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Chester Franklin

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Birth name Chester Mortimer Franklin
Nationality USA
Birth 1 september 1890 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 12 march 1954 (at 63 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Chester M. Franklin (September 1, 1889 - March 12, 1954) born San Francisco, was an American film director and actor. He was active mainly in the silent era. He was the brother of Sidney A. Franklin. In the late 1910s he co-directed with his brother Sidney several films with all children casts for William Fox.

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Chester M. Franklin
Chester M. Franklin
(15 films)
Violet Radcliffe
Violet Radcliffe
(3 films)
Francis Carpenter
Francis Carpenter
(3 films)
Bernard McConville
Bernard McConville
(3 films)
Harry Neumann
Harry Neumann
(2 films)
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Filmography of Chester Franklin (15 films)

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Director

The Stoker
The Stoker (1932)
, 1h10
Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Monte Blue, Dorothy Burgess, Noah Beery Sr., Natalie Moorhead, Richard Tucker, Clarence Geldart
Rating56% 2.832682.832682.832682.832682.83268
A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous bandit on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation.[1]
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair (1932)
, 1h18
Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about children, Political films, Napoleonic Wars films, French Revolution films
Actors Myrna Loy, Conway Tearle, Barbara Kent, Anthony Bushell, Walter Byron, Montagu Love
Rating55% 2.7587152.7587152.7587152.7587152.758715
An ambitious and ruthless young woman advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.
The Thirteenth Hour
The Thirteenth Hour (1927)

Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Horror comedy, Horror
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Lionel Barrymore, Charles Delaney, Jacqueline Gadsden, Fred Kelsey, Polly Moran, Sōjin Kamiyama
Rating54% 2.70652.70652.70652.70652.7065
Junior detective Gray (Charles Delaney) discovers that the eccentric criminologist Professor Leroy (Lionel Barrymore) is both a crook and a murderer.
The Silent Accuser
The Silent Accuser (1924)

Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Eleanor Boardman, Raymond McKee, Earl Metcalfe
Rating53% 2.688842.688842.688842.688842.68884
Dog Star Peter the Great woofs through the title role as the only witness to the murder of Barbara Jane's stepfather.
The Toll of the Sea
The Toll of the Sea (1923)
, 54minutes
Directed by Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on operas
Actors Anna May Wong, Kenneth Harlan, Priscilla Moran
Rating65% 3.290743.290743.290743.290743.29074
When young Chinese woman Lotus Flower sees an unconscious man floating in the water at the seashore, she quickly gets help for him. The man is Allen Carver, an American. Soon the two have fallen in love, and they get married "Chinese fashion". Carver promises to take her with him when he returns home. Lotus Flower's friends warn her that he will leave without her, and one states she has been forgotten by four American husbands, but she does not believe them. However, Carver's friends discourage him from fulfilling his promise, and he returns to the United States alone.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island (1917)

Directed by Sidney Franklin, Chester M. Franklin, Chester Franklin
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Virginia Lee Corbin, Francis Carpenter, Elmo Lincoln, Charles Gorman, Violet Radcliffe, Lewis Sargent
Rating57% 2.864622.864622.864622.864622.86462
As described in a film magazine, Jim Hawkins (Carpenter) and his mother operate the Admiral Ben Bow Inn, and when they are threatened by an attack by pirates they go to the home of their friend, the squire, for the night. Mrs. Hawkins (Washington) hands the squire a package she found in a chest that was owned by Billy Bones, one of her boarders who had died. The squire discovers a map showing the location of treasure buried by someone named Flint. Jim, overhearing the squire's plans to recover the treasure, goes to sleep and dreams that he, Louise (Corbin), and a ship's crew have set out to find the gold. Long John Silver (Radcliffe), their first mate, is a crook and with some of the men plan to rob Jim and Louise of the treasure. After a fight on the island and the killing off of Long John Silver's men, Long John Silver joins Jim and his gang and through Ben Gunn (Sargent) they find the treasure. Just as Jim is about to distribute it, he wakes up.

Producer

The Painted Hills
The Painted Hills (1951)
, 1h30
Directed by Harold F. Kress
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about music and musicians, Films about dogs, Musical films
Actors Paul Kelly, Pal, Bruce Cowling, Ann Doran, Gary Gray, Art Smith
Roles Producer
Rating42% 2.1115652.1115652.1115652.1115652.111565
A prospector named Jonathan Harvey (Paul Kelly), whose faithful companion is a rough collie named Shep, looks after the family of his late partner, Martha Blake (Ann Doran) and her son Tommy (Gary Gray). After years of digging in the hills of California (where the movie was shot), he finally strikes gold. However, before he can share it with the Blakes, his greedy partner Lin Taylor (Bruce Cowling) kills Jonathan and attempts to lay claim on the gold. He poisons Shep, who nearly dies, and nearly kills Tommy, but ultimately Shep recovers and leads Lin into the mountains, where he falls off a cliff to his death.