Chester M. Franklin
Director · 55 credits · 4 in highly-rated films
Best known for Where the North Begins (1923)
Frequent collaborators: Sidney Franklin, Dot Farley
Directed movies (52 total, ranked by score)
1Where the North Begins
1923 · ★ 5.0 (7 votes)
Family, Action, Adventure
2The Iron Master
1933
Drama
3The Stoker
1932
Drama
4Tough Guy
1936 · ★ 4.6 (5 votes)
Action, Crime, Drama
5Vanity Fair
1932 · ★ 4.0 (3 votes)
Drama, Romance
6Detectives
1928
Mystery, Comedy
- 7
The Song of Love
1923 · ★ 4.3 (2 votes)
Drama
8Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1918
Fantasy
- 9
A Parisian Romance
1932 · ★ 4.3 (3 votes)
Drama
10Sequoia
1935 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Adventure
11The Silent Accuser
1924
Crime
12The Toll of the Sea
1923 · ★ 6.2 (29 votes)
Drama, Romance
- 13
Treasure Island
1917 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Adventure
- 14
The Little School Ma'am
1916 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Drama
15For Love of Mary Ellen
1915 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)
Drama
16Gretchen the Greenhorn
1916 · ★ 6.0 (10 votes)
Crime, Drama, Romance
17The Thirteenth Hour
1927 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)
Mystery
18A Sister of Six
1916 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)
Adventure, Drama, Western
19The Babes in the Woods
1917 · ★ 6.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Fantasy
20Wild Justice
1925
Adventure
21Going Straight
1916 · ★ 6.0 (12 votes)
Drama, Crime
- 22
Let Katie Do it
1916
Drama
23Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1917 · ★ 4.8 (13 votes)
Fantasy, Comedy
24The Doll-House Mystery
1915 · ★ 5.0 (1 votes)
Drama, Crime
25Jack and the Beanstalk
1917 · ★ 5.0 (3 votes)
Fantasy
26The Children in the House
1916 · ★ 5.3 (9 votes)
Drama
27All Souls' Eve
1921
Drama
- 28
The single father
1931
Comedy
- 29
The Kid Magicians
1915
Comedy
30The Case of Becky
1921
Drama
Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.