Hampton Del Ruth

Películas

Good-bye Love
Writer
A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy, nor a big-game hunter nor from a royal family, but he's only a butler. Complications ensue as he tries to keep up the pretense.
A Strange Adventure
Writer
A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
A Strange Adventure
Director
A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.
Air Eagles
Writer
Two former WWI aces from opposite sides, Bill Ramsey and Otto Shumann, in the best tradition of Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron, barnstorm their way across the Poverty Row skies of middle-America while competing for daredevil honors and the favors of the lovely Eve.
The Mystery Train
Screenplay
A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
The Mystery Train
Story
A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.
Defenders of the Law
Writer
A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather evidence against the hoodlums - except the police keep telling the wrong person what they are up to.
Midnight Daddies
Writer
Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.
Sugar Plum Papa
Screenplay
Wealthy Andy marries a young girl, who has an ulterior motive.
Scotch
Writer
Scotch is a 1930 comedy short.
A Simple Sap
Director
A bumbling grocery-store employee must deal with such job-related problems as a conniving boss, unruly customers, a baby alligator and an escaped lunatic, all of which culminates in a wild melee involving hurled cakes, pies, buckets of jam and bags of flour.
Blondes by Choice
Director
The Soapsuds Lady
Story
The Soapsuds Lady is a 1925 silent comedy.
Transcontinental Limited
Writer
War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He and some army mates hatch a plot. For the railway safe to be utilized. A rival though robs the safe and the money is taken by the pals. A train journey later involving high speed the money is needed before the rival can send the hero to prison.
Just a Good Guy
Director
A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.
A Truthful Liar
Director
The two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season are a mixed lot. Two of the shorts feature parodies of then-current movie stars (Douglas Fairbanks, Valentino, etc.) and are still enjoyable for buffs interested in the silent era.
El ladrón de Bagdad
Mechanical Designer
Abú, un ladronzuelo que actúa por las calles de Bagdad, es detenido y encarcelado. Comparte la celda con el príncipe Ahmad, legítimo heredero del trono de Bagdad, a quien el Gran Visir Jaffar ha encarcelado para arrebatarle el poder.
El ladrón de Bagdad
Special Effects
Abú, un ladronzuelo que actúa por las calles de Bagdad, es detenido y encarcelado. Comparte la celda con el príncipe Ahmad, legítimo heredero del trono de Bagdad, a quien el Gran Visir Jaffar ha encarcelado para arrebatarle el poder.
Kiss Me Quick
Director
She Loved Him Plenty
Director
“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Charles Lynn as her appraisers and clerks. Ben is her sweetheart and Polly sure does love him, but Ben is not quite so enthusiastic, excepting when the cash register is made to tingle, then all his love is for Becky. ” - Synopsis from Motion Picture News
Sheriff Nell's Tussle
Story
A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent, the while his confederates crack the safe and make off with the town's wealth. Nell, with her faithful but brainless lover, journeys to the city in pursuit of the loot and the looter
It Pays to Exercise
Assistant Production Manager
short subject comedy - fun at the gym!
It Pays to Exercise
Co-Director
short subject comedy - fun at the gym!
That Night
Director
There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune left her, whereupon Beery, the proprietor, Trask and Murray, two entertainers, all race to her home with the idea of marrying her.
An International Sneak
Director
A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.
Are Waitresses Safe?
Director
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.
A Bedroom Blunder
Director
A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the local bathing beauties, he has to be careful not to let his wife see him enjoying himself.
Her Nature Dance
Assistant Production Manager
Unknown if lost.
The Bookworm Turns
Production Manager
At the start of his career Harry Depp appeared often in short comedies, and was employed by Mack Sennett’s Keystone Company in 1916-17. Very little information is available on The Bookworm Turns but, as Depp was particularly well-known for appearing in movies that required him to don female clothing, we might expect to see him in drag at some point in this one.
The Telephone Belle
Assistant Production Manager
early comedy short by Triangle Film Corporation
El romance de Charlot
Tall Banks Secretary Searching for Tillie (uncredited)
Charlot es un timador de ciudad que induce a Tillie a robar los ahorros de su padre y huya con él. Una vez ha llegado a la ciudad, Charlot se apropia del dinero y vuelve junto a Mabel, su primer amor y pareja del delito. Esta considerado como el primer largometraje del genero de comedia de la historia.
El romance de Charlot
Writer
Charlot es un timador de ciudad que induce a Tillie a robar los ahorros de su padre y huya con él. Una vez ha llegado a la ciudad, Charlot se apropia del dinero y vuelve junto a Mabel, su primer amor y pareja del delito. Esta considerado como el primer largometraje del genero de comedia de la historia.
Charlot extremadamente elegante
Drinker with Moustache
Charlot, bastante borracho, entra en un bar a beber y, perdido todo control, comienza a provocar desastres. La acción continúa con nuevos incidentes del mismo estilo cuando, ya en la calle, sigue a una hermosa joven hasta su casa.
Charlot hace cine
Lead Actor (uncredited)
Después de ver en el cinematógrafo una película de los Estudios Keystone, Charlot intenta colarse en los estudios mezclado entre los actores famosos, como Roscoe Arbuckle y Ford Sterling, y lo logra, pese a la oposición del portero. Una vez dentro, se acerca al plató donde filman una película e inadvertidamente causa y desconcierto.