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James S. Brown Jr.

Cinematographer · Died June 1, 1949, aged 57 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA

Born
March 16, 1892
Died
June 1, 1949 (aged 57)
From
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Works as
Cinematographer
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 83 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 22% in 30 days

What are James S. Brown Jr.'s films like?

Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama9 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Crime4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Crime movies
Action3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 11th percentile
: browse their Action movies
Mystery2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 30th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Mystery movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
54%
Bonds
21%
Power
10%
Self
9%
Society
5%
Survival
1%
Justice11 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception10 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeBetrayal3 titles, browse their movies with this themeLoyalty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeGreed2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 20 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 16 · Serious 2 · Dark 2

Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 17 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 0

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

A split, not a type: Gentle 10 · Charged 9 · Intense 1

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 11 · Shifting 8 · Whiplash 1

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 1

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 14 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 18 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
14
Thrilling
10
Hopeful
4
Melancholic
4
Warm
4
Other
14

How their films linger

Fun10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCozy3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 4 with a twist

  • Happy12
  • Bittersweet5
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch James S. Brown Jr.'s films?

As of October 24, 2026, 18 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for James S. Brown Jr.'s titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

83 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Three Stooges Follies (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1974)

    Cinematographer

  • Zamba (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • Midnight Frolics (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    Cinematographer

  • Frontier Revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • The Counterfeiters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • Deadline (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Cinematographer

  • Tornado Range(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Prairie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Ridin' Down the Trail (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Stage to Mesa City(1948)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • The Gas House Kids in Hollywood (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Dragnet (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • The Case of the Baby-Sitter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • The Hat Box Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Hard Boiled Mahoney (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    Cinematographer

  • Renegade Girl(1946)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 10th percentile of all films

  • The Trap(1946)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Mr. Hex (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • Shadows on the Range (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1946)

    Cinematographer

  • Dangerous Intruder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • The Missing Corpse(1945)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Phantom of 42nd Street(1945)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Crime, Inc. (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • The Man Who Walked Alone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • The Kid Sister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    Cinematographer

  • The Great Flamarion(1945)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Whistler (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    Cinematographer

  • The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Batman(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 42nd percentile of all films

  • Crime Doctor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • No Place for a Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    Cinematographer

  • Land of Hunted Men(1943)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Valley of Vanishing Men (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • The Secret Code (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • Perils of the Royal Mounted (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • A Desperate Chance for Ellery Queen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1942)

    Cinematographer

  • Ellery Queen and the Murder Ring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • The Iron Claw (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • The Spider Returns (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    Cinematographer

  • Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery(1941)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • Holt of the Secret Service(1941)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films

  • The Great Plane Robbery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Ellery Queen, Master Detective (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Passport to Alcatraz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • Outside the Three-Mile Limit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • The Shadow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    Cinematographer

  • The Law Comes to Texas (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Cinematographer

  • Lone Star Pioneers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    Cinematographer

  • The Strange Case of Dr. Meade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • In Early Arizona (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • Flight Into Nowhere (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    Cinematographer

  • Outlaws of the Orient (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • The Rangers Step In (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Law of the Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Ranger Courage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    Cinematographer

  • Rio Grande Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • The Fugitive Sheriff (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • The Unknown Ranger (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Avenging Waters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1936)

    Cinematographer

  • Crashing Through Danger(1936)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 3rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Murder by Television(1935)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • Western Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Cinematographer

  • Get That Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Cinematographer

  • Hollywood Trouble (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    Cinematographer

  • Night Alarm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • The Scarlet Letter(1934)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • The Fighting Rookie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • Badge of Honor(1934)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • What's Your Racket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    Cinematographer

  • She Had to Choose(1934)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Back Page(1933)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 52nd percentile of all films

  • Her Forgotten Past (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • The Vanishing Frontier (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • Mickey's Ape Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    Cinematographer

  • Air Eagles(1931)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Defenders of the Law (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    Cinematographer

  • Mickey's Eleven (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • Catch-As-Catch-Can (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • Spuds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    Cinematographer

  • With Sitting Bull at the Spirit Lake Massacre(1927)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • The Winning Wallop (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • With Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Cinematographer

  • Some Pun'kins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Cinematographer

Career shape

A full career of 78 titles from 1925 to 1974.

Highest rated

The Great Flamarion (1945)

Midcredits 62nd

Most popular right now

The Crime Doctor's Strangest Case (1943)

By role

only this rolewith another role
Cinematography78 of 78: 78 only cinematography, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score31st

By decade

1920s6 · crew1930s28 · crew1940s43 · crew1970s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.

How do James S. Brown Jr.'s films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 31st percentile, the median of all 20; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 41st percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Approval · how many liked their films

21stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Reach · how many have seen their films

13thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 20

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 50th to 74th4
  • 25th to 49th8
  • Below 25th8

Shape of the crowd

11 of their 20 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed3
  • Mixed11

Most divisive · cinematographer

Tornado Range (1948)

62nd percentile spread · 34% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · cinematographer

The Great Flamarion (1945)

Midcredits 62nd · 56% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 44/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles; fans 53, detractors 37. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does James S. Brown Jr. work with?

People who share at least 2 of James S. Brown Jr.'s MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Dwight Caldwell shares the most, 5.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers