Charles Reisner Movies

Landladies Polly Smith and Marie Jones, who operate boardinghouses on the same side of the street, are afflicted with numerous petty envies and...

His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.

When a shipping clerk is recruited by his employer to help his golf game, his boss insists he conceal his humble identity at the country club.

Reformed jewel-thief Sophie Lang, tired of being questioned by the New York City police every time a jewel disappears, decides to head for California...

In this Warner Bros. short film, Alex visits his sister Belinda and her husband Fred. It looks like Alex is going to be around for a while, much to...

Two loony buddies get caught up in a Chinese revolution.

Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and the vaudeville circuit, then-present-day performers...

The daughter of a soap manufacturer heads to the wild and woolly west to sell her daddy's product.

A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.

A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to...

A girl gets trapped by racketeers and chaos happens at a gambling house.

Begins with a child-cast parody of "The Kid." The Adams portion finds the guy chased about town because they are looking for some crook in a gray...

The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The...

A Navy veteran takes up boxing and winds up killing his own friend in the ring during a championship match.

Wealthy Sam Hunter is approached by scheming Richard Whitehead about investing in oil. There appears to be no oil, and everyone is angry until oil is...

An homage to NYC in the form of a short travelogue.

A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.

When her sister dies, a nightclub singer is left with her children. In order to raise the children properly, she leaves her singing career and takes...