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Chester Franklin

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Occupation
  
director

Role
  
Film director

Years active
  
1912–1936

Spouse
  
Ruth Darling (m. ?–1918)


Relatives
  
Sidney Franklin

Siblings
  
Sidney Franklin

Name
  
Chester Franklin

Nephews
  
Sidney Franklin Jr.

Full Name
  
Chester Mortimer Franklin

Born
  
September 1, 1889
San Francisco, California

Resting place
  
Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale

Died
  
March 12, 1954, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
The Toll of the Sea, Vanity Fair, Where the North Begins, Tough Guy, The Painted Hills

Similar People
  
Sidney Franklin, Kenneth Harlan, Frances Marion, Ralph Lewis, Norma Talmadge

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Chester Mortimer Franklin (September 1, 1889 – March 12, 1954) was an American film director and actor active mainly in the silent era. Born in San Francisco, he was the brother of Sidney A. Franklin. In the late 1910s he co-directed with his brother Sidney several films with all children casts for William Fox.

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Partial filmography

  • Going Straight (1916)
  • Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
  • Treasure Island (1918)
  • You Never Can Tell (1920)
  • The Case of Becky (1921)
  • Nancy from Nowhere (1922)
  • A Game Chicken (1922)
  • The Toll of the Sea (1922)
  • Where the North Begins (1923)
  • The Thirteenth Hour (1927)
  • Detectives (1928)
  • Vanity Fair (1932)
  • Tough Guy (1936)
  • References

    Chester M. Franklin Wikipedia