Acting

Marvin Loback

Born — Died

1896-11-20 — 1938-08-18

Place of birth

Tacoma, Washington, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

It Happened One Night poster
7.8

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

It Happened One Night

1934

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

No artwork available
NR

Ralph attempts to elope with Thelma against her parents' wishes. Ralph disguises as a teacher to take her off to a boarding school and there is a new and amusing gag where he gradually discards his disguise while walking along the street. Marvin, an insurance agent, fastens himself on to the young couple and succeeds in muddling things up generally, finally insisting on taking them to a hotel and sharing a room with his wife. Ralph gets around this embarrassing situation by getting the insurance man in his bed to talk business with him. The girl's father appears the next morning and Ralph is tickled when he insists that they get married, but the pest almost queers matters by phoning to the justice of the peace that his house is on fire and his wife murdered.

The Funnymooners

1926

Married Life poster
9.0

Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver.

Married Life

1920

He Who Gets Smacked poster
6.0

Jimmie poses as a fighter to impress the boss' daughter and finds himself booked at a charity boxing match for the department store where he works.

He Who Gets Smacked

1925

Good Morning, Nurse poster
8.0

Roland Royce (Ralph Graves) takes his family and a beautiful nurse (Olive Borden) on a camping trip but everything goes wrong.

Good Morning, Nurse

1925

Film credits

1930s · 8 titles

It Happened One Night poster
7.8

A runaway heiress makes a deal with the rogue reporter trailing her but the mismatched pair end up stuck with each other when their bus leaves them behind.

It Happened One Night

1934

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

The Fatal Glass of Beer poster
6.0

The prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."

The Fatal Glass of Beer

1933

No artwork available
10.0

Homer Bagwell (Harry Gribbon) is an incredibly talented, but reluctant college football player who is dating one of his teachers, Helen Dover (Geneva Mitchell). A jealous rival tries sabotaging Homer.

The All-American Kickback

1931

Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife poster
NR

A Mack Sennett-produced sound short about couples playing bridge through the ages.

Don't Play Bridge With Your Wife

1933

Uncivil Warriors poster
6.5

Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information. On the run when they are discovered, they hide in a cannon and are blown back to their northern headquarters.

Uncivil Warriors

1935

Sing, Bing, Sing poster
5.4

After singing over the radio, Bing Crosby transmits a signal to elope to his sweeheart Helen; but her father is listening too. Undaunted, Bing tries, tries again.

Sing, Bing, Sing

1933

Speed in the Gay Nineties poster
7.0

It's 1890. Inventor Ed Martin has long believed and has openly stated that man will someday be able to fly. As such, many people, including the mayor, believe Ed is crazy and want to have him committed. Ed plans to prove them wrong about his mental capacity by winning the upcoming horseless carriage race at the speedway using his 2-cylinder engine machine which he predicts can travel 15mph, twice the speed of other machines. But for Ed to be able to do so, he has to elude the mayor and his gang and get to the speedway in time for the race. And there still is the small matter of whether his prediction will come true, all his other predictions which have not come to fruition... yet.

Speed in the Gay Nineties

1932

1920s · 49 titles

No artwork available
NR

Ralph attempts to elope with Thelma against her parents' wishes. Ralph disguises as a teacher to take her off to a boarding school and there is a new and amusing gag where he gradually discards his disguise while walking along the street. Marvin, an insurance agent, fastens himself on to the young couple and succeeds in muddling things up generally, finally insisting on taking them to a hotel and sharing a room with his wife. Ralph gets around this embarrassing situation by getting the insurance man in his bed to talk business with him. The girl's father appears the next morning and Ralph is tickled when he insists that they get married, but the pest almost queers matters by phoning to the justice of the peace that his house is on fire and his wife murdered.

The Funnymooners

1926

Married Life poster
9.0

Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver.

Married Life

1920

He Who Gets Smacked poster
6.0

Jimmie poses as a fighter to impress the boss' daughter and finds himself booked at a charity boxing match for the department store where he works.

He Who Gets Smacked

1925

Good Morning, Nurse poster
8.0

Roland Royce (Ralph Graves) takes his family and a beautiful nurse (Olive Borden) on a camping trip but everything goes wrong.

Good Morning, Nurse

1925

Double Trouble poster
NR

"Snub" and his much larger dancing partner, "Fat" (Marvin Loback), struggle with each other in the room they share, try to crash the local vaudeville house and end up having to repossess a piano from their former landlord.

