Francis William Powell was a Canadian-born American stage and silent film actor, director, producer, and screenwriter who worked predominantly in the United States. He is also credited with "discoveri
The Moving Picture World, 1916
Powell (seated front, white hat) with Theda Bara (long hair, left of Powell) in Florida to film The Devil's Daughter (1915)
Advertisement for Frank Powell Productions in The Moving Picture World, July 1916
The Witch is a lost 1916 American silent drama film directed by Frank Powell, produced by Fox Film Corporation, and starring Nance O'Neil, Alfred Hickman, and Frank Russell. Based on the 1903 play La
Frank Powell
…The Scarlet Oath (1916) The Witch (1916) Mary Moreland (1917…
Film still showing the title character Zora (Nance O'Neil) being accused of witchcraft
Still of O'Neil (left) in scene in which her character Zora hypnotized Dolores, the military governor's daughter (Jane Miller)
Promotion of O'Neil as the "Empress of Stormy Emotion", Motion Picture News, March 1916
Powell (left) examining set model of Mexican village with Turner (center) and Bach, summer 1915