Directing
Scott Sidney
Born April 27, 1874 · London, England, UK
Died July 20, 1928 · aged 54
American director and erstwhile actor. Originally a performer on the stock and vaudeville circuits, especially the Mittenthal Bros. circuit, he appeared with his wife Josephine Foy in a vaudeville show entitled "The Inspector." Noticed in this show by producer Thomas H. Ince, Sidney entered films in approximately 1913 as a performer and quickly was promoted to directing pictures. He involved himse…
Known For
Tarzan of the Apes · 1918Tarzan of the Apes
★ 5.21918
MovieActionAdventure
A female ape takes to mothering the orphaned boy (Tarzan) and raises him over the course of many years until a rescue mission is finally launched and the search party combs the jungle for the long-time missing Lord Greystoke. But then, one of the search members, Jane Porter, gets separated from the group and comes face to face with fearsome wild animals. Tarzan saves her from harm just in the knick of time and love begins to blossom.
No Parking · 1921No Parking
★ 7.51921
MovieComedy
Neal Burns & Helen Darling showing that family life is chaotic, from taking care of the kid to demolishing houses.
No Control · 1927No Control
★ 10.01927
MovieComedy
Nancy Flood, whose father Noah operates a one-ring circus, decides to take a business job to earn extra money.
Mr. Fatima · 1920Mr. Fatima
1920
MovieComedy
A 1920 Eddie Barry comedy. Eddie and Earle get a job at a seaside carnival tent and fool some people by dressing as Fatima the belly dancer.
Kidding Katie · 1923Kidding Katie
★ 6.01923
MovieComedy
A 1923 Christie comedy starring Babe London and Dorothy Devore. Queenie (London) has sent a picture of her sister Katie (Devore) to her pen pal as if it was her. Now that the pen pal is in love and coming to meet Queenie in person, Katie has to pretend she is a child.
The Adventures of Tarzan · 1921The Adventures of Tarzan
★ 6.61921
MovieAdventureAction
Tarzan spurns the love of La, Queen of Opar. When he isn't trying to keep the Bolshevik Rokoff and Clayton (pretender to the Greystoke estate) from reaching Opar, he is attacked simultaneously by two lions, dropped into a pit when a volcano splits the ground, nearly sacrificed by sun worshipers, and so on.
Madame Behave · 1925Madame Behave
★ 6.01925
MovieComedyRomance
A cross-dressing farce, adapted from "Madame Lucy" by Jean Arlette, in which to help a friend in a lawsuit, Jack Mitchell disguises himself as the mysterious "Madame Brown," a missing witness important to the case of the plaintiff. He attracts the romantic attention of two old roués and one hot Broadway showgirl.
The Nervous Wreck · 1926The Nervous Wreck
★ 6.31926
MovieRomanceAdventure
Henry Williams, out in Arizona looking for a cure for his imaginary ills, stops at the ranch of Jud Morgan, and decides to stay. Jud's daughter, Sally, attracts his attention, although she is engaged to be married to Sheriff Bob Wells. Henry rides with her to town, where she wants to go shopping for her wedding clothes, but they run out of gas. No, problem' Henry holds up a passing motorist, with a monkey-wrench, and takes gasoline out of his car. They stop at a ranch where the foreman makes them become the cook and dishwasher. Then Jerome Underwood and his daughter, Harriet, arrive and they recognize Henry and Sally as the ones who held them up for gas. The jealous sheriff adds to the complications.
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