Ethel Teare
Actor · 1894 – 1959 · Phoenix, Arizona, USA
Movies21
Movie7.0ComedyDramaMinnie, the village tomboy, meets a handsome Stranger after playing ball one afternoon. She invites him to see a bridge model her father has designed; but finding her intoxicated father in the act of destroying the model, she swears vengeance on the local bootleggers and joins a newspaper as sportswriter so as to expose their activities. Pike, the station agent, leader of the bootleggers, spreads a scandal about Minnie when she rejects him, but through the help of the Stranger everything is cleared up.
The Tomboy
1921 · 1 votes
Movie7.4Billy is a bit of a masher. He meets a lady on the beach and immediately gives her an expensive gift (some pearls). The problems are that she has her eyes set on the handsome lifeguard and the collection agents either want Billy to pay for this necklace or return it. Well, she naturally doesn't want to give up the pearls, so Billy decides to break in to her house to steal them (and a few other items while he's at it).
Be Reasonable
1921 · 6 votes
MovieComedyBobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
Whose Baby?
1917 · 1 votes
- Movie5.0Drama
A minister's wife leaves her husband and child because of the disgrace of being compromised by Wall Street operator George Ransdell aboard his yacht. Fifteen years later, after having been his mistress, she has him arrested for fraud and imprisoned.
A Woman Who Sinned
1924 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyClyde is a handyman around a circus. His mother is the bearded lady in the side-show; his father is a millionaire separated from his family. Clyde is endeavoring to get the old man's fortune, with the strong man of the circus scheming to beat him to it.
Skirts
1921 · 1 votes
MovieComedyWesternThe whimsical adventures of the impetuous Sheriff Nell (Polly Moran), who keeps Triggerville in line with an iron fist. But her heart is set on Jack, the saloon barman, and Black Pete, a notorious crook.
Roping Her Romeo
1917
MovieComedyAmbrose (Mack Swain) is a clumsy, aspiring cook who finds himself in over his head when he is hired to work in a busy household or restaurant. Most of the humor stems from Ambrose’s spectacular incompetence in the kitchen. He misinterprets simple instructions, leads a series of messy kitchen disasters, and accidentally destroys various household items while attempting to prepare a meal. The situation typically escalates into a frantic "Keystone-style" chase or a massive physical confrontation involving food, dishes, and outraged employers or customers.
Lost: A Cook
1917
Movie7.5ComedyBathtub movers on the job.
A Bathtub Bandit
1917 · 2 votes
- Movie5.0
A short comic film in which the Count has found a bride, namely Mr. Krapaan’s extravagant daughter. A tramp then steals his clothes, and goes to the wedding in the Count’s place. Krapaan wants his extravagant daughter to marry Count De Bluffe, whom he believes to be wealthy. When De Bluffe is taking a bath, his clothes are stolen by a tramp. The tramp then pretends to the Krapaan family that he is the Count, but is unmasked by the real De Bluffe. But when the tramp, peeking through the window, sees that the bride is actually ugly and bald, he is glad that he is off the hook. After the wedding, the tramp puts on the bride’s wig, which causes De Bluffe to experience great regret.
The No-Account Count
1914 · 1 votes
- Movie6.5
Ham and Bud, working as mechanics, wreak havoc at a new car dealership, almost wrecking a big sale.
Love, Oil and Grease
1914 · 2 votes
MovieComedyTom is not in favor with Flossie's aunt though the latter lady thinks he is just right. Tom's fertile brain forms a scheme and by a fake rescue of Flossie from the ocean waves he gets in the good graces of the stern aunt. But when the next day finds Aunty in peril herself the truth comes out: Tom can't swim.
A Watery Wooing
1916
- Movie9.0Comedy
It is Sunday in Cobweb Corners. The ring of hammer in our hero's blacksmith shop is silent. The melody of a hymn steals out of the village church. The village belle is flirting with the simple-hearted smith. It is Monday, and the village belle is plunged in sorrow. Hiram Hardheart demands her hand in marriage. He will foreclose the mortgage. Enter the smith. Exit the villain. Fate opens the way to pay off the mortgage. The smith challenges One Punch Murph. They fight for a purse of $1,000. The village belle in boy's clothing sits near the ring, to urge her sturdy champion on. Round one. Saved by the bell. Round two. The blacksmith knocks out everybody, including the referee. Hardheart gets the money and the smith gets the girl.
The Blundering Blacksmiths
1917 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyA woman has moved to a small town boarding house to seek peace and quiet. All too soon she finds herself in a Keystone movie, where there's everything but.
Thirst
1917 · 1 votes
- Movie6.5
"Midnight at the Old Mill" has some nice "Guignol" touches with mysterious doctors in black and Ham having to play a corpse at one moment.
Midnight at the Old Mill
1916 · 2 votes
Movie4.2ComedyAnimationA series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when they go to the beach and later watch a beauty and fashion contest. His wife enters it wearing a mask. Back at work on Monday, all has returned to normal, until the winner of the contest shows up for her prize - a complete wardrobe...
Picking Peaches
1924 · 8 votes
- Movie6.5Comedy
Ham and Bud get jobs as cooks. They flirt with Bombino Souptureeno, and incur the wrath of her boyfriend, Tony Slambango, and his gang.
Ham's Whirlwind Finish
1916 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.
An International Sneak
1917 · 1 votes
- Movie6.0
Her First Kiss, where the glamorous Ethel Teare trades her fancy gowns for the rough attire of Minnie Spuds, the gawky farm girl who Chester tries to swindle. Whether dangling from a ladder, teetering over a cliff in a horse-and-buggy, or wielding a mop, Minnie may be from the sticks but never misses a beat. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, New Zealand Project, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2013.
Her First Kiss
1919 · 3 votes
- Movie8.0
Ham and Bud rescue a lady on a runaway horse, and Ham falls in love with her.
Some Romance
1915 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
Ham & Bud fight over the ladies.
The Love Magnet
1916 · 1 votes
- MovieFantasyComedy
A surrealistic stew of airplanes, tornadoes, trick mirrors, and underwater car repair. Footage was recycled for the studios’ 1920 release Hold Me Tight. (MoMA)