George Fitzmaurice
DirectingFrom 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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Filmography — Acting
Filmography — Crew
Raffles
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Mata Hari
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Suzy
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The Locked Door
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Lilac Time
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Arsène Lupin Returns
Director
Live, Love and Learn
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As You Desire Me
Director
The Emperor's Candlesticks
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The Unholy Garden
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The Devil to Pay!
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The Night of Love
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One Heavenly Night
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His Captive Woman
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The Bad One
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The Barker
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The Man From Home
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The Naulahka
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Tiger Rose
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Experience
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To Have and to Hold
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Paying the Piper
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A Thief in Paradise
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Rose of the Golden West
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Cytherea
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Strangers May Kiss
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Blind Man's Luck
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On with the Dance
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The Son of the Sheik
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Tarnish
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All Men Are Enemies
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His Supreme Moment
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The Love Mart
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Petticoat Fever
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Bella Donna
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Arms and the Woman
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Adventure in Diamonds
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The Tender Hour
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Big Jim Garrity
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The Recoil
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The Cheat
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Vacation from Love
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The Avalanche
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Kick In
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Idols of Clay
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The Man and the Moment
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The Hunting of the Hawk
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When Rome Ruled
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Counterfeit
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The Mark of Cain
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Kick In
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The Narrow Path
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Three Live Ghosts
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The Profiteers
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The Eternal City
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The Dark Angel
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Our Better Selves
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The Witness for the Defense
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The Hillcrest Mystery
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Sylvia of the Secret Service
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At Bay
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The On-the-Square Girl
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Forever
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Common Clay
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A Japanese Nightingale
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A Society Exile
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Stop Thief!
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Innocent
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The Cry of the Weak
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The Commuters
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The Bomb Boy
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The Right to Love
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Who's Who in Society
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The Test
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Via Wireless
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The Romantic Journey
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