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. 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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  • wc Gender: Male
  • calendar_month Birth Date: 1885-02-13
  • event Death Date 1940-06-13
  • school Known for: Directing
  • star Popularity: 1.6
  • info Birth Place Paris - France
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7.3

Big Jim Garrity

1916-04-18

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Our Better Selves

1919-07-27

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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney

1937-02-19

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The Hunting of the Hawk

1917-04-22

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The Recoil

1917-05-13

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Mata Hari

1931-12-26

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The Locked Door

1929-11-16

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Suzy

1936-07-20

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The Emperor's Candlesticks

1937-07-02

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The Son of the Sheik

1926-09-05

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The Barker

1928-10-02

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The Unholy Garden

1931-10-06

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Lilac Time

1928-10-18

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Raffles

1930-07-11

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The Devil to Pay!

1930-12-18

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Strangers May Kiss

1931-04-04

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Arsène Lupin Returns

1938-02-25

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The On-the-Square Girl

1917-07-29

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As You Desire Me

1932-05-28

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Petticoat Fever

1936-03-20

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Nana

1934-02-01

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Adventure in Diamonds

1940-03-08

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Live, Love and Learn

1937-10-29

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The Avalanche

1919-06-29

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Counterfeit

1919-11-30

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A Society Exile

1919-10-07

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Vacation from Love

1938-09-29

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The Hillcrest Mystery

1918-03-29

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Mata Hari

1931-12-26

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One Heavenly Night

1930-12-25

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As You Desire Me

1932-05-28

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The Eternal City

1923-12-17

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Cytherea

1924-05-04

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A Thief in Paradise

1925-06-18

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A Thief in Paradise

1925-06-18

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The Night of Love

1927-01-22

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The Devil to Pay!

1930-12-18

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The Unholy Garden

1931-10-06

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His Captive Woman

1929-02-03

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Arms and the Woman

1916-11-25

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Kick In

1917-01-13

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Via Wireless

1915-09-16

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Bella Donna

1923-03-31

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The Bad One

1930-05-03

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Paying the Piper

1921-01-16

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Paying the Piper

1921-01-16

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The Right to Love

1920-09-05

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Lilac Time

1928-10-18

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The Naulahka

1918-02-14

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The Man and the Moment

1929-07-06

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The Man From Home

1922-04-30

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Three Live Ghosts

1922-01-01

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The Locked Door

1929-11-16

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Tiger Rose

1929-12-21

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Experience

1921-08-07

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Common Clay

1919-03-02

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The Cheat

1923-08-27

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The Cheat

1923-08-27

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The Dark Angel

1925-09-27

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On with the Dance

1920-02-15

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His Supreme Moment

1925-04-12

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Rose of the Golden West

1927-09-25

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The Love Mart

1927-12-18

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At Bay

1915-11-26

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Forever

1921-10-16

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Tarnish

1924-08-01

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Idols of Clay

1920-11-28

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A Japanese Nightingale

1918-09-22

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When Rome Ruled

1914-08-20

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The Narrow Path

1918-12-15

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All Men Are Enemies

1934-04-26

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Strangers May Kiss

1931-04-04

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The Commuters

1915-04-26

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To Have and to Hold

1922-10-29

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Kick In

1922-12-17

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The Tender Hour

1927-05-01

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The Witness for the Defense

1919-09-14

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The Test

1916-09-18

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Stop Thief!

1915-02-15

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Who's Who in Society

1915-05-10

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Who's Who in Society

1915-05-10

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The Bomb Boy

1914-12-26