Alfred J. Goulding

Alfred J. Goulding

Nacimiento : 1885-01-26, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Muerte : 1972-04-25

Historia

Former vaudevillian. Directed Harold Lloyd comedies for Hal Roach. In the early 20's, joined Mack Sennett, then turned out two-reel comedies at RKO and Columbia, sometimes featuring Edgar Kennedy. In England after World War II, directing 'quota quickies'. Close friend of Stan Laurel.

Perfil

Alfred J. Goulding

Películas

The Devil’s Jest
Director
An aristocratic widow discovers that her former lover, a medical officer in the British army, is secretly a German spy.
Utopia
Co-Director
Stan and Ollie are marooned on an atoll. This was their last film together.
The Adventures of Jane
Associate Producer
Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the two plan to use Jane and the bracelet to smuggle diamonds into England.
The Adventures of Jane
Writer
Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the two plan to use Jane and the bracelet to smuggle diamonds into England.
The Adventures of Jane
Director
Jane is given a bracelet by an elderly admirer. He is in league with Cleaver, a suave crook, and the two plan to use Jane and the bracelet to smuggle diamonds into England.
Dick Barton: Special Agent
Writer
Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.
Dick Barton: Special Agent
Director
Government agent Dick Barton battles a ring of Nazi spies who are planning to poison the entire London water supply.
The Dark Road
Director
Crime thriller following the rise of a petty thief to underworld crime boss.
Olympic Honeymoon
Director
Comedy set in Switzerland. An estranged honeymooner, mistaken for an ice- hockey champion, helps England to win an international ice hockey match.
Estudiantes en Oxford
Director
Tras varios intentos desesperados de buscar trabajo, Laurel y Hardy terminan trabajando de barrenderos. Sin proponérselo, detienen a un ladrón de bancos, por lo que el director, en agradecimiento, decide pagarles los estudios en la prestigiosa universidad de Oxford. Cuando llegan allí, protagonizan varios enredos y bromas.
One Good Turn
Director
In this comedy a pair of aspiring music hall entertainers attempt to live their dream while saving their landlady's daughter from ruin.
Everything Is Rhythm
Director
Based on the spectacular rise of bandleader and vaudevillian Harry Roy, this is the comic tale of a Ruritanian princess who elopes with a dance-band leader.
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Director
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
It Never Rains
Director
"Frolics of Youth" short starring Junior Coghlan.
His Bridal Sweet
Director
Harry and his wife move into a "modern", gimmick-laden house.
An Old Spanish Onion
Director
Ruth Etting sings "Ay, Ay, Ay" in this 1935 film with Mario Álvarez, along with other songs.
Poisoned Ivory
Director
Edgar's wife, Florence, because of an incident with her brother, her husband, and parts from her brother's photogenic set, mistakenly thinks that she accidentally poisoned Edgar instead of giving him his real medicine.
A Blasted Event
Director
Mrs. Kennedy tries to convince Edgar that he would make a good father.
Gentlemen of Polish
Director
This "Colortone Musical" follows two gypsy children who steal toys from the camp puppeteer's wagon, then have a horrific nightmare
Wrong Direction
Director
Edgar (Edgar Kennedy) gets a call from the studio to come in and direct the last scene of a film in production. But, before he can leave the house, his wife Florence (Florence Lake) and her Mother (Dot Farley) make him dress the part with riding breeches, a beret, an ascot, a crop and riding boots, and this rig is met with much derision by both cast and crew when he arrives at the studio. Carol (Jean Fontaine), the star of the movie doesn't want Edgar as the director and makes things difficult for him, especially after she hears the producer (Nat Carr) tell him he is limited to making no more than two shots on any scene. Meanwhile, Florence, Mother and Brother (Billy Eugene)decide to drop in on the set and watch Edgar at work. Because of his relatives or Carol, Edgar is forced to shoot the same scene over and over.
When Do We Eat?
