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'''Julius Frankenberg''' was an [[United States|American]] [[silent film]] [[actor]] and director. He starred in films such as ''[[The Haunted House (1913 film)|The Haunted House]]'', ''[[Personal Magnetism]]'' and ''[[A Blowout at Santa Banana]]'' working with actors such as [[Harry von Meter]] and [[Louise Lovely]]. He also directed two [[silent films]].
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| other_names = Jules Frankenberg
| birth_date = January 1, 1871
| birth_place = [[South Africa]]
| death_date = June 1964; age 93
| death_place = [[Illinois]], U.S.
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| occupation = Actor, director, playwright, inventor
| years_active = 1910–1940
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'''Julius Frankenberg''' (January 1, 1871 – June 1964)<ref name="USSSDI">"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2YL-3MP : 9 January 2021), Julius Frankenberg, Jun 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).</ref> was a [[South Africa|South African]]-American [[actor]] and director in [[silent film]] and on the stage, as well as a playwright<ref name="D2L">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/380579961/?clipping_id=147935639 "To Aid the Jews"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. October 14, 1917. pt.&nbsp;III, p.&nbsp;20.</ref><ref name="LTJ&E">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/700339359/?clipping_id=147867540&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjcwMDMzOTM1OSwiaWF0IjoxNzE2NTUzMzM3LCJleHAiOjE3MTY2Mzk3Mzd9.AjkGXEMkNF69PpQB7q3dsMoTTCAgNdzYtQC6hqfzBzc "Only Short Time Until Convention"]. ''Venice Vanguard''. June 6, 1919. p.&nbsp;1.</ref><ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/700339323/?clipping_id=147869294 "Eagles Will have Good Program"]. ''Venice Vanguard''. June 2, 1919. p.&nbsp;1.</ref> and inventor.<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/391453984/?clipping_id=147868652&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjM5MTQ1Mzk4NCwiaWF0IjoxNzE2NTQ5NjU4LCJleHAiOjE3MTY2MzYwNTh9.AkOKBri7j89HX0PzZM179xl8aKJL10WkdgGZ-L-uKVU "Motion Picture to Be Seen on Plane"]. ''The Dayton Herald''. October 8, 1929. p.&nbsp;2.</ref> He starred in films such as ''[[The Haunted House (1913 film)|The Haunted House]]'', ''[[Personal Magnetism]]'' and ''[[A Blowout at Santa Banana]]'' working with actors such as [[Harry von Meter]] and [[Louise Lovely]]. He also directed two [[silent films]].

==Early life and career==
Born in [[South Africa]] to a [[Germans|German]] father,<ref name="USC1950">"United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1D-8DNY : Tue Mar 19 18:15:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg and Berniece Frankenberg, 7 April 1950.</ref> Julius Herbert Frankenberg,<ref name="JF&MH">"California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DV-X3M : Wed Mar 06 17:11:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg and Margareth Hampf, 18 December 1915.</ref> and a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] mother, F. Meier,<ref name="USC1950"/> Frankenberg served with distinction against the British in the [[Boer War]]; so much so that posters were placed all across the Transvaal, stating, "Capture! At all costs, dead or alive, the Little German Scout on a Big White Horse." He later escaped to Germany and, from there, emigrated to the United States,<ref name="BVT@NYT">[https://www.newspapers.com/image/469240042/?clipping_id=147870646 "Boer Veteran in Toils; Arrested Quietly in Boston After Daring Exploits as Scout"]. ''New-York Tribune''. July 30, 1910. p.&nbsp;14. Retrieved May , 2024.</ref> where he became a naturalized citizen in 1907.<ref>"California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGG3-HGXF : Fri Mar 08 20:26:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg, 1907.</ref>


