George B. Seitz
George Brackett Seitz (January 3, 1888 – July 8, 1944) was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director.[1] He was known for his screenplays for action serials, such as The Perils of Pauline (1914) and The Exploits of Elaine (1914).Seitz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, started his career as a playwright, and also wrote some fiction for "up-market" pulp magazines such as Adventure and People's Magazine.He worked at Columbia Pictures and at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer where he directed eleven films in the Andy Hardy series of the 1930s & 1940s.He was the father of George B. Seitz Jr., who was a writer/director active in the 1940s and 1950s in films and television.