Chester M. Franklin Filmes

In this MGM Crime Does Not Pay series short, a young man graduates from the police academy at the top of his class. He then teams up with some local...

The wealthy owner of an iron foundry dies, and his greedy heirs are outraged when they find out that he left his entire estate not to them but to the...

The wife of sculptor Roger Heath is killed by a maniac because of Roger's madly jealous admirer Olivia Larkin. To care for his home and son Peter,...

A Parisian cop sets out to solve a sudden series of crimes, including robbery and blackmail. Based on a novel by Émile Gaboriau.

Bebe Daniels is charming in this light comedy, based on a Saturday Evening Post story by Grace Lovell Bryan.

A young Chinese woman saves an American man washed up onto the shore and the two fall in love, only for him to have second thoughts.

A woman is stuck with an unfaithful husband until he is killed robbing a bank.

A young woman and her five little brothers and sisters are left orphans by the murder of their father over gold found on his ranch. Together the...

Adopted by the Kellys from an orphanage, Nancy is reared in dreadful surroundings and mistreated as the household drudge. She accidentally makes the...

In early 19th century England, ambitious and ruthless orphan Rebecca Sharp advances from the position of governess to the heights of British society.

A 1916 film directed by Chester M. Franklin.

A man whose wife has deserted him winds up saving a beautiful girl from the clutches of a murderous bandit on a Nicaraguan coffee plantation.

When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.

An unhappy child, accompanied by his dog, runs away from home and is befriended by a gangster on the lam.

Dan, frustrated by Billie's affections for Mae, turns the lodge goat into a comedic revenge plot. After a series of mishaps involving the goat and a...

Jody convinces his parents to allow him to adopt a young deer, but what will happen if the deer misbehaves?

A Dog Picture That'll Claw Your Emotions

Living in Cuba with her parents and grandmother, Inez Hastings, does not care for Lavendera, her persistent suitor. Contrary to her father's wishes,...