Ford Sterling

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• Movie6.1

  FamilyFantasy

  In Victorian England, a bored young girl dreams that she has entered a fantasy world called Wonderland, populated by even more fantastic characters.

  Alice in Wonderland

  1933 · 67 votes

• Movie7.0

  TV MovieFamily

  In 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

• Movie9.0

  Comedy

  Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver.

  Married Life

  1920 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  A police officer attempts to steal a go-cart from a child.

  Sergeant Hofmeyer

  1914 · 1 votes

• Movie7.6

  DramaThriller

  After a baron steals his scientific discoveries, runs away with his wife, and slaps him in public, a man joins a Parisian circus sideshow as a clown whose act consists of being slapped repeatedly and becomes infatuated with a showgirl colleague whose father intends to marry her off to the baron.

  He Who Gets Slapped

  1924 · 112 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  Another hotel-room mix-up with the suspicious wife, Grace King (Josephine Whittell), checking up on her husband, Ford King (Ford Sterling),who is trying to sell his jewelry line to a lady buyer, Frances Brown (Kitty McHugh). The house detective (Edgar Dearing) gets involved and the room-service waiter, (Billy Dooley), constantly gets himself and his tray knocked over.

  All Business

  1936

• Movie5.8

  ComedyDrama

  Broadway actress leaves New York to become a star in Hollywood, and succeeds despite sleazy directors and her own ego.

  Show Girl in Hollywood

  1930 · 10 votes

• Movie5.5

  Comedy

  Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.

  Between Showers

  1914 · 71 votes

• Movie5.8

  Comedy

  To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.

  The Knockout

  1914 · 57 votes

• Movie7.0

  Comedy

  Stationed in Switzerland after the Great War, soldiers Louis Hozenozzle and Rodney Ramsbottom both fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfriend, General Lavoris. When Lavoris issues a fake order that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands, Hozenozzle weds Colette, at her request, to "save" her for the absent Ramsbottom. A lost film.

  Wife Savers

  1928 · 1 votes

• Movie5.5

  Comedy

  The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.

  A Film Johnnie

  1914 · 78 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  A short silent comedy starring Mabel Normand and Ford Sterling.

  Baby Day

  1913

• Movie7.0

  Mystery

  On the day of her wedding to Paul, Mary Wheeler is given the deed to a mysterious old house that is occupied by a strange housekeeper named Nancy Crowl. Sometime later, Marc Reed, one of Mary's former suitors, arrives at the house and refuses to leave. When Marc is murdered, Mary is arrested for the crime.

  Dreary House

  1929 · 1 votes

• Movie6.7

  Comedy

  The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage Fred to break the engagement. Lia goes to Berlin to marry a Baron von Schwarzdorf, and Fred arrives too late to stop the marriage.

  Her Majesty, Love

  1931 · 3 votes

• Movie7.1

  DocumentaryComedy

  A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

  The Golden Age of Comedy

  1957 · 14 votes

• Movie5.7

  ComedyWar

  Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

  Yankee Doodle in Berlin

  1919 · 9 votes

• Movie

  ComedyCrime

  Baffles, Gentleman Burglar

  Gentleman Burglar

  1914

• Movie6.0

  Documentary

  An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

  Days of Thrills and Laughter

  1961 · 3 votes

• Movie10.0

  ThrillerCrime

  A newspaper publisher finds out that his wild daughter has fallen in with a ring of gamblers. A reporter who has infiltrated the gang to get a story falls in love with the gang's female leader, and when the two are caught in a police raid, they find themselves in equal amounts of trouble.

  My Lady's Lips

  1925 · 1 votes

• Movie8.0

  CrimeDrama

  A police detective's (Norman Foster) lawyer girlfriend (Judith Allen) works for a crooked criminal lawyer (Sidney Blackmer).

  Behind the Green Lights

  1935 · 2 votes

• Movie8.0

  Comedy

  A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another woman, as "proof" that he was cheating on her. The husband, for his part, claims that he was just innocently helping the woman and that he was being blackmailed by the photographer who took the picture.

  Love, Honor and Behave

  1920 · 1 votes

• Movie5.2

  Comedy

  In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.

  Tango Tangles

  1914 · 64 votes

• Movie

  Comedy

  Bashful Mack has his friend Fred take flowers and presents to his girl Mabel by proxy, but the "friend" takes advantage and lures her to the altar in Mack's place.

  Mr. Fixit

  1912

• Movie7.3

  Drama

  On an ocean liner crossing a professional gambler comes to the aid of a naive young man victimized by a jewel thief. The young man turns out to be his son he's not seen since infancy.

  Black Sheep

  1935 · 3 votes