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Harry L. Fraser is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Assistant Director American born on 31 march 1889 at San Francisco (USA)
Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 – 8 April 1974) was an American film director. He directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck cliffhanger serial Jungle Menace (1937). He had a small acting role in the John Wayne film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays, including Chick Carter, Detective (1946).
In his autobiography, Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes about wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake:
"The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men. Before that happened, however, I had cut, and we had a good cliff-hanger with our terror-stricken heroine to close the episode.
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Nationality USA
Birth 31 march 1889 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 8 april 1974 (at 85 years) at Pomona (USA)
Birth 31 march 1889 at San Francisco (USA)
Death 8 april 1974 (at 85 years) at Pomona (USA)
In his autobiography, Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes about wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake:
"The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men. Before that happened, however, I had cut, and we had a good cliff-hanger with our terror-stricken heroine to close the episode.
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'Neath the Arizona Skies (1934)
, 52minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sheila Terry, Harry L. Fraser, Frank Hall Crane, Shirley Jean Rickert, George "Gabby" Hayes
Roles Henchman in the Brush
Rating50%
Chris Morrell (John Wayne), the guardian of half-Indian girl Nina (Shirley Jean Rickert), is helping her find her missing white father, so she can cash in on her late mother's oil lease. Outlaw Sam Black (Yakima Canutt) is after the girl and her father as well. Besides dealing with the Black gang, Morrell has to find another robber, Jim Moore, who switches clothes with him after he finds Chris unconscious from a fight with Sam Black. Along the way, he meets a lady who's the sister of Jim Moore (Buffalo Bill Jr.), another bad hombre who's in cahoots with Jim Moore, and an old friend who takes in Nina and helps Chris locate Nina's father and fight off the various desperadoes.
Soft Cushions (1927)
, 1h10Directed by Edward F. Cline
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Douglas MacLean, Sue Carol, Richard Carle, Russ Powell, Wade Boteler, Frank Leigh
Roles The Citizen (as Harry Jones)
Rating50%
Directed by Louis Gasnier
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Léon Bary, Gladden James, Harry L. Fraser, Helene Chadwick, Clarine Seymour, Robert Brower
Rating63%
Peter Hale (Leon Bary) is returning to America from overseas via steamship to receive his inheritance. On board, he receives a telegram warning him to beware the Double Cross. He doesn't know what it means, until he becomes enamored of a mysterious woman occupying cabin no. 7. When a submarine is sighted, there is panic on shipboard. Peter and the mysterious woman are thrown together, and in the ensuing action, he sees a double cross symbol on her right arm, just below the shoulder. When the ship arrives in New York, Peter loses track of the woman.
The Iron Claw (1916)
Directed by George B. Seitz, Edward José
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Pearl White, Creighton Hale, Sheldon Lewis, Harry L. Fraser, Edward José, George B. Seitz
Roles The Laughing Mask
Rating64%
The Celestial Code (1915)
Directed by Raoul Walsh
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Irene Hunt, George Walsh, Harry L. Fraser, Tote Du Crow, Al W. Filson
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Chained for Life (1952)
, 1h21Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Daisy and Violet Hilton, Allen Jenkins, Patricia Wright, Jack Mulhall
Rating42%
The movie opens with a judge (Norval Mitchell) begging the audience for help in resolving a terrible dilemma. The action moves to a courtroom, where Vivian Hamilton is on trial for the shooting death of her sister's lover. The story unfolds in flashback as various characters are called to testify.
Navajo Kid (1945)
, 59minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Bob Steele, Syd Saylor, Caren Marsh Doll, Stanley Blystone, I. Stanford Jolley, Bud Osborne
Rating61%
Tom Kirk, the "Navajo Kid", (Bob Steele) is determined to find his adoptive father's (George Morrel) murderer. When he finds Honest John Grogan (I. Stanford Jolly) with his father's ring, he immediately arrests him. While Honest John was indeed part of the gang which killed Joe Kirk, the gang-leader was Matt Crandall (Stanley Blystone). As Tom begins hunting for Matt, he soon discovers who his true biological father is.