Director
When the members of a theatrical troupe find themselves in financial trouble, they decide to open a nudist restaurant.
How've You Bean?
Director
Roscoe gets into a lot of wacky troubles, some involving a misplaced box of Mexican Jumping Beans.
Wrongorilla
Director
Jack Haley joins the circus.
Buzzin' Around
Director
Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck . . .
Bye-Gones
Director
A Ruth Etting musical short. The songs - "Smiles", "I'll Follow You", "My Melancholy Baby" and "When My Baby Smiles at Me".
Hey, Pop!
Director
Roscoe Arbuckle loses his job to protect a young boy from the orphanage.
Tip Tap Toe
Director
Hal and Mitzi have known each other since they were babies. Tap dancer Hal now works as a window dresser in Blake's Department Store, owned by Mitzi's dad. Mr. Blake hates jazz music and dancing. He refuses to let Mitzi marry Hal, because Hal's ambition is to be a dancer on stage. When Mitzi reveals a secret about Mrs. Blake's past, her father soon changes his tune.
Rambling 'Round Radio Row #1
Director
Jerry Wald has to write about radio, visiting Sid Gary gives him the tip it might be more easy for him to write this article at the radio station than at his newspaper office. At the studio they listen to the Boswell Sister's rehearsal, which is interupted by some not so friendly remarks by orchestra leader Abe Lyman, they listen at the door, where a Colonel Stoopnagel broadcast is prepared, as well as to the rehearsal of a new song for an broadcast by Kate Smith.
Hot News Margie
Director
Margie is a reporter on a tabloid newspaper. Her assignment is to find out whether there is any truth to the rumor that college football star Babe Booth is secretly married. To get her story, she goes to the stadium where Booth is playing and gets involved in the game, with unexpected results.
The Eyes Have It
Director
A nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of a nurse, conducts an examination. They learn that when the boy isn't at school, he does a lot of fishing. In the course of the exam, the doctor recommends glasses, and Charlie convinces the doc to accompany him on a trip.
Success
Director
Elmer proposes to Molly, but she says he needs her fathers permission. He wants Elmer to become a ballplayer, but his eyesight keeps getting him into trouble. Elmer also needs a new pair of glasses.
Hot Sands
Director
In this short film, a newlywed couple drive into Death Valley and wind up gambling for their life.
The Naggers' Day of Rest
Director
It's Sunday, and as usual a wife is nagging her husband, this time about the whereabouts of the Sunday newspaper which she's sure he's hiding from her. The husband is just as irritated by her nagging since this time it is interfering with him trying to take a shave and brush his teeth. Their argument extends to what belongs to whom and what each person contributes to the household. They end up doing things and making remarks just to irritate the other. Their argument reaches a whole different level when a pretty neighbor gets peripherally involved.
Prize Puppies
Director
Needy Ham Hamilton is mistaken for a dog show judge and he takes advantage of the situation for material gain.
Big Money
Director
In the fifth of WB's Potter Family series, based on the characters created by J.P.McAvoy, Pa Potter (Lucien Littlefield) gets a job as a professional divorce-case correspondent. He is hired by a lawyer to make love to the wife of a man seeking a divorce. The problem is that Pa forgets to tell Ma (Lucille Ward) it is all make-believe.
Toot Sweet!
Director
Ham is interested in a girl named Marie and wants to impress her. First he buys a car and then he takes her out to a swanky nightclub. During the course of this disastrous date Ham realizes that Marie isn't the nice girl he thought she was: she only went out with him to make her real boyfriend jealous. The boyfriend is a dancer at the club, and when she sees him kissing his dance partner she becomes enraged and smashes up the place, while poor Ham is stuck with the bill.
The Rodeo
Director
The film begins with a family at home having a meal. The biggest laugh involved some candles being substituted for asparagus and the hilarity that resulted when the people and dog at them. Later, the decide to go to the rodeo but 1001 problems occur on the way there in the car.
