Charles Reisner
Charles Reisner (March 14, 1887 – September 24, 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.
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| Born | March 14, 1887 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States |
| Died | September 24, 1962 (aged 75) La Jolla, California, US |
| Years active | 1916–1950 |
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.
He directed Buster Keaton in Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928). During the late 1920s, through the 1940s, Reisner was under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. 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 MGM.
Reisner died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962, at the age of 75.
Selected filmography
As Actor
- A Dog's Life (1918)
- The Kid (1921) (playing the alley bully)
- The Pilgrim (1923)
- Her Temporary Husband (1923)
- Breaking Into Society (1923)
- A Self-Made Failure (1924)
- Justice of the Far North (1925)
As Director
- A Champion Loser (1920)
- So Long Sultan (1923)
- 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)
- In This Corner (1948)
- The Cobra Strikes (1948)
- The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
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