Frances Keyes appeared in many Thanhouser films from 1914 to 1916, most of them releases of the studio’s Princess and Falstaff brands. The encyclopedia records little else about her, beyond noting that the studio’s own publicity often misspelled her first name as “Francis”.
Frances Keyes
A Thanhouser Company player, in 2 films you can watch free online.
Watch Frances KeyesOpens When Hungry Hamlet Fled (1915)
Biography
A short summary written from the encyclopedia.Read Bowers’ full biography on this page ↓
Filmography
Films you can watch
Other Thanhouser films
- 1914All’s Well that Ends WellLost
- 1914The Eugenic BoyLost
- 1914Lost—A Union SuitLost
- 1914In Her SleepLost
- 1914Her DutyLost
- 1914The Balance of PowerLost
- 1915It’s an ILL WindLost
- 1915Pansy’s Prison PiesLost
- 1915Gustav Gebhardt’s Gutter BandLost
- 1915Dicky’s Demon DachshundLost
- 1915Hattie, the Hair HeiressLost
- 1915The Film Favorite’s FinishLost
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- 1915Minnie, the Mean ManicuristLost
- 1915When William’s Whiskers WorkedLost
- 1915Uncle JeremiahLost
- 1916The Optimistic Oriental OccultsLost
- 1916Hilda’s Husky HelperLost
- 1916Grace’s Gorgeous GownsLost
- 1916Pete’s Persian PrincessLost
- 1916Beaten at the BathLost
- 1916A Clever Collie’s ComebackLost
- 1916Ruth’s Remarkable ReceptionLost
- 1916Pansy Post, Protean PlayerLost
- 1916Pedro, the Punk PoetLost
- 1916The Snow Shoveler’s SweetheartLost
- 1916Oh! Oh! Oh! Henery!Lost
- 1916Willing Wendy to WillieLost
- 1916The Dashing Druggist’s DilemmaLost
- 1916Freddie’s Frigid FinishLost
- 1916Steven’s Sweet SistersLost
- 1916Sammy’s Semi-SuicideLost
- 1916DoughnutsLost
These have no online copy. Each page says what is known about where a print is held.
From the encyclopedia
The full biography
From Volume III: Biographies of Q. David Bowers’ Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, reproduced with permission and unchanged. 36 words.
Frances Keyes appeared in many Thanhouser films from 1914 to 1916, most of which were Princess or Falstaff releases.
Note: Her first name was often misspelled as “Francis” in Reel Life and in other official publicity.
Bowers’ own filmography list is left out here: the filmography above lists the same films. Cite as: Bowers, Q. David. Thanhouser Films: An Encyclopedia and History, “KEYES, Frances.” thanhouser.org/research/people/frances-keyes/