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George Fitzmaurice
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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.…
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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.
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1961
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Movie Self (archive footage)
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1940
Adventure in Diamonds
Movie Director
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1938
Vacation from Love
Movie Director
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1938
Arsène Lupin Returns
Movie Director
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1937
Live, Love and Learn
Movie Director
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1937
The Emperor's Candlesticks
Movie Director
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1936
Suzy
Movie Director
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1936
Petticoat Fever
Movie Director
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1934
All Men Are Enemies
Movie Director
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1932
As You Desire Me
Movie Director
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1931
Mata Hari
Movie Director
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1931
The Unholy Garden
Movie Director
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1931
Strangers May Kiss
Movie Director
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1930
One Heavenly Night
Movie Director
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1930
The Devil to Pay!
Movie Director
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1930
Raffles
Movie Director
More credits
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1930
The Bad One
Movie Director
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1929
Tiger Rose
Movie Director
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1929
The Locked Door
Movie Director
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1929
The Man and the Moment
Movie Director
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1929
His Captive Woman
Movie Director
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1928
Lilac Time
Movie Director
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1928
The Barker
Movie Director
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1927
The Love Mart
Movie Director
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1927
Rose of the Golden West
Movie Director
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1927
The Tender Hour
Movie Director
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1927
The Night of Love
Movie Director
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1926
The Son of the Sheik
Movie Director
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1925
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Movie Chariot Race Spectator (uncredited)
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1925
The Dark Angel
Movie Director
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1925
A Thief in Paradise
Movie Director
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1925
His Supreme Moment
Movie Director
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1924
Tarnish
Movie Director
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1924
Cytherea
Movie Director
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1923
The Eternal City
Movie Director
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1923
The Cheat
Movie Director
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1923
Bella Donna
Movie Director
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1922
Kick In
Movie Director
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1922
To Have and to Hold
Movie Director
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1922
The Man From Home
Movie Director
