Gertrude Selby

Acting

Gertrude Selby

Born 1894-11-07 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Acting credits

Kidder & Ko poster
NR

New England codfish-packer Silas Kidder wants his son to succeed him in the business, but because young Cuthbert seems interested only in playing pool, his father turns him out. In Chicago, Cuthbert beats a gang of pool sharks at their own game, and in anger they steal all his money and knock him out cold. He is picked up by tin-can magnate James Knight and his pretty daughter Julie, who invite him to recuperate at their estate.

Kidder & Ko

1918

Easy to Make Money poster
9.0

Jimmy Slocum, whose wealthy father continually pays his speeding fines and loses bets to him, wins a $1,000 bet with his father that Katherine Fowler, whom his father wants him to marry, does not love him. Jimmy then wins a $25,000 bet that he can keep from being arrested more than once in the coming year by getting a 12-month jail sentence for fighting in a bar, then sassing the judge.

Easy to Make Money

1919

Who's Your Father? poster
NR

This comedy starts with the rescue by a cowboy's dog of a baby that is floating down a gorge toward a cataract in a tiny crib. The cowboy takes the foundling to his cabin. Then the cowboy finds himself not only beset with the troubles of feeding an infant, but also is the object of a spinster who, by claiming the baby, hopes to compromise the cowboy

Who's Your Father?

1918

The House of Terrible Scandals poster
NR

Henry Lehrman and Billie Ritchie, as the result of a gay night, are visited by a joint nightmare which shows them the horrors of their present life.

The House of Terrible Scandals

1917

Father Was a Loafer poster
7.0

A deadbeat father abandons his wife after she has triplets, who chases him down and exacts comic justice.

Father Was a Loafer

1915

Under New Management poster
8.0

Web of office romance entanglements lead to slapstick hijinks at a fly paper company.

Under New Management

1915

Gertie's Gasoline Glide poster
6.5

Two men are vying for the favours of Gaby. One of them takes her for a motorcycle ride, the other in his car. When the second man manages to marry her, the first takes his revenge. He calls the police, and takes the newlyweds along on a kamikaze ride in his car, chased by the police.

Gertie's Gasoline Glide

1916

Pardon Me poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pardon Me

1920

A Child of Mystery poster
NR

In New York's Little Italy, Carlotta's life is run by Black Hand leaders who will not let her see her sweetheart Tom. The Black Handers also control the life of prominent Judge Andrews, because years before, after the death of Andrews' daughter, they kidnapped his granddaughter. Only now have they agreed to return her, at a charity ball, for a large ransom.

A Child of Mystery

1916

No artwork available
9.0

Film by Henry Lehrman

Love and Surgery

1914

The Double Room Mystery poster
NR

William Newman, a notorious shyster lawyer, in return for a cut of the jewels, agrees to take the case of Morris, a man convicted of stealing diamonds. After gaining possession of the gems, Newman appropriates all of them and then refuses to carry out his share of the deal. Subsequently, Newman, who is attracted to Georgianna, a maid at his boardinghouse, frames the girl on charges of theft and then arranges for her freedom, thus appearing to be her savior.

The Double Room Mystery

1917

How Stars are Made poster
8.0

Comedy short starring Alice Howell

How Stars are Made

1916

No artwork available
10.0

Billie and Henry, demons of love and jealousy, are both in love with the beautiful daughter of a well-to-do farmer. They vie for her hand, duel with eggs and bricks, until one makes a getaway with the girl in a car, the other close behind.

The Rural Demons

1914

The Sign of the Poppy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Sign of the Poppy

1916

No artwork available
7.0

Gertie enjoys a peaceful day at the park when two men take a shine to her: a mustachioed villain and a malevolent Little Tramp-knockoff. The two pursue Gertie, while she plays hard-to-get. When her sweetheart shows up, the chase is on.

Gertie's Joy Ride

1915