Frank R. Strayer

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Frank Raymond Strayer (born September 21, 1891 in Altoona , Pennsylvania , USA ; † February 3, 1964 in Hollywood , California , USA) was an American film director .

life and work

Frank R. Strayer graduated from the Wilkinsburg High School and studied at the Carnegie Institute of Technology and at the Pennsylvania Military College, before working as Ensign in the Navy in the First World War took part. In 1921 he came to Metro Pictures Corporation , where he worked as a projectionist and occasionally as an actor ( The Man Who ), but above all as an assistant director . He did the latter in films by Harry Beaumont for a few years , for example in Beau Brummel's love affairs - luck and the end of the English Casanova . He was considered one of the most famous assistant directors in Hollywood.

In the mid-1920s, Frank R. Strayer went to Columbia as a director. He made his directorial debut in the film An Enemy of Men . Due to the success with this and the next films, he had a long-term contract with Columbia in 1926. For his entire career, he shot B-movies at best , mostly comedies, but also horror films like The Vampire Bat . From 1938 he directed the first 14 Blondie films, but left the series in 1943 and signed a contract with RKO in early 1944 . In the 1950s he made religious films such as Messenger of Peace and The Sickle or the Cross

Frank R. Strayer was married to Erna P. Strayer, with whom he had a son. He died in February 1964 and was buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1925: An Enemy of Men
  • 1927: Rough House Rosie
  • 1927: Now We're in the Air
  • 1930: Borrowed Wives
  • 1931: Murder at Midnight
  • 1933: The Vampire Bat
  • 1933: Twin Husbands
  • 1934: Dangerous Frontier (Fugitive Road)
  • 1936: Sea Spoilers
  • 1938: Blondie
  • 1939: Blondie Meets the Boss
  • 1939: Blondie Takes a Vacation
  • 1939: Blondie Brings Up Baby
  • 1940: Blondie on a Budget
  • 1940: Blondie Has Servant Trouble
  • 1940: Blondie Plays Cupid
  • 1941: Blondie Goes Latin
  • 1941: Blondie in Society
  • 1941: Go West, Young Lady
  • 1942: Blondie Goes to College
  • 1942: Blondie's Blessed Event
  • 1942: Blondie for Victory
  • 1943: It's a Great Life (also producer)
  • 1943: Footlight Glamor (also producer)
  • 1947: Messenger of Peace
  • 1949: The Sickle or the Cross

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Frank Strayer . In: The Film Daily . September 10, 1947, p.  146 , column 2 above (English, online at Archive.org [accessed July 5, 2020]).
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Bruce Eder: Frank Strayer. In: Allmovie . Retrieved July 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c “Sweet Rosie O'Grady” To Be Directed By Frank Stryer . In: Moving Picture World . June 26, 1926, p.  704 ( online at Archive.org [accessed July 5, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Beau Brummel (1924). In: AFI Catalog. American Film Institute , accessed July 5, 2020 .
  5. ^ New Director Making Good . In: Moving Picture World . November 28, 1925, p.  335 ( online at Archive.org [accessed July 5, 2020]).
  6. ↑ Strayer Exits 'Blondie' . In: Variety . September 8, 1943, p.  4 , column 4 below (English, online at Archive.org [accessed July 5, 2020]).
  7. ^ Coast Flashes . In: Motion Picture Daily . February 28, 1944, p.  2 , point 2 (English, online at Archive.org [accessed July 5, 2020]).
  8. ^ Frank R. Strayer in the Find a Grave database . Retrieved July 5, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Strayer, Frank R.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strayer, Frank; Strayer, Frank Raymond (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American director
DATE OF BIRTH September 21, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Altoona , Pennsylvania , USA
DATE OF DEATH 3rd February 1964
Place of death Hollywood , California , USA