Hal Rosson's first brush with moviemaking was as a bit player at Brooklyn's Vitagraph studios in 1908. With virtually his entire family--including his director brother Arthur Rosson and his actress sister Helen Rosson--working in California's ever-expanding film industry, Hal himself headed west in 1912. A year later, Rosson was working at Metro Studios as an "Assistant Everything." He had next to no experience with photography, but learned quickly enough to work for director Allan Dwan as a first cameraman in 1915. During the "teen" years, Rosson held down a full-time job at an LA stockbroker's office until his movie responsibilities overwhelmed him. Throughout the 1920s, Rosson functioned as cinematographer for the lustrous likes of Josef von Sternberg, Howard Hawks, King Vidor and Cecil B. DeMille. His success hinged as much on his diplomacy as his talent; even late in life, Rosson had nothing but kind words for everyone with whom he'd worked. Like many top Hollywood cameramen, Rosson ended up marrying one of his leading ladies. From 1933 to 1935, he was the third (and last) husband of Jean Harlow. In 1936, Rosson reluctantly agreed to give Technicolor a try for the first time in his life when David O. Selznick personally demanded his services for The Garden of Allah (1936); as a result, Rosson won a special Academy Award. Before his retirement in 1967, Hal Rosson would receive four additional Oscar nominations for Boom Town (1940), Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944), The Asphalt Jungle (1950) and The Bad Seed (1956).
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El Dorado
Cinematographer |
1967 | |||
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No Time for Sergeants
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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Onionhead
Cinematographer |
1958 | |||
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The Enemy Below
Cinematographer |
1957 | |||
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The Bad Seed
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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Toward the Unknown
Cinematographer |
1956 | |||
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Pete Kelly's Blues
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
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Strange Lady in Town
Cinematographer |
1955 | |||
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Mambo
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Ulysses
Cinematographer |
1954 | |||
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Dangerous When Wet
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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I Love Melvin
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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The Actress
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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The Story of Three Loves
Cinematographer |
1953 | |||
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Love Is Better Than Ever
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Singin' in the Rain
Cinematographer |
1952 | |||
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Lone Star
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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The Red Badge of Courage
Cinematographer |
1951 | |||
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Key to the City
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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The Asphalt Jungle
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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To Please a Lady
Cinematographer |
1950 | |||
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Any Number Can Play
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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On the Town
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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The Stratton Story
Cinematographer |
1949 | |||
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Command Decision
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Homecoming
Cinematographer |
1948 | |||
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Living in a Big Way
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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The Hucksters
Cinematographer |
1947 | |||
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Duel in the Sun
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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My Brother Talks to Horses
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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No Leave, No Love
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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Three Wise Fools
Cinematographer |
1946 | |||
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An American Romance
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Between Two Women
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
Cinematographer |
1944 | |||
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Slightly Dangerous
Cinematographer |
1943 | |||
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Somewhere I'll Find You
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Tennessee Johnson
Cinematographer |
1942 | |||
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Honky Tonk
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Johnny Eager
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Men of Boys Town
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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The Penalty
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Washington Melodrama
Cinematographer |
1941 | |||
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Boom Town
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Dr. Kildare Goes Home
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Edison, the Man
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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Flight Command
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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I Take This Woman
Cinematographer |
1940 | |||
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The Wizard of Oz
Cinematographer |
1939 | |||
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A Yank at Oxford
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Too Hot to Handle
Cinematographer |
1938 | |||
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Captains Courageous
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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They Gave Him a Gun
Cinematographer |
1937 | |||
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As You Like It
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Devil Is a Sissy
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Garden of Allah
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Man Who Could Work Miracles
Cinematographer |
1936 | |||
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The Ghost Goes West
Cinematographer |
1935 | |||
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The Cat and the Fiddle
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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The Scarlet Pimpernel
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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This Side of Heaven
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Treasure Island
Cinematographer |
1934 | |||
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Bombshell
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Hell Below
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Hold Your Man
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Penthouse
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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The Barbarian
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Turn Back the Clock
Cinematographer |
1933 | |||
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Are You Listening?
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Downstairs
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Feller Needs a Friend
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Kongo
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Red Dust
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Red Headed Woman
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Tarzan, the Ape Man
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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When a Feller Needs a Friend
Cinematographer |
1932 | |||
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Men Call It Love
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Son of India
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Sporting Blood
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Cuban Love Song
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Prodigal
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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The Squaw Man
Cinematographer |
1931 | |||
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Madame Satan
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Passion Flower
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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This Mad World
Cinematographer |
1930 | |||
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Case of Lena Smith
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Frozen Justice
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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South Sea Rose
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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The Far Call
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Trent's Last Case
Cinematographer |
1929 | |||
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Aaron Slick
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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The Docks of New York
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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The Dragnet
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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Three Week-Ends
Cinematographer |
1928 | |||
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A Gentleman of Paris
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Evening Clothes
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Jim the Conqueror
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Rough House Rosie
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Service for Ladies
Cinematographer |
1927 | |||
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Almost a Lady
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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Man Bait
Cinematographer |
1926 | |||
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The Little French Girl
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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Too Many Kisses
Cinematographer |
1925 | |||
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A Society Scandal
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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Manhandled
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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Manhattan
Cinematographer |
1924 | |||
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Dark Secrets
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Garrison's Finish
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Glimpses of the Moon
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Lawful Larceny
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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Zaza
Cinematographer |
1923 | |||
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A Homespun Vamp
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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The Cradle
Cinematographer |
1922 | |||
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Buried Treasure
Cinematographer |
1921 | |||
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Polly of the Storm Country
Cinematographer |
1920 | |||
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Panthea
Cinematographer |
1917 | |||
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Oliver Twist
Cinematographer |
1916 | |||
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David Harum
Cinematographer |
1915 |






















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