Slim Summerville

Slim Summerville

Nacimiento : 1892-07-10, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Muerte : 1946-01-05

Historia

Slim Summerville (born George Joseph Somerville) was a comedic American screen actor who began his career during the Silent era.

Perfil

Slim Summerville

Películas

El canalla redimido
Eel
Después de servir en el ejército durante la I Guerra Mundial, el reportero Terry O'Neill vuelve a casa. Descubre que es más difícil encontrar empleo de lo que había pensado.
Sing Me a Song of Texas
Happy
The two nieces of the deceased Charley Bronson arrive to learn that an unknown judge will determine which one of them will inherit his ranch. But Bronson is still alive and posing as the cook. Hilda learns of this and sets out to use this information to win the ranch from her cousin Laurie.
I'm from Arkansas
Juniper Jenkins
A town in Arkansas makes national headlines when a local sow gives birth to 18 piglets.
Swing in the Saddle
Northup 'Slim' Bayliss
In this tuneful western, two curious actresses head West to find out the name of their secret admirer. Songs include: "Amor," (Sunny Skylar, Gabriel Ruiz), "Hey Mabel" (Fred Stryker), "By the River Sainte Marie" (Edgar Leslie, Harry Warren), "She Broke My Heart in Three Places" (Oliver Drake), "When It's Harvest Time in Peaceful Valley" (Robert Martin, Raymond McKee), and "There'll Be a Jubilee" (Phil Moore).
Bride by Mistake
Samuel
The staggeringly wealthy Norah Hunter, a shipyard owner, too often finds herself the romantic target of gold-digging men. To attract a suitor whose main interest is not money, she changes places with her secretary, Sylvia Lockwood, and assumes the role of a young working woman. However, she then falls for recuperating fighter pilot Anthony Travis, who, in turn, is madly in love with Sylvia -- or, perhaps, with the millions he thinks she has.
Bachelor Daze
Slim Winters
Slim and Ezra are roommates and are wondering why they are still single. Ezra tells Slim that the local battle axe played by Minerva Urecal has a crush on him but Slim lacks the nerve to ask her to marry him.
Garden of Eatin'
Slim
After being falsely accused of kidnapping, Slim is thrown in jail. His troubles get worse when a lynch mob starts forming outside the jail.
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
(archive footage)
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
The Valley of Vanishing Men
Missouri Benson
Prospector Henry Tolliver disappears and his son "Wild Bill" Tolliver comes looking for him.
Miss Polly
Slim Wilkins
A small-town spinster, who's a born romantic, takes on the strict members of the local "Purity League" by spilling a few of their well-kept secrets. Comedy.
Uncle Joe
Joe Butterfield
A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried parents to live with her uncle on his Iowa farm.
Niagara Falls
Sam Sawyer
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Highway West
Gramps Abbott
A young woman marries a man who turns out to be a bank robber.
Puddin' Head
Uncle Lem Goober
On the day that United Broadcasting System's new building is dedicated, bumbling vice-president Harold L. Montgomery, Sr. discovers that he gave the wrong survey to the builders.....
Espíritu de conquista
Herman, called "Cookie"
Edward Creighton, ingeniero de la compañía telegráfica Western Union, se encarga de dirigir la instalación de una línea a través de los territorios del Oeste. Ayudado por su hermana Sue, recluta a los trabajadores en los pueblos más cercanos. Pero, como la región es peligrosa y está infestada de indios, la empresa tiene que ofrecer sueldos elevados para contratar al personal.
La ruta del tabaco
Henry Peabody
Jeeter Lester, un perezoso y pícaro padre de familia, es expulsado de sus tierras por no pagar la renta. Todo el que intenta ayudarle se ve abocado a la pobreza.
Gold Rush Maisie
Fred Gubbins
Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.
Ana, la de Álamos Ventosos
Jabez Monkman
Anne Shirley ha crecido y se convertido en una maestra de buen corazón, atrás deja Prince Edward Island (Canadá) y una infancia maravillosa para comenzar en Pringleton un nuevo capítulo lejos de su granja de “Tejas Verdes”. Ahora se enfrenta a un nuevo reto en la vida, hacerse cargo de la subdirección de la escuela local de Pringleton, pero pronto se da cuenta de que toda la ciudad está dominada por la tiránica familia Pringle, ellos tenían otros planes para cubrir el puesto en el Summerside High School.
