Jobyna Ralston
Actor · 1899 – 1967 · South Pittsburg, Tennessee, USA
Jobyna Ralston (born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston, November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American stage and film actress. She had a featured role in the first Oscar-winning film, Wings in 1927, but is perhaps best remembered today for her on-screen chemistry with Harold Lloyd, with whom she appeared in seven movies.
Movies24
Movie7.2DramaActionTwo young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
Wings
1927 · 345 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceAn unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
The Freshman
1925 · 132 votes
Movie6.9ComedyRomanceHarold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
Girl Shy
1924 · 74 votes
Movie6.0The second and last of Eddie Cantor's silent vehicles, Special Delivery casts the wide-eyed comedian as a hapless mailman. While going through his swiftly appointed rounds, Eddie stumbles upon a gang of crooks who are planning a large-scale confidence scam. He exposes the villains and wins the love of heroine Madge (Jobyna Ralston). Though Cantor was a fine physical comic, he didn't truly score in films until the arrival of talkies allowed his fans to hear as well as see him. Special Delivery was directed by "William Goodrich," who in reality was comedian Fatty Arbuckle, hoping to stage a comeback after the sex scandal that destroyed his career.
Special Delivery
1927 · 4 votes
Movie6.9ComedyDramaThe timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new woman in town.
The Kid Brother
1927 · 106 votes
Movie7.0DramaAn exposé of the "fake" or "wicked" Bohemian social circles, highlighting the moral consequences of their actions. The film features a "pleasure-seeking" philosophy, evidenced by the intertitle that read, "May we help ourselves to life's pleasures?"
Black Butterflies
1928 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0CrimeDrama
Two milkmen foil a prohibition raid set-up; one finds romance with a society deb in the bargain.
Sheer Luck
1931 · 1 votes
Movie8.0WesternA film adaptation of the Zane Grey novel of the same name.
Lightning
1927 · 2 votes
- Movie6.5
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
The Landlubber
1922 · 2 votes
Movie6.5ComedyA hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Why Worry?
1923 · 47 votes
Movie9.0ComedyHarpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.
Humor Risk
1921 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Paul plays at being a detective until dad, who is a revenue officer, sends him out to prove his worth by rounding up some desperate moonshiners.
Bone Dry
1922 · 1 votes
Movie6.4DramaThe naive newspaper cub Clem lands a scoop when he's sent out to cover a murder. In his enthusiasm he writes that the main suspect is Jane. When she confronts Clem, she convinces him to help her prove her innocence.
The Power of the Press
1928 · 12 votes
Movie7.3ComedyDocumentaryHilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
1962 · 4 votes
- Movie10.0WesternComedy
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off and dressing his wounds. He then gets back on his 'saddle' and fires his gun again, this time in the direction of another man who has just entered the room. Paul leaves abruptly and rides into town on a horse, and straight through a crowded saloon. A town marshal sees this as act act of bravery and rewards Paul with a sheriff's badge immediately. A fearful rival makes his mark when he lights his cigarette by tossing it into the air and shooting at it to ignite it!
Blaze Away
1922 · 1 votes
Movie6.9ComedyActionAn irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
For Heaven's Sake
1926 · 45 votes
MovieComedySHOOT STRAIGHT - starring Paul Parrott, with Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker and George Rowe. A rarely-seen comedy short. Parrott is a hapless hunter in this predecessor to Tex Avery toons of the 1940s, and in a series of inventive gag sequences fails to capture squirrel, rabbit, chinchilla, bobcat, duck, and bear all in one reel.
Shoot Straight
1923
- Movie6.5Comedy
Paul, a great college athlete, is sent to his uncle's farm to be developed, but turns against the continual round of chores. And at the table he is continually elbowed aside by the huskier farmhands, until he gives up in disgust. But a last attempt to understand the intricacies of the tractor results in his demolishing the house, and the farmer's daughter aids his escape.
Harvest Hands
1922 · 2 votes
Movie6.8ComedyLloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow. Finally, a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and becomes convinced that he's killed her!
Hot Water
1924 · 32 votes
Movie6.4RomanceComedyIn this movie, Max Linder parodies the famous novel "The Three Musketeers".
The Three Must-Get-Theres
1922 · 31 votes
- Movie9.0
In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the streetcar operator (played by Paul Parrott) and his girl friend (who happens to be the boss's daughter; portrayed by Jobyna Ralston) try to save the day.
Take Next Car
1922 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaWarThe heir to a family business travels to Paris to try to stop his youth-obsessed mother from squandering the family fortune with her new husband, who's married her for her money. After he returns from service in World War I, he finds his mother, now broke and abandoned by her gigolo husband....
Gigolo
1926 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ThrillerActionJimmy Bradley, a fireman on the old locomotive No. 99, loves Kate Murphy, daughter of the proprietress of the local lunch counter. His rival, Bat Mullins, is engineer of the new mail train scheduled to make a competition run. When Mullins overturns the new train, Bradley completes the run and earns the contract for his company by delivering the mail in record time on No. 99. A promotion to engineer helps him win Kate.
The Night Flyer
1928 · 2 votes
Movie8.0DramaFollowing a series of misunderstandings, wealthy young aristocrat Gerry Lansing deserts his wife Alix, whom he believes has eloped with his friend Alan Wayne. He sails for South America, leaving no trace of his whereabouts. In Peru, he becomes a plantation owner and marries local girl Margarita.
The Call of Home
1922 · 1 votes