Bobby Vernon

Bobby Vernon

Born: March 9, 1897
Died: June 28, 1939
in Chicago, Illinois, USA

Movies for Bobby Vernon...

Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Title: Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1942
Type: Movie
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have died in those 25 years. Finally there are tributes to the Screen Snapshots series by Cecil De Mille, Walt Disney, Louella Parsons and Rosalind Russell.
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The Camera Speaks
Title: The Camera Speaks
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 11, 1934
Type: Movie
In this short film, an elderly cameraman and his camera reminisce about their days shooting silent films and news stories.
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Ship A Hooey!
Title: Ship A Hooey!
Released: August 6, 1932
Type: Movie
Daisy is visiting her sailor boyfriend Glenn aboard a submarine when it leaves port. Fearful of what may happen if an officer discovers a woman on board, she is hidden in a big chest.
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He's a Honey
Title: He's a Honey
Released: April 17, 1932
Type: Movie
Harry Barris wants to get married to Eleanor Hunt, but there's an impediment in the way, so he tells her he'll sing "I Surrender, Dear" during his broadcast if they can be wed.
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Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Title: Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Released: June 15, 1931
Type: Movie
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject (Comedy), but was disqualified.
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 3
Title: The Voice of Hollywood No. 3
Character: Himself
Released: January 31, 1930
Type: Movie
Reginald Denny hosts. Reginald Denny presents a performance by a famed female impersonator Julian Eltinage. Anita Page and Julia Faye discuss the latest fashions for women. Bobby Vernon attempts to provide musical entertainment.
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Sappy Service
Title: Sappy Service
Character: The Process Server
Released: April 13, 1929
Type: Movie
In the story, Dr. Huff is beating up process servers. While he doesn't mind that his wife is divorcing him, he feels he's too busy to go to court. Additionally, he's informed the hospital staff to NOT allow any of these process servers in the place. Unfortunately, Bobby (Bobby Vernon) is instructed to serve this angry doc.
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His Angel Child
Title: His Angel Child
Character: Betty
Released: February 16, 1929
Type: Movie
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
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The Sock Exchange
Title: The Sock Exchange
Character: Bobby
Released: September 22, 1928
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon must contend with an angry Eddie Baker in this funny Al Christie production.
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Splash Yourself
Title: Splash Yourself
Character: Hans Offit
Released: December 3, 1927
Type: Movie
A young Swedish immigrant gets a job as a plumber's assistant. The problem is that he has absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of plumbing, or pretty much anything else. Complications ensue.
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Duck Out
Title: Duck Out
Character: Blondinis Assistant
Released: February 13, 1927
Type: Movie
At a magic show put on by Blondini the magician, a member of the audience is invited up to participate. He gets into all sorts of shenanigans, tripping over the stage curtain, sending ducks up through the wrong trapdoors. He can hardly believe his eyes when a girl is sawn in half!
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Dummy Love
Title: Dummy Love
Released: August 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Evelyn's uncle gives a party to announce her engagement to the suitor he has approved, but she decides to elope with Oscar. Oscar pal goes along to help, but his sweetheart sees them and thinks he is the one eloping with Evelyn.
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Page Me
Title: Page Me
Released: February 28, 1926
Type: Movie
Comedy Short
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Air Tight
Title: Air Tight
Character: The Hick from Hickville
Released: June 14, 1925
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon out camping.
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Bright Lights
Title: Bright Lights
Released: September 14, 1924
Type: Movie
A city chap, who as the result of a ducking, is forced to wear "rube" clothes. He meets a cabaret dancer who thinks to have fun by kidding him and keeping up the bluff he goes to the cabaret in this make-up. His action finally necessitates calling the police and in making a getaway he dons a ballet girl's costume.
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Ride 'Em Cowboy
Title: Ride 'Em Cowboy
Character: Oscar Newford
Released: January 13, 1924
Type: Movie
An auto dealer arrives in a western town, at about the same time as a band of heavily-armed desperadoes.
