George Fitzmaurice
Biography
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.
Acting (2 movies)
Directing (75 movies)
Big Jim Garrity
1916
Our Better Selves
1919
The Hunting of the Hawk
1917
The Recoil
1917
Mata Hari
1931
The Locked Door
1929
Suzy
1936
The Emperor's Candlesticks
1937
The Son of the Sheik
1926
The Barker
1928
The Unholy Garden
1931
Lilac Time
1928
Raffles
1930
The Devil to Pay!
1930
Strangers May Kiss
1931
Arsène Lupin Returns
1938
The On-the-Square Girl
1917
As You Desire Me
1932
Petticoat Fever
1936
Adventure in Diamonds
1940
Live, Love and Learn
1937
The Avalanche
1919
Counterfeit
1919
A Society Exile
1919
Vacation from Love
1938
The Hillcrest Mystery
1918
One Heavenly Night
1930
The Eternal City
1923
Cytherea
1924
A Thief in Paradise
1925
The Night of Love
1927
His Captive Woman
1929
Arms and the Woman
1916
Kick In
1917
Via Wireless
1915
Bella Donna
1923
The Bad One
1930
Paying the Piper
1921
The Right to Love
1920
The Naulahka
1918
The Man and the Moment
1929
The Man From Home
1922
Three Live Ghosts
1922
Tiger Rose
1929
Experience
1921
Common Clay
1919
The Cheat
1923
The Dark Angel
1925
On with the Dance
1920
His Supreme Moment
1925
Rose of the Golden West
1927
The Love Mart
1927
At Bay
1915
Forever
1921
Tarnish
1924
Idols of Clay
1920
A Japanese Nightingale
1918
When Rome Ruled
1914
The Narrow Path
1918
All Men Are Enemies
1934
The Commuters
1915
To Have and to Hold
1922
Kick In
1922
The Tender Hour
1927
The Witness for the Defense
1919
The Test
1916
Stop Thief!
1915
Who's Who in Society
1915
The Bomb Boy
1914
The Profiteers
1919
The Cry of the Weak
1919
Innocent
1918
Blind Man's Luck
1917
The Mark of Cain
1917
The Romantic Journey
1916
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Paying the Piper | 1921 | Producer |
| The Cheat | 1923 | Producer |
| A Thief in Paradise | 1925 | Executive Producer |
| Lilac Time | 1928 | Producer |
| The Locked Door | 1929 | Producer |
| The Devil to Pay! | 1930 | Producer |
| Strangers May Kiss | 1931 | Producer |
| The Unholy Garden | 1931 | Producer |
| Mata Hari | 1931 | Producer |
| As You Desire Me | 1932 | Producer |