
Directing
Ralph Ceder
Born — Died
1898-02-02 — 1951-11-29
Place of birth
Marinette, Wisconsin, USA
Known for
Directing
Credits
39 titles
Known for
6.0A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.
She Had to Choose
1934
7.0Stationed in Switzerland after the Great War, soldiers Louis Hozenozzle and Rodney Ramsbottom both fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfriend, General Lavoris. When Lavoris issues a fake order that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands, Hozenozzle weds Colette, at her request, to "save" her for the absent Ramsbottom. A lost film.
Wife Savers
1928
6.7An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
A Fool's Advice
1932
5.8Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
Roughest Africa
1923
9.0Stop the presses! Snub Pollard is working there.
Hot Off the Press
1922
Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
Dumb Dicks
1932
Behind the camera
6.0A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way.
She Had to Choose
1934
7.0Stationed in Switzerland after the Great War, soldiers Louis Hozenozzle and Rodney Ramsbottom both fall in love with local damsel Colette, much to the dismay of Colette's self-appointed boyfriend, General Lavoris. When Lavoris issues a fake order that all unmarried women must immediately take husbands, Hozenozzle weds Colette, at her request, to "save" her for the absent Ramsbottom. A lost film.
Wife Savers
1928
6.7An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election.
A Fool's Advice
1932
5.8Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
Roughest Africa
1923
9.0Stop the presses! Snub Pollard is working there.
Hot Off the Press
1922
Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.
Dumb Dicks
1932
10.0Frontiersman Tom Garfield and his pals endeavor to save their land from the clutches of slimy easterner Forsyth. The villain hires a bit of local muscle in the form of brutish Chris Matson, but he's no match for our hero.
West of Abilene
1940
10.0When a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924
NRIn order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.
The Hot Spot
1931
Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.
The Promoter
1932
Benny Rubin is a New York City vaudeville performer who inherits a hotel in California, and takes all of his ham-actor friends there, as chefs, bellhops, maids and waiters, to help him run it. BUsiness is bad so Benny plants a story that his late uncle hid his fortune in the hotel. The place is soon filled with guests who tear down the hotel looking for the non-existent fortune.
Guests Wanted
1932
1.0When the fiendish Sinclair Sable arranges the kidnapping of the beautiful Benecia Beamish, only the members of the Beer and Bicycle Club can save her.
Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles
1933
7.3Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful.
Post No Bills
1923
5.5Billy West comedy produced by Cumberland and distributed by Arrow.
The Joke's on You
1925
5.5During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
The Soilers
1923
5.6Stan 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. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at the end.
Short Orders
1923
Charley looks for a job position but is not anxious to find one. He ends up getting into all sorts of trouble at a masquerade ball.
Position Wanted
1924
Bill Grimm, a taxicab driver, falls in love with Barbara Baxter, from Lyons, New York, the minute she steps off the train, and has him take her to Mrs. Whipple's boarding house, in spite of the interference by Jack Fairfax, Bill's rival. Boarders at Mrs. Whipple's include a prizefighter named "Butch,", his manager O'Brien, and Pansy the maid. This first entry in the series introduces the leading characters in the future films, and a few comical interludes.
The Lady of Lyons, N.Y.
1926
5.8Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Zeb vs. Paprika
1924
9.0The on and off land escapades of a sailor as he prepares for a boxing match.
Wandering Waistlines
1924
In World War One France, Private Slim and Sergeant Gribbon have a love/hate relationship, but mostly hate.Both have fallen for the same girl, and Slim seemingly can't compete when Gribbon gives her fancy lingerie. Gribbon has no problem belting Slim around, and giving him extended latrine-digging duties.
We! We! Marie!
1930
7.0Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.
Brothers Under the Chin
1924
7.0A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.
The Whole Truth
1923
6.0Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday, April 1st and the paper's editorial staff has a great deal of trouble telling the difference between April Fool's jokes and real events.
April Fool
1924
They All Fall is a 1925 American slapstick comedy film featuring Bobby Ray & Oliver Hardy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
They All Fall
1925
They All Fall is a 1925 American slapstick comedy film featuring Bobby Ray & Oliver Hardy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2007.
They All Fall
1925
5.7Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Mother's Joy
1923
A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office.
Help Wanted, Female
1931
House detective of the Hotel Omigosh, Cyril Fromage and his hotel switchboard operator sweetheart attempt to thwart a dastardly thief, "The Weasel," who is on the loose in the hotel, assisted by a sultry vamp. Plenty of hilarious gags along the way; including the operator taking a call from an irate lodger, so hot that it makes the switchboard steam. Taking advantage of the situation, she pulls out the offending plug and curls her bangs. The MGM lion even puts in a guest appearance.
Sherlock Sleuth
1925
10.0Returning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's daughter.
Little Robinson Corkscrew
1924
8.0A newly married couple go to spend their honeymoon far out in the country with demented relatives who laugh off even the worst disasters. The couple are forced to sleep apart,The beds are rock hard, the food is inedible,and the farmhouse leaks in the middle of a fierce rainstorm. On top of everything else, a hick uncle with a large family pay a sudden visit.
Honeymoon Hardships
1925
A comic frightfest featuring Ton o' Fun.
Galloping Ghosts
1926
Winnie and family go on vaction.
Winnie's Vacation
1927
A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.
Captain Bill
1935
Snub puts over some amusing hokum in his efforts to be arrested.
Pardon Me
1922
Two incompetent bus drivers attempt to exact revenge on their no nonsense boss. Hilarity ensues.
Rolling Along
1930
Newlyweds have a baby wished on them as a wedding present.
Some Baby
1922
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.
Take the Air
1923
6.7Sir Patrick attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy Stan Laurel tries to help out but gets thrown in jail for his trouble.
Near Dublin
1924
