Sidney Smith Movies

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

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

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...

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

The boys, applying for free bread, find that the sign is used as a stall by a bootlegger who is dispensing hooch hidden in the loaves. After breaking...

An animator's dog gets the better of him

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...

Billy Garrison, a successful young jockey, rides the favorite "Sis" in the Louisville Derby. He does not ride with his customary vigor and dash. He...

A crooked lawyer sells his car.

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

A young man joins the army to impress his girlfriend. He soon finds out that his sergeant is actually an enemy spy, but before he can take any...

Amateur aviator Harold McNutt's hopes of taking flight result in an escalating series of high jinks.

During World War I a vaudeville entertainer, Mickey, is helping to recruit officers for the army and finds himself in the service along with his...

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

A boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.

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

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

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