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Charles Christie, Charles H. V. Christie (April 13, 1880 – October 1, 1955) was a motion picture studio owner.Born in London, Ontario, Canada, Charles and his brother Al left home to pursue a career in the fledgling motion picture industry. In Hollywood, California, they made enough money working in films to purchase a property at 6724 Hollywood Boulevard and set up their own Christie Film Company to make comedy movies.Charles was primarily the business administrator, while brother Al made films. Before long, the Christie brothers were two of Hollywoods most powerful movie moguls. By 1922, the brothers were so successful that they built the Christie Hotel, Hollywoods first luxury hotel featuring such extravagances as private baths. However, the Stock Market Crash of 1929 and the ensuing Great Depression devastated business and in January 1933, the Christie brothers companies went into receivership, the studio assets being acquired by another large film making company.While his brother remained with the new owners, producing comedy films, Charles went into the selling of real estate.Charles Christie died in Hollywood. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, California. He has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1719 Vine Street.[edit] See alsoCanadian pioneers in early Hollywood[edit] External linksList of films made by Christie Film Company at IMDBRetrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_ChristieCategories: 1880 births | 1955 deaths | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences founders | Film studio executives | People from London, Ontario | Canadian film directors | Burials at Hollywood Forever CemeteryPersonal toolsLog in / create accountNamespacesArticleDiscussionVariantsViewsReadEditView historyActionsSearchNavigationMain pageContentsFeatured contentCurrent eventsRandom articleDonate to WikipediaInteractionHelpAbout WikipediaCommunity portalRecent changesContact WikipediaToolboxWhat links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkCite this pagePrint/exportCreate a bookDownload as PDFPrintable versionLanguagesSuomi This page was last modified on 17 November 2010 at 22:21.Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License;additional terms may apply.See Terms of Use for details.Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.Contact usPrivacy policyAbout WikipediaDisclaimers if ( window.isMSIE55 ) fixalpha(); if (window.runOnloadHook) runOnloadHook();