James W. Horne

Experience Stan and Ollie in their funniest scenes: whether they build a house as construction workers or try to impress two young ladies as sailors. Watch as Stan fights a superior opponent in the boxing ring and as Ollie is taking an involuntary bath and see where a steadfast friendship between two men can get you...

Sergeant MacLane of the Mounties investigates the disruptive activities of a bunch of troublemakers.

Secret Service Major Steel is one of the few men in America aware of the fact that Captain Albright is also Captain Midnight, daring masked aviator dedicated to fighting gangsters and enemies of America.

A murderous gang of counterfeiters has kidnapped the government's best engraver and is forcing him to print virtually undetectable phony money. The Secret Service's toughest agent, Jack Holt, and a female reporter go after the gang.

The heirs of Anton Benson are searching Bensonhurst for hidden gold; they are joined by a reporter, a gangster...and a masked fiend known as The Iron Claw.

The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.

Serials usually spawned feature film versions, but with this film, it was the other way around. A 1932 Buck Jones Western, White Eagle was made into a serial nine years later, again starring Jones in the title role, a (supposedly) Native American Pony Express Rider defending his people against a gang of evil Whites.

Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,

Columbia's 12th serial of 57 total (following 1940's "Deadwood Dick" and ahead of 1941's "White Eagle") is another of director's James Horne's "classics" where he evidently figured that the same reactions that served him well in Laurel and Hardy films would work well in action serials where he has all hands, heroes and villains alike, doing some kind of over-the top "take", no matter the situation. This loose adaptation of an Edgar Wallace story finds Michael Bellamy (Kenne Duncan in his Kenneth Duncan period) inheriting Garr Castle, but his brother, Abel Bellamy (James Craven, as usual making Oil-Can Harry look smooth), has him imprisoned unjustly and moves into the castle himself. When Michael's wife, Elaine Bellamy (Dorothy Fay), fails to return after visiting Abel, her sister Valerie Howett (Iris Meredith), accompanied by their father,

Columbia's 11th serial and the first western serial that James W. Horne solo-directed.

Dr. Herbert Lee, an archaeologist seeking to decipher ancient Mara inscriptions, is aided by his son Terry, Terry's pal Pat Ryan, and Normandie Drake. Jungle pirate and warlord Fang (Dick Curtis) plots to kill The Dragon Lady, Queen of the Temple of Mara, and seize the treasures of her ancestors. Both Fang and The Dragon Lady have sworn death for any foreign intruders.

La Sombra lucha contra un villano conocido como The Black Tiger, que tiene el poder de hacerse invisible y está tratando de conquistar el mundo con su rayo de la muerte.

Four flying G-Men protect America against enemy spies; one of the four assumes the identity of The Black Falcon, to befuddle the saboteurs even further.

Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him for insurance.

Pulp hero "The Spider" seeks to destroy all criminals. In this serialized adventure, he battles The Octopus, who intends to replace the government of the United States.

Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.

Stan y Ollie acuden a Brushwood Gulch para entregarle a la hija de un buscador de oro la escritura de propiedad de la mina. Al ser engañados por el propietario del salón y su mujer, deciden recuperar el documento empleando el procedimiento de los rateros: cuerdas, poleas... ¡y una mula!

Stan y Ollie acuden a Brushwood Gulch para entregarle a la hija de un buscador de oro la escritura de propiedad de la mina. Al ser engañados por el propietario del salón y su mujer, deciden recuperar el documento empleando el procedimiento de los rateros: cuerdas, poleas... ¡y una mula!

Una caravana de gitanos con la que viajan los ladronzuelos Stan y Ollie acampa junto a las murallas del palacio del conde de Arnheim. Un día, la infiel y vengativa esposa de Ollie, enfurecida por el arresto de su amante, secuestra a la hija del Conde, Arline, y huye dejándola con Stan y Ollie, quienes la criarán desconociendo su auténtica identidad. Tras pasar doce años, Arline es detenida en las tierras del palacio y llevada al calabozo, sus torpes amigos armarán un auténtico embrollo tratando de rescatarla.

A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.

