Movies by Chester Conklin

'Curses!' They Remarked

'Curses!' They Remarked

Two dastardly men conspire to keep their ward from marrying in order to maintain control of her vast fortune.

The Winding Stair

The Winding Stair

Paul is a fearless French Foreign Legion officer. Ordered to quell a native uprising at a far-away outpost, he discovers that the revolt is actually a subterfuge hatched by the Arabs, so that the city under Paul's command will be left unguarded and defenseless.

Cinders of Love

Cinders of Love

Chester Conklin, as the fire chief, clashes with Slim Summerville, police chief.

Goodnight, Sweetheart

Goodnight, Sweetheart

A journalist attacks the campaign of a mayoral candidate who has gained the endorsement of a rival newspaper.

The Big Noise

The Big Noise

John Stoval, a guard in a New York subway, thinks that Philip Hurd, who owns a concession at Coney Island, would make a good husband for his daughter Sophie. Sophie, however, has her sights set on Bill Hedges, the son of a wealthy farmer in upstate New York. Her father arranges for her to marry Hurd in exchange for a 25% interest in the concession, but matters come to a halt when John slips and falls off a subway platform and is injured.

Tillie's Punctured Romance

Tillie's Punctured Romance

The ring master is plotting to get the circus owner done away with in a lion cage so he can take over.

Step Lively, Please

Step Lively, Please

Step Lively, Please is a 1922 silent comedy

Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

Two street cleaners save the life of the police commissioner. In gratitude, he gives them jobs as policemen. Their first assignment? Capture the #1 criminal on the "Ten Most Wanted" list.

Taxi 13

Taxi 13

A crime caper featuring the 'first family of Hollywood' - the Watsons.

Two Flaming Youths

Two Flaming Youths

Sheriff Ben Holden is in love with hotel owner Madge Malarkey when down-and-out carnival man Gabby Gilfoil shows up hoping to take her for some money. Gilfoil is mistaken for the wanted man Slippery Sawtelle. Neither suitor gets Malarkey but manage to take her husband (wealthy Simeon Trott) for a bundle.

An International Sneak

An International Sneak

A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.

Stairs of Sand

Stairs of Sand

An outlaw with a Heart of Gold sacrificing his own life for the happiness of two young people in love.

Say It Again

Say It Again

Bob Howard, a WWI wounded soldier in a army hospital, meets and falls in love with Princess Elena. When the Armistice is signed, he is quickly shipped back home to America. Returning to Europe, he is mistaken as a Crown Prince traveling to be married to a Princess from another country. The Princess-bride, intended for another man, is his Elena.

You're Next!

You're Next!

Two goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad scientist.

We're in the Navy Now

We're in the Navy Now

"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the the ship's Master-of-Arms. They overhear a mysterious conversation between Madelyn and the ship's radio officer. Later, Madelun induces the pair to take her off the ship and into a row boat. She disappears and they are picked up...

The Cannon Ball

The Cannon Ball

An explosives and black powder expert visits a powder factory in order to inspect it, but when he appears to be more interested in its female workers, an explosive situation results.

How Heroes Are Made

How Heroes Are Made

It has been arranged between the fathers that their children shall marry. When the young people meet, the intended husband, who is somewhat rakish in appearance, falls desperately in love with the girl, but she spurns him. He bribes two young men to kidnap the girl, in order that he may play the hero and rescue her. However, he does not know that one of the "kidnappers" is the young man whom Mabel really is in love with, and his confidential friend, who, of course, delight in the deception.

The Soft Boiled Yegg

The Soft Boiled Yegg

Silent comedy short starring Chester Conklin and directed by Harry Edwards