Writing

Robert Dillon

Born — Died

1889-02-13 — 1944-11-28

Place of birth

New York City, New York, USA

Known for

Writing

Credits

15 titles

Known for

Behind the camera

The Devil's Skipper poster
10.0

The Devil's Skipper was based on Demetrios Contos, a seafaring yarn by Jack London. Effectively cast against type, Belle Bennett plays a wronged woman who becomes the most brutal and feared slave-ship captain on the Seven Seas.

The Devil's Skipper

1928

Phantom Police poster
8.0

Phantom Police is a 1926 American action film serial directed by Robert A. Dillon.

Phantom Police

1926

Winners of the West poster
9.0

Picturization of the trail breaking expedition of Capt. John C. Fremont in 1849 to the California gold fields.

Winners of the West

1921

Slaves in Bondage poster
3.0

Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim Murray and beautician Belle Harris are using her beauty shop to recruit floozies for their road house circuit. Dona Lee, who works at the beauty salon, is falling in love with young reporter wanna-be Phillip, but Murray gets jealous and makes life rough for him. Meanwhile Dona begins to figure out the racket, but becomes threatened by Murray's unwanted advances.

Slaves in Bondage

1937

The Flame Fighter poster
7.0

A ten-chapter Rayart serial about fire-fighters in the Big City.

The Flame Fighter

1925

The Flame Fighter poster
7.0

A ten-chapter Rayart serial about fire-fighters in the Big City.

The Flame Fighter

1925

The Divine Sinner poster
9.0

Lillia is a small town girl who gets involved with the wrong crowd in Paris. Arrested by police prefect Nigel De Brulier, Lillia agrees to seduce a politically important foreign prince Ernest Hilliard in exchange for her freedom.

The Divine Sinner

1928

The Fortune Hunter poster
8.0

The Fortune Hunter is a lost 1927 silent film comedy directed by Charles Reisner and starring Syd Chaplin. It is based on the 1909 Broadway play The Fortune Hunter by Winchell Smith. It was produced by Warner Brothers who released it with a Vitaphone soundtrack.

The Fortune Hunter

1927

Who Done It? poster
NR

Gale goes on a dream date with an actor to the movies, much to the ire of her jealous husband.

Who Done It?

1917

A Million Bid poster
7.0

To satisfy her controlling mother and secure both of their futures, a daughter hesitantly enters a loveless marriage to a wealthy businessman. Years later, after she has uncovered and overcome her mother's deceptions and manipulations, her newfound happiness is threatened with the appearance of a mysterious "man from the sea."

A Million Bid

1927

Partners of Fate poster
10.0

Helen Meriless, a serious young girl, marries a shallow man, while Frances Lloyd, a butterfly type, marries a level-headed engineer. Both start their honeymoon on the same ship. A shipwreck causes a mix-up of the married persons; Helen and her husband remain faithful to each other, but Frances and her husband separately engage in adulterous activities. A rescue ship carries away the faithless couple, leaving the others to their fate; but the latter survive and eventually triumph.

Partners of Fate

1921

No artwork available
8.0

The Pirate Chief and his Flunky are marooned and cast ashore on a cannibal island. The Flunky is caught and made King by the Cannibal Queen and he makes the Pirate work for him. The Pirate connives with the Councillor and the Flunky is captured. But the Pirate is also captured and given his choice of marrying the Queen or death in a boiling pot. The Flunky escapes in a boat. The Pirate chooses getting boiled over marrying the Queen. A stick of dynamite is placed under the pot and blows the Pirate onto the boat with the Flunky.

A Pirate Bold

1917

Secret Service Sanders poster
8.0

15 chapter serial. High stakes adventures of Richard Sanders an operative involved in espionage and dangerous missions. The story centers on his efforts to protect national interests and his interactions with Ann Walters. 1) The Plunge of Doom, 2) The Brink of Eternity, 3) Race of Death, 4) The Path of Peril, 5) Thundering Hoofs, 6) River of Dread, 7) Curse of Gold, 8) The Tunnel of Horror, 9) Doomed, 10) Heritage of Hate, 11) The Brink of Despair, 12) Blasted Hopes, 13) Flames of Vengeance, 14) Destruction Bound, 15) The Final Reckoning.

Secret Service Sanders

1925

The Oregon Trail poster
8.0

18 episode adventure serial. 1. Westward Ho!, 2. White Treachery, 3. Across the Continent, 4. Message of Death, 5. Wagon of Doom, 6. Secret Foes, 7. A Man of God, 8. Seeds of Civilization, 9. Justice, 10. The New Era, 11. A Game of Nations, 12. To Save an Empire, 13, Trail of Death, 14. On to Washington, 15. Santa Fe, 16. Fate of a Nation, 17. For High Stakes, 18. Victory

The Oregon Trail

1923

No artwork available
7.0

Jack Lloyd and his girl get chased around the amusement park.

Off Again

1927