Milton Rosmer

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Milton Rosmer , born Arthur Milton Lunt , (born November 4, 1881 in Southport , United Kingdom , † December 7, 1971 in Chesham ) was a British actor and film director .

Live and act

Rosmer began his theater career in 1899 with Osmond Tearle's Shakespeare Company, with whom he toured the whole of Great Britain. Rosmer's early Shakespeare roles include Romeo, Oberon, Mark Antony, and Orlando. Resident in London since 1903, Rosmer worked in the Hampstead district at the Everyman Theater both as an actor and as a director. For a time he was also director of the Shakespeare Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon . Theater guest appearances have taken him to the United States and Canada . His later theatrical successes include the play “ Twelve Miles Out ” in 1927 and the crime show “ Gaslight ” in 1939 .

From 1915 onwards, film began to play a central role in Milton Rosmer's artistic career. By the early 1920s, the actor developed into a popular character mime, especially in crime stories, literary adaptations and dramas. In 1920 he played Heathcliff in the first film adaptation of Storm Heights . From 1926 onwards, Rosmer turned to film directing for around a decade. He often staged in collaboration with a colleague. In 1930 a film adaptation of the Dreyfus affair was made , in 1935 a British version of Erich Kästner's classic children 's book Emil and the Detectives and in 1937 the English version of Luis Trenker's drama about the first ascent of the Matterhorn Der Berg ruft , here under the title " The Challenge ". From 1938 Rosmer returned for another ten years as a character supporting actor in front of the camera. After his film career ended in 1948, Milton Rosmer played in several television films until 1956 and also turned back to the theater: For example, he was seen in the 1953 London premiere of Agatha Christie's crime and court drama " Witness for the Prosecution ".

Filmography

as an actor (until 1948 in movies, then in television productions):

  • 1915: The Mystery of a Hansom Cab
  • 1915: Still Waters Run Deep
  • 1916: Cynthia in the Wilderness
  • 1916: The Greater Need
  • 1916: Lady Wintermere's fan
  • 1916: The Man Without a Soul
  • 1917: Little Women
  • 1919: The Chinese Puzzle
  • 1919: The Odds Against Her
  • 1920: Wuthering Heights
  • 1920: The Golden Web
  • 1920: Torn Sails
  • 1920: The Will
  • 1921: Demos
  • 1921: The Woman of No Importance ( A Woman of No Importance )
  • 1921: General John Regan
  • 1922: The Pointing Finger
  • 1923: A Gamble With Hearts
  • 1924: The Shadow of Egypt
  • 1929: High Treason
  • 1930: The 'W' Plan
  • 1933: Grand Prix
  • 1934: The Phantom Light
  • 1937: South Riding
  • 1938: Beyond Our Horizon
  • 1939: Goodbye Mr. Chips ( Goodbye Mr. Chips )
  • 1939: The Lion Has Wings
  • 1939: The Stars Look Down ( The Stars Look Down )
  • 1940: Dangerous Comment
  • 1941: Atlantic Ferry
  • 1941: The hatter and his castle ( Hatter's Castle )
  • 1941: Banana Ridge
  • 1946: Daybreak
  • 1947: Frieda
  • 1947: Adventure in Brazil ( The End of the River )
  • 1948: The Monkey's Paw
  • 1948: Experts from the Back Room ( The Small Back Room )
  • 1949: The Governess
  • 1950: Twelve Thousand
  • 1952: Pride and Prejudice (television multipart)
  • 1953: Badger's Green
  • 1954: John Wesley
  • 1955: Othello
  • 1956: The Scarlet Pimpernel

as (co-) director:

  • 1926: Screen Playlets (short film series)
  • 1928: Balaclava (also co-script)
  • 1930: PC Josser
  • 1930: Dreyfus
  • 1931: Many Waters
  • 1931: The Perfect Lady
  • 1932: After the Ball
  • 1933: Channel Crossing
  • 1934: The Secret of the Loch
  • 1935: Emil and the Detectives
  • 1935: The Guv'nor
  • 1936: Everything is Thunder
  • 1937: The Great Barrier (also co-script)
  • 1938: The Challenge (also co-script)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 6: N - R. Mary Nolan - Meg Ryan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 635.

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personal data
SURNAME Rosmer, Milton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lunt, Arthur Milton (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor and film director
DATE OF BIRTH November 4, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Southport , UK
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1971
Place of death Chesham , UK