Ruth Hiatt
Also Known As: Ruth Redfern
Biography: From Wikipedia Ruth Hiatt (January 6, 1906 – April 21, 1994) was an actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She is best known for performing in 1920s comedies directed by Jack White, Norman Taurog, and Mack Sennett. As teenager she was discovered by comedian Lloyd Hamilton. She became his leading lady at United Artists studios in 1922. Hiatt was a former classic dancer who was Hamilton's successor to Irene Dalton. Their first work together is the short comedy The Speeder (1922). It is a production of the Hamilton Comedy Film Company. In Smith's Baby (1925) Hiatt is the female lead with Raymond McKee. Sennett cast Hiatt and McKee with Our Gang child star Mary Ann Jackson in 1927. The short comedies continued the Jimmy Smith series with titles like Smith's Pony (1927), Smith's Cook (1927), Smith's Cousin (1927), and Smith's Modiste Shop (1927). The movies were produced by Pathe Pictures. She appeared in the second chapter of the Ken Maynard Sunset Trail (1932). Hiatt's film career endured through 1941. Some of her later appearances were in the Three Stooges comedy Men In Black, the Our Gang entry Beginner's Luck, Just Speeding (1936) and Double Trouble (1941). In August 1922, Hiatt modeled for Beckman Furs of West 7th Street in Los Angeles, California. She won first prize for beauty at the annual Venice Beach bathing beauties parade in August 1923. She wore a costume of black and white checkered silk, with hat and slippers that matched. The Western Association of Motion Picture Advertisers (WAMPAS) selected Hiatt among its thirteen baby star actresses for 1924. Blanche Mahaffey, Carmelita Geraghty, and Clara Bow were also chosen. Hiatt was blonde but one reporter covering the WAMPAS banquet in San Francisco, in December 1923, wrote that she was brunette. Ruth Hiatt died in Montrose, California in 1994 of congestive heart failure.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Cripple Creek, Colorado, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: January 06, 1906
Age: 119 years old
Gender: Female
Deathday: April 21, 1994
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Smith's Restaurant
Overview: The Smiths open a restaurant, but can’t pay their bills because all of their customers won’t pay their checks.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-08-19
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Wandering Willies
Overview: Percy Nudge (Australian-born Billy Bevan) and Dusty Duncan (Scotsman Andy Clyde) are two hoboes playing “hooky from the hoosegow” (that's "jail" to you and me). Desperate for some chow, they opt to impersonate a police officer and a baby, two types of diners most likely to get offered freebies. When that fails, they go to the food-chain source, posing as a cow. Yet more misadventures ensue before the duo finds itself chased by a latterday edition of producer Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops. Director Del Lord was a former Keystone Kop who helmed many of the Three Stooges' most beloved comedies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-28
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Love's Last Laugh
Overview: Ruth Hiatt is the object of Raymond McKee's affections, but her mother, Sunshine Hart, and a bogus Baron, Kewpie Morgan, are providing him reasons to be uneasy in his courtship. Most of the action is set around a swimming pool on a ship.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-03
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The Speeder
Overview: The Speeder is a 1922 comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-09-24
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The Broken Coin
Overview: A police chief and two security agencies work to find out who is behind a recent rash of hijackings.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-01-10
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The Chinatown Mystery
Overview: Restored by the George Eastman House in 2001, this 1928 serial was considered a “last hurrah” for the silent-era serial, and brought together some of the biggest names of the era: director J.P. McGowan, actors Francis Ford and Joe Bonomo (a carnival strongman-turned-actor), producer Trem Carr (who would later help found Monogram Pictures), and a slew of silent-era supporting icons such as Ruth Hiatt, Grace Cunard, and more. Chapter names like “The Clutching Claw,” “The Devil’s Dice, “Galloping Fury,” and “The Invisible Hand” offer all one needs to know of the film’s concerns: to promise and deliver as much action and suspense as possible, and move our intrepid hero and heroine from one perilous situation to another. One of the biggest stars of the early silent era and a successful serials director in his own right, Francis Ford was the brother of director John Ford.
Genres: Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-01
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Motor Mad
Overview: A Mermaid Comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-12-21
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Shanghai Rose
Overview: Shanghai Rose is the proprietress of a gin mill which doubles as a bordello. A murder occurs, and she is put on trial for her life. A series of flashbacks "reconstruct" the crime from several different points of view -- and as the story progresses, it becomes less and less obvious that Rich is the guilty party.
Genres: Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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The Drunkard
Overview: An unscrupulous lawyer uses alcohol to swindle an innocent family.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-03
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The Missing Link
Overview: Arthur Wells, an impoverished poet, impersonates a big-game hunter in an attempt to locate the missing link. However, the poet has an aversion to animals...tame or wild.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-06
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Isn't Love Cuckoo?
Overview: An auto salesman fall in love with a rich girl but she is already engaged.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-11-22
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Oh! Shoot
Overview: Short silent comedy starring Chaplin imitator Bobby Dunn.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-30
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Won by a Neck
Overview: Won by a Neck is a 1930 Comedy short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-05
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 1
Overview: Radio announcer Lloyd Hamilton tries on straw boaters while various performers do things on the mythical station STAR. They include Dorothy Burgess, Donald Kerr, Carlotta King, and Ruth Hiatt.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-01
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Fast and Furious
Overview: Lige Conley stars in "Fast and Furious" (1924), a fast-paced silent comedy. Conley's sidekick in this film, as with several in this series of "Mermaid" comedies Conley made for Educational and Jack White, is African-American character actor Spencer Bell. The chase in reel two lifts a number of gags from Buster Keaton films.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-10-11
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Taxi Troubles
Overview: Cabbie gets mixed up with gangster's wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-18
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Little Papa
Overview: The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-09-21
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Wedding Belles
Overview: Lloyd stows away on a ship to be near his girlfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-06-24
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Rock Bottom
Overview: An employee is harassed by his co-workers. Later, they ambush him and try to steal the company's money.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-09
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Smith's Army Life
Overview: 19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-06
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Family Life
Overview: The Duff family can't seem to get along with their neighbors, an obsessed policeman and his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-29
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The Sunset Trail
Overview: Jim and Buddy decide to follow their pal Tater-bug who left them for another job. No sooner do they arrive than Tater-bug gets shot in the back. Jim suspects Joe Weller but has no proof.
