January 2025

Aces of the Camera: Milton Krasner, ASC

“Aces of the Camera” was a profile series that ran in AC for several years starting in the early 1940s. This article originally appeared in AC May 1943. Some images are additional or alternate. One of the publicists’ favorite clichés is the story (often only too true) of the little starlet — or scriptwriter — or director — who grew up right across the street from a Hollywood studio, but just couldn’t get a job there until she (or he) traveled dispiritedly to New York, “clicked” on Broadway or the radio, and came home to a big contract and a swimming-pool. We hate to spoil the publicity-men’s dream, but Milton R. Krasner, ASC is a living refutation of their pet success story. Of course, he didn’t live in Hollywood, but in New York: but...more