Stuart Paton (23 July 1883 – 16 December 1944) was a British director, screenwriter and actor of the silent era. He directed 67 films between 1915 and 1938. He also wrote for 24 films between 1914 and 1927. Despite a sizable list of credits, Paton was never well-regarded, especially as a director. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland and died in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. His remains are buried at Chapel of the Pines Crematory.
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04 March 1918
Lois Fox, upon whose shoulder is branded a Chinese idiograph resembling the letters "A. Y.," is rescued from a gang of Chinese ruffians by Brice Ferris.
19 February 1921
The true story of Lord Francis Hope who inherits the Hope Diamond and marries showgirl May Yohe. Lord Francis Hope gambles away the family fortune and May Yohe leaves him.
27 April 1918
Left alone and penniless after her father dies, Eileen Orton attempts suicide. Douglas Seward, who must be married to obtain the position he seeks, befriends Eileen and offers to support her if she will pose as his wife.
19 May 1919
Flighty Helen Halverson decides that she wants to marry Big Jim McKenzie, the boss of the logging camp her father owns, after he is temporarily blinded after he crashes his toboggan into a tree in order to avoid hitting Helen.
06 October 1918
Ranch owner John Hardy becomes the dupe of Cleo Dade when he marries her and brings her home to be a mother to his daughter Rose.
05 June 1922
Billy Kirkwood, a young businessman, travels to New York City for a vacation. There he comes to the rescue of pretty young Dorothy Calender, escorting her to a taxi because she was being followed by some sinister-looking men.
18 June 1915
Self-made man Emerson Boyd of Every-town owns the Boyd Mills, which uses child labor and disregards health regulations, and the Boyd Chemical Company, which manufactures harmful patent medicines.
15 October 1931
The female head of a criminal gang in Chinatown is after a valuable jewel, and lets nothing stand in her way of finding it.
23 October 1921
A society girl goes to live in the woods with her evil uncle and his wicked housekeeper.
16 June 1919
Whiskey smuggler Dubec, trades liquor to the Indians, takes revenge on the Royal North West Mounted Police pursuing him by killing the wife of post commander Sergeant Delisle and abducting his teen-aged daughter Nonette.
20 November 1935
Northwest Mounted Police Corporal Jerry Hale is assigned to take over the district of a fellow-officer, and is puzzled as he had worked this district before and had been mysteriously transferred, disrupting his romance with Helen Brent, the niece of Peter Barkley, the Factor at the trading post.
01 April 1931
Jack Logan is the heir to half of a map to a hidden Indian mine. The trader and villain Jean Gregg sends his chief henchman Mack to make life difficult for Jack.
02 December 1937
Mickey Lofton, young half-brother of famed war-aviator Jerry, fails in his attempt to enter the Canadian Air Corps, because of his fear of thunderstorms developed by an incident in his boyhood days.
25 March 1928
The ranger Jack Dunne and his dog Dynamite are called in to investigate a series of cattle rustlings.
15 December 1935
A pair of crooked deputies steal a gold shipment, murder a young boy's father and pin the blame on a cowboy.
22 January 1921
Velma is unhappily married to Sam Patton, a millionaire roué. Aboard his yacht bound for the South Seas, Sam pays more attention to his guests than to his wife, and she flees when he attempts to force liquor on her.
01 September 1926
Cullen Landis stars as rookie fireman Danny Grogan. Though well-liked by his colleagues, Danny is openly despised by one of the smoke-eaters, who has a yen for our hero's sweetheart.
09 December 1917
Jim Brockton has three interests in life: His nephew, Donald: the Trinity, three friends of different nationalities, but united by their love for Jim; and a faithful dog named Lady.
24 December 1916
Captain Nemo has built a fantastic submarine for his mission of revenge. He has traveled over 20,000 leagues in search of Charles Denver - a man who caused the death of Princess Daaker.
04 December 1927
Dynamite -- Universal's answer to Warner Bros.' canine star Rin Tin Tin -- and his owner Jerry Matthews (Edmund Cobb) come to the aid of a beleaguered rancher in this typical low-budget "doggie melodrama" set in the West.
20 March 1922
Steve Packard is the ne'er-do-well son of an Arizona ranching baron. Upon his father's death, Steve returns from his days as a South Pacific beach bum to protect his father's estate, which has fallen into the hands of Steve's estranged grandfather.
