Harold Rosson

Personal Info

Know For

Camera

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-04-06 (93 years old)

Deathday

1988-09-06

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Harold Rosson

Biography

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 Haru...

Acting

1993

Harlow: The Blonde Bombshell

as Self (archive footage)

Production

1939

The Wizard of Oz

as Director of Photography

1928

The Docks of New York

as Director of Photography

1934

The Scarlet Pimpernel

as Director of Photography

1966

El Dorado

as Director of Photography

1933

Penthouse

as Director of Photography

1941

Johnny Eager

as Director of Photography

1928

Abie's Irish Rose

as Director of Photography

1943

Slightly Dangerous

as Director of Photography

1932

Red Dust

as Director of Photography

1950

The Asphalt Jungle

as Director of Photography

1929

Frozen Justice

as Cinematography

1947

Living in a Big Way

as Director of Photography

1927

Open Range

as Cinematography

1919

The Cinema Murder

as Director of Photography

1929

Trent's Last Case

as Director of Photography

1930

Madam Satan

as Director of Photography

1932

Kongo

as Director of Photography

1936

The Devil Is a Sissy

as Director of Photography

1946

Duel in the Sun

as Director of Photography

1934

This Side of Heaven

as Director of Photography

1934

The Cat and the Fiddle

as Director of Photography

1933

The Barbarian

as Director of Photography

1931

The Squaw Man

as Director of Photography

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as Director of Photography

1937

The Emperor's Candlesticks

as Director of Photography

1931

The Cuban Love Song

as Director of Photography

1933

Bombshell

as Director of Photography

1930

This Mad World

as Director of Photography

1933

Hold Your Man

as Director of Photography

1946

Three Wise Fools

as Director of Photography

1933

Turn Back the Clock

as Director of Photography

1927

Rough House Rosie

as Director of Photography

1944

An American Romance

as Director of Photography

1930

Passion Flower

as Director of Photography

1926

Almost a Lady

as Director of Photography

1936

As You Like It

as Director of Photography

1944

Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo

as Director of Photography

1937

They Gave Him a Gun

as Director of Photography

1953

The Actress

as Director of Photography

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as Cinematography

1931

Men Call It Love

as Director of Photography

1941

Washington Melodrama

as Director of Photography

1940

Boom Town

as Director of Photography

1932

Downstairs

as Director of Photography

1956

Toward the Unknown

as Director of Photography

1937

Captains Courageous

as Director of Photography

1932

Tarzan the Ape Man

as Director of Photography

1923

Dark Secrets

as Director of Photography

1946

No Leave, No Love

as Director of Photography

1937

Double Wedding

as Director of Photography

1929

South Sea Rose

as Director of Photography

1957

The Enemy Below

as Director of Photography

1917

The American Consul

as Director of Photography

1931

Sporting Blood

as Director of Photography

1925

The Little French Girl

as Cinematography

1952

Singin' in the Rain

as Director of Photography

1948

Homecoming

as Director of Photography

1926

Up in Mabel's Room

as Director of Photography

1931

Love in Every Port

as Cinematography

1934

Treasure Island

as Director of Photography

1935

The Ghost Goes West

as Director of Photography

1936

The Man Who Could Work Miracles

as Director of Photography

1940

Dr. Kildare Goes Home

as Director of Photography

1917

Panthea

as Director of Photography

1950

Key to the City

as Director of Photography

1954

Mambo

as Director of Photography

1953

The Story of Three Loves

as Director of Photography

1916

Oliver Twist

as Director of Photography

1950

To Please a Lady

as Director of Photography

1947

The Hucksters

as Director of Photography

1942

Somewhere I'll Find You

as Director of Photography

1949

Any Number Can Play

as Director of Photography

1949

The Stratton Story

as Director of Photography

1940

I Take This Woman

as Director of Photography

1949

On the Town

as Director of Photography

1924

Manhandled

as Director of Photography

1929

The Far Call

as Cinematography

1956

The Bad Seed

as Director of Photography

1953

Dangerous When Wet

as Director of Photography

1938

That Mothers Might Live

as Director of Photography

1954

Ulysses

as Director of Photography

1923

Zaza

as Director of Photography

1952

Love Is Better Than Ever

as Director of Photography

1927

Evening Clothes

as Director of Photography

1923

The Glimpses of the Moon

as Director of Photography

1948

Command Decision

as Director of Photography

1952

Lone Star

as Director of Photography

1955

Strange Lady in Town

as Director of Photography

1951

The Red Badge of Courage

as Director of Photography

1945

Between Two Women

as Director of Photography

1939

Forgotten Victory

as Director of Photography

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Director of Photography

1953

I Love Melvin

as Director of Photography

1928

The Drag Net

as Director of Photography

1929

The Case of Lena Smith

as Director of Photography

1927

A Gentleman of Paris

as Director of Photography

1931

Son of India

as Director of Photography

1925

Too Many Kisses

as Director of Photography

1921

Buried Treasure

as Director of Photography

1938

Too Hot to Handle

as Director of Photography

1927

Man Bait

as Director of Photography

1928

Three Week Ends

as Director of Photography

1928

The Sawdust Paradise

as Director of Photography

1927

Getting Gertie's Garter

as Director of Photography

1928

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Director of Photography

1927

Service for Ladies

as Director of Photography

1925

A Man Must Live

as Director of Photography

1924

Manhattan

as Cinematography

1920

Heliotrope

as Camera Operator

1955

Pete Kelly's Blues

as Director of Photography

1923

Big Brother

as Director of Photography

1941

Honky Tonk

as Director of Photography

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