Charles Reisner

Directing

Charles Reisner

Born — Died

1887-03-14 — 1962-09-24

Place of birth

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Known for

Directing

Credits

54 titles

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.

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 11 titles

The Kid poster
8.1

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.

The Kid

1921

Hollywood poster
9.0

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. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...

Hollywood

1923

The Pilgrim poster
6.9

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

The Pilgrim

1923

Justice of the Far North poster
7.0

Directed by Norman Dawn. With Arthur Jasmine, Marcia Manon, Laska Winter, Charles Reisner.

Justice of the Far North

1925

Grief poster
NR

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.

Grief

1921

The Man on the Box poster
6.2

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.

The Man on the Box

1925

Her Temporary Husband poster
8.0

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.

Her Temporary Husband

1923

All's Swell on the Ocean poster
8.0

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. Jack arouses the jealousy of a Frenchman, who is keen on a young French girl, and is challenged to a fight. The Frenchman fights a la Savatte (the French method, including kicking, bucking, etc.) and is getting the better of Jack, until the latter dons a pair of hobnailed brogans. He consents to remove these if his adversary will put boxing gloves on his feet. The Frenchman gets seasick and is counted out as he leans over the rail, where he is soon joined by Jack.

All's Swell on the Ocean

1924

Fight and Win poster
9.0

Fight and Win is a 1924 American silent drama serial film directed by Erle C. Kenton.

Fight and Win

1924

No artwork available
10.0

Young Sonny's dying father leaves him in the care of Breezy, a hobo he has mistaken for a wealthy businessman.

A Self-Made Failure

1924

Breaking Into Society poster
NR

The O'Tooles inherit a fortune and move to Pasadena where they try to break into society by having lavish dinner parties. The guests are stunned by the O'Tooles' manners, and they leave when the uninvited 'Pittsburgh Kid' and his Bowery wife, Yvonne, arrive.

Breaking Into Society

1923

Behind the camera

Steamboat Bill, Jr. poster
7.6

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.

Steamboat Bill, Jr.

1928

Lost in a Harem poster
5.6

Two bumbling magicians help a Middle Eastern prince regain his rightful throne from his despotic uncle.

Lost in a Harem

1944

The Big Store poster
6.3

A detective is hired to protect the life of a singer, who has recently inherited a department store, from the store's crooked manager.

The Big Store

1941

The Chief poster
5.5

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.

The Chief

1933

It's in the Air poster
6.3

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.

It's in the Air

1935

Sophie Lang Goes West poster
8.0

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.

Sophie Lang Goes West

1937

Railroaded! poster
6.7

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.

Railroaded!

1947

Brotherly Love poster
8.0

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.

Brotherly Love

1928

You Can't Buy Everything poster
8.0

A scorned woman dreams of revenge on the man who betrayed her.

You Can't Buy Everything

1934

Hollywood Party poster
5.6

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.

Hollywood Party

1934

Student Tour poster
6.7

A philosophy professor accompanies his school's rowing team on a worldwide tour.

Student Tour

1934

This Time for Keeps poster
8.0

A young newlywed (Robert Sterling) finds working for his nasty father-in-law difficult.

This Time for Keeps

1942

Winter Carnival poster
6.7

A divorced glamour girl keeps warm with a professor amid sports and romance at Dartmouth College's Winter Carnival.

Winter Carnival

1939

The Show-Off poster
6.2

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.

The Show-Off

1934

Meet the People poster
5.8

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.

Meet the People

1944

Divorce In The Family poster
6.8

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.

Divorce In The Family

1932

Bury Me Dead poster
4.7

A woman watches her own funeral, then sets out with her lawyer to learn who was in the casket.

Bury Me Dead

1947

Grief poster
NR

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.

Grief

1921

Love in the Rough poster
5.7

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.

Love in the Rough

1930

The Man on the Box poster
6.2

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.

The Man on the Box

1925

No artwork available
8.0

After his boss fires him for secretly dating his daughter, Joan, a fired clerk named Eustis and his towering friend Sharkey Nye sneak aboard Joan's China-bound ship. Refusing to be separated, the bumbling duo follows the women on a slapstick journey filled with chaotic, romantic misadventures.

China Bound

1929

The March of Time poster
7.0

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)

The March of Time

1930

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round poster
6.5

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."

Manhattan Merry-Go-Round

1937

Caught Short poster
7.0

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.

Caught Short

1930

The Hollywood Revue of 1929 poster
5.7

An all-star revue featuring MGM contract players.

The Hollywood Revue of 1929

1929

The Winning Ticket poster
4.2

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

The Winning Ticket

1935

The Winning Ticket poster
4.2

A barber tries to find the winning lottery ticket he hid from his moralistic wife.

The Winning Ticket

1935

Reducing poster
5.1

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.

Reducing

1931

Oh! What a Nurse! poster
9.0

Oh! What a Nurse! is a 1926 American comedy film directed by Charles Reisner and written by Darryl F. Zanuck. The film stars Sydney Chaplin, Patsy Ruth Miller, Gayne Whitman, Matthew Betz, Edith Yorke, and David Torrence. The film was released by Warner Bros. on March 7, 1926.

Oh! What a Nurse!

1926

The Cobra Strikes poster
7.5

A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.

The Cobra Strikes

1948

Flying High poster
5.8

An inventor and his lanky girlfriend set an altitude record in his winged contraption.

Flying High

1931

In This Corner poster
8.0

A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.

In This Corner

1948

Murder Goes to College poster
5.2

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. One of the professors, Tom Barry is murdered in the Dean’s office.

Murder Goes to College

1937

Harrigan's Kid poster
7.0

A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.

Harrigan's Kid

1943

Alex in Wonderland poster
9.0

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.

Alex in Wonderland

1940

The Missing Link poster
4.5

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

1927

What Every Girl Should Know poster
8.0

A young girl and her two brothers are sent to a children's home after their older brother, who is the only one supporting them, winds up in jail.

What Every Girl Should Know

1927

The Better 'Ole poster
5.7

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

The Better 'Ole

1926

The Better 'Ole poster
5.7

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

The Better 'Ole

1926

Everybody Dance poster
7.0

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.

Everybody Dance

1936