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Open Letter to the Leal Star of “N avajo”
VIRGIL E. MILLER, asc
“NAVAJO” — winner Parents' Magazine Gold Medal Award, Protestant Motion Picture Council Merit Award, National Board of Review Special Award, Southern California Motion Pic¬ ture Council Special Award, Special Award of the National Motion Picture Council, and Edinburgh Film Festival.
ACCLAIMED in the Nation's
“Virgil Miller is the unseen star of ‘Navajo.’ His photographic shots are a series of stunning pictures of the Navajo country.”
— New York Daily News
“‘Navajo’ is a personal triumph for Virgil E. Miller, whose camera work will certainly rate Academy attention.
— Los Angeles Daily News
“Mark ‘Navajo’ down as one of the outstand¬ ing pictures of this year; the photography of Virgil Miller has almost a poetic mood and quality.”
— Philadelphia Daily News
“Magnificently photographed by Virgil Miller.”
— Showmen s Trade Review
“Virgil Miller’s camera work is strikingly beautiful.”
— Time Magazine
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“Virgil Miller’s photography plays a major role in making ‘Navajo’ a memorable screen milestone. This is the most beautiful blackand-white film this reviewer has seen.”
— Baltimore Sun
“Even the contenders for starting posts in the next annual Oscar Derby agree that Virgil E. Miller’s photography of ‘Navajo’ is certain to he considered for Academy Award nomination.”
— Hollywood Citizen News
“Virgil E. Miller’s photography is the most beautiful we’ve seen in many a year.”
— Washington Post
“Virgil Miller’s photography is breath-taking.”
— San Francisco Chronicle
“Virgil E. Miller, one of Hollywood’s ablest cameramen, has contributed all his knowledge and all his experience to give ‘Navajo’ a scenic background that has to be seen to be believed.”
— Motion Picture Herald
“Virgil Miller contributed most impressive camera work to make ‘Navajo’ a film long to be remembered.”
— Philadelphia Enquirer
“Veteran cinematographer, Virgil E. Miller, composes landscapes of incomparable majesty as the camera picks up the ant-like human figures clinging to the canyon walls, and inch¬ ing across endless sands. Every frame in the picture would make a stunning adornment for any wall.”
— Memphis Press-Scimitar
“Virgil Miller’s photography is outstanding. Every scene of ‘Navajo’ is beautiful enough to remove from the movie and frame as a lovely still photograph.”
— Rocky Mountain News
“Virgil Miller’s photography is hauntingly beautiful.”
— Kansas City Star
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