David Abel

David Abel (15 December 1883 – 12 November 1973) was a cinematographer. David Abel was born on 15 December 1883 in Amsterdam to Russian parents. He came to the United States as a child in the first decade of the 1900s and worked as a portrait photographer before entering films with Flying A Studios in 1913. He filmed a total of 110 films, many for RKO Pictures during the 1930s. He was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals. At RKO Radio studios during the 1930s, Abel was a favorite collaborator of director Mark Sandrich and was responsible for the photography of five Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers musicals (The Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Follow the...