Al Liguori

Alfonso Liguori
Born	Alfonso Liguori June 3, 1885 Salerno, Italy
Died	May 8, 1951 (aged 65) Overbrook Hills, Pennsylvania
Occupation	cinematographer

Al Liguori (June 3, 1885 - May 8, 1951) was an Italian born cinematographer mainly of the silent era. His style of photography was a precursor to what became known as film noir. His best known surviving film is the all-black Scar of Shame (1927). He came to America as a child and his family settled in Brooklyn New York where he was educated. He was born in Salerno Italy and died in Pennsylvania in 1951.

Selected filmography

• The Innocent Lie (1916)
• The Smugglers (1916)
• Marie, Ltd. (1919)
• Redhead (1919)
• The Teeth of the Tiger (1919)
• The World and His Wife (1920)
• The Passionate Pilgrim (1921)
• Straight Is the Way (1921)
• The Woman God Changed (1921)
• Boomerang Bill (1922)
• Timothy's Quest (1922)
• Salome of the Tenements (1925)
• The Scar of Shame (1927)

External links

• Al Liguori at IMDb
• Al Liguori at AllMovie
• Cinema News April 1, 1917; "Art and the Movies" by Lewis W. Physioc
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