Marion Gering
Marion Gering | |
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New York City, New York , U.S. | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | Stage producer and director |
Spouse | Dorothy Libaire |
Marion Gering (June 9, 1901 in Rostov-on-Don – April 19, 1977 in New York City) was a Russian-born American stage producer and director. He moved to the United States in 1923[1] as an artist. He became involved in the theatrical community in Chicago, founding the Chicago Play Producing Company.[2][3]
His production of Georg Kaiser's Gas, which was presented at the Goodman Theatre on January 28, 1926, was particularly successful.[4] In 1927, he began producing plays in New York City, and married actress Dorothy Libaire in 1930.[2] In 1928 he co-produced and staged Aurania Rouverol's Skidding, which was later adapted as the Andy Hardy film series.
Gering became a Hollywood film director for
Between 1947 and 1949, he attempted to relaunch his film career in Cuba but with little success.[2] In 1950, he briefly returned to film directing Michael Whalen, Doris Dowling and Tommy Wonder in the musical drama Sarumba. He later reportedly worked as a technical assistant and caretaker in colleges.[2] He directed the sexploitation film Violated Paradise (1963).[9]
Filmography
- I Take This Woman (1931)
- 24 Hours (1931)
- Ladies of the Big House (1931)
- Devil and the Deep (1932)
- Madame Butterfly (1932)
- Pick-Up (1933)
- Jennie Gerhardt (1933)
- Good Dame (1934)
- Thirty-Day Princess (1934)
- Ready for Love(1934)
- Rumba (1935)
- Rose of the Rancho (1936)
- Lady of Secrets (1936)
- Thunder in the City (1937)
- She Married an Artist (1937)
- Sarumba (1950)
- Violated Paradise (1963)
References
- ^ "Register". search.ancestry.com. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-7864-9313-5.
- ^ The Drama. Drama League of America. 1927. p. 137.
- ^ Chicago Stagebill Yearbook. Chicago Stagebill. 1947. p. 135.
- ISBN 9780517131268.
- ISBN 978-0-8131-4352-1.
- ISSN 0006-2510.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-0681-4.
- ISBN 978-0-520-20970-1.
External links
- Marion Gering at IMDb