Directing

Phil Whitman

Known for

Directing

Credits

29 titles

Known for

In Conference poster
NR

Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling romance epic, 'The Loves of LaVorees', starring silent screen idol, Romaine Salisbury, hotly contested within Hollywood and part of an expensive silent film production, only for Bovine Productions to switch to sound production and reveal to them for the first time, Romaine's real all-talking, all-singing voice.

In Conference

1931

His Private Secretary poster
5.1

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.

His Private Secretary

1933

A Sea Dog's Tale poster
7.0

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to kidnap the man and bring him back to the islands to marry his daughter. Complications ensue.

A Sea Dog's Tale

1926

A Strange Adventure poster
6.5

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

1932

Pink Pajamas poster
9.0

Billy treats his marriage vows lightly, and his wife suspects him. Nieghbor Vernon is murderously jealous. Billy sends his wife some silk pajamas to mollify her, but they're sent to Mrs. Dent by mistake. Billy innocently trying to be helpful is almost caught in the wrong apartment, but a card that accompanied the silkies will fall into the wrong hands.

Pink Pajamas

1929

The Girl from Calgary poster
5.0

A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star. However, the young man finds himself being squeezed out by greedy Broadway producers who see the talented young girl as their own personal gold mine.

The Girl from Calgary

1932

Behind the camera

In Conference poster
NR

Walter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling romance epic, 'The Loves of LaVorees', starring silent screen idol, Romaine Salisbury, hotly contested within Hollywood and part of an expensive silent film production, only for Bovine Productions to switch to sound production and reveal to them for the first time, Romaine's real all-talking, all-singing voice.

In Conference

1931

His Private Secretary poster
5.1

Dick Wallace wants to marry a minister's grand-daughter but his father, who wants him to get work on his company's business, is opposed. She takes a job with the company to prove she's okay.

His Private Secretary

1933

A Sea Dog's Tale poster
7.0

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to kidnap the man and bring him back to the islands to marry his daughter. Complications ensue.

A Sea Dog's Tale

1926

A Strange Adventure poster
6.5

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

1932

Pink Pajamas poster
9.0

Billy treats his marriage vows lightly, and his wife suspects him. Nieghbor Vernon is murderously jealous. Billy sends his wife some silk pajamas to mollify her, but they're sent to Mrs. Dent by mistake. Billy innocently trying to be helpful is almost caught in the wrong apartment, but a card that accompanied the silkies will fall into the wrong hands.

Pink Pajamas

1929

The Girl from Calgary poster
5.0

A French-Canadian girl is a champion bronc rider and is also a nightclub singer. An ambitious young man sees her act one night and is struck by her talent, realizing that she is good enough to become a Broadway star. He convinces her to accompany him to New York, where she indeed does become a Broadway star. However, the young man finds himself being squeezed out by greedy Broadway producers who see the talented young girl as their own personal gold mine.

The Girl from Calgary

1932

No artwork available
NR

Ninth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family buys a new home.

Smith's New Home

1927

Flirty Four-Flushers poster
6.5

With her winnings from an essay contest, a waitress gets dolled up and goes to a swanky resort to snag a millionaire husband.

Flirty Four-Flushers

1926

Catalina, Here I Come poster
7.0

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.

Catalina, Here I Come

1927

Air Eagles poster
6.3

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.

Air Eagles

1931

No artwork available
8.0

A fire inspector discovers that his father, an industrialist, is secretly producing nitroglycerin at his warehouse.

The Fourth Alarm

1930

She Whoops To Conquer poster
NR

Both the maid and the youngest daughter are after the same man who wants nothing to do with either of them.

She Whoops To Conquer

1933

Stowaway poster
6.5

On her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the advances of first mate Groder. On the street and being pursued by a Policeman who thinks she is a prostitute, Mary seeks shelter on an old freighter. She is soon discovered by second mate Tommy and they quickly fall in love, but with first mate Groder lurking around will their lives work out in the end?

Stowaway

1932

No artwork available
9.0

The Smith Family goes for bargain hunt at a warehouse sale.

The Bargain Hunt

1928

The Burglar poster
5.0

A man, accidentally locked out of his house is mistaken for a burglar as he attempts to re-enter the house. The gag is that the person mistaking him, is an actual burglar thinking the man to be a rival to his score.

The Burglar

1928

No artwork available
9.0

Wilbur is insanely jealous of every man and believes that his wife, Carmelita, is being unfaithful. Billy, his landlord, offers to take out Carmelita to a cafe and have Wilbur follow them to test his wife's fidelity.

Don't Get Jealous

1929

Ice Cold Cocos poster
9.0

Billy and Andy impersonate two ice-delivery men in a suburban town. Billy takes a fancy to a newly-wed bride and most of his loose cash is liquidated as he flirts with her. Her husband is not pleased at Billy's attentions to his new bride. There is a skating contest at the local ice-rink, and the bride, her mother and her husband are in attendance, as are Billy and Andy, the icemen.

Ice Cold Cocos

1926

Hoboken to Hollywood poster
10.0

Billy Judkins is a naturally gloomy Gus. His life changes when he is transferred from working in his company's Hoboken office to their Hollywood office. He is going to drive there with his wife and mother. Along the way, they encounter Mr. Pinkney and his new bride, who too are heading west. Their misadventures together and meeting up with a band of marauding Indians may prevent any of them from reaching their intended destination. If Billy and Mr. Pinkney ever make it to Hollywood, they're both in a for a big surprise.

Hoboken to Hollywood

1926

His New Stenographer poster
NR

Billy Brooks, a lawyer, sets out to get a divorce for a client by framing him in a compromising situation. But the scheme goes askew when the client's wife gets a job as Billy's new stenographer and he, not knowing who she is, selects her as the correspondent to frame her own husband.

His New Stenographer

1928

His New Stenographer poster
NR

Billy Brooks, a lawyer, sets out to get a divorce for a client by framing him in a compromising situation. But the scheme goes askew when the client's wife gets a job as Billy's new stenographer and he, not knowing who she is, selects her as the correspondent to frame her own husband.

His New Stenographer

1928

No artwork available
8.0

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.

A Hollywood Star

1929

No artwork available
10.0

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.

Radio Kisses

1930

The Mystery Train poster
4.8

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

The Mystery Train

1931

The Mystery Train poster
4.8

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

The Mystery Train

1931

No artwork available
8.0

A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

Masked Mamas

1926

No artwork available
10.0

Young Flint (Eddie Quillan), finds himself in a series of slapstick mishaps revolving around the absurdity of the bullfighting arena, featuring a climactic sequence where the bumbling protagonists must face a bull in the ring.

The Bull Fighter

1927

Smith's Restaurant poster
7.0

The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.

Smith's Restaurant

1928

Police Call poster
10.0

A professional fighter decides to quit the sport and go to college, but he finds out that his sister has gotten mixed up with gangsters.

Police Call

1933

Motorboat Mamas poster
9.0

Motorboat Mamas is a silent comedy short.

Motorboat Mamas

1928