Charles G. Rosher,

A.S.C. The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of ci ...

(17 November 1885 – 15 January 1974) was an English-born

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who worked from the early days of

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s through the 1950s. He was

Mary Pickford Gladys Marie Smith (April 8, 1892 – May 29, 1979), known professionally as Mary Pickford, was a Canadian-American stage and screen actress and producer with a career that spanned five decades. A pioneer in the US film industry, she co-founde ...

's favourite cinematographer and a personal friend, shooting all of the films in which she starred from 1918 to 1927, before they had a falling out during production of ''

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'' (1929). He was the first cinematographer to receive an Academy Award, along with

Karl Struss Karl Struss, A.S.C. (November 30, 1886 – December 15, 1981) was an American photographer and a cinematographer of the 1900s through the 1950s. He was also one of the earliest pioneers of 3-D films. While he mostly worked on films, such as F.W ...

, for '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' (1927), and won again for ''

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'' (1946), with Leonard Smith and Arthur Arling. He was also nominated four times.

Biography

Charles Rosher was born in London in 1885. According to an interview of him in the documentary ''The Image Makers: The Adventures of America's Pioneer Cinematographers'', he was originally unhappily studying naval architecture, but enrolled in

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's school of photography, photography being a hobby of his. He eventually became an assistant to Richard Speaight, the official photographer of the British royal family. After attending a conference in Rochester, New York, in 1908, he decided to stay in the United States, as the pay was much better and he did not have to wear a

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. He became a

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cameraman. In 1910, he went to work for David Horsley in his

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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

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in Hollywood. In 1913, Rosher went to Mexico to shoot newsreel footage of

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's rebellion. In January 1919, he was one of the 15 founders of the

American Society of Cinematographers The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), founded in Hollywood in 1919, is a cultural, educational, and professional organization that is neither a labor union nor a guild. The society was organized to advance the science and art of cinem ...

and served as the group's first vice-president. In the 1920s, he was one of the more sought-after cinematographers in Hollywood, and was a personal favourite of stars such as

, working with her, first on ''

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'' (1917), then on all the films she acted in from '' How Could You, Jean?'' (1918) to ''

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'' (1927). However, they had a falling out over the restrictions the sound department wanted to impose in shooting ''

'' (1929), Pickford's first talking picture, and

took over the cinematography. His work with Struss on

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's 1927 film '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' is viewed as a milestone in cinematography and won the pair the first Academy Award for cinematography in 1929. He shot five films for producer

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, including '' Rockabye'' (1932), '' Our Betters'' (1933) and ''

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'' (1936). Rosher worked at several studios, but spent the last 12 years of his career exclusively at

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, shooting such films as '' Annie Get Your Gun'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

''. He was rumoured to have been

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's lover when she was 20. Rosher is the father of actress

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and cinematographer Charles Rosher Jr. (1935–2015), who filmed ''

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'' (1977) and '' A Wedding'' (1978) for

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, as well as '' Semi-Tough'' (1977), ''

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'' (1979) and ''

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'' (1983). Rosher died of an accidental fall in Lisbon, Portugal, on 15 January 1974. He was 88.

Awards

* 1929 – Oscar for Best Cinematography, with

, for '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' * 1935 – Best Cinematography Oscar nomination for ''

The Affairs of Cellini ''The Affairs of Cellini'' is a 1934 comedy film directed by Gregory La Cava and starring Frank Morgan, Constance Bennett, Fredric March, Fay Wray, and Louis Calhern. It is set in Florence. The film was adapted by Bess Meredyth from the play ''Th ...

'' * 1945 – Oscar nomination for '' Kismet'' * 1947 – Best Cinematography Oscar, with Leonard Smith and Arthur E. Arling, for ''The Yearling'' * 1951 – Oscar nomination for ''Annie Get Your Gun'' * 1952 – Oscar nomination for ''Show Boat'' * 1955 and 1957 – George Eastman Award, given by

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for distinguished contribution to the art of film In addition, Rosher received ''

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'' magazine's Gold Medal, and the only fellowship awarded by the Society of Motion Picture Engineers.

Filmography

:''* indicates a Pickford film.'' * ''The Indian Raiders'' (1912 short) * ''Early Days in the West'' (1912 short) * ''

Life of Villa ''Life of Villa'' is a 1912 silent war documentary set during the Mexican Revolution. Though some scenes are re-enacted after it happened, the movie is a real documentary on the struggle of Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa to overthrow dictator ...

