Max Asher

Max Asher

Born: May 4, 1885
Died: April 15, 1957
in Oakland, California, USA

Movies for Max Asher...

Crashing Broadway
Title: Crashing Broadway
Character: Bozo Watson
Released: June 1, 1933
Type: Movie
When Tad Wallace's act flops on Broadway, he joins a troop heading west. In a small town, they run into Jeffries who has just burned down the theater. When Jeffries kills Griswold, Tad has a plan to trap him by using the talents of Shakespearian actor Thorndyke.
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Soul of the Slums
Title: Soul of the Slums
Character: Pawnbroker
Released: November 15, 1931
Type: Movie
A young man, framed and sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit, is released after serving his stretch and vows to find those responsible for framing him. Meanwhile he sets up a mission in the slums he came from, and falls in love with a girl he meets there.
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Subway Express
Title: Subway Express
Character: Mr. Blotnick
Released: May 1, 1931
Type: Movie
Inspector Killany of the New York City police department is called in to investigate the murder of a subway passenger and the usual-and-unusual suspects climb on and off at each stop.
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Sweethearts on Parade
Title: Sweethearts on Parade
Character: Store Manager
Released: September 12, 1930
Type: Movie
Helen and Nita work in a department store to make ends meet while they search for millionaire husbands. They meet Bill and Hank, who make them reconsider whether they really need millionaires to be happy.
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Trigger Tricks
Title: Trigger Tricks
Character: Ike
Released: June 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Out to avenge his brother's death at the hands of cattleman Kingston, Tim gets hired at Dawley's sheep ranch. The sheep men are greatly outnumbered but Tim has some tricks planned that will even the odds.
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Show Boat
Title: Show Boat
Character: Utility Man
Released: July 27, 1929
Type: Movie
This film sticks very closely to the Edna Ferber novel, rather than the musical based on the novel. There are only two major changes from Ferber's book : *Julie in this version is a white woman, not a racially mixed one; therefore she and her husband are not unlawfully married. * Ravenal returns at the end, instead of dying as in the novel
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Galloping Fury
Title: Galloping Fury
Character: Freckles Watson
Released: November 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Billy Haven, a young rancher, accidentally discovers that clay found on his ranch will, when mixed with water, become the most beautifying mud-pack cosmetic that any young girl, or old woman, could desire. Then the land-grabbers, clay-speculators, cosmetic companies and a show girl or two show up to get a piece of the action.
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Painting the Town
Title: Painting the Town
Character: Wilson (as Max Ascher)
Released: August 7, 1927
Type: Movie
Glenn Tryon and Patsy Ruth Miller, headed the cast of Universal's Painting the Town. In his first starring role, Tryon is cast as bucolic inventor Hector Whitmore, who falls for flirtatious city gal Patsy Deveau (Miller). Misinterpreting her fluttering eyelashes as a sign of true and lasting love, Hector follows Patsy to New York, much to the dismay of the girl's wealthy fiance.
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Avenging Fangs
Title: Avenging Fangs
Character: Sheriff
Released: June 4, 1927
Type: Movie
A dog and his dead master's brother track down murderers.
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She's My Baby
Title: She's My Baby
Character: Henry Conrad
Released: May 10, 1927
Type: Movie
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Blazing Days
Title: Blazing Days
Character: Sheriff
Released: March 27, 1927
Type: Movie
While he goes to his lender to repay his debts, Sam Perry is robbed. He decides to hunt down the bandit, whose description corresponds strangely to that of Dutton, known as "Dude".
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Sailor Beware
Title: Sailor Beware
Character: The Father
Released: February 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Wimpy sailor boy Billy Epsom has just arrived from New Guinea with a guinea pig in a box for his sweetheart. But today's newspaper headline reads, "Guinea Pig With Deadly Germs Roaming Our Streets". Billy causes havoc at the Yellow Cab stand when a cabbie catches sight of his cute little "piggy". Billy sets out to see his girl at her father's mansion. On the streetcar, he takes the guinea pig out of its box. Soon passengers and driver are diving off, and the runaway car is gaining on a dynamite truck!
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The Call of the Wilderness
Title: The Call of the Wilderness
Character: Joe
Released: December 5, 1926
Type: Movie
In a small western town, a man meets a girl whose father is a land agent. To please her, he buys a plot of land from her father. Next thing he knows, he's mixed up in a plot to drive him off his land.
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We're in the Navy Now
Title: We're in the Navy Now
Character: Adm. Puckerlip
Released: November 6, 1926
Type: Movie
"Stinky" Smith makes off with the prize money when his buddy, "Knockout" Hansen loses a fight with Percival "Sailor" Scruggs. Hansen pursues him him a U.S. Navt recruiting office, and, the next thing they know, both are in the Navy and aboard an overseas transport ship. Madelyn Phillips is on board and Scruggs is the the ship's Master-of-Arms. They overhear a mysterious conversation between Madelyn and the ship's radio officer. Later, Madelun induces the pair to take her off the ship and into a row boat. She disappears and they are picked up by a French ship, which sinks a German U-Boat. When the war ends they learn that Madelyn was an operative of the U.S. Secret Service.
