Slim Summerville
Actor · 1892 – 1946 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville; July 10, 1892 – January 5, 1946) was an American film actor and director best known for his work in comedies.
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Movie7.8DramaWarWhen a group of idealistic young men join the German Army during the Great War, they are assigned to the Western Front, where their patriotism is destroyed by the harsh realities of combat.
All Quiet on the Western Front
1930 · 970 votes
Movie6.0WesternWhen Edward Creighton leads the construction of the Western Union to unite East with West, he hires a Western reformed outlaw and a tenderfoot Eastern surveyor. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2000.
Western Union
1941 · 88 votes
Movie6.6WesternAfter railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.
Jesse James
1939 · 115 votes
Movie6.5ComedyZaSu Pitts and Slim Summerville meet when both are sold deeds to an abandoned ranch in the California desert. Their lonely lives become much more crowded when a drifter discovers gold on the property—though all he’s found is Slim’s missing filling. (adapted from MoMA capsule)
Love Birds
1934 · 2 votes
Movie6.3MusicA large-scale revue musical built around Paul Whiteman and his orchestra, presenting a series of musical performances, sketches, and staged tableaux in early two-color Technicolor, emblematic of Hollywood’s early sound-era “all-star” musical productions.
King of Jazz
1930 · 39 votes
Movie6.8ComedyDramaShiftless Jeeter Lester and his family of sharecroppers live in rural Georgia where their ancestors were once wealthy planters. Their slapstick existence is threatened by a bank's plans to take over the land for more profitable farming.
Tobacco Road
1941 · 61 votes
Movie6.3RomanceComedyWhen a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.
Love Is News
1937 · 11 votes
Movie6.8ComedyFamilyA little girl named Star lives with a lighthouse keeper who rescued her when her parents drowned. A truant officer decides she should go to boarding school, but she's rescued by relatives.
Captain January
1936 · 22 votes
- Movie7.5Comedy
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Hello, 'Frisco
1924 · 2 votes
Movie7.0TV MovieFamilyIn this one-hour special taped between March 9-17, 1981, Lily Tomlin and Dudley Moore join the Muppets in a tribute to film classics. Kermit the Frog hosts the program, which begins with an all-cast rendition of "Hey a Movie!" from The Great Muppet Caper.
The Muppets Go to the Movies
1981 · 12 votes
Movie6.2ComedyRomanceA farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.
The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935 · 10 votes
Movie5.2DramaRomanceA prostitute sees a friendly sailor as a way out of Havana's grimy underworld.
Her Man
1930 · 23 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
Life Begins at Forty
1935 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyCrimeHildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But when he finds the criminal, he learns that the man may not be guilty. With the help of his editor, Hildy attempts to hide the convict, uncover the conspiracy and write the scoop of his career.
The Front Page
1931 · 88 votes
Movie6.8DramaFamilyRebecca's Uncle Harry leaves her with Aunt Miranda who forbids her to associate with show people. But neighbor Anthony Kent is a talent scout who secretly set it up for her to broadcast.
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
1938 · 25 votes
Movie6.7AdventureDramaA naval officer is demoted for negligence and put in command of a run-down submarine chaser with a motley crew.
Submarine Patrol
1938 · 7 votes
Movie7.0ComedyRomanceMolly Hull, a maid, and Sam Sutton, a butler, are bequeathed a million dollars, and they encounter many problems and difficulties as they try to become the newest members of the idle rich.
They Just Had to Get Married
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Slim and Ezra are roommates and are wondering why they are still single. Ezra tells Slim that the local battle axe played by Minerva Urecal has a crush on him but Slim lacks the nerve to ask her to marry him.
Bachelor Daze
1944 · 1 votes
Movie5.6DramaMarianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
The Bad Sister
1931 · 25 votes
Movie10.0ComedyA man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
Fifty Roads to Town
1937 · 1 votes
Movie6.5MysteryThrillerMary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Charlie Chan in Reno
1939 · 20 votes
Movie6.0DramaSentimental drama about an ambitious young teacher who arrives in a small town to take the job of vice-principal. Based on one of L M Montgomery's 'Anne of Green Gables' sequels.
Anne of Windy Poplars
1940 · 7 votes
Movie6.5DramaA doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
The Country Doctor
1936 · 4 votes
Movie4.5DramaRomanceA family living on a farm in Maine takes in a young woman to stay with them, not knowing that the woman is not quite what she seems and has a secret in her past that she hasn't told them about.
Way Down East
1935 · 4 votes