The White Gorilla (1945)
, 1h2Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Ray Corrigan, Eugenia Gilbert, Budd Buster, Clyde Beatty, George J. Lewis, Francis Ford
Rating28%
Brand of the Devil (1944)
, 57minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Dave O'Brien, Ellen Hall, I. Stanford Jolley, Charles King, Reed Howes, Budd Buster
Rating51%
Jungle Man (1941)
, 1h3Directed by Harry L. Fraser, James B. Clark
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Actors Frankie Avalon, Buster Crabbe, Lloyd Bochner, Charles Middleton, Mariette Hartley, Peter Mamakos
Rating37%
Bruce Kellogg and his friend Alex are off to Africa on an expedition to the "City of the Dead" that is actually footage of Angkor Wat. Bruce's fiancee Betty and her father decide to go along to visit her father's brother James who is a missionary in the same part of Africa. Arriving at the Rev Graham's home they meet Dr Hammond who has spent five years developing a serum to a deadly fever that rages in the area. The results of his work are placed on a freighter to America that has been sunk by a submarine.
Phantom Rancher (1940)
, 1h1Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Romance, Western
Actors Ken Maynard, Dorothy Short, Harry Harvey, Sr., Ted Adams, Dave O'Brien, Tom London
Rating51%
When Ken Mitchell inherits his late uncle's cattle ranch he finds the community hates him for trying to drive farmers off their land. He discovers that a respected member of the community named Collins is really behind the activity and may have had his uncle killed. The only way Ken can gain the community's trust and bring Collins and his gang to justice is appearing as a masked "Phantom Rancher" to dispense justice.
Songs and Saddles (1938)
, 59minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Western
Themes Musical films
Actors Gene Austin, Karl Hackett, Charles King, John Elliott, Ben Corbett, Lloyd Ingraham
Rating49%
Heroes of the Alamo (1937)
, 1h15Directed by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical, Western
Themes Political films
Actors Lane Chandler, Rex Lease, Ruth Findlay, Earle Hodgins, William Costello, Roger Williams
Rating55%
Unlike other Alamo films that concentrate on Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie, the main protagonists are Almaron (Bruce Warren) and Susanna Dickinson (Ruth Findlay) and their daughter Angelina (Marilyn Haslett). The film gives a fictionalised fast moving account of the restriction on American emigration to Texas, the arrest of Stephen F. Austin by Santa Anna (Julian Rivero), Sam Houston (Edward Piel) appointed General to build the Texian Army, and Dickinson's participation in both the Battle of Gonzales and the Battle of the Alamo.
Jungle Menace (1937)
Directed by George Melford, Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Actors Frank Buck, Reginald Denny, LeRoy Mason, Richard Tucker, Duncan Renaldo, William Bakewell
Rating52%
In the Asian province of Seemang where the Bay of Bengal meets the jungle, Chandler Elliott (John St. Polis) owns a large and prosperous rubber plantation. His attractive daughter, Dorothy (Charlotte Henry), is engaged to neighboring planter Tom Banning (William Bakewell) but troubles are brewing for both plantations. When a cargo-load of rubber is shipped on a riverboat to be taken to port, the boat is hi-jacked by river pirates, who the kill the crew and the shipment is stolen. Jim Murphy (LeRoy Mason), Elliott's plantation manager, is plotting with others to force Elliott to sell his plantation. Local explorer Frank Hardy (Frank Buck) determines to find out who is behind the plot.
Cavalcade of the West (1936)
, 59minutesDirected by Harry L. Fraser
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Historical, Western
Actors Hoot Gibson, Rex Lease, Marion Shilling, Earl Dwire, Budd Buster, Horace B. Carpenter
Rating53%
When a family misses the rendezvous for a wagon train they venture on their own to join it. They are ambushed by three outlaws who murder the father, knock out the mother and steal one of the two boys for themselves.