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{{short description|American film director}}
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{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name = Dallas M. Fitzgerald
|name = Dallas M. Fitzgerald
|image = Dallas M Fitzgerald - Feb 1920 EH.jpg
|image = Dallas M Fitzgerald - Feb 1920 EH.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = From a 1920 magazine
|caption = From a 1920 magazine
|birth_date = August 13, 1876
|birth_date = August 13, 1876
|birth_place = [[La Grange, Kentucky]]
|birth_place = [[La Grange, Kentucky]], US
|death_date = May 9, 1940 (age 63)
|death_date = May 9, 1940 (age 63)
|death_place = Los Angeles
|death_place = Los Angeles, US
|other_names =
|other_names =
|known_for = Work with [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]]
|known_for = Work with [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]]
|occupation = Director, producer, writer
|occupation = Director, producer, writer
|nationality = United States
|awards =
|awards =
|spouse = Henrietta Fitzgerald
|spouse = Henrietta Fitzgerald
}}
}}
'''Dallas M. Fitzgerald''' (August 13, 1876 - May 9, 1940) was an American motion picture director and producer, primarily in the [[silent films|silent]] era. He is also known as the writer of the [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]] [[film serial]] ''[[Jungle Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite book
'''Dallas M. Fitzgerald''' (August 13, 1876 &ndash; May 9, 1940) was an American motion picture director and producer, primarily in the [[silent films|silent]] era. He is also known as the writer of the [[Frank Buck (animal collector)|Frank Buck]] [[film serial]] ''[[Jungle Menace]]''.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Lehrer
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| first = Steven
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| year = 2006
| year = 2006
| pages = x–xi
| pages = x–xi
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&printsec=frontcover&dq=frank+buck+steven+lehrer&ei=3sHhSrv0Bo2UyAScyInsCw#v=onepage&q=&f=false
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UNnhbq9gwTUC&q=frank+buck+steven+lehrer
| isbn = 0-89672-582-0
| isbn = 0-89672-582-0
}}
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*''The Open Door'' (1919)
*''The Open Door'' (1919)
*''Chains of Evidence'' (1920) (*note:Library of Congress)
*''Chains of Evidence'' (1920) (*note:Library of Congress)
*''The Price of Redemption'' (1920)
* ''[[The Price of Redemption]]'' (1920)
*''Blackmail'' (1920)
* ''[[Blackmail (1920 film)|Blackmail]]'' (1920)
*''[[Cinderella's Twin]]'' (1920)
*''[[Cinderella's Twin]]'' (1920)
*''[[The Off-Shore Pirate]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Off-Shore Pirate]]'' (1921)
*''[[Puppets of Fate]]'' (1921) (*note:Cinemateca Brasileira-Sao Paulo)
*''[[Puppets of Fate (1921 film)|Puppets of Fate]]'' (1921) (*note:Cinemateca Brasileira-São Paulo)
*''Life's Darn Funny'' (1921)
*''[[Life's Darn Funny]]'' (1921)
*''Big Game'' (1921)
*''[[Big Game (1921 film)|Big Game]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Match-Breaker]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Match-Breaker]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Infamous Miss Revell]]'' (1921)
*''[[The Infamous Miss Revell]]'' (1921)
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*''[[Her Accidental Husband]]'' (1923) (*note:Cinematheque Quebecoise-Montreal)
*''[[Her Accidental Husband]]'' (1923) (*note:Cinematheque Quebecoise-Montreal)
* ''[[After the Ball (1924 film)|After the Ball]]'' (1924)
* ''[[After the Ball (1924 film)|After the Ball]]'' (1924)
*''[[Passionate Youth]]'' (1925) (*note:Cinemateca Brasileira, BFI Nat.l Film & Tv)
*''[[Passionate Youth]]'' (1925) (*note:Cinemateca Brasileira, BFI Nat.l Film & TV)
*''[[Tessie (film)|Tessie]]'' (1925)
*''[[Tessie (film)|Tessie]]'' (1925)
*''[[My Lady of Whims]]'' (1925)
*''[[My Lady of Whims]]'' (1925)
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* ''[[Woman's Law]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Woman's Law]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Rose of Kildare]]'' (1927)
* ''[[The Rose of Kildare]]'' (1927)
*''Out of the Past'' (1927) (*note:Bois d'Arcy)
*''[[Out of the Past (1927 film)|Out of the Past]]'' (1927) (*note:Bois d'Arcy)
*''[[Web of Fate]]'' (1927) (*note:Library of Congress, BFI)
*''[[Web of Fate]]'' (1927) (*note:Library of Congress, BFI)
*''[[Wilful Youth]]'' (1927)
*''[[Wilful Youth]]'' (1927)
* ''[[Golden Shackles]]'' (1928) (*note:Library of Congress)
* ''[[Golden Shackles]]'' (1928) (*note:Library of Congress)
*''[[The Girl He Didn't Buy]]'' (1928) (*note:1 reel survives in foreign archive)
*''[[The Girl He Didn't Buy]]'' (1928) (*note:1 reel survives in foreign archive)
*''[[The Lookout Girl]]'' (1928) (*note:LoC Catalog has no holdings,...but the film is out on dvd)
*''[[The Lookout Girl]]'' (1928) (*note:LoC Catalog has no holdings,...but the film is out on DVD)
*''[[Jazzland (film)|Jazzland]]'' (1928)
*''[[Jazzland (film)|Jazzland]]'' (1928)
* ''[[Maizie]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Maizie]]'' (1933)
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* {{IMDb name|0280205|Dallas M. Fitzgerald}}
* {{IMDb name|0280205|Dallas M. Fitzgerald}}
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=fitzgerald&GSfn=dallas&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=120562469&df=all& findagrave.com]


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[[Category:Screenwriters from Kentucky]]
[[Category:Screenwriters from Kentucky]]
[[Category:Film producers from Kentucky]]
[[Category:Film producers from Kentucky]]
[[Category:20th-century American male writers]]
[[Category:20th-century American screenwriters]]




Latest revision as of 07:59, 4 March 2024

Dallas M. Fitzgerald
From a 1920 magazine
BornAugust 13, 1876
La Grange, Kentucky, US
DiedMay 9, 1940 (age 63)
Los Angeles, US
Occupation(s)Director, producer, writer
Known forWork with Frank Buck
SpouseHenrietta Fitzgerald

Dallas M. Fitzgerald (August 13, 1876 – May 9, 1940) was an American motion picture director and producer, primarily in the silent era. He is also known as the writer of the Frank Buck film serial Jungle Menace.[1]

Early life

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Fitzgerald born in La Grange, Kentucky to William Fitzgerald, a traveling salesman, and Jasie Fitzgerald.

Career

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Fitzgerald was a director of low-budget films. He began acting in films in 1916. He was hired by Greater Pictures Corp. in 1917. He directed mostly action melodramas believing, according to a 1921 interview, that the "public likes pictures made outdoors."[2] In the late 1920s, Fitzgerald became a producer of the films Wilful Youth (1927) and Golden Shackles (1928) through low-budget Peerless Pictures, which had been founded by Jules Brulatour. In the sound era, Fitzgerald wrote screenplays for such serials as The Black Coin (1936), The Clutching Hand (1936), and The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1938). He died in Los Angeles in 1940.

Partial filmography

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Work with Frank Buck

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In 1937, Fitzgerald was a writer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.

References

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  1. ^ Lehrer, Steven (2006). Bring 'Em Back Alive: The Best of Frank Buck. Texas Tech University press. pp. x–xi. ISBN 0-89672-582-0.
  2. ^ Hans J. Wollstein. Dallas M. Fitzgerald. Allmovie.com
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