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Charles Reisner is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director American born on 13 march 1887 at Minneapolis (USA)

Charles Reisner

Charles Reisner
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Nationality USA
Birth 13 march 1887 at Minneapolis (USA)
Death 24 september 1962 (at 75 years) at La Jolla (USA)

Charles "Chuck" Reisner (14 March 1887 – 24 September 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 alongside Charlie Chaplin in A Dog's Life in 1918 and The Kid in 1921.

In 1930, he directed Chasing Rainbows a musical which starred Bessie Love and Charles King. He directed the Marx Brothers last film for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, The Big Store (1941).

He died of a heart attack in La Jolla, California in 1962.

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Best films

The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush
(1925)
(Assistant Director)

Usually with

Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
(10 films)
Robert E. Hopkins
Robert E. Hopkins
(13 films)
Roland Totheroh
Roland Totheroh
(9 films)
Henry Bergman
Henry Bergman
(9 films)
Edna Purviance
Edna Purviance
(8 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Reisner (49 films)

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Actor

Bring Him In
Bring Him In (1924)
, 20minutes
Directed by Erle C. Kenton
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors George Ovey, Frank Hagney, Charles Reisner, Florence Lee
Roles Le voisin du brigand

Un brigand s'évade de prison, il retourne chez sa mère pour éviter que les policiers ne le trouvent mais elle le chasse de sa maison. Une nuit, dans une ruelle, ses ennemis le surprennent à voler un mendiant. Les policiers vont l'affronter dans un duel redoutable...
Hollywood
Hollywood (1923)

Directed by James Cruze
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about television
Actors George K. Arthur, Bess Flowers, Ruby Lafayette, Roscoe Arbuckle, Gertrude Astor, Mary Astor
Roles Charles Reisner
Rating68% 3.4471553.4471553.4471553.4471553.447155
Angela Whitaker (Hope Drown) is a young unknown who comes to Hollywood to become an actress, and brings her grandfather, Joel Whitaker (Luke Cosgrave). At the end of the first day, she has not found work, but her grandfather has.
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim (1923)
, 59minutes
Directed by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Western
Themes Films about religion
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Marion Davies, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Mack Swain, Monta Bell
Roles Howard Huntington
Rating71% 3.5942153.5942153.5942153.5942153.594215
The Pilgrim (Chaplin), an escaped convict, steals a minister's clothes to replace his prison uniform. At a train station, he encounters an eloping couple who want him to marry them. The woman's father shows up and takes her away.
The Kid
The Kid (1921)
, 1h8
Directed by Charlie Chaplin, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about children
Actors Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Charlie Chaplin, Carl Miller, Lita Grey, Tom Wilson
Roles Bully (uncredited)
Rating81% 4.0997354.0997354.0997354.0997354.099735
An unwed woman (Purviance) leaves a charity hospital carrying her newborn son. An artist (Miller), the apparent father, is shown with the woman's photograph. When it falls into the fireplace, he first picks it up, then throws it back in to burn up.
A Day's Pleasure
A Day's Pleasure (1919)
, 25minutes
Directed by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Tom Wilson, Babe London, Marion Feducha
Roles l'homme dans la rue (non crédité)
Rating65% 3.292863.292863.292863.292863.29286
Charlie, sa femme et ses deux enfants veulent passer une journée à la mer.
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life (1918)
, 30minutes
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Reisner, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman
Roles Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Rating76% 3.842333.842333.842333.842333.84233
Toujours errant, Charlot prend soin d'un chien blanc, lui aussi errant. L'animal le lui rend bien en chipant des saucisses et en creusant le sol où un portefeuille plein de billets a été enterré. le vagabond dépense l'argent dans un dancing mais les voleurs qui avaient précédemment caché le portefeuille comprennent qu'il l'a découvert et veulent le récupérer. Après une poursuite et des combats épiques, les voleurs sont arrêtés et Charlot peut épouser la jeune chanteuse rencontrée au dancing. Ils s'installent alors dans une ferme, veillant avec tendresse sur les chiots de l'animal qu'ils ont gardé avec eux.

Director

Meet the People
Meet the People (1944)
, 1h40
Directed by Charles Reisner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Romance
Actors Lucille Ball, Dick Powell, Virginia O'Brien, Bert Lahr, Rags Ragland, June Allyson
Rating57% 2.8540452.8540452.8540452.8540452.854045
Welder William "Swanee" Swanson works at a shipyard in Morganville, Delaware. One day he sees the brightly shining Broadway star Julie Hampton speak in front of a crowd of worlers at the yard, and he instantly falls in love with her.
Lost in a Harem
Lost in a Harem (1944)
, 1h29
Directed by Charles Reisner
Genres Comedy
Actors Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Marilyn Maxwell, John Conte, Douglass Dumbrille, Lock Martin
Rating62% 3.1466153.1466153.1466153.1466153.146615
When a traveling vaudeville show becomes stranded in the Middle East, their singer, Hazel Moon (Marilyn Maxwell), takes a job at a local cafe. Two of the show's prop men, Peter Johnson (Bud Abbott) and Harvey Garvey (Lou Costello), are hired as comedy relief, but their act unfortunately initiates a brawl. The two men, along with Hazel, wind up in jail (where Abbott and Costello perform the famous "Slowly I Turned" routine with a crazy derelict [Murray Leonard] with Pokomoko as the trigger word). They encounter Prince Ramo (John Conte), a sheik, who offers to help them escape if they agree to help him regain the throne that his Uncle Nimativ (Douglass Dumbrille) had usurped with the aid of two hypnotic rings.
The Big Store
The Big Store (1941)
, 1h23
Directed by Charles Reisner, John Waters
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Actors Groucho Marx, Chico Marx, Harpo Marx, Tony Martin, Virginia Grey, Margaret Dumont
Rating64% 3.248183.248183.248183.248183.24818
The Phelps Department Store owner Hiram Phelps has died, leaving half-ownership in the business to his nephew, singer Tommy Rogers. The other half is owned by Hiram's sister, Martha Phelps (Margaret Dumont), Tommy's aunt. Rogers has no interest in running a department store, so he plans to sell his interest and use the money to build a music conservatory. Store manager Grover (Douglas Dumbrille) wants to kill Rogers before he can sell his share, marry the wealthy Martha, then kill her to become sole owner of the Phelps Department Store. Martha is highly suspicious, worried about Tommy's safety lest anyone suspect her of foul play to take over the store. Against Grover's wishes she hires Wolf J. Flywheel (Groucho) as a floorwalker and bodyguard. Between Tommy wooing his sweetheart Joan (Virginia Grey) and Flywheel romancing Miss Phelps, the brothers eventually expose and thwart the plot to kill Tommy.