Gertrude Short Movies

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

Constance Bannister enters into a trial marriage contract with Dr. Thorvald Ware and finds happiness with him. She defies his wishes by dancing at a...

Jackie's father runs a general store that is on the brink of bankruptcy. To save it, Jackie borrows $2,000 from the local millionaire, Mr. Skinner,...

Bill Perkins, a war veteran bumming his way across the country with an airplane pilot, is forced to disembark via parachute when he arrives at a...

Salesgirl Dolly Morton becomes disillusioned about men after an incident with her boyfriend, so she becomes, with the help of her roommate, a gold...

Eleventh episode in 'The Telephone Girl' 2-reel comedy series.

A wealthy society wife discovers her husband's long-hidden secret--he has a brother, who is not only his twin but his "evil" twin. The long-lost...

Three girls try to evade the landlady while trying to find work.

Removed from an orphanage, Nance Olden is taken to live at Mother Hogan's boarding-house for crooks. There she becomes Tom Morgan's partner, helping...

In the third of Pathe's Gay Girls comedy series, Harry Myers is a married man who strings one of them along until his wife Isabel Withers, comes...

A penniless artist moves into an abandoned house, but is discovered by the daughter of its former owner.

Baron Tolento lusts for Diane Delatour, his physician's wife, and donates money to their favorite charity, a children's home, in hope of gaining her...

Cunard turns into The Queen of the Apaches, an outlaw who steals from the rich to gives to the poor, always leaving a purple mask behind as a...

Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

Polly (Pauline Garon) and Gert (Gertrude Short) are a pair of lingerie models, ever on the prowl for boyfriends. When the girls "steal" the...

After having difficulty coming up with a new story idea, a writer pays a fellow to allow him to follow him around in hopes it will encourage his...