Phil Rosen
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Phil Rosen was an American film director
and cinematographer
. He directed 142 films between 1915
and 1949
.
He was born in Marienburg, West Prussia
(now Malbork
, Poland
) and died in Hollywood, California. He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers
. Rosen was married to model/actress/interpretive dancer supreme, Joyzelle Joyner.
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
and cinematographer
Cinematographer
A cinematographer is one photographing with a motion picture camera . The title is generally equivalent to director of photography , used to designate a chief over the camera and lighting crews working on a film, responsible for achieving artistic and technical decisions related to the image...
. He directed 142 films between 1915
1915 in film
The year 1915 in film involved some significant events.-Events:* February 8 : D.W Griffith's The Birth of a Nation premieres at Clune's Auditorium Los Angeles and breaks box office and film length records, running at a total length of 3 hrs 10 minutes.* June 18 : The Motion Picture Directors...
and 1949
1949 in film
The year 1949 in film involved some significant events.-Top grossing films :- Awards :Academy Awards:*Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff, starring Bud Abbott and Lou Costello...
.
He was born in Marienburg, West Prussia
West Prussia
West Prussia was a province of the Kingdom of Prussia from 1773–1824 and 1878–1919/20 which was created out of the earlier Polish province of Royal Prussia...
(now Malbork
Malbork
Malbork is a town in northern Poland in the Żuławy region , with 38,478 inhabitants . Situated in the Pomeranian Voivodeship since 1999, it was previously assigned to Elbląg Voivodeship...
, Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
) and died in Hollywood, California. He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers
American Society of Cinematographers
The American Society of Cinematographers is an educational, cultural, and professional organization. It is not a labor union, and it is not a guild. Membership is by invitation and is extended only to directors of photography and special effects experts with distinguished credits in the film...
. Rosen was married to model/actress/interpretive dancer supreme, Joyzelle Joyner.
Filmography
- The Spreading DawnThe Spreading DawnThe Spreading Dawn is a 1917 silent film drama produced by Samuel Goldwyn in his first year of producing independently in his own studio and starring Broadway stage star Jane Cowl in her second and final silent. It was directed by Laurence Trimble, the then husband of Cowl's stage writing partner...
(1917) - The Double Hold-UpThe Double Hold-UpThe Double Hold-Up is a 1919 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Josephine Hill* Madge Hunt* Clark Comstock* Charles Brinley* Robert Walker* Harry Schumm...
(1919) - The Jay BirdThe Jay BirdThe Jay Bird is a 1920 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson....
(1920) - West Is BestWest Is BestWest Is Best is a 1920 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Josephine Hill* William Lloyd* Ah Wing* H. H. Pattee - * Harry Schumm* C. E. Anderson...
(1920) - Roarin' DanRoarin' DanRoarin' Dan is a 1920 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson....
(1920) - The Sheriff's OathThe Sheriff's OathThe Sheriff's Oath is a 1920 short Western film directed by Phil Rosen and featuring Hoot Gibson. The film was produced and distributed by Universal Pictures.-Cast:* Hoot Gibson* Arthur Mackley* Martha Mattox* Josephine Hill...
(1920) - Across the ContinentAcross the ContinentAcross the Continent is a silent film released by Paramount Pictures in June 1922. It was one of star Wallace Reid's last films before his death on 18 January 1923...
(1922) - The Young RajahThe Young RajahThe Young Rajah is a 1922 silent film starring Rudolph Valentino. The film was based on the book Amos Judd by John Ames Mitchell.-Plot:...
(1922) - The Phantom in the HouseThe Phantom in the HouseThe Phantom in the House is a 1929 American film directed by Phil Rosen.- Cast :*Ricardo Cortez as Paul Wallis*Nancy Welford as Dorothy Milburn*Henry B. Walthall as Boyd Milburn*Grace Valentine as Peggy Milburn*Jack Curtis as "Biffer" Bill...
(1929) - The Devil's Mate (1933) (remade by Rosen as I Killed That ManI Killed That ManI Killed That Man is a 1941 American film directed by Phil Rosen that was a remake of his 1933 film The Devil's Mate.- Plot summary :The film begins with a disparate group of individuals in a room; some are gambling, some are drinking coffee, others are chatting as if at a party. Curtains are...
(1941)) - The SphinxThe Sphinx (1933 film)The Sphinx is a 1933 American film directed by Phil Rosen.The film was remade as Phantom Killer in 1942.- Cast :*Lionel Atwill as Jerome Breen*Sheila Terry as Jerry Crane*Theodore Newton as Jack Burton...
remade by Rosen as Phantom Killer (1942)) - A Lost LadyA Lost Lady (film)A Lost Lady is a 1934 American dramatic film directed by Alfred E. Green and Phil Rosen, and starring by Barbara Stanwyck, Frank Morgan, and Ricardo Cortez...
(1934) - Queen of the YukonQueen of the YukonQueen Of The Yukon is a 1940 American western film. The film is an adaptation of Jack London's story. Filming took place in Big Bear Lake, California.-Plot:...
(1940) - Phantom of ChinatownPhantom of ChinatownPhantom of Chinatown is a 1940 Chinese American mystery film directed by Phil Rosen starring Keye Luke.-Plot:In the middle of a pictorial lecture on his recent expedition to the Mongolian Desert, Dr. John Benton the famous explorer, drinks from the water bottle on his lecture table, collapses and...
(1940) - The Deadly GameThe Deadly GameThe Deadly Game is a thriller starring Charles Farrell. The film was written by Wellyn Tottman and directed by Phil Rosen, and was Farrell's fifty-third and final movie appearance; he would reemerge more than a decade later on television as the lead in My Little Margie.-External links:*...
(1941) - Spooks Run WildSpooks Run WildSpooks Run Wild is a 1941 film and the seventh film in the East Side Kids series, starring Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Bobby Jordan. Released in 1941, it was directed by Phil Rosen, in his first and only outing in the series, and produced by Sam Katzman . It is based on an original...
(1941) - Captain Tugboat AnnieCaptain Tugboat AnnieCaptain Tugboat Annie is a 1945 second sequel to the classic Tugboat Annie , this time starring Jane Darwell as Annie and Edgar Kennedy as Horatio Bullwinkle. The movie was directed by Phil Rosen....
(1945)