Jack Duffy
Actor · 1882 – 1939 · Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA
Jack Duffy was born on September 4, 1882 in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, USA. He was an actor, known for The Stage Hand (1920), Love Takes Flight (1937) and The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring (1916). He died on July 23, 1939 in Hollywood, California, USA.
Movies24
Movie7.3ComedyThe Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
A Dog's Life
1918 · 374 votes
Movie7.5ComedyRomanceA young man falls for a young woman on his trip home; unbeknownst to him, her family has vowed to kill every member of his family.
Our Hospitality
1923 · 327 votes
MovieComedyArrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy. The plot centers around Jack and his wife who are looking for a place to rent. But what to do when the housing situation is not exactly easy?
No Vacancies
1923
Movie5.2ComedyHarried suburban man Warren Kooey fakes a hostage situation in order to get the money he needs to escape his humdrum life.
Hostage for a Day
1994 · 10 votes
Movie5.3ComedyThe wealthy Van Dyke family are constantly in the media for outrageous behavior, much to the frustration of the patriarch, Dan Van Dyke. His self-centered wife has a fondness for foreign imports, including "pet projects" like dancers and such and his spoiled children Tony and Carol have constant run-ins with the law. When Dan himself ends up in the clink for five years for tax evasion, he becomes bunk-mates with ex-bootlegger Joe "Spots" Ricardi. Ricardi lectures him on being such a push-over for an out-of-control family, so a dying Dan makes Ricardi his estate trustee once he is released from prison. Ricardi is then thrust into high society and must do everything he once nagged Dan to do.
She Couldn't Take It
1935 · 3 votes
Movie10.0ComedyNancy Flood, whose father Noah operates a one-ring circus, decides to take a business job to earn extra money.
No Control
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.0ComedyRomanceA cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
Madame Behave
1925 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Hitchin' Up
1926 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyProcess server Neal Burns raids a hospital to bring a reluctant doctor to trial.
Court Plaster
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.1ComedyRomanceThe Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.
Neighbors
1920 · 163 votes
Movie8.0ComedyA very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.
365 Days
1922 · 2 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Jerry Warner (Barnes) and Edith Somers (Breamer) are in love, but her father Judge Somers (Marshall) will not allow them to marry because he sees Jerry as a poor prospect. When Jerry's uncle sends him ten thousand dollars to set up a business Judge Somers tells him if he has that money at the end of six months, he can marry Edith. After several close calls all turns out all right for the lovebirds.
Reckless Romance
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.2ComedyA scatterbrained heiress opens her home to a succession of unemployed actors and vaudeville performers, then decides to produce her own show, much to the consternation of her father, her sister and her sister's boyfriend, who is actually after the young girl's money.
Here Comes Cookie
1935 · 9 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
Mister Wife
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyFarmboy Harold moves to the city and there attends high school. Soon he is very popular, his spirited nature causing much excitement on the campus. He joins a fraternity, goes out for football, and directs his class theatrical effort. Instead of a school play, Harold suggests doing a western motion picture. Part of the plot requires them to blow up the dam that has cut off the water supply to Harold's homestead in the country. After the explosion Harold runs away because he is afraid of being arrested, but he returns just in time to win a football game for his team.
Harold Teen
1928 · 2 votes
Movie5.0AdventureDramaA commercial pilot romances both a Hollywood actress and a female aviator. 1937.
Love Takes Flight
1937 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
The human pals of three apes become so attached to them that they take them to their home in the city where the apes prove too destructive to be really appreciative.
Jungle Pals
1923 · 1 votes
Movie7.0A young woman decides to vamp her friend's husbands visiting Scottish uncle, but her scheme to trick him into marrying him backfires when her own husband catches on.
Loose Change
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.0CrimeDramaA young couple making plans to elope are overheard by a jewel thief, who sees a chance to turn the situation to his advantage.
Love in High Gear
1932 · 2 votes
Movie4.8ActionAdventureSheriff John Higgins quits and goes into prospecting after he thinks he has killed his best friend in shooting it out with robbers. He encounters his dead buddy's sister and helps her run her ranch. Then she finds out about his past.
Texas Terror
1935 · 37 votes
Movie6.1FamilyVarious Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.
Pirate Party on Catalina Isle
1935 · 10 votes
Movie7.0MusicSally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.
Sally
1930 · 9 votes
- MovieComedy
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
- MovieComedy
Jack Duffy is terrified of horses, so when Gayle Lloyd wants to lift the mortgage by running her horse in the harness race that Saturday, he's chosen to drive the rig. The rest of the movie is about the farcical mishaps on the way to his inevitable victory..
Nifty Nags
1927