J. Frank Glendon
Actor · 1886 – 1937 · Choteau, Montana, USA
From Wikipedia J. Frank Glendon (October 25, 1886 – March 17, 1937) was an American film actor. He appeared in 79 films between 1915 and 1936. He was born in Choteau, Montana, and died in Hollywood, California.
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Movie7.8DramaA World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s falsely convicted of a crime and sent to work on a chain gang.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · 234 votes
Movie5.6ActionWesternProfiteer Alexander Stiles lays claim to a million acres of range in the Pecos River country, but a rancher named Claybor stands in his way as he has already claimed the water-rich location of Sweetwater as his own.
King of the Pecos
1936 · 18 votes
Movie5.8WesternSent by the Army, Andy Thomas poses as a renegade to find out who has been harassing the wagon trains.
Cyclone of the Saddle
1935 · 3 votes
Movie6.0AdventureTwo competing teams of scientists search the African jungles for a secret formula.
The Call of the Savage
1935 · 2 votes
Movie6.2WesternTex Weaver is working under cover to bring in a gang of bank robbers. When he is killed, Tim Ross, a marksman with Doc Shaw's traveling show, takes over. Posing as a Mexican he lays a trap for the gang.
Border Caballero
1936 · 6 votes
Movie5.6ActionAdventureRe-edited feature version of serial The Phantom Empire (1935). Singer Gene Autry discovers a race of advanced humans living beneath the earth.
Radio Ranch
1940 · 7 votes
Movie6.3DramaA white child is adopted and raised by a Chinese citizen and brought to San Francisco, where no one surmises that she is actually not Chinese.
A Tale of Two Worlds
1921 · 3 votes
Movie8.0WesternMerwin hires Barton to fight Welsh, but when Barton arrives in town, Welsh mistakes him for the hired killer Single-Shot Smith. Figuring he can help Merwin by being part of Welsh's gang he hires on as Single-Shot. But soon the real Single-Shot appears.
The Lion's Den
1936 · 1 votes
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Smashed Back
1926
Movie7.0DramaA picture depicting the engrossing adventures of a small town youth in Hollywood and showing the intimate home life of some of the screen's greatest stars.
Night Life in Hollywood
1922 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyDramaAfter living in a boarding school for some years, Peggy Dean accepts the invitation of her Aunts Abigail and Salina to live with them. They warn her that she will be "on probation" because of the family's displeasure with Peggy's father for marrying an actress, so Peggy masquerades as an exceedingly prim and proper missionary.
Just Like a Woman
1923 · 1 votes
Movie6.8RomanceDramaAdapted from the play The Merry Wives of Gotham, twin sisters are separated at birth - one of them becomes a society girl in New York, the other lives in the Irish slums.
Lights of Old Broadway
1925 · 4 votes
Movie5.8ActionMusicWhen the ancient continent of Mu sank beneath the ocean, some of its inhabitant survived in caverns beneath the sea. Cowboy singer Gene Autry stumbles upon the civilization, now buried beneath his own Radio Ranch. The Muranians have developed technology and weaponry such as television and ray guns. Their rich supply of radium draws unscrupulous speculators from the surface. The peaceful civilization of the Muranians is corrupted by the greed from above, and it becomes Autry's task to prevent all-out war, ideally without disrupting his regular radio show.
The Phantom Empire
1935 · 12 votes
MovieAdventure15 chapter adventure serial: 1. Caught in the Web; 2. The Open Switch; 3. The Speeding Doom; 4. The Clutch of Terror; 5. The Hand of Mystery; 6. Full Speed Ahead; 7. The Crater of Death; 8. The Plunge of Horror; 9. The Fire Trap; 10. Out of the Dungeon; 11. In the Desert's Grip; 12. Hurled to Destruction; 13. The Hidden Menace; 14. The Crash of Fate; 15. Out of the Web.
MovieCrimeDramaBank cashier Ramsey Latham is sentenced to prison for violation of the banking laws. On his way to the penitentiary, he encounters Hilary Kenyon, a young girl who speaks encouragingly to him. Later he is surprised to discover that Hilary is also a prisoner, having been found guilty of manslaughter for killing a man who attacked her.
Movie5.6WesternActionA card sharp steps in when a Mexican family's ranch is threatened by swindlers and cheats.
Aces and Eights
1936 · 5 votes
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceConstance Keener, who is betrothed to young millionaire Merton Torrey, confesses to him her desire for romance such as he does not give her. On the occasion of a masquerade ball, Torrey is unable to escort her; and while she is alone on the balcony, someone suddenly seizes and kisses her, then disappears. She attempts to discover her assailant's identity.
Kissed
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaAdventureMarta Estevan is ready to leave the convent where she has been reared. Dona Luisa Artega, mother of Rafael and the young girl's guardian, arranges a marriage between the two, because she thinks that Marta's influence will rescue her son from the wild life he is leading and make a man of him. Marta rescues the American Bryton, when he is attacked by Indians, and falls in love with him.
For the Soul of Rafael
1920 · 1 votes
MovieWesternComedyThe Dawn of Understanding is a lost 1918 American silent Western comedy film produced by The Vitagraph Company of America and directed by David Smith. It stars Bessie Love in the first film of her nine-film contract with Vitagraph.
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Howard Sherbrooke, a wealthy senior at a law university, is infatuated with Ethel Stratton, a girl who is a favorite with the students. Dick Leslie, his chum, is also in love with her. Dick is from the west, working his way through college, and Howard has assisted him financially. Howard does not know of Dick's love for Ethel.
Her Reckoning
1915
Movie7.0ComedyWestern"Red" Davison(Buck Jones), the sheriff of Sun Dog, sacrifices his job and his good name to save his best friend, "Silent" Slade from the hangman's noose, following a framed-up court decision which sentences Slade to hang for the murder of "Scotty McKee (J.P. McGowan). Davidson allows Slade to escape from jail and follows him to aid him in proving his innocence.
The Red Rider
1934 · 2 votes
Movie10.0DramaForced to wear quaint short dresses and pigtails so that she will inspire her grandfather's sentimental poetry, nineteen-year-old Joy Havenith longs for companions of her own age.
The Wishing Ring Man
1919 · 1 votes
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Sent by his fireworks manufacturer father to South America to peddle the pyrotechnics, John Arnold, Jr., has his last chance to make good. He finds in Santa Maria a just-completed revolution, the celebration for which provides a ready market for his products. Adventure beckons him further, however, when John falls in love with Zorra Gamorra, the daughter of the deposed president. With the aid of his fireworks, John engineers another revolution that re-installs Zorra's father in the presidency. The celebration that follows requires a large order of fireworks from Arnold, Sr. - thus reinstating Arnold, Jr., in his father's good graces.
Roman Candles
1922 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ActionAdventureA lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.
The Lost Special
1932 · 3 votes