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more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 6:44 am

I am trying to find out more information about a photographer named Cannons. All I have to go on is his stamp on the back of a photo from "Cross Streets" which was released Jan. 22, 1934 by Invincible Pictures Corp. Without a first name, I have been unable to find anything on the internet. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 9:07 am

His first name was George, and his best work was for Mack Sennett in the 1920s.
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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 11:01 am

Cannons was British, and returned to the UK in the '30s. He worked for Powell/Pressburger under George Cannon.
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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 3:45 pm

I am a bit confused. Is George Cannon the same as George Cannons? I ran across the director's name, but because of the missing "s" thought it was a different person.
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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 5:01 pm

Same still photographer. He dropped the 's' in his name sometime in the late '30s. He moved back to the UK in the early '30s.
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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 5:03 pm

So far, I found out that George Frederic Cannons was born about 1898 in England and came to the U.S. in 1923. He married an American (Ruby) and they had at least four children (Annie, Robert, Winfred, and Harry). They lived in Burbank, California.

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Re: more info on CANNONS, photographer 1930's

PostThu Oct 18, 2012 6:17 pm

He lived at 930 Lima St. in Burbank in 1931, when he was involved in a car accident at Alameda and Hollywood Way in Burbank. He also worked at the Pom Pom Cafe helping selecting bathing beauties for a musical revue they were putting on.

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