Max Davidson Movies

Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring...

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Idealistic attorney Anton Adam makes headlines when he successfully prosecutes prominent New York City political party boss John Gilmurry. Adam's...

A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

To bypass the quota, Kitty slips past a gateman by joining a Jewish family she befriended on the voyage. She is eventually taken in by Papa Levy (Max...

A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving...

Two rival newspaper editors try to scoop each other through their different methods of integrity on reporting the news.

During World War I, an Austrian officer is trapped behind the Russian lines. He tries to sneak through to his own lines, but is forced to take refuge...

A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of...

Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

Silent comedy short film about Mr. Hadley's fiancée, Ethel, and her new "steady" relationship with a lunch counter employee named Bill.

Tim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in the fire, he is able to roam the streets of New York...

Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.

Harried Max Davidson squares off against his grumpy neighbor James Finlayson resulting in a barrage of property destruction, chases, and silent-era...

Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the...

A pair of gold prospectors (Max Davidson, Oliver Hardy) try to make their way in the big city. *Only reconstructed fragments exists.

Office boy Bill encounters a group of anarchists and inadvertently involves one of them in a scheme to open a safe. The "W.W.W.'s" stands for "We...

"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a...