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Charles Reisner

Charles Reisner

Director · 1887–1962 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

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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.

Directed 50

1950s

  1. 1950

    The Traveling Saleswoman

    Director

1940s

  1. 1948

    In This Corner

    Director

  2. The Cobra Strikes

    Director

  3. 1944

    Lost in a Harem

    Director

  4. Meet the People

    Director

  5. 1943

    Harrigan's Kid

    Director

  6. 1942

    This Time for Keeps

    Director

  7. 1941
  8. 1940

    Alex in Wonderland

    Director

1930s

  1. 1939

    Winter Carnival

    Director

  2. 1937

    Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

    Director

  3. Sophie Lang Goes West

    Director

  4. Murder Goes to College

    Director

  5. 1936

    Everybody Dance

    Director

  6. 1935

    It's in the Air

    Director

  7. The Winning Ticket

    Director

  8. 1934

    Student Tour

    Director

  9. Hollywood Party

    Director

  10. The Show-Off

    Director

  11. You Can't Buy Everything

    Director

  12. 1933
  13. Whistling in the Dark

    Co-Director

  14. 1932

    Divorce In The Family

    Director

  15. 1931

    The Christmas Party

    Director

  16. Flying High

    Director

  17. Stepping Out

    Director

  18. Politics

    Director

  19. Reducing

    Director

  20. 1930
  21. The March of Time

    Director

  22. Chasing Rainbows

    Director

1920s

  1. 1929

    The Hollywood Revue of 1929

    Director

  2. Noisy Neighbors

    Director

  3. 1928

    Brotherly Love

    Director

  4. Fools for Luck

    Director

  5. 1927

    The Missing Link

    Director

  6. What Every Girl Should Know

    Director

  7. The Fortune Hunter

    Director

  8. 1926

    The Better 'Ole

    Director

  9. Oh! What a Nurse!

    Director

  10. 1925

    The Man on the Box

    Director

  11. 1923

    The Pilgrim

    Assistant Director

  12. 1922
  13. 1921
  14. Sunless Sunday

    Director

  15. Grief

    Director

Acted in 12

1950s

  1. 1959

    The Chaplin Revue

    Various (archive footage)

1920s

  1. 1925

    The Man on the Box

    Badkoff

  2. Justice of the Far North

    Mike Burke

  3. 1924

    All's Swell on the Ocean

    Opposition Manager

  4. Fight and Win

    Chuck - Opposition Manager

  5. 1923

    Her Temporary Husband

    Hector

  6. Breaking Into Society

    Pittsburgh Kid

  7. Hollywood

    Charles Reisner

  8. The Pilgrim

    Crook

  9. 1921

    Grief

    Movie

Wrote 5

1940s

  1. 1942

    Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die

    Story

1930s

  1. 1931

    Flying High

    Adaptation

  2. 1930

    Chasing Rainbows

    Dialogue

1920s

  1. 1927

    The Missing Link

    Story

  2. 1926

    The Better 'Ole

    Screenplay

Produced 3

1940s

  1. 1947

    Bury Me Dead

    Producer

1930s

  1. 1935

    The Winning Ticket

    Producer