Chester M. Franklin
Chester Mortimer Franklin (September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era. Chester M. Franklin was born in San Francisco, he was the brother of Sidney A. In the late 1910s, he co-directed with his brother Sidney several films with all-children casts for William Fox. He directed two silent horror films, the 1924 Behind the Curtain (a.k.a.
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Chester M. Franklin
Mae Marsh (1921) Screen acting, Category:New York: Frederick A. Stokes Company, pp. 47 Retrieved from Google Books: link (extracted from PDF). Modifications by the uploader: perspective correction i · Public domain
- Name
- Chester M.
- Birth Name
- Chester Mortimer Franklin
- Born
- 1 September 1889
- Birthplace
- San Francisco, California
- Died
- 12 March 1954
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California
- Occupation
- Director
- Spouse
- Ruth Darling (died 1918)
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- film
- Languages
- English
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Chester Mortimer Franklin (September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era. Chester M. Franklin was born in San Francisco, he was the brother of Sidney A. In the late 1910s, he co-directed with his brother Sidney several films with all-children casts for William Fox. He directed two silent horror films, the 1924 Behind the Curtain (a.k.a.
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Souls Which Pass in the Night) and the 1927 The Thirteenth Hour.
Still from the American drama film A Private Scandal (1921) with author Hector Turnbull going over the script with May McAvoy, and director Chester Franklin, on page 87 of the June 25, 1921 Exhibitors Herald.
Realart Pictures Corporation · Exhibitors Herald (Apr. - Jun. 1921) on the Internet Archive
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• Name — Chester M. Franklin • Birth Name — Chester Mortimer Franklin • Born — 1 September 1889 • Birthplace — San Francisco, California • Died — 12 March 1954 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California • Resting Place — Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale • Occupation — Director • Years Active — 1912–1936 • Spouse — Ruth Darling (died 1918) • Relatives — Sidney Franklin (brother)
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• Illustration — Photo of the Keystone Cops from 1912, "Chet" Franklin in back fourth from right • 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) • All Soul's Eve (1921) • 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) • The Thirteenth Hour (1927) • Detectives (1928) • Vanity Fair (1932) • File 113 (1933) • The Iron Master (1933) • Sequoia (1934) • Tough Guy (1936)
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Chester M. Franklin died at Los Angeles.
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