Charles Magnusson (26 January 1878 – 18 January 1948) was a Swedish

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Career

In 1894, Magnusson's job was a professional photographer in Sweden and in 1905 he changed careers to be newsreel camera operator. By 1907, Magnusson found the Swedish Cinematographic Society. He was then hired in 1909 by Svenska Biografteatern, the first Swedish studio, as a general manager. The first film he was part of was released in 1909 by the name Varmlanningarne. Svenska Biografteatern was originally in Kristianstad until 1911 when they moved to Stockholm. Under Svenska Biografteatern, Magnusson hired Victor Sjostrom and

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as directors in 1912. After, Magnusson was promoted to production chief in 1919 and remained in that position until 1928 when he retired.

Produced films

* - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1909 * (Memories from the Boston Club) - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1909 * - 1910 * - 1910 * Pick Me Up, Flickorna Jackson - 1910 * - 1910 * - 1910 * (Orpheus in the Underworld) - 1910 * (Iron Carrier) - 1911 * - 1911 * (The Talisman) - 1911 * (The Green Necklace) - 1912 * (The Justice of Society) -1912 * - 1912 * (The Adventures of Two Swedish Emigrants in America) - 1912 * - 1912 * (The Black Masks) - 1912 * -1912 * (Mother and Daughter) - 1912 * (The Gardener) - 1912 * (A Secret Marriage) - 1912 * (In the Spring of Life, or His First Love) - 1912 * (The Tyrannical Fiancee) - 1912 * (Scandal) - 1912 * (Vampire) - 1912 * (A Summer Tale) - 1912 * (The Child) - 1912 * (Ridicule and Tears) - 1913 * (When Love Kills) - 1913 * (Lady Marion's Summer Flirtation) - 1913 * (Give Us This Day) - 1913 * (The Border Feud) - 1913 * (The Miracle) - 1913 * (Halfbreed) - 1913 * (The Priest) - 1914 * (Strike) - 1914 * (The Stormy Petrel) - 1914 * (Children of the Street) - 1914 * (The Master) - 1914 * (Daughter of the Mountains) - 1914 * - 1915 * (His Wedding Night) - 1915 * (The Rose of Thistle Island) - 1916 * (Love and the Journalist) - 1916 * (The Wings) - 1916 * - 1916 * (The Living Mummy) - 1916 * (Tallroth) - 1916 * (Anjuta, the Dancer) - 1916 * (A Man There Was) - 1917 * (Thomas Graal's Best Picture) - 1917 * (The Lass from the Stormy Croft) - 1918 * (The Outlaw and His Wife) - 1918 * (Thomas Graal's Best Child) - 1918 * (Song of the Scarlet Flower) - 1918 * (Sons of Ingmar) - 1919 * (The Downey Girl) - 1919 * (Sir Arne's Treasure) - 1919 * (The Will of His Grace) - 1919 * (The Fishing Village) - 1919 * (The Monastery of Sendomir) - 1920 * (Karin, Daughter of Ingmar) -1920 * (Master Samuel) - 1920 * (The Parson's Widow) - 1920 * - 1920 * - 1920 * - 1920 * - 1920 * - 1920 * (The Phantom Chariot) - 1921 * (Pilgrimage to Kevlar) - 1921 * - 1921 * - 1921 * (The Exiles) - 1921 * - 1921 * (Love's Crucible) - 1922 * (The Surrounded House) - 1922 * (Gunnar Hede's Saga) - 1922 * (The Tragic Ship) - 1923 * - 1923 * - 1923 * (Pirates on Lake Malar) - 1923 * - 1923 * - 1923 * (Gosta Berling's Saga) - 1923 * - 1924 * (The Ingmar Inheritance) - 1925 * (To the Orient) - 1926

Selected filmography

* '' Laughter and Tears'' (1913) * '' The Lass from the Stormy Croft'' (1917) * '' Terje Vigen'' (1917) * '' The Outlaw and His Wife'' (1918) * '' Sons of Ingmar'' (1919) * '' His Lordship's Last Will'' (1919) * '' The Phantom Carriage'' (1921) * ''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Magnusson, Charles 1878 births 1948 deaths Swedish film producers Swedish male screenwriters People from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish screenwriters 20th-century Swedish male writers