- Films
- 79
- Avg rating
- 7.07
- Peak run
- 1932’33
- 7+ run
- 7 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As a cinematographer, films with 1,000+ votes
Sol by the numbers
Average
7.07
42 rated films
Vote weighted
7.12
bigger films count more
Median
7.1
half are better
Consistency
±0.57
rating spread
Career
20y
1929 to 1948
Total votes
400K
across every film
Best
8.2
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Worst
7.0
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Newest first
Filmography
| 1948 |  Sorry, Wrong Number | 7.3 | 14,534 |
| 1947 | The Voice of the Turtle | · | 917 |
| 1947 | Escape Me Never | · | 747 |
| 1947 | The Long Night | 6.5 | 2,521 |
| 1946 | Cloak and Dagger | 6.6 | 4,006 |
| 1946 | A Stolen Life | 7.2 | 4,738 |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | · | 357 |
| 1945 | Rhapsody in Blue | 7.1 | 1,935 |
| 1945 | The Corn Is Green | 7.3 | 3,537 |
| 1944 |  Arsenic and Old Lace | 7.9 | 78,279 |
| 1944 | The Adventures of Mark Twain | 7.1 | 1,468 |
| 1943 | Old Acquaintance | 7.4 | 4,335 |
| 1943 | This Is the Army | 5.8 | 1,493 |
| 1942 |  Now, Voyager | 7.8 | 21,102 |
| 1942 | The Gay Sisters | 6.6 | 1,050 |
| 1942 | Captains of the Clouds | 6.4 | 1,999 |
| 1941 |  Sergeant York | 7.7 | 20,222 |
| 1941 |  The Sea Wolf | 7.5 | 5,157 |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | 6.2 | 4,681 |
| 1940 | City for Conquest | 7.2 | 3,028 |
Better together?
Sol Polito's regulars
- Michael CurtizCinematographer · 13 films · 7.01 avg
- Mervyn LeRoyCinematographer · 12 films · 7.44 avg
- Lloyd BaconCinematographer · 8 films · 7.15 avg
- William KeighleyCinematographer · 6 films · 7.40 avg
- Irving RapperCinematographer · 6 films · 7.18 avg
- Alfred E. GreenCinematographer · 5 films · 6.90 avg
- Anatole LitvakCinematographer · 4 films · 6.93 avg
- William DieterleCinematographer · 3 films · 7.20 avg
- Ray EnrightCinematographer · 3 films · 7.00 avg
- William A. SeiterCinematographer · 2 films
- Roy Del RuthCinematographer · 2 films
- Busby BerkeleyCinematographer · 2 films · 7.00 avg
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.
Films together: Michael Curtiz and Sol Polito movies · Mervyn LeRoy and Sol Polito movies · Lloyd Bacon and Sol Polito movies · William Keighley and Sol Polito movies
Takes
On Sol Polito
3 nominations, 0 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1943Sol Polito
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Black-and-White) · Academy Awards 1942Sol Polito
- NominatedBest Cinematography (Color) · Academy Awards 1940Sol Polito, W. Howard Greene
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.