Jack Ackroyd Movies

Drama set in Alaska

The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.

World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons...

This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything...

Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy....

A 1924 silent comedy.

A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

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

The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. It was produced...

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship...

Will Rogers plays a lazy man who is chosen by a group of men to run for Congress.

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns...

The two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season are a mixed lot. Two of the shorts feature parodies of...

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

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...

A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness...

Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.