Frank Powell
Canadian actor, screenwriter, and director (1886-1957) · Canada · On the map · Actors · Died at 71
Francis William Powell was a Canadian-born American stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. He is also credited with "discovering" Theda Bara and casting her in a starring role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was.
Frank Powell is read about 11 times a day, in 15 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 18 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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The Man Without DesireFilm, Writer1922A Soul's AwakeningFilm, Writer1921
Astray from the SteerageFilm, Director1919
The ForfeitFilm, Director, WriterYou Never Know Your LuckFilm, 1919Director1918
Heart of the SunsetFilm, Director1917
Hedda GablerFilm, Director1916
CharityFilm, Director1915
A Fool There WasFilm, Director, Producer1914
The StainFilm, Director1910
A Gold NecklaceFilm, Director1909
A Corner in WheatFilm, The Wheat King
A Strange MeetingFilm, 1909A Thief1886BornPeople around Frank
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Mary Pickford Frank directed All on Account of the Milk (1910)
D. W. Griffith Directed A Corner in Wheat and The Lonely Villa
Mack Sennett Frank directed The Day After (1909)
Florence Lawrence Also in The Lonely Villa (1909)
Marjorie Rambeau Frank directed Motherhood and The Debt
Owen Moore Frank directed Love in Quarantine (1910)
Robert Harron Also in A Corner in Wheat and The Lonely Villa
Claire McDowell Frank directed A Lucky Toothache and His New Lid
Jack Pickford Frank directed All on Account of the Milk (1910)
Edward Dillon Frank directed A Lucky Toothache (1910)
George Nichols Also in A Corner in Wheat (1909)
Harry Solter Also in The Honor of Thieves and The Rocky Road
Charles Avery Also in The Lonely Villa and The Son's Return
Charles West Frank directed A Lucky Toothache (1910)
Arthur V. Johnson Frank directed The Day After (1909)
Florence Barker Frank directed The Kid (1910)
Charles Hill Mailes Frank directed May and December and The Smoker
Adele DeGarde Also in The Lonely Villa and The Country Doctor
Alfred Paget Frank directed Gold and Glitter (1912)
Grace Henderson Frank directed Love in Quarantine (1910)
Violet Mersereau Frank directed Not So Bad as It Seemed (1910)- Guy Hedlund Frank directed Teaching Dad to Like Her (1911)
- William J. Butler Frank directed Gold and Glitter (1912)
- Frank Evans Frank directed The Day After and The Masher
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Her performance in that production, under Powell's direction, quickly earned Bara widespread fame as the film industry's most popular evil seductress or on-screen "vamp".
