Minta Durfee

During a session with his psychoanalyst, Alexander Portnoy rants about everything that is bothering him. His complaints include his childhood and his family with an emphasis on his mother, his sexual fantasies and the problems that he has with women, and his obsessive feelings about his Judaism.

An enigmatic young man manipulates his way into working at the decaying mansion of a once prolific, but now reclusive and alcoholic, movie star named Katharine Packard. While the rest of the house staff become suspicious of Vic's intentions, the aging movie queen is smitten. But as Vic begins behaving in more and more erratic ways, it becomes clear that he's far more sinister than his demeanor implies.

La cómica Fanny Brice deja atrás sus humildes orígenes para triunfar en Broadway. Sin embargo, la fama no evitará que se enamore de un jugador autodestructivo.

Una azafata y uno de los ejecutivos de una compañía aérea, se niegan a creer que el piloto de un avión haya sido el responsable de un fatal accidente y tratan de buscar las verdaderas causas de la catástrofe.

Molly Brown es una mujer del Lejano Oeste dispuesta a hacer todo lo posible para salir adelante. A pesar de ser huérfana y no tener recursos, se propondrá encontrar la manera de hacerse rica.

Un elegante playboy y una bella cantante de un club nocturno se conocen a bordo de un lujoso transatlántico y surge entre ellos un apasionado romance. Aunque ambos están comprometidos (ella es la amante de un magnate y él se va a casar con una rica heredera), establecen un pacto antes de abandonar el barco: encontrarse en el Empire State Building en un plazo de seis meses si siguen sintiendo lo mismo el uno por el otro.

Malcolm Smith, un joven hipercinéfilo locamente enamorado de la exuberante actriz sueca Anita Ekberg y Steve Wiley un pícaro trampón metido en líos gangsteriles logran como premio en un sorteo un flamante automóvil de color rojo. El primero lo necesita para largarse hasta Hollywood e intentar conocer a su ídolo Anita y el segundo (que había falsificado los boletos) lo quiere vender para pagar sus cuantiosas deudas de juego. Al final decidirán irse a la capital del cine mundial, pero con diferentes objetivos.

Adaptación de la novela homónima de Julio Verne. Un ladrón ha robado 55.000 libras del banco de Inglaterra. Todos creen que ha sido Philleas Fogg, un auténtico caballero inglés, que ha hecho una apuesta con sus compañeros de club, asegurando que es capaz de dar la vuelta al mundo en 80 días.

Radio singing star, Eve Porter, wants a vacation during her show's summer hiatus, but her manager and press have booked her for additional work. She refuses and goes to Las Vegas. When she finds them there hunting her down, she manages to escape them by hiding in the car of a newspaper reporter. She comes out of hiding while he is driving, but everything she says is misconstrued, making him believe that she is a recently-escaped convict, "The Singing Widow". He plans to use this as a story to get back into the good graces of his editor. Through some comic mishaps, he learns who she really is. He then decides to take her back to Hollywood to collect the reward for her return. But now love has entered the mix, and must be resolved with his job and her engagement to another.

A mad scramble for stolen loot ensues after Boston Blackie has prisoners released for work in a wartime defence plant.

An accused killer is granted a reprieve when his victim returns to town in the flesh after an eight-year absence.

Un magnate se encubre para buscar agitadores en una tienda por departamentos, pero se involucra en sus vidas.

This one starts differently but, in the end, it is another version of Robert Emmett Tansey's oft-used plot of "employing bad guys as good guys to help the good-good guys capture the bad-bad guys." The warden of the Desert Wells Penitentiary asks Tex Reed and Slim to check the series of bank robberies which have been committed by escaped convicts. Lockwood, head of an opposing political machine, is behind the escapes and robberies, and the escapes are being planned by Red, a convict. Tex trails the next escapee but the hang shoots the man before Tex can question him. Jimmy, brother of Tex's girl friend Mary, is set up, by the gang, to be killed while robbing a bank by Carter who will collect a reward for shooting him. Jimmy is wounded but not killed and Tex arrests him to keep him safe. The gang now wants to get rid of Tex, so they send Red, dressed as a prison guard, with a fake message from the Warden for Tex.

