Kay Deslys

Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.

Antes de conocer a la aspirante a actriz Cathy Seldon, el ídolo del cine mudo Don Lockwood pensaba que lo tenía todo; fama, fortuna y éxito. Pero, tras conocerla, se da cuenta de que ella es lo que realmente faltaba en su vida. Con el nacimiento del cine sonoro, Don quiere filmar los musicales con Kathy, pero entre ambos se interpone la reina del cine mudo Lina Lamont.

Doris Rogers, half owner of a dude ranch, as Jimmy Wakely, "Lasses" White and Dusty Smith to help run it. U.S. Marshal Tom Logan, posing as a stage driver, is killed during a mock holdup of new arrivals to the ranch. Brenda Amers and Horatio Pennypacker, eastern jewel thieves, bring their loot to Roy Williams, who owns the other half of the ranch as a blind for his gang which resells stolen jewels. Vaughn, the desk clerk, re-cuts the jewels in a secret room in the ice house. Fearing he will be caught, Brenda refuses Williams her stolen diamonds and hides them in a bar of soap.

Flamarion es la atracción de un Music Hall. Con éxito presenta su show en vivo. Dentro de su espectáculo se encuentra su bella ayudante, casada pero enamorada de un acróbata que participa en el show. La ayudante decide seducir a El Gran Flamarion para que mate a su marido y poder huir con el acróbata. Cuando El Gran Flamarion descubre la trama, la busca para acabar con ella

Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Susan y John se casan muy enamorados, pero, al estallar la guerra, él tiene que ir al frente. Después de su muerte en combate, Susan se queda en Inglaterra criando a su hijo. El muchacho, al igual que su padre, se hace militar y cuando estalla la II Guerra Mundial (1939-1945) también participará en la contienda.

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

Michelle de la Becque está enamorada del diseñador industrial Robert Cortot. Juntos disfrutan en París de una vida lujosa hasta que Michelle descubre que su amante se relaciona con oficiales nazis y que sus fábricas trabajan para el ejército alemán. Al mismo tiempo, ayuda a un aviador americano cuyo avión ha sido derribado y acaba enamorándose de él.

A demoted reporter (George Brent) and his girlfriend (Brenda Marshall) seek to expose a crime kingpin.

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?

The relatives of a rich old woman unsuccessfully try to have her declared insane, so they can divide up her money. To show them that there are no hard feelings, she invites them to her estate for the weekend so she can decide to whom she actually will leave her money when she dies. Soon, however, family members begin turning up dead.

1938. Un joven llega a la Alemania de Hitler, busca frenéticamente información acerca de su madre alemana y descubre que está pendiente de ejecución en un campo de concentración.

Alice Sycamore, la única persona con un poco de cordura en una familia llena de lunáticos, se enamora de su jefe, Tony Kirby, que pertenece a una familia muy rica y muy cursi. La diferencia entre el estilo de vida y la mentalidad de ambas familias se agudizan cuando los padres de él van a cenar a casa de ella, y la cena termina con la llegada de la policía y la detención de todos los presentes, acusados de anarquistas.

Drummond's girlfriend is kidnapped by his enemies and he along with his friend Nielsen, an inspector from Scotland Yard, follow the trail and try to rescue her from the kidnappers.

After the woman who raised him claims he's not her son, Richard searches for clues about his identity. Urged on by his mentor, Capt. Randolph Courtney, Richard focuses on Julia Trent Anders, a middle-aged actress who just might be his real mother. But soon, Richard begins to fall for Julia's stepdaughter. Amidst the upheaval, Richard schemes to return Julia to the stage -- but he's in for another big surprise.

La historia del legendario jugador Diamond Jim Brady y su romance con la actriz y cantante Lillian Russell.

Instead of delivering some fancy dresses to a customer, the girls wear them to a party.

British Army captain Geoff Roberts carries on an affair with Alva, the wife of the cruel Victor Sangrito. Sangrito, however, is well aware of the affair, as he uses his beautiful wife to lure men into romance with her, then blackmailing them to save their careers.

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.

A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argument with a woman, but their luck seems to turn when Stan finds a wallet.

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

A butler impersonates his tippler boss and falls for a beautiful young maid. However, a notorious gold-digger, who thinks the butler is the wealthy young man he's impersonating, sets her sights on him.

A young songwriter struggles to make good in New York.

Los planes de picnic de las familias Laurel y Hardy parecen verse frustrados incluso antes de partir. Para empezar, Stan y Ollie destruyen los emparedados con sus disparatadas riñas y, a continuación, su vehículo sufre una serie de averías que provocan un hilarante entrar y salir del coche de toda la troupe con tío Edgar incluido.

Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.

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.

Stan y Ollie intentan engañar a sus esposas escabulléndose a un juego de póquer, pero en cambio se involucran con dos mujeres coquetas, una de las cuales es la novia de un boxeador celoso.

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

The boys sneak out for a night on the town, unaware that Stan's wife has switched her grocery coupons for Stan's secret stash of mad money. The boys run up a huge tab treating a couple of girls to dinner at a snazzy nightclub and much trouble ensues.

For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.

A Charley le gusta la buena vida. Conoce a una chica de buena familia pero su padre no soporta a los juerguistas, así que se hace pasar como un honrado trabajador y entra a trabajar como chófer del padre. Big Bill (Oliver Hardy) es un malhechor que chantajea al padre y Charley le promete solucionar el asunto.

A servant girl plays matchmaker for the local burgomaster's daughter while setting her own sights on a visiting Irishman.

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.

During World War I, an American soldier is captured and taken prisoner by the Germans. However, instead of being placed in a prisoner-of-war camp, he is assigned to the small farm of a young woman and her son to help raise crops to help feed the German army and people.

A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in Melvin's bedroom just before Mame returns.

Aventuras de un solitario buscador de oro en Alaska, donde se topa con varios personajes rudos, y se enamora de la hermosa Georgia, a la que trata de conquistar.