George Fitzmaurice
Directing
From Wikipedia George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 – 13 June 1940) was a French-born film director and producer. Fitzmaurice's career first started as a set designer on stage. Beginning in 1914 until his death in 1940, he directed over 80 films, including several successful movies such as The Son of the Sheik, Raffles, Mata Hari, and Suzy. At the beginning of his directorial career, Fitzmaurice was astute at directing stage actresses in their initial films with the first wave of great Broadway stars that migrated to motion pictures during the World War I era, including Mae Murray, Elsie Ferguson, Fannie Ward, Helene Chadwick, Irene Fenwick, Gail Kane, and Edna Goodrich. Son of the Sheik is his most famous extant silent film, no doubt aided by the sudden death of its star, Rudolph Valentino. Lilac Time is a classic war/romance film. Fitzmaurice however directed scores of silent films of which the majority of them are lost to the ravages of decompostion. Recent discoveries in Gosfilmofond in Russia include 1919's Witness for the Defense with Elsie Ferguson and 1923's Kick In with Bert Lytell. A restoration of his 1928 part talkie hybrid The Barker is winning praise from many film buffs. Rumours of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920s Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson, Cyril Chadwick, and Edmund Goulding.
Known for
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movieAdventure in Diamonds
1940
Director
movieVacation from Love
1938
Director
movieArsène Lupin Returns
1938
Director
movieLive, Love and Learn
1937
Director
movieSuzy
1936
Director
moviePetticoat Fever
1936
Director
movieAll Men Are Enemies
1934
Director
movieAs You Desire Me
1932
Director
movieMata Hari
1931
Director
movieThe Unholy Garden
1931
Director
movieStrangers May Kiss
1931
Director
movieOne Heavenly Night
1930
Director
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
Director
movieRaffles
1930
Director
movieThe Bad One
1930
Director
movieTiger Rose
1929
Director
movieThe Locked Door
1929
Director
movieThe Man and the Moment
1929
Director
movieHis Captive Woman
1929
Director
movieLilac Time
1928
Director
movieThe Barker
1928
Director
movieThe Love Mart
1927
Director
movieRose of the Golden West
1927
Director
movieThe Night of Love
1927
Director
movieThe Son of the Sheik
1926
Director
movieThe Dark Angel
1925
Director
movieA Thief in Paradise
1925
Director
movieHis Supreme Moment
1925
Director
movieTarnish
1924
Director
movieCytherea
1924
Director
movieThe Eternal City
1923
Director
movieThe Cheat
1923
Director
movieBella Donna
1923
Director
movieKick In
1922
Director
movieTo Have and to Hold
1922
Director
movieThe Man From Home
1922
Director
movieThree Live Ghosts
1922
Director
movieForever
1921
Director
movieExperience
1921
Director
moviePaying the Piper
1921
Director
movieIdols of Clay
1920
Director
movieThe Right to Love
1920
Director
movieOn with the Dance
1920
Director
movieCounterfeit
1919
Director
movieA Society Exile
1919
Director
movieOur Better Selves
1919
Director
movieThe Avalanche
1919
Director
movieThe Profiteers
1919
Director
movieThe Cry of the Weak
1919
Director
movieCommon Clay
1919
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movieThe Narrow Path
1918
Director
movieA Japanese Nightingale
1918
Director
movieThe Hillcrest Mystery
1918
Director
movieThe Naulahka
1918
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movieInnocent
1918
Director
movieThe Mark of Cain
1917
Director
movieThe On-the-Square Girl
1917
Director
movieBlind Man's Luck
1917
Director
movieThe Recoil
1917
Director
movieThe Hunting of the Hawk
1917
Director
movieKick In
1917
Director
movieThe Romantic Journey
1916
Director
movieArms and the Woman
1916
Director
movieThe Test
1916
Director
movieBig Jim Garrity
1916
Director
At Bay
1915
Director
movieVia Wireless
1915
Director
movieWho's Who in Society
1915
Director
movieThe Commuters
1915
Director
movieStop Thief!
1915
Director
movieWhen Rome Ruled
1914
Director
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movieAs You Desire Me
1932
Producer
movieMata Hari
1931
Producer
movieThe Unholy Garden
1931
Producer
movieStrangers May Kiss
1931
Producer
movieThe Devil to Pay!
1930
Producer
movieThe Locked Door
1929
Producer
movieLilac Time
1928
Producer
movieA Thief in Paradise
1925
Executive Producer
movieThe Cheat
1923
Producer
moviePaying the Piper
1921
Producer
Acting2
movieThe Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961
Self (archive footage)
movieBen-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
1925
Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
Crew1
movieVengeance Is Mine
1917
Supervisor of Production Resources
Writing1
movieWho's Who in Society
1915
Scenario Writer