Charles Rosher

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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.

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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1885-11-17
  • event Death Date 1974-01-15
  • school Known for: Camera
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans

1927-11-04

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The Red Danube

1949-10-14

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Ziegfeld Follies

1945-08-26

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Tempest

1928-05-27

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Yolanda and the Thief

1945-11-22

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Assignment in Brittany

1943-03-11

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Bed of Roses

1933-06-29

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Yes, My Darling Daughter

1939-02-25

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Men Are Not Gods

1936-11-26

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The Affairs of Cellini

1934-08-24

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The Woman I Love

1937-04-15

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Espionage Agent

1939-09-30

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Brother Rat and a Baby

1940-01-13

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The Vagabond Queen

1929-05-11

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Three Women

1924-08-18

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Paid

1930-12-30

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A Child Is Born

1939-12-07

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Million Dollar Baby

1941-05-31

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This Modern Age

1931-08-29

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Call of the Wild

1935-08-09

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Scaramouche

1952-05-08

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Moulin Rouge

1934-01-10

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Dance, Fools, Dance

1931-02-07

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Laughing Sinners

1931-05-30

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The Secret Game

1917-12-03

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Rockabye

1932-11-25

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Little Annie Rooney

1925-10-18

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The Perfect Specimen

1937-10-23

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What Price Hollywood?

1932-06-24

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Neptune's Daughter

1949-06-10

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Johanna Enlists

1918-09-14

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Fiesta

1947-06-12

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Hell's Kitchen

1939-07-08

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After Office Hours

1935-02-22

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After Tonight

1933-11-10

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Rosita

1923-09-03

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What Every Woman Knows

1934-10-18

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Eternal Love

1929-05-11

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Jupiter's Darling

1955-02-18

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Pierre of the Plains

1942-07-29

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Off the Record

1939-01-21

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Broadway Melody of 1936

1935-09-18

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The Story of Three Loves

1953-03-26

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Stand by for Action

1942-12-31

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Hard to Get

1938-11-05

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Song of the Thin Man

1947-08-28

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White Banners

1938-06-23

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

1936-03-06

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Our Betters

1933-03-17

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Kismet

1944-10-01

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One Foot in Heaven

1941-11-01

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Annie Get Your Gun

1950-05-17

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On an Island with You

1948-05-03

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My Love Came Back

1940-07-13

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The Silver Cord

1933-05-05

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Silence

1931-08-29

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Young Bess

1953-05-29

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Small Town Girl

1936-04-10

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Kiss Me Kate

1953-11-26

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Pagan Love Song

1950-12-26

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Four Mothers

1941-01-04

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Three Cheers for the Irish

1940-03-16

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Outcast Lady

1934-09-28

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East Side, West Side

1949-12-22

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War Nurse

1930-11-22

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Show Boat

1951-07-19

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Words and Music

1948-12-31

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Swing Fever

1943-11-01

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Mokey

1942-04-01

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Hollywood Hotel

1938-01-15

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Dark Delusion

1947-06-24

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The Yearling

1946-12-18

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Two Against the World

1932-09-03

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The Beloved Bachelor

1931-10-23

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Smilin' Through

1922-02-13

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Daddy-Long-Legs

1919-05-11

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How Could You, Jean?

1918-06-29

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The Hoodlum

1919-08-31

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A Little Princess

1917-11-05

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Suds

1920-01-27

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Pollyanna

1920-01-18

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Through The Back Door

1921-05-05

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Little Lord Fauntleroy

1921-09-15

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The Love Light

1921-01-08

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Tess of the Storm Country

1922-11-12

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Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall

1924-05-24

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My Best Girl

1927-10-31

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The Price of Things

1930-07-02

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Two Worlds

1930-07-28

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Knowing Men

1930-02-01

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Dinty

1920-11-21

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Common Ground

1916-07-30

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Atlantic

1929-11-15

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Flaming Gold

1932-09-28

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The Past of Mary Holmes

1933-01-20

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The Road Is Fine

1929-12-20

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Sparrows

1926-09-19

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A Mormon Maid

1917-04-21

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The Honor of His House

1918-04-01

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Blackbirds

1915-10-14

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The Two Worlds

1930-09-12

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Atlantic

1930-09-26

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Two Worlds

1930-09-15

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Atlantic

1929-10-28

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Carmen

1915-10-31

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The Widow's Might

1918-01-28

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The Clown

1916-06-19

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At First Sight

1917-07-02