Jack Ackroyd Movies

A 1924 silent comedy.

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons...

The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. It was produced...

Drama set in Alaska

The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.

Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns...

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship...

This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything...

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

Will Rogers plays a lazy man who is chosen by a group of men to run for Congress.

Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy....

After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where...

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines....

A very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

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...