Camera
Charles Rosher
EN, FR, DE cinema · 115 credits
Born
17 November 1885
Died
15 January 1974 (aged 88)
Birthplace
London, England, UK
Also known as Charles Roscher · Charles G. Rosher
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
Filmography
Jupiter's Darling
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Kiss Me Kate
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Young Bess
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The Story of Three Loves
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Scaramouche
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Show Boat
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Pagan Love Song
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Annie Get Your Gun
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The Red Danube
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Neptune's Daughter
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East Side, West Side
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Words and Music
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On an Island with You
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Song of the Thin Man
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Dark Delusion
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Fiesta
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The Yearling
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Ziegfeld Follies
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Yolanda and the Thief
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Kismet
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Assignment in Brittany
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Swing Fever
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Stand by for Action
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Pierre of the Plains
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Mokey
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Million Dollar Baby
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One Foot in Heaven
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Four Mothers
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Brother Rat and a Baby
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My Love Came Back
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Three Cheers for the Irish
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Yes, My Darling Daughter
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Espionage Agent
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A Child is Born
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Hell's Kitchen
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Off the Record
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Hard to Get
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White Banners
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Hollywood Hotel
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The Woman I Love
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The Perfect Specimen
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Men Are Not Gods
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Small Town Girl
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Call of the Wild
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Broadway Melody of 1936
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After Office Hours
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The Affairs of Cellini
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Moulin Rouge
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What Every Woman Knows
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Outcast Lady
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Bed of Roses
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After Tonight
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The Silver Cord
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Our Betters
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The Past of Mary Holmes
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Rockabye
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What Price Hollywood?
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Two Against the World
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Flaming Gold
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Dance, Fools, Dance
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This Modern Age
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Laughing Sinners
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Silence
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The Beloved Bachelor
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Paid
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War Nurse
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The Price of Things
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Two Worlds
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Knowing Men
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Atlantic
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Two Worlds
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The Two Worlds
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The Vagabond Queen
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Eternal Love
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Atlantic
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The Road Is Fine
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Atlantik
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Tempest
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
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My Best Girl
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Sparrows
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Little Annie Rooney
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Three Women
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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall
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Rosita
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Smilin' Through
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Tess of the Storm Country
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The Love Light
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Through the Back Door
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Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Pollyanna
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Suds
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Dinty
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Daddy-Long-Legs
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The Hoodlum
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The Dub
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Johanna Enlists
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How Could You, Jean?
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The Honor of His House
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The Widow's Might
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The Secret Game
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A Little Princess
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A Mormon Maid
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At First Sight
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On Record
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Hashimura Togo
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Common Ground
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The Clown
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The Heir to the Hoorah
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The Sowers
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The Plow Girl
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Anton the Terrible
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Blackbirds
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Carmen
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