Directing

Frank S. Mattison

Born 1890-07-09 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

Acting credits

Behind the camera

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8.0

Donald is running so late for his own wedding that his bride-to-be, Wanda (Wanda Hawley), loses patience and returns home. Seizing the opportunity, the devious best man, Jack Bryan (Gaston Glass), attempts to charm the frustrated bride into marrying him instead. Jack isn't just a romantic rival; he steals a diamond necklace from Wanda’s family and whisks her away on his yacht, heading for the open sea. Donald takes to the sky in a desperate attempt to rescue her culminating in a series of spectacular action sequences on land, sea, and air.

Flying Fool

1926

Circus Lure poster
8.0

Joe Henry, head of a one-ring circus, plays a small town and after the departure of the troupe a young girl, fascinated by the prospects of being a star, follows. She is engaged and her presence causes jealousy on the part of Joe's sweetheart.

Circus Lure

1924

The Little Wild Girl poster
10.0

Vacationing in the Canadian Northwest, a playwright and a songwriter both fall in love with Marie Cleste and take her back with them to New York when her father and her sweetheart apparently die in a forest fire. (The father did perish; the sweetheart escaped, crippled, with his blinded Indian guide into the forest to hide his infirmities.)

The Little Wild Girl

1928

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7.0

A young man from a impoverished family who falls for a shantytown girl rather than the daughter of a wealthy banker. The girl becomes a popular cabaret dancer and defends the boy's sister from the town bully. Ultimately, she saves the family from ruin by riding their horse to victory in a high-stakes handicap race rigged by the corrupt banker.

Old Age Handicap

1928

Must We Marry? poster
8.0

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Must We Marry?

1928

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10.0

1924 silent film.

Ragged Robin

1924

China Slaver poster
10.0

The Chinese Secret Service sends an undercover agent to investigate reports of an island ruled by a Chinese criminal named The Cobra who holds the residents in virtual slavery while running his illegal narcotics and white-slavery empire.

China Slaver

1929

The Lone Wagon poster
8.0

A native Californian guide is discharged by the leader of a wagon train because he dares to make love to the latter's daughter. Sometime later he comes upon them again and is in time to save the girl he loves from an attack by the Indians.

The Lone Wagon

1923

The Lone Wagon poster
8.0

A native Californian guide is discharged by the leader of a wagon train because he dares to make love to the latter's daughter. Sometime later he comes upon them again and is in time to save the girl he loves from an attack by the Indians.

The Lone Wagon

1923

North of Alaska poster
9.0

North of Alaska is a 1924 American silent adventure film directed by Frank S. Mattison.

North of Alaska

1924

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9.0

A Mountie and his dog must bring in his wanted brother.

Code of the Northwest

1926

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9.0

A Mountie and his dog must bring in his wanted brother.

Code of the Northwest

1926

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NR

Part of the 'Casey the Cop' series featuring Irish-American police drama. With the help of his sweetheart, a priest and a rabbi, Officer Casey goes undercover as a blind, Jewish shoemaker to bust a drug ring and save his younger brother.

Shadows of Broadway

1930

A String of Diamonds poster
NR

A dog helps to recover a million dollars worth of diamonds.

A String of Diamonds

1926

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide poster
9.0

When the Indians attack, a doctor is separated from his wife. The reunion is set against the heroism of the foremost Indian scout of the day...Kit Carson!

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

1925

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide poster
9.0

When the Indians attack, a doctor is separated from his wife. The reunion is set against the heroism of the foremost Indian scout of the day...Kit Carson!

Kit Carson Over the Great Divide

1925

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9.0

Disowned son of a millionaire, Paul Bunyon and his pal, Philo Brown, get jobs (under assumed names) in a lumber yard owned by Paul’s father. Paul falls in love with Patricia Jennings, the manager's daughter. Philo, boasting that Paul is fighter "Mile a Minute Morgan," get him a match with a professional. Paul intends to skip out, but Patricia persuades him to stay. When Kenneth Winster steals the purse money and abducts Patricia, Paul knocks out his opponent, chases Winster, recovers the money, saves Patricia, and wins his father's respect.

Mile-a-Minute Morgan

1924

The Better Man Wins poster
7.0

Nell refuses Bill's aid when her rancher father can no longer work, but when her father dies, she turns to Bill for help.

The Better Man Wins

1922

A Dumb Romeo poster
9.0

There's a pearl thief on the loose, but Fearless the Dog is sure to sniff them out. He still makes time for his one true love Tricksy though. Fifth release in the 'Fearless, the Dog Detective' series.

A Dumb Romeo

1926

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9.0

Golden-hearted chorus girl Sally Casey is in love with wealthy Chet Randall and the feeling is mutual. Randall's snobbish father staunchly opposes the romance. Sally saves the day -- and her impending marriage -- when she reveals that Randall Sr. is himself carrying on with nightclub hostess "Alabam" Kenyon.

Girls Who Dare

1929

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail poster
5.0

When Buffalo Bill Cody learns that the Union Pacific railroad is making its way through Kansas, he and other heroes of the Wild West join forces to build a town along the route.

With Buffalo Bill on the U. P. Trail

1926

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9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shell Shocked Sammy

1923