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Dog Scents
Title: Dog Scents
Character: Sam Splivens
Released: October 31, 1926
Type: Movie
A short western/crime film.
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Danger Ahead
Title: Danger Ahead
Released: October 7, 1926
Type: Movie
Greedy, Unscrupulous Rudolph learns that Belinda has just inherited $10,000, and he decides to steal it from her. He and his henchmen arrive at her house just as the money is being delivered. Meanwhile, Hairbreadth Harry observes the whole scene, and he hides the money for Belinda. But while Rudolph keeps Harry and Belinda occupied, his henchmen are already going about the job of stealing the money.
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Crazy Like a Fox
Title: Crazy Like a Fox
Character: Butler
Released: August 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
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Vamping Babies
Title: Vamping Babies
Character: Minister
Released: June 27, 1926
Type: Movie
"Lewis Sargent of 'Huckleberry Finn" fame, now grown up, and Alice Ardell are the principal players in this Standard Comdy which deals with the attempts of a love-sick young couple to wed despite an irate father who shows his temper by demolishing straw hats. They finally elope, resulting in a chase scene. Slapstick comedy of average amusement value". - Synopsis via The Moving Picture World. Originally two reels, one survives.
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A String of Diamonds
Title: A String of Diamonds
Character: Mayor Potash
Released: March 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A dog helps to recover a million dollars worth of diamonds.
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A Peaceful Riot
Title: A Peaceful Riot
Released: December 13, 1925
Type: Movie
Sailor Slim Summerville saves a lady from nasty men.
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The Red Kimona
Title: The Red Kimona
Character: H.E. Reid the Jeweler (uncredited)
Released: November 16, 1925
Type: Movie
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
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Moonlight Nights
Title: Moonlight Nights
Released: July 15, 1925
Type: Movie
With a little-known director and second-string cast, the two-reel Moonlight Nights is typical of these low-budget independent productions. The comedy’s plot is not much: Told by his exasperated father to find a job, a klutzy rich kid named Art (Joe Moore) follows a bevy of dancers to their nightclub, where he tricks the maître d' into hiring him as a waiter. No guest proves safe from Art’s clumsy antics, but the shapely cabaret performers, led by Mademoiselle Fifi (Gloria Joy), dance on in the ensuing chaos.
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Just Plain Folks
Title: Just Plain Folks
Released: February 18, 1925
Type: Movie
Dan Webber, a sailor in the U.S. Navy who has been away from home for many years and presumed dead, returns to his farm to find that his family is about to be evicted. Dan's sweetheart arrives with a baby who, unknown to Dan, is actually the child of his younger brother and the sweetheart's sister.
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Somewhere In Wrong
Title: Somewhere In Wrong
Character: A tramp
Released: January 29, 1925
Type: Movie
Stan plays a kind hearted tramp whose love goes un-requited in this sweet short film from 1925.
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Dynamite Dan
Title: Dynamite Dan
Released: October 2, 1924
Type: Movie
Dan (Kenneth MacDonald) knocks out the foreman (Boris Karloff) at his workplace so the foreman accuses him of stealing money from the company safe. Dan takes off to visit his girlfriend when they're attacked by a man who Dan eventually knocks out with a single punch. A boxing manager see this and signs him up.
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The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Title: The Shooting of Dan McGrew
Character: Isadore Burke
Released: March 31, 1924
Type: Movie
Although the dance troupe of which she is leading lady is successful in South America, Lou urges her husband, Jim, to seek another environment for the sake of their 2-year-old son. When Dan McGrew offers to put Lou on the New York stage and beats Jim in a fight, she runs away with him to Alaska, where she becomes a decoy in the Malamute saloon. Learning that Lou has been duped by her abductor, Jim follows them to the Klondike and kills McGrew. Husband, wife, and child are then reunited.
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Lights Out
Title: Lights Out
Character: Wellabach (a movie producer) (as Max Ascher)
Released: November 12, 1923
Type: Movie
Notorious crooks "Hairpin" Annie and Sea Bass steal a suitcase on the train and discover that it is filled with scenarios. Its owner, Egbert Winslow, agrees to write a screenplay about the underworld with Sea Bass's help. Sea Bass, seeing a chance to expose a pal who has double-crossed him, describes "High-Shine" Joe and some of his underworld activities. Joe sees the film in a South American theater and recognizes himself. He goes to the motion picture studio determined to kill Egbert Winslow, but bank president Peyton, who has been robbed by Joe, appears simultaneously with the police and saves Winslow.
