Gilbert Pratt (February 16, 1892 – December 10, 1954) was an American
film director
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, actor and writer.
He directed 87 films between 1917 and 1936. He was born in
Providence, Rhode Island
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, and died in
Los Angeles, California
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.
Selected filmography
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The Big Idea (1917)
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Move On (1917)
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We Never Sleep (1917)
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Clubs Are Trump (1917)
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Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
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From Laramie to London
''From Laramie to London'' is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* W.L. Adams
* Billy Fay
* Bud Jamison
* Fred Jefferson
* Margaret Joslin
* Marie Mosquini
* Fr ...
(1917)
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Birds of a Feather (1917)
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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
''Lonesome Luke Loses Patients'' is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Bud Jamison
* Gus Leonard
* Charles Stevenson - (as Charles E. Stevenson)
* Fre ...
(1917)
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Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
''Lonesome Luke's Wild Women'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film exists in a collection.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels
* Snub Pollard
* Bud Jamison
* Sammy Brooks
* W.L. Adams ...
(1917)
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Lonesome Luke, Messenger
''Lonesome Luke, Messenger'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Plot
Lonesome Luke and Snub are employed as bicycle messengers. One of their assignments is to deliver several packages to an all-girls boarding school. ...
(1917)
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Stop! Luke! Listen! (1917)
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Lonesome Luke, Plumber
''Lonesome Luke, Plumber'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as Lonesome Luke
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* Bud Jamison
* Gilbert Pratt
* Max Hamburger
* Arthur Harrison
* Sammy Brooks
* W.L. Ada ...
(1917)
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Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon (1917)
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Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
''Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley'' is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd - Lonesome Luke
* Bebe Daniels - Bebe
* Snub Pollar ...
(1917)
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Hear 'Em Rave
''Hear 'Em Rave'' is a 1918 American short film, short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The runtime of the short film is 11 minutes, and it was released on December 1, 1918 in the United States.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Da ...
(1918)
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Bees in His Bonnet (1918)
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Two Scrambled
''Two Scrambled'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. The film is presumed to be lost. Like many American films of the time, ''Two Scrambled'' was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boa ...
(1918)
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That's Him (1918)
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Are Crooks Dishonest?
''Are Crooks Dishonest?'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archives of The Museum of Modern Art and Filmoteca Española.
Plot
Con artists Harold (Harold Lloyd) and Snub (Snub P ...
(1918)
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Sic 'Em, Towser (1918)
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The City Slicker
''The City Slicker'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Library of Congress.
Plot
Harold arrives in the backward town of Punkville by train to answer a classified ...
(1918)
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The Non-Stop Kid (1918)
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It's a Wild Life
''It's a Wild Life'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* William Blaisdell
* Sammy Brooks
* Lige Conley
* Helen Gilmore
* Lew Harvey
* Bud Jamison
* Fred C. Newme ...
(1918)
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Beat It
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(1918)
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Hit Him Again
''Hit Him Again'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. This is now considered to be a lost film.
Cast
* Harold Lloyd as The Boy
* Snub Pollard
* Bebe Daniels
* William Blaisdell
* Sammy Brooks
* Lige Conley (as Lige C ...
(1918)
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The Lamb (1918)
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The Tip
''The Tip'' is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Distributed by the Pathé Exchange, the film was released in US cinemas on January 6. The film was shown in France on March 7, 1919 under the title "Lui et la voyante". I ...
(1918)
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Flips and Flops (1919)
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Going! Going! Gone!
''Going! Going! Gone!'' is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Although this film is presumed lost, versions with French intertitles have been posted on YouTube.
Plot
A group of young ladies are wading in a creek. A cra ...
(1919)
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Wanted - $5,000
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Film
* ''Wanted!'', a 1937 British comedy film
...
(1919)
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Mud and Sand
''Mud and Sand'' is a silent film starring Stan Laurel.
The title spoofs the Rudolph Valentino film ''Blood and Sand (1922 film), Blood and Sand'', and many scenes directly parody that film: Dona Sol is replaced by Filet de Sole and Carmen is ...
(1922)
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The Egg (1922)
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Law of the North
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'' (1932)
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Boys Will Be Girls'' (1937)
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Saps at Sea
''Saps at Sea'' is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gordon Douglas, distributed by United Artists. It was Laurel and Hardy's last film produced by the Hal Roach Studios, as well as the last film to feature Ben Turpin and Harry Bernard.
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(1940)
References
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1892 births
1954 deaths
American male film actors
American male silent film actors
American male screenwriters
Film directors from Rhode Island
20th-century American male actors
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American screenwriters
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