Katherine Grant

Acting

Katherine Grant

Born 1904-05-01 · Los Angeles, California, USA

Katherine Grant appeared in fifty silent-screen era comedy films between 1923 and 1926 after being discovered in a beauty pageant.

Acting credits

Scorching Sands poster
5.9

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

Scorching Sands

1923

Roughest Africa poster
5.8

Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.

Roughest Africa

1923

Looking for Sally poster
6.5

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.

Looking for Sally

1925

Ridin' Thunder poster
7.0

When Bill Croft, a notorious gunfighter, is bushwhacked, innocent rancher Frank Douglas is accused of the crime on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to be hanged. Jack Douglas, Frank's son, sets out to prove his father's innocence with the help of Jean, the murdered man's daughter; Jack eventually apprehends the killer and forces him to confess, but the sheriff is unable to stop the execution without an official pardon.

Ridin' Thunder

1925

His Wooden Wedding poster
7.1

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

His Wooden Wedding

1925

Hello Baby! poster
6.3

Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby in but find themselves at a loss when they want to sleep but the baby cries all night.

Hello Baby!

1925

Frozen Hearts poster
5.7

In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.

Frozen Hearts

1923

Hard Boiled poster
8.0

Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other wacky adventures.

Hard Boiled

1925

White Wings poster
7.3

Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.

White Wings

1923

A Man About Town poster
6.0

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.

A Man About Town

1923

Isn't Life Terrible? poster
6.1

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell those pens - surprisingly he wins, but the ship turns out to be a wreck on it's last trip to the scrapyard. To make things worse they accidentally leave their young daughter on the dock and the ship sails without her. What else can go wrong on this trip?

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

What Price Goofy? poster
6.6

Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young woman, she reports back to Mrs. Jamison that her husband is obviously having an affair. Mrs. Jamison storms out, and a few minutes later a guest arrives for a visit -- a Professor Brown. Jamison doesn't realize the professor is a woman, and Mrs. Jamison, who has returned, doesn't realize the woman is Professor Brown. She presumes she has caught her husband with his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog, and a very accommodating burglar complicate the situation.

What Price Goofy?

1925

The Royal Razz poster
7.0

A doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a giant Christmas tree home.

The Royal Razz

1924

Collars and Cuffs poster
6.1

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

Collars and Cuffs

1923

The Family Entrance poster
9.0

Jimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy likes the picture, but his small daughter is bored and keeps him busy taking her for drinks of water. Mrs. Jimmy can't find a seat that suits her and by the time she has tried half in the theatre, and the little girl has emptied the water cooler, the show is over and the Jumps go home.

The Family Entrance

1925

Just a Good Guy poster
9.0

A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.

Just a Good Guy

1924

Join the Circus poster
7.0

'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea.

Join the Circus

1923

No Father to Guide Him poster
6.8

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.

No Father to Guide Him

1925

The Uneasy Three poster
7.0

Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwitted trio of thieves who plan on stealing a priceless jewel.

The Uneasy Three

1925

The Poor Fish poster
7.5

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting...

The Poor Fish

1924

The Noon Whistle poster
8.0

Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violent and rather insane supervisor. Later, however, Stan walks into a plot to steal the company away and frame the owner for a crime he did not commit.

The Noon Whistle

1923

Oranges and Lemons poster
5.5

After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.

Oranges and Lemons

1923

Papa Be Good! poster
NR

The innocent flirtations of the two couples living in a city tenement eventually lead to a zany showdown in the court room.

Papa Be Good!

1925

Gas and Air poster
6.4

Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done....

Gas and Air

1923