Ollie y Stanley marchan hacia tierras escocesas en busca de fortuna. Lo que allí les lleva no es otra cosa que una herencia de Stan, aquí apellidado MacLaurel. Pero, hete aquí, que cuando recibe la herencia todos sus anhelos se frustran: el montante consiste en unas gafas y una pitillera. Así las cosas, la pareja se enrola en las fuerzas de Su Majestad para luchar en las fronteras de la India.

Oliver está en problemas con su esposa después de no hacer un pago de sus muebles, después de haberle dado el dinero a Stanley, quien lo usó para pagarle a la Sra. Hardy su alojamiento y comida. A sugerencia de Stan, Ollie retira los ahorros de la pareja del banco para pagar los muebles y, sin darse cuenta, paga prácticamente la cantidad total en una subasta por un reloj de pie que pronto es aplastado por un camión que pasa. La Sra. Hardy luego, sin querer, causa lesiones graves a Ollie, lo que requiere que lo lleven de urgencia al hospital para una transfusión de sangre. El médico recluta a Stan para que sea el donante de sangre involuntario. Ocurren problemas con la transfusión y cuando Stan y Ollie salen del hospital, parecen haberse transformado el uno en el otro.

Andy, an avowed child-hater, changes his tune when he mistakenly believes his wife is pregnant.

Just as Charlie is running for mayor on a purity platform, an old flame threatens to show his torrid love letters to his wife if he does not withdraw from the campaign.

Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.

Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.

Mister Mugg is a 1933 short American pre-Code comedy film directed by James W. Horne. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 6th Academy Awards in 1933 for Best Short Subject (Comedy).

A wife tries to hide a surprise birthday present from her husband but the butler causes trouble.

A wife tries to hide a surprise birthday present from her husband but the butler causes trouble.

James Gleason picks up abused kid and tries to clean him up.

Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.

Ya en puerto, tras una expedición ballenera, Stan y Ollie se hospedan en un hotelucho en el que salvan a una chica de tener que casarse con el rudo propietario del lugar. En su huida, olvidan el dinero ganado. Pronto, Stan se ve convertido en boxeador para conseguir de nuevo dinero.

Mickey and Grady are left behind when a new kid comes to town and all the girls fall for him.

A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.

Stan y Ollie se unen a la Legión Extranjera Francesa después de que la novia de Ollie lo rechace.

Stan y Ollie se unen a la Legión Extranjera Francesa después de que la novia de Ollie lo rechace.

Stan y Ollie, dos víctimas de la Gran Depresión que recorren América sin apenas pertenencias, agradecen la comida que les ofrece una anciana. Mientras almuerzan en su cocina, oyen como ésta implora a su casero que no la eche. Deciden ayudarla con una subasta sin saber que lo que oyeron fue el ensayo de una obra de teatro.

La tranquilidad en casa de los Hardy se ve interrumpida por la llegada de los Laurel. Stan y Ollie salen a comprar helado y por el camino salvan a una mujer de morir ahogada. No tardarán en arrepentirse de su proeza...

Oliver está haciendo planes para casar a su novia Dulcy con Stan como su padrino, pero los planes se frustran cuando el padre de Dulcy ve una foto de Ollie y prohíbe el matrimonio. La pareja planea fugarse y huir a un juez de paz. Después de los típicos errores de Laurel y Hardy, logran escabullirse de la casa de su padre.

Ollie se postula para alcalde y un viejo amor amenaza con chantajearlo.

Dos vagabundos sin hogar se esconden en una mansión vacía y se hacen pasar por los residentes cuando los arrendatarios potenciales llegan y tratan el alquiler.

Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.

An expanded, Spanish-language version of the two-reel comedy Thundering Tenors (1931).

Ollie es candidato a alcalde cuando un viejo amor (Mae Busch) intenta chantajearlo con una foto antigua ("el mismo viejo muchacho con mejillas como manzanas"). Los intentos de Stan por ayudar a mantener a raya a la chantajiste de Ollie hacen incurrir en la ira de la señora Laurel, que se venga con un hacha.

Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".

Charley is invited to a high class party, where he feels ill at ease and has no idea how to act, yet he wants to impress his young lady.

Having been kicked out by their wives on a wintry night they attempt to smuggle their little dog into an apartment house where dogs are not allowed.

