Frank Dayton Movies

  • 1912
    The Virtue of Rags

    The Virtue of Rags

    The Virtue of Rags

    01912HD

    A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he...

    The Virtue of Rags
  • 1916
    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    The Strange Case of Mary Page

    01916HD

    A 15-episode dramatic action movie serial only two of which survive.

    The Strange Case of Mary Page
  • 1914
    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'

    01914HD

    The political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They didn't want a regular guy to get "stepped on," so...

    The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
  • 1912
    The Iron Heel

    The Iron Heel

    The Iron Heel

    01912HD

    An old man plots to have his enemy's son convicted of his own murder.

    The Iron Heel
  • 1913
    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way

    01913HD

    The Right of Way

    The Right of Way
  • 1911
    Two Men and a Girl

    Two Men and a Girl

    Two Men and a Girl

    01911HD

    A love triangle.

    Two Men and a Girl
  • 1913
    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    Billy McGrath on Broadway

    51913HD

    John Steppling is Billy McGrath in this popular series directed by Archer McMackin, of which this is the only existing example. Billy wants to be a...

    Billy McGrath on Broadway
  • 1914
    The Hour and the Man

    The Hour and the Man

    The Hour and the Man

    01914HD

    A lawyer defends a woman accused of murdering her husband without knowing that the murdered man was his own brother.

    The Hour and the Man
  • 1914
    The Devil's Signature

    The Devil's Signature

    The Devil's Signature

    01914HD

    Ethel Vandiver and her friend, Marie Le Farve, arrive at the former's country home. Ethel's father objects to her seeing Douglas, whom he thinks is a...

    The Devil's Signature
  • 1917
    Young Mother Hubbard

    Young Mother Hubbard

    Young Mother Hubbard

    51917HD

    Forced by the death of her mother to care for her three brothers and sisters, little Mona Fairfax is known to farmers of her district as Young Mother...

    Young Mother Hubbard
  • 1914
    The Plum Tree

    The Plum Tree

    The Plum Tree

    01914HD

    A young woman's father arranges a loveless marriage for her to a banker to whom he owes money, but she is eventually reunited with the man she truly...

    The Plum Tree
  • 1914
    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'

    01914HD

    Aunt Mahaley knew Uncle Brewster was sporty, and when he went to the city to pay off his mortgage she warned him about being too free with his coin....

    The Fable of 'How Uncle Brewster Was Too Shifty For the Tempter'
  • 1912
    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    Ghosts

    01912HD

    Colonel de Valpeau lives alone with his negro servant, Zeno. Being pressed for funds, the Colonel is refused a loan on the hereditary estate, and is...

    Ghosts
  • 1914
    Nearly Married

    Nearly Married

    Nearly Married

    01914HD

    Russell Shirley calls on Harriet Gorman, to whom he is engaged, and they happily plan for their wedding, which is to take place in a few days. On the...

    Nearly Married
  • 1913
    The Price of Gold

    The Price of Gold

    The Price of Gold

    01913HD

    A girl falls in love with a rich passerby. She breaks off her engagement, marries the rich man and moves to the city. After five years she feels very...

    The Price of Gold
  • 1915
    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

    At the End of a Perfect Day

    01915HD

    The story opens with an old couple in the evening of life, sitting by the fireside reminiscing the happenings of their younger days. How the young...

    At the End of a Perfect Day
  • 1912
    Back to the Old Farm

    Back to the Old Farm

    Back to the Old Farm

    41912HD

    Frank Clayton, a young city chap, plans a vacation on Uncle Barnes' farm. Going to his friend, George Randall, Clayton shows him Barnes' letter...

    Back to the Old Farm
  • 1913
    The Way Perilous

    The Way Perilous

    The Way Perilous

    01913HD

    A young man leaves his Southern home, his father and his sweetheart, and falls into bad company in the big city.

    The Way Perilous
  • 1919
    Satan's Signature

    Satan's Signature

    Satan's Signature

    01919HD

    American horror short from 1919.

    Satan's Signature
  • 1912
    The Moving Finger

    The Moving Finger

    The Moving Finger

    01912HD

    Stumbling into the squalor of her miserable tenement room the woman, a wretched victim of drink and dissipation, sinks down at the table and lights...

    The Moving Finger