'' (1912 documentary) * ''With Pancho Villa in Mexico'' (1913) * ''The Next in Command'' (1914) * ''The Oath of a Viking'' (1914 short) * ''The Mystery of the Poison Pool'' (1914) * ''Santo Icario'' (1914) * ''The Smuggler's Lass'' (1915 short) * ''The Mad Maid of the Forest'' (1915 short) * ''Gene of the Northland'' (1915 short) * ''

The Voice in the Fog ''The Voice in the Fog'' is a lost 1915 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and distributed by Paramount Pictures. J. P. McGowan directed the film which is based on a novel by Harold McGrath. Stage actor Donald Brian makes his screen debut in the ...

'' (1915) * '' Blackbirds'' (1915) * ''

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'' (1916) * ''

The Sowers ''The Sowers'' is a surviving 1916 silent film drama produced by Jesse Lasky, released through Paramount Pictures and directed by William C. deMille. The feature stars Blanche Sweet and Thomas Meighan and is based on the 1896 novel ''The Sowers' ...

'' (1916) * '' The Clown'' (1916) * '' Common Ground'' (1916) * '' Anton the Terrible'' (1916) * ''

The Heir to the Hoorah ''The Heir to the Hoorah'' is a surviving 1916 silent film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille. A print survives in the Library of Congress. Cast *Thomas Meighan - Joe Lacy *An ...

'' (1916) * ''

The Plow Girl ''The Plow Girl'' is a lost 1916 American drama silent film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Edward Morris, Charles Sarver and Harvey F. Thew. The film stars Mae Murray, Elliott Dexter, Charles K. Gerrard, Edythe Chapman, Horace B. ...

'' (1916) * '' On Record'' (1917) * ''

A Mormon Maid ''A Mormon Maid'' is a 1917 American silent drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and written by Charles Sarver and Paul West. While traveling westward with her family, Dora must face the proposal to become a Mormon elders sixth wife. The fil ...

'' (1917) * ''

The Primrose Ring ''The Primrose Ring'' is a novel by Ruth Sawyer, published first in 1915 and illustrated by Fanny Munsell. This was Sawyer's first published novel. She later wrote the 1937 Newbery Medal winner ''Roller Skates''. Film adaptation The novel was ...

'' (1917) * '' At First Sight'' (1917) * ''

Hashimura Togo ''Hashimura Togo'' is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax and Wallace Irwin. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Mabel Van Buren, Walter Long, Tom Forman, and Raymond ...

'' (1917) * ''

''* (1917), with Walter Stradling * ''

The Secret Game ''The Secret Game'' is a surviving 1917 American silent drama film produced by Jesse Lasky and released through Paramount Pictures. It was directed by William C. deMille and starred Sessue Hayakawa. It survives complete at the Library of Congress ...

'' (1917) * '' The Widow's Might'' (1918) * '' One More American'' (1918) * ''

The Honor of His House ''The Honor of His House'' is a 1918 American silent drama film directed by William C. deMille and written by Marion Fairfax. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Mayme Kelso, Kisaburo Kurihara, and Forrest Seabury. The fi ...

'' (1918) * ''

The White Man's Law ''The White Man's Law'' is a surviving 1918 American silent drama film directed by James Young and written by Marion Fairfax and John B. Browne. The film stars Sessue Hayakawa, Florence Vidor, Jack Holt, Herbert Standing, Mayme Kelso, and For ...

'' (1918) * '' How Could You, Jean?''* (1918) * ''

Johanna Enlists ''Johanna Enlists'' is a 1918 silent film comedy drama produced by and starring Mary Pickford with distribution by Paramount Pictures. The film was directed by William Desmond Taylor from a short story by Rupert Hughes, ''The Mobilization of Joh ...

''* (1918) * ''

Too Many Millions ''Too Many Millions'' (1934) is a British comedy drama film directed by Harold Young and starring Betty Compton, John Garrick and Viola Keats. Premise In an attempt to attract the attention of the artist she loves a wealthy woman assumes the ...

'' (1918) * ''

The Dub ''The Dub'' is a lost 1919 American silent comedy film directed by James Cruze and written by Edgar Franklin and Will M. Ritchey. The film stars Wallace Reid, Charles Ogle, Ralph Lewis, Raymond Hatton, Winter Hall, and Nina Byron. The film wa ...

