Harold Rosson Biography (1895-1988)

Born in 1895, in New York City, NY; died on September 6, 1988, in Palm Beach,FL; married Jean Harlow (an actress), 1933 (divorced, 1935). Career:Cinematographer. Awards, Honors: Honorary Award (shared with W. HowardGreene), best color cinematography, 1937, for The Garden of Allah; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, color, 1940, for The Wizard of Oz; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, black and white, 1941, for Boom Town; Academy Award nomination (shared with Robert Surtees), best cinematography, black and white, 1945, for Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, black and white, 1951,for The Asphalt Jungle; Academy Award nomination, best cinematography, black and white, 1957, for The Bad Seed..

Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Occupation
Cinematographer
Birth Details
1895
New York, New York, United States
Death Details
September 6, 1988
Palm Beach, Florida, United States

Famous Works

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Cinematographer, Except Where Indicated
  • David Harum, Paramount, 1915
  • Oliver Twist, Paramount, 1916
  • The Honorable Friend, Paramount, 1916
  • Panthea, Lewis J. Selzick Enterprises, 1917
  • The American Consul, Paramount, 1917
  • Cinema Murder, Paramount, 1919
  • Polly of the Storm Country, First National Pictures, 1920
  • A Virginia Courtship, Paramount, 1921
  • Buried Treasure, Paramount, 1921
  • Everything for Sale, Paramount, 1921
  • Dark Secrets, Paramount, 1922
  • A Homespun Vamp, Paramount, 1922
  • The Cradle, Paramount, 1922
  • Through a Glass Window, 1922
  • For the Defense, Paramount, 1922
  • Zaza, Paramount, 1923
  • Quicksands, Paramount, 1923
  • Garrison's Finish, Allied Producers & Distributers, 1923
  • The Glimpses of the Moon, Paramount, 1923
  • Lawful Larceny, Paramount, 1923
  • Manhattan, 1924
  • A Society Scandal, Paramount, 1924
  • Manhandled, Paramount, 1924
  • The Story Without a Name (also known as Without Warning), Paramount, 1924
  • The Little French Girl, Paramount, 1925
  • Too Many Kisses, Paramount, 1925
  • A Man Must Live, Paramount, 1925
  • The Street of Forgotten Men, Paramount, 1925
  • Classified, First National Pictures, 1925
  • Infatuation, First National Pictures, 1925
  • Man Bait, Producers Distributing Corp., 1926
  • Up in Mabel's Room, Producers Distributing Corp., 1926
  • Almost a Lady, Producers Distributing Corp., 1926
  • For Wives Only, Producers Distributing Corp., 1926
  • Jim, the Conqueror, Producers Distributing Corp., 1927
  • Getting Gertie's Garter, Producers Distributing Corp., 1927
  • Evening Clothes, Paramount, 1927
  • Rough House Rosie, Paramount, 1927
  • Service for Ladies, Paramount, 1927
  • A Gentleman of Paris, Paramount, 1927
  • Open Range, Paramount, 1927
  • The Dragnet, Paramount, 1928
  • The Docks of New York, Paramount, 1928
  • Abie's Irish Rose, Paramount, 1928
  • Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Paramount, 1928
  • Sawdust Paradise, Paramount, 1928
  • Three Weekends (also known as Three Week Ends), Paramount,1928
  • The Case of Lena Smith, Paramount, 1929
  • Trent's Last Case, Fox Film Corporation, 1929
  • The Far Call, Fox Film Corporation, 1929
  • Frozen Justice, Fox Film Corporation, 1929
  • South Sea Rose, Fox Film Corporation, 1929
  • Passion Flower, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930
  • Hello Sister, Sono-Art World Wide Pictures, 1930
  • This Mad World, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930
  • Madam Satan (also known as Madame Satan), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1930
  • Son of India, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • The Prodigal (also known as The Southerner), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • Men Call It Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • The Cuban Love Song, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • En cada puerto un amor, Culver Export Corporation, 1931
  • Sporting Blood, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • The Squaw Man (also known as The White Man), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1931
  • Tarzan the Ape Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Kongo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Are You Listening?, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • When a Fellow Needs a Friend (also known as When a Feller Needsa Friend), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Red-Headed Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Downstairs, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Red Dust, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1932
  • Turn Back the Clock, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
  • Penthouse (also known as Crooks in Clover), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
  • Hell Below, Loew's, Inc., 1933
  • The Barbarian (also known as The Arab, Man of the Nile, and A Night in Cairo), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
  • Hold Your Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
  • Bombshell (also known as Blonde Bombshell), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1933
  • This Side of Heaven, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
  • The Cat and the Fiddle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
  • Treasure Island, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1934
  • The Scarlet Pimpernel, London Film Productions, 1934
  • The Ghost Goes West, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1935
  • As You Like It, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
  • The Devil Is a Sissy (also known as The Devil Takes the Count), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1936
  • The Emperor's Candlesticks, Loew's, Inc., 1937
  • The Man Who Could Work Miracles, United Artists, 1937
  • They Gave Him a Gun, 1937
  • Captains Courageous, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1937
  • A Yank at Oxford, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938
  • Too Hot to Handle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938
  • That Mothers Might Live, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1938
  • The Wizard of Oz, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939
  • I Take This Woman, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939
  • Flight Command, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940
  • Dr. Kildare Goes Home, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940
  • Edison, the Man, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940
  • Boom Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940
  • Washington Melodrama, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
  • Johnny Eager, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
  • Honky Tonk, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
  • The Penalty, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
  • Men of Boys Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1941
  • Tennessee Johnson (also known as The Man on America's Conscience), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942
  • Somewhere I'll Find You, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1942
  • Slightly Dangerous, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1943
  • Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
  • Between Two Women, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
  • An American Romance, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1944
  • Three Wise Fools, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
  • No Leave, No Love, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
  • My Brother Talks to Horses, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
  • Duel in the Sun, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
  • Living in a Big Way, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
  • The Hucksters, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1947
  • Homecoming, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
  • Command Decision, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1948
  • The Stratton Story, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • On the Town, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • Any Number Can Play, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
  • To Please a Lady (also known as Red Hot Wheels), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
  • Key to the City, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
  • The Asphalt Jungle, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1950
  • The Red Badge of Courage, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
  • Lone Star, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1951
  • Singin' in the Rain, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • Love Is Better Than Ever (also known as The Light Fantastic), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1952
  • I Love Melvin, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
  • The Actress, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
  • Dangerous When Wet, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1953
  • Ulisse (also known as Ulysses), Paramount, 1954
  • Mambo, Paramount, 1954
  • Strange Lady in Town, Warner Bros., 1955
  • Pete Kelly's Blues, 1955
  • Toward the Unknown (also known as Brink of Hell), 1956
  • The Bad Seed, Warner Bros., 1956
  • The Enemy Below, FOX, 1957
  • Onionhead, Warner Bros., 1958
  • No Time for Sergeants, Warner Bros., 1958
  • El Dorado, Paramount, 1967

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES

    Periodicals:
    • New York Times, September 9, 1988.*