George Fitzmaurice

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George Fitzmaurice
Born	13 February 1885 Paris, France
Died	13 June 1940 (aged 55) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation	Film director
Years active	1914 - 1940
Spouse	Ouida Bergere (19?? - 19??)

George Fitzmaurice (13 February 1885 — 13 June 1940) was a 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 when the first wave of great Broadway stars migrated to motion pictures during 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. Rumors of other Fitzmaurice films in Gosfilmofond include 1920's Idols of Clay (with Mae Murray) and Three Live Ghosts with Norman Kerry, Anna Q. Nilsson Cyril Chadwick and Edmund Goulding.

Selected filmography

• Witness for the Defense (1919)
• Counterfeit (1919)
• A Society Exile (1919)
• The Avalanche (1919)
• On with the Dance (1920)
• Right to Love (1920)
• Idols of Clay' (1920)
• Forever (1921)
• Experience (1921)
• Kick In (1922)
• To Have and to Hold (1922)
• Three Live Ghosts (1922)
• The Man From Home (1922)
• The Cheat (1923)
• Bella Donna (1923)
• The Eternal City (1923)
• Cytherea (1924)
• A Thief in Paradise (1925)
• His Supreme Moment (1925)
• The Son of the Sheik (1926)
• Rose of the Golden West (1927)
• The Love Mart (1927)
• The Barker (1928)
• Lilac Time (1928)
• The Locked Door (1929)
• The Bad One (1930)
• Raffles (1930)
• The Devil to Pay! (1930)
• One Heavenly Night (1931)
• The Unholy Garden (1931)
• Mata Hari ([1931)
• As You Desire Me (1932)
• Nana (1934)
• Suzy (1936)
• The Emperor's Candlesticks (1937)
• Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

External links

• George Fitzmaurice at the Internet Movie Database
• George Fitzmaurice at Find a Grave