Frank Craven

Frank Craven

Nacimiento : 1875-08-24, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Muerte : 1945-09-01

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Frank Craven

Películas

Colonel Effingham's Raid
Dewey
The story takes place in 1940. On the eve of America's entry in World War II, a colonel retired to his small Southern town, and discovers that there is a plan afoot to tear down Confederate Monument Square. He begins a campaign to rally the townspeople to save the square.
Forever Yours
Uncle Charles
A young woman who has been stricken with infantile paralysis gives up hope and is trying to "will herself" to die. A doctor who has been conducting experiments with patients with paralyzed nerves is convinced he can cure her.
Destiny
Clem Broderick
Framed for two crimes he didn't commit, and betrayed by his girl, Cliff Banks finds himself on the run from the police. Now distrustful of everyone, he finds a safe haven hiding out at a quaint country cottage under the care of a kindly old farmer and his daughter, a Cinderella-like blind woman who seems to be able to communicate with nature. There he is forced by their love to question his misanthropy.
When the Lights Go On Again
Story
The hometown life of a young soldier suffering from shellshock amnesia is revealed in flashback.
My Best Gal
Danny O'Hara
A girl from a show-business family seeks a backer for her boyfriend's musical.
Aventuras de Jack London
Old Tom
The adventurous and remarkable life of the US writer Jack London (1876-1916).
El hijo de Drácula
Dr. Harry Brewster
El hijo del Conde Drácula, utilizando una identidad falsa (Alucard), viaja a una plantación del sur de los Estados Unidos invitado por Katherine, una bella joven que vive obsesionada por la muerte. Inmediatamente después de su llegada, el conde Alucard intenta seducirla.
Dangerous Blondes
Inspector Joseph Clinton
Mystery writer Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn) and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes), prefer solving crimes rather than writing about them. They get a chance when killings plague the fashion photography studio of Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe). After his secretary, Julie Taylor(Anita Louise) reports an attempt to murder her there, Erika McCormick's (Ann Savage) Aunt Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes) is stabbed and the evidence points to Madge Lawrence (Bess Flowers) an older model and an apparent suicide. Police Inspector Joseph Clinton (Frank Craven) declares the case closed...but then Erika is murdered.
La llama sagrada
Docteur Fielding
Un notable periodista (Spencer Tracy) quiere publicar un homenaje a un respetado y admirado patriota muerto en un accidente de coche. Hepburn es la viuda del hombre sobre el que Tracy quiere escribir.
Harrigan's Kid
Walter Garnet
A former jockey teaches a newcomer the dirty tricks of the track.
Eyes Aloft
Ed Randall
In this documentary short film, a woman volunteer for the civilian aviation observer corps in World War II explains how the U.S. military depends on civilians watching the skies to warn of possible attacking or spying enemy aircraft. An army major explains to a group of civic leaders how volunteers are to be recruited and organized. Then the volunteers man posts day and night, always watching for unidentified aircraft that might be enemy forces.
Forja de corazones
J.M. 'Doc' Powers
Charles "Pittsburgh" Markham pasa por encima de sus amigos, sus amantes y sus ideales para conseguir el éxito financiero en la industria siderúrgica de Pittsburgh, sólo para encontrarse abandonado y solo en la cima. Cuando llega su caída, descubre que el destino le ha dado una segunda oportunidad.
Girl Trouble
Ambrose Murdock Flint
A South American in New York rents the apartment of a socialite who pretends to be his maid.
Thru Different Eyes
Steve Pettijohn
A celebrated district attorney reflects on the way circumstantial evidence impacted a famous murder case.
Como ella sola
Asa Timberlake
Una neurótica mujer, emocionalmente desequilibrada, arruina la vida de todas las personas que se cruzan en su camino, hasta el punto de que las consecuencias de su comportamiento llegan a ser trágicas.
The Richest Man in Town
Abb Crothers
The conflicting views of two leading citizens in a small town are reconciled when they come across a promoter who is planning to defraud the town. He is reformed by the daughter of one.
The Lady from Cheyenne
Hank Foreman
Fictionalized story of the 1869 adoption of women's suffrage in Wyoming Territory. In the new-founded railroad town of Laraville, Boss Jim Cork hopes to manipulate the sale of town lots to give him control, but Quaker schoolmarm Annie Morgan bags one of the key lots. Cork's lawyer Steve Lewis tries romancing Annie to get the lot back, finding her so overpoweringly liberated she leaves him dizzy. Still, Steve attains his nefarious object...almost...then has cause to deeply regret having aroused the sleeping giant of feminism!
