Movies by Vernon Dent

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

An auto salesman fall in love with a rich girl but she is already engaged.

Hollywood Trouble

Hollywood Trouble

An oil-rich rube who aspires to stardom is bilked by a phony acting school.

Sue My Lawyer

Sue My Lawyer

Comedy. Although he lacks a law degree Harry persistently pesters District Attorney O.T. Hill for a job

Girls Will Be Boys

Girls Will Be Boys

A wife demands that her husband take over the household responsibilities, while she does his job, unaware that he is a piano mover. They both land in the hospital, sadder and sicker as a result of their experience.

The Gum Riot

The Gum Riot

The action takes place in a gum factory. By a peculiar accident, a bootlegger attempting to avoid the keen eye of an officer of the law, holds a bottle of liquor so that its contents drop into a vat in which the gum is being prepared. It is when the gum is finished and ready to chew that the riot starts.

One Shivery Night

One Shivery Night

Hugh and his partner, Julius are assigned to demolish a old mansion that's rumored to have a fortune hidden inside somewhere. When they arrive, they meet two fortune hunters who try to scare Hugh and Julius away.

A Sea Dog's Tale

A Sea Dog's Tale

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to kidnap the man and bring him back to the islands to marry his daughter. Complications ensue.

There He Goes

There He Goes

1925 Mack Sennett Comedies production three-reel short.

Smith's Army Life

Smith's Army Life

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

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

Hubby’s Quiet Little Game

A dancing instructor goes to a married woman's home, to giver her lessons, while her husband is absent. He leaves and goes to a poker game. The husband is one of the players, and the instructor, not knowing who he is, shows her picture around the table. This prompts a round-table discussion in which none of the standard rules for civility is part of the discussion.

Riders of the Purple Cows

Riders of the Purple Cows

When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.

Just a Pain in the Parlor

Just a Pain in the Parlor

Harry Sweet stars as a hick Olympic hero who is housed in a high society mansion and causes havoc to the high brow party in progress.

A Star Is Shorn

A Star Is Shorn

Danny Webb plays wanna-be Hollywood agent, Speedy Williams, while Mary Treen plays Patsy, the best friend of Hazel Hackenschmitt (Ethelreda Leopold). Having just won the hometown title of "Miss Maple Syrup", Hazel decides to move to Hollywood to be a star. Speedy cooks up a scheme to get her seen by important Hollywood producer, B.O. Botswaddle (Raymond Brown) who is known to never make a move without Astrological guidance. This scheme involves making up Patsy with turban and a 3rd Eye, and introducing her to Botswaddle as a mystical seer......

The Pride of Pikeville

The Pride of Pikeville

Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

Mendelssohn's Wedding March

This short film provides a fanciful account of how Felix Mendelssohn came to compose "The Wedding March".

Naughty Nurses

Naughty Nurses

The Shadow

The Shadow

Mary Gillespie is restoring the Col. Gillespie Circus to its former splendor after her father's death. With the help of her publicist boyfriend Jim, the sell-out crowds are returning to the big top. Egotistical equestrian star Senor Martinet, however, holds $60,000 of notes signed by the Colonel and due in 24 hours. When a mysterious shadowy figure is seen on the circus lot, and Martinet is murdered in the center ring during his performance, there are suspects aplenty, including Vindecco, Martinet's badly abused hunchback assistant.

Hubby's Weekend Trip

Hubby's Weekend Trip

Hubby's Weekend Trip is a silent comedy short.

Don't Get Jealous

Don't Get Jealous

Wilbur is insanely jealous of every man and believes that his wife, Carmelita, is being unfaithful. Billy, his landlord, offers to take out Carmelita to a cafe and have Wilbur follow them to test his wife's fidelity.