Ralph Ceder

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

Behind the camera

She Had to Choose poster
6.0

A 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

Wife Savers poster
7.0

Stationed 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

A Fool's Advice poster
6.7

An 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

Roughest Africa poster
5.8

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

Roughest Africa

1923

Hot Off the Press poster
9.0

Stop the presses! Snub Pollard is working there.

Hot Off the Press

1922

No artwork available
10.0

Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers.

Dumb Dicks

1932

West of Abilene poster
10.0

Frontiersman 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

Riders of the Purple Cows poster
10.0

When 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

The Hot Spot poster
NR

In order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.

The Hot Spot

1931

No artwork available
NR

Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself.

The Promoter

1932

No artwork available
NR

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

Stolen by Gypsies or Beer and Bicycles poster
1.0

When 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

Post No Bills poster
7.3

Paul 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

The Joke's on You poster
5.5

Billy West comedy produced by Cumberland and distributed by Arrow.

The Joke's on You

1925

The Soilers poster
5.5

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.

The Soilers

1923

Short Orders poster
5.6

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. 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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
7.0

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

Zeb vs. Paprika poster
5.8

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

Zeb vs. Paprika

1924

Wandering Waistlines poster
9.0

The on and off land escapades of a sailor as he prepares for a boxing match.

Wandering Waistlines

1924

No artwork available
10.0

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

Brothers Under the Chin poster
7.0

Twin "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

The Whole Truth poster
7.0

A 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

April Fool poster
6.0

Jimmy 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

No artwork available
7.5

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

No artwork available
7.5

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

Mother's Joy poster
5.7

Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Mother's Joy

1923

No artwork available
7.0

A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office.

Help Wanted, Female

1931

No artwork available
9.0

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

Little Robinson Corkscrew poster
10.0

Returning to his hometown a fitness equipment salesman falls in love with the store keeper's daughter.

Little Robinson Corkscrew

1924

Honeymoon Hardships poster
8.0

A 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

No artwork available
10.0

A comic frightfest featuring Ton o' Fun.

Galloping Ghosts

1926

No artwork available
10.0

Winnie and family go on vaction.

Winnie's Vacation

1927

No artwork available
8.0

A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.

Captain Bill

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Snub puts over some amusing hokum in his efforts to be arrested.

Pardon Me

1922

No artwork available
10.0

Two incompetent bus drivers attempt to exact revenge on their no nonsense boss. Hilarity ensues.

Rolling Along

1930

No artwork available
NR

Newlyweds have a baby wished on them as a wedding present.

Some Baby

1922

No artwork available
8.0

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

Near Dublin poster
6.7

Sir 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