List of the best Alec B. Francis movies: The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England(1914), The Mad Whirl(1925), His Private Secretary(1933), Beyond the Rocks(1922), Tramp, Tramp, Tramp(1926), Outward Bound(1930), Feet First(1930), Beau Brummel(1924), The Bishop Murder Case(1930), Captain Applejack(1931), Arrowsmith(1931), Oliver Twist(1933) ... ...
Comedy, Drama
USA
1914
54 Minutes
The Earl of Bateson
Alec B. Francis Chester Barnett Johnny Hines Vivian Martin Gyp Williams Simeon Wiltsie Walter Morton
After being expelled from college, Giles runs away from home and meets a young lady who he falls for.
Drama
USA
1925
65 Minutes
John Herrington
Barbara Bedford George Fawcett Alec B. Francis May McAvoy Myrtle Stedman Joseph Singleton Jack Mulhall Ward Crane Marie Astaire
A teenager with permissive parents gets too caught up in wild parties and the fast life.
Drama
USA
1933
68 Minutes
Rev. Hall
Evalyn Knapp John Wayne Alec B. Francis Hugh Kidder
Dick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who thinks she is a gold digger, is opposed. She takes a job with the company under her maiden name to prove she's okay.
Drama, Romance
USA
1922
81 Minutes
Captain Fitzgerald
Gloria Swanson Rudolph Valentino Edythe Chapman Alec B. Francis Robert Bolder Gertrude Astor Mabel Van Buren Helen Dunbar June Elvidge
nobleman aristocrat millionaire socialite father spinster melodramatic moving emotional swiss alps paris london arabia romance affair love triangle love letters forbidden love 1920s
A young woman marries an older millionaire and then falls in love with a handsome nobleman on her honeymoon.
Comedy
USA
1926
62 Minutes
Amos Logan
Harry Langdon Joan Crawford Edward Davis Alec B. Francis Brooks Benedict Tom Murray Carlton Griffin
fool pretty woman father business owner landlord hysterical madcap store countryside utah california race money romance mishaps walking tornado underdog quest love
Low-life Harry falls in love with sweet Betty who inspires him to improve himself so he can marry her. He enters a $25,000 cross-country hiking contest. After many adventures he wins, pays ... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1930
82 Minutes
Scrubby
Leslie Howard Douglas Fairbanks Jr. Helen Chandler Beryl Mercer Alec B. Francis Alison Skipworth Lyonel Watts Montagu Love Dudley Digges Walter Kingsford
socialite industrialist mother lover reverend steward brooding dark tender suspenseful boat limbo house afterlife suicide purgatory death the past second chance discovery
Later remade as "Between Two Worlds."
Comedy
USA
1930
83 Minutes
Mr. Carson
Harold Lloyd Robert McWade Lillian Leighton Barbara Kent Alec B. Francis Noah Young Henry Hall Arthur Housman Willie Best Buster Phelps Leo Willis
clerk secretary wealthy woman wealthy man neighbor janitor hilarious madcap charming honolulu store street airplane cruise ship san francisco courtship class conflict mistaken identity romance adventure
An ambitious shoe salesman who unknowingly meets his boss's daughter and tells her he is a leather tycoon has to try to hide his true circumstances.
Drama
USA
1924
120 Minutes
Mortimer
John Barrymore Mary Astor Willard Louis Irene Rich Alec B. Francis Carmel Myers William Humphrey Richard Tucker George Andre Beranger Claire de Lorez Michael Dark
soldier prince of wales lady ladies' man brash emotional melodramatic england france love triangle beau brummell royal life fashion fall rise rivalry love sacrifice 19th century
George Bryan Brummel, a British military officer, loves Lady Margery, the betrothed of Lord Alvanley. Despite her own desperate love for Brummel, she submits to family pressure and marries ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1930
91 Minutes
Professor Bertrand Dillard
Basil Rathbone Leila Hyams Roland Young George F. Marion Alec B. Francis Zelda Sears Bodil Rosing Carroll Nye Delmer Daves
detective suspect ward doctor maid killer suspenseful intricate fascinating new york state house closet murder investigation serial murders clues father/daughter relationship kidnapping mystery pursuit 1920s
When the body of a man nicknamed "Cock Robin" is found with an arrow in the heart on an archery range along with a chess bishop as a clue, Philo Vance investigates.
Crime, Drama
USA
1931
76 Minutes
Lush
John Halliday Mary Brian Kay Strozzi Louise Closser Hale Alec B. Francis Claude Allister Julia Swayne Gordon Arthur Edmund Carewe Otto Hoffman William B. Davidson
squire ward frenchwoman stranger jewel thief servant engaging spirited thrilling cornwall, england estate library bedroom strangers strange happenings pirates family history treasure the past transformation
An ordinary man is confronted by gangsters who have reason to believe a treasure is buried somewhere on his property.
Drama
USA
1931
108 Minutes
Twyford
Ronald Colman Helen Hayes Richard Bennett A.E. Anson Clarence Brooks Alec B. Francis Claude King Bert Roach Myrna Loy Russell Hopton
doctor nurse husband wife professor inspiring intricate melodramatic minnesota new york city west indies medicine scientific experiments prestige city vs. country work vs. family love sacrifice transformation 1920s
A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine.
Drama
1933
77 Minutes
Mr. Brownlow
Dickie Moore Irving Pichel William "Stage" Boyd Doris Lloyd Barbara Kent Alec B. Francis George K. Arthur Clyde Cook Sonny Ray George Nash Lionel Belmore
Dickens' London waif (Dickie Moore) joins Fagin's (Irving Pichel) crime gang led by brutish Bill Sikes (William "Stage" Boyd) and the Artful Dodger.
Drama
1927
96 Minutes
The Duke
Norma Talmadge Gilbert Roland Lilyan Tashman Maurice Costello Harvey Clark Alec B. Francis Olga Printzlau
After leaving her lover (Gilbert Roland) at the request of his father, a woman (Norma Talmadge) lives in poverty until she becomes ill.
Biography
USA
1931
91 Minutes
Caron
Greta Garbo Ramon Novarro Lionel Barrymore Lewis Stone C. Henry Gordon Karen Morley Alec B. Francis Blanche Frederici Edmund Breese Helen Jerome Eddy Frank Reicher
mata hari officer general chief spy love interest sultry melodramatic thrilling paris nightclub apartment world war i espionage seduction jealousy affair love sacrifice rivalry
A semi-fictionalized account of the life of Mata Hari, an exotic dancer who was accused of spying for Germany during World War I.
Crime, Drama
USA
1934
84 Minutes
Judge Malpas
Robert Montgomery Elizabeth Allan Lewis Stone Ralph Forbes Henry Stephenson Forrester Harvey Ivan F. Simpson Leonard Mudie Alec B. Francis Charles Irwin Colin Kenny
serial killer thief police detective fiancé commissioner constable tense brooding suspenseful london apartment murder investigation jewelry theft mistaken identity wrongfully accused love triangle manhunt love pursuit transformation
A jewel thief suspected of being a local serial killer targeting police officers decides to solve the mystery himself to clear his name.
Crime, Drama
USA
1932
70 Minutes
Father O'Connor
Preston Foster Howard Phillips George E. Stone Noel Madison Albert Roscoe Paul Fix Al Hill Daniel L. Haynes Frank Sheridan Alec B. Francis Edward Van Sloan
An innocent man sentenced to death gets caught up in a prison riot.