George LeMaire (born Meyer Goldstick;[1] December 22, 1884 – January 20, 1930) was an American vaudeville comedian[2] who appears in several films and worked as a director and producer for Pathé.[3][4] He was a "veteran straight man" who worked in comedy duos.[1][5] His comedy partners included Eddie Cantor, Joe Phillips,[6] and Louis Simon.[7]
On January 20, 1930, he died from a heart attack.[3]
Rufus LeMaire was his brother.
Theater
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b 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.
