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Maxwell Karger(1879-1922)

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  • Producer
  • Director
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Karger was married to Ann Conley of the "Ann & Effie Conley Sisters" Vaudeville Act. He was one of the original founders and the general manager of Metro Pictures in New York before they moved to Hollywood and merged with Samuel Goldwyn and Louis B. Mayer to form MGM Pictures. His son Fred Karger was a composer and a vocal coach at Columbia Pictures. Romantically involved with a young Marilyn Monroe from 1948-1949, Fred broke with Monroe, and eventually married Jane Wyman in 1952.
BornJanuary 17, 1879
DiedMay 5, 1922(43)
BornJanuary 17, 1879
DiedMay 5, 1922(43)
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Known for

Allan Forrest and Alice Lake in The Hole in the Wall (1921)
The Hole in the Wall
  • Producer
  • 1921
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns (1919)
The Great Victory, Wilson or the Kaiser? The Fall of the Hohenzollerns
  • Producer
  • 1919
Bert Lytell in A Message from Mars (1921)
A Message from Mars
5.3
  • Director
  • 1921
Alice Lake and Harry Myers in Kisses (1922)
Kisses
  • Director
  • 1922

Credits

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Additional Crew



  • Bert Lytell in The Misleading Lady (1920)
    The Misleading Lady
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • Wilda Bennett, Kenneth Harlan, Henry Harmon, and Claire Whitney in Love, Honor and Obey (1920)
    Love, Honor and Obey
    8.2
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • The Best of Luck (1920)
    The Best of Luck
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • The Cheater (1920)
    The Cheater
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • Emma Dunn and Henry Harmon in Old Lady 31 (1920)
    Old Lady 31
    • director general
    • 1920
  • La légende du saule (1920)
    La légende du saule
    • supervisor
    • 1920
  • "Stronger Than Death" Alla Nazimova, 1920, Metro, **I.V.
    Stronger Than Death
    7.1
    • presenter
    • 1920
  • La rose messagère (1919)
    La rose messagère
    6.0
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • Alice Lake and Bert Lytell in Lombardi, Ltd. (1919)
    Lombardi, Ltd.
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • La fin d'un roman (1919)
    La fin d'un roman
    • director general
    • 1919
  • Hale Hamilton in Sa Majesté le Bluff (1919)
    Sa Majesté le Bluff
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • A Favor to a Friend (1919)
    A Favor to a Friend
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • Hale Hamilton in Le remplaçant (1919)
    Le remplaçant
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • One-Thing-At-a-Time O'Day (1919)
    One-Thing-At-a-Time O'Day
    • supervisor
    • 1919
  • L'affaire Buckley (1919)
    L'affaire Buckley
    • supervisor
    • 1919

Producer



  • Allan Forrest and Alice Lake in The Hole in the Wall (1921)
    The Hole in the Wall
    • producer
    • 1921
  • Fine Feathers (1921)
    Fine Feathers
    • supervising producer
    • 1921
  • Puppets of Fate (1921)
    Puppets of Fate
    • supervising producer
    • 1921
  • The Fatal Hour (1920)
    The Fatal Hour
    • producer
    • 1920
  • Olive Tell in Clothes (1920)
    Clothes
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • The Hope (1920)
    The Hope
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • Viola Dana in Dangerous to Men (1920)
    Dangerous to Men
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • Bert Lytell in Alias Jimmy Valentine (1920)
    Alias Jimmy Valentine
    6.7
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • Vive la liberté (1920)
    Vive la liberté
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • Gibson Gowland, Leatrice Joy, and Bert Lytell in The Right of Way (1920)
    The Right of Way
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • La légende du saule (1920)
    La légende du saule
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • "Stronger Than Death" Alla Nazimova, 1920, Metro, **I.V.
    Stronger Than Death
    7.1
    • supervising producer
    • 1920
  • Please Get Married (1919)
    Please Get Married
    • supervising producer
    • 1919
  • Viola Dana in The Microbe (1919)
    The Microbe
    • supervising producer
    • 1919
  • King Baggot in The Man Who Stayed at Home (1919)
    The Man Who Stayed at Home
    • supervising producer
    • 1919

Director



  • Alice Lake and Conrad Nagel in Hate (1922)
    Hate
    7.8
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Alice Lake and Harry Myers in Kisses (1922)
    Kisses
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Alice Lake in The Golden Gift (1922)
    The Golden Gift
    • Director
    • 1922
  • Bert Lytell and Virginia Valli in The Idle Rich (1921)
    The Idle Rich
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Allan Forrest and Alice Lake in The Hole in the Wall (1921)
    The Hole in the Wall
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Bert Lytell and Virginia Valli in A Trip to Paradise (1921)
    A Trip to Paradise
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Bert Lytell in The Man Who (1921)
    The Man Who
    • Director
    • 1921
  • Bert Lytell in A Message from Mars (1921)
    A Message from Mars
    5.3
    • Director
    • 1921

Personal details

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  • Born
    • January 17, 1879
    • Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
  • Died
    • May 5, 1922
    • Indiana, USA(heart failure)
  • Children
    • Fred Karger
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    • 8 Articles

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    Died on a train between New York and Fort Wayne, Indiana, USA.

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