Chester Bennett Explained

Chester Bennett
Birth Date:	February 12, 1892
Birth Place:	San Francisco, California, US
Death Place:	Hong Kong

Chester Bennett (1892 - 1943) was an American silent film director. He was executed by the Japanese during the Occupation of Hong Kong in 1943.^{[1] [2]}

Filmography

• When a Man Loves (1919)
• Captain Swift (1920)
• The Purple Cipher (1920)
• A Master Stroke (1920)
• The Romance Promoters (1920)
• Three Sevens (1921)
• The Secret of the Hills (1921)
• Diamonds Adrift (1921)
• Belle of Alaska (1922)
• Colleen of the Pines (1922)
• The Snowshoe Trail (1922)
• Thelma (1922)
• Divorce (1923)
• The Lullaby (1924)
• The Painted Lady (1924)
• Champion of Lost Causes (1925)
• The Ancient Mariner (1925)
• Honesty – The Best Policy (1926)

External links

• • Chester Bennett at BFI

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chester Bennett – ‘The American Hero of Hong Kong’. The Dark World's Fire: Tom and Lena Edgar in War. 16 November 2011. 15 August 2016. 28 September 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180928151746/https://brianedgar.wordpress.com/2011/11/16/chester-bennett-the-american-hero-of-hong-kong/. dead.
2. News: Chester Bennett, Silent Film Director, Shot by the Japs. Variety. 17 May 1944. 14 August 2016.