Genres: Action Western Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-07
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Saturday Afternoon
Overview: Harry and his friend have planned to go out for an afternoon of fun. But first, Harry must figure out how to slip away from his domineering wife with some money to spend...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-31
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Smith's Pony
Overview: The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized canine refusing to obey commands.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-17
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Smith's Uncle
Overview: Here it's Andy Clyde in a long beard as Raymond McKee's rich uncle Dan. He quickly becomes entangled with Carmelita Geraghty, the vamp next door, and her conniving brother Bud Jamison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-14
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The Rodeo
Overview: The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-03-24
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The Big Flash
Overview: Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangster and his girl. Harry and another photographer first visit the gangster's girl, and then wait at the scene of an expected robbery. But before they can get the pictures they want, they must first distract a policeman whose presence would otherwise deter the gangster from appearing.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-11-05
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Double Trouble
Overview: Harry Langdon and Charley Rogers star in this 1941 Monogram comedy, about two bumbling brothers who take jobs at a New York food cannery and accidentally lose a valuable diamond inside a can of pork-and-beans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-11-21
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His First Flame
Overview: Fire chief Amos McCarthy, a confirmed misogynist, counsels his nephew Harry Howells to avoid matrimony at all costs. Still, the lovestruck Harry is determined to marry his sweetheart Ethel. All that changes, though, when it turns out Ethel is a faithless gold-digger. Disillusioned, Harry spends the night in his uncle's fire house to try and forget his troubles... until the clamor of a fire alarm presents the bumbling Harry with a chance to be a hero.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-02
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Love Pains
Overview: Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-02-13
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Fifty Million Husbands
Overview: An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of their visit.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-23
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The Burglar
Overview: A man, accidentally locked out of his house is mistaken for a burglar as he attempts to re-enter the house. The gag is that the person mistaking him, is an actual burglar thinking the man to be a rival to his score.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-12
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Beginner's Luck
Overview: Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-02-23
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The New Aunt
Overview: 28th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-11
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Smith's Picnic
Overview: The accident-prone Smith family (Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt, and Mary Ann Jackson) head to the beach in this Mack Sennett comedy directed by Alf Goulding. There they spoil a picnic held by "The Optimist's' Club," quickly turning the members into pessimists. This reconstructed version features racy scenes of starlet Mildred June in lingerie and having her bathing suit torn off by a fishing pole that were only included in prints shown in Germany.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-12
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Honeymoon Beach
Overview: Glenn Tryon is at his Bachelor's Dinner, attended only by a dozen of his girl friends, prior to marrying Connie Watts but Ma Watts has plans for Connie to marry playboy Billy Bevan, who is unaware of Ma's intentions, as is Blondie who has plans of her own regarding Billy. The laughs here are only slightly less scarce than the chicken in the boarding house chicken-and-dumplings in "True Grit."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-22
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This Way Out
Overview: A rival courtships in a variety of absurd situations.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-27
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The Bargain Hunt
Overview: The Smith Family goes for bargain hunt at a warehouse sale.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-10-14
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Smith's Baby
Overview: Baby Bubbles torments her babysitting grandmother (Sunshine Hart) while her parents enjoy a rare night out at the movies.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-25
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Smith's Landlord
Overview: Third release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Omar the dog, usually the most sedate member of the Smith family, has a starring role in this episode, digging up the garden and stealing the landlord's hat.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-09-19
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Smith's Customer
Overview: Eighth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Bubbles is up to mischief.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-06
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Smith's Fishing Trip
Overview: Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-29
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Smith's New Home
Overview: Ninth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family buys a new home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-03-06
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Smith's Candy Shop
Overview: 13th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. The Smiths at the candy shop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-21
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Smith's Cook
Overview: The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get married. But when Mr Smith and his family set out to drive her across town to her bridegroom, everything goes wrong.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-16
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Ridin' Thru
Overview: Dad Brooks is in financial trouble and needs to sell a lot of horses. But they are being rustled and needing help, he sends for Tom. Tom looks for the rustlers but eventually realizes that someone is using a wild horse to do the rustling. He finds the secret entrance used by the rustlers to hide the horses but soon finds himself a prisoner.
Genres: Western Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-03-15
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Life in Hollywood No. 2
Overview: Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-25
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Night Work
Overview: Willie, as an assistant window-dresser, is the lowest man on the totem pole at a department store. To add insult-to-injury Willie is also the store's designated 'Fired Man."; when a disgruntled customer demands that somebody-must-be-fired, Willie is summoned and summarily fired, only to be rehired when the now-satisfied customer has departed. Willie inadvertently adopts a four-year-old orphan at a cost of ten-dollars a week, and things go from bad to worse since Willie doesn't make ten-dollars a week. But, with the help of Mary, a beautiful young nurse, Willie manages to turn some corners and improve his lot in life, albeit with some skids along the way.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-08-03
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Good Morning Sheriff
Overview: When the mayor fires the lazy sheriff, lucky Lloyd happens to be at the wrong place at the wrong time and ends up with a star badge on his chest. He takes the job to impress the mayor's comely daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-05-18
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Grass Skirts
Overview: Lloyd Hamilton stars in this Educational short.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-22
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