The comic and musical adventures of Charley Chase as he fights in the great war.

This here is the four-reel Spanish version of Charley Chase's Looser Than Loose.

Garde la bombe is the French speaking version of a Charley Chase comedy short.

Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.

Alternate-language version of Girl Shock (1930)

Chercheuses d'or is a American comedy short with all speaking French

El príncipe del dólar is an American comedy short with all speaking Spanish

Charley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money. Charlie gets word that a rich uncle has died, leaving him millions. Attorneys advise him to repair to a resort and avoid gold diggers. Once there, word spreads among the single women, and several try to ensnare him. At first he's gullible, then he cottons on, so when Thelma, a wealthy young woman, mistakes him for a fortune hunter, he dismisses her as well. A manager's error puts Charlie and Thelma in the same suite, and both think the other is prospecting. A dressing gown, radio, bare feet, pistol, keyhole, fountain pen, bedcovers, and a suspicious hotel detective join the mix-up. But wait, was the inheritance a mistake?

Locuras de amor is a comedy short from Charley Chase with all speaking Spanish

Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help him overcome his panicked reflex.

Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.

The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?

An estranged couple visit their old apartment, which is now occupied by Charley and his wife. Charley's wife, however, misunderstands the purpose of their visit.

Juanito gets locked out of his house in the middle of a windy night. Spanish language version of When the Wind Blows (1930)

Jackie throws his schoolbook out the window in disgust, but then climbs outside to retrieve it. Finding himself locked out, he tries various means of getting back inside without his parents finding out. When his parents mistake his noises for a burglar, a local policeman is called, but he seems incompetent to catch either the phony burglar or the real one who has shown up in the meantime

Charlie hires three "party girls" to help him land a business deal.

Stan y Ollie tratan de vender un arbol de Navidad a un cliente gruñon.Un malentendido provoca que se origine una colosal batalla en la que Stan y Ollie destruyen la casa del cliente y este a su vez el coche de los dos.

Thin Twins is a comedy short.

Off to Buffalo is a comedy short

Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break into the institution at night, dressed as men to beat curfew, to get the kid out again. This film survives only in very fragmentary form.

Jones plays Buck Bronson, a ranch hand taking to the air as a barnstorming pilot.

En un campus universitario, un estudiante modelo (Keaton) intenta destacar en las pruebas de atletismo para conseguir la atención de la chica que le gusta.

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as 'Jerry Cleggert', a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday - otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven (Mildred Harris) and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers (Snitz Edwards) claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.

The story is a variation on the Abie's Irish Rose theme, detailing the marriage between an Irish Catholic and a Jew.

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring writer is awaiting outside the office and the producer agrees to see him. He listens while the writer tells his story and acts the numerous parts. The story is rotten, but the producer lets him escape while vowing vengeance on any other author who would read his story aloud.

Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neighborhood. He takes her out to dinner, but to his disgust he discovers that she lacks even one ounce of class and her table manners are frightening. Soon enough, Barrymore is reunited with his wife.

A young couple want to marry, but the girl's father doesn't like her beau. To separate them, the father arranges to send the girl on a sea voyage along with a female companion. But the beau, dressed as a woman, manages to fool the father into hiring him as the companion, and they all board the ship together.

Thundering Landlords is a 1925 short

When baby-care-book author Glenn Tryon has an abandoned baby dumped on him during a train trip, he discovers he should have read a book on the subject as well as having written one.

A young fellow, down in the dumps after a belle breaks his heart, believes his father is setting up staged escapades and dangers in an attempt to get him out of his rut. His father isn't, and the dangers-- a cadre of hoods, car chases, a death ray-- are real!

Richard Talmadge as a man who loves to live the fast life which often results in him getting in trouble. Be it throwing wild parties, losing money, getting in the boxing ring and running from gangsters. There's always something.

A whale of a comedy thriller. It's a Niagra of roaring laughter Faster Than the Wind!

Jimmy Mason lifts himself up from poverty to unlimited riches. The audience knows that he couldn't have done it without the help and support of his wife Marion. When Jimmy starts cheating on her, she divorces him, receiving an enormous settlement. Reduced to penury by various spendthrift mistresses, Jimmy is rescued once more by Marion, who once more guides him to success-and remarries him, this time on her terms.

