Sidney Smith Movies

A farmer's daughter, Little Nell, is abducted and it's up to two of her faithful admirers to rescue her.

Little Jerry elopes with a young girl whose parents have just divorced. The mother thinks the father (denied custody) has kidnapped her and, as it...

The Hallroom boys play "Put and Take" until their top is discovered to have all its sides marked "Take All."

A bumbling bank custodian becomes an unlikely hero when he foils a robbery.

Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the...

A sailor home from the sea sets off on a road trip to pick up his girlfriend from work. Unfortunately, he's a better sailor than he is a driver....

The one-reel movie I saw appears to be a version of TAMING THE WEST (1919), cut down for the Pathe show-at-home market. Percy (Edward Flanagan) and...

Sid Smith plays a chauffeur to James Parrott who helps a vamp captivate his boss while foiling a bank robbery.

A boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.

In 1923, The Gumps moved up to two-reel live-action comedies, with former Keystone Cop Joe Murphy as the chinless lead, pioneering...

A crooked lawyer sells his car.

Andy Gump is a clueless yokel that decides that he can run for President.

The pair are elegant down-and-outs in a park where a mother and her baby are having a picnic. Their dog steals the picnic basket for them but when...

An animator's dog gets the better of him

Two rival suitors plot to win the girl using fair means or foul.

Fun develops after a feud between a railroad president and a promoter, and takes the form of a race between the pathetic train and an auto bus...

A farce of comic characters, full of dream-like impossible doings that compel laughter through being so impossible. One of the characters is in a...

“At Your Service” (aka James Manages a Restaurant), 1921, starring Sidney Smith, is a nice and inventive silent comedy. James and George...

Dress shop owner Madame Maxine employs two chimps to serve in her establishment. It goes about as well as you would expect!

A high-society woman films a vanity film of her dancing with a group of women. The premiere takes an hilariously disastrous turn when a lion gets...