All at Sea
Director
The Campus Carmen
Director
A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.
The Swim Princess
Director
The Swim Princess is a silent comedy short.
Smith's Army Life
Director
19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Run, Girl, Run
Director
A women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Smith's Cook
Director
The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get married. But when Mr Smith and his family set out to drive her across town to her bridegroom, everything goes wrong.
Smith's Pony
Director
The Smith's visit San Francisco to attend a horse show only to have their precocious daughter cause some minor comical mishaps and their over-sized canine refusing to obey commands.
Smith's Candy Shop
Director
13th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. The Smiths at the candy shop.
The Pride of Pikeville
Director
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
Smith's Fishing Trip
Director
Twelfth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family gos fishing while their house is renovated.
The Honorable Mr. Buggs
Writer
Mr. Buggs is an insect collector. A beautiful and mysterious Asian woman (the lovely Anna May Wong) brings him a rare specimen, but she is actually a wanted thief who has stolen a valuable brooch.
Smith's New Home
Director
Ninth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies and the family buys a new home.
Should Men Walk Home?
Screenplay
Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a "Girl Bandit," no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male partner in crime, in this case a Gentleman Crook played by perpetually grinning Creighton Hale. Mabel seems a little livelier in this film than in some of her other late works. In the very first scene we find her hitch-hiking, and she's forced to make a mad dash for cover when Hale's car nearly hits her. Soon they team up and crash a swanky party in a mansion to steal a jewel from the host's safe.
Smith's Picnic
Director
The accident-prone Smith family (Raymond McKee, Ruth Hiatt, and Mary Ann Jackson) head to the beach in this Mack Sennett comedy directed by Alf Goulding. There they spoil a picnic held by "The Optimist's' Club," quickly turning the members into pessimists. This reconstructed version features racy scenes of starlet Mildred June in lingerie and having her bathing suit torn off by a fishing pole that were only included in prints shown in Germany.
Hot Cakes for Two
Director
Hot Cakes for Two is a silent film comedy
Hotsy-Totsy
Story
Hotsy-Totsy is a 1925 comedy short.
Horace Greeley, Jr.
Director
Horace jumps in a caravan car covered with a large tarp, only to discover that a band of hooded rebels are hidden under the canopy. He fights first with the gang's leader, then all join in. He manages to escape with the leader's kimono. He jumps on a mule as the gang pursues by car. Horace gets a dose of courage when he realizes that a young woman on horseback is watching. He captures the gang with a nifty bit of roping, and she holds her rifle on them. He's performed an heroic deed in front of her. Is it enough?
The Lady
Tom Robinson (as Alf Goulding)
A young woman marries the wastrel son of a British aristocrat. Her husband, who has been disinherited by his father, loses what little money he has left gambling in casinos and then dies, leaving her penniless and with an infant son. When her former father-in-law tries to get custody of the child, she leaves him with a couple she trusts, but when she later goes to reclaim her son, she can't find the people she left him with.
Learning to Love
John the Barber (as Alf Goulding)
A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Excuse Me
Director
A sailor and his would-be bride search their train for a clergyman to marry them.
Peg o' the Mounted
Director
A pint-sized Mountie pursues a gang of moonshiners.
Such Is Life
Director
A feisty homeless orphan girl struggles with winter cold and hunger.
Miles of Smiles
Writer
In a dual role, Baby Peggy plays the Morgan twins—one who lives with her wealthy parents, and her identical sibling, who is adopted by the impoverished owner of a small-gauge tourist train. Chaos erupts for all concerned when the chase for a lost coin and a case of mistaken identity fortuitously reunites the sisters.
Miles of Smiles
Director
In a dual role, Baby Peggy plays the Morgan twins—one who lives with her wealthy parents, and her identical sibling, who is adopted by the impoverished owner of a small-gauge tourist train. Chaos erupts for all concerned when the chase for a lost coin and a case of mistaken identity fortuitously reunites the sisters.
