Motion picture studio directory and trade annual (1918)

248— CAMERAMEN MOTION PICTURE Fourth Edition ROSE, Jackson J.; b. Chicago, 1886; educ. there; early career, comm. photographer; screen career, 6 yrs. with Essanay, filmed " Graustark," " The Breaker," " Skinner's Dress Suit," "The Havoc," "The Alster Case," "The Slim Princess," "The Trufflers"; is familiar with all branches of photography. Home ad., 3141 Palmer Square, Chicago, 111.; studio ad., Commonwealth Film Co., Chicago, 111. ROSEN, Philip E.; b. Machias, Me.; educ. high schl; screen career, Edison, Universal, Fox (photographed "The Blindness of Devotion," " Unfaithful Wife," " Green-Eyed Monster," "Spider and the Fly," "Wife's Sacrifice," " Kreutzer Sonata," " Romeo and Juliet," " The Darling of Paris," " The Greatest Love"), Goldwyn ("Spreading Dawn"). Pres. of Cinema Camera Club. Home ad., Cinema Camera Club, N. Y. C; studio ad., Petrova Pictures, 796 E. 176th st, N. Y. C. ROSHER, Charles G.; studied technical and artistic photography abroad; early career, Messrs. Speaight, Ltd., Court photographers, London; screen career, Nestor, Gene Gautier, Pathe, Victory Co., Mutual (filmed the battle of Ojinaga with General Villa in Mexico), Lasky (photographed all of William C. De Mille's prods., including "Anton, the Terrible," "The Plow Girl," also "The Primrose Ring," "The Secret Game"). Ad., Lasky, Hollywood. ROSSMAN, Earl W.; b. Scotland, S. D.; educ. Dakota Wesleyan Univ. as civil engineer; early career, newspaper man and photographer; stage career, manager of N. Y. Theatre and McKinley Square Theatre, N. Y. C; screen career, Kinemacolor, Shubert, Mississippi Film, Prizma, Inc. Home ad., 121 Manhattan ave., Jersey City, N. J.; studio ad., Prizma, Jersey City, N. J. RUBINSTEIN, Irving B.; b. N. Y. C. 1892; educ. N. Y. C. pub. schls.; screen career, Independent M. P. Co., later called to% Imp, American, made features with T. Hayes Hunter, and many industrial subjects, including hist, of printing business and the fur industry; in 1911 sent by Carl Laemmle with " Doc " Willat to Havana to open first independent studio there, built and managed Ruby studios, originated by his brother, Leon G; now with Frohman, Flushing, L. I. RUCKER, Joseph T.; b. Atlanta; educ. there; early career, laboratory film work; screen career, Universal, Pathe, covering Middle West for Pathe News. Ad., home, 5824 Broadway, N. Y.; studio, Pathe, Jersey City. RUTTENBERG, Joseph; b. Russia; educ. Boston, Mass.; early career, toured Europe with Joseph Urban as cameraman; screen career, Fox Film Corp., "Blue Streak," "The Slave," "Wife Number Two," "Thou Shalt Not Steal," "The Painted Madonna." Home ad., 945 Fox St., N. Y. C; studio, Eclair, Fort Lee. N. J. SAVITT, Sam; b. Chicago, 1889; educ. there; screen^ career, Essanay, American Commercial. Hght., 5, 6; wght., 150; dark complexion, brown hair, brown eyes. Ad., studio, American Commercial, 150 W. Austin ave., Chicago. SCHAEFER, Walter F.; b. Berlin, Germany; educ. there; screen career, Pathe in Berlin (weekly and topical films), Pathe in America, Bray (filmed " Col. Heeza Liar " series, Bray Silhouette Fantasies, Bray Political Cartoons). Ad., home, 2749 W. First St., Coney Island; studio, 26 W. Twentyfifth st., N. Y. SCHELLINGER, Rial B.; member Cinema Camera Club, N. Y.; screen career, Fox ("The Mischief Maker," " Camille," "Cleopatra," "A Modern Cinderella"). Ad., home, 16 Lawrence st., Yonkers, N. Y. ; studio, Fox, Hollywood, Cal. SCHOEDSACK, G. F.; b. Council Bluffs. Iowa, 1889; screen career, American, NYMP, Keystone, Mabel Normand. Ad., home, 616 N. Benton Way, Los Angeles. SEELING, Charles Richard; b. Perth Amboy, N. J., 1895; educ. Hanover, Pa.; early career, photographer; screen career, Horsley ("The Adventures of Henry M. Stanley in Africa," "The Rajah's Sacrifice," "The Woman, the Lion, and the Man," etc.), now with Keystone. Home ad., 1868 Allesandro st., Los Angeles, Cal.; studio ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood, Cal. SEIDEN, Joseph; b. N. Y., 1891; previous career, general photographic work; screen career, NYMP, Liberty, Cort, World ("Siren's Song," "The Question," "Eternal Question," "Weakness of Strength"); rides, swims, boxes, athletic; dark hair and eyes. Hght., 5, 10; wght., 178. Ad., home, 252 Graham ave., Brooklyn; studio, Ogden