Merta Sterling
Actor · 1883 – 1944 · Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA
Movies14
Movie5.9ComedyThe misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Scorching Sands
1923 · 9 votes
Movie7.0DramaDirected by B. Reeves Eason. With William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Lydia Knott, Bob Rhodes.
Women First
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DramaSylvia Joy, a talented cabaret dancer, must choose between a wealthy Producer and a promising young actor.
The Star Dust Trail
1924 · 1 votes
Movie6.5RomanceComedyAn American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.
Paid to Love
1927 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyJust as he is about to experiment with an elixir of youth, Prof. Henry Baldwin is kidnapped by Courtney Lawson with his secretary, Egbert Swift, and his butler, Alexander, and placed in an asylum. A runaway dogcart deposits three babies in the house, and three escaped chimpanzees take their place.
Darwin Was Right
1924 · 1 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
- Movie8.0Comedy
Mary has married Jack Langdon , the physical instructor of the young ladies' seminary where she is being schooled. Because she is underage and risks losing the fortune her uncle has left her, Mary is compelled to keep the marriage a secret, but a baby adds to the complications. At first the young couple leaves it in the care of an Indian woman. Waldo Pennanink , the son of the school's headmaster, becomes suspicious of all the time the couple is spending with the Indian woman and the baby.
Up in Mary's Attic
1920 · 1 votes
- Movie6.0Comedy
A city couple drops into a restaurant and try to steal the cash box.
The King of the Kitchen
1918 · 3 votes
Movie6.0ComedyA 1923 silent comedy.
The Handy Man
1923 · 2 votes
Movie7.5ComedyA mild-mannered, well-meaning but bumbling janitor gets unwittingly involved in a battle between two opposing political groups, with each side trying to use him to destroy the other, and the secret police--who have already thrown him out of their office when he worked there--watching all of them.
The Janitor
1919 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyWesternFilm by Harry A. Gant.
The Sage-Brush League
1919 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyLion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws
1920 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
"Lee [Moran] is a city chap who loves to go to the pace and is chagrined when an uncle leaves him his money provided he engages in farming. He has an inspiration and starts a farm on the roof of his apartment house, with a barn, farm vehicles, a donkey, a got and a lot of chickens." - Synopsis from Moving Picture World
Up on the Farm
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Golf with Monty Banks and pals.
The Golf Bug
1924 · 1 votes