Carmen, Jr.
Story
A spoof of Bizet's Carmen, showcasing child star Baby Peggy.
Carmen, Jr.
Director
A spoof of Bizet's Carmen, showcasing child star Baby Peggy.
The Kid Reporter
Story
The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.
The Kid Reporter
Director
The 'secretary' of a busy newspaperman is revealed to be a cherubic small child, Baby Peggy. When a rich woman's pearl necklace is stolen, Baby Peggy's employer promises to make the reporter who cracks the case Editor-in-Chief. The little girl seizes the opportunity, and - several disguises and chases later, with the grudging aid of the office-boy - duly returns with the jewels to achieve promotion, with all the adults scurrying to serve her.
Sweetie
Director
A Baby Peggy two-reeler
Get-Rich-Quick Peggy
Director
Short movie starring Baby Peggy
Trolley Troubles
Director
A guy has troubles on a trolley
High Rollers
Director
An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the various slip-and-falling going on, two frisky escaped monkeys from a show put on skates to join in and create pandemonium.
Big Game
Director
While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently come to the aid of a kidnapped tourist.
Sea Shore Shapes
Director
The story of a bad organ grinder, a life saver, a pretty girl and her baby sister. A dog takes an active part in the final rescue and helps save the child from the fleeing kidnapper.
Park Your Car
Director
A once-act farce about two neighbours who purchase a car that they can use to go on drives with their wives.
Cash Customers
Director
Snub Pollard (sans moustache) and Hughie Mack are tenants sharing a bed in a small hotel. They wake up at 6am and prepare breakfast with two eggs which are taken out of Snub's jacket pocket and put into a coffee perculator. The landlady (Vera White) storms up the stairs when she smells the coffee being made and demands that the janitor (Earl Mohan) break down the tenants' door with a pick-axe.
Run 'Em Ragged
Director
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.
Any Old Port
Director
Captain Dandy (Snub Pollard) is about to sail and arrives on the dock where several women take turns to individually say goodbye to him (the last one even wrestles him to the ground) before he boards the ship.
Grab the Ghost
Director
As tens of guests pile out of a wedding ceremony a jilted and bitter rival (Eddie Boland) vows revenge on the new bride. The wedding limo pulls off leaving the groom (Snub Pollard) behind, who then has to chase it down the street. He catches it up but is made to sit on the back of the car "as ballast". The car comes to a halt where the groom mistakes a policeman's gesturing of traffic as an offer of a handshake. Finally, the groom arrives at his house where his servant greets him, but unbeknownst to him, the servant's child (Ernest Morrison) has set up a scare in the shape of an "angora" bird in a cage under the dinner table before they get there.
Tribulaciones
Director
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to secure an inheritance for his client (Davis). The inheritance is a house, which her scheming uncle "haunts" so that he can scare them off and claim the property.
Fresh Paint
Director
A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.
The Dippy Dentist
Director
The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold Lloyd's brother, Gaylord (who is a dentist). Shortly after this, a new dentist (Snub Pollard) arrives to work in an office across the hall. In a very funny scene, Pollard manages to steal all of Gaylord's patients from his waiting room. However, when it comes to dental work, Snub is highly unlikely to receive the American Dental Association's seal of approval. That's because he's incredibly rough and manages to toss a guy out the window when he pulls his tooth.
De la mano a la boca
Director
As a penniless man worries about how he will manage to eat, he is joined by a young waif and her dog, who are in the same predicament. Meanwhile, across town a dishonest lawyer is working with a gang of criminals, trying to swindle an innocent young heiress out of her inheritance. As the heiress is on her way home from the lawyer's office, she notices the young man and the waif in the midst of their latest problem with the authorities, and she rescues them. Later on, the young man will have an unexpected opportunity to repay her for her kindness.
