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Frank Powolny(1901-1986)

  • Camera and Electrical Department
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Frank Powolny was born on 13 August 1901 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]. He was an assistant director, known for City Girl (1930) and 4 Devils (1928). He died on 5 January 1986 in Valencia, California, USA.
BornAugust 13, 1901
DiedJanuary 5, 1986(84)
BornAugust 13, 1901
DiedJanuary 5, 1986(84)
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City Girl (1930)
City Girl
7.7
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1930
Nancy Drexel, Mary Duncan, Janet Gaynor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Morton, and Barry Norton in 4 Devils (1928)
4 Devils
  • Second Unit or Assistant Director
  • 1928

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  • Tony Curtis and Debbie Reynolds in Goodbye Charlie (1964)
    Goodbye Charlie
    6.2
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Lauren Bacall, Roddy McDowall, Carol Lynley, and Stuart Whitman in Shock Treatment (1964)
    Shock Treatment
    6.6
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1964
  • Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific (1958)
    South Pacific
    6.8
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1958
  • Clark Gable and Susan Hayward in Soldier of Fortune (1955)
    Soldier of Fortune
    6.2
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1955
  • Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney in That Wonderful Urge (1948)
    That Wonderful Urge
    6.5
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1948
  • Lucille Ball, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, and Keenan Wynn in Easy to Wed (1946)
    Easy to Wed
    6.1
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1946
  • Betty Grable, Dick Haymes, and Phil Silvers in Diamond Horseshoe (1945)
    Diamond Horseshoe
    6.4
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • Laura (1944)
    Laura
    7.9
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1944
  • Roddy McDowall, Preston Foster, and Rita Johnson in My Friend Flicka (1943)
    My Friend Flicka
    6.4
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Virginia Gilmore, and Dean Jagger in Western Union (1941)
    Western Union
    6.7
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert in Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
    Drums Along the Mohawk
    7.0
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Richard Dix, Richard Greene, and Brenda Joyce in Here I Am a Stranger (1939)
    Here I Am a Stranger
    7.0
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Randolph Scott, and Nancy Kelly in Jesse James (1939)
    Jesse James
    7.0
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1939
  • Tyrone Power, Annabella, and Loretta Young in Suez (1938)
    Suez
    6.5
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1938
  • Dante's Inferno (1935)
    Dante's Inferno
    6.6
    • still photographer (uncredited)
    • 1935

Second Unit or Assistant Director



  • City Girl (1930)
    City Girl
    7.7
    • assistant director
    • 1930
  • Warner Baxter, Dorothy Burgess, and Edmund Lowe in In Old Arizona (1928)
    In Old Arizona
    5.5
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1928
  • Nancy Drexel, Mary Duncan, Janet Gaynor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Charles Morton, and Barry Norton in 4 Devils (1928)
    4 Devils
    • assistant director
    • 1928
  • The Iron Horse (1924)
    The Iron Horse
    7.2
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1924
  • Charles Chaplin and Jackie Coogan in The Kid (1921)
    The Kid
    8.2
    • assistant director (uncredited)
    • 1921

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  • Born
    • August 13, 1901
    • Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
  • Died
    • January 5, 1986
    • Valencia, California, USA

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