Double Trouble

1927

Hooked at the Altar poster
7.0

A vamp is hired to destroy an impending wedding.

Hooked at the Altar

1926

Newly Rich poster
NR

Newly Rich is a silent comedy short

Newly Rich

1922

Isn't Love Cuckoo? poster
7.0

An auto salesman fall in love with a rich girl but she is already engaged.

Isn't Love Cuckoo?

1925

Love, Honor and Behave poster
8.0

A young married couple appears before a judge to get a divorce. The wife shows the judge some pictures of her husband with his arms around another woman, as "proof" that he was cheating on her. The husband, for his part, claims that he was just innocently helping the woman and that he was being blackmailed by the photographer who took the picture.

Love, Honor and Behave

1920

No artwork available
9.0

Ralph is the poor inventor of an automobile motor with revolutionary claims. Marvin is the wealthy and one time college pal. Unknown to either of them, they both seek the hand of a charming young lady whose creditor-hounded parents' desires are for a well-to-do son-in-law. However, the girl's affection leans toward Ralph. In the meantime Ralph enlists the aid of his wealthy pal in the matter of financing the motor factory. Thus assured of success, he hastens to his sweetheart with matrimonial plans all set. All is well until the four meet at a restaurant party.

Meet My Girl

1926

Speedy poster
7.3

A hapless young man living in New York City rallies to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn trolley, the last in the city, from being put out of business by a railroad company.

Speedy

1928

Off His Trolley poster
9.0

Ralph Graves and Martin Loback are a streetcar team who hit the high spots one night (the highest spot being dancer Natalie Delys (Natalie Kingston) "who shook a wicked eyebrow". Despite an extremely poor seduction technique ("Hey, girlie, you're great"), Graves starts two-timing his girlfriend Marion (Alice Day) and spending money he cannot afford.

Off His Trolley

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

Heavy Seas poster
7.0

Second release in 'The Spat Family' series of 2-reel comedies. In this episode the three of them win a yacht in a tombola and quarrel over the captaincy while Mrs TS goes swimming and risks getting lost.

Heavy Seas

1923

The Cat's Meow poster
9.0

Mild-mannered Harry gets roughed up by a slum gang. Later he returns as a cop to see that justice is done.

The Cat's Meow

1924

No artwork available
NR

Snub and Loback try to hide a baby they’re watching from their landlord.

No Kidding

1928

No artwork available
7.0

A small town princess gets hired for the movies.

A Small Town Princess

1927

Here Comes a Sailor poster
5.0

Sailor Snub and his buddy meet two lovely ladies while on shore leave. They rent a car to impress them and drive the ladies to the park, where one by one they end up in the lake.

Here Comes a Sailor

1928

Nip and Tuck poster
8.0

Billy Bevan, Harry Gribbon, Kewpie Morgan and their dog engage in a poker game.

Nip and Tuck

1923

White Wings poster
7.2

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

White Wings

1923

Hot Cakes for Two poster
8.0

Country girl Alice responds to an advertisement for a "movie school" that promises to transform her into a shining star in record time. Upon arriving at the school, Alice is immediately taken advantage of by the operators, who take her "bank roll". The school staff immediately begins a screen test to see how she "registers" in front of a camera, ordering her to perform various poses and emotional expressions to prove her potential.

Hot Cakes for Two

1926

No artwork available
8.0

James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.

Don't Butt In

1926

Smith's Customer poster
NR

Eighth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Bubbles is up to mischief.

Smith's Customer

1927

A Harem Knight poster
8.0

A pretty harem girl is rescued by a U. S. Navy officer. Whilst fleeing from the guards the girl takes refuge in the rooms of the notorious Rodney St. Clair, an erring Knight, who is proud of his long list of feminine conquests. But the Navy officer again comes to her rescue, and Sir Rodney is left to marry the harem's fattest woman after she puts a love potion in his drink.

A Harem Knight

1926

The Hollywood Kid poster
5.4

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

The Hollywood Kid

1924

No artwork available
6.5

Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.

The Landlubber

1922

No artwork available
NR

Wacky Frenchman Alphonse (Snub Pollard) competes in an American boxing match.

Sock and Run

1929

Hard Knocks and Love Taps poster
8.0

When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met.

Hard Knocks and Love Taps

1921

Smithy poster
5.8

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 he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...

Smithy

1924

Black Oxfords poster
5.7

In this Mack Sennett comedy, a mother and daughter fear foreclosure because their mortgage payment is due and they're unable to pay it. Meanwhile, the family's son Jack, who's in prison, unexpectedly finds himself free of captivity.

