The best E.J. Ratcliffe’s movies

E.J. Ratcliffe

E.J. Ratcliffe

10/03/1863- 28/09/1948
Today we present the best E.J. Ratcliffe’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best E.J. Ratcliffe’s movies.
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The Black Pirate

The Black Pirate
7/10
A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father at the hands of pirates. To this end he infiltrates the pirate band. Acting in character he is instrumental in the capture of a ship, but things are complicated when he finds that there is a young woman on board whom he wishes to protect from the threat of rape.

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers
7/10
An Englishman (Richard Arlen) fights in the Sudan after receiving white feathers of cowardice from his fiancee (Fay Wray) and friends.

The Winning of Barbara Worth

The Winning of Barbara Worth
6.9/10
While building an irrigation system for a Southwestern desert community, an engineer vies with a local cowboy for the affections of a rancher's daughter.

Wide Open

Wide Open
5.9/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 01/02/1930
  • Character: Trundle
An eccentric, fluttery bachelor is dismayed to discover an undressed woman in his apartment.

Rolling Home

Rolling Home
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 07/06/1926
  • Character: Mr. Grubbell
Nat Alden, a promoter, has had bad luck on his deal and is broke. He meets an old army pal who is now a chauffeur of the businessman who threw the luckless Nat out of his office. Nat is on his way back to his small hometown, where he is believed to be a millionaire. To keep the belief alive he has his pal drive him there in the businessman's automobile. Complications arise quickly.

Sally

Sally
6/10
  • Genre: Music
  • Release: 12/01/1930
  • Character: John Farell
Sally is an orphan who was named by the telephone exchange where she was abandoned as a baby. In the orphanage, she discovered the joy of dancing. Working as a waitress, she serves Blair (Alexander Gray), and they both fall for each other, but Blair is engaged to socialite Marcia. Sally is hired to impersonate a famous Russian dancer named Noskerova, but at that engagement, she is found to be a phoney. Undaunted, she proceeds with her life and has a show on Broadway, but she still thinks of Blair.

More Pay - Less Work

More Pay - Less Work
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/07/1926
  • Character: Dad Hinchfield
Albert Gran and E.J. Ratcliffe are warring San Francisco shipping magnates; Mary Brian is Gran’s daughter and Charles (Buddy) Rogers is Ratcliffe’s athletic son. The result is a swift, exhilarating comedy, full of laughs and a nonchalant charm.

Disraeli

Disraeli
6.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 21/08/1921
  • Character: Hugh Meyers
The story of British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli and the purchase by England of the Suez Canal.

Wine of Youth

Wine of Youth
6.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 15/09/1924
  • Character: Father John Hollister
Based on a play be Rachel Crothers, WINE OF YOUTH is a solid drama about "the modern young generation" and how they think they know it all. It's also a play about love and marriage.

The Divorcee

The Divorcee
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 20/01/1919
  • Character: Lord Frederick Berolles
Based on the 1907 play 'Lady Frederick' by W. Somerset Maugham, this tells the story of Betsy O'Hara in her pursuit of romance and love.

One Hysterical Night

One Hysterical Night
5.4/10
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Since all the other inmates/attendees think they are historical figures such as Robin Hood, the Duke of Wellington, Paul Revere, William Tell, Salome, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes and others, it takes a while for Judd to separate the wheat from the chaff and prove he is not deranged. His quest becomes more urgent when he falls in love with a nurse named Josephine, who does not think she is Napoleon's "Josephine" but is convinced Judd thinks he is Napoleaon.

Cheating Cheaters

Cheating Cheaters
  • Genre: ComedyCrime
  • Release: 05/12/1927
  • Character: Mr. Palmer
Nan Carey ( Betty Compson ), a shoplifter, is caught by the police but acquitted through the influence of Lazare ( Lucien Littlefield ), a crooked lawyer, who places her with a gang of crooks. Posing as the Brockton family, they move to a seaside home, where they plan to steal the jewel collection of the Palmers, their neighbours. Nan wins the confidence of the family by flirting with Tom ( Kenneth Harlan ), who becomes infatuated and wants to go away with her, but she refuses him. Tom is caught red-handed in the Brockton mansion attempting to steal their jewels while Nan is making a success of the Palmer robbery.

Skinner's Dress Suit

Skinner's Dress Suit
7/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 18/04/1926
  • Character: McLaughlin
Honey Skinner is proud of her successful husband. When he tells her he's going to ask for a raise, she knows he'll get it. He asks his boss just as their big client announces he's not renewing his contract. He doesn't get the raise, but he's too embarrassed to tell his wife the truth. She starts making plans to spend that extra $10 a week; the first thing is a new dress suit for him and a new outfit for her so they can fit in at a swanky party. They're the hit of the party, and Honey is embraced by the 'smart set.' Meanwhile, business is bad and Skinner loses his job. The tailor is after him for payment on the suit, and Honey is still spending the salary he doesn't have.

Everyman's Price

Everyman's Price
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 14/10/1921
  • Character: Henry Armstrong
The story of Ethel Armstrong and her father Henry looking forward to her marriage to the ambitious attorney Bruce Steele. Bruce is elected district attorney and goes after a group of food profiteers. Ethel breaks the engagement when her father falls under suspicion as one of the food hoarders.

The Fighting Buckaroo

The Fighting Buckaroo
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 04/04/1926
  • Character: Judge Richard Gregory
There's gold in them thar hills and Larry Crawford must fight the unscrupulous Bradley and his men to keep it safe.

The Floating College

The Floating College
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 10/11/1928
  • Character: Nathan Bixby
College Life - Love - and the big things of life under the light-heartedness of youth.

Even as Eve

Even as Eve
  • Genre: CrimeDrama
  • Release: 15/01/1920
  • Character: Peyster Sproul
Eileen O'Hara lives as a member of a cult in a remote retreat in the Adirondacks with her father, an embittered man since his wife's infidelity years earlier. Because his wife was untrue, O'Hara is determined that his daughter, Eileen, shall never marry. Peyster Sproul was the man who had the affair Mrs. O'Hara's infidelity, and when he shows up as president of the Sagamore Club and attempts to buy O'Hara's land, the two men come to blows.

The Discarded Woman

The Discarded Woman
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 10/07/1920
  • Character: Ellis Graeber - Mine Owner
Esther Wells is dumped by her husband, Martin, just as she's boarding a train. She gets off at the next stop, wanders into a cabin owned by Samuel Radburn, who happens to have been swindled out of a mine by Martin.

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