Nationality US Ex-spouse Henrietta Fitzgerald Role Director | Name Dallas Fitzgerald | |
Occupation Director, producer, writer Died May 9, 1940, Los Angeles, California, United States Movies My Lady of Whims, The Match-Breaker, The Off-Shore Pirate, Cinderella's Twin, Playing with Fire Parents Jasie Fitzgerald, William Fitzgerald Similar People Viola Dana, F Scott Fitzgerald, Clara Bow, Jack Mulhall, Wedgwood Nowell | ||
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.
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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." 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
Work with Frank Buck
In 1937, Fitzgerald was a writer of the Frank Buck serial Jungle Menace.