The ‘International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers’, 4th edition, 2000, by Sara and Tom Pendergast has one of the more detailed entries about Robert Krasker found so far

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Cover, ‘International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers’, Writers and Production Artists, Volume 4, Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, St. James Press, Farmington Hills, MI, GALE, 4th edition, 12 December 2000, ISBN-10: ‎1558624503, ISBN-13: ‎978-1558624504.

The late Dr. Thomas Leonard Erskine (1939-2011) contributed the entry on Robert Krasker to the year 2000’s 4th edition of the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers and it is one of the more detailed I have come across so far save for his date and place of birth and with whom he entered the industry.

So far as I can tell this four-volume tome has not been updated since 2000 but if it does then I would hope that the editors will make these somewhat minor corrections.

Fact Checks

  • “Born: Perth, Western Australia, 12 August 1913” – 1913, August 21: Robert Krasker was born in Alexandria, Egypt. His family had stopped over there during a business trip from Australia to Europe and back. 1914, January 28: Robert Krasker’s birth in Alexandria, Egypt, was registered in Perth, Western Australia with the family address being noted as 99 Hay Street, Subiaco, Western Australia.
  • Robert Krasker began his film industry career assisting and translating for American cinematographer Philip Tannura at Paramount-France in its Joinville-le-Pont studios, named Les Studios des Paramount, and both filmmakers then moved to London in 1931 following producer/director Alexander Korda to Paramount-British to work on Leslie Howard star vehicle Service for Ladies after which Korda invited Krasker to join his new London Film Productions company as apprentice and camera operator for French Director of Photography Georges Périnal.

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