Ruth Taylor
Actor · 1905 – 1984 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
Ruth Taylor was an American actress in silent films and early talkies. Her son was the writer/comic/actor Buck Henry (real name Henry Zuckerman).
Movies24
Movie9.0ComedyRomanceA romance runs into difficulties because the girl has seen a great deal of the turbulence in her sister's household, and has no illusions about married bliss.
This Thing Called Love
1929 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyAlice Day is the pretty maid who wins the heart of Danny O'Shea, a young artist who motors down to Petersboro to paint the scenery.
The Perils of Petersboro
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyUnlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
The Pride of Pikeville
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Ralph Graves plays a cabaret singer who is mistaken for a duke while courting society girl Ruth Taylor.
A Yankee Doodle Duke
1926 · 1 votes
- MovieDrama
The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt and a scheming son who wants to be king himself and is plotting to take advantage of the situation.
Movie7.0ComedyProfessor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!
Cured in the Excitement
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyGold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This film is believed lost.
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928 · 1 votes
Movie3.0ComedyTurpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy women and seizing upn any opportunity to womanise.
A Blonde's Revenge
1926 · 3 votes
Movie10.0DramaRomanceBetty Forrester, a college flirt who is determined to attract Harvey Porter, the school coach, starts playing around to make him jealous. Her roommate, Doris Marlowe, is a naive girl who falls madly in love with Tom, a sophisticated playboy who leads Doris on until he tires of her. At this point Doris pleads with Tom to love her, but he refuses. Betty, afraid for Doris' welfare, tries to save her from Tom by falsely attracting him to herself. Doris, crestfallen, leaves them and accidentally tumbles into an elevator shaft and dies. Harvey is furiously jealous and determines never to see Betty again until he learns the real reason for her actions with Tom; then he asks her to marry him.
The College Coquette
1929 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyBen Turpin, a self-proclaimed "lady killer" finds himself in a difficult romantic predicament. Currently engaged to a woman described as a "gold-digger" (played by Madeleine Hurlock), Ben decides he must first end his relationship with his former lover, a showgirl and theater dancer named Alma Bennett.
The Jolly Jilter
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Energetic college student Eddie navigates a series of comedic mishaps, both slapstick and romantic as he get use to life on campus.
The College Kiddo
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Taking Alice and Ruth to a show with Alice 's father & his boss's money they see that its leading man is an old friend of the girls. He invites them out after the show, but not having money Eddie has to pay the bill. Eddie calls Joe to tell him what is going on. The girls escape to the actor's room and go out the window but Joe and Eddie finally catch them.
Her Actor Friend
1926 · 1 votes
- Movie3.3Comedy
When a newly married couple go back to their apartment, they discover a burglary is in progress.
A Hint to Brides
1929 · 3 votes
Movie6.7ComedyDonald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
Broke in China
1927 · 3 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAfter many outrageous moments, a young girl marries her former acquaintance, not with her fiancee.
Just Married
1928 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyDramaThe "true story" of baseball great Babe Ruth; Ruth plays himself.
Headin' Home
1920 · 10 votes
Movie10.0WesternActress Letty Noon and Rev. David Warwick seek advice from a parson who tells the tale of a minister who falls for a dance hall girl named Wild Honey. After a jealous suitor frames the minister for murder, Wild Honey clears his name, and he realizes her love. When another suitor tries to shoot the minister, Wild Honey is wounded protecting him. The minister takes her to another town, and they live happily together.
Wild Honey
1918 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyHarry leaves home to become a doctor, but winds up with "Doc" Healy's Medicine Show.
Lucky Stars
1925 · 3 votes
Movie7.5ComedySweethearts Jimmie Carter and Bessie Barnes work for Adolph Brock at the Acme Corporation. One day while he is out for a drive in his jalopy of a car, Jimmie spies a pretty young woman on horseback. He comes to her rescue after she falls off her horse and gets injured, he leading her to refuge in an abandoned cabin when it starts to rain heavily. Although she flirts with him, he, in turn attracted to her, wants to remain faithful to Bessie and resists his urges. When this woman mysteriously disappear on him, he can't stop thinking about her and follows her innuendo to meet with her at her apartment. All the while, he is unaware that she is Peggy Joyce, Brock's gold-digging fiancée. He is also unaware that Peggy has ulterior motives for coming on to him, which, in combination with her dangerous past, could lead to complications for all involved.
A Rainy Knight
1925 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyA jail break turns into a race.
The Iron Nag
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyWith her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.
Flirty Four-Flushers
1926 · 2 votes
Movie6.6ComedyThe key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a game! Our hero has other ideas, though.
Butter Fingers
1925 · 5 votes
Movie9.0ComedyBetty’s parents are eager to achieve financial security and believe she is their ticket to wealth. They are easily deceived by a villain who poses as a rich man by wearing expensive, hired clothes. Despite her parents' pressure to marry the "wealthy" imposter, Betty is in love with Jack, a young man who once saved her life. Jack is currently engaged to a society girl he does not love. Through a series of fast-paced gags and fortunate circumstances, the two lovers manage to outmaneuver the villain and Betty's parents, eventually realizing their ambition to marry one another.
The Soapsuds Lady
1926 · 1 votes