Henry Goes Arizona
Sheriff Parton
A New Yorker moves West when he inherits an Arizona ranch.
Charlie Chan in Reno
Sheriff Tombstone Fletcher
Mary Whitman has gone to Reno to obtain a divorce. While there she is arrested on suspicion of murdering a fellow guest at her hotel (which specializes in divorcers). There are many others at the hotel who wanted the victim out of the way. Charlie comes from his home in Honolulu to solve the murder.
Winner Take All
Mike Muldoon
When a waiter makes a lucky hit and wins a benefit prizefight, gamblers rig some fights for him; but a reporter arranges for a real boxer to put him in his place.
Tierra de audaces
Jailer
En 1867 empieza la construcción del ferrocarril en el estado de Missouri. Los agentes de la compañía constructora presionan con amenazas y engaños a los propietarios de las tierras por donde pasará el tren para que las vendan a precios irrisorios. Sin embargo, estas presiones se estrellan contra la resistencia de una mujer que vive con sus dos hijos, Jesse y Frank James.
Up the River
Slim Nelson
A group of prison inmates pass the time playing football and romancing ladies in this prison escape crime musical screwball comedy that was apparently a wacky spoof of the crime movies that were so popular in the 1930s. It seems to be completely forgotten today, except by major film buffs.
Submarine Patrol
Ellsworth 'Spuds' Fickett, cook
Durante la I Guerra Mundial, y tras cometer una negligencia, un oficial naval es destinado a un viejo submarino. Ansioso por redimirse ante sus superiores, pondrá todo su empeño en convertir a la desastrosa y conflictiva tripulación en un perfecto equipo de combate.
Five of a Kind
Constable Jim Ogden
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Kentucky Moonshine
Hank Hatfield
The Ritz Brothers pretend to be Kentucky hillbillies in order to get a booking on a radio show.
Rebecca
Homer Busby
Rebecca (Shirley Temple) es una niña de 10 años que queda al cuidado de su tía en una granja. Un día, un promotor radiofónico descubre que la niña puede ser un talento en ese medio y, de repente, la convierte en gran estrella. Adaptación de la novela homónima de Kate Douglas Wiggin.
Fifty Roads to Town
Ed Henry
A man on the lam in the Canadian wilds encounters a young woman in a remote lodge who is also on the run.
The Road Back
Tjaden
After the First World War a group of German soldiers try to readjust to civilian life. A sequel to 'All Quiet on the Western Front'.
Amor y periodismo
Judge Hart
La labor del periodista Steven Leyton es husmear en las vidas privadas, y a su modo de ver, frívolas y ociosas, de los ricos. Un día, Tony Gateson, una rica heredera hija del financiero Gateson y uno de sus personajes favoritos, decide pagarle con la misma moneda al anunciar su próximo compromiso con el joven. A partir de ese momento, cada detalle de la vida de Leyton será también de interés público.
Off to the Races
Uncle George
The Jones family's uncle George enters his trotting horse in the fair grounds race. The family helps raise the entrance fee and care for the horse.
Reunion
Jim Ogden
Newspapers around the world proclaim the birth in Moosetown, Canada of the 3,000th baby brought into the world by the doctor, John Luke, known for delivering the famous Wyatt quintuplets. To honor the doctor on his retirement and to publicize their town, the Moosetown chamber of commerce decides to hold a reunion of all the babies delivered by the doctor, some of whom have become famous.
Can This Be Dixie?
Robert E. Lee Gurgle
Withers y su padre Summerville llegan a una mansión sureña y convierten a los recolectores de algodón en animadores para recaudar dinero para salvar el lugar.
Pepper
Uncle Ben Jolly
Young Pepper Jolly enters the life of sour old millionaire John Wilkes. She convinces him to take her gang to Coney Island and prevents his daughter from marrying a phony aristocrat.
White Fang
Slats Magee
A woman and her weakling brother inherit a mine. When the brother commits suicide the guide is accused of murder.
La Pequeña Vigía
Captain Nazro
Star es una niña de cuatro años que vive con un farero (el capitán Enero) desde que éste la rescató de un naufragio cuando era tan solo un bebé. Ahora su feliz convivencia se ve inesperadamente amenazada cuando el nuevo encargado de las escuelas del pueblo trata de alejarla del farero para internarla en un orfanato
The Country Doctor
Constable Jim Ogden
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
A través de la tormenta
Constable Seth Holcomb
Una familia residente en una granja de Maine acoge a una mujer joven, sin saber que tiene un secreto oculto que a nadie ha querido contar.