World War I veteran Jack Dunbar who, like a lot of veterans then and now, is finding it hard to land a job. When he fixes the broken down auto of the newly rich Nicholas Small, he finally runs into some luck. The blustery Small explains that the way to get ahead is to blow your own horn, and then he takes Dunbar to an estate, where he is introduced as a millionaire.

The Sunshine Trail film

Margaret Jarnette discovers that her husband Victor has been cheating on her and confronts him. Outraged, Victor has his lawyer rewrite his will so that in the event of his death, his brother Richard will get custody of his daughter Muriel, and his wife won't. When Victor dies shortly afterward, Richard suspects that Margaret had murdered him and takes custody of Muriel. However, he soon begins to suspect that things may not be quite as cut-and-dried as he thought they were.

In the 1850s, a young prince in India promises his dying father he will lead a revolt against the English colonial masters of India. However, since he is half-European himself, he can't bring himself to do it and flees to America, to live in obscurity. He finds, however, that he can't outrun his obligations

A pretty movie star is stalked by a strange gang whose leader is infatuated with her in this superior Pathé serial written by genre specialist H.H. van Loan. Released in 15 chapters between May and August of 1920, the serial offered a glimpse into the still mysterious world of movie-making

Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."

Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."

A newspaperwoman finds trouble aplenty when an Inca tribe believes her to be the reincarnation of their long-lost princess.

Jack Hoxie and Marin Sais star in this 'American Girl' short. A courageous young woman must clear her boyfriend after he is framed for a hold-up.

"Sidewinder Steve" returns to civilization to find that his ore specimens show he has discovered a turquoise mine. He wires his friend, Ace Brent, the capitalist, who has a half-interest in his discoveries, to furnish him with money to make the trip back across the desert to officially stake his claim. But "Lonney" Smith, telegraph operator at the town and secret spy for The Syndicate, Brent's rivals, informs his employers of the new "strike," and they dispatch their agent Meyers to thwart Brent. The latter, recovering from injuries received in a previous encounter with sheep herders, consents to allow Barbara to handle the affair. Her admirer, John Wallace, follows her to the desert town, fearing for her safety. The action then develops into a thrilling three-cornered race across the desert between Barbara and John, Lonney and Meyers, and a gang of local adventurers headed by "Dry Wash" Sexton, proprietor of the "saloon and hotel."

Impending trouble with the sheep herders, who are encroaching on his range, causes Ace Brent, owner of vast California interests, to warn his daughter Barbara to postpone her visit to the ranch. But Barbara is made of sterner stuff, and, following a heated discussion with her admirer, John Wallace, over woman's equality with man in the business world, she declares she will disregard the warning telegram and be at her father's side should trouble come.

A series of 25 2-reel Western thrillers in which a cowgirl aids the cause of justice and humanity in the Old West, often aided by her fiancé and her rancher father. Each episode tells a complete story in itself.

Wealthy Irving Randolph is falsely denounced as a deliberate murderer by his greedy younger brother when Randolph, during a rifle shooting contest, accidentally kills a man with whom he has had an altercation. Fleeing to Australia, Randolph becomes known as the bandit Stingaree and is aided in his Robin Hood like adventures by his friend Howie and his sweetheart Ethel.

Wealthy Irving Randolph is falsely denounced as a deliberate murderer by his greedy younger brother when Randolph, during a rifle shooting contest, accidentally kills a man with whom he has had an altercation. Fleeing to Australia, Randolph becomes known as the bandit Stingaree and is aided in his Robin Hood like adventures by his friend Howie and his sweetheart Ethel.

Fifth episode of the Girl Detective series 2-reels where a 'society girl' has a position as a special investigator in the police.

Fourth episode in the Girl Detective 2-reel series.

A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.

A series of 2-reel thrillers in which a society girl has a position as a special investigator for the police and works on various cases where her unique talents can help to solve crimes. Each episode is complete in itself.

How a man, imprisoned for another's crime, finds justice at last.

Captain Lanning and Lieutenant Osborne are stationed at an army post in the Philippines. Lanning conceives a deadly hatred toward Osborne when the latter wins Gladys, General Fields' daughter.