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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.
Most Popular Charles Reisner Trailers
Total trailers found: 65
24 February 1937
The policy-racket reaches it lean, bony fingers into the ivy-towers of a large university and the underworld trying to “beat the numbers-racket” with applied mathematics.
18 August 1924
Homesick for America, Jack and his pals get aboard a ship U. S.-bound disguised as entertainers. As entertainers they're flops, but evoke considerable mirth among the passengers by their efforts.
09 March 1940
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.
27 August 1932
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.
13 June 1942
Uneven version of Wyatt Earp vs. the Clanton Gang with a little romance thrown in haphazardly.
25 September 1947
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.
11 April 1931
After catching their husbands with other women, two wives go on a girls-only vacation.
09 March 1934
Aubrey cons Amy into thinking he's a railroad bigwig. When he loses his job he takes one wearing a sandwich board.
08 February 1935
A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.
26 February 1931
A widow's decision to run for mayor kicks off a battle of the sexes in a small town.
18 May 1929
Two loony buddies get caught up in a Chinese revolution.
11 June 1928
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.
06 May 1927
Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link.
01 September 1930
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.
26 January 1934
A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.
10 January 1930
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.
28 July 1939
A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.
21 January 1921
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
21 December 1929
An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.
09 May 1928
The just-out-of-college, effete son of a no-nonsense steamboat captain comes to visit his father whom he's not seen since he was a child.
10 October 1935
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.
21 January 1933
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
03 November 1933
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.
23 December 1928
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.
01 March 1943
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
19 February 1923
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
19 August 1923
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville.
14 November 1931
An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.
31 July 1921
A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.
10 May 1930
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.
20 September 1948
A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.
08 November 1944
Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.
20 October 1918
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
01 June 1944
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.
14 April 1918
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
18 October 1947
A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.
20 June 1941
A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.
07 March 1926
Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F.
23 November 1929
An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.
24 April 1948
A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.
02 April 1922
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
24 May 1934
Jimmy Durante is jungle movie star Schnarzan the Conqueror, but the public is tiring of his fake lions.
01 September 1959
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film.
06 September 1936
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.
01 March 1942
A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.
18 January 1927
The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin.
26 November 1937
In this musical comedy, a crooked record producer uses his mob connections to force performers to do their stuff.
05 October 1934
A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.
23 December 1923
Blanche will inherit her aunt's large estate, providing that she gets married within 24 hours. She chooses to wed John, an old man living at a rest home who is not expected to live much longer.
25 September 1921
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
05 September 1930
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.
05 January 1921
Trails Cliff Bowes as he ricochets from a Coney Island shooting gallery to a tycoon’s penthouse, pocketing hearts, pocket watches, and the occasional stick of dynamite, all while pursued by a battalion of bowler-hatted clones who might be debt collectors, jealous husbands, or merely the feral id of the Roaring Twenties.
03 January 1931
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.
15 February 1950
The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.
17 December 1931
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.
17 February 1929
A family of down-and-out vaudevillians discover that they are the last of the Van Revels, heirs to a Southern plantation and a blood feud with the Carstairs family that began 60 years earlier over a game of croquet.
10 October 1925
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.
10 September 1937
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.
20 August 1916
His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.
23 October 1926
The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.
