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Frank E. Montgomery (June 14, 1870 – July 18, 1944) was an early American silent film director and actor.


Biography

Montgomery acted in 28 films but is most acclaimed as a silent film director in which he is credited with directing 82 films. He was married to actresses Florence McClain as well as Josephine Mercedes Workman, who used the stage name Princess Mona Darkfeather to forge a career playing Native American roles. Many of Montgomery's film titles contain Native American references, such as ''Darkfeather's Sacrifice'', ''Apache Love'', ''An Indian's Gratitude'', ''The Red Girl's Sacrifice'', ''Mona of the Modocs'', ''An Apache Father's Vengeance'', ''Big Rock's Last Stand'', ''The Half-Breed Scout'', ''A Blackfoot Conspiracy'', ''A Red Man's Love'', ''A Daughter of the Redskins'', ''The Massacre of Santa Fe Trail'', and ''A White Indian.'' He also directed the now- lost film '' The Spirit of '76'' (1917). He is referenced obliquely in Gerald Vizenor's short story "Almost Browne," in the character of Professor Monte Franzgomery, who teaches Romantic Literature but who sees the Native American culture through his own romanticizations.


Selected filmography

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Two Knights of Vaudeville ''Two Knights of Vaudeville'' is an American 1915 short comedy film with an African American cast. Luther Pollard produced and Ebony Film Corporation distributed the film. Jimmy Marshall, Frank Montgomery, and Florence McClain Florence ( ; ...
'' (1915) *'' The Kiss of Hate'' (1916) * '' Notorious Gallagher'' (1916) * '' Her Debt of Honor'' (1916) * '' Life's Shadows'' (1916) *'' The Brand of Cowardice'' (1916) *'' The Call of Her People'' (1917) *'' Cardigan'' (1920) * '' Who's Cheating?'' (1924) * '' Floodgates'' (1924) * '' The Mad Dancer'' (1925) * '' Red Love'' (1925) * ''
Children of the Whirlwind ''Children of the Whirlwind'' is a 1925 American silent crime drama film directed by Whitman Bennett and starring Lionel Barrymore, Johnnie Walker, and Marguerite De La Motte. Plot As described in a film magazine review, a young man freshly re ...
'' (1925) *'' Aloma of the South Seas'' (1926) *'' So's Your Old Man'' (1926)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Montgomery, Frank 1870 births 1944 deaths 20th-century American male actors American male silent film actors Film directors from Pennsylvania Male actors from Pennsylvania Silent film directors