Frank Griffin (September 17, 1886 – March 17, 1953) was an American
film director
A film director controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfilment of that vision. The director has a key role in choosing the cast members, p ...
, writer, and actor of the
silent era
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, wh ...
. He directed 29 films between 1914 and 1924. He was born in
Norfolk, Virginia
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, and died in
Los Angeles, California
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from a
heart attack
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.
Selected filmography
* ''
A Brewerytown Romance
''A Brewerytown Romance'' is a lost 1914 American silent comedy film produced by the Lubin Manufacturing Company, starring Eva Bell, Raymond McKee, Frank Griffin, and Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Lena's jealous boyfried Heinz is furious when Lena dance ...
'' (1914)
* ''
The Kidnapped Bride'' (1914)
* ''
Worms Will Turn
''Worms Will Turn'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Cast
* Raymond McKee as Bill Raggles
* Ed Lawrence as Police Chief
* Julia Calhoun as Matilda
* Oliver Hardy as A Policeman (as Babe Hardy)
See also
* ...
'' (1914)
* ''
The Green Alarm
''The Green Alarm'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Cast
* Billy Bowers as Old Man Hokus
* Oliver Hardy as Mike (as O.N. Hardy)
* Raymond McKee as Jake
* Frank Griffin as Police Chief (as Frank C. Griffi ...
'' (1914)
* ''
A Fool There Was'' (1914)
* ''
Pins Are Lucky
''Pins Are Lucky'' is a 1914 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Cast
* Billy Bowers as Cyrus Singleton
* Frances Ne Moyer as Ruth Singleton
* Oliver Hardy as Peter Pelton (as O.N. Hardy)
* Raymond McKee as John Cozens
See also
...
'' (1914)
* ''
When the Ham Turned'' (1914)
* ''
The Honor of the Force'' (1914)
* ''
Dobs at the Shore'' (
1914
This year saw the beginning of what became known as World War I, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It als ...
)
* ''
They Looked Alike
''They Looked Alike'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Plot
Cast
* C.W. Ritchie as Bill
* Raymond McKee as Sam
* Harry Lorraine as Rube
* Oliver Hardy as Pedestrian (as Babe Hardy)
See also
* List of American ...
'' (1915)
* ''
Cannibal King'' (
1915
Events
Below, the events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix.
January
* January – British physicist Sir Joseph Larmor publishes his observations on "The Influence of Local Atmospheric Cooling on Astronomical Refraction".
*January 1 ...
)
* ''
Where Love Leads'' (
1916)
* ''
The King of the Kitchen
''The King of the Kitchen'' is a 1918 American silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Cast
* Harry Gribbon as The chef
* Rosa Gore as Owner of the house (as Rose Gore)
* Eva Novak as Gore's niece
* May Emory as A crooked lady (as Mae Emo ...
'' (
1918)
* ''
Lions and Ladies
''Lions and Ladies'' is a 1919 American comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.
Cast
* Oliver Hardy (as Babe Hardy)
* Harry Mann
* Rosa Gore
* Bobby Dunn
See also
* List of American films of 1919
* Oliver Hardy filmography
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'' (
1919
Events
January
* January 1
** The Czechoslovak Legions occupy much of the self-proclaimed "free city" of Pressburg (now Bratislava), enforcing its incorporation into the new republic of Czechoslovakia.
** HMY ''Iolaire'' sinks off the c ...
)
* ''Her First Kiss'' (1919)
Preservation
Griffin's film ''Her First Kiss'' was preserved by the
Academy Film Archive
The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of m ...
, in conjunction with
20th Century Fox
20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...
, in 2013.
References
External links
*
1886 births
1953 deaths
American film directors
American male film actors
American male screenwriters
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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