Frank Bennett

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Mae Marsh  •  Robert Harron  •  F.A. Turner

The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D.W. Griffith
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Mae Marsh  •  Robert Harron  •  F.A. Turner

Sold for Marriage (1916)

A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  Walter Long  •  Allan Sears

A poor Russian girl's beauty leads her unscrupulous uncle to bring her to the United States. There he is going to sell her into a marriage with a rich old man she has never met. But her lover, an returning immigrant visiting Russia from the U.S., sails on the same ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Christy Cabanne
CAST:  Lillian Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  Walter Long  •  Allan Sears

Her Official Fathers (1917)

A 1917 film directed by Elmer Clifton, Joseph Henabery, and Dorothy Gish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton  •  Joseph Henabery  •  Dorothy Gish
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  F.A. Turner  •  Sam De Grasse

A 1917 film directed by Elmer Clifton, Joseph Henabery, and Dorothy Gish.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Elmer Clifton  •  Joseph Henabery  •  Dorothy Gish
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  F.A. Turner  •  Sam De Grasse

A Sister of Six (1916)

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Ben Lewis  •  Bessie Love  •  Georgie Stone  •  Violet Radcliffe

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the seven offspring fight against their greedy neighbors to keep what is rightfully theirs.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chester M. Franklin  •  Sidney Franklin
CAST:  Ben Lewis  •  Bessie Love  •  Georgie Stone  •  Violet Radcliffe

Stranded (1916)

H. Ulysses Watts is a traveling Shakespearean actor whose career is on the decline, as his audiences are more interested in cinema and vaudeville. When the troupe is robbed by Stoner, Watts cares for an injured young trapeze artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Ingraham
CAST:  DeWolf Hopper Sr.  •  Carl Stockdale  •  Frank Bennett  •  Loyola O'Connor

H. Ulysses Watts is a traveling Shakespearean actor whose career is on the decline, as his audiences are more interested in cinema and vaudeville. When the troupe is robbed by Stoner, Watts cares for an injured young trapeze artist.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Lloyd Ingraham
CAST:  DeWolf Hopper Sr.  •  Carl Stockdale  •  Frank Bennett  •  Loyola O'Connor

The Heiress at Coffee Dan's (1916)

"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a missing heiress whose story they have read about in the papers. "Waffles" herself believes the story, as she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dillon
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Frank Bennett  •  Max Davidson  •  Lucille Young

"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a missing heiress whose story they have read about in the papers. "Waffles" herself believes the story, as she was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Dillon
CAST:  Bessie Love  •  Frank Bennett  •  Max Davidson  •  Lucille Young

The Little Yank (1917)

Sallie is a beautiful Kentucky girl who belongs to a family of Union sympathizers. Her brother is a lieutenant in the Union army, and on a visit home brings Major Rushton, his superior officer, who falls in love with Sallie, "the little Yank."  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Siegmann
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  Allan Sears  •  Bob Burns

Sallie is a beautiful Kentucky girl who belongs to a family of Union sympathizers. Her brother is a lieutenant in the Union army, and on a visit home brings Major Rushton, his superior officer, who falls in love with Sallie, "the little Yank."  (more)

DIRECTION:  George Siegmann
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Frank Bennett  •  Allan Sears  •  Bob Burns

The Eyes of Mystery (1918)

Carma Carmichael, who lives with her uncle Quincy, is kidnapped by her renegade father Roger and taken to his ancestral Southern home. Uncle Quincy sends young Jack Carrington to investigate and goes into hiding, leading the Carmichaels to believe he is dead. Carma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Edith Storey  •  Bradley Barker  •  Harry Northrup  •  Frank Andrews

Carma Carmichael, who lives with her uncle Quincy, is kidnapped by her renegade father Roger and taken to his ancestral Southern home. Uncle Quincy sends young Jack Carrington to investigate and goes into hiding, leading the Carmichaels to believe he is dead. Carma ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tod Browning
CAST:  Edith Storey  •  Bradley Barker  •  Harry Northrup  •  Frank Andrews

The Hand Bag (1912)

A comedy in which the unattractive young woman De Roseville loses her handbag. The bag is found by a pretty girl, but then she also forgets about it. When a young man brings the bag back, he expects to find the cute girl, instead of the ugly Ms. De Roseville.  (more)

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CAST:  Frank Bennett  •  Rosemary Theby  •  Flora Finch

A comedy in which the unattractive young woman De Roseville loses her handbag. The bag is found by a pretty girl, but then she also forgets about it. When a young man brings the bag back, he expects to find the cute girl, instead of the ugly Ms. De Roseville.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Frank Bennett  •  Rosemary Theby  •  Flora Finch

Cigar Butts (1914)

Short film telling the story of diamond smuggling.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mary Alden  •  Frank Bennett  •  Richard Cummings  •  Dorothy Gish

Short film telling the story of diamond smuggling.  (more)

DIRECTION: 
CAST:  Mary Alden  •  Frank Bennett  •  Richard Cummings  •  Dorothy Gish

How Hazel Got Even (1915)

Hazel, a cashier in a restaurant, is engaged to Patsy, a bus driver. Patsy earns some extra money by going in on preliminary bouts at the Athletic Club pugilistic exhibitions, and gains a local reputation as a boxer. When a big fighter is suddenly taken ill on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Crisp  •  George Siegmann
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Eugene Pallette  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Fred Burns

Hazel, a cashier in a restaurant, is engaged to Patsy, a bus driver. Patsy earns some extra money by going in on preliminary bouts at the Athletic Club pugilistic exhibitions, and gains a local reputation as a boxer. When a big fighter is suddenly taken ill on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Donald Crisp  •  George Siegmann
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Eugene Pallette  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Fred Burns

The Lost Lord Lowell (1915)

Molly, a slavey in a New York boarding house, is in love with Herbert, the butler at the house next door. They are engaged to be married. Molly is a sort of Cinderella, whom everybody in the boarding house picks on, especially Beth, an actress in search of a rich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Catherine Henry  •  Chester Withey  •  Frank Bennett

Molly, a slavey in a New York boarding house, is in love with Herbert, the butler at the house next door. They are engaged to be married. Molly is a sort of Cinderella, whom everybody in the boarding house picks on, especially Beth, an actress in search of a rich ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Catherine Henry  •  Chester Withey  •  Frank Bennett

The Mountain Girl (1915)

In a primitive log cabin buried among the rugged pines deep in the California mountains lives the Mountain Girl with her grandfather, a man of hoary age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Kirkwood
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Ralph Lewis  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Frank Bennett

In a primitive log cabin buried among the rugged pines deep in the California mountains lives the Mountain Girl with her grandfather, a man of hoary age.  (more)

DIRECTION:  James Kirkwood
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Ralph Lewis  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Frank Bennett

The Little Catamount (1915)

Hattie, a moonshiner's daughter, plays with her weird dog, Fanny, and rules her father with a rod of iron. To their mountain cabin comes Neighbor Dawson, another moonshiner, and arranges with Hattie's father to marry her. This does not agree with Hattie's ideas at all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Ralph Lewis  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Frank Bennett

Hattie, a moonshiner's daughter, plays with her weird dog, Fanny, and rules her father with a rod of iron. To their mountain cabin comes Neighbor Dawson, another moonshiner, and arranges with Hattie's father to marry her. This does not agree with Hattie's ideas at all.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Powell
CAST:  Dorothy Gish  •  Ralph Lewis  •  W.E. Lawrence  •  Frank Bennett