A blackmail mob is waiting for you to go out with one of these girls.

Un científico busca la cura para el cáncer con una serie de experimentos que consisten en congelar y descongelar seres humanos. Uno de sus pacientes es un adinerado tío, cuyo sobrino exige saber sobre su salud, debido a que si muere, será beneficiario de una generosa herencia. El comisario sospecha que Karloff ha asesinado al viejo para quedarse con el dinero y junto con un doctor y un fiscal de distrito, marchan a la mansión de Karloff. Ahí las cosas se complican y Karloff termina congelado, junto con estos cuatro hombres, por el lapso de... ¡10 años! La llegada de un joven doctor y su novia permite el despertar de estos personajes, y la trama se complica.

Marie de Namours de la Bonfain es una atractiva, joven y sofisticada princesa francesa de 23 años, que encuentra más interesante el amor que los títulos aristocráticos.

Mickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.

Helene, who dances in a Greenwich Village cabaret accompanied on the violin by her grandfather, loses her job after his death. She then is hired as a portrait model by four artists--Jaffrey Darrel, Ned Lorrimer, Dick Turner and Stanley Sargent--all of whom become fascinated with her. Helene leaves the Village when Ned's jealousy disrupts the camaraderie of the quartet and becomes a stage star. Meanwhile, all of the artists have attained success except Jaffrey, who refuses to taint his art with commercialism.

Roscoe writes of his love and announces that he will call on Irene with the ring and ask her parents' consent to their marriage. Father and mother are willing, but decide to give Roscoe a scare before accepting him for a son-in-law. Father assumes a gruff attitude but melts at the right time and Roscoe departs in high glee to prepare for a masked ball at which the engagement is to be announced. Irene jokes him about his size but he warns her that he will fool her by the mystery of his disguise. On the way home in his automobile Roscoe drives over a cliff and is taken to a hospital. There he is, out of his mind, as the guests begin to assemble at the ball.

Roscoe begins work on his new job as janitor of the Shortacre Building in New York. While performing his duties he enters the offices of a broker, I. Steele. The broker is out, but his wife, who knows that her husband expects a rich customer in with a check for $10,000 to close an option, mistakes Roscoe for this Mr. R.U. Stout of Showme, Missouri. Thinking to be of assistance to her husband in his business, Mrs. Steele is very affable and finally invites the supposed Mr. Stout to go to luncheon with her. Steele returns with the necessary papers and is told by his office boy that his wife has gone to a gay café with the new janitor.

The manager of a small town hotel installs a cabaret in an attempt to achieve the standard set by restaurants in the large cities. His effort is ludicrous because of the fact that his talent is all recruited from the help in the hotel. Roscoe, the cook, is forced to appear in a dress suit and when Al St. John appears from the bar there is a lively rivalry between the two for the applause of the crowd. Mabel, the waitress, vies with a professional dancer from the city. Into this setting comes William Jefferson, a polished sharper, who takes the innocent Mabel by storm.

Fatty and the Broadway Stars is a 1915 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Fickle Fatty's Fall is a 1914 Comedy short.

After a dastardly villain steals milk from a baby, he tries to put the heroine through a laundry press.

A farce involving a judge, his young wife, and the DA she's seeing.

Droppington's Devilish Deed

Two clownish stagehands make life difficult for the manager and cast of a dramatic production.

Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.

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.

Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.

Left alone by his wife, Fatty joins a poker game across the hall from his apartment and is left to face the law when the game is raided by police. He is given shelter by a neighbor, Mrs. Kennedy, leading to suspicions that they are romantically involved.

A 1915 short film directed by Walter Wright.

Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.

A man plots to kill a friend and marry his wife in order to get hold of insurance money.

Fatty and Mabel go to the San Diego Exposition.

