George LeMaire
George LeMaire, born Meyer Goldstick,[1] was a vaudeville comedian[2] who appears in several films and worked as a director and producer for Pathé before his death in 1930.[3][4] He was a "veteran straght man" who worked in comedy duos.[1][5] His comedy partners included Eddie Cantor, Joe Phillips,[6] and Louis Simon.[7]
Rufus LeMaire was his brother.
On January 20, 1930, he died from a heart attack.[3]
Theater
- The Dream Girl (operetta), as William Addison
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1919[8]
- George LeMaire's Broadway Brevities (1920)[9][10]
- George White's Scandals of 1922[10]
Filmography
- Blockade (1928 film), writer
- Taxi 13 (1928), dialogue writer
- At the Dentist's (1929)
- Dancing Around (1929)
- The Plumbers Are Coming (1929)
- What A Day![7] (1929)
- Barber's College (1930)
- A Tight Squeeze (1930)[11]
- The New Waiter (1930), a George LeMaire Comedy[12]
- The Seventh Commandment (1932)
References
- Weinstein, David (November 7, 2017). The Eddie Cantor Story: A Jewish Life in Performance and Politics. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 9781512601343 – via Google Books.
- "Vaudeville Times". American Museum of Vaudeville. February 22, 2004 – via Google Books.
- Ward, Richard Lewis (June 2, 2016). When the Cock Crows: A History of the Pathé Exchange. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809334971 – via Google Books.
- "DVD Release: Found at "Mostly Lost" ~ Anthony Balducci's Journal". May 3, 2016.
- travsd (2014-12-22). "George LeMaire – (Travalanche)". Travsd.wordpress.com. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- Slide, Anthony (March 12, 2012). The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. ISBN 9781617032509 – via Google Books.
- Bradley, Edwin M. (June 14, 2015). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. ISBN 9781476606842 – via Google Books.
- Magee, Jeffrey (April 6, 2012). Irving Berlin's American Musical Theater. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199911639 – via Google Books.
- "The Judge". Judge Publishing Company. February 22, 1920 – via Google Books.
- Hischak, Thomas S. (22 April 2009). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than ... - Thomas S. Hischak - Google Books. ISBN 9780786453092. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
- "Exhibitors Herald World". Quigley Publishing Company. February 22, 1930 – via Google Books.
- "International Motion Picture Almanac - Google Books". 1936. Retrieved 2020-02-23.
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