Harry L. Fraser
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Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 - 8 April 1974) was an American film director. He directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck cliffhanger serial Jungle Menace (1937). He had a small acting role in the John Wayne film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays, including Chick Carter, Detective (1946).
In his autobiography, Fraser described filming the scene in Jungle Menace during which a boa constrictor attacks the heroine Dorothy (Charlotte Henry). The villain has tied Dorothy hand and foot and she thrashes about wildly, terrified when she suddenly sees the huge snake:
"The snake was in no hurry. Slowly he slithered across the girl's body, while she screamed and struggled. He turned, looking for a spot to slip under her to make his first wrap. I motioned to the reptile crew to get ready, and a split-second later gave them the signal to move in. But now, the maddened snake fought them and did its best to coil around one of the men. Before that happened, however, I had cut, and we had a good cliff-hanger with our terror-stricken heroine to close the episode."
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Movies (110)
The Cyclops
1957 · Assistant Director
Chained for Life
1952 · Director
Abilene Trail
1951 · Screenplay
Short Grass
1950 · Assistant Director
Stallion Canyon
1949 · Director
Stampede
1949 · Assistant Director
Tex Granger: Midnight Rider of the Plains
1948 · Screenplay
The People's Choice
1946 · Director
Son of the Guardsman
1946 · Screenplay
Chick Carter, Detective
1946 · Screenplay
Jungle Terror
1946 · Director
Thunder Town
1946 · Director
Ambush Trail
1946 · Director, Screenplay
Six Gun Man
1946 · Director, Writer
Navajo Kid
1945 · Director, Screenplay
Flaming Bullets
1945 · Director, Screenplay
Frontier Fugitives
1945 · Director
Three in the Saddle
1945 · Director
The White Gorilla
1945 · Writer, Director, Producer
Enemy of the Law
1945 · Director, Screenplay
The Whispering Skull
1944 · Screenplay
Dead or Alive
1944 · Writer
I Accuse My Parents
1944 · Screenplay
Gunsmoke Mesa
1944 · Director
Brand of the Devil
1944 · Director
Outlaw Roundup
1944 · Director
Captain America
1944 · Screenplay
Batman
1943 · Writer
Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground
1943 · Story
The Valley of Vanishing Men
1942 · Screenplay
The Old Chisholm Trail
1942 · Story
Jungle Man
1941 · Director
The Spider Returns
1941 · Story
The Range Busters
1940 · Story
Lightning Strikes West
1940 · Director
Phantom Rancher
1940 · Director
One Big Mistake
1940 · Director
Lure of the Wasteland
1939 · Story, Director
Songs and Saddles
1938 · Director, Screenplay
Six Shootin' Sheriff
1938 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Spirit of Youth
1938 · Director
Jungle Menace
1937 · Director
Heroes of the Alamo
1937 · Director
Galloping Dynamite
1937 · Director
Dark Manhattan
1937 · Director
Aces Wild
1936 · Director, Screenplay
Fury Below
1936 · Director
Cavalcade of the West
1936 · Director
Romance Rides the Range
1936 · Director
The Riding Avenger
1936 · Director
Feud of the West
1936 · Director
Wildcat Saunders
1936 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Hair-Trigger Casey
1936 · Director
Ghost Town
1936 · Director, Story, Screenplay
The Last of the Clintons
1935 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Wild Mustang
1935 · Screenplay, Story, Director
Saddle Aces
1935 · Director, Screenplay
Fighting Pioneers
1935 · Director, Writer
Rustler's Paradise
1935 · Story, Screenplay, Director
Social Error
1935 · Director
Wagon Trail
1935 · Screenplay, Story, Director
The Pecos Kid
1935 · Director
The Reckless Buckaroo
1935 · Director
'Neath the Arizona Skies
1934 · Henchman in the Brush, Director
Fighting Thru
1934 · Director, Screenplay
The Tonto Kid
1934 · Director, Screenplay
The Drifter
1934 · Director
Randy Rides Alone
1934 · Director, Producer, Writer
Gunfire
1934 · Screenplay, Director
The Wolf Dog
1933 · Director
Ranger's Code
1933 · Adaptation
Galloping Romeo
1933 · Adaptation
The Fighting Parson
1933 · Director, Story
Rainbow Ranch
1933 · Director, Story
The Fugitive
1933 · Director, Story, Screenplay
The Gallant Fool
1933 · Adaptation, Dialogue
The Return of Casey Jones
1933 · Adaptation
Trailing North
1933 · Story
Diamond Trail
1933 · Director
Breed of the Border
1933 · Story, Adaptation
Sucker Money
1933 · Assistant Director
The Savage Girl
1932 · Director
The Man from Arizona
1932 · Director
Broadway to Cheyenne
1932 · Director, Story, Adaptation
The Night Rider
1932 · Story
Honor of the Mounted
1932 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Law of the North
1932 · Director, Story
Texas Pioneers
1932 · Director, Screenplay, Story
Mason of the Mounted
1932 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Vanishing Men
1932 · Director
Border Devils
1932 · Scenario Writer
The Reckoning
1932 · Director
Without Honor
1932 · Screenplay, Assistant Director
Ghost City
1932 · Director, Story
Land of Wanted Men
1931 · Director, Story, Screenplay
Oklahoma Jim
1931 · Director, Story
The Montana Kid
1931 · Director, Story
Wings of Adventure
1930 · Screenplay
The Lone Defender
1930 · Screenplay
Cross Country Run
1929 · Director
Soft Cushions
1927 · The Citizen (as Harry Jones)
Perils of the Jungle
1927 · Story, Scenario Writer
Cactus Trails
1927 · Scenario Writer, Assistant Director
The Silent Trailer
1926 · Story
General Custer at the Little Big Horn
1926 · Director
The Wildcat
1925 · Director, Producer
Luck
1923 · Phillip Rushford - Lawyer
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
1921 · Story
The Mystery of the Double Cross
1917
The Iron Claw
1916 · The Laughing Mask
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