Gertrude Short Movies

A young man, heir to his misogynistic and millionaire uncle, and in love with a nurse, gets in trouble when he gives advice on marriage to his...

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...

Desperate for cash, three friends take a job running a run-down night club.

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...

A butler goes on vacation, where he is wrongly taken to be a wealthy man.

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

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

The Highlanders and Lowlanders are sworn enemies until Lieutenant Kemper, the son of Brigadier Kemper, the leader of the militaristic Lowlanders, is...

A shy and sensitive young man is disregarded by his parents and his older brother. Bill becomes jealous and schemes to send his brother away when Ben...

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

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

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

Two lovers in a small town in Maryland are torn apart by the Civil War--she is loyal to the south while he heads north to join the federal army,...

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

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