Harry L. Fraser (31 March 1889 â€" 8 April 1974) was an American film
director and screenplay writer.Born in 1889 in San Francisco, Fraser
directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John
Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck 1937 cliffhanger
serial Jungle Menace. He had a small acting role in the John Wayne
film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays.In his
autobiography, Fraser described filming a scene in Jungle Menace in
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:Fraser, like
fellow silent-film directors William Beaudine, Christy Cabanne, Elmer
Clifton, and Lambert Hillyer, was a resourceful director who could be
relied upon to deliver a professional-quality feature film on
ever-decreasing budgets. Fraser was exceptionally adept in this
regard, as both a director and scriptwriter. He became the favorite
director of the Weiss Brothers, who usually worked with tight
schedules and rock-bottom budgets, and padded out their features with
reels of footage taken from Weiss's older films. Fraser would be
assigned to work the old films into new storylines.
director and screenplay writer.Born in 1889 in San Francisco, Fraser
directed over 80 films between 1925 and 1951, including the 1934 John
Wayne film Randy Rides Alone and the Frank Buck 1937 cliffhanger
serial Jungle Menace. He had a small acting role in the John Wayne
film 'Neath the Arizona Skies. He also wrote screenplays.In his
autobiography, Fraser described filming a scene in Jungle Menace in
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:Fraser, like
fellow silent-film directors William Beaudine, Christy Cabanne, Elmer
Clifton, and Lambert Hillyer, was a resourceful director who could be
relied upon to deliver a professional-quality feature film on
ever-decreasing budgets. Fraser was exceptionally adept in this
regard, as both a director and scriptwriter. He became the favorite
director of the Weiss Brothers, who usually worked with tight
schedules and rock-bottom budgets, and padded out their features with
reels of footage taken from Weiss's older films. Fraser would be
assigned to work the old films into new storylines.
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