Writing

Frank R. Adams

Born July 7, 1883 · Morrison, Illinois, USA

Died October 8, 1963 · aged 80

Librettist, lyricist, playwright, and screenwriter. Fought in France in WW I as a lieutenant in a US Army artillery unit, and Worked as a reporter for several Chicago newspapers, including the City Press, Tribune and Herald Examiner.

Known For

I Wonder Who's Kissing Her NowI Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now · 1947
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now
7.51947
MovieMusic
A biopic of the career of Joe Howard (12 Feb.,1878 - 19 May, 1961), famous songwriter of the early 20th Century. Howard wrote the title song, Goodbye, My Lady Love; and Hello, My Baby among many others. Mark Stevens was dubbed by Buddy Clark, well known singer of the 30's and 40's
Unexpected PlacesUnexpected Places · 1918
Unexpected Places
9.01918
MovieComedyDrama
The valet of Lord Harold Varden, on a secret mission to our Government, has been murdered. Dick Holloway, a reporter, detailed to the story, calls on Lord Varden just as the latter feels the effects of poison administered to him. He takes the place of the nobleman when his American cousins come for him, and not only saves his lordship's papers, but captures the spies detailed to get them.
The Cowboy and the LadyThe Cowboy and the Lady · 1938
The Cowboy and the Lady
6.31938
MovieComedyRomance
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off for the family's home in West Palm Beach and inadvertently becomes romantically entangled with earnest cowboy Stretch Willoughby. Neither the dalliance nor the cowboy fit with the upper class image projected by her esteemed father, forcing her to choose.
The Brass BulletThe Brass Bullet · 1918
The Brass Bullet
1918
MovieActionAdventure
Rosalind Joy is a constantly imperiled heiress to a fortune in gold. An 18 part adventure serial
Circus GirlCircus Girl · 1937
Circus Girl
6.51937
MovieDramaAction
A jealous trapeze star decides he must eliminate his romantic rival.
The Love PikerThe Love Piker · 1923
The Love Piker
10.01923
MovieDrama
Hope Warner, a wealthy young woman, is arrested for speeding in her roadster and meets Martin Van Huisen, a young civil engineer who helps her. Hope falls in love with Martin, but when their wedding is approaching, she is self-conscious about Martin's father's poverty and doesn't invite him to the ceremony.
Almost a LadyAlmost a Lady · 1926
Almost a Lady
9.01926
MovieRomanceComedy
Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She resists his advances, despite his giving her expensive gifts. One day Mrs. Reilly, a prominent society woman and a customer of the shop, invites Marcia to a party she's throwing. Marcia winds up impersonating a famous writer in order to impress a "duke" for Mrs. Reilly, who doesn't know the "duke" isn't really a duke. Complications ensue.
OutcastOutcast · 1937
Outcast
8.01937
MovieDrama
A physician in a small town suddenly finds himself the object of vilification and persecution when one of his patients commits suicide.

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Haunted IslandHaunted Island · 1928
Haunted Island
8.01928
MovieHorrorMystery
Rosalind Joy (Helen Foster) is an heiress who has inherited a South Seas island known as Pleasure Island. A hidden cache of gold is allegedly buried on the island, which has several haunted structures. Rosalind's uncle, Spring Gilbert (Al Ferguson), wants the gold for himself and declares he will stop at nothing, not even the death of his niece, to get it. Rosalind, meanwhile, is befriended by Jerry Fitzjames (Jack Dougherty), a playwright. Unfortunately, Jerry has only recently escaped from a psychiatric hospital. Although he swears to protect Rosalind, she doubts Jerry's sanity. The two lovers race against Uncle Gilbert (who has set several traps for them) to find the treasure. In the end, Rosalind and Jerry are aided by the "Phantom Rider," a spectral horseman.

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The Galloping FishThe Galloping Fish · 1924
The Galloping Fish
7.01924
MovieComedy
Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, Bubbles, are performing. Outside the theater, Freddy meets Undine's fiancé, George Fitzgerald, and becomes involved in George's effort to hide Undine's seal from a bill collector armed with an order of attachment because of an unpaid hotel bill. Complications arise when Freddy Wetherill's dying rich uncle, Cato Dodd, notifies him that he wants Hyla to nurse him. To insure he stays in his uncle's will, Freddy substitutes Undine for Hyla and takes George along to act as his "valet." Naturally, Bubbles comes along, too. This movie is presumed to be lost.

Writer

There Are No VillainsThere Are No Villains · 1921
There Are No Villains
9.01921
MovieCrime
In San Francisco, California, Rosa Moreland of the Secret Service is unable to obtain evidence against suspected opium smuggler George Sala. She then advises Detective Flint of her plan to develop a relationship with John King, an impoverished, disabled ex-soldier who Rosa met in George's office. After claiming to have lost her home in a fire, Rosa is invited to stay in John's modest flat. He receives money from a mysterious source, enabling them to afford a more expensive apartment, and they soon fall in love. Although Rosa secretly witnesses John receiving a package from George, she tells the skeptical Flint that her lover is above suspicion. John agrees to end his association with George if Rosa will marry him, and, realizing that a wife cannot legally testify against her husband, she agrees.

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