Charles Reisner

Charles Francis Reisner (March 14, 1887 – September 24, 1962) was an American film director and actor of the 1920s and 1930s.

Charles Reisner
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

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)

External links

• Charles Reisner at IMDb