Charles Reisner

Nascimento : 1887-03-14, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Morte : 1962-09-24

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Reisner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmes

The Traveling Saleswoman
Director
The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
In This Corner
Director
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
The Cobra Strikes
Director
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
Bury Me Dead
Producer
A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
A Face do Perigo
Producer
A beautician and her crooked boyfriend attempt to rob the bookie operation located in the back room, but when the plan goes wrong, they frame an innocent man.
Perdidos Num Harém
Director
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
Meet the People
Director
A idealistic shipyard worker interests a beautiful Hollywood star in staging a musical tribute to the war industry, but they disagree on some important issues.
Harrigan's Kid
Director
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
Tombstone: The Town Too Tough to Die
Story
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
Felizes Para Sempre
Director
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
Casa Maluca
Director
Um detetive é contratado para proteger a vida de um cantor, que herdou recentemente uma loja de departamentos do trapaceiro gerente da loja.
Alex in Wonderland
Director
In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to Fred's displeasure. Alex in is New York to look for a job and he sees an ad for a champagne salesman. He decides to crash a swank party given by railroad tycoon J.D. Swinnerton and his wife. Alex has his own zany way of getting an introduction to the man. Mayhem ensues when several of the guests come as Robin Hood and one of them is a jewel thief.
Winter Carnival
Director
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Director
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff. The trouble really begins when the gangster's strong-arm tactics nearly cause a singer to lose his fiancée. A wide variety of entertainers appear including cowboy crooner Gene Autry, baseball hero Joe DiMaggio, and big band stars Cab Calloway, Ted Lewis, and the Kay Thompson Singers. Songs include "Mamma I Wanna Make Rhythm," "Manhattan Merry-Go-Round," "Heaven?," "I Owe You," and "It's Round-up Time in Reno."
Sophie Lang Goes West
Director
Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a jewel disappears, decides to head for California only to get into more trouble.
Murder Goes to College
Director
Whodunit in a college setting.
Everybody Dance
Director
When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes her new family to a farm. However, her greedy manager--seeing his "cash cow" slipping away--goes to court to have her declared legally incompetent.
It's in the Air
Director
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.
The Winning Ticket
Director
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
The Winning Ticket
Producer
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
Student Tour
Director
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
Hollywood Party
Director
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions. When Baron Munchausen comes to town with real man-eating lions, Durante throws him a big Hollywood star-studded party so that he might use the lions in his next movie. But, his film rival sneaks into the party to buy the lions before Durante.
The Show-Off
Director
Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board. After he helps Joe sell his patent for a good price and an old railroad deal comes through, he's back on top and ready to marry Amy again.
You Can't Buy Everything
Director
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
O Chefe dos Bombeiros
Director
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Whistling in the Dark
Co-Director
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
Divorce In The Family
Director
A child struggles to come to terms with his parents' divorce. Director Charles Reisner's 1932 drama stars Jackie Cooper, Lewis Stone, Conrad Nagel, Lois Wilson, Jean Parker and Louise Beavers.
The Christmas Party
Director
In this holiday short, Jackie Cooper wants to throw a Christmas party for his friends on his football team but doesn't know how to go about it. His fellow stars at MGM help him out.
Flying High
Adaptation
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Flying High
Director
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
Stepping Out
Director
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
Politics
Director
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
Reducing
Director
Culture shock bombards a woman and her family when they leave their hick town to help her sister out in her big-city beauty parlor.
Love in the Rough
Director
When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.
The March of Time
Director
Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers and up-and-coming performers. Musical excerpts were later used in Broadway to Hollywood (1933), Nertsery Rhymes (1933), and Roast-Beef and Movies (1934). "The Lock Step" was later used in That's Entertainment! III (1994)
Caught Short
Director
Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and jealousies but nevertheless are the best of friends. Polly invests in the stock market and begins to reap rewards, but she is unable to persuade Marie to use her life's savings to buy shares of American Cheese or Brazilian Bananas. Meanwhile, Marie's daughter, Genevieve, and Polly's son, William, just back from college, fall in love; but an argument between the ladies breaks up the romance; and smarting under Polly's patronizing manner, Marie plunges into the market herself and with the winnings is able to stage a society splurge at a fashionable resort.
Chasing Rainbows
Dialogue
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 spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
Chasing Rainbows
Director
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 spectacular dancing ensembles and colorful costumes and pulchritude on-stage offers a contrasting background to the drabness of the backstage, where joy, sorrow, tragedies, deception, and romance are intertwined.
The Hollywood Revue of 1929
Director
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
Brotherly Love
Director
Oscar, a tough guard at Newberry Prison, gets into an argument with Jerry, a smallish barber. He causes Jerry to be arrested as a fugitive, and gets him sent to Newberry. It's not long before both men fall in love with Mary, the daughter of the warden. Oscar gets Jerry put on the prison football team, where he is the smallest guy there, figuring that he will look like a fool in front of Mary and then she will pick Oscar. However, things don't turn out quite the way Oscar planned.
Fools for Luck
Director
Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is re-discovered.
Marinheiro de Encomenda
Director
O capitão William Canfield e o John James King são adversários na luta pelo controle do transporte de passageiros em River Junction. A acirrada disputa entre os barcos de William e de John tem um agravante com a chegada de William Canfield Jr., filho do capitão: depois de começar a trabalhar com o pai ele se apaixona por Marion King, filha do rival.
The Missing Link
Story
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
Director
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 Better 'Ole
Screenplay
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
The Better 'Ole
Director
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
The Man on the Box
Director
A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to steal military secrets, and has to find a way to stop him.
Em Busca do Ouro
Assistant Director
No Alasca, Carlitos (Charles Chaplin) tenta a sorte como garimpeiro em meio a corrida do ouro de 1898. Lá ele conhece o gordo McKay (Mack Swaim), com quem cria bastante confusão após uma tempestade de neve, e se apaixona por uma dançarina (Georgia Hale).
Dia de Recebimento
Assistant Director
Depois de um dia difícil no trabalho, um pedreiro tenta aproveitar o seu dia de recebimento sem que sua esposa saiba.
Os Clássicos Vadios
Assistant Director
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
Sunless Sunday
Director
A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.
Grief
Begins with a child-cast parody of "The Kid." The Adams portion finds the guy chased about town because they are looking for some crook in a gray derby...and Jimmie happens to have one.
O Garoto
Bully (uncredited)
Uma mãe abandona seu filho com um bilhete em uma limusine, mas o carro acaba sendo roubado e a criança é deixada em uma lata de lixo. Um vagabundo encontra o bebê e passa a cuidar dele. Cinco anos depois, a mulher tenta encontrar o filho perdido.
O Garoto
Assistant Director
Uma mãe abandona seu filho com um bilhete em uma limusine, mas o carro acaba sendo roubado e a criança é deixada em uma lata de lixo. Um vagabundo encontra o bebê e passa a cuidar dele. Cinco anos depois, a mulher tenta encontrar o filho perdido.
Charlot nas Trincheira
Assistant Director
Charlot é um soldado de campo que tem o sonho de ser um herói que atua numa missão ousada atrás das linhas inimigas.
Vida de Cachorro
Employment Agency Clerk (uncredited)
Paralelo entre a vida de um vagabundo e de um cachorro, mostra de maneira cômica e afetuosa a cumplicidade de ambos, ora um sendo o salvador, ora sendo salvo pelo outro. Num baile, uma moça que é explorada pelo proprietário do salão junta-se à dupla.
Vida de Cachorro
Assistant Director
Paralelo entre a vida de um vagabundo e de um cachorro, mostra de maneira cômica e afetuosa a cumplicidade de ambos, ora um sendo o salvador, ora sendo salvo pelo outro. Num baile, uma moça que é explorada pelo proprietário do salão junta-se à dupla.
His Lying Heart
The Barber
His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.