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- Founding member of the American Society of Cinematographers. From www.theasc.com:
“Phil Rosen was the first ASC member to give up his backward cap for a director’s chair. Born on May 8, 1888, in Russia and raised in Machias, Maine, Rosen worked as a projectionist and lab technician before becoming an $18-a-week cinematographer in 1912. He later worked at Fox and shot several of Theda Bara’s pictures. Rosen came to California in 1918 to photograph George Loane Tucker’s The Miracle Man (Mayflower-Paramount, 1919). The success of the film brought Rosen an offer to direct from Universal, and over the next 30 years he helmed some 140 films. He directed Rudolph Valentino in The Young Rajah (1922), and one of the most acclaimed films of the silent era, The Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln (1924), but more often than not, he was a director of efficient, low-budget quickies.
Rosen was also active in the formation of the Screen Directors’ Guild in 1936 and served on the board and as treasurer through 1941. He died of a heart attack on October 22, 1951.”
“Phil inherited his Rogozinsky blood thru his mother Alice nee Elke Rogozinsky -- JJacob must have married Alice in Olinka where Phil was born or nearby -- they clearly could not have been related although we have no other info on JJacob. .According to Iwona, Alice is an English equivalent for Elke.
The Mother's maiden name "Rosovsky" on the 1936 SS Applications does not bother me -- close enough. Effie and Ethel were living together and entered the same name.
Did you know that my father never once mentioned the name Rogozinsky in his lifetime?
Phil could do no better and entered "Alice Rosen". You can ignore his numerous biographies stating born in Malbork, formerly Marienburg, East Prussia. City of Malbork has removed it from their list years ago. Probably invented by his studio who preferred a city beyond the Pale.” - Lester Rosen, 5/23/2016
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Our Family History
1888 - 1951 (63 years)
