Phil Rosen Biography

American Film Director (1888–1951)

Philip E. Rosen (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

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

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)

References

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