 Three years later, he was the director of photography on one of the silent cinema's biggest comedy hits, "Tillie's Punctured Romance".He was second unit director on the Errol Flynn swashbuckler "The Adventures of Robin Hood" in 1938 and did additional work on "Duel in the Sun" in 1946.He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 1945 for his adventurous work on the Gene Kelly musical, "Anchors Aweigh", a film famous for Kelly's dance with Jerry (of Tom and Jerry fame).