George Rosener
Encyclopedia
George Michael Rosener wrote and acted in the Frank Buck
serial Jungle Menace
.
(written with Edward Knoblock
) was adapted for film in 1929. Rosener acted in or directed more than 200 plays, including My Maryland
. He was on the news staff of the New York World
.
He worked for the Shuberts for more than seven years as actor, director, and writer. He acted in 38 films and wrote 14 more, among them Doctor X
, Union Depot
, The Secret of Treasure Island
, City of Missing Girls
, The Mysterious Pilot
, Alias the Doctor
, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
, Sinners' Holiday
, New Faces of 1937
, House of Secrets, The Carson City Kid
, Abe Lincoln in Illinois
, and The Great Commandment
.
serial Jungle Menace
.
Frank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
serial Jungle Menace
Jungle Menace
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Career
Rosener began his acting career at age 19 as a circus clown, followed by stints in tent and medicine shows, vaudeville, and stock companies. He was a playwright whose 1927 play SpeakeasySpeakeasy (1929 film)
__notoc__Speakeasy was an early talking sports drama film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and adapted by Frederick Hazlitt Brennan and Edwin J. Burke. The picture was produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation. Lola Lane and Paul Page played the lead roles. John Wayne, age 22, had a minor role...
(written with Edward Knoblock
Edward Knoblock
Edward Knoblock was an American-born British playwright and novelist most remembered for the often revived 1911 play, Kismet-Biography:...
) was adapted for film in 1929. Rosener acted in or directed more than 200 plays, including My Maryland
My Maryland
My Maryland is a "musical romance" with book and lyrics by Dorothy Donnelly and music by Sigmund Romberg, based on the play Barbara Frietchie by Clyde Fitch....
. He was on the news staff of the New York World
New York World
The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 until 1931. The paper played a major role in the history of American newspapers...
.
He worked for the Shuberts for more than seven years as actor, director, and writer. He acted in 38 films and wrote 14 more, among them Doctor X
Doctor X (film)
Doctor X is a First National/Warner Bros. horror and mystery film based on the play of the same name. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and stars Lee Tracy, Fay Wray, and Lionel Atwill....
, Union Depot
Union Depot (film)
Union Depot is a Pre-Code film starring Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Joan Blondell, directed by Alfred E. Green for Warner Brothers, and based upon an unpublished play by Joe Laurie, Jr., Gene Fowler, and Douglas Durkin....
, The Secret of Treasure Island
The Secret of Treasure Island
The Secret of Treasure Island is a Columbia movie serial based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. The serial is broken into fifteen chapters. Reporter Larry Kent travels to an island in the Caribbean to investigate the disappearance of his colleague, and discovers that the island...
, City of Missing Girls
City of Missing Girls
- Cast :*H.B. Warner as Police Capt. "Mac" McVeigh*Astrid Allwyn as Nora Page*John Archer as Assistant D.A. James J. Horton*Sarah Padden as Mrs. Randolph*Philip Van Zandt as King Peterson*George Rosener as Police Officer 'Copper' Dugan...
, The Mysterious Pilot
The Mysterious Pilot
The Mysterious Pilot is a Columbia movie serial based on the book by William Byron Mowery and starring the record-breaking aviator Frank Hawks...
, Alias the Doctor
Alias the Doctor
- Cast :*Richard Barthelmess as Karl Brenner*Marian Marsh as Lotti Brenner*Norman Foster as Stephan Brenner*Adrienne Dore as Anna*Lucille La Verne as Martha Brenner, Karl's foster mother *Oscar Apfel as Keller...
, The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
The Great Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok is a Columbia movie serial. It was the fourth of the fifty-seven serials released by Columbia and their first western serial. The serial was the first from a new production company, the previous three serials had been produced by Weiss Brothers.-Plot:Wild...
, Sinners' Holiday
Sinners' Holiday
Sinners' Holiday is a 1930 crime drama film starring Grant Withers, Evalyn Knapp, James Cagney , Lucille La Verne, and Joan Blondell. It is based on the play Penny Arcade by Marie Baumer. Both Cagney and Blondell reprised their Broadway roles...
, New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937
New Faces of 1937, aka Young People is a black and white 1937 American musical film.-Cast:*Joe Penner - Seymore Seymore*Milton Berle - Wallington 'Wally' Wedge*Harry Parke - Parkyakarkus 'Parky'...
, House of Secrets, The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid
The Carson City Kid is a 1940 American film directed by Joseph Kane and starring Roy Rogers.-Cast:*Roy Rogers as The Carson City Kid*George "Gabby" Hayes as Marshal Gabby Whitaker*Bob Steele as Lee Jessup / Morgan Reynolds*Noah Beery, Jr...
, Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois (film)
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States....
, and The Great Commandment
The Great Commandment
The Great Commandment is a Christian film directed by Irving Pichel, which portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the Good Samaritan. It was co-produced by Rev. James K. Friedrich and released...
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Work with Frank Buck
In 1937, Rosener wrote and acted in the Frank BuckFrank Buck (animal collector)
Frank Howard Buck was a hunter and "collector of wild animals," as well as a movie actor, director, writer and producer...
serial Jungle Menace
Jungle Menace
-External links:* * * **...
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