Charles Rosher — Little Close-Ups of the A. S. C. (1922)

Charles G. Rosher, A. S. C, has been with America’s Sweetheart so long that one cannot imagine anyone else behind the camera when Mary [Mary Pickford] acts in the movies. There’s a reason, no doubt, for Mary is not only the headline actress of the screen, at least so far as this world is concerned, but she is also the smartest business woman in Filmania.

Anyhow Charles G. [Charles Rosher] has been at the crank ever since Mary made “Love Light” and that seems a long time ago, doesn’t it? Then came “Suds,” Pollyanna and Through the Back Door after which Mr. Rosher was given leave of absence to picturize Dinty for Marshall Neilan. This was while Mary was getting ready to produce Little Lord Fauntleroy. When the extensive research and preparation for this production was ready Mr. Rosher carried his camera back to the Brunton lot and photographed Mary’s masterpiece which was particularly mentioned for its photography.

The American Cinematographer has been asked many times how Mr. Rosher succeeded in making Mary look taller as Dearest than she did as the Little Lord, but Mr. Rosher will have to answer that when he returns from Italy where he was called to film a great production for an Italian company. He is expected to return to America in time to film Mary’s next picture, a new picturization of what many critics have pronounced her finest acting vehicle, Tess of the Storm Country.

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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922

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