The best Frank Lanning’s movies

Frank Lanning

Frank Lanning

14/08/1872- 17/06/1945
We present our ranking of the best Frank Lanning’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Frank Lanning.
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The Unknown

The Unknown
7.7/10
A criminal on the run hides in a circus and seeks to possess the daughter of the ringmaster at any cost.

The Kid Brother

The Kid Brother
7.6/10
The most important family in Hickoryville is (not surprisingly) the Hickorys, with sheriff Jim and his tough manly sons Leo and Olin. The timid youngest son, Harold, doesn't have the muscles to match up to them, so he has to use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and also the love of beautiful Mary.

The Storm

The Storm
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 04/09/1922

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 29/02/1920
  • Character: Huck's Father
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by sailing a raft down the Mississippi River. Accompanying him is Jim, a slave running away from being sold. Together the two strike a bond of friendship that takes them through harrowing events and thrilling adventures.

East Is West

East Is West
7.5/10
She'd wink till hearts went on the blink. And staid professors couldn't think. And everywhere they'd stop to stare. And say "Some Chink!" when Ming Toy winked.

Rough Romance

Rough Romance
5.7/10
Love and logging in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon.

A Lad from Old Ireland

A Lad from Old Ireland
5.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 01/01/1910
  • Character: Man in Campaign Office
A young man leaves Ireland for America, but doesn't forget home.

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack

The Adventures of Daredevil Jack
6.5/10
  • Release: 30/06/1920
  • Character: MacManus, the Indian
Heavyweight boxing champion Jack Dempsey stars in this 15 chapter action serial, of which portions of reels 1, 2, and 4 survive. In the serial he plays the star fullback of his college's football team who gets drawn into an adventure when he stops to rescue a young woman from some thugs on a country road. It includes a gag featuring an exploding football. The rest of the cast includes Lon Chaney, Edgar Kennedy, Bull Montana, Josie Sedgwick and Herschel Mayall.

The Prince and Betty

The Prince and Betty
7.3/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 21/12/1919
  • Character: The Shepherd
Young American John Maude is forced to find a job when he falls in love with society girl Betty Keith. He accepts a sudden offer to go to Mervo, a tiny island country, where he is hired by Benjamin Scobell to pose as the lost prince of Mervo as an attraction to bolster the Mervo casino as a rival of Monte Carlo. Scobell also wants John to marry his stepdaughter, who turns out to be Betty. When Betty accuses John of being simply a shill for a gambling house, John closes the casino and tries to stage a revolution to make Mervo a republic.

The Fighting Ranger

The Fighting Ranger
After crashing his plane in the wilderness, a young airborne forest ranger is nursed back to health by a mountain man and his pretty daughter in this 18-chapter serial from Universal.

That Girl Montana

That Girl Montana
6.9/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/01/1921
  • Character: Jim Harris
As summarized in a film publication, Montana Rivers (Sweet) finally escapes her father who had forced her to wear men's clothing and help in robbing and cheating. She is taken in by friendly Indians and stays at their camp. Later, Akkomi (Edler), chief of the tribe, asks his friend Dan Overton to take the girl as it is not good for her to remain in the camp. Dan provides for "Tana" and falls in love with her but, because of her past, she keeps him at a distance. Jim Harris comes by and recognizes Tana as the boy robber, but when he attempts to blacken her past, Dan gives him a beating which paralyzes him. Jim then stays on with Dan, who regrets his hastiness. Eventually Tana's father appears and demands that Tana go away with him. She refuses but also does not tell Dan of this trouble.

Black Jack

Black Jack
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 25/09/1927
  • Character: Kentuck
Phil Dolan (aka Black Jack because of his talent at cards), Nancy Dolan, and a rustler all have a piece of a silver dollar with each piece having a portion of an indented map of an ore mine. Phil has to rescue Nancy from the rustlers to keep their portions of the silver dollar from the rustlers. The sheriffs's pose captures the gang of rustlers just as they reach the ore mine ensuring their claim to the mine.

Trapped in Tia Juana

Trapped in Tia Juana
5.3/10
  • Genre: ComedyWestern
  • Release: 14/08/1932
  • Character: The Yaqui Bandit
An American army officer, Kenneth Holbert, is after a Mexican bandit, El Zorro, who he doesn't know is his long-lost twin brother. Dorothy Holbert has a hard time figuring out which is which, especially since Romanian native Renaldo uses the same accent for both brothers.

A Sage Brush Hamlet

A Sage Brush Hamlet
6.6/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 03/08/1919

The Hero Track Walker

The Hero Track Walker
5.1/10
  • Genre: DramaWestern
  • Release: 30/03/1911
  • Character: Pinto Joe
Bill is discharged from Bar K Ranch and in his desperation decide to turn train robber. On his way to town he rescues Myrtle Mulligan, who has been driven from protection to the high branches of a tree by a vicious bull. Arriving in town Bill applies to the superintendent of the railroad and secures a job as track walker. Pinto Joe, a friendly Indian, learns of Bill's train wrecking plans, and tells Myrtle about it. Hearing Bill intends to dynamite the bridge the plucky girl decides to take a hand in the game. Arriving on the scene just after Bill has lighted the fuse she fearlessly picks up the cartridge and throws it where it can do little damage. Rushing up the bank to the track she flags the oncoming train. When the passengers and trainmen cluster about her to learn the cause of the explosion she tells them that Bill saved their lives by finding the burning fuse just in time to prevent the blowing up of the bridge.

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