Phil Rosen

Philip E. Rosen^[1] (May 8, 1888 – October 22, 1951) was an American film director and cinematographer. He directed more than 140 films between 1915 and 1949.

A photo by Nelson Evans of Rosen in 1921

Phil Rosen
Phil Rosen (1920)
Born	(1888-05-08)May 8, 1888 Marienburg, German Empire
Died	October 22, 1951(1951-10-22) (aged 63) Hollywood, California
Occupations	Film director, cinematographer
Years active	1915–1949
Title	ASC Founding Member President 1918 to 1921

He was born in Marienburg, German Empire (now, Malbork, Poland),^[2] grew up in Machias, Maine, and died in Hollywood, California, of a heart attack.^[3] He was one of the founders of the American Society of Cinematographers.^[4] Rosen was married to model and actress Joyzelle Joyner.

Rosen was meant to direct The Mad Dog of Europe, a film written by Herman J. Mankiewicz with Rudolph Hitler as its central character, but the film was never made.^[5]

Selected filmography

• The Heart of Maryland (1915)
• Sin (1915)
• Blazing Love (1916)
• Romeo and Juliet (1916)
• Her Greatest Love (1917)
• Heart and Soul (1917)
• The Spreading Dawn (1917)
• The Double Hold-Up (1919)
• The Jay Bird (1920)
• West Is Best (1920)
• The Greatest Love (1920)
• Under Crimson Skies (1920)
• Roarin' Dan (1920)
• The Sheriff's Oath (1920)
• The Road to Divorce (1920)
• Are All Men Alike? (1920)
• The Path She Chose (1920)
• The Road to Divorce (1920)
• Ladies Must Live (1921)
• The Lure of Youth (1921)
• The Little Fool (1921)
• Extravagance (1921)
• Across the Continent (1922)
• The Bonded Woman (1922)
• The Young Rajah (1922)
• Handle with Care (1922)
• Abraham Lincoln (1924)
• The Heart of a Siren (1925)
• The White Monkey (1925)
• Wandering Footsteps (1925)
• The Adorable Deceiver (1926)
• Rose of the Tenements (1926)
• A Woman's Heart (1926)
• California or Bust (1927)
• The Cancelled Debt (1927)
• Closed Gates (1927)
• The Woman Who Did Not Care (1927)
• Stolen Pleasures (1927)
• In the First Degree (1927)
• Pretty Clothes (1927)
• Thumbs Down (1927)
• Stranded (1927)
• Undressed (1928)
• Burning Up Broadway (1928)
• The Apache (1928)
• Modern Mothers (1928)
• The Branded Man (1928)
• The Phantom in the House (1929)
• The Faker (1929)
• The Rampant Age (1930)
• Second Honeymoon (1930)
• Alias – the Bad Man (1931)
• The Pocatello Kid (1931)
• Two Gun Man (1931)
• Self Defense (1932)
• Young Blood (1932)
• Whistlin' Dan (1932)
• The Gay Buckaroo (1932)
• A Man's Land (1932)
• Devil's Mate (1933) remade by Rosen as I Killed That Man (1941)
• The Sphinx (1933) remade by Rosen as Phantom Killer (1942)
• Shadows of Sing Sing (1933)
• Hold the Press (1933)
• Black Beauty (1933)
• A Lost Lady (1934)
• Woman in the Dark (1934)
• Little Men (1934)
• Forbidden Territory (1934)
• Take the Stand (1934)
• Beggars in Ermine (1934)
• Dangerous Corner (1934)
• The Unwelcome Stranger (1935)
• Ellis Island (1936)
• Three of a Kind (1936)
• Roaring Timber (1937)
• The Marines Are Here (1938)
• Missing Evidence (1939)
• Ex-Champ (1939)
• Queen of the Yukon (1940)
• Phantom of Chinatown (1940)
• The Deadly Game (1941)
• Spooks Run Wild (1941)
• Roar of the Press (1941)
• Paper Bullets (1941)
• The Man with Two Lives (1942)
• The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)
• A Gentle Gangster (1943)
• Charlie Chan in the Secret Service (1944)
• Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat (1944)
• Charlie Chan in Black Magic (1944)
• Charlie Chan in Red Dragon (1945)
• Charlie Chan in the Scarlet Clue (1945)
• Charlie Chan in the Jade Mask (1945)
• Captain Tugboat Annie (1945)
• In Old New Mexico (1945)
• The Shadow Returns (1946)
• The Strange Mr. Gregory (1946)
• Step by Step (1946)
• The Secret of St. Ives (1949)