Fort Frayne

{{short description|1926 film}} {{Use American English|date=April 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Fort Frayne | image = | caption = | director = Ben F. Wilson | producer = Ben F. Wilson<br />J. Charles Davis | based_on = {{basedon|''Fort Frayne ''|Charles King}} | writer = George W. Pyper | starring = Ben F. Wilson<br />Neva Gerber<br />Ruth Royce<br />Lafe McKee | cinematography = Alfred Gosden | studio = Guaranteed Pictures | distributor = Davis Distributing Division | released = {{film date|1926|1|11}} | runtime = 50 minutes | country = United States | language = Silent (English intertitles) | budget = | gross = }} '''''Fort Frayne''''' is a lost<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=|others=|title=The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: Fort Frayne|url=http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5432/default.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321051939/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.5432/default.html|archive-date=2023-03-21|access-date=2026-02-05|website=memory.loc.gov}}</ref> 1926 American silent Western film directed by Ben F. Wilson and starring Wilson, Neva Gerber, Ruth Royce, and Lafe McKee.<ref>Munden, p. 269</ref> It is based on the 1901 novel of the same name by Charles King.

==Plot== As described in a film magazine reviews,<ref>{{citation|title=New Pictures: ''Fort Frayne''|journal=Exhibitors Herald|volume=22|issue=12|pages=54|date=12 September 1925|publisher=Exhibitors Herald Company|location=Chicago, Illinois|url=https://archive.org/details/exhibitorsherald22unse/page/n1353/mode/1up|access-date=6 September 2022}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> Captain Malcolm Teale loves Helen Farrar, daughter of Colonel John Farrar. The Colonel, fatally wounded in an Indian fight, tells Teale that his son Royle, believed dead, is actually alive and a fugitive from justice. Following the death of the Colonel, his wife takes as a companion the woman who is the son's wife. The fugitive son joins the Army and meets his wife when he is assigned to the post. A series of coincidences entangle Teale, the son, and the son's wife, resulting in Teale and Helen becoming estranged. However, after some explanations, the difficulties are resolved.

==Cast== *Ben F. Wilson as Capt. Malcolm Teale *Neva Gerber as Helen Farrar *Ruth Royce as Mrs. Daunton *Bill Patton as Royle Farrar/Graice *Lafe McKee as Col. John Farrar

==Preservation== With no holdings located in archives, ''Fort Frayne'' is considered a lost film.<ref name=":0" />

==References== {{reflist}}

==Bibliography== *Connelly, Robert B. ''The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2''. December Press, 1998. *Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

==External links== *{{IMDb title|0132978}}

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