Contrastes
Fortune Friendly
Historia ambientada en el siglo XIX que supuso el debut cinematográfico de Henry Fonda, que previamente había interpretado el mismo papel en la obra de teatro en la que se basa el film. Narra la historia de un granjero que trabaja en el canal para poder así ganar dinero con el que comprar una granja. Allí conoce a la cocinera del barco del canal, y se enamora de ella, pero la mujer no quiere dejar la viajera vida del barco por la rutina de una granja.
La vida comienza a los cuarenta
T. Watterson Meriwether
Un periodista (Will Rogers) vence a un banquero y limpia el nombre de un joven (Richard Cromwell) acusado de robo.
Their Big Moment
Bill Ambrose (as 'Slim' Summerville)
Early '30s comedy-mystery involving magicians, fake psychics and murder.
Love Birds
Henry Whipple
Un hombre y una mujer se encuentran en un rancho abandonado de California. Sus solitarias vidas cambian cuando un vagabundo descubre oro en la propiedad...
El capitán disloque
John Horner
Comedia dirigida por William Wyler, donde una mujer, Mary Horner, echa mano de sus ahorros para comprarle un barco a su marido John, con el que podrá montar su propio negocio.
Horse Play
Slim Perkins
Ranchowner Slim Perkins is in love with his neighbor's niece, Angelica Wayne, but her aunt and uncle throw him off their property because he is a poor bumbler. One day a stranger buys Slim's ranch for one million dollars because the land contains valuable minerals. Slim and his partner, Andy Jones, are overwhelmed by their new found wealth, but it does not help to soothe Slim's hurt feelings when he finds out that Angelica has gone to England to stay with her other aunt. He decides to bring her his horse, "Cynthia Ann," as a gift, and with Andy and the horse, he sets sail.
Out All Night
Ronald Colgate
A "mama's boy" falls for a spinster who takes care of children at a department store nursery.
Hubo que casarlos
Sam Sutton
Una criada y un mayordomo reciben una herencia de un millón de dólares, y no saben cómo manejarse mientras intentan convertirse en miembros del club de los ricos.
Hombres sin miedo
'Slim' McCune
El peligro que conlleva volar en condiciones meteorológicas adversas precipita la salida de un par de pilotos de la compañía de servicio postal aéreo estadounidense. Para cubrir las dos bajas, Mike Miller decide contratar a Duke Talbot, aún a sabiendas de su forma temeraria de volar. Por su parte, Mike se ve forzado a cubrir la otra vacante. La toma de esta decisión no puede ser menos oportuna, ya que al asumir su nuevo cargo, Mike sufre un aparatoso accidente aéreo en una zona montañosa. La única solución para rescatar con vida a Mike pasa por la habilidad de Duke a la hora de desafiar el riesgo que corre, trasladándose al punto donde ha tenido lugar el siniestro de la avioneta pilotada por su jefe y compañero.
¿Héroe o cobarde?
Elmer (Slim) Whitman
Tom es un joven que tiene una imagen idealizada de su padre, al que considera un héroe de guerra; pero debido a las burlas de sus compañeros de colegio, acaba descubriendo que en realidad su padre fue un desertor.
Racing Youth
Slim
A young man is mistaken for his boss.
The Unexpected Father
Jasper Jones
A wealthy bachelor hires a pretty young nanny to look after his adopted daughter. Sparks quickly fly between the two, much to the dismay of the man's calculating, money-hungry fiancée.
Heaven on Earth
Merchant
A young boy finds out that the man he thought was his father actually killed his real father, then adopted him.
Un gran reportaje
Pincus
Hildy es un periodista que está a punto de dejar su empleo para irse a Nueva York. Para impedir que se vaya su mejor reportero, el director del periódico le encarga el reportaje de su vida: el caso de un condenado a muerte que ha huido de prisión. Primera adaptación cinematográfica de la obra de teatro de Ben Hecht y Charles MacArthur "The Front Page". La segunda adaptación ("Luna Nueva", 1940) la dirigió Howard Hawks. La tercera ("Primera Plana", 1974) fue obra de Billy Wilder. A Ted Kotcheff corresponde la cuarta versión ("Interferencias", 1988).
