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Charles Reisner
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Reisner in 1926
Born
Charles Francis Reisner

(1887-03-14)March 14, 1887
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Died September 24, 1962(1962-09-24) (aged 75)
La Jolla, California, U.S.
Other names Charles Riesner
Years active 1916–1950
Children Dean Riesner

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.

Filmography

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

  • 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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