Movies by Roy Del Ruth

Side Show

Side Show

A circus side show performer tries to discourage her younger sister from following in her footsteps.

The Aviator

The Aviator

Misadventures of a bogus flyer.

The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs

The Man Upstairs is a lost 1926 silent film comedy directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Monte Blue. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. The film is based on a novel, The Agony Column by Earl Derr Biggers.

My Past

My Past

A stage star finds herself torn between a wealthy older man and a handsome younger one.

Five and Ten Cent Annie

Five and Ten Cent Annie

Street cleaner Elmer Peck (Clyde Cook) inherits a million dollars from his uncle Adam Peck (Tom Ricketts) on the conditions that he retains the uncle's valet, Briggs (William Demarest). until such time as Elmer marries, and that he appears at the office of the probate judge (Douglas Gerrard), at 5 P.M. on an appointed day. Complications arise as a result of the valet's determination to ruin the arrangement, and the equal determination by Elmer and his sweetheart Annie (Louise Fazenda) to see that he doesn't.

Shanghaied Lovers

Shanghaied Lovers

Shanghaied on his wedding day, Harry struggles to cope with a cruel captain while fending off a sailor who seems attracted to him.

The Hollywood Kid

The Hollywood Kid

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

If I Were Single

If I Were Single

Rich girl Joan Whitney does her flirtatious best to break up the marriage of May and Ted Howard and almost succeeds, but not before May Howard has a light flirtation with a light-in-the-slippers specimen named Claude.

Hold Everything

Hold Everything

A man is mistaken for a champion fighter.

The Duck Hunter

The Duck Hunter

A 1922 comedy short.

Flip Flops

Flip Flops

An itching courtship from Mack Sennett.

It Had to Happen

It Had to Happen

A poor boy rises to power in politics.

When Summer Comes

When Summer Comes

Rampaging lions are on the loose in a hunting lodge. Approximately, only eight minutes of the short survives.

Love and Doughnuts

Love and Doughnuts

Ben and fiancée Haver run a bakery and grocery. A mostly lost film, only seven minutes survive.

Ham and Eggs at the Front

Ham and Eggs at the Front

Fifi, a dusky, sultry Senegalese spy, uses her wiles to get information out of two American army soldiers, Ham and Eggs, in France during World War I.