Stephen Roberts Movies

Life and activity at a hotel. Slapstick-style.

The worthless son of a rich man spends most of his time in jail. His father throws a pen at a map telling him wherever the pen sticks he must go and...

Two reeler served as Jean Arthur's screen debut.

Two reel comedy starring Al St. John

Nominally about attempts to steal a gold mine, the movie starts out with the air of a realistic comedy, then immediately descends into a series of...

Life is just one thing after another for AI, the hard-working clerk in the grocery store. He waits on customers, settles disputes and "pinch-hits" as...

Sea captain "Hurricane" Hardy searches for treasure in the Sahara Desert and encounters Helen Maitland, the last remaining member of a missionary...

CHEER UP - starring Cliff Bowes, with Virginia Vance, Eddie Boland, and Frank Alexander. Cliff vies for Virginia's affections with Eddie, but...

Comedy starring one of the most prolific but underrated comedians of the silent era, Al St John.

An elderly business tycoon, believed to be dying, decides to give a million dollars each to eight strangers chosen at random from the phone directory.

The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase...

First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.

The coquettish granddaughter of a respected small-town judge is stranded at a bootleggers’ hide-out, subjected to an act of nightmarish sexual...

THE LOST LAUGH - starring Wallace Lupino, with Lucille Hutton and Monte Collins. After a rough start with their rise and shine, a couple's breakfast...

Taylor Holmes son is in love, and Holmes is to meet the girl and the dragon of an aunt. She's one of those dowagers whose accomplishments consist of...

Lige Conley is a newspaper reporter covering a demonstration of a new invention to some money-men. The inventors boss wants to get the credit for the...

Only the first reel is known to survive. Bill and Jennie marry over his aunt's objections. As the couple leaves on their honeymoon, his aunt shows up...

A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first space station.