Ford Sterling Movies

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...

Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.

Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his...

A wealthy invalid tries to add his hard-working cook to his will, but the conniving butler gets in the way.

Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her...

Jane Maynard opens a mission in memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks. John Anstell, son of a powerful and selfish millionaire, Michael Anstell,...

When the daughter of a newspaper publisher is falsely charged with murder, a reporter on her father's paper goes into hiding with her. At first...

When Mabel romantically rejects a villain, he ties her to the railroad tracks, leaving her bashful suitor to appeal to famous racecar driver Barney...

Race-car drivers pursue Mabel Normand, whose father has a clear favorite.

Willy is a rather effeminate young man, and is abused by the town bully. He suspects that the bully is a coward at heart, so disguises himself as a...

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

About a boy growing up and acting like this abusive, alcoholic father.

A Keystone Kops short about a landlord discovering three "anner-kist" tenants building a bomb.

Mabel and her sweetheart go to the beach and play a trick on the boyfriend's father.

This early Keystone has Pete spying on his neighbor's wife through one of those little knotholes in a fence. The neighbor (Sterling) notices and...

After a dastardly villain steals milk from a baby, he tries to put the heroine through a laundry press.

Baffles, Gentleman Burglar

In managing the shipyard inherited from her father, Derith Keogh has considerable labor problems and accedes to the unreasonable demands of John...

May McAvoy is a woman who is blinded in an auto accident and relies on prayer to regain her sight.

An RKO comedy short featuring Betty Grable who gets secretly married while her family is trying to fix her up with someone wealthy.