Chester M. Franklin
Chester M. Franklin | |
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Born | Chester Mortimer Franklin September 1, 1889 San Francisco, California |
Died | March 12, 1954 Los Angeles, California | (aged 64)
Resting place | Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale |
Occupation | Director |
Years active | 1912–1936 |
Spouse(s) | Ruth Darling (died 1918) Mildred Nadel (m. 1926) |
Relatives | Sidney Franklin (brother) |
Chester Mortimer Franklin (September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era. Born in San Francisco, 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.[1][2] He directed two silent horror films, the 1924 Behind the Curtain (a.k.a. Souls Which Pass in the Night) and the 1927 The Thirteenth Hour.[3]
Partial filmography[]
- Going Straight (1916)
- Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
- The Little School Ma'am (1916)
- The Babes in the Woods (1917)
- Jack and the Beanstalk (1917)
- Treasure Island (1918)
- You Never Can Tell (1920)
- The Case of Becky (1921)
- Nancy from Nowhere (1922)
- A Game Chicken (1922)
- The Toll of the Sea (1922)
- Where the North Begins (1923)
- The Song of Love (1923)
- Behind the Curtain (1924) a.k.a. Souls Which Pass in the Night[3]
- The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
- Detectives (1928)
- Vanity Fair (1932)
- File 113 (1933)
- Sequoia (1934)
- Tough Guy (1936)
References[]
- ^ Vazzana, Eugene Michael (2001). Silent Film Necrology (2 ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 181. ISBN 0-7864-1059-0. OCLC 46822379.
- ^ "Chester M. Franklin". AllMovie. Retrieved 2021-03-17.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Workman, Chris; Howarth, Troy (2016). Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era (1895-1929). Baltimore: Midnight Marquee Press. p. 274. ISBN 978-1-936168-68-2. OCLC 1083765034.CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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Categories:
- 1889 births
- 1954 deaths
- Film directors from California
- Male actors from San Francisco
- 20th-century American male actors
- American male silent film actors
- Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)