Chester M. Franklin

American actor and filmmaker (1889-1954)

Chester Mortimer Franklin 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. He directed two silent horror films, the 1924 Behind the Curtain and the 1927 The Thirteenth Hour.

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Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 25 films (1916–1936) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field. Also mentioned in 6 other records (descriptions, transcriptions, copyright notes).

Year ▲	Title	Creator	Length	Format	Color	Sound
1916	Going Straight	Dave Bell Associates	60 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1916	Gretchen the Greenhorn ▶	Chester M. Franklin			B&W
1916	LET KATIE DO IT.	Triangle Film Corp.	5 reels		B&W	silent
1916	MARTHA'S VINDICATION.	Triangle Film Corp.	5 reels		B&W	silent
1916	The Children in the House ▶	Norma Talmadge; Roy Somerville; Alice Wilson; Sidney Franklin; Jewel Carmen; Chester M. Franklin; William Hinckley			B&W
1917	Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.	Fox Film Corp	8 reels	16mm	B&W	sound
1917	THE BABES IN THE WOODS.	Fox Film Corp	6 reels	16mm	B&W	Silent
1918	FAN FAN.	Fox Film Corp	5 reels		B&W
1918	THE GIRL WITH THE CHAMPAGNE EYES.	Fox Film Corp	5 reels		B&W
1920	You Never Can Tell	Chester M. Franklin	50 min	16mm	B&W	sound
1921	THE CASE OF BECKY.	Realart Pictures Corp.	5 reels		B&W
1922	NANCY FROM NOWHERE.	Realart Pictures Corp.	5 reels		B&W
1922	The Toll of the Sea (1922) ▶	Chester M. Franklin Frances Marion
1923	Where the North Begins	Warner Bros Pictures Inc	11500	16mm	B&W	silent
1923	Where the North Begins.	warner brothers	6 reels	16mm	B&W	silent
1924	BEHIND THE CURTAIN.	Universal Pictures Corp.	5 reels	16mm		Silent
1924	THE SILENT ACCUSER.	Goldwyn Pictures Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1925	WILD JUSTICE.	John W. Considine Jr.	6 reels		B&W
1927	THE THIRTEENTH HOUR.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.	6 reels		B&W
1932	A PARISIAN ROMANCE.	Allied Pictures Corp. Ltd.	8 reels		B&W
1932	The Iron Master.	Allied Pictures Corp. Ltd.	7 reels	16mm		sound
1932	The Stoker	Chester M. Franklin			B&W
1932	Vanity Fair	Chester M. Franklin
1933	File 113	Chester M. Franklin	7 reels	16mm	B&W	Sound
1936	TOUGH GUY.	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp.	8 reels		B&W