Francis Corby

Birth : 1893-06-23, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Death : 1960-08-05

Movies

Our Gang - Comedy Festival
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Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your funny bone and includes rarely seen silent footage. See Alfalfa sing "The Barber of Seville" at the "Our Gang Follies" and Chubby grease Wheezer with Limburger, plus a 1930s bicycle commercial starring Spanky and a 1950s reunion on "You Asked for It". Come join Spanky, Buckwheat, Jackie, Mickey, Farina, Darla, Froggy, Mary, Joe Cobb and many more for the marathon of mirthful moments with the Little Rascals, a must-have for your comedy collection.
Metamorphosis
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TV film of Steven Berkoff's stage adaption of Kafka's famous story in which a young man, who is the sole financial supporter of his family, awakes one morning in the form of a giant dung beetle and thereby becomes a nuisance to his family, who must now learn to rely upon themselves.
Aqua Antics
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In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.
Aeronutics
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This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
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Counterfeit bills are being printed in Canada and shipped across the border hidden in blocks of ice. When the counterfeiters force engraver Bronson to make a new plate, he inscribes a tiny help message on it. Renfrew catches a henchman who has one of the new bills. A magnifying glass lets him read the message and he heads out alone to round up the counterfeiters.
The Bohemian Girl
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Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.
The Infernal Triangle
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Anniversary Trouble
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The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.
Babes in Toyland
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Ollie Dee and Stannie Dum try to borrow money from their employer, the toymaker, to pay off the mortgage on Mother Peep's shoe and keep it and Little Bo Peep from the clutches of the evil Barnaby. When that fails, they trick Barnaby, enraging him.
You Bring the Ducks
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Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoying nephew has other plans.
Fate's Fathead
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Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.
Washee Ironee
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Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
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Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb hunts for an escaped felon, but the tables are turned when the criminal nabs him instead.
Going Bye-Bye!
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In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
Another Wild Idea
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Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
Honky Donkey
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Wally, the rich kid of Our Gang team, brings his pet mule along with the gang back home.
The First Round-Up
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The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls and croaking frogs conjure up visions of spooks. When a thunderstorm hits, they all scurry for home.
Four Parts
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Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.
Wild Poses
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Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
Buster's Big Chance
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Buster Brown comedy with Arthur Trimble, Doreen Turner and Pete the pup
All for Uncle
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Second Episode in the "Mike and Ike" two-reel comedy series and Ike is about to get married, wanting Mike to be his best man.