Ford Sterling Movies

Harry and Tillie are preparing to elope when her dad appears and boots his would-be son-in-law out of the house. Tillie is locked up in her room, and...

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 man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.

The wealthy von Wellingens are shocked when the father of their son Fred's fiancée Lia juggles desserts at a formal dinner. They encourage...

Two thieves burgle a necklace from a policeman, but then begin to quarrel between themselves, leading to a shootout.

When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.

A blowhard who poses as a railroad executive (but is really just a $30-a-week clerk) catches a young bride and then drives her family's finances to...

In the Clutches of the Gang is a 1914 movie starring Ford Sterling and George Nichols.

Mack takes Mabel to Coney Island, only to have her stolen by slick Ford, who is temporarily out of sight of a watchful wife and children.

On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out to sea and she is rescued by a passing rumrunner bound...

A husband who has spent a convivial night is sleeping off the effects in bed while his devoted wife ministers for him.

A burlesque of a Spanish courtship, in which two rivals for the hand of a beautiful senorita battle with each other.

Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short...

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

Mrs. Smith's friends decide to teach her flirty husband a lesson by engaging him in a saucy game of "blind man's bluff" for his wife's discovery.

An amusing bowling match between Messrs. Sauer and Kraut. The balls and pins are manipulated by an electric magnet and perform some queer antics....

An unscrupulous doctor tries to drum up business by having the sidewalk in front of his house covered with banana skins, inviting slip-and-fall...

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

Love and Courage is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

Father wants Mabel to marry a little, wealthy shrimp. She is in love with Charlie, a big, strapping fellow. Mabel is locked up in the house, but her...