Arthur Edeson — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922) 🇺🇸

Arthur Edeson, A. S. C, who is called by the members the Beau Brummell of the Society, had nine years’ experience in portrait studios in New York before he turned to cinematography as a profession. He had two years of chemistry and two in the laboratory before he was given a chance with the camera by the old Éclair Film Company of New York, thirteen years ago, so you see Mr. Edeson has a first–class equipment for his profession and he has used it to advantage in keeping at the front.

Mr. Edeson’s most talked of picture is Fairbanks’ The Three Musketeers, but he had achieved great success with Clara Kimball Young before joining the acrobatic Douglas [Douglas FAirbanks Sr.]. Miss Young never looked better than when before Edeson’s camera and that probably accounts for his recall to the Young company after finishing The Three Musketeers.

Some of Mr. Edeson’s best known pictures with Miss Young are “Cheating Cheaters,” “Eyes of Youth,” “The Forbidden Woman,” For the Soul of Rafael, “Mid Channel,” “Hush.”

Madge Kennedy also owes much to Mr. Edeson’s artistry. He made her look charming in “Baby Mine” and “Nearly Married.”

Mr. Edeson’s slogan is: “Be silent, watchful and turn the crank” and this is a good rule of conduct not only for cameramen but for any profession or business. It is his way of saying: “Shut up — and saw wood.”

Mr. Edeson has just finished a production with Clara Kimball Young and is on vacation in the East awaiting orders for the next.

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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922

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