Katherine Grant

Katherine Grant

Born: May 1, 1904
Died: April 2, 1937
in Los Angeles, California, USA
Katherine Grant appeared in fifty silent-screen era comedy films between 1923 and 1926 after being discovered in a beauty pageant.

Movies for Katherine Grant...

Charley My Boy!
Title: Charley My Boy!
Character: Dodo
Released: January 24, 1926
Type: Movie
A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man she can fall in love with.
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What's the World Coming To?
Title: What's the World Coming To?
Character: Billie, the Bride
Released: January 16, 1926
Type: Movie
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting around town.
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His Wooden Wedding
Title: His Wooden Wedding
Character: The Bride
Released: December 19, 1925
Type: Movie
A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg.
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The Uneasy Three
Title: The Uneasy Three
Released: November 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwitted trio of thieves who plan on stealing a priceless jewel.
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The Caretaker's Daughter
Title: The Caretaker's Daughter
Character: The Young Married Man's Wife
Released: October 10, 1925
Type: Movie
The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the great Charley Chase in a case of multiple incarnations!
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No Father to Guide Him
Title: No Father to Guide Him
Character: Jimmy's Wife
Released: September 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
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Innocent Husbands
Title: Innocent Husbands
Character: Mame - His Wife
Released: August 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns.
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Isn't Life Terrible?
Title: Isn't Life Terrible?
Character: The Wife
Released: July 5, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife learns about a contest sponsored by a pen company, with the first prize being an ocean trip. To win the prize Charley has to sell those pens - surprisingly he wins, but the ship turns out to be a wreck on it's last trip to the scrapyard. To make things worse they accidentally leave their young daughter on the dock and the ship sails without her. What else can go wrong on this trip?
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Ridin' Thunder
Title: Ridin' Thunder
Character: Jean Croft
Released: June 14, 1925
Type: Movie
When Bill Croft, a notorious gunfighter, is bushwhacked, innocent rancher Frank Douglas is accused of the crime on circumstantial evidence and sentenced to be hanged. Jack Douglas, Frank's son, sets out to prove his father's innocence with the help of Jean, the murdered man's daughter; Jack eventually apprehends the killer and forces him to confess, but the sheriff is unable to stop the execution without an official pardon.
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What Price Goofy?
Title: What Price Goofy?
Character: Jamison's wife
Released: June 6, 1925
Type: Movie
Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young woman, she reports back to Mrs. Jamison that her husband is obviously having an affair. Mrs. Jamison storms out, and a few minutes later a guest arrives for a visit -- a Professor Brown. Jamison doesn't realize the professor is a woman, and Mrs. Jamison, who has returned, doesn't realize the woman is Professor Brown. She presumes she has caught her husband with his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog, and a very accommodating burglar complicate the situation.
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Wild Papa
Title: Wild Papa
Released: May 17, 1925
Type: Movie
The story revolves around two brothers-in-law as business partners in a cloak and suit establishment with a ravishing model as go-between. The married member of the firm scoffs at his partner's declaration that the beautiful model vamp is in love with him. He is soon proven otherwise when he sees her enter the room.
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Looking for Sally
Title: Looking for Sally
Character: Sally Kavanaugh
Released: May 10, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.
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Is Marriage the Bunk?
Title: Is Marriage the Bunk?
Character: Jimmy's wife, Sappie
Released: March 29, 1925
Type: Movie
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he's a drip--as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up--and loses face once again with his family.
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Hard Boiled
Title: Hard Boiled
Released: March 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Hard Boiled comedy short
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Should Husbands Be Watched?
Title: Should Husbands Be Watched?
Character: Mrs. Jump
Released: March 14, 1925
Type: Movie
Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.
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Plain and Fancy Girls
Title: Plain and Fancy Girls
Character: Second Girl
Released: March 1, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-frills girl.
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The Family Entrance
Title: The Family Entrance
Released: February 15, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy likes the picture, but his small daughter is bored and keeps him busy taking her for drinks of water. Mrs. Jimmy can't find a seat that suits her and by the time she has tried half in the theatre, and the little girl has emptied the water cooler, the show is over and the Jumps go home.
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Hello Baby!
Title: Hello Baby!
Character: His Wife
Released: January 18, 1925
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby in but find themselves at a loss when they want to sleep but the baby cries all night.
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Papa Be Good!
Title: Papa Be Good!
Released: January 1, 1925
Type: Movie
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Just a Good Guy
Title: Just a Good Guy
Character: The Inventor's Daughter
Released: December 24, 1924
Type: Movie
A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.
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The Royal Razz
Title: The Royal Razz
Released: December 21, 1924
Type: Movie
A doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a giant Christmas tree home.
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The Poor Fish
Title: The Poor Fish
Released: December 7, 1924
Type: Movie
Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting...
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Why Men Work
Title: Why Men Work
Released: August 31, 1924
Type: Movie
A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
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Scorching Sands
Title: Scorching Sands
Character: Tourist
Released: December 9, 1923
Type: Movie
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
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Join the Circus
Title: Join the Circus
Released: December 2, 1923
Type: Movie
'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea.
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The Soilers
Title: The Soilers
Released: November 24, 1923
Type: Movie
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
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Frozen Hearts
Title: Frozen Hearts
Character: Sonia, the peasant girl
Released: October 27, 1923
Type: Movie
In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.
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Roughest Africa
Title: Roughest Africa
Character: Lt. Hans Downe (Little Boss)
Released: September 29, 1923
Type: Movie
Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
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A Man About Town
Title: A Man About Town
Character: The Girl
Released: September 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
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Take the Air
Title: Take the Air
Released: September 9, 1923
Type: Movie
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.
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Oranges and Lemons
Title: Oranges and Lemons
Character: Little Valencia
Released: August 12, 1923
Type: Movie
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
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Gas and Air
Title: Gas and Air
Character: Garage owner's daughter
Released: July 28, 1923
Type: Movie
Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done....
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Kill or Cure
Title: Kill or Cure
Released: July 14, 1923
Type: Movie
Laurel portrays a commercial traveller, hawking a patent medicine cried Professor I.O. Dine's Knox-All: that name is the funniest joke in this movie, which ain't sayin' much. I should point out that this movie dates from 1923, the shank of Prohibition. During Prohibition, quite a lot of Americans purchased patent medicine if it had (ahem!) 'medicinal' properties, so -- if Knox-All contains alcohol.
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The Uncovered Wagon
Title: The Uncovered Wagon
Character: Mollie
Released: July 7, 1923
Type: Movie
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West to Hollywood so they pack up their "wagons" and head out where they must battle various elements including crossing a dangerous river and battling Indians. The "wagons" are actually cars with a cover on them and the Indians even ride in on bicycles so you can tell the type of humor that Roach is going for.
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Collars and Cuffs
Title: Collars and Cuffs
Character: Laundry Worker
Released: July 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
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Pick and Shovel
Title: Pick and Shovel
Character: The Foreman's Daughter
Released: June 16, 1923
Type: Movie
Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
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Under Two Jags
Title: Under Two Jags
Released: June 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, but there is also a demure lady who wins his affections.
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White Wings
Title: White Wings
Character: Nurse
Released: May 12, 1923
Type: Movie
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
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The Noon Whistle
Title: The Noon Whistle
Released: April 28, 1923
Type: Movie
Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violent and rather insane supervisor. Later, however, Stan walks into a plot to steal the company away and frame the owner for a crime he did not commit.