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
- Bury Me Dead ... (Producer)
- Railroaded! ... (Producer)
1944
- Lost in a Harem ... (Director)
- Meet the People ... (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
- Sophie Lang Goes West ... (Director)
- Murder Goes to College ... (Director)
- Manhattan Merry-Go-Round ... (Director)
1936
- Everybody Dance ... (Director)
1935
- It's in the Air ... (Director)
- The Winning Ticket ... (Producer)
1934
- Hollywood Party ... (Director)
- Student Tour ... (Director)
- The Show-Off ... (Director)
- You Can't Buy Everything ... (Director)
1933
- The Chief ... (Director)
- Whistling in the Dark ... (Co-Director)
1932
- Divorce In The Family ... (Director)
1931
- Politics ... (Director)
- The Christmas Party ... (Director)
- Reducing ... (Director)
- Stepping Out ... (Director)
- Flying High ... (Director)
1930
- Caught Short ... (Director)
- Love in the Rough ... (Director)
- Chasing Rainbows ... (Director)
- The March of Time ... (Director)
1929
- China Bound ... (Director)
- The Hollywood Revue of 1929 ... (Director)
- Noisy Neighbors ... (Director)
- Manhattan Serenade ... (Songs)
1928
- Steamboat Bill, Jr. ... (Director)
- Brotherly Love ... (Director)
- Fools for Luck ... (Director)
1927
- The Fortune Hunter ... (Director)
- What Every Girl Should Know ... (Director)
- The Missing Link ... (Director)
1926
- The Better 'Ole ... (Director)
- Oh! What a Nurse! ... (Director)
1925
- The Man on the Box as Badkoff
- Justice of the Far North as Mike Burke
1924
- Fight and Win as Chuck - Opposition Manager
- A Self-Made Failure as Spike Malone
- All's Swell on the Ocean as Opposition Manager
1923
- The Pilgrim as Crook
- Her Temporary Husband as Hector
- Hollywood as Charles Reisner
1922
- Pay Day ... (Assistant Director)
1921
- The Kid as Bully (uncredited)
- Grief
- The Idle Class ... (Assistant Director)
- Happy Daze ... (Director)
- Sunless Sunday ... (Director)
1918
- A Dog's Life as Employment Agency Clerk / Drummer (uncredited)
- Shoulder Arms ... (Assistant Director)
1916
- His Lying Heart as The Barber