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

Georges Rizard, A. S. C, is so reticent that he refuses to tell what happened in France before he decided to become a nephew of Uncle Sam, but by grapeonic radio we learn that M. Rizard knew a lot of photography before he bade bonjour to La Belle France.

He was therefore ready for the job that Pathé Frères had ready for him when he landed in New York and he has seldom been at liberty since. That was eleven years ago that M. Rizard carried his kit into the Jersey studio of Pathé and he remained there eighteen months at work, for the most part on serials in the production of which Pathé were the pioneers and have filmed more of them than all other producers combined.

M. Rizard then came to the Pathé West Coast studios where he remained two years photographing westerns under direction of James Young Deer. He went with Max Figman’s Masterpiece Film Company for six months during which time he filmed “The Hoosier Schoolmaster” and other features. When he finished with Figman he signed with Balboa where he spent four busy years in association with Directors Henry King, Sherwood Macdonald, Bertram Bracken, Henry Otto and others.

He photographed Baby Marie Osborne in some of her classics and filmed also features starring Lillian Lorraine, Ruth Roland, Jackie Saunders, Gloria Joy and many others.

After Balboa passed M. Rizard went to Astra for a season and then to the American at Santa Barbara where he helped to make William Russell, Margarita Fischer, Gail Kane, Mary Miles Minter and other American stars famous.

Following his American sojourn he joined Charles Ray which affiliation he still maintains. With Ray he has photographed The Old Swimmin’ Hole, “Scrap Iron,” “Two Minutes to Go” and all of this star’s more recent releases.

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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922

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