The Florodora Girl Du Barry, Woman of Passion New Moon The Bachelor Father It's a Wise Child Just a Gigolo The Man in Possession The Phantom of Paris New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford The Sin of Madelon Claudet Possessed Emma Arsène Lupin But the Flesh Is Weak Divorce in the Family Rain Faithless The Son-Daughter Today We Live Night Flight Dancing Lady The Merry Widow David Copperfield One New York Night Baby Face Harrington No More Ladies A Tale of Two Cities The Great Ziegfeld Small Town Girl San Francisco Women Are Trouble His Brother's Wife Maytime The Emperor's Candlesticks The Firefly Rosalie The Girl of the Golden West The Toy Wife The Crowd Roars Sweethearts The Ice Follies of 1939 Broadway Serenade It's a Wonderful World The Women Another Thin Man Broadway Melody of 1940 I Love You Again Bitter Sweet The Wild Man of Borneo Blonde Inspiration Rage in Heaven