Frank Keenan

Frank Keenan

Movies for Frank Keenan...

The Gilded Butterfly
Title: The Gilded Butterfly
Released: January 3, 1926
Type: Movie
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Title: Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character: Prince von Lindenstein
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Paris and New York.
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When the Door Opened
Title: When the Door Opened
Character: Grandfather de Fontenac
Released: December 6, 1925
Type: Movie
When the Door Opened (1925)
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East Lynne
Title: East Lynne
Character: Chief Justice Hare
Released: November 23, 1925
Type: Movie
This most famous of Victorian melodramas was more than half a century old, and had already been filmed several times when it came to the screen once again in 1925. Director Emmett J. Flynn had an all-star cast and kept close to the original story.
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My Lady's Lips
Title: My Lady's Lips
Character: Forbes Lombard
Released: July 1, 1925
Type: Movie
A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two are caught in a police raid, they find themselves in equal amounts of trouble.
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The Dixie Handicap
Title: The Dixie Handicap
Character: The Racehorse Owner
Released: December 29, 1924
Type: Movie
Tale of a man and his horse.
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Women Who Give
Title: Women Who Give
Character: Jonathan Swift
Released: March 3, 1924
Type: Movie
Women Who Give (1924)
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Scars of Jealousy
Title: Scars of Jealousy
Character: Colonel Newland
Released: March 5, 1923
Type: Movie
Scars of Jealousy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lloyd Hughes and Frank Keenan. It was produced by Thomas H. Ince and distributed through Associated First National, later First National.
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Brass
Title: Brass
Character: Frank Church
Released: March 4, 1923
Type: Movie
With her marriage on the verge of breaking up, a young wife attempts to win back the love of her husband and child.
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Lorna Doone
Title: Lorna Doone
Character: Sir Ensor Doone
Released: October 1, 1922
Type: Movie
In 17th-century England, an outlaw clan kidnaps a young girl, who grows up among them. The farm boy who met her just before the kidnapping eventually rescues her, and they fall in love.
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The World Aflame
Title: The World Aflame
Character: Carson Burr
Released: August 17, 1919
Type: Movie
Wealthy businessman Carson Burr discovers first-hand the problem of social unrest when he loses his cook and his chauffeur and he is insulted by a waiter. Burr runs for mayor to improve the labor situation and is elected. The editor of The Red Messenger organizes the streetcar drivers to begin a general strike, but Burr manages to break up the strike
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The Silver Girl
Title: The Silver Girl
Character: Jefferson Hunter
Released: April 6, 1919
Type: Movie
Jefferson Hunter (Frank Keenan) is a Western mining man. Anne Kepple (Catherine Adams) has inherited the mine next to his, but a loan shark steals it from her. Hunter helps her get it back, and out of gratitude Anne marries him, even though she is half his age.
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Todd of the Times
Title: Todd of the Times
Released: February 9, 1919
Type: Movie
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The Midnight Stage
Title: The Midnight Stage
Character: John Lynch / 'Bige Rivers
Released: January 12, 1919
Type: Movie
In this Western, Frank Keenan has a dual role -- kind-hearted gambler John Lynch and evil bandit Big Rivers. The only person who realizes there is a resemblance between the two is dance hall girl Nita (Maude George), who was abused by the outlaw and cared for by Lynch.
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The Bells
Title: The Bells
Character: Mathias
Released: September 15, 1918
Type: Movie
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More Trouble
Title: More Trouble
Character: Lemuel Deering
Released: July 14, 1918
Type: Movie
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Loaded Dice
Title: Loaded Dice
Character: Richard Gordon
Released: February 10, 1918
Type: Movie
Richard Gordon's lack of religious conviction prompts him to live a life of crime. When he demands to be included in a scheme to corner the food market, the conspirators agree to accept him as a partner provided that he contribute $100,000 to the operation. In order to obtain the money, Richard blackmails Harry Palmer with the aid of his girl
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National Red Cross Pageant
Title: National Red Cross Pageant
Character: The Secretary - English episode
Released: December 1, 1917
Type: Movie
The National Red Cross Pageant (1917) was an American war pageant that was performed in order to sell war bonds, support the National Red Cross, and promote a positive opinion about American involvement in World War I.
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The Public Defender
Title: The Public Defender
Released: November 3, 1917
Type: Movie
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The Bride of Hate
Title: The Bride of Hate
Character: Dr. Dudley Duprez
Released: January 14, 1917
Type: Movie
Dr. Dudley Duprez is a well-known Louisiana physician. His beautiful but wayward niece, Rose Duprez, is abducted by Paul Crenshaw, a friend of the doctor, and to prevent her shame from becoming known, Rose kills herself. Dr. Duprez learns her secret and determines to make Crenshaw expiate his crime. While traveling on a Mississippi River steamer, the doctor wins Mercedes, a beautiful slave, at cards. He takes her home and, passing her off as a distant relative, arranges it so that Crenshaw falls in love with the girl.
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The Thoroughbred
Title: The Thoroughbred
Character: Major Aislee
Released: September 10, 1916
Type: Movie
The Colonel is at a financial low ebb, and his only recourse is to get his horse safely to the big race and win. But obstacles appear at every turn.
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Honor Thy Name
Title: Honor Thy Name
Released: August 6, 1916
Type: Movie
The pride of his aristocratic Southern family, a young man shatters his family's hopes by marrying a Broadway vamp known as "The Moth." The young man's father then plots to rescue his unwitting son from "The Moth's" clutches, but at great sacrifice.
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The Despoiler
Title: The Despoiler
Character: The Emir
Released: December 15, 1915
Type: Movie
Movie mogul Thomas H. Ince may well have been the director of The Despoiler as indicated by the credits; but since Ince was known far and wide as a glory-hogger, it's also possible that one of his talented lieutenants wielded the megaphone. A Civil War drama, The Despoiler refuses to take sides, demonstrating that there are heroes and villains in both camps. Capturing a small town, Colonel Charles K. French orders his men to reclaim the funds raised for the enemy by the townsfolk. French's drunken, lacivious second-in-command Frank Keenan intends to extort money from the citizens by threatening the virtue of the town's female population.
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The Coward
Title: The Coward
Character: Col. Jefferson Beverly Winslow
Released: November 14, 1915
Type: Movie
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrified by the war and deserts during a battle. The film focuses on the son's struggle to overcome his cowardice.
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The Long Chance
Title: The Long Chance
Character: Harley P. Hennage
Released: November 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Harley Hennage, a gambler, loves Marie but remains silent when he realizes that she is in love with Oliver Corblay, a prospector. After Corblay and Marie marry, Harley moves to the distant town of San Pasqual and does not see his old sweetheart until her husband is killed while staking a claim in the desert.