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

Dallas M. Fitzgerald (born August 13, 1876 in La Grange, Kentucky, US; died: May 9, 1940 (age 63) in Los Angeles) 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

Dallas Fitzgerald was the son of William Fitzgerald, a traveling salesman, and Jasie Fitzgerald.

Career

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).

Partial filmography

  • The Open Door (1919)
  • Chains of Evidence (1920)
  • The Price of Redemption (1920)
  • Blackmail (1920)
  • Cinderella's Twin (1920)
  • The Off-Shore Pirate (1921)
  • Puppets of Fate (1921)
  • Life's Darn Funny (1921)
  • Big Game (1921)
  • The Match-Breaker (1921)
  • The Infamous Miss Revell (1921)
  • Playing with Fire (1921)
  • The Guttersnipe (1922)
  • Her Accidental Husband (1923)
  • After the Ball(1924)
  • Passionate Youth (1925)
  • Tessie (1925)
  • My Lady of Whims (1925)
  • The Princess on Broadway (1927)
  • Woman's Law (1927)
  • The Rose of Kildare (1927)
  • Out of the Past (1927)
  • Web of Fate (1927)
  • Wilful Youth (1927)
  • Golden Shackles (1928)
  • The Girl He Didn't Buy (1928)
  • The Lookout Girl (1928)
  • Jazzland (1928)
  • Maizie (1933)

Work with Frank Buck

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

References

  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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