MILTON ROSMER

Original 8 1/4 inch x 6 3/8 inch Portrait of MILTON ROSMER

Milton Rosmer (1881 – 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter. He made his screen debut in “The Mystery of a Hansom Cab” (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In 1926 he directed his first film “The Woman Juror” and went on to direct another 16 films between 1926 and 1938..

Snipe on the reverse states that he was playing a character part in the play THE HEART LINE at the Lyric Theatre on April 5th, 1932.

Portrait by Elwin Neame.

Stuart Elwin Neame opened his first studio at the age of 19 in Bristol, after attending the Bristol School of Art. The publication in 1905 of his portraits of Zena Dare, then on tour in Bristol, led to an invitation from Bassano’s Ltd to become their chief operator. After three years he left to set up his own studio, first at Margravine Gardens, Baron’s Court, and from 1909 at 4 Onslow Place, South Kensington. Whilst photographing contestants for the Daily Mirror beauty contest in 1908, he met his future wife and the competition winner Ivy Close, whom he helped launch as an important early British film star. A constant innovator who explored composite photography and photo-montage, Neame died aged only 37 in a motorcycle accident in Hyde Park. His son Ronald Neame briefly continued the studio before turning to film, first working with Alfred Hitchcock before establishing himself as a major film director.

The portrait, on doubleweight paper, is in very good condition.