Harold Rosson
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Harold Rosson

Born 6 April 1895 · New York City, New York, USA · Died 6 September 1988

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).

Known for

The Wizard of Oz
Singin' in the Rain
El Dorado
The Asphalt Jungle
On the Town
The Bad Seed
Ulysses
Tarzan the Ape Man
The Enemy Below
Duel in the Sun
Captains Courageous
The Docks of New York
El Dorado
No Time for Sergeants
The Enemy Below
Toward the Unknown
The Bad Seed
Strange Lady in Town
Pete Kelly's Blues
Mambo
Ulysses
The Actress
The Story of Three Loves
Dangerous When Wet
I Love Melvin
Singin' in the Rain
Love Is Better Than Ever
Lone Star
The Red Badge of Courage
The Asphalt Jungle
Key to the City
To Please a Lady
Any Number Can Play
The Stratton Story
On the Town
Homecoming
Command Decision
Living in a Big Way
The Hucksters
Duel in the Sun
Three Wise Fools
No Leave, No Love
Between Two Women
Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
An American Romance
Slightly Dangerous
Somewhere I'll Find You
Tennessee Johnson
Johnny Eager
Washington Melodrama
Honky Tonk
Boom Town
Dr. Kildare Goes Home
I Take This Woman
The Wizard of Oz
Forgotten Victory
That Mothers Might Live
Too Hot to Handle
The Emperor's Candlesticks
They Gave Him a Gun
Captains Courageous
Double Wedding
The Devil Is a Sissy
As You Like It
The Man Who Could Work Miracles
The Ghost Goes West
The Scarlet Pimpernel
This Side of Heaven
The Cat and the Fiddle
Treasure Island
Penthouse
The Barbarian
Hold Your Man
Turn Back the Clock
Bombshell
Red Dust
Kongo
Red-Headed Woman
Downstairs
Tarzan the Ape Man
The Cuban Love Song
The Squaw Man
Men Call It Love
Sporting Blood
Son of India
Madam Satan
This Mad World
Passion Flower
Trent's Last Case
South Sea Rose
The Case of Lena Smith
The Docks of New York
Abie's Irish Rose
The Drag Net
Three Week Ends
The Sawdust Paradise
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Rough House Rosie
Evening Clothes
A Gentleman of Paris
Getting Gertie's Garter
Man Bait
Almost a Lady
Up in Mabel's Room
Too Many Kisses
A Man Must Live
Manhandled
A Society Scandal
Zaza
The Glimpses of the Moon
Big Brother
Quicksands
Through a Glass Window
Buried Treasure
The Cinema Murder
Panthea
Oliver Twist
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