Ralph Ceder

Total Credits at Criticker: 21 (Director), 9 (Writer)
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April Fool (1924) - Short Film
Jimmy Jump is a cracked reporter at a behind-the-times daily newspaper. He also happens to be in love with the managing editor's daughter. It's Monday, April 1st and the paper's editorial staff has a great deal of trouble telling the difference between April Fool's jokes and real events.
An elevator operator invents a machine that he believes can help to defeat a corrupt politician in the city's upcoming mayoral election. (imdb)
Help Wanted, Female (1931) - Short Film
A new housekeeper, her son, and two not-too-bright burglars wreak havoc at a doctor's office. (imdb)
Post No Bills (1923) - Short Film
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful. (imdb)
Roughest Africa (1923) - Short Film
Two explorers travel to Africa to capture and photograph various wildlife. (imdb)
A young actress hits Hollywood determined to be a movie star and runs into a lot of roadblocks along the way. (imdb)
The Soilers (1923) - Short Film
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight. (imdb)
They All Fall (1925) - Short Film
They All Fall is a 1925 American slapstick comedy film featuring Bobby Ray & Oliver Hardy.
Dumb Dicks (1932) - Short Film
Two incompetent private detectives pose as swamis in order to infiltrate a gang of bank robbers. (imdb)
Guests Wanted (1932) - Short Film
Benny Rubin is a New York City vaudeville performer who inherits a hotel in California, and takes all of his ham-actor friends there, as chefs, bellhops, maids and waiters, to help him run it. BUsiness is bad so Benny plants a story that his late uncle hid his fortune in the hotel. The place is soon filled with guests who tear down the hotel looking for the non-existent fortune. (imdb)
The Promoter (1932) - Short Film
Benny Rubin promotes a wrestling show but ends up wrestling Constantine "Strangler" Romanoff himself. (imdb)
The Whole Truth (1923) - Short Film
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted.
The Joke's on You (1925) - Short Film
Billy West comedy produced by Cumberland and distributed by Arrow.
Frontiersman Tom Garfield and his pals endeavor to save their land from the clutches of slimy easterner Forsyth.
Take the Air (1923) - Short Film
James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy.
Honeymoon Hardships (1925) - Short Film
A newly married couple go to spend their honeymoon far out in the country with demented relatives who laugh off even the worst disasters. The couple are forced to sleep apart,The beds are rock hard, the food is inedible,and the farmhouse leaks in the middle of a fierce rainstorm. On top of everything else, a hick uncle with a large family pay a sudden visit.
Near Dublin (1924) - Short Film
This film is set in a small Irish town and mostly concerns James Finlayson's attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy, Stan Laurel, tries to help out but gets thrown in jail for his trouble. What happens next you'll just need to see for yourself.
Mother's Joy (1923) - Short Film
An old man asks a lawyer to find his missing daughter and a grandson (who turns out to be a very extravagant young man). Starring Stan Laurel (in two roles) and his common-law wife Mae Dahlberg (aka Mae Laurel).