Harvests for Tomorrow
Narrator (voice)
Documents farming practices in the New England states, showing the prosperity that fertile soils brought to hardworking farmers who cleared the hilly land. That fertile soil, rich in minerals, accumulated over the course of centuries covered in forests. Shows that generations of farmers have enriched themselves from these fertile soils without adequately caring for them. Failing farms, dilapidation and abandonment are shown to follow farming these depleted soils. "But it doesn't have to be this way," states a narrator in the character of an old Yankee. Application of lime and phosphorous fertilizers recommended by soil scientists are shown to restore and maintain soil fertility. Abundant harvests of hay are shown resulting from well-fertilized fields. Depicts pre-mechanized farming and logging practices, hand harvesting, and use of working animals.
Dreaming Out Loud
Dr. Walter Barnes
Lum and Abner work at a general store in Arkansas. There they get involved in some misadventures with the locals.
Ciudad de conquista
'Old Timer'
Nueva York. Un camionero (James Cagney) decide hacerse boxeador para ayudar a su hermano que se dedica a la música (Arthur Kennedy), pero a un gángster sin escrúpulos no le gustará la idea.
Sinfonía de la vida
Writer
Los cambios llegan lentamente a una pequeña localidad del estado americano de New Hampshire, en los albores del siglo XX. La gente nace, crece, se casa, vive y muere. El periódico y la leche se reparten cada mañana y nadie cierra con llave la puerta de sus casas...
Sinfonía de la vida
Mr. Morgan
Los cambios llegan lentamente a una pequeña localidad del estado americano de New Hampshire, en los albores del siglo XX. La gente nace, crece, se casa, vive y muere. El periódico y la leche se reparten cada mañana y nadie cierra con llave la puerta de sus casas...
Miracles for Sale
Dad Morgan
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.
Penrod and His Twin Brother
Mr. Frank Schofield
Penrod Schofield's mischievous dog, Duke, is falsely accused of biting Penrod's spoiled friend, Rodney.
Las vacaciones del juez Harvey
Frank Redmond
De vacaciones con su familia en la isla Catalina, Andy Hardy se enamora de una sofisticada belleza. El juez Hardy advierte a su hijo que ella es demasiado lista para él.
Blossoms On Broadway
P. T. Quinterfield Sr.
A young singer hopes to become a success on Broadway.
Penrod and Sam
Mr. Schofield
A boy (Billy Mauch) and his gang catch bank robbers using their clubhouse as a hide-out.
Give Me Liberty
Dialogue Coach
Patrick Henry's rousing speech before the Virginia legislature argues for colonial independence.
The Harvester
Mr. Biddle
In a small town in Indiana in the 1890s, the domineering and ambitious Mrs. Biddle arranges a marriage between her spoiled daughter Thelma and the town's prize catch, harvester David Langston, who is wedded to the soil. David is friends with orphan Ruth Jameson and, although she is in love with him, he eventually gives in to the machinations of Mrs. Biddle and consents to marry Thelma. Meanwhile, technological advances come to town, including its first gasoline buggy, galvanic battery, and metal bathtub fitted with running water. When Mrs. Biddle tries to convince David to give up the farming life and join her husband in real estate, Mr. Biddle, hen-pecked and dissatisfied with city life, warns David against selling his farm.
Una chica de provincias
Will "Pa" Brannan
Kay, una humilde muchacha provinciana, conoce una noche a Bob Dakin, un joven millonario que ha bebido más de la cuenta y que, en ese estado, le propone matrimonio. A la mañana siguiente, una vez sobrio, se da cuenta del error que ha cometido e intenta salir del atolladero, pero no será tan fácil.
La ciudad sin ley
Col. Marcus Aurelius Cobb
En 1849, el descubrimiento de oro en California desencadena una intensa oleada migratoria. Miles de aventureros atraviesan las Montañas Rocosas hasta llegar a las costas del Pacífico, atraídos sobre todo por la ciudad de San Francisco.
Annapolis Farewell
Writer
Commodore Fitzhugh, an old retired naval officer, lives at the Annapolis Naval Academy and, unhappy with the "modern" navy, likes to talk about his days in the "old" navy, especially about his part in the Battle of Manila Bay under Adm. Dewey during the Spanish-American War, when he commanded the USS Congress. That ship, now decommissioned and docked in Annapolis harbor, is--unknown to Fitzhugh--about to be towed out to sea to be used for target practice. When Fitzhugh finds this out, he sets out to either save his beloved vessel or "go down with his ship".
