Sidney Smith Movies

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

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...

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

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

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...

The on and off land escapades of a sailor as he prepares for a boxing match.

An animator's dog gets the better of him

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

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

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

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...

Billie Benton, a cub reporter, goes to the home of Violet Reynolds, a society girl and settlement worker, and asks for an interview, which is...

Louise gets hired as a maid for a swank society party, but the it's really a set up for a bunch of tough jewel robbers. She gets hold of the swag and...

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...

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

Percy & Ferdie at the nursery minding their babies with the mentality of Safety Last.

The Cannon Ball Express is a 1924 comedy short.

A 1926 short film

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...