'' (1919) * ''

Captain Kidd, Jr. ''Captain Kidd, Jr.'' is a 1919 American silent film produced by and starring Mary Pickford and directed by William Desmond Taylor. It is her last released film for distribution by Paramount Pictures before moving to First National. The film i ...

''* (1919) * '' Daddy-Long-Legs''* (1919) * '' The Hoodlum''* (1919) * ''

Heart o' the Hills ''Heart o' the Hills'' is a 1919 American silent drama film directed by Joseph De Grasse and Sidney Franklin, written by Bernard McConville based on John Fox, Jr.'s novel of the same name. Plot Jason Honeycutt ( Harold Goodwin) is a young boy ...

''* (1919) * '' Pollyanna''* (1920) * '' Suds''* (1920), with

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* ''

The White Circle ''The White Circle'' is a lost 1920 American silent adventure drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and written by John Gilbert and Jules Furthman. The film stars Spottiswoode Aitken, Janice Wilson, Harry Northrup, John Gilbert, Wesley Barry ...

'' (1920), with Alfred Ortlieb * '' Dinty'' (1920), with David Kesson and Foster Leonard * ''

The Love Light ''The Love Light'' is a 1921 American silent drama film starring Mary Pickford. The film was written and directed by Frances Marion. Pickford selected the story as she wanted to play an adult and not another adolescent role. Plot Based upon a ...

''* (1921) * ''

Through the Back Door ''Through the Back Door'' is a 1921 American silent comedy drama film directed by Alfred E. Green and Jack Pickford, and starring Mary Pickford.

''* (1921) * ''

''* (1921) * '' Smilin' Through'' (1922), with J. Roy Hunt * '' Tess of the Storm Country''* (1922) * ''Sant'Ilario'' (1923) * '' Rosita''* (1923) * '' Tiger Rose'' (1923) * ''

Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall ''Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall'' is a 1902 historical novel written by Charles Major. Following the life and romances of Dorothy Vernon in Elizabethan England, the novel became the year's third most successful novel according to '' The Bookman' ...

''* (1924) * '' Three Women'' (1924), with

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* ''

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''* (1925), with

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* ''

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''* (1926), with Hal Mohr * '' Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans'' (1927) * ''

''* (1927) * ''

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'' (1928) * ''

''* (1929) (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1929), with

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* '' The Vagabond Queen'' (1929) * '' Atlantik'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * ''

The Road Is Fine ''The Road Is Fine'' (French: ''La route est belle'') is a 1930 French musical film directed by Robert Florey and starring Laurette Fleury, André Baugé and Léon Bary.Marshall p.451 As no French studios had been converted for sound film, it w ...

'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Two Worlds'' (1930) * '' Zwei Welten'' (1930), with

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* ''The Price of Things'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' Paid'' (1930) * ''Les deux mondes'' (1930) * ''

Dance, Fools, Dance ''Dance, Fools, Dance'' is a 1931 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer drama film starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, and Lester Vail in a story about a reporter investigating the murder of a colleague. Story and dialogue were created by Aurania Rouve ...

'' (1931) * ''

Laughing Sinners ''Laughing Sinners'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable in a story about a cafe entertainer who experiences spiritual redemption. The dialogue by Martin Flavin was based upon the p ...

'' (1931) * ''

This Modern Age ''This Modern Age'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer feature film directed by Nick Grinde and starring Joan Crawford, Neil Hamilton, Pauline Frederick and Albert Conti. Plot Socialite Valentine "Val" Winters (Joan Crawford) is ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

The Beloved Bachelor ''The Beloved Bachelor'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, and written by Sidney Buchman, Raymond Griffith, Agnes Brand Leahy and Edward Peple. The film stars Paul Lukas, Dorothy Jordan, Vivienne Osborne, Char ...

'' (1931) * ''

Husband's Holiday ''Husband's Holiday'' is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by Robert Milton and written by Ernest Pascal and Viola Brothers Shore. The film stars Clive Brook, Vivienne Osborne, Charlie Ruggles, Juliette Compton, Harry Bannister, Do ...

