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

René Guissart is not smiling because he is in London. This picture was taken in Hollywood.

As his name would indicate, René Guissart is of French extraction, but he has been in America long enough to feel at home and he rather likes his Uncle Sam. He has been a member of the A. S. C. for several years and, like the other French members of the Society, he has always reflected credit upon it. Mr. Guissart is another of the silent brothers — he will talk, but not about Guissart, and that makes it difficult for the patient biographer. So far as the poor, down-trodden writer can learn, René’s first notable work in this country as a cinematographer was “My Lady’s Garter,” a Paramount production directed by Maurice Tourneur.

This was followed by “The County Fair,” “Harriet and the Piper,” The Butterfly Girl with Marjorie Daw, and “Treasure Island,” all Tourneur productions.

He photographed “Sowing the Wind” and The Yellow Typhoon with Anita Stewart, and then went to Bessie Barriscale for The Breaking Point.

“The Lying Truth,” a Marion Fairfax production, followed, and then Mr. Guissart was called to London by Harley Knoles Productions where he now is acting as chief cinematographer in the Knoles production of “The Bohemian Girl.”

Mr. Guissart is trained in all departments of the photographic profession and a bright future seems in store for him.

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Collection: American Cinematographer, February 1922

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