Earle Rodney

Earle Rodney

Рождение : 1888-06-04,

Смерть : 1932-12-16

Профиль

Earle Rodney

Фильмы

The Giddy Age
Writer
A quirky short about Love and Liars.
Billboard Girl
Writer
Bing and a buddy drive to the college town where Bing's penpal, a billboard model, goes to school. Little does he know he's being pranked by one of her male classmates.
Dream House
Writer
A 2 reel short directed by Mack Sennett and starring Bing Crosby.
The All-American Kickback
Writer
Homer Bagwell (Harry Gribbon) is an incredibly talented, but reluctant college football player who is dating one of his teachers, Helen Dover (Geneva Mitchell). A jealous rival tries sabotaging Homer.
I Surrender Dear
Writer
A short musical comedic romance starring Bing Crosby as ... Bing Crosby. This 2 reel short was directed by Mack Sennett.
Ghost Parade
Writer
A series of strange, inexplicable, and increasingly frightening events takes place in Mosby Manor.
Midnight Daddies
Writer
Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.
Radio Kisses
Writer
Marjorie Beebe give advice to the lovelorn service over the air, but she almost fails when she tries to get a man of her own.
He Trumped Her Ace
Writer
He Trumped Her Ace is a black-and-white comedy short.
Bulls and Bears
Writer
Andy's wife, seeing others succeed in the stock market, decides to invest their money in it.
Scotch
Writer
Scotch is a 1930 comedy short.
Uppercut O'Brien
Director
Andy's top boxer walks out on him, later claims to be champ.
Clancy at the Bat
Director
The story begins in the locker room and the players learn that Andy has bet all their money on the game....which means they'll make out great IF they win. Otherwise, he's in big trouble. And, not surprisingly, it all boils down to the bottom of the 9th inning. Will Clyde be the hero or will his players collectively beat the stuffing out of him?
A Hollywood Star
Writer
Sennett's studio had been mocking cowboy movies for more than a decade, and the introduction of sound gave them more things to make fun of. There are also the issues of dealing with sound equipment and the Vitaphone discs.
The New Aunt
Director
28th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
The Rodeo
Story
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.
A Wireless Lizzie
Director
Walter has invented an automatic remote-control for his jalopy. When a potential buyer comes to look it over, Walter proudly shows how he cam the car stop and go, turn corners and steer correctly. His spiteful rival, Bill, switches the plug and the car runs out of control. Walter and his sweetheart, Mary, plan to elope but they discuss their plans in front of an open microphone at the broadcast station, and Mary's father hears it and sets out to stop their elopement.
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
Story
The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.
His Unlucky Night
Writer
Friends Billy Trotter and Homer Brown are both traveling salesmen who meet up at a hotel on their travels. Since they last saw each other, Billy has gotten married. Homer is lamenting still being single and thinks that he will never find a woman who will want to be Mrs. Brown. Billy gets one of his old girlfriends, Peggy, a telephone operator, reluctantly to set Homer up with one of her friends. She chooses Jennie, a homebody of a woman who generally spends her evenings playing checkers with her father. Billy and Peggy accompany Homer and Jennie on their date, acting as their chaperons. Billy is able to maneuver Homer and Jennie into getting married that evening. Back at the hotel, a combination of changed hotel rooms, Jennie's angry father, Billy's jealous wife, and a confused hotel detective leads to misunderstandings and complications for all concerned.
The Best Man
Writer
A bride and groom are all set to get married, but they can't until the best man shows up. When the best man eventually does show up, he causes a few problems since he ran through some tar just before entering the church. The groom doesn't seem to mind too much, just as long as the best man brought the ring, which he did. But as the wedding proceeds, that sticky tar just can't help but get the best man into one disastrous incident after another, including with the ring. That havoc, which leads into the reception, the wedding night and the honeymoon send off, may end the marriage even before it begins... or at least the couple's friendship with their best man.
Love at First Flight
Story
Love at First Flight is a 1928 comedy short.
Беги, девочка, беги
Story
Команда школы Саннидейл готовится к соревнованиям по легкой атлетике со школой Примпмор. Завтра соревнования…
Love in a Police Station
Director
Love in a Police Station is a comedy short released in 1927
The Bull Fighter
Writer
The Bull Fighter is a 1927 short comedy
For Sale, a Bungalow
Director
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
The College Kiddo
Story
The College Kiddo is a 1927 comedy short.
The College Kiddo
Director
The College Kiddo is a 1927 comedy short.
Cured in the Excitement
Director
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.
Crazy to Act
Director
Millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film. Ethel is in love with Arthur Young, the hero of Bagley's lastest movie. Work on the film starts, and at the preview screening is shown to be disasterous. Ethel then goes away with Arthur, while Gordon runs on a rotating movie set.
Catalina, Here I Come
Director
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.
A Dozen Socks
Director
A poor sap tries to impress his girl by fighting the great boxing champion Jack Dempsey.
Smith's New Home
Writer
Ninth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family buys a new home.
A Harem Knight
Writer
A pretty harem girl is rescued by a U. S. Navy officer. Whilst fleeing from the guards the girl takes refuge in the rooms of the notorious Rodney St. Clair, an erring Knight, who is proud of his long list of feminine conquests. But the Navy officer again comes to her rescue, and Sir Rodney is left to marry the harem's fattest woman after she puts a love potion in his drink.
The Perils of Petersboro
Director
The Perils of Petersboro is a 1926 silent comedy
A Prodigal Bridegroom
Director
Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to get rid of his faithful sweetheart, he schemes up a preposterous tale.
Cold Feet
Old Trapper
A wealthy father tries to discourage his daughter's taste for stories of the Mounted; her imagination conjures up the ideal lover as one who wears that red coat and whose slogan is "get your man." She arrives at her father's camp in the frozen North the victim of a frameup: her father had planned that his employees must discourage her in every manner possible. The idea is if she sees him she will be disillusioned. A few hunters spying the "wolves" shoot with intent to kill, and a real bear enters the hut and scatters the plotters. The scheme works well, even with all these inconveniences, until a genuine Mountie appears on the scene and administers punishment to the arch-villain and his dwarf-like henchman. As a result the girl's romantic imagination vindicates her beau ideal. The two lovers are last seen standing chest-deep in the snow.
Saving Sister Susie
Susie is forced to dress as a little girl by her mother and sister to make her less attractive to a man her sister hopes to woo. Susie, however, is determined to get her man.
Rocking the Boat
The Husband
A newlywed couple tries to make her sea captain Uncle feel like a welcome house guest by giving him all the comforts of the sea...
Let Me Explain
The 1st Honeymooning Husband
Let Me Explain is a silent comedy short.
Mr. Fatima
A 1920 Eddie Barry comedy. Eddie and Earle get a job at a seaside carnival tent and fool some people by dressing as Fatima the belly dancer.
A Husband in Haste
The Husband-to-be
Jack (Earle Rodney) wants to marry Betty (Helen Darling) but inadvertently offends her parents, who demand “anybody in the world but that whippersnapper!” With the help of an “old time actor friend” (Eddie Barry), he makes his prospective in-laws rue their words.
Ducks
Hubby
A husband is addicted to the habit of going duck-hunting occasionally. Wifey suspects that his object is chasing chickens - those that walk with two feet - and so starts in pursuit. When hubby's pals get a ducking in the water, they are forced to go to a neighboring farmhouse where the farmer's daughters dress them up in feminine clothing until their own is dried. And the young bride frowns and pouts and stirs up some trouble before she finds out that the girls have a distinct place in the plot.
Her Bridal Night-Mare
Jack
Mary, a bride-to-be, has a troublesome wedding day.
A Roman Scandal
Jack
Mary refuses a marriage proposal, in order to devote her life to "the stage." Hilarity ensues.
Rowdy Ann
(unconfirmed)
Ann is one tough cowgirl. After she beats up Hank, her parents send her East to college, hoping she'll come back a lady.
Know Thy Wife
Bob Browning
Rather than telling his parents, who have another girl picked out for him, Bob brings home his new wife disguised as his friend "Steve."
The City of Tears
Billy Leeds (as Earl Rodney)
Chorus girl Rosa Carillo (Carmel Myers) finds herself in dire straits when the troupe she works with is disbanded and her last fifty dollars is stolen. Artist Billy Leeds (Earl Rodney) offers to take care of her, but she's leery of his proposition. Instead she finds work with an Italian grocer, Tony Bonchi (Edwin August). One of the other ex-members of the troupe has Tony arrested on a trumped up charge. Rosa returns to Billy and offers herself to him if only he'll get Tony out of jail.
A Sanitarium Scandal
The sanitarium run by Lallah Hart (who does not appear in the IMDB cast-list) is in need of repairs and her nephew (Earle Rodney) is broke and after a loan. In her absence (off with her beau) he rents the place out to a group of (presumably) chorus girls (doubling inevitably as bathing beauties) while having to deal with the arrival of his own fiancée (Myrtle Lind) and her parents (the formidable Blanche Payson and Baldy Belmont) who between them provide most of what few laughs there are and a sheriff (Fritz Schade) with a debt to collect.
Secrets of a Beauty Parlor
The Niece's Boyfriend
Short comedy
The Nick of Time Baby
The Rival
The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.