Gertrude Selby
Actor · 1894 – 1975 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Movies15
MovieComedyNew England codfish-packer Silas Kidder wants his son to succeed him in the business, but because young Cuthbert seems interested only in playing pool, his father turns him out. In Chicago, Cuthbert beats a gang of pool sharks at their own game, and in anger they steal all his money and knock him out cold. He is picked up by tin-can magnate James Knight and his pretty daughter Julie, who invite him to recuperate at their estate.
Kidder & Ko
1918
MovieWesternThis comedy starts with the rescue by a cowboy's dog of a baby that is floating down a gorge toward a cataract in a tiny crib. The cowboy takes the foundling to his cabin. Then the cowboy finds himself not only beset with the troubles of feeding an infant, but also is the object of a spinster who, by claiming the baby, hopes to compromise the cowboy
MovieComedyHenry Lehrman and Billie Ritchie, as the result of a gay night, are visited by a joint nightmare which shows them the horrors of their present life.
MovieComedyPardon Me
1920
Movie6.5Two men are vying for the favours of Gaby. One of them takes her for a motorcycle ride, the other in his car. When the second man manages to marry her, the first takes his revenge. He calls the police, and takes the newlyweds along on a kamikaze ride in his car, chased by the police.
Gertie's Gasoline Glide
1916 · 2 votes
Movie9.0ComedyJimmy Slocum, whose wealthy father continually pays his speeding fines and loses bets to him, wins a $1,000 bet with his father that Katherine Fowler, whom his father wants him to marry, does not love him. Jimmy then wins a $25,000 bet that he can keep from being arrested more than once in the coming year by getting a 12-month jail sentence for fighting in a bar, then sassing the judge.
Easy to Make Money
1919 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyA deadbeat father abandons his wife after she has triplets, who chases him down and exacts comic justice.
Father Was a Loafer
1915 · 1 votes
MovieThrillerDramaIn New York's Little Italy, Carlotta's life is run by Black Hand leaders who will not let her see her sweetheart Tom. The Black Handers also control the life of prominent Judge Andrews, because years before, after the death of Andrews' daughter, they kidnapped his granddaughter. Only now have they agreed to return her, at a charity ball, for a large ransom.
MovieCrimeWilliam Newman, a notorious shyster lawyer, in return for a cut of the jewels, agrees to take the case of Morris, a man convicted of stealing diamonds. After gaining possession of the gems, Newman appropriates all of them and then refuses to carry out his share of the deal. Subsequently, Newman, who is attracted to Georgianna, a maid at his boardinghouse, frames the girl on charges of theft and then arranges for her freedom, thus appearing to be her savior.
Movie8.0ComedyWeb of office romance entanglements lead to slapstick hijinks at a fly paper company.
Under New Management
1915 · 1 votes
MovieDrama- Movie7.0Comedy
Gertie enjoys a peaceful day at the park when two men take a shine to her: a mustachioed villain and a malevolent Little Tramp-knockoff. The two pursue Gertie, while she plays hard-to-get. When her sweetheart shows up, the chase is on.
Gertie's Joy Ride
1915 · 1 votes
Movie8.0Comedy short starring Alice Howell
How Stars are Made
1916 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Billie and Henry, demons of love and jealousy, are both in love with the beautiful daughter of a well-to-do farmer. They vie for her hand, duel with eggs and bricks, until one makes a getaway with the girl in a car, the other close behind.
The Rural Demons
1914 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0
Film by Henry Lehrman
Love and Surgery
1914 · 1 votes