FrameThrower · Actors · Frank Silvera
Frank Silvera
2 films · 129 frames · top-billed in 1 · 1955–1966
Born 24 July 1914 · Kingston, British West Indies [now Kingston, Jamaica] · died 11 June 1970
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Frank Silvera was an American actor and theatrical director.
Silvera was born in Kingston, Jamaica the son of a mixed race Jamaican mother, Gertrude Bell and Spanish Jewish father, Alfred Silvera. His family emigrated to the United States when he was six-years old, settling in Boston. Silvera became interested in acting and began performing in amateur theatrical groups and at church. He graduated from English High School of Boston and then studied at Boston University, followed by the Northeastern Law School.
Silvera left Northeastern Law School in 1934, when he was cast in Paul Green's production of Roll Sweet Chariot.…
How their films are shot
Measured across 129 frames from the 2 films we hold. This is the look of the work Frank takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 2 films we hold, 58% of their frames are night, 50% low key — the look of the work Frank takes.
Time of day
Lighting
Shot size
Camera angle
Mood
Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 129 frames from Frank Silvera's 2 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.