Film Co., 729 Seventh ave., N. Y. SEIDMAN, Sy.; b. N. Y. C, 1890; educ. there; early career, photographer, salesman, and newspaper man; screen career, head cameraman of Educational Films; specializes in microscopic, scientific, animal and bird films. Home ad., 2725 Surf ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. SEITZ, John F.; b. Chicago; educ. there; screen career, Essanay, American, St. Louis M. P. Co. (" Ranger of Lonesome Gulch," "The Quagmire," "Whose Wife?" "Edged Tools"), American-Mutual ("A Soul for Pawn"); chemist. Ad., home, 1625 State St., Santa Barbara; studio, American; Santa Barbara. SELMAN, Richard; educ. Flushing H. S. ; screen career, lab. exp. with Lincoln and Parker Co., and New England M. P. Co. ("Land of the Rising Sun"), with H. W. Lyon for 2 years, Palace Players, Aurora ("The Waif"), B. S. Moss (" One Day "), still photog. with Edw. Warren prod. (" Weavers of Life"). Home ad., St. Paul Hotel, N. Y. C. SHELDERFER, Joseph; b. Brooklyn; early career, m. p. operator; screen career, Vitagraph (" Dust of Egypt," "A Price for Folly," "A Two-Edged Sword"), Lasky ("The Ghost House"). Ad., Cinema Camera Club, Times Bldg., N. Y. SHERMAN, E. J.; b. Chicago; early career, photo-engraving and commercial work; screen career, Selig, Reliance, Majestic (filmed "Jungle Lovers," "'Neath Calvary's Shadows," "Unto Those Who Sin"), Universal. Ad., Universal City. SIDDONS, Herbert J.; b. Rochester; educ. there; early career, in motion picture experimental dept., Eastman Kodak Co.; screen career, Vitagraph ("The Reincarnation of Karma"), Savage ("Uncle Sam at Work"), Famous ("The Sign of the Cross "). Member Cinema Camera Club. Ad., home, 21 Lawrence St., Yonkers; studio, Famous, N. Y. SIEGLER, Al.; screen career, Vitagraph, Bison, Universal ("Dumb Girl of Portici," "Where Are My Children?" "Idle Wives," "People vs. John Doe"); photographer for Smalley Feature Co. Ad., Universal City. SINTZENICH, Harold A. C; b. London, 1884; educ. Bedford. Eng.; early career, photographer; screen career, Kineto, Ltd., London ("The World, the Flesh, and the Devil"); chief photographer for Kinemacolor, London; official cinema-photographer for Govt, of Brit. Columbia; photographer for Lady Mackenzie's Big Game Hunt pictures in East Africa and Uganda, Submarine Films (" The Submarine Eve "). Ad., home, 237 W. 108th st, N. Y. SMITH, Al Ira; b. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 15, 1887; educ. Chicago Art Institute and Univ. of Tenn.; early career, cartoonist; screen career, Selig, Pathe, Gaumont and Smith Films ("Timothy," "Jitneyed," "See America First," "Alaska Wonders in Motion," etc.). Recreations, riding, swimming, painting, literary, etc. Hght.. 5, 8; wght., 149 lbs.; medium complexion, dark brown hair, brown eyes. Home ad., 131 S. Grand ave., Los Angeles, Cal.; studio ad., 303 S. Hill St., Los Angeles, Cal. SMITH, Clarence; b. Bound Brook, N. J.; screen career, asst. to M. Barlatier, advanced M. P. Corp., developer and >iill photographer. SMITH, Leonard M. ; b. Brooklyn; educ. there; screen career, Vitagraph ("One Night," "The Supreme Temptation," "Sis"). Ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood. SMITH, Will E.; b. Kingman, Kan., 1888; educ. Chicago; early career, operator in George K. Spoor's Kinodrome service; screen career, 2 yrs. cameraman with Essanay ("The Return of Eve," " The Sting of Victory," " The Chaperon," "Mary Page" serial, "Burning the Candle," etc.); specializes in double exposures. Studio ad., Essanay, 1333 Argyle St., Chicago, 111. SMITH, William Stephen, Jr.; b. 1892; screen career, began as asst. to U. S. Davis, special work in substituting miniature vessels for actual steamships (" Little Angel of Canon Creek," "Man from the Desert," "Mirage of the Desert"), special work in scenic effects, photographing autumn leaves in true colors. Ad., Vitagraph, Hollywood. SONNTAG, Emil B.; b. and educ. Chicago; screen career, cameraman Selig Polyscope Co., 8 yrs.; Rothacker Film Co., 2y2 yrs.; Amazon Film Co., 2Y2 yrs. as laboratory manager. Ad., "home, 1706 Augusta St., Chicago; studio, 1113 W. Randolph St., Chicago. SQUIRE, Harry E. ; b. New York; educ. Trinity School and Mechanics Institute; screen career, Town and Country, Paramount Pictograph, Thos. A. Edison (" Salt of the Earth,"