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Ford Sterling is a Actor and Director American born on 2 november 1883 at La Crosse (USA)
Ford Sterling (November 3, 1883 – October 13, 1939) was an American comedian and actor best known for his work with Keystone Studios. One of the 'Big 4' he was the original chief of the Keystone Cops.
Making a smooth transition to talking films, Ford Sterling made the last of his more than two hundred and seventy film appearances in 1936. He died in 1939 of a heart attack (following long standing diabetes) in Los Angeles, California and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ford Sterling has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6612 Hollywood Blvd.
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Birth name George Franklin Stich
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1883 at La Crosse (USA)
Death 13 october 1939 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Creator of Sterling Film Company
Nationality USA
Birth 2 november 1883 at La Crosse (USA)
Death 13 october 1939 (at 55 years) at Los Angeles (USA)
Creator of Sterling Film Company
Biography
Born George Franklin Stich in La Crosse, Wisconsin, he began his career in silent films in 1911 with Biograph Studios. When director Mack Sennett left to set up Keystone Studios, Sterling followed him. There, he performed as 'Chief Teeheezel' in the Keystone Cops series of slapstick comedies in a successful career that spanned twenty-five years.Making a smooth transition to talking films, Ford Sterling made the last of his more than two hundred and seventy film appearances in 1936. He died in 1939 of a heart attack (following long standing diabetes) in Los Angeles, California and is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.
For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Ford Sterling has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6612 Hollywood Blvd.
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The Shadow of Chikara (1977)
, 1h54Origin USA
Genres Horror, Western
Actors Betty Bronson, Joe Don Baker, Sondra Locke, Ford Sterling, Joy N. Houck, Jr., Louise Dresser
Rating54%
Confederate veterans of the last battle of the Civil War set out to find a hidden treasure: diamonds hidden in a cave. However, the soldiers find they are being followed by a mysterious hunter (or hunters) who may have a connection to a mythic eagle spirit.
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957)
, 1h19Directed by Robert Youngson
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Actors Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, W. C. Fields, Billy Bevan, Harold Lloyd, Buster Keaton
Roles archive footage
Rating70%
The Headline Woman (1935)
, 1h11Directed by William Nigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Heather Angel, Roger Pryor, Roger Pryor, Ford Sterling, Conway Tearle, Robert Gleckler
Roles Hugo Meyer
Rating58%
Keystone Hotel (1935)
, 15minutesDirected by Ralph Staub
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Ford Sterling, Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Hank Mann, Marie Prevost, Vivien Oakland
Roles Sterling, Chief of Police
Rating66%
The story follows the cross-eyed Count Drewa Blanc (Ben Turpin), who arrives at the busy Keystone Hotel to judge a fashion show.
Behind the Green Lights (1935)
, 1h8Directed by Christy Cabanne
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Norman Foster, Judith Allen, Sidney Blackmer, Purnell Pratt, Theodore von Eltz, Ford Sterling
Roles Max Schultz, German Janitor
Rating60%
Black Sheep (1935)
, 1h16Directed by Allan Dwan
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Edmund Lowe, Claire Trevor, Tom Brown, Eugene Pallette, Adrienne Ames, Bess Flowers
Roles Mather
Rating67%
Aboard a luxury liner, gambler John Francis Dugan makes the acquaintance of socialite Jeanette Foster, who has a reputation for using men to get her way. Jeanette cajoles him into sneaking her into First Class, where they see young Fred Curtis lose $12,000 at poker to a couple of oilmen, Belcher and Schmelling.
Alice in Wonderland (1933)
, 1h16Directed by Norman Z. McLeod
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about animals, Films about magic and magicians, Monde imaginaire, Films about cats, Mise en scène d'un lapin ou d'un lièvre, Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Charlotte Henry, W. C. Fields, Edna May Oliver, Roscoe Ates, Cary Grant, William Austin
Roles White King
Rating62%
Left alone with a governess one snowy afternoon (Alice's sister does not appear in this version), Alice is supremely bored. She idly starts to wonder what life is like on the other side of the drawing room mirror, when she suddenly feels a surge of confidence and climbs upon the mantelpiece to look. She discovers that she can pass through the looking glass and finds herself in a strange room where many things seem to be the exact reverse of what is in the drawing room. Strangely, through all of this, the governess does not seem to notice what has happened.
