Jefferson Moffitt

Movies

Always in Trouble
Story
Jane's dad (Tombes) is an oil field worker who comes into a fortune and is then pushed into society by his wife.
Kelly the Second
Screenplay
A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.
Nurse to You!
Director
Cautious, frugal Charley is told by his insurance doctor that he has six months to live, and goes on to live life to the fullest.
Bonnie Scotland
Screenplay
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife
Writer
A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.
Matchmaking Mamma
Writer
This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant, which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite, and to nab Larry Lodge, the pageant's leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis, the pageant's leading lady. Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt, Mr. McNitt's visiting daughter, and she, in turn has eyes for him.
The Rodeo
Scenario Writer
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.
His New Stenographer
Writer
Billy Brooks, a lawyer, sets out to get a divorce for a client by framing him in a compromising situation. But the scheme goes askew when the client's wife gets a job as Billy's new stenographer and he, not knowing who she is, selects her as the correspondent to frame her own husband.
The Campus Vamp
Writer
Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems to not consider the "other" girl as an obstacle. Who will make it? And actually who cares when parties, sport games and lots of fun are available?
Motorboat Mamas
Writer
Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.
The Campus Carmen
Story
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
Smith's Restaurant
Writer
The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.
The Girl from Nowhere
Writer
The Girl from Nowhere is a comedy short
Smith's Army Life
Writer
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Love at First Flight
Writer
Love at First Flight is a 1928 comedy short.
The Beach Club
Writer
In and out of the water, Billy makes waves at the Blue Point Beach Club.
Legionnaires in Paris
Writer
Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take off. Complications ensue.
The Bull Fighter
Writer
The Bull Fighter is a 1927 short comedy
For Sale, a Bungalow
Story
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
Gold Digger of Weepah
Writer
Gold Digger of Weepah is a silent comedy short
The Golf Nut
Story
Many of its members are spending a leisurely day at the the El Caballero Golf Club, the most beautiful in California. Also visiting for the day is non-member, Billy Divott, a golf enthusiast who is a little too enthusiastic. He seems to cause havoc everywhere he goes, especially as he plays a round of golf and tries to teach who he considers some of the less experienced members the finer points of the game. That havoc is compounded whenever he deals with sand traps, water traps or especially flying insects with stingers.
Cured in the Excitement
Writer
Cured in the Excitement is a 1927 Comedy short film.
The Pride of Pikeville
Writer
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
Broke in China
Writer
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The proprietor believes he's a penniless ne'er-do-well - which he is - but he unexpectedly comes into a small windfall. So the proprietor orders slightly rough around the edges Maud and Mollie, two of his American good time girls working their way around the world, to get him to spend all his money while there. As Donald ends up telling the two good time girls his life story - most specifically about the blonde he let slip through his fingers, she who was the love of his life - a few revelations and the errant coin he left at the roulette wheel betting table change his life.
Catalina, Here I Come
Writer
Wanda is a gum-chewing waitress; dim Eddie, the pastry boy at the café, likes her. So does Mr. Hamhocks, the café owner, whose head is also turned by the arrival of Pearl Minnow, a gold digger in town for the annual Catalina Channel Swim, sponsored by Wrigley's. Wanda and Pearl take a dislike to each other; Hamhocks is charmed by Pearl and Eddie stays loyal to Wanda. The day of the swimming contest arrives, the two women compete, and the two men try to help their respective gals. Their trials and tribulations mix with documentary footage of the event. An angry swordfish gets in the act.
Peaches and Plumbers
Story
To make her boyfriend jealous a society girl starts dating a plumber but his sweetheart gets revenge.
Should Husbands Marry?
Story
Should Husbands Marry? is a 1926 comedy
Her Actor Friend
Scenario Writer
A 1926 comedy short directed by Eddy Cline.
When a Man's a Prince
Story
The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."
Fight Night
Director
While somewhat happily married, Walter Moore's eyes do stray from time to time, especially when Tessie McNab is within his eye-sight range. But while trying to just be helpful to a damsel-in-distress, Walter's jealous wife suspects there may be some hanky-panky involved.
Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
Writer
Hayfoot, Strawfoot? is a silent comedy short.
Hayfoot, Strawfoot?
Director
Hayfoot, Strawfoot? is a silent comedy short.
Trimmed in Gold
Writer
Trimmed in Gold is a silent comedy short.
Whispering Whiskers
Writer
Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde are hobos who happen upon a train and are hired as cooks.
From Rags to Britches
Writer
From Rags to Britches is a silent comedy short.
Over Thereabouts
Story
Hapless pilot Billy manages to raise himself from KP duty to flying ace. He manages to wreck havoc on the German Air Force and return home a hero!
Butter Fingers
Scenario Writer
The key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a game! Our hero has other ideas, though.
Cold Turkey
Scenario Writer
The Iron Nag
Writer
A jail break turns into a race.
Sneezing Beezers
Writer
Sneezing Beezers is a silent comedy short.
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Writer
An eccentric inventor has thought of a way that automobiles can run on radio waves, without gasoline. His plans put him in conflict with the owner of an oil company, who is also pursuing the inventor's daughter. This rival begins to scheme against the inventor, and it is left up to the inventor's hired man to try to stop him.
Good Morning, Nurse
Story
Roland Royce (Ralph Graves) takes his family and a beautiful nurse (Olive Borden) on a camping trip but everything goes wrong.
The Lion's Whiskers
Writer
Billy works at a film studio where lots of things keep going wrong. First, while filming, the camera man and director nearly get dropped off a building. This stunt is funny and rather realistic. Second, Billy looks in a keyhole at what he THINKS is a lady taking a bath--and she's soon joined by a man!
The Raspberry Romance
Story
The Raspberry Romance is a 1925 comedy short.
The Cowboy and the Flapper
Writer
The Sword of Valor
Writer
American romantic comedy which had the well known Australian actor Snowy Baker as a cast member. The daughter of a Spanish don falls in love with an American captain the moment she sees him. Her father takes the girl to the Riveria, where she is promised to a wealthy cad, but the captain arrives in time to rescue her from him as well as a crazed gypsy who has abducted her.
Battling Bunyan
Scenario Writer
A young man has a chance to become partners in an auto-repair business, but he doesn't have the money. In order to come up with some quick cash, he decides to temporarily become a professional boxer. The problem is that he isn't an athlete, knows nothing about boxing and stands a very good chance of getting the stuffing beaten out of him.
Battling Bunyan
Story
A young man has a chance to become partners in an auto-repair business, but he doesn't have the money. In order to come up with some quick cash, he decides to temporarily become a professional boxer. The problem is that he isn't an athlete, knows nothing about boxing and stands a very good chance of getting the stuffing beaten out of him.
The Eagle's Talons
Writer
An unscrupulous gang attempts to corner the wheat market.
The Oregon Trail
Writer
The Oregon Trail 1923 Western