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Charles Reisner

Actor / Film Director / Screenwriter | * 03/14/1887 († 75, 09/24/1962) | Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
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. He directed Buster Keaton (Keaton also co-directed it with him) 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. ()
Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Music

Known for these Movies & Shows

The just out of college effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was little. ...

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

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1928 | 3.9/5 | 1h 10min
Comedy, Kids & Family, Romance / Love
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An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption. ...

Flying High

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1931 | 3.0/5 | 1h 20min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Music
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Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to animals...tame or wild. ...

The Missing Link

Certification unknown

1927 | 1.0/5 | 1h 10min
Comedy
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The road-show troupe of a top Broadway show go cross-country while taking the audience along on the on-stage scenes as well as what happens and is happening back stage of the production. The spectacul ...

Chasing Rainbows

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1930 | 2.0/5 | 1h 40min
Romance / Love, Comedy, Drama
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Movies with Charles Reisner as Actor(4)

1921 Grief
as Bully (uncredited)1921 The Kid
as Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)1918 A Dog's Life
as The Barber1916 His Lying Heart

Movies with Charles Reisner as Crew(54)

Directing/Director1950 The Traveling Saleswoman
Directing/Director1948 In This Corner
Directing/Director1948 The Cobra Strikes
Production/Producer1947 Bury Me Dead
Production/Producer1947 Railroaded!
Directing/Director1944 Lost in a Harem
Directing/Director1944 Meet the People
Directing/Director1943 Harrigan's Kid
Writing/Story1942 Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Directing/Director1942 This Time for Keeps
Directing/Director1941 The Big Store
Directing/Director1940 Alex in Wonderland
Directing/Director1939 Winter Carnival
Directing/Director1937 Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Directing/Director1937 Sophie Lang Goes West
Directing/Director1937 Murder Goes to College
Directing/Director1936 Everybody Dance
Directing/Director1935 The Winning Ticket
Production/Producer1935 The Winning Ticket
Directing/Director1935 It's in the Air
Directing/Director1934 Student Tour
Directing/Director1934 Hollywood Party
Directing/Director1934 You Can't Buy Everything
Directing/Director1934 The Show-Off
Directing/Co-Director1933 Whistling in the Dark
Directing/Director1933 The Chief
Directing/Director1932 Divorce In The Family
Directing/Director1931 Politics
Directing/Director1931 Reducing
Directing/Director1931 Stepping Out
Directing/Director1931 The Christmas Party
Directing/Director1931 Flying High
Writing/Adaptation1931 Flying High
Directing/Director1930 The March of Time
Directing/Director1930 Caught Short
Directing/Director1930 Love in the Rough
Directing/Director1930 Chasing Rainbows
Writing/Dialogue1930 Chasing Rainbows
Directing/Director1929 The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Directing/Director1928 Brotherly Love
Directing/Director1928 Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Directing/Director1928 Fools for Luck
Directing/Director1927 The Missing Link
Writing/Story1927 The Missing Link
Directing/Director1926 The Better 'Ole
Writing/Screenplay1926 The Better 'Ole
Directing/Assistant Director1925 The Gold Rush
Directing/Director1925 The Man on the Box
Directing/Assistant Director1922 Pay Day
Directing/Assistant Director1921 The Kid
Directing/Assistant Director1921 The Idle Class
Directing/Director1921 Sunless Sunday
Directing/Assistant Director1918 A Dog's Life
Directing/Assistant Director1918 Shoulder Arms

Full Name: Charles Reisner
Born: Monday, 03/14 1887 (March) in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States of America (USA))
Died: Monday, 09/24 1962 (September) in La Jolla (aged: 75)
Zodiac sign: Pisces (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Children: Dean Riesner
Other names for Charles Reisner (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Charles F. Reisner"
Charles Reisner frequently works together with these people:
Charlie Chaplin (34x, Crew)
Robert E. Hopkins (11x, Crew)
Cedric Gibbons (10x, Crew)
Douglas Shearer (7x, Crew)
William S. Gray (7x, Crew)
Marie Dressler (7x, Actress)
Tom McGuire (7x, Actor)
Polly Moran (7x, Actress)
Dean Riesner (6x, Crew)
Henry Bergman (6x, Actor)
Roland Totheroh (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:685967, Added: 10/29/2018, Last updated: 03/29/2024