The Bad Sister
Sam
Marianne falls in love with con man Valentine who uses their relation to get her father's endorsement on a money-raising scheme. He runs off with the money and Marianne, later dumping her. Her sister Laura loves Dr. Lindley although she knows he loves Marianne. Marianne returns and marries a wealthy young man, and Lindley turns his love toward Laura.
Many a Slip
Hopkins
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
Free Love
Gas Inspector
A wife's psychiatrist tells her that she is being dominated by her husband. Her solution is to divorce him.
See America Thirst
Slim
Two men, one timid and one aggressive, make out as comical criminals.
We! We! Marie!
In World War One France, Private Slim and Sergeant Gribbon have a love/hate relationship, but mostly hate.Both have fallen for the same girl, and Slim seemingly can't compete when Gribbon gives her fancy lingerie. Gribbon has no problem belting Slim around, and giving him extended latrine-digging duties.
Her Man
The Swede
A sex worker yearns to leave the grimy underground community she was born into, and sees her way out through a sympathetic sailor.
Oro y sangre
Slapjack Simms
Roy Glenister (Gary Cooper) lucha por mantener los intereses de sus negocios, sobretodo con la llegada de unos extranjeros que pretenden hacerse con el control.
Under Montana Skies
Sunshine
Clay gets a musical troop out af jail and helps raise money so they can put on their show. During the performance Blake and his men rob the box office. The townsmen give chase and Clay goes after Blake.
Little Accident
Hicks
On the day before his second wedding, a man finds out that his bride-to-be has had a baby.
Sin novedad en el frente
Tjaden
Mítica película antibélica que plasma los sentimientos, sensaciones y desilusiones de un grupo de jóvenes estudiantes que son enviados al frente en la Primera Guerra Mundial (1914-1918). Es una adaptación de la novela homónima del escritor alemán Erich María Remarque. Su estreno provocó enfrentamientos entre nazis y comunistas.
El rey del Jazz
Automobile Owner ('Springtime') / Rear End of Horse / Charles
Una revista que gira en torno al director de orquesta Paul Whiteman, además de demostrar en su número de clausura que la música popular europea se halla en las raíces de la música popular norteamericana, es decir, el jazz.
Troopers Three
'Sunny'
Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville theater in California, they enlist in the U. S. Cavalry. Eddie falls in love with Dorothy Clark, the daughter of a sergeant and, following a moonlight tryst, they are discovered by Sergeant Hank Darby who himself is in love with Dorothy. They have a fist-fight in which Eddie comes out second best. When Darby is reprimanded for fighting with an enlisted man, the troopers incorrectly think that Eddie squealed on him, and they punish him with a conspiracy of silence. Dorothy also rejects him. Eddie has a problem. Maybe a fire will break out in the stables and he can rescue Sergeant Darby.
Tiger Rose
Heine
A mountie pursues a man wanted for murder.
One Hysterical Night
Robin Hood
The scheming aunt and uncle of William Judd, heir to the family fortune, persuade him to pose as Napoleon at a fancy masquerade ball, but they are actually having him committed to an insane asylum. Since all the other inmates/attendees think they are historical figures such as Robin Hood, the Duke of Wellington, Paul Revere, William Tell, Salome, Robinson Crusoe, Sherlock Holmes and others, it takes a while for Judd to separate the wheat from the chaff and prove he is not deranged. His quest becomes more urgent when he falls in love with a nurse named Josephine, who does not think she is Napoleon's "Josephine" but is convinced Judd thinks he is Napoleaon.
Sailor's Holiday
Midway Photographer (uncredited)
Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a sailor.
Riding for Fame
High-Pockets
A champion bronc buster is hired to break horses, but winds up accused of stealing money from his boss. He has to clear his name and find the real thieves.
Riding for Fame
Story
A champion bronc buster is hired to break horses, but winds up accused of stealing money from his boss. He has to clear his name and find the real thieves.
Viva la ambición
Slim
Strong Boy es un reputado cargador de equipajes, por lo que pronto será ascendido de puesto. Está enamorado de Joy, una bella chica, que a pesar de su buen hacer en el trabajo no consigue alcanzar el puesto que ella desea.
King of the Rodeo
Slim
A Montana cowboy battles lowlifes while preparing for a competition in Chicago.
The Last Warning
Tommy Wall
A producer decides to reopen a theater, that had been closed five years previously when one of the actors was murdered during a performance, by staging a production of the same play with the remaining members of the original cast.