The Floor Below
Director
Snub Pollard and his friend are clearly under their wives thumbs. But his grandfather turns up and tells them to assert themselves, which they do. Her father is not impressed.
Tough Luck
Director
A comedy short featuring Sunshine Sammy Morrison.
Call for Mr. Caveman
Director
A giant cave man kidnaps beautiful Adorable from the cave clan and the man who rescues her can have her hand and a new suit of clothes.
All at Sea
Director
Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'.
Start Something
Director
A comedy short featuring Mildred Davis.
Don't Shove
Director
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
Heap Big Chief
Director
Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive.
Count Your Change
Director
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
Never Touched Me
Director
At the Killjoy Cafe, "everything is first class except the food and the service."
Off the Trolley
Director
Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the confusion he takes a trolley to escape, falling in love with a female collector who doesn't care much about him and he also annoys the trolley conductor. But it seems that odds and luck will be on his favor.
Pistols for Breakfast
Director
A 1919 Comedy short.
The Marathon
Director
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
Si, Senor
Director
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
Ring Up the Curtain
Director
Stage hand Harold falls in love with the leading lady of a visiting theatrical troupe.
Crack Your Heels
Director
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
The Dutiful Dub
Director
Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.
Love's Young Scream
A Short comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and Bebe Daniels.
Take a Chance
Director
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stunt-addled climax.
Swing Your Partners
Director
Hijinx at a classical dance academy when two tramps take a stab at ballet.
Bride and Gloom
Director
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
Director
Our hero has a dream, while in the trenches at the front, that he is in Berlin rescuing a Red Cross nurse from the hands of the Kaiser and his henchmen.
An Ozark Romance
Director
Harold visits the Ozarks, where he has some funny experiences with a mountain girl and her eccentric family.
Somewhere in Turkey
Director
Our hero, a professor in Turkey, challenges a Sultan for the affections of a girl.
Fireman Save My Child
Director
In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen hanging on the moving vehicle by the released water hose that forces him closer to the ground.
Two-Gun Gussie
Director
A mild-mannered young man has left home, and is now playing the piano in a bar in the west. The dangerous criminal Dagger-Tooth Dan enters the bar where the young man is playing. Soon afterwards, the local sheriff also arrives, with some letters that he has received. Dan notices the letters, and he switches the information in them to make the sheriff think that the piano player is the dangerous one.
Kicked Out
Director
Harold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls off some highly amusing stunts at a swell dinner party.
Hey There
Director
In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young lady he's just met at a snack bar. He's retrieved a letter she dropped and wants to return it to her, but it's pretty clear that his interest extends beyond mere politeness. (She's the adorable young Bebe Daniels, so this is easy to understand.) The movie studio setting provides Harold with lots of opportunities to do what comedians do in comedies like this one: flirt with actresses, anger the studio brass, and dash through sets disrupting everything.
Pipe the Whiskers
Director
Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.
Follow the Crowd
Director
A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch then moves with the clueless nerd getting involved in all sorts of troubles until he accidentally gets into a hideout from a terrorist group that will complicate things for him more than he ever hoped.
On the Jump
Director
On the Jump is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Let's Go
Director
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Look Pleasant, Please
Director
A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.
A Gasoline Wedding
Director
A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- even if she doesn't know about it.
Step Lively
Director
Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a lounge lizard who won't take no for an answer.
Bashful
Director
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
All Aboard
Director
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus winning a reward and the girl.
Bliss
Director
A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."
By the Sad Sea Waves
Director
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Don't
Director
Don't is a 1926 silent Comedy
Hansel and Gretel
Director
Century Film Production Black & White Silent
A Family Affair
Scenario Writer
A 1921 Comedy short directed by Alfred J. Goulding, featuring Keystone Studios canine superstar Keystone Teddy the Wonder Dog.
A Family Affair
Director
A 1921 Comedy short directed by Alfred J. Goulding, featuring Keystone Studios canine superstar Keystone Teddy the Wonder Dog.