, 20minutesDirected by Bryan Foy
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Frank Fay, Lew Cody, Laura La Plante, Alec B. Francis, Mary Carr, Owen Moore
Rating66%
Her Majesty, Love (1931)
, 1h15Directed by William Dieterle
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Marilyn Miller, Ben Lyon, W. C. Fields, Leon Errol, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin
Roles Otmar von Wellingen
Rating59%
Kismet (1930)
, 1h30Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Otis Skinner, Loretta Young, David Manners, Sidney Blackmer, Mary Duncan, Montagu Love
Roles Amru
Rating58%
Hajj, a rascally beggar on the periphery of the court of Baghdad, schemes to marry his daughter to royalty and to win the heart of the queen of the castle himself.
Sally (1930)
, 1h43Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Marilyn Miller, Alexander Gray, Joe E. Brown, Ford Sterling, Pert Kelton, T. Roy Barnes
Roles 'Pops' Shendorff
Rating61%
Sally (Marilyn Miller) plays the part of an orphan who had been abandoned as a baby at the Bowling Green telephone exchange. While growing up in an orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. In an attempt to save money enough to become a dancer, Sally began working at odd jobs. While working as a waitress, a man named Blair (Alexander Gray) begins coming to her work regularly to see her. They both soon fall for each other.
Bride of the Regiment (1930)
, 1h17Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Walter Pidgeon, Myrna Loy, Allan Prior, Ford Sterling, Louise Fazenda, Lupino Lane
Roles Tangy
Rating63%
The film takes place during a period in which Austria controlled Italy during the Austro-Italian War of 1830. Colonel Vultow, played by Walter Pidgeon, leader of Austrian cavalry regiment, is sent to Italy to put down a revolt led by the Lombardian aristocracy. Vultow decides to go to the castle of Count Adrian Beltrami, played by Allan Prior, one of the leaders of the revolution. This happens to be Beltrami's wedding day. As he is emerging from the church following his wedding to Countess Anna-Marie (Vivienne Segal), Beltrami learns that Colonel Vultow is quickly approaching the town in search of him. At the behest of his bride, Beltrami flees the castle, but he asks Tangy, a silhouette cutter, to impersonate him and protect Anna-Marie. When Adrian returns in disguise, he is introduced to Vultow as a singer and silhouette cutter, and when the count demands he create a silhouette, he enlists Tangy's aid. The deception is discovered, and Vultow sentences Adrian to death by a firing squad unless Anna-Marie submits to his sexual demands.
Show Girl in Hollywood (1930)
, 1h20Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about television, Musical films
Actors Alice White, Jack Mulhall, Blanche Sweet, Ford Sterling, John Miljan, Virginia Sale
Roles Sam Otis
Rating61%
When the film begins, a musical show before closed down before it has had a chance to even open. Jimmie Doyle (Jack Mulhall), who wrote the musical intends to rewrite it while his girlfriend, Dixie Dugan (Alice White), fed up at wasting her time for a show that never even opened, is intent on finding a new career. While at a nightclub, Dixie does a musical number and catches the eye of Frank Buelow (John Miljan), a Hollywood director. Buelow persuades Dixie to go to Hollywood, where he will have a part waiting for her in his upcoming films.
Spring Is Here (1930)
, 1h9Directed by John Francis Dillon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals
Actors Lawrence Gray, Bernice Claire, Alexander Gray, Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Inez Courtney
Roles Peter Braley
Rating56%
As the film begins, we find Bernice Claire in love with Lawrence Gray. Claire's father, played by Ford Sterling, disapproves of Lawrence but approves another suitor, played by Alexander Gray. Alexander is shy and clumsy while Lawrence is outgoing and romantic. When Bernice returns one night at 5 a.m. with Lawrence, her father orders him to stay away from his daughter. Alexander, being discouraged at being rejected by Bernice, is offered help by Inez Courtney, Bernice's younger sister. Alexander follows her advice and attempts to make Bernice jealous to get her attention. He makes love to several women, including Bernice's mother. The trick works and soon Bernice thinks she is deeply in love with Alexander. Sterling gets into a argument with Lawrence and tells him to leave his house for good. Lawrence returns in the middle of the night to elope with Bernice but Alexander shows up and carries her off for himself. In the morning they are found together in Bernice's room, to the shock of the family, and they eventually reveal to everyone that they have eloped.
The Girl in the Show (1929)
, 1h22Directed by Edgar Selwyn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians
Actors Bessie Love, Raymond Hackett, Edward J. Nugent, Jed Prouty, Jack McDonald, Ford Sterling
Roles Ed Bondell
Rating56%
A traveling Tom show is stranded in Kansas when their manager steals what meager funds they have. Hattie Hartley (Love), who plays Eva in the production, decides to marry the local undertaker, so that he will fund the troupe and pay for her younger sister's schooling. On the day of the wedding, the troupe is booked for a performance at the last minute. Hattie refuses to get married so that she can play the role of Eva, an act which reunites her with her true love, a member of their troupe.