Charles Reisner
Charles Francis Reisner (March 14, 1887 – September 24, 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 with Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.
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Charles Reisner

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- Name
- Charles Reisner
- Birth Name
- Charles Francis Reisner
- Born
- 14 March 1887
- Birthplace
- Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
- Died
- 24 September 1962
- Place of death
- La Jolla, California, U.S.
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter · director · film producer
- Languages
- English
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Charles Francis Reisner (March 14, 1887 – September 24, 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 with Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.
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Biography
He directed Buster Keaton (Keaton also co-directed it with him) in Steamboat Bill, Jr. 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.
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• Name — Charles Reisner • Birth Name — Charles Francis Reisner • Born — 14 March 1887 • Birthplace — Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. • Died — 24 September 1962 • Place of death — La Jolla, California, U.S. • Other Names — Charles Riesner • Years Active — 1916–1950 • Children — Dean Riesner
As actor
As actor
• A Dog's Life (1918) • The Kid (1921) • The Pilgrim (1923) • Hollywood (1923) • Her Temporary Husband (1923) • Breaking Into Society (1923) • Fight and Win (1924) • A Self-Made Failure (1924) • Justice of the Far North (1925)
As director
As director
• The Man on the Box (1925) • Oh! What a Nurse! (1926) • The Better 'Ole (1926) • What Every Girl Should Know (1927) • The Missing Link (1927) • The Fortune Hunter (1927) • Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) • Fools for Luck (1928) • Brotherly Love (1928) • China Bound (1929) • Noisy Neighbors (1929) • The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929) • Chasing Rainbows (1930) • Caught Short (1930) • Love in the Rough (1930) • The March of Time (1930) • Reducing (1931) • Stepping Out (1931) • Politics (1931) • Flying High (1931) • Divorce in the Family (1932) • The Chief (1933) • Whistling in the Dark (1933) • You Can't Buy Everything (1934) • The Show-Off (1934) • Student Tour (1934) • The Winning Ticket (1935) • It's in the Air (1935) • Everybody Dance (1936) • Murder Goes to College (1937) • Sophie Lang Goes West (1937) • Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937) • Winter Carnival (1939) • The Big Store (1941) • This Time for Keeps (1942) • Harrigan's Kid (1943) • Meet the People (1943) • Lost in a Harem (1944) • In This Corner (1948) • The Cobra Strikes (1948) • The Traveling Saleswoman (1950)
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1962
Charles Reisner died on 24 September 1962.
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