James and Rose Smith

As an early woman in the film industry Rose faced scrutiny and was not credited in many movies she had worked on, including D.W. Griffith’s Intolerance and The Avenging Conscience.

The Los Angeles Times described Rose's devotion to Griffith in 1925 when they reported that she had “been a cutter for D.W. Griffith since her little girl days.”[3] The Smiths are both best known for their work at the Biograph Company, also known as the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

As editors they worked on D.W. Griffith's controversial film The Birth of a Nation.

Other films which Jimmie and Rose worked together on for Griffith included A Corner in Wheat, Abraham Lincoln, and Orphans of the Storm.

Rose had a much shorter tenure in cinema then Jimmie due to her death on May 29, 1962, at the age of 65 in Glendale, California.