query: director_of_photography the hard way 
supports: The Young Philadelphians is a 1959 drama film starring Paul Newman, Barbara Rush, Robert Vaughn and Alexis Smith, and directed by Vincent Sherman. The film is based on the 1956 novel, "The Philadelphian", by Richard P. Powell. Mr. Skeffington is a 1944 American drama film directed by Vincent Sherman, based on the novel of the same name by Elizabeth von Arnim. Irwin Shaw (February 27, 1913  May 16, 1984) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: "The Young Lions" (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and "Rich Man, Poor Man" (1970), about the fate of three siblings after World War II, that was made into a popular miniseries starring Nick Nolte. Though Shaw's work received widespread critical acclaim, the success of his commercial fiction ultimately diminished his literary reputation. The Hard Way is a 1943 Warner Bros. musical drama film directed by Vincent Sherman . The film was based on a story by Irwin Shaw which was reportedly based on Ginger Rogers ' relationship with her first husband , Jack Pepper ( whom she married in 1928 at age 17 ) and her own mother , Lela . Nora Prentiss is a 1947 black-and-white drama film noir directed by Vincent Sherman, and starring Ann Sheridan, Kent Smith, Bruce Bennett and Robert Alda. Sherman also directed leading lady Sheridan in another 1947 film noir, "The Unfaithful". The cinematography is by cinematographer James Wong Howe, and the music was composed by Franz Waxman. Vincent Sherman (July 16, 1906  June 18, 2006) was an American director and actor who worked in Hollywood. His movies include "Mr. Skeffington" (1944), "Nora Prentiss" (1947), and "The Young Philadelphians" (1959). Edward Montgomery "Monty" Clift (October 17, 1920July 23, 1966) was an American film and stage actor. "The New York Times" obituary of Clift noted his portrayal of "moody, sensitive young men". He is best remembered for roles in "Red River" (1948), "The Heiress" (1949), George Stevens's "A Place in the Sun" (1951), as a Catholic priest in Alfred Hitchcock's "I Confess" (1952), a soldier in Fred Zinnemann's "From Here to Eternity" (1953) and Edward Dmytryk's "The Young Lions" (1958), and as a mentally challenged, sterilized concentration camp survivor in Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961). He received four Academy Award nominations during his career: three for Best Actor and one for Best Supporting Actor.
candidates: george stevens james wong howe vincent
answer: james wong howe