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Away We Go
Title: Away We Go
Character: The Boy
Released: January 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon was a talented comic actor during the silent era, who became a writer and comedy supervisor at Paramount for W.C. Fields and Bing Crosby, when the sound era arrived. Here Vernon stars with Duane Thompson, Lila Leslie and Victor Rodman in a 1924 classic originally released as RENO OR BUST.
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A Perfect 36
Title: A Perfect 36
Character: Bobby
Released: November 18, 1923
Type: Movie
In order to escape from the police after a small car accident, Bobby dresses as a girl and a sailor in a boat ride.
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Plumb Crazy
Title: Plumb Crazy
Character: Jarl
Released: June 2, 1923
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon comedy produced by Al Christie.
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Bulldog Drummond
Title: Bulldog Drummond
Released: December 29, 1922
Type: Movie
A captain saves a kidnapped magnate from a nursing home run by foreign agents.
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A Barnyard Cavalier
Title: A Barnyard Cavalier
Character: Jack
Released: January 8, 1922
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon dreams he's part of The Three Musketeers.
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Fresh from the Farm
Title: Fresh from the Farm
Character: The Farmhand
Released: November 27, 1921
Type: Movie
William Beaudine silent romantic slapstick comedy short
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Exit Quietly
Title: Exit Quietly
Released: October 2, 1921
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon tries to enter a house to court a lady, but keeps getting thrown out.
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A Home Spun Hero
Title: A Home Spun Hero
Released: October 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Bobby is in love with a stage actress and hangs around backstage during the performance. He makes a mess of things from time to time.
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Why Wild Men Go Wild
Title: Why Wild Men Go Wild
Character: Bobby
Released: August 27, 1920
Type: Movie
Party-hearty college boys Bobby and Jimmy tone it down for Jimmy's dad when visiting, but when Jimmy's sister declares what she wants is a real cave man, Bobby jumps at the chance.
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All Jazzed Up
Title: All Jazzed Up
Character: Seth Hopkins
Released: January 2, 1920
Type: Movie
Seth and Jinny are a newly married couple that travel to the city for a combined honeymoon and business trip since Seth plans to buy oil shares. Jinny doesn't think the investment is sound, but Seth insists.
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Hole in the Wall
Title: Hole in the Wall
Released: March 10, 1919
Type: Movie
The Trombone family is very musically inclined, but their neighbours, the painter Pierre van Hall and his wife, are being driven crazy. This turns into a fight between the neighbours that gets way out of hand, because their reactions to each other become increasingly extreme; at one point a brass band is even used. The police ultimately force the quarrelling neighbours to make peace, by threatening them with jail.
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Why Husbands Flirt
Title: Why Husbands Flirt
Released: October 21, 1918
Type: Movie
In this short, a restless newlywed, tired of the routine of married life, decides to sow a few more wild oats. Little does he realize that the young woman he’s singled out for a dalliance is his wife’s school chum, visiting from out of town. Complications ensue when the girls decide to teach the errant husband a lesson.
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Marriage by Proxy
Title: Marriage by Proxy
Released: September 16, 1918
Type: Movie
Dorothy loves Bobby's friend, sure enough, but she tantalizingly puts off from date to date the march to "Lohengrin's" popular excerpt. The hopeful bridegroom must marry within a specified time to meet the terms of a will that means, for him, a fortune.
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The Sultan's Wife
Title: The Sultan's Wife
Character: Bobby
Released: September 29, 1917
Type: Movie
On a sailing trip, sweethearts Bobby and Gloria arrive in a very sinister-looking India, where an evil rajah attempts to force Gloria into his harem.
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Dangers of a Bride
Title: Dangers of a Bride
Released: July 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Dangers of a Bride is a 1917 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence Badger and Bobby Vernon starring Gloria Swanson.
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Whose Baby?
Title: Whose Baby?
Character: The Husband
Released: July 8, 1917
Type: Movie
Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.
