Ruth Hiatt Movies

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.

Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to...

An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of...

Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and...

A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.

Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and...

The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.

Lloyd has spent his entire life savings on a new flivver.

28th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.

The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that...

Third release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Omar the dog, usually the most sedate member of the Smith family, has a starring role...

Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.

An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.

The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized...

Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult-to-injury Willie is also the store's...

Eighth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Bubbles is up to mischief.

Restored by the George Eastman House in 2001, this 1928 serial was considered a “last hurrah” for the silent-era serial, and brought...

Baby Bubbles torments her babysitting grandmother (Sunshine Hart) while her parents enjoy a rare night out at the movies.

19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.