Biography
From Wikipedia George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914 until his death in 1940, he directed over 80 films, including several successful movies such as The Son of the Sheik, Raffles, Mata Hari, and Suzy. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Son of the Sheik is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. Lilac Time is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice however directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are lost to the ravages of decompostion. Recent discoveries in Gosfilmofond in Russia include 1919's Witness for the Defense with Elsie Ferguson and 1923's Kick In with Bert Lytell. A restoration of his 1928 part talkie hybrid The Barker is winning praise from many film buffs. Rumours of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, and Edmund Goulding.
Directed 74
1940s
- 1940
Adventure in Diamonds
Director
1930s
- 1938
Vacation from Love
Director
Arsène Lupin Returns
Director
- 1937
Live, Love and Learn
Director
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Director
- 1936
Suzy
Director
Petticoat Fever
Director
- 1934
All Men Are Enemies
Director
- 1932
As You Desire Me
Director
- 1931
The Unholy Garden
Director
Strangers May Kiss
Director
- 1930
One Heavenly Night
Director
Raffles
Director
The Bad One
Director
1920s
- 1929
Tiger Rose
Director
The Locked Door
Director
The Man and the Moment
Director
His Captive Woman
Director
- 1928
Lilac Time
Director
The Barker
Director
- 1927
The Love Mart
Director
Rose of the Golden West
Director
The Night of Love
Director
- 1926
The Son of the Sheik
Director
- 1925
The Dark Angel
Director
A Thief in Paradise
Director
His Supreme Moment
Director
- 1924
Tarnish
Director
Cytherea
Director
- 1923
The Eternal City
Director
The Cheat
Director
Bella Donna
Director
- 1922
Kick In
Director
To Have and to Hold
Director
The Man From Home
Director
- 1921
Forever
Director
Experience
Director
Paying the Piper
Director
- 1920
Idols of Clay
Director
The Right to Love
Director
On with the Dance
Director
1910s
- 1919
Counterfeit
Director
A Society Exile
Director
The Witness for the Defense
Director
The Avalanche
Director
The Profiteers
Director
The Cry of the Weak
Director
Common Clay
Director
- 1918
The Narrow Path
Director
A Japanese Nightingale
Director
The Hillcrest Mystery
Director
The Naulahka
Director
Innocent
Director
- 1917
Sylvia of the Secret Service
Director
The Mark of Cain
Director
The On-the-Square Girl
Director
Blind Man's Luck
Director
The Recoil
Director
The Hunting of the Hawk
Director
Kick In
Director
- 1916
The Romantic Journey
Director
Arms and the Woman
Director
The Test
Director
Big Jim Garrity
Director
- 1915
At Bay
Director
Via Wireless
Director
Who's Who in Society
Director
The Commuters
Director
Stop Thief!
Director
- 1914
When Rome Ruled
Director
Produced 10
1930s
- 1932
As You Desire Me
Producer
- 1931
The Unholy Garden
Producer
Strangers May Kiss
Producer
- 1930
1920s
- 1929
The Locked Door
Producer
- 1928
Lilac Time
Producer
- 1925
A Thief in Paradise
Executive Producer
- 1923
The Cheat
Producer
- 1921
Paying the Piper
Producer
Acted in 1
Wrote 1
1910s
- 1915
Who's Who in Society
Scenario Writer
Other crew 1
1910s
- 1917
Vengeance Is Mine
Supervisor of Production Resources
Appearances1
1960s
- 1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Self (archive footage)