Frank Bates
Actor
Movies4
Movie5.5ComedyThe Hero is a 1917 silent comedy film featuring Billy West & Oliver Hardy.
The Hero
1917 · 2 votes
MovieDramaUnknown to his daughter Jacqueline, Miles Allen, in the guise of a fisherman, smuggles silk and fur into the country. Customs officer John Lang comes to investigate, and he and Jacqueline quickly fall in love. Ward Jennings, the owner of Miles' boat, also loves her, but Miles refuses to let him marry her, so Ward gets revenge by revealing Miles' smuggling operation to Coast Guard officers, who kill Miles in a struggle at his home.
The Dawn of Love
1916
- Movie10.0ThrillerComedy
A short sendup of the films of Alfred Hitchcock. The film is overdubbed by the titular Norman Nurdelpick as he presents his film to Alfred Hitchcock himself!
Norman Nurdelpick's Suspension
1973 · 1 votes
Movie6.5DocumentaryField recordings of religious services in a South Carolina Gullah community. Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940 is a 1940 short documentary film which shows religious services taking place in a South Carolina Gullah community. In 2005, Commandment Keeper Church was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Commandment Keeper Church, Beaufort South Carolina, May 1940
1940 · 11 votes