Cuando Mabel pilla a su marido coqueteando con su criada se origina un grave conflicto. Como parte de la reconciliación, la pareja decide ir a dar un paseo por el parque. Cerca de allí, otra pareja acaba de tener una disputa doméstica similar, y ellos también van al parque juntos. Sin embargo, en el parque, a ambos hombres les resulta difícil evitar meterse en más problemas.

After Walrus has been shot, Ambrose takes him into his house. When Ambrose sees Walrus flirting with his wife he leaves. When Walrus runs away with Mrs. Ambrose, Ambrose gets on a horse to save her. The Keystone Kops are also after Walrus.

Fatty steals a ride on a train, discovered, and put off in the middle of nowhere. He stumbles along over the hot desert and finally passes out. A very plump Indian woman finds him and takes him to her tepee, woos him and finally, in desperation, Fatty agrees to marry her. While the tribe is preparing for the marriage ceremony, Fatty attempts to escape but is caught.

'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.

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.

A city slicker tries to woo a country girl while her boyfriend fixes his tire.

Fatty, his wife and mother-in-law are on a ferry to Catalina Island for an outing. So are Mabel and her father. Mabel and Fatty flirt with each other, and Fatty tosses her father overboard, thinking he is another suitor. The boat docks and the two go their separate ways. Mack Swain tries to pick Mabel up, too. All go to rent bathing suits, Fatty locks Mack in a dressing room with mother-in-law. Fatty and Mabel feed a large fish to a seal at the water's edge, and then engage in some graceful and comic diving. Swain, Avery, Durfee and Davenport see them diving and corner them...everyone's relationship to each other is revealed. —Ben Model, ben@silentclowns.com

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.

Fatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.

A short comedy in which two lovers post their letters in a box in a tree. The old man gets wise and sets a snare, by which he catches Fatty's hand. The girl releases the snare and Fatty hooks the old man by the leg.

Zip, the Dodger

Fatty experiences several reverses of fortunes in this boarding house story. He is first ejected for failure to pay his board. He then fixes up a postal card offering himself a handsome salary and is warmly welcomed back by the girl's parents. When the truth becomes known that he is really a sideshow barker, they again turn on him.

Fatty's Debut is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.

Dos borrachos, para escapar de los reproches de sus esposas, entran en un restaurante y la montan. Sus cónyuges, sin embargo, descubren su paradero y deben volver a huir.

A Brand New Hero is a 1914 silent Comedy short.

La impostura permite a Chaplin contrastar en las películas al impostor con el personaje de modos vulgares que había ido creando. Este impostor de maneras elegantes y dignas que parece ir suplantando -afortunadamente- al anterior personaje por un nuevo Charlot.

Fatty's Gift is a 1914 Comedy short.

Un pintor, abrumado por la pérdida de la mujer que había estado cortejando termina en un bar donde pinta en el piso el rostro de su amada y relata su tragedia en una escena memorable. Cuando ve a la mujer acompañada por media docena de niños su pena disminuye.

Love and Bullets is a 1914 Comedy short

Fatty and the Heiress is a 1914 silent Comedy

Love and Salt Water

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.

A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle & Mabel Normand comedy short. The film is considered lost.

A Suspended Ordeal is a 1914 comedy short.

Mientras atraviesa un parque Charlot encuentra a Mabel, una joven de alta sociedad, y a dos malandrines que la están asaltando y logra ponerlos en fuga. En agradecimiento la joven lo invita a una fiesta. Charlot, que era camarero en un café de un barrio pobre, se hace pasar por un conde y concurre a la misma. Sus barrabasadas y su vulgaridad llaman la atención pero no lo delatan. Charlot regresa a su trabajo y justo allí concurre el festejante de Mabel, y rival de Charlot, con algunos amigos en tren de visitar un lugar para ellos desusado. Finaliza la película con un alboroto final al ser descubierta su impostura.