'' (1931) * ''

What Price Hollywood? ''What Price Hollywood?'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Cukor and starring Constance Bennett with Lowell Sherman. The screenplay by Gene Fowler, Rowland Brown, Jane Murfin and Ben Markson is based on a story by A ...

'' (1932) * '' Two Against the World'' (1932) * '' Flaming Gold'' (1932) * '' Rockabye'' (1932) * ''

The Past of Mary Holmes ''The Past of Mary Holmes'' is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film, directed by Harlan Thompson and Slavko Vorkapich, and released by RKO. The film is a remake of the silent film ''The Goose Woman'' (1925), which is based on a short story by Re ...

'' (1933) * '' Our Betters'' (1933) * '' The Silver Cord'' (1933) * '' Bed of Roses'' (1933) * ''

After Tonight ''After Tonight'' is a 1933 American pre-Code World War I spy film directed by George Archainbaud and starring Constance Bennett and Gilbert Roland. The studio considered firing Bennett after the film lost $100,000 at the box office. Plot Wit ...

'' (1933) * ''

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'' (1934) * ''

'' (1934) * '' Outcast Lady'' (1934) * '' What Every Woman Knows'' (1934) * ''

After Office Hours ''After Office Hours'' is a 1935 crime drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring Clark Gable and Constance Bennett. The screenplay was written by Herman Mankiewicz. Plot Jim Branch (Clark Gable), a newspaper editor, falls for weal ...

'' (1935) * '' Call of the Wild'' (1935) * ''

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'' (1935) * ''

'' (1936) * '' Small Town Girl'' (1936), with

* '' Men Are Not Gods'' (1936) * '' The Woman I Love'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1937), with George Barnes * '' White Banners'' (1938) * '' Hard to Get'' (1938) * '' Off the Record'' (1939) * '' Yes, My Darling Daughter'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * ''

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'' (1939) * '' A Child Is Born'' (1939) * ''

Brother Rat and a Baby ''Brother Rat and a Baby'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Ray Enright and written by John Cherry Monks, Jr. and Fred F. Finklehoffe. It is the sequel to the 1938 film ''Brother Rat''. The film stars Priscilla Lane, Wayne Morris (Ameri ...

'' (1940) * ''

Three Cheers for the Irish ''Three Cheers for the Irish'' is a 1940 comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon, written by Richard Macaulay and Jerry Wald, and starring Priscilla Lane, Thomas Mitchell and Dennis Morgan. The supporting cast features Virginia Grey, Alan Hale, Sr. ...

'' (1940) * '' My Love Came Back'' (1940) * ''

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'' (1941) * ''Million Dollar Baby (1941 film), Million Dollar Baby'' (1941) * ''One Foot in Heaven'' (1941) * ''Mokey'' (1942) * ''Pierre of the Plains (1942 film), Pierre of the Plains'' (1942) * ''Stand By for Action'' (1942) * ''Assignment in Brittany'' (1943) * ''I Dood It'' (1943) (uncredited) * ''Swing Fever'' (1943) * '' Kismet'' (1944) * ''Ziegfeld Follies (film), Ziegfeld Follies'' (1945), with George Folsey and Ray June (uncredited) * ''Yolanda and the Thief'' (1945) * ''

'' (1946), with Arthur Arling and Leonard Smith * ''Fiesta (1947 film), Fiesta'' (1947), with Wilfrid M. Cline and Sidney Wagner (cinematographer), Sidney Wagner * ''Dark Delusion'' (1947) * ''Song of the Thin Man'' (1947) * ''On an Island with You'' (1948) * ''Words and Music (1948 film), Words and Music'' (1948), with Harry Stradling * ''Neptune's Daughter (1949 film), Neptune's Daughter'' (1949) * ''The Red Danube'' (1949) * ''East Side, West Side (1949 film), East Side, West Side'' (1949) * '' Annie Get Your Gun'' (1950) * ''Pagan Love Song'' (1950) * ''

'' (1951) * ''Scaramouche (1952 film), Scaramouche'' (1952) * ''The Story of Three Loves'' (1953) * ''Young Bess'' (1953), with Harold Rosson * ''

'' (1953) * ''Jupiter's Darling'' (1955), with Paul C. Vogel

References

External links

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Biography in the ''New York Times''
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rosher, Charles 1885 births 1974 deaths British cinematographers Best Cinematographer Academy Award winners Film people from London British expatriates in the United States