Charles Reisner
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Born |
March 14, 1887 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
Died |
September 24, 1962 (aged 75) La Jolla, California |
Cause of death | Heart attack |
Years active | 1916 - 1950 |
Charles Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
The German American directed over 60 films between 1920 and 1950 and acted in over 20 films between 1916 and 1929. He starred alongside Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.
In 1930, he directed Chasing Rainbows, a musical which starred Bessie Love and Charles King. He directed The Big Store (1941), the Marx Brothers' last film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962.
Selected filmography
As Actor
- The Kid (1921) (playing the alley bully)
- Her Temporary Husband (1923)
- Breaking Into Society (1923)
- A Self-Made Failure (1924)
As Director
- A Champion Loser (1920)
- The Man on the Box (1925)
- The Better 'Ole (1926)
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- Brotherly Love (1928)
- China Bound (1929)
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
- Chasing Rainbows (1930)
- The March of Time (1930)
- Reducing (1931)
- Stepping Out (1931)
- Politics (1931)
- Flying High (1931)
- You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
- The Winning Ticket (1935)
- Everybody Dance (1936)
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
- The Big Store (1941)
- Lost in a Harem (1944)
- The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
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