Black Oxfords

1924

Cured in the Excitement poster
7.0

Professor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!

Cured in the Excitement

1927

Peaches and Plumbers poster
9.0

To make her boyfriend jealous a society girl starts dating a plumber but his sweetheart gets revenge.

Peaches and Plumbers

1927

No artwork available
4.5

A pair of rail-riding bums exit their boxcar in the town of Excema, where they get work as waiters and have trouble with clams, bottles of beer, and pies.

Once Over

1928

No artwork available
3.0

After a fight with his neighbor over their Model Ts, Ben's tuxedo is ruined. Unfortunately, the suit he gets as a replacement doesn't hold up too well.

Holding His Own

1928

A Prodigal Bridegroom poster
7.0

Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to get rid of his faithful sweetheart, he schemes up a preposterous tale.

A Prodigal Bridegroom

1926

Flickering Youth poster
9.0

A wealthy, timid young man who is frequently bullied. He attempts to stand up for himself and win the affection of a girl, overcoming his meek nature in the process.

Flickering Youth

1924

Hands Off! poster
7.0

Tex Robert rescues beautiful Ramona Wadley from the gang-leader of cattle rustlers. Later, he saves Ramona's sister from a stampede, and is then awarded a job on the Wadley ranch. The obligatory showdown features Pete and the gang.

Hands Off!

1921

No artwork available
7.2

The Golf Bug,1922, directed by James D. Davis, starring James "Paul" Parrott and Jobyna Ralston, is a short silent comedy film.

The Golf Bug

1922

No artwork available
8.0

A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

Masked Mamas

1926

No artwork available
NR

Al attempts to sneak inside the studio to keep a date with an actress. He finally exchanges places with a dummy and lands within the walls of the studio, finds the girl and is promptly thrown out when he spoils several scenes and nearly causes a riot.

A Studio Rube

1922

No artwork available
7.0

A Snub and Fat short.

Men About Town

1928

A Rainy Knight poster
7.5

Sweethearts Jimmie Carter and Bessie Barnes work for Adolph Brock at the Acme Corporation. One day while he is out for a drive in his jalopy of a car, Jimmie spies a pretty young woman on horseback. He comes to her rescue after she falls off her horse and gets injured, he leading her to refuge in an abandoned cabin when it starts to rain heavily. Although she flirts with him, he, in turn attracted to her, wants to remain faithful to Bessie and resists his urges. When this woman mysteriously disappear on him, he can't stop thinking about her and follows her innuendo to meet with her at her apartment. All the while, he is unaware that she is Peggy Joyce, Brock's gold-digging fiancée. He is also unaware that Peggy has ulterior motives for coming on to him, which, in combination with her dangerous past, could lead to complications for all involved.

A Rainy Knight

1925

No artwork available
9.0

Tired of being constantly nagged by "Paul" and another suitor, their shared romantic interest (referred to as Paul's inamorata) purposely has herself arrested for speeding. She vows to marry whichever man is able to get her released from jail. Both men make various, often bumbling, attempts to join her in jail to facilitate her release. After both suitors successfully manage to get themselves locked up, they discover that the woman has already been freed by her father. The film concludes with the two suitors facing actual prison terms while the woman remains free.

Jailed and Bailed

1923

On Patrol poster
5.3

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.

On Patrol

1922

Bashful Jim poster
7.0

Shy Ralph Graves is inspired by a movie hero to go after the girl he loves (Alice Day). A Mack Sennett slapstick comedy short.

Bashful Jim

1925

No artwork available
NR

Roommates unable to pay the rent take to the streets in search of easy cash and free food.

Thick and Thin

1928

No artwork available
NR

The film begins with Snub and Fat (yes, that IS the politically incorrect and cruel name given to Snub's partner in this and several other films made for the Weiss Brothers) want to make a few bucks. The film begins with them doing some maintenance sort of work--with Fat on a ladder and Snub sweeping outside. When this doesn't work out, a random stranger just happens to walk up to them and offer them HIS MOTHER'S CAR and asks them to make a delivery.

Mitt The Prince

1927

Breaking the Ice poster
8.0

Ralph Graves is a football hero that delvers ice for a living in this Mack Sennett slapstick comedy.

Breaking the Ice

1925

Gymnasium Jim poster
6.0

Keystone comedy about a garage owner pining for the girl next door, coming into money, and betting on a fixed fight.

Gymnasium Jim

1922