The Chinese Parrot
Prospector
The plot is motivated by a pearl necklace, which has caused the death and/or ruination of all its owners. The second screen appearance of detective Charlie Chan
Painted Ponies
Beanpole
A rodeo rider arrives in Toptown to compete in the local rodeo. He meets a pretty young girl who, with her crippled father, runs a merry-go-round for the town's children. The town bully, who has designs on the young girl, tries to drive off the cowboy but is beaten senseless in the resulting fight. Soon afterwards, however, the girl's father is found shot, and the cowboy is arrested for the crime.
Hey! Hey! Cowboy
Spike Doolin
A longstanding friendship between Julius Decker and Joe Billings, neighboring ranchers, is broken by a series of mystifying occurrences, and their relationship ultimately develops into a feud.
The Beloved Rogue
Jehan
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
The Denver Dude
Slim Jones (as George Summerville)
A cowboy begins to do such un-cowboylike things as dressing up and taking baths in order to impress a pretty young girl. He sees that a citified "dandy" is also after the girl, and the dude seems to be scoring some points with his "civilized" demeanor.
Oh, What a Kick!
Slim Summerville and Dick Sutherland fight over the pretty French girl. Then Summerville is is volunteered into No Man's Land, equipped with a pigeon in a cage, an alarm clock, and Fanny the Mule.
Hop Along
Director
Part of Universal's series of one-reel Bluebird Comedies, this one stars Arthur Lake as a student who's confined to his dorm room to study on the night of a big costume party. When Professor Wise (George B. French) comes to check up on him, he finds Lake in a bathrobe, book in hand. As soon as the prof leaves, Lake rips off the robe to expose his Scots costume.
The Texas Streak
Swede
Chad Pennington, a movie-cowboy from Hollywood, gets into trouble when he poses as a two-gun outlaw from Texas named Tommy Hawk.
A Peaceful Riot
Sailor Slim Summerville saves a lady from nasty men.
All Tied Up
Director
Ton O' Fun comedy produced by Joe Rock with Frank Alexander, Hilliard Karr, William Ross.
A Free Ride
Director
Arthur and Eddie make a bluff at buying a car and get the auto salesman to take their girls for a ride, pretending to the girls that he is a hired chauffeur. The salesman resents being treated as a hired hand and takes them for a bumpy ride terminating far in the country where he runs out of gas. They walk to the house of the county judge who is on the lookout for suspected elopers and has agreed to hold them for identification.
Hello, 'Frisco
Director
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Hello, 'Frisco
Slim
A comedy short directed by character Slim Summerville.
Case Dismissed
Case Dismissed
Director
Unreal News Reel
Director
A compilation of archive footage from previously filmed Fox comedies.
A Schoolhouse Scandal
A surrealistic stew of airplanes, tornadoes, trick mirrors, and underwater car repair. Footage was recycled for the studios’ 1920 release Hold Me Tight. (MoMA)
Her First Kiss
Chester Hardy
Her First Kiss, where the glamorous Ethel Teare trades her fancy gowns for the rough attire of Minnie Spuds, the gawky farm girl who Chester tries to swindle. Whether dangling from a ladder, teetering over a cliff in a horse-and-buggy, or wielding a mop, Minnie may be from the sticks but never misses a beat. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive, New Zealand Project, in partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation in 2013.
It Pays to Exercise
A Flirt
short subject comedy - fun at the gym!
His Hidden Purpose
A Cop
The movie starts out with Marie as The Girl in the Case in love with Neal Burns, “Her Sweetheart.” But her dad wants her to marry someone else (Chester Conklin) and takes her away on vacation to get her away from Her Sweetheart. He follows them, disguised as a widow. There is a genuinely funny scene where Marie is disguised as a man to go meet her boyfriend disguised as a widow, and slapstick happens which results in Chester being found in his underpants with the widow in a barn.
Are Waitresses Safe?
Gang Leader Rival - Who Had Objections
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her next job in a restaurant kitchen, Louise scrambles up her powder puff and her biscuits. The cook orders her to lighten them up. She blows them up like balloons, but they come out like rubber balls and so she is bounced out of that job. In her next position as housekeeper to a rich family, she throws a party for her friends when the family goes on vacation and they turn the house topsy-turvy.
A Bedroom Blunder
Counter Attendant
A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the local bathing beauties, he has to be careful not to let his wife see him enjoying himself.
