Charles Reisner
Born: 1887-03-14 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Died: 1962-09-24
Known For: Directing
Biography
Charles "Chuck" Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s. He 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 under MGM he directed the film Chasing Rainbows a musical which starred actors Bessie Love and Charles King. He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962.
Filmography
1959
- The Chaplin Revue as Various (archive footage)
1950
- The Traveling Saleswoman ... (Director)
1948
- In This Corner ... (Director)
- The Cobra Strikes ... (Director)
1947
- Railroaded! ... (Producer)
- Bury Me Dead ... (Producer)
1944
- Meet the People ... (Director)
- Lost in a Harem ... (Director)
1943
- Harrigan's Kid ... (Director)
1942
- Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die ... (Story)
- This Time for Keeps ... (Director)
1941
- The Big Store ... (Director)
1940
- Alex in Wonderland ... (Director)
1939
- Winter Carnival ... (Director)
1937
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round ... (Director)
- Murder Goes to College ... (Director)
- Sophie Lang Goes West ... (Director)
1936
- Everybody Dance ... (Director)
1935
- It's in the Air ... (Director)
- The Winning Ticket ... (Producer)
1934
- The Show-Off ... (Director)
- Hollywood Party ... (Director)
- Student Tour ... (Director)
- You Can't Buy Everything ... (Director)
1933
- The Chief ... (Director)
- Whistling in the Dark ... (Co-Director)
1932
- Divorce In The Family ... (Director)
1931
- Reducing ... (Director)
- Politics ... (Director)
- Stepping Out ... (Director)
- Flying High ... (Director)
- The Christmas Party ... (Director)
1930
- Chasing Rainbows ... (Director)
- Caught Short ... (Director)
- Love in the Rough ... (Director)
- The March of Time ... (Director)
1929
- Manhattan Serenade ... (Songs)
- China Bound ... (Director)
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ... (Director)
1928
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. ... (Director)
- Brotherly Love ... (Director)
- Fools for Luck ... (Director)
1927
- What Every Girl Should Know ... (Director)
- The Fortune Hunter ... (Director)
- The Missing Link ... (Director)
1926
- The Better 'Ole ... (Director)
- Oh! What a Nurse! ... (Director)
1925
- The Gold Rush ... (Assistant Director)
- The Man on the Box ... (Director)
1924
- All's Swell on the Ocean as Opposition Manager
- A Self-Made Failure as Spike Malone
1923
- Hollywood as Charles Reisner
- The Pilgrim as Crook
- Her Temporary Husband as Hector
1922
- Pay Day ... (Assistant Director)
1921
- The Kid as Bully (uncredited)
- Grief
- Sunless Sunday ... (Director)
- The Idle Class ... (Assistant Director)
1918
- Shoulder Arms ... (Assistant Director)
- A Dog's Life as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
1916
- His Lying Heart as The Barber