Frank J. Coleman

Frank J. Coleman

Born: December 31, 1888
Died: November 29, 1948
in Newburgh, New York, USA

Movies for Frank J. Coleman...

The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Title: The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: April 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music and sound effects.
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Jerry the Giant
Title: Jerry the Giant
Released: August 22, 1926
Type: Movie
Trying to catch a $25,000 runaway kid called Jerry the Giant.
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The House of Flickers
Title: The House of Flickers
Released: March 15, 1925
Type: Movie
The troubles of a movie projectionist in a newly-purchased theater are chronicled in this two-reeler starring Paul Parrot and Mildred June.
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The Luck o' the Foolish
Title: The Luck o' the Foolish
Character: Derrick Wells - the Heavy
Released: September 13, 1924
Type: Movie
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.
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The First 100 Years
Title: The First 100 Years
Character: His Friend (as Frank Coleman)
Released: August 16, 1924
Type: Movie
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?
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The Show
Title: The Show
Character: Audience member / Woman with Hat / Cop
Released: March 19, 1922
Type: Movie
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.
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The Cave Girl
Title: The Cave Girl
Character: Rufus Petterson
Released: December 26, 1921
Type: Movie
A 1921 film.
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The Vagrant
Title: The Vagrant
Released: September 24, 1921
Type: Movie
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.
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A Convict’s Happy Bride
Title: A Convict’s Happy Bride
Character: Repossesor
Released: September 1, 1920
Type: Movie
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.
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A Fresh Start
Title: A Fresh Start
Released: June 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Two men are released from prison and while keeping up appearances, they steal everything they can from the guards hugging them farewell.
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The Heart Snatcher
Title: The Heart Snatcher
Released: March 1, 1920
Type: Movie
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.
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His Musical Sneeze
Title: His Musical Sneeze
Released: February 22, 1919
Type: Movie
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.
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Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Title: Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Character: Disapearo the Great - Cecil's Accomplice
Released: March 11, 1918
Type: Movie
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
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The Adventurer
Title: The Adventurer
Character: Prison Guard (uncredited)
Released: October 22, 1917
Type: Movie
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
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The Immigrant
Title: The Immigrant
Character: Thief / Cashier (uncredited)
Released: June 17, 1917
Type: Movie
An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
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The Cure
Title: The Cure
Character: Head of Sanitarium
Released: April 16, 1917
Type: Movie
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
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Easy Street
Title: Easy Street
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: January 22, 1917
Type: Movie
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
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The Rink
Title: The Rink
Character: Restaurant Manager (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1916
Type: Movie
After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
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Behind the Screen
Title: Behind the Screen
Character: Assistant Director (uncredited)
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
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The Pawnshop
Title: The Pawnshop
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1916
Type: Movie
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
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The Count
Title: The Count
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1916
Type: Movie
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
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The Vagabond
Title: The Vagabond
Character: Gypsy and Musician (uncredited)
Released: July 10, 1916
Type: Movie
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
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The Fireman
Title: The Fireman
Character: Fireman
Released: June 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
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The Floorwalker
Title: The Floorwalker
Character: Janitor (uncredited)
Released: May 15, 1916
Type: Movie
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
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A Mixup for Mazie
Title: A Mixup for Mazie
Released: September 6, 1915
Type: Movie
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.
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Love and Sour Notes
Title: Love and Sour Notes
Released: May 18, 1915
Type: Movie