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Sweetie
Title: Sweetie
Character: The Organ Grinder
Released: April 4, 1923
Type: Movie
A Baby Peggy two-reeler
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Chop Suey Louie
Title: Chop Suey Louie
Released: March 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Joe Rock short comedy, also featuring Billie Rhodes and Frank Alexander.
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Mixed Nuts
Title: Mixed Nuts
Character: Doctor
Released: March 8, 1922
Type: Movie
Nuts in May, re-cut, with added footage and outtakes from _Pest, The (1922)_ , combined with newly shot sequences to bridge the scenes.
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The Whirlwind
Title: The Whirlwind
Released: January 3, 1922
Type: Movie
A strong wind blows a city slicker and a local girl together. A Joe Rock Comedy
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Rip Van Winkle
Title: Rip Van Winkle
Character: Nick Vedder
Released: October 2, 1921
Type: Movie
The story shows the development of the united state in divergent fields : Political, social and even economic field.
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Grief
Title: Grief
Released: May 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Begins with a child-cast parody of "The Kid." The Adams portion finds the guy chased about town because they are looking for some crook in a gray derby...and Jimmie happens to have one.
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Nearly Married
Title: Nearly Married
Character: Italian Crook
Released: December 11, 1920
Type: Movie
Monty Banks comedy produced by Warners.
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A Yankee Princess
Title: A Yankee Princess
Character: The French Chef
Released: April 21, 1919
Type: Movie
A Yankee Princess is a 1919 American silent comedy-drama film produced and distributed by the Vitagraph Company of America. It was directed by David Smith and stars Bessie Love, who also wrote the screenplay. It is a lost film.
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Damsels and Dandies
Title: Damsels and Dandies
Released: March 10, 1919
Type: Movie
Movie comedy with Earl Montgomery and Joe Rock.
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A Millionaire for a Minute
Title: A Millionaire for a Minute
Character: Her Lover, Ezekial Brown
Released: October 16, 1915
Type: Movie
Gale, the Village Schoolmarm, wants to marry Ezekial Brown, but her Uncle objects to the match.
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
Title: Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in When the Wets Went Dry
Character: Detective Duck
Released: October 14, 1915
Type: Movie
This is another comedy, in which trick photography plays a large part. It is a travesty on the temperance question, siding with the dry element. On the refusal of the Governor to sign a bill in favor of the liquor interest, the political boss tries to force the executive to his will. The Governor, after a series of thrilling experiences, thwarts the efforts of the politicians. The latter calls on Lady Baffles, who impersonates the Governor's wife and secures the executive's signature to the bill. Detective Duck, however, captures the politicians in a clever manner and beats Lady Baffles at her own game. (Moving Picture World Synopsis)
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The Awful Adventures of an Aviator
Title: The Awful Adventures of an Aviator
Character: Native Chief
Released: September 3, 1915
Type: Movie
Amateur aviator Harold McNutt's hopes of taking flight result in an escalating series of high jinks.
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Baffles Aids Cupid
Title: Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in Baffles Aids Cupid
Character: Detective Duck
Released: July 8, 1915
Type: Movie
Banker Shultz has not had a vacation for over thirty years. His doctor advises a rest or a breakdown will soon result. But it is impossible for Shultz to leave the affairs of the bank a moment. At last he hits on a great scheme. That of getting his friend, Detective Duck, to impersonate him.
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Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery
Title: Lady Baffles and Detective Duck in the Great Egg Robbery
Character: Detective Duck
Released: May 27, 1915
Type: Movie
First episode in the Lady Baffles and Detective Duck one-reel comedy series. The city is being terrorized by a mysterious female Raffles. At last, in desperation, the chief of police sends for his friend, the famous sleuth, Detective Duck. While these two are sitting in conference, Raffles, in her search for loot, enters the home of Mrs. Gotta Millun. Raffles' eyes sparkle as she takes in with delight the rich Oriental knick-knacks and furnishings. Mrs. Millun is a connoisseur. Raffles hides under a table when Mrs. Millun comes in. Mrs. Millun has just received a gift from her brother in far-off India. It is a jewel case containing eight beautiful and rare pearls as large as hen eggs. In a note accompanying them her brother explains that the jewels were part of the loot of the Britishers when they raided Oski Wow Wow, and that they were taken from a famous Indian Princess who had sworn eternal vengeance on all who thereafter possessed them.
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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
Character: Mike
Released: December 17, 1913
Type: Movie
By deeds of valor both Mike and Jake seek to win the same girl.
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Poor Jake's Demise
Title: Poor Jake's Demise
Character: Jake Schultz
Released: August 16, 1913
Type: Movie
Jake's wife fears he has made good his suicide threat after he has caught her making love to the Dude in his own home. During the last minute preparations for Jake's funeral, the mourners are suddenly surprised to find him sitting upright in their midst.