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From Wikipedia Harold G. "Hal" Rosson, A.S.C. (April 6, 1895 – September 6, 1988) was an American cinematographer who worked during the early and classical Hollywood cinema. He is best known for his work on the 1939 fantasy film The Wizard of Oz. Harold Rosson began his film career in 1908 as an actor at the Vitagraph Studios in the Flatbush area of Brooklyn, New York City. He became the assistant to Irvin Willat at the Mark Dintenfass Studios. In 1912 he divided his time as an office boy in a stockbrokers firm and as an assistant, extra, and handyman at the Famous Players Studio in New York. His first film for Famous Players was David Harum (1915). In December 1914, Rosson moved to California and joined Metro Pictures. During World War I, he served in the United States Army. After his demobilization, he went to work on the Marion Davies film The Dark Star. He was offered a contract with the Davies Company. In 1920 he was signed by Mary Pickford, working primarily with her brother Jack Pickford. In the 1930s, Rosson signed with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and directed the photography for some of the studio's most popular films including Treasure Island (1934), The Wizard of Oz, Duel in the Sun, and Singin' in the Rain (1952). In 1936, Rosson and fellow cinematographer W. Howard Greene were awarded an Honorary Oscar for the color cinematography of the 1936 David O. Selznick production The Garden of Allah. Rosson later said it was the first time he attempted to film in color. After a very long and successful career in Hollywood, Rosson retired in 1958. He briefly came out of retirement in 1966 for the Howard Hawks film El Dorado starring John Wayne. Rosson was married twice, with both marriages ending in divorce, and had no children. While shooting the film Bombshell in 1933, actress Jean Harlow proposed to Rosson. The two had worked together previously on Red-Headed Woman, Dinner at Eight, Hold Your Man, and Red Dust and had struck up a friendship. On September 17, 1933, the two were married in Yuma, Arizona. In an interview with Leicester Wagner, Harlow recalled that she and Rosson grew closer after the death of her second husband, Paul Bern, and he encouraged her to go out and socialize. Rosson and Harlow separated in May 1934 with Harlow charging that Rosson was "rude, sullen and irritable". She was granted a divorce in March 1935. On October 11, 1936, Rosson married socialite Yvonne Crellin in Beverly Hills. They divorced in June 1945. On September 6, 1988, Rosson died, age 93, at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. He is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1895-04-06
- event Death Date 1988-09-06
- school Known for: Camera
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- info Birth Place New York City, New York, USA
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The Wizard of Oz
1939-08-15
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The Docks of New York
1928-09-16
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934-12-20
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El Dorado
1966-12-17
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Penthouse
1933-09-08
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Johnny Eager
1941-12-09
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Abie's Irish Rose
1928-04-19
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Slightly Dangerous
1943-04-01
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Red Dust
1932-10-22
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The Asphalt Jungle
1950-05-12
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Frozen Justice
1929-10-13
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Living in a Big Way
1947-06-10
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Open Range
1927-11-05
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The Cinema Murder
1919-12-14
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Trent's Last Case
1929-03-31
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Madam Satan
1930-09-20
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Kongo
1932-10-01
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The Devil Is a Sissy
1936-09-18
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Duel in the Sun
1946-12-31
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This Side of Heaven
1934-02-02
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The Cat and the Fiddle
1934-02-16
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The Barbarian
1933-05-12
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The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
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Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937-07-02
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The Cuban Love Song
1931-11-18
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Bombshell
1933-10-13
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This Mad World
1930-04-11
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Hold Your Man
1933-06-30
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Three Wise Fools
1946-09-26
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Turn Back the Clock
1933-08-25
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Rough House Rosie
1927-05-14
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An American Romance
1944-04-16
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Passion Flower
1930-12-06
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Almost a Lady
1926-09-27
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As You Like It
1936-09-02
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
1944-11-15
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They Gave Him a Gun
1937-05-07
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The Actress
1953-09-25
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A Yank at Oxford
1938-02-18
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Men Call It Love
1931-03-14
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Washington Melodrama
1941-04-17
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Boom Town
1940-08-30
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Downstairs
1932-08-06
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Toward the Unknown
1956-09-27
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Captains Courageous
1937-06-25
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Tarzan the Ape Man
1932-04-02
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Dark Secrets
1923-01-21
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No Leave, No Love
1946-03-10
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Double Wedding
1937-10-15
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South Sea Rose
1929-12-09
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The Enemy Below
1957-12-25
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The American Consul
1917-02-02
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Sporting Blood
1931-08-08
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The Little French Girl
1925-02-01
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Singin' in the Rain
1952-04-09
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Homecoming
1948-04-29
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Up in Mabel's Room
1926-06-20
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Love in Every Port
1931-03-27
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Treasure Island
1934-08-17
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The Ghost Goes West
1935-12-17
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
1936-07-23
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
1940-09-06
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Panthea
1917-01-07
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Key to the City
1950-02-02
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Mambo
1954-09-18
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The Story of Three Loves
1953-03-26
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Oliver Twist
1916-12-10
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To Please a Lady
1950-10-13
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The Hucksters
1947-07-17
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Somewhere I'll Find You
1942-08-27
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Any Number Can Play
1949-07-15
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The Stratton Story
1949-05-12
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I Take This Woman
1940-02-02
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On the Town
1949-12-08
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Manhandled
1924-07-21
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The Far Call
1929-04-28
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The Bad Seed
1956-09-12
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Dangerous When Wet
1953-06-18
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That Mothers Might Live
1938-04-30
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Ulysses
1954-10-06
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Zaza
1923-10-21
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Love Is Better Than Ever
1952-02-23
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Evening Clothes
1927-03-19
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The Glimpses of the Moon
1923-03-25
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Command Decision
1948-12-23
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Lone Star
1952-10-24
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Strange Lady in Town
1955-04-12
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The Red Badge of Courage
1951-09-27
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Between Two Women
1945-03-28
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Forgotten Victory
1939-12-09
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Tennessee Johnson
1942-12-01
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I Love Melvin
1953-03-20
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The Drag Net
1928-05-01
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The Case of Lena Smith
1929-01-29
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A Gentleman of Paris
1927-09-30
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Son of India
1931-08-01
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Too Many Kisses
1925-01-11
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Buried Treasure
1921-04-09
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Too Hot to Handle
1938-09-16
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Man Bait
1927-01-18
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Three Week Ends
1928-12-08
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The Sawdust Paradise
1928-06-28
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Getting Gertie's Garter
1927-02-28
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928-01-22
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Service for Ladies
1927-08-06
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A Man Must Live
1925-01-19
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Manhattan
1924-10-28
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Pete Kelly's Blues
1955-07-31
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Heliotrope
1920-11-28