---
name: "Rose Smith"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rose-smith"
fi1m_id: "rose-smith"
imdb_id: "nm0809817"
tmdb_id: 8822
wikidata_id: "Q3941424"
roles: ["Editor"]
born: "6 March 1897"
died: "29 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 58
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T23:37:45.663281+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rose Smith

## Identity

Rose Smith

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rose-smith
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rose-smith
- **IMDb ID:** nm0809817
- **TMDB ID:** 8822
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3941424
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3941424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8822

Editor. Born 6 March 1897 in New York City. Died 29 May 1962.

## Details

- **Work:** Editor
- **Born:** 6 March 1897, New York City
- **Died:** 29 May 1962
- **Active:** 1915–1921
- **Also known as:** Rose Richtel
- **Frequently works with:** [D.W. Griffith](https://film.one/person/d-w-griffith.md), [James Smith](https://film.one/person/james-smith-8821.md), [Lillian Gish](https://film.one/person/lillian-gish.md), [Frank E. Woods](https://film.one/person/frank-e-woods.md), [Mae Marsh](https://film.one/person/mae-marsh.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3941424, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0809817/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8822

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages*](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md) (83)

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## Biography

Rose Smith was an American film editor, also credited as Rose Richtel. Born on 6 March 1897 in New York, she began working as a cutter for D.W. Griffith at the Biograph studio in New York while still young and later moved with the company to California. She collaborated frequently with her husband, editor James Smith, on Griffith's productions.

Her editing credits include *The Birth of a Nation* (1915) and *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916). She worked on other Griffith films such as *Way Down East* (1920, uncredited), *Orphans of the Storm* (1921) and *America* (1924). Smith also had one acting credit, as a dancer in *Orphans of the Storm*. She died on 29 May 1962 in Glendale, California.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, cinemontage.org.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Fi1m 83, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Fi1m 32, Editor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Public Stenographer* (1934), Editor
- *Ship of Wanted Men* (1933), Editor
- *Police Call* (1933), Editor
- *Found Alive* (1933), Editor
- *The Pay-Off* (1930), Editor
- *Black Waters* (1929), Editor
- *The Monkey Talks* (1927), Editor
- *Fig Leaves* (1926), Editor
- *America* (1924), Editor
- *Orphans of the Storm* (1921), Editor
- *Dream Street* (1921), Editor
- *Way Down East* (1920), Editor
- *Hearts of the World* (1918), Editor
- *Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages* (1916), Editor — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/intolerance-loves-struggle-throughout-the-ages.md)
- *The Birth of a Nation* (1915), Editor — Fi1m 32, [page](https://film.one/film/the-birth-of-a-nation.md)
- *The Escape* (1914), Editor

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