Richard A. Rowland

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Richard A. Rowland (December 8, 1880 – May 12, 1947) was an American studio executive and film producer.

Career

Born in

In 1919, when

Rowland played a key role in the setting of standards and improving the speed of movie projection to improve the quality of the experience as a member of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers, later the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).

Later years and death

Later in life, he was a professor at Columbia University, where he wrote several academic articles on the role that film played in modern culture. In one of his essays, titled American Classic, he argues that Marx Brothers films are classics that will stand the test of time.

Rowland died on May 12, 1947, in New York City. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Rowland has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1541 Vine Street.

Filmography

References

• James Mottram, The Sundance Kids: How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood (Faber, 2006)
• Tino Balio, The American Film Industry: a Reader revised 2nd Edition (University of Wisconsin Press, 1985) pp. 319
• Wes D. Gehring, The Marx Brothers: a Bio-Bibliography (Greenwood Publishing Group, 1987) pp 177.
• Richard Rowland, 'American Classic', Hollywood Quarterly (April 1947) Vol. 2, No. 3

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