Jobyna Ralston
Acting
Biography
Jobyna Ralston (born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston, November 21, 1899 – January 22, 1967) was an American stage and film actress. She had a featured role in the first Oscar-winning film, Wings in 1927, but is perhaps best remembered today for her on-screen chemistry with Harold Lloyd, with whom she appeared in seven movies.
Born: November 20, 1899
Place of Birth: South Pittsburg, Tennessee, USA
Known For
Humor Risk
Harpo played the hero, a detective named Watson who "made his entrance in a high hat, sliding down a coal chute into the basement". Groucho played an "old movie" villain, who "sported a long moustache and was clad in black", while Chico was probably his "chuckling [Italian] henchman". Zeppo portrayed a playboy who was the owner of a nightclub in which most of the action took place, including "a cabaret, [which allowed] the inclusion of a dance number". The final shot showed Groucho "in ball and chain, trudging slowly off into the gloaming". Harpo, in a rare moment of romantic glory, gets the girl in the end. This film is lost.
Harold Lloyd's World of Comedy
Hilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.
Wings
Two young men, one rich, one middle class, both in love with the same woman, become US Air Corps fighter pilots and, eventually, heroic flying aces during World War I. Devoted best friends, their mutual love of the girl eventually threatens their bond. Meanwhile, a hometown girl who's the lovestruck lifelong next door neighbor of one of them pines away.
The Freshman
An unathletic college freshman ridiculed by his peers for his mannerisms strives to become popular by making the football team.
Girl Shy
Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, The Secret of Making Love, for other bashful young men. Fate has him meet rich girl Mary, and they fall in love. But she is about to wed an already married man, so our hero embarks upon a hair-raising daredevil ride to prevent the wedding.
For Heaven's Sake
An irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
The Kid Brother
The timid youngest son of the most important family in town must use his wits to win the respect of his strong father and the love of a beautiful new woman in town.
Hot Water
Lloyd's look at married life and the issues of the in-law. Adventures include a ride on a crowded trolley with a live turkey; A wild spin in a new auto with the in-laws in tow. Finally, a sequence in which Hubby accidentally chloroforms his mother-in-law and becomes convinced that he's killed her!
Why Worry?
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
The Three Must-Get-Theres
In this movie, Max Linder parodies the famous novel "The Three Musketeers".
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Self (uncredited)
as Mary
as Doris Marlowe
as The Girl
as Jane Atwill
as Mary
as June Halloway
as Dorinda Maxwell
as Betty McKinney
as Kate Murphy
as Winifred Davidson
as Sally
as Sylvia Lewis
as Mary Warren/Topsy
as Madge Warren
as Mary Powers
as Mary Hubbel
as Mariam Finklebaum
as The Downtown Girl
as Peggy
as Wifey
as Mary Buckingham
as The Nurse
as Jobyna Ralston
as Okra, the Station Master's daughter
as Constance Bonne-aux-Fieux
as Clem
as Leading Lady