Charles Rosher
Personal Info
Known for
Camera
Gender
Male
Birthday
1885-11-17
Day of Death
1974-01-15 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
London, England, UK
Charles Rosher
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Charles G. Rosher, A.S.C. (November 17, 1885 – January 15, 1974) was a two-time Academy Award-winning cinematographer who worked from the early days of silent films through the 1950s. He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with 1929 co-winner Karl Struss.
Charles Rosher was born in London in 1885. He studied photography in his youth but earned a reputation early as a newsreel cameraman, before moving to the United States in 1909. He subsequently found work for David Horsley working in his production company in New Jersey. Because early film was largely restricted to using daylight, Horsley relocated his production company to Hollywood in 1911, taking Rosher with him, and opened the first movie studio there. This made Rosher the first full-time cameraman in Hollywood.
In 1913 he went to Mexico to film newsreel footage of Pancho Villa's rebellion. In 1918, he was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers and served as the group's first Vice-President. In the 1920s he was one of the most sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood, and a personal favorite of stars such as Mary Pickford, working with her on films such as Suds (1920), Little Annie Rooney (1925), and even Coquette (1929), Pickford's first sound film. His work with Karl Struss on F.W. Murnau's 1927 film Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans is viewed as a milestone in cinematography. He shot five films for producer David O. Selznick, including Rockabye (1932), Our Betters (1933) and Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936).
Rosher worked at several studios, but spent the last twelve years of his career exclusively at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, photographing such films as Annie Get Your Gun, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and The Yearling. Rosher was the father of actress Joan Marsh and cinematographer Charles Rosher, Jr.
Rosher died of an accidental fall in Lisbon, Portugal, on January 15, 1974. He was 88.
Known For
Crew
(1955)
Jupiter's Darling
Director of Photography
(1953)
Kiss Me Kate
Director of Photography
(1953)
Young Bess
Director of Photography
(1953)
The Story of Three Loves
Director of Photography
(1952)
Scaramouche
Director of Photography
(1951)
Show Boat
Director of Photography
(1950)
Pagan Love Song
Director of Photography
(1950)
Annie Get Your Gun
Director of Photography
(1949)
The Red Danube
Director of Photography
(1949)
Neptune's Daughter
Director of Photography
(1949)
East Side, West Side
Director of Photography
(1948)
Words and Music
Director of Photography
(1948)
On an Island with You
Director of Photography
(1947)
Song of the Thin Man
Director of Photography
(1947)
Dark Delusion
Director of Photography
(1947)
Fiesta
Director of Photography
(1946)
The Yearling
Director of Photography
(1945)
Ziegfeld Follies
Director of Photography
(1945)
Yolanda and the Thief
Director of Photography
(1944)
Kismet
Director of Photography
(1943)
Assignment in Brittany
Director of Photography
(1943)
Swing Fever
Director of Photography
(1942)
Stand by for Action
Director of Photography
(1942)
Pierre of the Plains
Director of Photography
(1942)
Mokey
Director of Photography
(1941)
Million Dollar Baby
Director of Photography
(1941)
One Foot in Heaven
Director of Photography
(1941)
Four Mothers
Director of Photography
(1940)
Brother Rat and a Baby
Director of Photography
(1940)
My Love Came Back
Director of Photography
(1940)
Three Cheers for the Irish
Director of Photography
(1939)
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Director of Photography
(1939)
Espionage Agent
Director of Photography
(1939)
A Child Is Born
Director of Photography
(1939)
Hell's Kitchen
Director of Photography
(1939)
Off the Record
Director of Photography
(1938)
Hard to Get
Director of Photography
(1938)
White Banners
Director of Photography
(1938)
Hollywood Hotel
Director of Photography
(1937)
The Woman I Love
Director of Photography
(1937)
The Perfect Specimen
Director of Photography
(1936)
Men Are Not Gods
Director of Photography
(1936)
Small Town Girl
Director of Photography
(1936)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Director of Photography
(1935)
Call of the Wild
Director of Photography
(1935)
Broadway Melody of 1936
Director of Photography
(1935)
After Office Hours
Director of Photography
(1934)
The Affairs of Cellini
Director of Photography
(1934)
Moulin Rouge
Director of Photography
(1934)
What Every Woman Knows
Director of Photography
(1934)
Outcast Lady
Director of Photography
(1933)
Bed of Roses
Director of Photography
(1933)
After Tonight
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Silver Cord
Director of Photography
(1933)
Our Betters
Director of Photography
(1933)
The Past of Mary Holmes
Cinematography
(1932)
Rockabye
Director of Photography
(1932)
What Price Hollywood?
Director of Photography
(1932)
Two Against the World
Director of Photography
(1932)
Flaming Gold
Director of Photography
(1931)
Dance, Fools, Dance
Director of Photography
(1931)
This Modern Age
Director of Photography
(1931)
Laughing Sinners
Director of Photography
(1931)
Silence
Director of Photography
(1931)
The Beloved Bachelor
Cinematography
(1930)
Paid
Director of Photography
(1930)
War Nurse
Director of Photography
(1930)
The Price of Things
Director of Photography
(1930)
Two Worlds
Director of Photography
(1930)
Knowing Men
Director of Photography
(1930)
Atlantic
Director of Photography
(1930)
Two Worlds
Director of Photography
(1930)
The Two Worlds
Director of Photography
(1929)
The Vagabond Queen
Director of Photography
(1929)
Eternal Love
Director of Photography
(1929)
Atlantic
Director of Photography
(1929)
The Road Is Fine
Cinematography
(1929)
Atlantic
Director of Photography
(1928)
Tempest
Director of Photography
(1927)
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
Director of Photography
(1927)
My Best Girl
Director of Photography
(1926)
Sparrows
Director of Photography
(1925)
Little Annie Rooney
Director of Photography
(1924)
Three Women
Director of Photography
(1924)
Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
Director of Photography
(1923)
Rosita
Director of Photography
(1922)
Smilin' Through
Director of Photography
(1922)
Tess of the Storm Country
Director of Photography
(1921)
The Love Light
Director of Photography
(1921)
Through The Back Door
Director of Photography
(1921)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Director of Photography
(1920)
Pollyanna
Director of Photography
(1920)
Suds
Director of Photography
(1920)
Dinty
Director of Photography
(1919)
Daddy-Long-Legs
Director of Photography
(1919)
The Hoodlum
Director of Photography
(1918)
Johanna Enlists
Director of Photography
(1918)
How Could You, Jean?
Director of Photography
(1918)
The Honor of His House
Director of Photography
(1918)
The Widow's Might
Director of Photography
(1917)
The Secret Game
Director of Photography
(1917)
A Little Princess
Director of Photography
(1917)
A Mormon Maid
Director of Photography
(1917)
At First Sight
Director of Photography
(1916)
Common Ground
Director of Photography
(1916)
The Clown
Camera Operator
(1915)
Blackbirds
Director of Photography
(1915)
Carmen
Camera Operator