Background
He was born on August 26, 1912, in Brooklyn, New New York
director Football player film producer
He was born on August 26, 1912, in Brooklyn, New New York
He studied at the University of Southern California and played college football.
Born in Brooklyn, with Jewish origins. He was an Offensive Guard who prided himself in his "needle work.". A master at taunting enemy linemen, the 6–0, 210-pound guard could back up his words, and was a vicious blocker and tackler.
He was selected for the All-America team in 1932 and 1933, and elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1966.
Following his college career, Rosenberg worked for nearly fifteen years as an assistant director at the 20th Century-Fox Film Studios. He turned to producing in the early 1950s, and produced the box office hits The Glenn Miller Story (1954), the The Benny Goodman Story (1956), as well He retired after producing Reflections of Murder for television in 1974.as Mutiny on the Bounty (1962).
Quotations: Director Budd Boetticher later called Rosenberg his "favorite producer of all time because he was so damn honest. He and I had a lot of arguments because we both wanted to make better pictures than Universal wanted us to make.".
