Charles Reisner

Charles Reisner
Born	March 14, 1887 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Died	September 24, 1962 (aged 75) La Jolla, California
Cause of death	Heart attack
Years active	1916 - 1950

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.

Selected filmography

As Actor

• The Kid (1921) (playing the alley bully)
• A Self-Made Failure (1924)

As Director

• The Better 'Ole (1926)
• Steamboat Bill Jr (1928)
• Brotherly Love (1928)
• China Bound (1929)
• The Hollywood Revue of 1929 (1929)
• Chasing Rainbows (1930)
• The March of Time (1930)
• Reducing (1931)
• Stepping Out (1931)
• Politics (1931)
• Flying High (1931)
• You Can't Buy Everything (1934)
• The Winning Ticket (1935)
• Everybody Dance (1936)
• Manhattan Merry-Go-Round (1937)
• The Big Store (1941)
• Lost in a Harem (1944)

External links and sources

• Charles Reisner at the Internet Movie Database