A Dog Catcher's Love
The Dog Catcher
The dog catcher of the title is arrow-narrow Slim , and his "love" is pert Peggy. Alas, his rival is handsome bow-wow fancier E.R. Ketchum, whose luck with women borders on the fantastic.
Villa of the Movies
Mr. Hawk - a Boarder
Here's a rare 1917 Triangle Keystone, co-starring Slim Summerville, with whom Bobby Dunn would co-star again with later, both with Fox Sunshine comedies in 1920 and a series for Universal in 1924. Glen Cavender also features...
The Snow Cure
Minor Role
The Snow Cure is a silent Comedy short.
His Bread and Butter
The Cafe Proprietor
After arranging for wifey to land a job as the café's cashier, Mann warns her not to reveal that they're married, lest proprietor Slim Summerville fire them both. The trouble begins when both Summerville and headwaiter Bobby Dunn fall for Pierce, driving Mann into paroxysms of insane jealousy.
Cinders of Love
The Police Chief
Chester Conklin, as the fire chief, clashes with Slim Summerville, police chief.
Fatty and the Broadway Stars
Striking Carpenter
Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.
Saved by Wireless
(uncredited)
Swain and Conklin, two international secret service men of questionable reputation, have taken up headquarters in an underground refuge from which they direct their operations. They are engaged in an effort to steal a valuable code book from Prime Minister Cogley.
Her Painted Hero
A Bill Poster
A stage-struck young woman becomes an heiress, and hopes to use her new-found wealth to fulfill a fantasy.
Their Social Splash
Harold - the Groom
Pretty Dixie Chene is abut to be married to Slim Summerville besides a swimming pool stocked with baby alligators -- wait for it -- but before the minister shows up, Charles Murray and a drunken Polly Moran manage to cause quite a fuss.
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Audience Member (uncredited)
Droppington's Devilish Deed
Gussle's Day of Rest
The Park Girl's Boyfriend
The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend.
That Little Band Of Gold
Waiter / Audience Member (uncredited)
A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the husband spots one of his friends in another box. Soon the domestic difficulties reach their peak.
A Bird's a Bird
Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.
Caught in a Park
The Boy Friend
Featuring Charlie Chaplin's half-brother as The Husband, Phyllis Allen as The Wife, Slim Summerville as The Boy Friend, Cecile Arnold as The Girl Friend, and Mack Swain as The Bartender.
The Home Breakers
The Janitor
Bankers Mack Swain & Chester Conklin courting each other's wives.
El nuevo trabajo de Fatty
Bartender
Fatty es un vagabundo inofensivo. Cuando entra en el bar de Ambrose Schnitz con la idea de almorzar gratis y de beber algo de aguardiente sin pagar, el señor Schnitz lo echa. Alguien ha estado volando por los aires las tabernas de las personas que tratan mal a las personas sin recursos, por lo que los clientes de Schnitz le juegan una mala pasada, dejándole una nota anónima en la que le dicen que el lugar va a explotar a las 3 de la tarde. Schnitz cree que Fatty es el culpable, por lo que cuando lo ve aparecer cuando faltan pocos minutos para las tres, provisto de un queso de bola, cree que está armado con una bomba y huye despavorido del local, en busca de la policía. Fatty no sabe qué ha pasado, pero ahora tiene la barra entera para él..
Only a Farmer's Daughter
The Father
Only a Farmer's Daughter
Fatty's Magic Pants
Cop (uncredited)
'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready.
Ambrose's First Falsehood
Café Patron
After running into a friend and two ladies, a married man sends his wife a note saying that he's taken a train for business, but then his wife reads that the train crashed.
The Plumber
This Keystone from the end of 1914, involving the usual suspects running around some plumbing issues will not hold many surprises for those familiar with Keystone in this period, or, indeed, with the works of the Three Stooges, who often played inept plumbers. It is, nonetheless, very nicely performed, especially by Charles Murray who mugs it up freely and ineptly, as well as the pretty girl who plays the house's maid.
Leading Lizzie Astray
Dancing Cafe Patron (uncredited)
A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.
El romance de Charlot
The Keystone "Kops" / Guest in restaurant (uncredited)
Charlot es un timador de ciudad que induce a Tillie a robar los ahorros de su padre y huya con él. Una vez ha llegado a la ciudad, Charlot se apropia del dinero y vuelve junto a Mabel, su primer amor y pareja del delito. Esta considerado como el primer largometraje del genero de comedia de la historia.
