Merta Sterling

Acting

Merta Sterling

Born 1883-06-12 · Manitowoc, Wisconsin, USA

Acting credits

Scorching Sands poster
5.9

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.

Scorching Sands

1923

Women First poster
7.0

Directed by B. Reeves Eason. With William Fairbanks, Eva Novak, Lydia Knott, Bob Rhodes.

Women First

1924

Darwin Was Right poster
7.0

Just as he is about to experiment with an elixir of youth, Prof. Henry Baldwin is kidnapped by Courtney Lawson with his secretary, Egbert Swift, and his butler, Alexander, and placed in an asylum. A runaway dogcart deposits three babies in the house, and three escaped chimpanzees take their place.

Darwin Was Right

1924

The Star Dust Trail poster
7.0

Sylvia Joy, a talented cabaret dancer, must choose between a wealthy Producer and a promising young actor.

The Star Dust Trail

1924

A Watery Wooing poster
NR

Tom is not in favor with Flossie's aunt though the latter lady thinks he is just right. Tom's fertile brain forms a scheme and by a fake rescue of Flossie from the ocean waves he gets in the good graces of the stern aunt. But when the next day finds Aunty in peril herself the truth comes out: Tom can't swim.

A Watery Wooing

1916

Paid to Love poster
6.5

An American banker goes to a small Balkan country looking to invest his bank's money and shore up the country's weak economy in order to maximize the return on their investment. Towards that end he befriends the country's king and they come up with a scheme to get the Crown Prince married, a prospect not particularly appealing to the Crown Prince--until he sees the beautiful cabaret dancer the pair has picked for him to marry.

Paid to Love

1927

No artwork available
6.0

A city couple drops into a restaurant and try to steal the cash box.

The King of the Kitchen

1918

No artwork available
10.0

"Lee [Moran] is a city chap who loves to go to the pace and is chagrined when an uncle leaves him his money provided he engages in farming. He has an inspiration and starts a farm on the roof of his apartment house, with a barn, farm vehicles, a donkey, a got and a lot of chickens." - Synopsis from Moving Picture World

Up on the Farm

1925

The Sage-Brush League poster
10.0

Film by Harry A. Gant.

The Sage-Brush League

1919

No artwork available
8.0

Mary has married Jack Langdon , the physical instructor of the young ladies' seminary where she is being schooled. Because she is underage and risks losing the fortune her uncle has left her, Mary is compelled to keep the marriage a secret, but a baby adds to the complications. At first the young couple leaves it in the care of an Indian woman. Waldo Pennanink , the son of the school's headmaster, becomes suspicious of all the time the couple is spending with the Indian woman and the baby.

Up in Mary's Attic

1920

The Handy Man poster
6.0

A 1923 silent comedy.

The Handy Man

1923

The Janitor poster
7.5

A mild-mannered, well-meaning but bumbling janitor gets unwittingly involved in a battle between two opposing political groups, with each side trying to use him to destroy the other, and the secret police--who have already thrown him out of their office when he worked there--watching all of them.

The Janitor

1919

No artwork available
8.0

Golf with Monty Banks and pals.

The Golf Bug

1924

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Lion's Jaws and Kitten's Paws

1920