Stuart Paton

Directing

Stuart Paton

Born 1883-07-23 · Glasgow, Scotland

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Stuart Paton (23 July 1883 – 16 December 1944) was a British director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 67 films between 1915 and 1938. He also wrote for 24 films between 1914 and 1927. Despite a sizable list of credits, Paton was never well-regarded, especially as a director. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. His remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory. Description above from the Wikipedia article Stuart Paton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Burning Gold poster
8.0

Burning Gold is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble.

Burning Gold

1927

Burning Words poster
6.5

David Darby and his younger brother Ross are both members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ross is accused of murdering Slip Martin, but David doesn't believe his brother committed the murder and, not wanting to see him executed, takes the blame himself.

Burning Words

1923

Wolf Law poster
10.0

Hotheaded Jeff De Croteau wins a horserace, shoots a poor loser who has insulted him and escapes across the state line.

Wolf Law

1922

Like Wildfire poster
NR

Tommy Buckman, the ne'er-do-well son of dime store magnate John Buckman, is given one last chance to succeed by surveying a possible location in New England for the opening of another store in his father's chain. Arriving in the town of Winton, Tommy lands in jail and, disowned by his father, is bailed out by Nina Potter, whose father owns the only dime store in town.

Like Wildfire

1917

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea poster
6.1

Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker. Seeing what he had done, Denver took the daughter to his yacht and sailed away.

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1916

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7.0

Mounted Fury is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Paton and written by Betty Burbridge.

Mounted Fury

1931

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8.0

Ralph Ingram, a brain specialist whose alcoholism has ruined his career, tries to regain his reputation while working with an ambulance team. He is in love with Lil Hollins, who works as a taxi dancer, but Lil's boss, Michael Rush, is also in love with her.

First Aid

1931

Is There Justice? poster
7.0

Stern district attorney John Raymond sentences innocent June Lawrence to prison along with her guilty husband Dan. After she dies in prison, her brother, reporter Jerry Heath, vows revenge. He gets his opportunity when he is sent to cover a police raid. His photographer takes a picture of Raymond's daughter Kay dancing on a table in her underwear. Jerry saves her from the raid in order to get her exclusive story for his paper.

Is There Justice?

1931

The Terror of the Range poster
10.0

1919 Western serial.

The Terror of the Range

1919

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10.0

The U.S. Air Patrol is fighting alien-smuggling along the USA-Mexico border, and U.S. Army Air Corps buddies Jerry Doyle and Andy Conroy are among the pilots on this assignment. One of them is shot down by the smuggling-gang, and the other goes after the gang with vengeance.

Air Police

1931

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NR

Jules, the son of French General Bleriot, agrees to give a masked blackmailer his father's secret military papers when threatened with exposure of his gambling debts. Masked, Jules steals the papers, but during a struggle with his father, Jules receives a knife wound in his arm.

Courtmartialed

1915

The Gray Ghost poster
NR

The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton. Chapters: 1. The Bank Mystery; 2. The Mysterious Message; 3. The Warning; 4. The Fight; 5. Plunder; 6. The House of Mystery; 7. Caught in the Web; 8. The Double Floor; 9. The Pearl Necklace; 10. Shadows; 11. The Flaming Meteor; 12. The Poisoned Ring; 13. The Tightening Snare; 14. At Bay; 15. The Duel; 16. From Out of the Past.

The Gray Ghost

1917

The Gray Ghost poster
NR

The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton. Chapters: 1. The Bank Mystery; 2. The Mysterious Message; 3. The Warning; 4. The Fight; 5. Plunder; 6. The House of Mystery; 7. Caught in the Web; 8. The Double Floor; 9. The Pearl Necklace; 10. Shadows; 11. The Flaming Meteor; 12. The Poisoned Ring; 13. The Tightening Snare; 14. At Bay; 15. The Duel; 16. From Out of the Past.

The Gray Ghost

1917

The Wolf Hunters poster
8.0

The Wolf Hunters is a 1926 American silent Western film, also classified as a Northern, directed by Stuart Paton and starring Robert McKim, Virginia Brown Faire and Mildred Harris.[1] It is based on the 1908 novel The Wolf Hunters by James Oliver Curwood.

The Wolf Hunters

1926

The Wine Girl poster
NR

Andrea Minghetti runs a California vineyard with the help of his pretty niece Bona, who cooks for the employees. A worker named Chico Piave, who belongs to a secret crime society, tries unsuccessfully to force himself on Bona, and later, he demands that Andrea give him both the young woman and a large sum in cash.

The Wine Girl

1918

Man to Man poster
7.0

Steve Packard is the ne'er-do-well son of an Arizona ranching baron. Upon his father's death, Steve returns from his days as a South Pacific beach bum to protect his father's estate, which has fallen into the hands of Steve's estranged grandfather. The grandfather's foreman, Joe Blenham, attempts to wrest the ranch from Steve's rightful inheritance, whether the means are legal or not.

Man to Man

1922

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7.0

John Curtis discovers that Jean de Curtois, whose assault he has witnessed, was married a few hours earlier to Hermione Fane so that she might escape marriage to Count de Mauriat and retain her fortune.

One Wonderful Night

1922

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9.0

Inventor George Grant and his partner, financier John Benson, accept an offer of $200,000 for the rights to an invention. After Grant breaks up a fight in a bar between drunken Dave Wilson and an old man reprimanding him, Dave is told by his mother to apologize to Grant. He meets Benson, who witnessed the fight, outside Grant's apartment and tells him his purpose, but during Dave's conversation with Grant, Grant suddenly drops dead. The police find Dave hiding, and after a pistol is found outside and Benson tells them about the fight but says he knew nothing about Dave's apology, Dave is convicted of murder and electrocuted.

Conscience

1915

The Bullet Mark poster
10.0

A recently appointed ranch foreman, falsely accused of taking part in a bank robbery, is forced to prove his innocence.

The Bullet Mark

1928

The Scarlet Car poster
8.0

Billy Winthrop is in love with Beatrice Forbes, who is engaged to Ernest Peabody, a reform candidate for mayor backed by Billy's father. When Billy learns that Peabody has betrayed Violet Gaynor and plans to doublecross Mr. Winthrop, he exposes the candidate with the help of Mitt Deagon and wins Beatrice.

The Scarlet Car

1923

Elusive Isabel poster
NR

Based on the spy novel of the same name by Jacques Futrelle.

Elusive Isabel

1916

In Old Cheyenne poster
7.0

A remake of 1930's "Phantom of the Desert", in which a crooked foreman and the ranch hands are rustling horses, and laying the blame on a wild stallion that roams the surrounding hills.In this one the principals are Jim/Cheyenne(Rex Lease) as the cowhand that comes along and clears the horse,Starlight;the crooked foreman is Clyde Winslow(Harry Woods), while Helen Sutter(Dorothy Gulliver) is the daughter of ranch owner Frank Sutter(Jay Hunt.) This one was remade at least four more times by 1940.

In Old Cheyenne

1931

The Baited Trap poster
9.0

City youth sets out for West to avenge father's murder. Arrives in town where killer lives and after a series of fights he accomplishes his purpose. Falls in love with school teacher and resolves to stay in town.

The Baited Trap

1926

Beloved Jim poster
NR

Jim Brockton has three interests in life: His nephew, Donald: the Trinity, three friends of different nationalities, but united by their love for Jim; and a faithful dog named Lady.

Beloved Jim

1917