Cursed by His Beauty
2nd Model
Married ice man Charles Murray is "Cursed by His Beauty" (1914) when he becomes a model for a female artist.
Mabel y Charlot en las carreras
Spectator (uncredited)
Mabel y su novio van al autodromo y Charlot toma su lugar para ingresar sin pagar en tanto el novio y un amigo de Charlot son expulsados por un policía.
Charlot, panadero
Striking Baker
Charlot y Chester Conklin trabajan como camareros en un restaurante en el cual los cocineros se declaran en huelga y son además rivales en el amor. Cuando ellos se ven forzados a hacer la tarea de pasteleros, los huelguistas ponen dinamita en masa, con un resultado explosivo.
The Anglers
The Anglers
Charlot, rival de amor
Movie Patron (uncredited)
Charlot y su rival Joseph compiten por los favores de la dueña de casa. Luego ambos están en el parque y Joseph parece tener éxito con una joven. Por su parte Charlot pone su empeño en otra pero resulta que espera a su galán y, apenado, quiere arrojarse al agua pero un policía se impide. Más tarde encuentra a las dos jóvenes con Joseph, nuevo alboroto, las bellas se refugian en un cine y Charlot se les une, pero se produce un nuevo alboroto dentro del cine.
Lover's Luck
Villager
A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids is a 1914 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and directed by Fatty Arbuckle.[1]
Charlot, regisseur
Man in Second Row Audience (uncredited)
Trabajando en un teatro Charlot tiene problemas y conflictos con el equipaje de los actores y la distribución de los camarines. Una vez más Charlot aparece como perezoso, mentiroso y hasta innoble, galante, mal compañero y termina con los alborotos de siempre.
Soldiers of Misfortune
Soldiers of Misfortune
Those Happy Days
Annoyed Neighbor
Those Happy Days is a 1914 Comedy short.
Charlot, falso dentista
Patient
Chaplin es el ayudante de un dentista con muchos pacientes. Uno de esos pacientas cae rendido ante al gas anestésico, al que el ayudante cura con un golpe en la cabeza El dentista manda a Chaplin a rellenar una prescripción, en el camino tiene un lió con un hombre gordo esperado afuera de la farmacia, se produce una persecución en que Chaplin por casualidad le quita la falda a la mujer del dentista, que pasaba por allí. Llaman al dentista avisándole que su esposa ha tenido un accidente, y al regresar Chaplin usurpa su puesto. Elige a la paciente más bonita, se sienta encima, le toma la nariz con las pinzas y la besa en la boca. Entra un nuevo paciente, pero también está esperando aquel tipo con que se había liado. Se persiguen, corren, entra todo el mundo y la casa se convierte en un caos, concluyendo todos o golpeados o desmayados.
A Rowboat Romance
(unconfirmed)
A Rowboat Romance is a 1914 Comedy short.
Love and Bullets
Henchman (uncredited)
Love and Bullets is a 1914 Comedy short
Mabel, vendedora ambulante
Policeman
Mabel trata de vender salchichas en el autódromo, pero no está haciendo muy buena tarea. Deja un momento la caja con las salchichas y Charlot la encuentra y las reparte a los hambrientos espectadores. Mabel busca la caja y cuando se da cuenta de lo sucedido llama a la policía y sobreviene el caos.
Charlot, árbitro
Spectator (uncredited)
Un par de vagabundos deciden fingir una pelea de exhibición de boxeo para un promotor. En tanto Pug, un tipo de buen corazón pero alborotador, enfrenta un grupo de atrevidos que molesta a su novia. Impresionados por sus habilidades deciden hacerlo pasar por Cyclone Flynn, el campeón, y hacerlo participar de un encuentro de boxeo.
Charlot y la sonámbula
Cop (uncredited)
Aprovechando la ausencia momentánea del esposo, Charlot coquetea con una dama en un banco del parque. Cuando el mismo regresa increpa a Charlot y le hace una escena a su mujer. En el hotel, donde la discusión continúa, Charlot se equivoca de puerta, reencuentra a la pareja y se hace expulsar violentamente. Charlot se acuesta en una habitación vecina pero la mujer, que es sonámbula, se le aparece y Charlot la devuelve a su habitación provocando un alboroto con el esposo y con todo el hotel. Refugiado en la parte exterior de una ventana, bajo la lluvia, es rescatado por la policía. En la batahola final Charlot trata de escapar pero la sonámbula vuelve a caer en sus brazos.