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Teddy at the Throttle
Title: Teddy at the Throttle
Character: Bobbie Knight
Released: April 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Gloria Dawn lives down the hall from her sweetheart, Bobbie Knight. The dishonest Henry Black is Gloria's guardian, and he is also in charge of Bobbie's inheritance. The scheming guardian and his sister have been spending Bobbie's money, and they hope to have the sister marry Bobbie so that they can keep control over his money.
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The Nick of Time Baby
Title: The Nick of Time Baby
Character: Bobby - the Chore Boy
Released: December 22, 1916
Type: Movie
The Nick of Time Baby is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson.
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Haystacks and Steeples
Title: Haystacks and Steeples
Character: Bobby - the Farm Boy
Released: October 1, 1916
Type: Movie
A farm boy falls for a glamorous society girl who is engaged to another man.
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The Danger Girl
Title: The Danger Girl
Character: Bobby - a Young Gentleman
Released: August 24, 1916
Type: Movie
Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.
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A Social Cub
Title: A Social Cub
Character: Bobby
Released: July 16, 1916
Type: Movie
A Social Cub is a 1916 short silent comedy film directed by Clarence G. Badger and starring Gloria Swanson
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Hearts and Sparks
Title: Hearts and Sparks
Character: Bobby - the Inventor
Released: June 4, 1916
Type: Movie
Hearts and Sparks is a 1916 American silent comedy film directed by Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) and starring Gloria Swanson. When Mack Sennett first saw Gloria Swanson, he felt that she would be right as a romantic lead for Bobby Vernon because they were both small in stature. This was their first film together and they proved to be a big hit with the public.
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A Dash of Courage
Title: A Dash of Courage
Character: The Daughter's Sweetheart
Released: May 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A band of crooks, headed by Harry Gribbon, are on a train when they learn of a telegram sent to a fellow passenger, who is a police commissioner. The wire identifies him as official collector for the Old Cops' Home. A little chloroform does for him and when the train pulls out of his destination he is still on board while Gribbon is posing as the commissioner-collector.
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His Father's Footsteps
Title: His Father's Footsteps
Character: The Son
Released: November 28, 1915
Type: Movie
About a boy growing up and acting like this abusive, alcoholic father.
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A Little Brother of the Rich
Title: A Little Brother of the Rich
Character: Carl's Valet (as Bob Vernon)
Released: September 6, 1915
Type: Movie
While working his way through college, Paul Potter acquires a flock of wealthy friends who encourage him to give up his hometown fiancée, Sylvia Castle, for Muriel Evers, a flirtatious married woman. After Sylvia releases Paul, and Muriel's husband divorces her for infidelity, Paul and Muriel marry. Meanwhile, when Sylvia's father dies after being ruined in the stock market, she goes from one job to another in the city until she tries acting in a stock company. There she befriends Henry Leamington, an alcoholic leading man, who, as he tutors her, falls in love and stops drinking because of her. When Paul discovers Muriel's unfaithfulness, he renews his acquaintance with Sylvia, who still loves him.
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In the Year 2014
Title: In the Year 2014
Released: January 31, 1914
Type: Movie
On this certain afternoon in the year 2014, Mrs. Jones, and her daughter, stock brokers, advertise for a first-class stenographer. Charles Van Doren, a defenceless young man, striving to make a livelihood in the big city, and at the same time retain his good name, calls on Jones' daughter, and is at once accepted as the new stenographer. He has not been there long, however, when Mrs. Jones takes advantage of his innocence, and makes improper advances to him.
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Mike and Jake as Heroes
Title: Mike and Jake as Heroes
Released: December 17, 1913
Type: Movie
By deeds of valor both Mike and Jake seek to win the same girl.
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Turn Him Loose
Title: Turn Him Loose
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A two reel Bobby Vernon comedy
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Hold’er Cowboy
Title: Hold’er Cowboy
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: Movie
A two reel comedy starring Bobby Vernon and Andy Clyde