Jules Cronjager

{{short description|German cinematographer}}

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| name = Jules Cronjager

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| birth_date = August 23, 1871

| birth_place = Clausthal, German Empire

| death_date = December 28, 1934 (aged 63)

| death_place =Culver City, California, United States

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| occupation = Cinematographer

| yearsactive = 1916-1933 (film)

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Jules Cronjager (1871–1934) was a German-born American cinematographer active in the silent and early sound eras, as was his brother, Henry Cronjager.Wilson, Scott (). [https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA167 Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.]. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 167. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-7992-4}} Towards the end of his career he worked mainly for Poverty Row studios such as Mayfair Pictures.Pitts p.240-51 He was also the uncle of cinematographers Edward Cronjager and Henry Cronjager Jr.{{Cite news|title=Services Held Today for Jules Cronjager|author=|date=October 8, 1976|work=The Hollywood Reporter|page=2|quote=Funeral services will be held today for Jules Cronjager, one of the early motion picture cameramen, who died Christmas day, ten days after suffering a paralytic stroke. Two of Cronjager's nephews, Eddie and Henry Cronjager, Jr., are also cameramen.|id={{ProQuest|2297368187}}}}{{Cite news|title=THE FINAL CURTAIN|author=|date=January 12, 1935|work=The Billboard|page=33|quote=CRONJAGER—Jules, 62, motion picture cameraman for 25 years, died at his home in Los AngelesDecember 25 of a heart attack after a two-week illness following a paralytic stroke. Funeral services were held December 28 in Pasadena, Calif., with burial in Forest Lawn Cemetery, Glendale, Calif. His widow, brother and two nephews, Edward and Henry Cronjager, Jr., film cameramen, survive.|id={{ProQuest|1032061761}}}}[https://archive.org/details/internationalpho07holl/page/n21/mode/2up?q=obituary "Obituary"]. International Photographer. January 1935. p. 14. Retrieved May 15, 2023.