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Frank Powell
Frank Powell was a Canadian-born stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. After getting his start acting in D.W. Griffith films, he cast Theda Bara in her breakout role in the 1915 release A Fool There Was. Powell would continue to direct Bara at Fox while she became an international star as the film industry's most popular vamp.
As director
Astray from the Steerage
You Never Know Your Luck
The Forfeit
Heart of the Sunset
Mrs. Balfame
The Greater Woman
Motherhood
Hedda Gabler
The Debt
The Dazzling Miss Davison
Mary Moreland
The Scarlet Oath
The Chain Invisible
The Witch
Charity
A Fool There Was
Her Grandparents
The Devil's Daughter
From the Valley of the Missing
Princess Romanoff
A Fair Rebel
His Last Dollar
Man's Enemy
The Stain
Officer 666
For Her Government
Paradise Lost
His New Lid
The Tenderfoot's Triumph
Love in Quarantine
As actor
Film Fun
A Fool There Was
The Second Generation
A Knight of the Road
Over Silent Paths
The Rocky Road
In Old California
The Man
The Impalement
The Last Deal
The Oath and the Man
Faithful
The Newlyweds
A Corner in Wheat
The Mended Lute
The Son's Return
The Country Doctor
A Strange Meeting
Nursing a Viper
The Broken Locket
The Indian Runner's Romance
Lines of White on a Sullen Sea
The Honor of Thieves
The Cardinal's Conspiracy
Fools of Fate
His Duty
Tender Hearts
In the Watches of the Night
A Sweet Revenge
The Voice of the Violin