American cinematographer (Feb-Dec 1922)

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February 1, 1922 THE AMERICAN CINEMATOGRAPHER 23 VIRGIL E. MILLER PHILIP E. ROSEN yiRGIL E. MILLER, A. S. C, has been at Universal Studio since Mt. Lowe was a foothill and the Los Angeles River a ridge of rock. The old padres as they passed along El Camino Real used to pause and watch Virgil tuning up his old Pathe and they would remark: "That is the Senor Virgilio Molinos. Some day a great movie studio will be built up around him and he will be a famous cameraman." And so it happened. In those early days Virgil thought he wanted to be an electrician and when the studio was built up around him he became chief of the electrical department of the Universal Film Mfg. Company which position he occupied for nearly two years. Then he heard the call of the camera and went to the camera shop over which he presided for two vears before he decided finally to take up cinematography as a profession. Mr. Miller knows as much about cameras as the men who make 'em and a lot more than some men who make certain kinds of them. He is a student of and researcher in lighting effects and for a long time has been making special tests as to the actinic values of various lighting units and the economic use of the same. Since taking to the camera Mr. Miller has shot all of the Universal stars including Dorothy Phillips, Louise Lovely, Ella Hall, Mae Murray, Priscilla Dean, Ruth Cilfford, Monroe Salisbury, Herbert Rawlinson, Fritzi Brunette, Eddie Polo, Marie Walcamp, Frank Mayo, Gloria Hope, Gladys Walton, Edith Roberts, Hoot Gibson, Lyons and Moran, Breezy Eason, Lon Chaney, Jack Mulhall and many others. He has worked with Directors Elmer Clifton, Douglas Gerrard, Reaves Eason, J. P. McGowan, Albert Russell, and at present is with Hobart Henley. Mr. Miller is a university graduate and has annexed two degrees, E. E. and B. S., but his greatest honor, to hear him tell it. is that he has five fine boys. Some of his best known pictures are "Smashing Through," with Herb Rawlinson; "Wolfbreed," featuring Lon Chaney; "Pink Tights" with Gladys Walton: "Blue Sunday" with Lyons and Moran and Universal's biggest serials. pHIL E. ROSEN, A. S. C, though now a director, still has his heart in the camera. Mr. Rosen started with the old Edison company and his experience has led him into all departments of the big game called motion pictures .He was for several years a projection machine operator, has had some laboratory experience and knows the camera as well as any man that ever cranked or built one. He is naturally a pretty fair electrician — this is often a most convenient thing for a cameraman t o pack around with him. Mr. Rosen's camera experience has been prolific of notable cinema successes, his first three being "The Heart of Maryland" with Mrs. Leslie Carter; "The Soul of Broadway," featuring Valeska Suratt and "The Kreutzer Sonata" starring Nance O'Neill, these two latter being Fox productions. He filmed the five Robert Mantell pictures made by Fox and then went to Lyn Reynolds for one picture, "The Little Brother of the Rich." Following this Mr. Rosen was assigned to Theda Bara and photographed that brilliant young woman in many of her greatest productions among them being "The Two Orphans," "The Clemenceau Case," "Romeo and Juliet," "Under Two Flags," "The Hunchback of Notre Dame," "Heart and Soul," "The Tiger Woman." "Fran" with Lillian Walker; "Baby Mine" with Madge Kennedy; "The Eternal Magdalene" starring Maxine Elliott; "Spreading Dawn" featuring Jane Cowl: "Roads of Destiny" with Olga Petrova were a quintet of successes with assorted stars beautifully handled by Rosen and then came that smashing success "The Miracle Man," the late George Loane Tucker's masterpiece. This picture won directorial honors for Mr. Rosen and he was called to Universal to handle the megaphone for Marv MacLaren's "The Road to Divorce" and Anne Cornwall in "The Path She Chose." He then signed with Metro where he produced "Are All Men Alike," "The Lure of Youth;" "Extravagance" with May Allison; "The Little Lady in the Big House." Mr. Rosen directed "Handle with Care" for the Rockett Brothers and then went to Lasky's to direct Wallace Reid. With this star he has produced "The Champion" and "Across the Continent." His directorial work is ample proof of his ability to shine in this company as well as with the camera.