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George Fitzmaurice

Directing·Feb 13, 1885·Paris - France

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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.

Film	Credit
Adventure in Diamonds1940 · Director	Director
Vacation from Love1938 · Director	Director
Arsène Lupin Returns1938 · Director	Director
Live, Love and Learn1937 · Director	Director
The Emperor's Candlesticks1937 · Director	Director
Suzy1936 · Director	Director
Petticoat Fever1936 · Director	Director
All Men Are Enemies1934 · Director	Director
As You Desire Me1932 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Mata Hari1931 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Unholy Garden1931 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Strangers May Kiss1931 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
One Heavenly Night1930 · Director	Director
The Devil to Pay!1930 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Raffles1930 · Director	Director
The Bad One1930 · Director	Director
Tiger Rose1929 · Director	Director
The Locked Door1929 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Man and the Moment1929 · Director	Director
His Captive Woman1929 · Director	Director
Lilac Time1928 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
The Barker1928 · Director	Director
The Love Mart1927 · Director	Director
Rose of the Golden West1927 · Director	Director
TThe Tender Hour1927 · Director	Director
The Night of Love1927 · Director	Director
The Son of the Sheik1926 · Director	Director
The Dark Angel1925 · Director	Director
A Thief in Paradise1925 · Director	Director
His Supreme Moment1925 · Director	Director
Tarnish1924 · Director	Director
Cytherea1924 · Director	Director
The Eternal City1923 · Director	Director
The Cheat1923 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Bella Donna1923 · Director	Director
Kick In1922 · Director	Director
To Have and to Hold1922 · Director	Director
The Man From Home1922 · Director	Director
Three Live Ghosts1922 · Director	Director
Forever1921 · Director	Director
Experience1921 · Director	Director
Paying the Piper1921 · Director, Producer	Director, Producer
Idols of Clay1920 · Director	Director
The Right to Love1920 · Director	Director
On with the Dance1920 · Director	Director
Counterfeit1919 · Director	Director
A Society Exile1919 · Director	Director
The Witness for the Defense1919 · Director	Director
Our Better Selves1919 · Director	Director
The Avalanche1919 · Director	Director
The Profiteers1919 · Director	Director
The Cry of the Weak1919 · Director	Director
Common Clay1919 · Director	Director
The Narrow Path1918 · Director	Director
A Japanese Nightingale1918 · Director	Director
The Hillcrest Mystery1918 · Director	Director
The Naulahka1918 · Director	Director
Innocent1918 · Director	Director
Sylvia of the Secret Service1917 · Director	Director
The Mark of Cain1917 · Director	Director
The On-the-Square Girl1917 · Director	Director
Blind Man's Luck1917 · Director	Director
The Recoil1917 · Director	Director
The Hunting of the Hawk1917 · Director	Director
Kick In1917 · Director	Director
The Romantic Journey1916 · Director	Director
Arms and the Woman1916 · Director	Director
The Test1916 · Director	Director
Big Jim Garrity1916 · Director	Director
At Bay1915 · Director	Director
Via Wireless1915 · Director	Director
Who's Who in Society1915 · Director	Director
The Commuters1915 · Director	Director
Stop Thief!1915 · Director	Director
TThe Bomb Boy1914 · Director	Director
When Rome Ruled1914 · Director	Director