Hollywood Hobbies
Himself
This short documentary narrated by sportscaster Ted Husing explores the free-time activities of some of Hollywood's most popular celebrities. Big names such as Boris Karloff, Buster Crabbe, and Clark Gable make appearances, enjoying games of golf, field hockey, swimming, and many other fun hobbies.
Vagabond Lady
'Spiggy' Spiggins
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store owner. When John's free-spirit brother Tony returns from touring the South Seas in his boat, the "Vagabond Lady," Jo is attracted to him instead.
Car 99
Sheriff Peter Arnot
A story of the Michigan State Police and the strong sense of loyalty and duty it instills in its men. It follows the career of a newly-inducted rookie, Ross Martin, who has joined the force at the urging of his sweetheart, Mary Adams. Martin soon distinguishes himself by his bravery in the apprehension of criminals. But when the leader of a gang of bank robbers falls into his hands and then escapes, because of carelessness on Martin's part, he is suspended from the force.
The Human Side
Writer
The story of a theatrical producer, his divorced wife and their four children.
He Was Her Man
Pop Sims, aka Jim Parker
A safecracker goes straight after doing a stretch for a bum rap. He agrees to do one last job for his "pals".
Let's Talk It Over
Mr. Rockland
A young sailor saves a woman from drowning. The woman turns out to be a rich heiress; unfortunately for the sailor, she was only pretending to be drowning so that another young man she had her eye on would save her.
City Limits
John B. Matthews
The wealthy president of a big railroad, who's beginning to crumble under the combined pressure of business, personal and physical problems, meets up with a pair of hoboes from whom he starts to learn how to really enjoy life in ways he never knew were possible.
Compañeros de juerga
Story
Stan y Ollie se comprometen a asistir a una convención de los “Hijos del Desierto” que coincide con un viaje a las montañas planeado por el matrimonio Hardy. Ollie simula una enfermedad que exige un viaje por mar. Mientras él y Stan disfrutan de la convención, el barco tropieza con una catástrofe.
El capitán disloque
Theatre Play
Comedia dirigida por William Wyler, donde una mujer, Mary Horner, echa mano de sus ahorros para comprarle un barco a su marido John, con el que podrá montar su propio negocio.
La feria de la vida
Additional Writing
Abel Frake y su familia aguardan ansiosos la Feria Estatal de Iowa. Abel confía en ganar el lazo azul con su cerdo campeón, Blue Boy. Su esposa Melissa quiere presentar su relleno al concurso de alimentos, su hijo Wayne quiere ajustar cuentas con un fullero que se burló de él en la última feria y su hija Margy sólo quiere divertirse un rato.
La feria de la vida
Storekeeper
Abel Frake y su familia aguardan ansiosos la Feria Estatal de Iowa. Abel confía en ganar el lazo azul con su cerdo campeón, Blue Boy. Su esposa Melissa quiere presentar su relleno al concurso de alimentos, su hijo Wayne quiere ajustar cuentas con un fullero que se burló de él en la última feria y su hija Margy sólo quiere divertirse un rato.
Handle with Care
Radio Announcer
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
Handle with Care
Screenplay
Bill Gordon (James Dunn), whose lot-in-life is rising, falls in love with Helen Barlow (Boots Mallory), who is raising two cute motherless children who nearly wreck her romance when they can't understand why grown-ups kiss...and other complications.
The First Year
Theatre Play
Grace Livingston is leading a happy life in her small town, with her mother and father, being courted by two men, the steady but predictable Tommy Tucker and the more ambitious, flashy, and worldly Dick Loring, who seems closer to Grace in his desire for travel and adventure.
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 1: 'The Putter'
Self
Bobby Jones gives Frank Craven some helpful tips on his short game.
The Very Idea
Alan Camp
Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.
The Very Idea
Director
Pre-code comedy (1929) about a young married couple's unsuccessful efforts to become parents.
The First Year
Writer
One of the films that Borzage shot under contract for Fox before he began his run of box-office hits. This is a comedy built up around the disastrous dinner that a couple of newlyweds organise for an important financial partner of the husband's.
New Brooms
Theatre Play
Thomas Bates Sr. (Robert McWade) takes his broom manufacturing business very seriously, and his idle son, Tom Jr. (Neil Hamilton), calls him a grouch. As a result, Bates decides to teach his son a lesson by putting him in charge of the business for a year.