==Filmography==
==Filmography==
*''The Girl at the Cupola'' (1912)
*''The Girl at the Cupola'' (1912)
*''Betty Fools Dear Old Dad'' (1912)
*''Betty Fools Dear Old Dad'' (1912)
*''The Peanut Puzzle'' (1912) – Court Clerk<ref>[https://archive.org/details/clipper60-1912-07/page/n31/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenburg%22+%22girl+at+the+cupola%22 "Motion Picture News: A Selig Feature"]. ''The New York Clipper''. July 13, 1912. p.&nbsp;7.</ref>
*''[[The Miller of Burgundy]]'' (1912) - a collector
*''[[The Miller of Burgundy]]'' (1912) – a collector
*''Bread Upon the Waters'' (1912)
*''Bread Upon the Waters'' (1912)
*''The Lost Inheritance'' (1912)
*''The Lost Inheritance'' (1912)
*''A Freight Train Drama'' (1912)
*''A Freight Train Drama'' (1912)
*''The False Order'' (1913)
*''The False Order'' (1913)
*''The Understudy'' (1913) – Rudolph Lehar, the leader<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jExJAQAAMAAJ&pg=RA3-PA101&dq=%22Julius+Frankenburg%22 "Selig Polyscope Company: 'The Understudy (Selig)'"]. ''The Cinema''. April 23, 1913. p.&nbsp;101.</ref>
*''The Understudy'' (1913)
*''A Husband Won by Election'' (1913)
*''A Husband Won by Election'' (1913)
*''[[The Food Chopper War]]'' (1913) - a drummer (billed as Julius Frankenberg)
*''[[The Food Chopper War]]'' (1913) – a drummer (billed as Julius Frankenberg)
*''Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy'' (1913) – Joe Martin, General Bragg's telegraph operator (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-danville-morning-news/147926954/ "Luna Theatre: Another five-reel program today, headed by a great Selig two-reel feature production"]. ''The Danville Morning News''. April 17, 1913. p.&nbsp;3. Retrieved May 23, 2024.</ref>
*''Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy'' (1913)
*''Absent-Minded Mr. Boob'' (1913), Mr. Boob (billed as Julius Frankenberg)
*''Arabia Takes the Health Cure'' (1913)
*''Arabia Takes the Health Cure'' (1913)
*''[[The Haunted House (1913 film)|The Haunted House]]'' (1913) – Bob, the timorous lover (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/reellife03unse/page/n217/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "American – The Haunted House"]. ''Reel Life''. October 25, 1913. p.&nbsp;15. Retrieved May 23, 2024.</ref>
*''[[The Haunted House (1913 film)|The Haunted House]]'' (1913)
*''Tobias Wants Out'' (1913)
*''Tobias Wants Out'' (1913)
*''[[Personal Magnetism]]'' (1913) – Hiram Crabapple, hired man (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/reellife03unse/page/n453/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "American – Personal Magnetism"]. ''Reel Life''. December 6, 1913. p.&nbsp;14. Retrieved May 23, 2024.</ref>
*''[[Personal Magnetism]]'' (1913)
*''The Shriner's Daughter'' (Writer, 1914)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=UEs_AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA61&dq=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "Notes of the Trade"]. ''Moving Picture World''. January 3, 1914. Vol. 19, No. 1. p.&nbsp;61.</ref>
*''[[A Blowout at Santa Banana]]'' (1914)
*''[[A Blowout at Santa Banana]]'' (1914)
*''The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1914)
*''The Cricket on the Hearth'' (1914)
*''Italian Love'' (1914) – Tony Spezotti, Angelo's cousin (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/reellife03unse/page/n903/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "Stories of the New Photoplays: Italian Love"]. ''Reel Life''. February 21, 1914. p.&nbsp;10. Retrieved May 23, 2024.</ref>
*''Italian Love'' (1914)
*''The Peacock Feather Fan'' (1914)
*''The Peacock Feather Fan'' (1914)
*''The Sealed Package'' (1914)
*''The Sealed Package'' (1914)
*''The Land Just Over Yonder'' (Director, 1916) – Hasseyampa Jim Titus, Toyiabe's Partner (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/974236132/?clipping_id=147976076 "The Land Just Over Yonder"]. ''Anderson Herald''. May 16, 1917. p.&nbsp;2.</ref>
*''The Land Just Over Yonder'' (Director, 1916)
*''Humanizing Mr. Winsby'' (Director, 1916) – The Pronto Kid (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref>[https://archive.org/details/motionpicturenew14moti_4/page/3820/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "'Humanizing Mr. Winsby' Is Next"]. ''Motion Picture News''. December 16, 1916. Vol. 14, No. 24, p.&nbsp;3820. Retrieved May 23, 2024.</ref>
*''Humanizing Mr. Winsby'' (Director, 1916)
*''The Adventures of Pietro'' (Writer/director, 1917) – Pietro (billed as Julius Frankenberg)<ref name=="OOR:CPSC">Nelson, Lawrence Emerson (1963). ''[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.31210014314031&seq=234&view=2up Only One Redlands: Changing Patterns in a Southern California Town]''. Redlands, CA: Community Music Association. {{OCLC|944300834}}. p.&nbsp;222.</ref>
**"Pietro the Detective"
**"Pietro and the Black Handers"
**"Pietro's Dream"
*''Nine-Tenths of the Law'' (1918)
*''Nine-Tenths of the Law'' (1918)

