J. Herbert Frank
Also Known As: Herbert Frank
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Birthday: May 12, 1885
Deathday: March 07, 1926
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The End of the Tour
Overview: A lonely wife runs off with a traveling actor, taking her boy with her but leaving her daughter behind. The boy, Byron Bennett, grows up, and is stranded back in Mayville with a theater troupe. To make enough money to get out of town, they teach the local fire department how to put on a play. While the village cutie Grace Jessup is being shown how to act, one of the troupe tries to seduce her. Byron, knowing what the lecher is up to, even if Grace doesn't, follows the pair and chokes the man senseless.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-29
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The Littlest Rebel
Overview: A Civil War melodrama from 1914.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-01
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In the Days of Buffalo Bill
Overview: Western film serial featuring Buffalo Bill
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-09-11
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The Breath of Araby
Overview: A woman attempts to attract a man by using a thousand-year-old love potion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-08
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The Sheriff's Oath
Overview: The Sheriff's Oath is a 1920 silent western.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-02-28
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Who Killed Joe Merrion?
Overview: Sir Philip Randall, a prominent judge, is fed up with the antics of James, his scapegrace son, and tosses him out of the house. The conflict between father and son leaves Mrs. Randall heartbroken, and when she dies, she makes her husband swear to help James if he ever needs it. When Joe Merrion, a bookmaker, is found dead, circumstantial evidence points to Squire William Rufford. Although Randall can't believe he committed the crime, he is forced to convict him and sentence him to prison. But later, when James, whose wild ways have left him penniless, comes to his father for help, Randall discovers that he was the killer.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-01-03
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Hearts and Diamonds
Overview: Tupper meets the wealthy Miss Whipple at a baseball game. When she declares that she just adores baseball players, Tupper starts up a team.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-25
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The Apple
Overview: Promising to send for his sweetheart Roza, when he gets settled, Hugo Hunfalvy leaves Hungary for America. In New York he meets Louis Kaplan, an old friend, who owns a fruit store. Louis' sister, Marie, is pretty and flirtatious, and is much impressed by Hugo. He soon falls under the influence of her wiles and buys part interest in Louis' store.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-07-23
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The Wheat and the Tares
Overview: In a game of cards, Stillwell, a young Southerner, incurs the hatred of Collins, an unscrupulous scoundrel. Seeing a chance for a double revenge, Collins goes to LaVinge, father of Edith, with whom Stillwell is in love, and demands payment of an old gambling debt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-15
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Mortmain
Overview: Surgeon Crisp announces to his student doctors and friends that he has solved the problem of limb-grafting, and shows proofs. Among those deeply interested is Mortmain, a musician and a friend of the surgeon.
Genres: Drama Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-09-06
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Four Grains of Rice
Overview: The leader of "The Sons of the Brazen Joss," one of the Tongs, or Chinese social organizations, is murdered by Moy Wong, cunning leader of The Four Grains of Rice," a Tong of higher class and bitter enemies of the "Sons." Sworn to vengeance, the "Sons" await an opportunity to get even.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-12
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A Wireless Rescue
Overview: A romance of the rail, this two-part "thriller" uses wireless telegraphy as the means of averting a disaster to an express train.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-23
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Twice Rescued
Overview: Saved from a terrible shipwreck by Stephan Royston, son of a farmer. Nana, orphaned by the catastrophe, is adopted by the family and the two sons, Stephan and Godfrey, fall in love with her. Stephan's artistic tendency for painting, etc., is classed as foolishness by his stern father, while Godfrey, realizing that the girl favors his brother, determines to get rid of him.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-20
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Saved from a Life of Crime
Overview: Becoming imbued with a lawless spirit, Tom, a street waif of twelve, holds up an old woman with a toy pistol, robs her of a dollar and gets away. Exhibiting the money to some of his companions, the boy proceeds to give them all an ice cream treat. The feast is interrupted by the police, who nab Tom.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-01
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The Greater Love
Overview: Shortly after the engagement of John Brown and Hope Avery is announced, he receives an offer of a fine position in South America. She demurs at his going, but he overcomes her objections and after a tender farewell, leaves her with the promise to return within a year and make her his wife. Philip Lane is injured in an auto accident near the Avery home, and Hope discovers him. She has him taken to her home and during his convalescence, he falls deeply in love with her.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-14
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The Secret of the Storm Country
Overview: A 1917 film directed by Charles Miller.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-01
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April Folly
Overview: April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr. Sarle and his partner Ronald Kenna (Frank) and reads her latest story to them. She has made Sarle the hero, Kenna the villain, and herself the heroine. In the story, April changes places with Lady Diana Mannister (Marshall), who is being sent to South Africa to separate her from her lover, a young artist. A famous diamond that Lady Diana is to deliver at the end of her journey is given to April. Thieves trail her during her journey. With efforts by Kenna to steal the diamond prevented by the intervention of Sarle, the story comes to a close.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-03-20
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Jazzmania
Overview: The queen of a mythical European nation flees to America when a general threatens to overthrow her government.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-12
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Scandal
Overview: Harmlessly flirting with a worldly artist, Beatrix is outraged when he tries to put the moves on her, and she storms indignantly out of his Greenwich Village studio. Alas, her visits to the lecherous artist have already stirred up gossip, so to allay suspicions Beatrix claims that she has come to New York to visit a family friend, Pelham Franklin.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-11-17
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Destruction
Overview: Fernande marries a man and schemes to get his wealth when his expected death occurs. But he dies before he can change his will. She next tries to kill the son who inherits, but he outfoxes her.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-26
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The Crucial Test
Overview: Wicked Russian Grand Duke Bagroff becomes infatuated with Thanya, but she loves American artist Vance Holden. When Thanya's revolutionary brother Boris tells her that he plans to kill Bagroff, she agrees to help. The plan fails and Boris and Thanya are captured, but they soon escape to Paris where Thanya rejoins the struggling Vance. Bagroff finds Thanya and tells her that he will make Vance famous if she consents to be his mistress. Thanya agrees and Vance becomes an overnight success. Then, as Bagroff and Thanya prepare to spend their first night together, Boris appears and kills the duke, thereby allowing Thanya and Vance to spend a peaceful, successful life together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-03
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Dodging a Million
Overview: Mabel plays Arabella Flynn, a shop girl who mistakenly thinks she is an heiress. She gets in a jam on a spending spree only to discover that she actually is an heiress and can marry the heir of a corset manufacturer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-27
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The Brand of Satan
Overview: A man discovers that he has two personalities--and one of them is a notorious strangler.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-07-09
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Darkest Russia
Overview: Ilda Barosky, a Jewess whose father was killed by Russian soldiers, is a violin student in love with Alexis Nazimoff, son of the Russian aristocracy. Alexis' father arranges a marriage of convenience between Alexis and Olga Karischeff, the daughter of the ambitious minister of police and attempts to shame Ilda at the betrothal celebration. Defiant, Ilda is whipped before the entire assembly. Alexis rushes in to rescue her and terminates his engagement to Olga. In retaliation, Karischeff sentences both Ilda and Alexis to ten years in Siberia as his last official act. The couple attempt to escape their Siberian captivity, are caught and face a firing squad until Count Nazimoff, who has assumed Karischeff's position as minister of police, arrives with a pardon. The couple return home, and the penitent count finally grants them his blessings.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-23
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Up and at 'Em
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Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-08-06
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The Dust of Egypt
Overview: Geoffrey's relationship with his fiancée is threatened by Ameuset, a princess of Egypt awakened after five thousand years. Originally a six reel feature, only short fragments of The Dust of Egypt survive today.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-04
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