Maxwell Karger

Maxwell Karger
Born January 17, 1879
Cincinnati, Ohio US
Died May 5, 1922
On a train between New York and Fort Wayne, Indiana
Resting place Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Los Angeles California
Occupation Film producer and director
Years active ?–1922
Spouse(s) Anne Florence (née Conley) Karger
Children 1
Motion Picture World, 1919
Karger with actress May Allison, 1919

Maxwell Karger (1879–1922)[1] was an important movie producer and motion picture director during the silent film era of the 1910s. His approach to making pictures was similar to contemporary Thomas H. Ince. Both died relatively young but where Ince is remembered for his streamlined productions and circumstances surrounding his death, Karger is completely forgotten today. Karger was a founder of Rolfe Photoplays in New York but later worked primarily at the Metro Pictures studios and was later a personal assistant to Rudolph Valentino. His son Fred Karger (1916-1979) was a voice coach at Columbia Pictures and was the fourth and final husband of actress Jane Wyman after her marriage to Ronald Reagan ended.

Selected filmography

As director

As producer

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