Shirley C. Burden; Photo Essayist, Cinematographer

Shirley C. Burden, 80, a producer in the early days of Hollywood who later became known for his still photographs in several national magazines and in such museums as the Museum of Modern Art in New York. After working as an assistant producer on “The Silent Enemy” and “She” in the late 1920s and early ‘30s, he produced training films for the military during World War II and after the war did photographic essays on American subjects including Ellis Island. Burden was former president of the old Memorial Medical Center of California and more recently served on the governing board of trustees of the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. He was the author of several books, the most recent being “The Mary I Love,” which is scheduled for fall publication. En route from Los Angeles to New York City on Saturday of Lou Gehrig’s disease.