George Fitzmaurice
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- February 13, 1885
- Died
- June 13, 1940 (aged 55)
- Birthplace
- Paris - France
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.
Known For
Filmography
Adventure in Diamonds
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Arsène Lupin Returns
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Vacation from Love
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
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Live, Love and Learn
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Suzy
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Petticoat Fever
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All Men Are Enemies
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As You Desire Me
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Mata Hari
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The Unholy Garden
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Strangers May Kiss
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Raffles
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The Devil to Pay!
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One Heavenly Night
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The Bad One
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The Locked Door
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His Captive Woman
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The Man and the Moment
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Tiger Rose
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The Barker
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Lilac Time
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The Night of Love
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Rose of the Golden West
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The Love Mart
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The Tender Hour
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The Son of the Sheik
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A Thief in Paradise
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The Dark Angel
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His Supreme Moment
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Cytherea
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Tarnish
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The Eternal City
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Bella Donna
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The Cheat
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The Man From Home
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Three Live Ghosts
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To Have and to Hold
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Kick In
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Paying the Piper
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Experience
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Forever
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The Right to Love
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On with the Dance
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Idols of Clay
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Our Better Selves
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The Avalanche
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Counterfeit
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A Society Exile
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Common Clay
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The Witness for the Defense
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The Profiteers
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The Cry of the Weak
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The Hillcrest Mystery
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The Naulahka
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A Japanese Nightingale
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The Narrow Path
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Innocent
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The Hunting of the Hawk
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The Recoil
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The On-the-Square Girl
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Kick In
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Blind Man's Luck
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The Mark of Cain
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Sylvia of the Secret Service
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Big Jim Garrity
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Arms and the Woman
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The Test
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The Romantic Journey
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Via Wireless
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At Bay
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The Commuters
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Stop Thief!
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Who's Who in Society
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When Rome Ruled
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The Bomb Boy
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