==Personal life and death==
Frankenberg married at least twice; first in 1915 to Margareth Hampf,<ref name="JF&MH"/> resulting in at least one child, a son who appeared with his father in "Pietro the Detective", the first installment of Frankenberg's 1917 serial, ''The Adventures of Pietro''.<ref name=="OOR:CPSC"/> The second marriage produced at least two children: a daughter, Irene,<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/372174803/?clipping_id=147882291 "Bride at Sauganash Church"]. ''Chicago Tribune''. June 11, 1943. pt.&nbsp;3, p.&nbsp;3.</ref> and a son, Richard.<ref name="USC1950"/>

Frankenburg died at age 93 in Illinois in November 1964.<ref name="USSSDI"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
*[https://archive.org/details/clipper60-1912-02/page/n73/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "A Miniature Musical Comedy"]. ''The New York Clipper''. February 24, 1912. p.&nbsp;7.
*[https://archive.org/details/motography09elec/page/64/mode/2up?q=+frankenberg "Brevities of the Business"]. ''Motography''. January 18, 1913. p.&nbsp;64.
*[https://www.newspapers.com/image/380183371/?clipping_id=147938531 "Sudermann Play for Red Cross"]. ''The Los Angeles Times''. October 29, 1914. pt.&nbsp;II, p.&nbsp;7.
*[https://www.newspapers.com/image/571785891/?clipping_id=147927736 "National City and the New Industry; director Julius Frankenberg of the Dudley Company Expresses His Views of the Film Future Here"]. ''National City Star-News''. January 15, 1916. p.&nbsp;1.
*[https://archive.org/details/movpicwor68movi/page/n157/mode/2up?q=%22Julius+Frankenberg%22 "Projector Corporation in Incorporations List"]. ''Motion Picture World''. May 10, 1924. p.&nbsp;234.
*[https://books.google.com/books?id=RIWoByrjVZEC&pg=RA3-PA45&dq=%22julius+Frankenberg%22+%22would+you+spend+a+fortune%22 "Would You Spend a Fortune or a $"]. ''American Industry''. November 1923.
*[https://archive.org/details/filmdail77wids/page/n457/mode/2up?q=%22Jules+frankenberg%22 "Globe-Mills Projectors to Be Shown in 30 Days"]. ''The Film Daily''. June 4, 1940. p.&nbsp;14.


==External links==
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Julius Frankenberg
BornJanuary 1, 1871
South Africa
DiedJune 1964; age 93
Illinois, U.S.
Other namesJules Frankenberg
Occupation(s)Actor, director, playwright, inventor
Years active1910–1940

Julius Frankenberg (January 1, 1871 – June 1964)[1] was a South African-American actor and director in silent film and on the stage, as well as a playwright[2][3][4] and inventor.[5] He starred in films such as The Haunted House, Personal Magnetism and A Blowout at Santa Banana working with actors such as Harry von Meter and Louise Lovely. He also directed two silent films.

Early life and career

Born in South Africa to a German father,[6] Julius Herbert Frankenberg,[7] and a Dutch mother, F. Meier,[6] Frankenberg served with distinction against the British in the Boer War; so much so that posters were placed all across the Transvaal, stating, "Capture! At all costs, dead or alive, the Little German Scout on a Big White Horse." He later escaped to Germany and, from there, emigrated to the United States,[8] where he became a naturalized citizen in 1907.[9]

