Frank J. Coleman
Nacimiento : 1889-01-01, Newburgh, New York, USA
Muerte : 1948-11-29
Various Roles (archive footage)
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music and sound effects.
Trying to catch a $25,000 runaway kid called Jerry the Giant.
The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this two-reeler starring Paul Parrot and Mildred June.
Derrick Wells - the Heavy
Harry and Marcie are on a train headed for a new job. There's comedy in the berths and during Harry's morning shave, then a thief steals the money Harry needed for his new job, so he has to go back to being a beat cop and Marcie works as a seamstress. One evening, she delivers a dress to a party; a Lothario asks the hostess to get Marcie to stay. Outside the same house, Harry the cop is investigating strange noises. Thieves, bombs, a wallet, a swimming pool, and misunderstandings figure in the luck of our foolish but winsome pair.
His Friend (as Frank Coleman)
A man saves his lady love from Black Mike then comes wedded bliss. He hires a cook, who's brusque, domineering, and constantly smoking a cigar. Out of the blue, the couple gets a visit from his old friend, Roland Stone, bluff and portly. Roland befriends our newly-wed's wife, and this friendship deepens after the husband hires a new cook, the lovely Miss Gainsborough, who gives her boss a little too much friendly attention. That night, a prowler skulks, Miss Gainsborough faints, the newly-wed husband comes to her rescue, and she grabs him and holds on. His wife is offended and determines to leave with Roland. Is the marriage over?
Audience member / Woman with Hat / Cop
A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.
Rufus Petterson
A 1921 film.
Pursued by a cop, Lloyd tries desperately to demonstrate that he has a job so he won't be pinched as a bum, including posing as a peanut vendor, shoe shiner and toy balloon man.He helps corn remedy sales by hitting passers-by's feet with a hammer, and eventually he and the cop accidentally get high when opium is burned during a raid on Chinatown.
Repossesor
Alice and Phil's happy home is disrupted when their furniture is being repossessed by a huge bullying workman. To placate him, they try being nice and inviting him to dine with them, but fighting breaks out and the bully pretends to be murdered when a cop shows up, and Phil is sent to jail.
Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell.
A farce in which the poor Lamo has to flee after he tries to rob a rich cinema operator. While on the run, he starts working for a blacksmith, who then betrays him.
A young man goes into the woods to hunt rabbits, and winds up getting mixed up with a dog, a lion and a beautiful woman.
Disapearo the Great - Cecil's Accomplice
A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make off with the town's wealth. Nell, with her faithful but brainless lover, journeys to the city in pursuit of the loot and the looter
Prison Guard (uncredited)
El audaz convicto no. 23, conocido como la Anguila, se escapa de prisión y, después de burlar a sus ineptos perseguidores, salva la vida de tres personas en peligro: una hermosa chica, su madre y un pretendiente molesto, solo para agotarse y acabar casi ahogado. Una vez que ha recuperado sus fuerzas en casa del juez Brown, participa en una fiesta de clase alta donde compite con el pretendiente por el favor de la encantadora señorita Brown. Pero los guardias de la prisión siguen tras él.
Thief / Cashier (uncredited)
Después de soportar una dura travesía, un emigrante europeo se mete en problemas nada más llegar a Nueva York.
Head of Sanitarium
A un prestigioso balneario acuden diferentes personas con el fin de curar sus dolencias. Por allí se deja caer un embriagado Charlot, que hará de las suyas complicando la vida de clientes y empleados.
Policeman (uncredited)
Un miserable desposeído, acurrucado bajo los escalones de una iglesia misionera, se siente iluminado por el sermón de un apasionado predicador y enamorado de la belleza de la pianista de la congregación, de tal manera que trata de mejorar su vida de pobreza convirtiéndose en policía. Su primera misión será patrullar a lo largo de la calle de la Paz, territorio de un malvado matón y su banda criminal.
Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Charlot trabaja como camarero en un restaurante y sufre un percance con un cliente testarudo y gordinflón (Mr. Stout). Tras acabar su jornada se dirige hacia un local de patinaje donde casualmente se encuentra con Stout, y ambos competirán por la atención de una guapa joven que también ha ido a patinar.
Assistant Director (uncredited)
Durante el problemático rodaje de varias películas, David, el ayudante del utillero, conoce a una aspirante a actriz que intenta encontrar trabajo en el estudio. Las cosas se complican cuando los tramoyistas deciden ir a la huelga.
Policeman (uncredited)
El ayudante de un prestamista trata con su jefe gruñón, su molesto compañero de trabajo y algunos clientes excéntricos mientras coquetea con la hija del prestamista, hasta que llega a la casa de empeño un pérfido ladrón con malas intenciones.
Policeman (uncredited)
Un aprendiz de sastre quema las ropas del conde Broko mientras las plancha y el sastre lo despide. Más tarde, el sastre descubre una nota explicando que el conde no puede asistir a un baile, así que decide vestirse como tal para ocupar su lugar; pero el aprendiz también ha ido a la mansión donde se celebra la fiesta y allí se topa con el sastre disfrazado…
Gypsy and Musician (uncredited)
Después de pasar el sombrero y recoger las donaciones destinadas a los músicos alemanes de la calle, Charlie se dirige al campo. Allí encuentra y rescata a una niña de una banda de gitanos. La chica se enamora de un artista cuyo retrato ve más tarde la madre de la niña en una tienda. La madre y el artista llegan en un automóvil con chófer y ofrecen dinero a Charlie por sus servicios, dinero que él rechaza.
Fireman
Charlot trabaja de bombero y siempre se las apaña para hacer algo mal.
Janitor (uncredited)
Mientras Charlot crea caos y desconcierto en unos grandes almacenes, el gerente y su ayudante conspiran para robar el dinero guardado en la caja fuerte del establecimiento.
Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of the town "swells". But Luke de Fluke, an all-round gay lad, and Shorty Magee, the local tough nut, seem to lead the field in Maisie's blue orbs.