Frank Whitson
Actor · 1877 – 1946 · New York City, New York, USA
Movies24
Movie6.7MusicRomanceDespite her mother's objections, the naive young daughter of a show boat captain is thrust into the limelight as the company's new leading lady.
Show Boat
1936 · 51 votes
Movie6.8AdventureComedyAn eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subsequently pretends to indeed be kidnapped, , in order to allow a reward of $50,000 to benefit an impecunious family headed by Tony Orsatti and his three sons, Blackie, Doc and Flash.
3 Kids and a Queen
1935 · 4 votes
Movie10.0WesternBriscoe leases land from Latimer. When oil is found Latimer tries to stop Briscoe from renewing the lease. Tom arrives and fights off Latimer and his men to renew the lease. But Latimer is not done. Now he shoots Briscoe, kidnaps Buddy, and blames Tom who is arrested and put in jail.
Texas Tornado
1928 · 1 votes
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A handsome boxer is sent out to manage his father's ranch. This is no easy task, as the ranch foreman's a no-good louse!
Walloping Kid
1926 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAfter the armistice of WW1, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for. He's wandering the fields of fictional Balkan state Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on. To his detriment, the unpopular king of Bomania bears a striking resemblance to him.
Soldier Man
1926 · 1 votes
Movie10.0DramaWesternBad Man's Bluff is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Alan James.
Bad Man's Bluff
1926 · 1 votes
Movie6.6AdventureActionTarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
The Adventures of Tarzan
1921 · 6 votes
Movie9.0ActionLarry 'Hutch' Hutchdale, gentleman thief, is keeping an eye on the newly-arrived Princess Orloff of Russia...and not just because of her curvaceous figure. The woman's jewel necklace is worth a fortune. But her secretary, Natalie Knowles, is secretly a famed cat burglar, and wants the necklace for herself. The two thieves outwit each other at every turn, all the while realizing they're a perfect match. But the star-crossed lovers have a surprise on their hands when they realize the jewels are a fake, and the princess an imposter! Hidden Aces was Charles Hutchison's seventh and final appearance as 'Hutch' Hutchdale, the character he originated in 1921's Hurricane Hutch.
Hidden Aces
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ActionAdventure1924 American adventure film serial.
Ten Scars Make a Man
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.5WarActionYoung Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
Captain Blood
1924 · 2 votes
Movie6.5DramaWhile burgling a mansion, Blackie is interrupted by little Joey, who has been awakened from his slumbers. Blackie gently orders the kid to return to bed, but Joey refuses to do so unless Blackie helps him say his prayers. Thus is formed a strong friendship between Blackie and his "little pal," inspiring our raffish hero to rescue Joey's mother Rosemary Theby from a scandalous situation.
Boston Blackie's Little Pal
1918 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaAfter her father dies and a banker, to whom he owed $5,000, insults the family's honor, dancing instructor Mary Lee, the last of a long line of Southern aristocrats, goes to New York vowing to repay the debt. In Paris, Raoul Garson, an American theatrical manager, signs dancing sensation Anna Gerard, who resembles Mary, to appear on Broadway against the wishes of her Apache lover Pierre La Rouge.
A Trick of Fate
1919 · 1 votes
MovieDramaA woman gives up her illegitimate child, and then marries without telling her new husband about the child.
MovieDramaThe daughter of a Mexican aristocrat endures the travails of the Mexican revolution.
Movie9.0WesternA girl engaged to a member of the Royal Mounted Police is forced to marry a vicious blackmailer after he gains incriminating evidence on her father.
The Man from Hell's River
1922 · 1 votes
MovieDramaRecent immigrants August and Hilda cannot understand the American emphasis on weddings, because in their country, couples never get married. Fearing that he will be arrested for living with a woman who is not his wife, August stows away on a ship and dies in a wreck at sea. Afterward, Hilda tries to commit suicide, but the wealthy Esther Grail saves her, and then adopts her infant son Stephen. Years later, Esther tells him the circumstances of his birth, and so Stephen goes on a crusade for the rights of illegitimate children.
Movie10.0ComedyDramaHurry, Doctor! is a 1925 comedy short
Hurry, Doctor!
1925 · 1 votes
MovieDramaThe Mark of Cain
1916
Movie6.0DramaA city visitor falls for a mountain girl and collides with her family of rustic moonshiners.
Valley of Hate
1924 · 2 votes
Movie8.0MysteryThe police find Queenie Ross murdered. Tip O'Neil, a newspaper reporter, is detailed to solve the mystery.
The Pell Street Mystery
1924 · 1 votes
MovieAdventureRomanceLiving up to a reputation for disregarding rules, author Sebastian Maure, having fallen in love with Ghirlaine Bellamy, kidnaps her to get her away from her fiancé, Vincent Pamfort. Sebastian takes Ghirlaine to a small island where, because of the force of his personality, he is treated almost as a god by the natives. During her captivity, Ghirlaine exerts a strong influence on Sebastian, and he vows to make himself into a better man.
The Isle of Life
1916
Movie6.5DramaDon Armingo, a member of the Secret Service, is inspired while dancing the tango to join a group of smugglers at the Mexican border. As he is about to make the arrest, they take flight, kidnapping Don's sweetheart. Following in his airplane, he circles above the getaway car and plucks the girl from the tonneau cover just as it speeds over an embankment.
The Tango Cavalier
1923 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaThe House with Nobody in It
1915 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0DramaWestern
Jasper Steele, a wealthy rancher on the border, sends for Timothy, his nephew, to assist him in a feud with Hawksby, a rival rancher.
The Fighting Boob
1926 · 1 votes