Filmography

  • The Girl at the Cupola (1912)
  • Betty Fools Dear Old Dad (1912)
  • The Peanut Puzzle (1912) – Court Clerk[10]
  • The Miller of Burgundy (1912) – a collector
  • Bread Upon the Waters (1912)
  • The Lost Inheritance (1912)
  • A Freight Train Drama (1912)
  • The False Order (1913)
  • The Understudy (1913) – Rudolph Lehar, the leader[11]
  • A Husband Won by Election (1913)
  • The Food Chopper War (1913) – a drummer (billed as Julius Frankenberg)
  • Pauline Cushman, the Federal Spy (1913) – Joe Martin, General Bragg's telegraph operator (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[12]
  • Absent-Minded Mr. Boob (1913), Mr. Boob (billed as Julius Frankenberg)
  • Arabia Takes the Health Cure (1913)
  • The Haunted House (1913) – Bob, the timorous lover (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[13]
  • Tobias Wants Out (1913)
  • Personal Magnetism (1913) – Hiram Crabapple, hired man (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[14]
  • The Shriner's Daughter (Writer, 1914)[15]
  • A Blowout at Santa Banana (1914)
  • The Cricket on the Hearth (1914)
  • Italian Love (1914) – Tony Spezotti, Angelo's cousin (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[16]
  • The Peacock Feather Fan (1914)
  • The Sealed Package (1914)
  • The Land Just Over Yonder (Director, 1916) – Hasseyampa Jim Titus, Toyiabe's Partner (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[17]
  • Humanizing Mr. Winsby (Director, 1916) – The Pronto Kid (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[18]
  • The Adventures of Pietro (Writer/director, 1917) – Pietro (billed as Julius Frankenberg)[19]
    • "Pietro the Detective"
    • "Pietro and the Black Handers"
    • "Pietro's Dream"
  • Nine-Tenths of the Law (1918)

Personal life and death

Frankenberg married at least twice; first in 1915 to Margareth Hampf,[7] resulting in at least one child, a son who appeared with his father in "Pietro the Detective", the first installment of Frankenberg's 1917 serial, The Adventures of Pietro.[19] The second marriage produced at least two children: a daughter, Irene,[20] and a son, Richard.[6]

Frankenburg died at age 93 in Illinois in November 1964.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J2YL-3MP : 9 January 2021), Julius Frankenberg, Jun 1964; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
  2. ^ "To Aid the Jews". The Los Angeles Times. October 14, 1917. pt. III, p. 20.
  3. ^ "Only Short Time Until Convention". Venice Vanguard. June 6, 1919. p. 1.
  4. ^ "Eagles Will have Good Program". Venice Vanguard. June 2, 1919. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Motion Picture to Be Seen on Plane". The Dayton Herald. October 8, 1929. p. 2.
  6. ^ a b c "United States Census, 1950", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6X1D-8DNY : Tue Mar 19 18:15:50 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg and Berniece Frankenberg, 7 April 1950.
  7. ^ a b "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8DV-X3M : Wed Mar 06 17:11:26 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg and Margareth Hampf, 18 December 1915.
  8. ^ "Boer Veteran in Toils; Arrested Quietly in Boston After Daring Exploits as Scout". New-York Tribune. July 30, 1910. p. 14. Retrieved May , 2024.
  9. ^ "California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGG3-HGXF : Fri Mar 08 20:26:19 UTC 2024), Entry for Julius Frankenberg, 1907.
  10. ^ "Motion Picture News: A Selig Feature". The New York Clipper. July 13, 1912. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Selig Polyscope Company: 'The Understudy (Selig)'". The Cinema. April 23, 1913. p. 101.
  12. ^ "Luna Theatre: Another five-reel program today, headed by a great Selig two-reel feature production". The Danville Morning News. April 17, 1913. p. 3. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  13. ^ "American – The Haunted House". Reel Life. October 25, 1913. p. 15. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  14. ^ "American – Personal Magnetism". Reel Life. December 6, 1913. p. 14. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  15. ^ "Notes of the Trade". Moving Picture World. January 3, 1914. Vol. 19, No. 1. p. 61.
  16. ^ "Stories of the New Photoplays: Italian Love". Reel Life. February 21, 1914. p. 10. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  17. ^ "The Land Just Over Yonder". Anderson Herald. May 16, 1917. p. 2.
  18. ^ "'Humanizing Mr. Winsby' Is Next". Motion Picture News. December 16, 1916. Vol. 14, No. 24, p. 3820. Retrieved May 23, 2024.
  19. ^ a b Nelson, Lawrence Emerson (1963). Only One Redlands: Changing Patterns in a Southern California Town. Redlands, CA: Community Music Association. OCLC 944300834. p. 222.
  20. ^ "Bride at Sauganash Church". Chicago Tribune. June 11, 1943. pt. 3, p. 3.

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