Charlot camina entre las parejas románticas en el parque. Una joven le pide un recuerdo de amor a su acompañante y éste le roba un reloj de bolsillo a un hombre dormido. Charlot a su vez se lo quita y se lo da a la joven. Luego lo obtiene de vuelta y trata de vendérselo a su dueño original, quien llama a un policía. Siguen luego las correrías que harán que todos caigan al lago salvo el hábil Charlot, que se las arregla para irse con la joven. Originalmente duró 20 minutos, pero en su versión restaurada se duplicaron los cuadros por segundo reduciéndolo a la mitad, 10 minutos.

Charlie, competing with his rival's race car, offers Mabel a ride on his motorcycle but drops her in a puddle. He also kidnaps his rival before the race. But Mabel decides to take the wheels in his place, thus causing a threat to Charlie. As the race progresses, despite a very late start, Mabel manages to gain a lead of three laps. Charlie with his henchmen, tries to sabotage the race by using oil and bombs on the track. They seem to succeed for a while, but their dirty tricks were not enough to stop the high-spirited Mabel from winning the race.

Roscoe is a family man at the seaside, lumbered with a shrewish wife and an extremely annoying young son. He meets up with a charming young lady in a bathing costume, and the two of them break into a charming and delightful dance. Unfortunately, the bathing beauty has a husband with pistols...

Charlot es el huésped preferido de la casa y congenia con la patrona, Minta Durfee (que en la realidad era la esposa de Roscoe Arbuckle). Al esposo de la patrona, Edgar Kennedy, esta situación no le hace feliz pero él también tiene lo suyo. Un show de sombras chinescas conducido por el hijo de la pareja embaraza a todos y produce un alboroto.

Chaplin interpreta el papel de un rico caballero de clase alta, cuyo romance con una joven peligra cuando ella lo ve abrazar una criada.

La joven bonita provoca una rivalidad amorosa que desemboca en los habituales corridas, choques, etc...

Después de ver en el cinematógrafo una película de los Estudios Keystone, Charlot intenta colarse en los estudios mezclado entre los actores famosos, como Roscoe Arbuckle y Ford Sterling, y lo logra, pese a la oposición del portero. Una vez dentro, se acerca al plató donde filman una película e inadvertidamente causa y desconcierto.

The Water Dog is a 1914 American short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle.

Un estafador enreda a un periodista para conseguir algo de dinero y luego pide un trabajo en su periódico.

Rebecca's Wedding Day is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Billy Gilbert.

When Fatty Arbuckle accidentally hits on the rajah, he declares, "Death to all flirts!" and hijinks ensue.

The Under-Sheriff is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and George Nichols.

A Misplaced Foot is a 1914 movie starring Mabel Normand and Roscoe Arbuckle.

Fatty's Flirtation is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Mabel Normand.

His Sister's Kids is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Minta Durfee.

Fatty rescues the daughter of the police commisioner and is given a job as an officer as a reward, but its not all its cracked up to be!

Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to stop them. Soon the Keystone Kops arrive on the scene, and chaos quickly ensues.

Wine is a 1913 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Ford Sterling.

Fatty induces wife to let him take a day off to go to the celebration at San Diego. He has a wonderful time, flirting with the girls, breaking up a parade, fighting the police force and falling into the fountain with him, escapes, and with the crowd after him, leaps into the river. Here he rescues a little boy and becomes a hero. He goes home to wife in a bedraggled condition, tells of rescue and is set upon a pedestal. Wife, as a reward, takes him to the movies at night and sees husband flirting and fighting in the fountain, where some enterprising cameraman caught him. That explaining, as she thought, the bedraggled state in which he arrived home, she turns and beats him all the way home.

The scene is laid for a quiet little wedding. The guests are waiting for Fatty and an ancient maid to be made one. Fatty's rival appears and breaks up the wedding. A lemon meringue pie battle ensues, with the rival the victor. He carries the bride away. A most sensational and ludicrous finish is when he sees Fatty at the foot of a precipitous cliff. In a fit of rage he throws the bride from the top of the cliff at him, who lands unscathed in Fatty's arms.