17 February 1924
Our Western star begins this actioner rather improbably, as a New York City gangster. But soon enough he heads for the more comfortable expanse of the open spaces.
25 June 1915
Inventor George Grant and his partner, financier John Benson, accept an offer of $200,000 for the rights to an invention.
28 November 1921
Although renowned pediatrician Dr. Jim Keene loves his wife, Helen, she resents his devotion to his work and finds solace with other men.
20 May 1928
Molly White, the new schoolmistress at Silver Creek, makes the acquaintance of Jack Brooks, a wealthy eastern sportsman, when his pedigreed police dog, Dynamite, saves her from serious injury, and they become fast friends.
25 October 1920
Although she is the mastermind of a gang of crooks, Kate Westhanger's talents are unknown to those outside her circle, thus enabling her to infiltrate George Flanbaugh's gold syndicate.
24 May 1931
A remake of 1930's "Phantom of the Desert", in which a crooked foreman and the ranch hands are rustling horses, and laying the blame on a wild stallion that roams the surrounding hills.
25 March 1918
Andrea Minghetti runs a California vineyard with the help of his pretty niece Bona, who cooks for the employees.
07 May 1923
An illiterate, uncouth brute rises to power during the Russian Revolution, plots to wreak vengeance on all who cross him, and incites the peasantry to burn the city.
20 July 1926
The Wolf Hunters is a 1926 American silent Western film, also classified as a Northern, directed by Stuart Paton and starring Robert McKim, Virginia Brown Faire and Mildred Harris.
21 May 1915
Jules, the son of French General Bleriot, agrees to give a masked blackmailer his father's secret military papers when threatened with exposure of his gambling debts.
21 May 1917
Tommy Buckman, the ne'er-do-well son of dime store magnate John Buckman, is given one last chance to succeed by surveying a possible location in New England for the opening of another store in his father's chain.
18 March 1917
A silent action movie serial consisting of 15 chapters.
30 June 1917
The Gray Ghost is a 1917 American crime-drama film serial directed by Stuart Paton. Chapters: 1. The Bank Mystery; 2.
10 July 1931
After his girlfriend's brother is murdered, a San Francisco newspapermen goes on the track of his killers.
04 October 1931
Stern district attorney John Raymond sentences innocent June Lawrence to prison along with her guilty husband Dan.
15 May 1916
Based on the spy novel of the same name by Jacques Futrelle.
09 May 1921
Actress Fay McMillan finds her child, Pauline, whom she deserted years ago, in an orphanage, but Monty, her financer, objects to her taking the girl back.
01 September 1926
City youth sets out for West to avenge father's murder. Arrives in town where killer lives and after a series of fights he accomplishes his purpose.
04 December 1930
Part of the 'Casey the Cop' series featuring Irish-American police drama. With the help of his sweetheart, a priest and a rabbi, Officer Casey goes undercover as a blind, Jewish shoemaker to bust a drug ring and save his younger brother.
25 March 1928
A recently appointed ranch foreman, falsely accused of taking part in a bank robbery, is forced to prove his innocence.
18 February 1927
Burning Gold is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by John W. Noble.
05 July 1931
Ralph Ingram, a brain specialist whose alcoholism has ruined his career, tries to regain his reputation while working with an ambulance team.
17 December 1922
John Curtis discovers that Jean de Curtois, whose assault he has witnessed, was married a few hours earlier to Hermione Fane so that she might escape marriage to Count de Mauriat and retain her fortune.
01 December 1931
Mounted Fury is a 1931 American drama film directed by Stuart Paton and written by Betty Burbridge.
27 May 1923
David Darby and his younger brother Ross are both members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. Ross is accused of murdering Slip Martin, but David doesn't believe his brother committed the murder and, not wanting to see him executed, takes the blame himself.
23 October 1922
Hotheaded Jeff De Croteau wins a horserace, shoots a poor loser who has insulted him and escapes across the state line.
13 August 1923
Frances Collier sets a love trap for landowner Don José O'Neil to help her father acquire his potentially oil-rich land, then falls genuinely in love with her victim.
15 January 1923
Billy Winthrop is in love with Beatrice Forbes, who is engaged to Ernest Peabody, a reform candidate for mayor backed by Billy's father.
31 July 1922
A decline in family fortunes forces Bill to become a racing car driver. His wife, Pam, has been carrying on a bold flirtation with a wily philanderer, who, tiring of her, turns his attention to a younger girl.
