ows “BORDIE” displays his Order of Canada and French Legion of Honour medals last December. Borradaile filmography “Bordie’s” feature filmog- raphy ~ The Trap (1966) [miscel- lancous crew ... aka L’Aventure sauvage, aka The Mad Trapper - Storm Over the Nile (1955) [cinematographer] ~ I Was a Male War Bride (1949) [cinematographer] «aka You Can't Sleep Here - Saints and Sinners (1949) [cinematographer] - Scott of the Antarctic (1948) [cinematographer] ~ The Macomber Affair (1947) [miscellaneous crew! - The Overlanders (1946) [cinematographer] - Action Stations (1943) [cinematographer] ~ The Thief of Bagdad (1940) [miscellaneous crew} - Foreign Correspondent (1940) [miscellaneous crew] ~ The Lion Has Wings (1939) [cinematographer] - The Four Feathers (1939) {cinematographer } - The Drum (1938) [cine- matographer] ... aka Drums Elephant Boy (1937) [cine- matographer] - Sanders of the River (1935) [cinematographer] ~ The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) [miscellaneous crew] ~ The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) [miscellaneous crew] aka Don Juan The Private Life of Henry VIL (1933) [miscellaneous crew] Source: The Internet Movie Database “Bordie’s” National Film Board filmography - Methods of Instruction (1956) ~ Prepare for Advancement (1955) ~In This Dark World (1955) ~ British Empire and Commonwealth Games (1954) ~ Dues and the Union (1953) ~ Everybody’s Handicapped (1953) - The Ballot-o-Maniac (1953) - Country Magistrate (1953) ~ Highlights from Royal Journey (1953) ~ Beyond the Frontier (1952) ~ Canada’s Awakening North (1951) ~ Royal Journey (1951) ~ Breakdown (1951) ~ Eye Witness No. 29 (1950) ~ Corvette Port Arthur (1943) - Action Stations (1943) - L'éveil du Nord (1952) (Source: National Fila Board web site ) Passes aWay Bob Mackin Contributing Writer The curtain came down Tuesday on the iflustri- ous life of Hollywood North pioneer Osmond Hudson Borradaile. The Winnipeg-born cinematographer celebrated his 100th birthday on July 17, 1998. He retired to West Vancouver in 1960 with wite Christiane. He recently recovered from a bout of pneumonia only to suffer a stroke. He died Tuesday in Lions Gate Hospital. He is survived by three daughters and a son, eight grand- children and three great grandchildren. Borradaile was named a campanion of the Order of Canada in 1982. Last December, France honored hiny with the Legion of Honor for his service with the Canadian armv in World War 1. But “Bordie”, as he was known to friends, was nominat- ed for an Academy Award in 1940 for best color cinematog- raphy on the 1939 feature The Four Feathers. A vear later, his best friend Georges Perinal won that award for The Thief of Baghdad. Borradaile served as associ- ate photographer on that picture. Perinal’s family gave “Bordie” the Oscar after his death. It’s one of many items proudly displayed in the packed den of his Whytechiffe home alongside various telics af his glabe- trotting film work in Africa, India, Australia and the Arctic. Borradaile left his Victoria home in 1914 for Hollywood. The floor sweeper eventually gota chance to be camera- man at Paramount Studios. He shar films starring the likes of Rudolph Valentino, Gloria Swanson and Lon Chaney. Paramount dispatched him to its French studio in 1929 where he mer director Alexander Korda. Korda opened London Films after Paramount closed and sent Borradaile around the world to shoot locations for films like Elephant Bay, Sanders of the River, The Drum and The Four Feathers. Borradaile bought a dairy farm in Chilliwack in 1950, but kept working for the National Film Board. Borradaile kept extensive scrapbooks of his photographs and newspaper clippings. Inside the cover of one he wrote: “Lucky was Eto live and work BORRADAILE examines his log during a shoot in Africa. TICKETS: $20.00/$15.00 Call 990-3474 2-for-1 on March 25 & 31 CINEMATOGRAPHER Osmond Hudson Borradaile affixing a came piane. Borradaile served in both world wars. can fa to a war- in Hollywood during the 1930s, for there life was very pleasant with its abundance of warm sunshine, fruits, lowers and good, staunch friends. There and then, the making of motion picture films was fun, lots of fun.” In one photo taken at Paramount's Hollywood studio on May 21, 1927, Borradaile is at the top of a fire ladder. Below he wrote: “Q.H.B. up in air same day as Charles Lindberg flew to Paris.” “My dad had a great sense of humor, he was very sarcastic,” said daugh- ter Lilla Pedersen. She said his work inspired her to follow his footsteps into a career as a film editor. According to Pedersen, her father was encouraged by the growth of the film industry in Canada, especially in British Columbia. She said “Bordie’s” family and friends are planning a private gathering to celebrate his tite, ONCE UPON A THEATRE PRODUCTIONS