Movies by Ford Sterling

His Sister's Kids

His Sister's Kids

His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.

Safe in Jail

Safe in Jail

Safe in jail is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Edgar Kennedy.

In the Clutches of the Gang

In the Clutches of the Gang

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

Rastus and the Game Cock

Rastus and the Game Cock

Rastus and the Game Cock is a 1913 movie starring Ford Sterling and Mack Sennett.

Drums of the Desert

Drums of the Desert

John Curry is a friend of the Navajos who fails in his attempts to keep the white man from exploiting the tribe's secret altars. Realizing that there is oil to be found on the reservation, evil Will Newton gains entry to the area by posing as a trail guide for Elias Manton, an archeologist, and his daughter Mary.

The Snow Cure

The Snow Cure

The Snow Cure is a silent Comedy short.

My Lady's Lips

My Lady's Lips

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.

Stranded in Paris

Stranded in Paris

American shop-girl Julie McFadden, wins a free passage to Paris; en route she meets Robert Van Wye, who has to kiss her when she loses a sack race. In Paris, Julie finds her proposed residence destroyed, and while waiting for Bob her purse is snatched; in the ensuing chase she gets lost and enters a dressmaker shop, where the two owners are in dire need of an English-speaking girl to deliver some gowns. Accidentally she is given free entry to the apartment of Countess Pasada and is shown to her rooms; the count is in his pajamas when she eme...

The Fall of Eve

The Fall of Eve

Tom Ford, Jr., keeps secret his romance with his father's secretary, Eve Grant. Ford, Sr., enlists Eve to entertain out-of-town buyer Mr. Mack. When Mack's wife insists on joining the nightclub party, Eve is introduced as Mrs. Ford. While listening to a radio broadcast from the nightclub, Mrs. Ford is alarmed by the announcement that a certain dance tune has been requested by "Mr. and Mrs. Tom Ford." Ford enlists his son to help extricate him from his difficulties with the boorish couple. Tom agrees to help if Ford, Sr., will consent to his ...

Sporting Goods

Sporting Goods

Sports-loving inventor Richard Shelby develops an "Elasto-Tweed" golf suit then hits the road in hopes of making a few sales. Along the way, he meets Alice Elliott, who mistakes Shelby for millionaire sportsman Timothy Stanfield (Claude King). Forced to go through with the masquerade, Shelby ends up spending what little money he has, and then some.

Wife Savers

Wife Savers

While stationed in Switzerland, soldiers Louis and Rodney fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfriend General Lavoris.

Good and Naughty

Good and Naughty

Four middle-aged actors jointly adopt an orphaned baby girl, raising her in a backstage milieu.

The Day of Faith

The Day of Faith

Jane Maynard opens a mission in memory of philanthropist Bland Hendricks. John Anstell, son of a powerful and selfish millionaire, Michael Anstell, falls in love with Jane, to the old man's disapproval. Anstell tries to undermine Jane's work by hiring reporter Tom Barnett to write an unfavorable story about the mission.

Casey at the Bat

Casey at the Bat

Casey is a slovenly junk man in a turn of the twentieth century hick town who has a remarkable ability to play baseball. An unscrupulous New York scout signs him up, so Casey and his equally dishonest manager go to the big leagues. Eventually, the scout and manager conspire to get him drunk and bet against him for a crucial game with the pennant at stake.

His Lying Heart

His Lying Heart

His Lying Heart is a silent comedy short.