Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Nascimento : 1892-01-14, Elmira, New York, USA

Morte : 1992-11-02

História

Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for producing a number of successes including the Laurel and Hardy franchise, the films of entertainer Charley Chase, and the Our Gang film comedy series.

Perfil

Hal Roach

Filmes

Cinecittà Babylon
Himself - Producer (archive footage)
A história do cinema italiano sob o fascismo, uma indústria cinematográfica sofisticada construída em torno da fundação dos estúdios Cinecittà e do nascimento bem-sucedido de um star system doméstico, povoado por artistas muito peculiares entre os quais se destacaram várias atrizes belas, magnéticas e especiais; uma história negra de guerra, drogas, sexo, censura e tragédia.
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D
Producer
Laurel & Hardy: Their Lives and Magic
Self (archive footage)
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.
Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits
Producer
The gang's all here - Our Gang, that is, with Spanky, Alfalfa, Jackie, Farina, Scotty, Buckwheat, Chubby, Stymie, Wheezer, Dickie, Tommy, Mary, Pete and more in uncut versions of some of their funniest episodes. A magic lamp turns two adults into new arrivals at the Happy Home Orphanage in "Shrimps for a Day," while the Rascals show a thief how to "Fly My Kite" when he tries to send their beloved Grandma to the poor farm. The Gang is snubbed after saying "Hi Neighbor" to the new kid on the block, and Spanky has "Beginners Luck" during his debut on amateur night, before they mistake a hungry "Kid from Borneo" for Uncle George.
Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties
Producer
Recapture the magic of Hal Roach's in this delightful musical comedy compilation released to theaters in 1959 and featuring classics from the peak period of the most popular movie series of all times. Darla Hood makes her Our Gang Debut in their neighborhood musical revue, singing "I'll Never Say 'Never Again' Again," and is designated their entrant in a radio station singing contest, but fails to show up on time. Alfalfa goes on in her places, performing his unforgettable rendition of "I'm in the Mood for Love," while Spanky turns into a pint-sized Fred Astaire when the Adams Street Grammar School stages a musical show.
Our Gang - Comedy Festival
Producer
Featuring the most riotous Rascals of all. This hilarious comedy compilation spans more than twenty years of classic Our Gang comedies to tickle your funny bone and includes rarely seen silent footage. See Alfalfa sing "The Barber of Seville" at the "Our Gang Follies" and Chubby grease Wheezer with Limburger, plus a 1930s bicycle commercial starring Spanky and a 1950s reunion on "You Asked for It". Come join Spanky, Buckwheat, Jackie, Mickey, Farina, Darla, Froggy, Mary, Joe Cobb and many more for the marathon of mirthful moments with the Little Rascals, a must-have for your comedy collection.
The Our Gang Story
Writer
Join all you favorites--Spanky, Buckwheat, Alfalfa, Darla, Butch, Froggy and more--in a jam-packed special covering more than twenty years and 200 episodes of Hal Roach's inimitable brand of childhood magic. This fascinating video offers insight into the Gang's personal lives, as rare footage follows each member's career through the joys and misfortunes that went along with being one of America's most beloved kids. See how the series began in 1922 and changed after the first all-talking release in 1929, why Shirley Temple and Mickey Rooney never made the Gang, a fifteenth anniversary reunion, and clips from their only feature.
Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius
Self
A film about the career and methods of the master silent comedy filmmaker.
Hollywood Uncensored
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
Biography of the legendary filmmaker directed by his son.
Ticket to Hollywood
Himself
Documentary looking at how Hollywood went from a small town to a mega center.
Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy
Himself
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy
Producer
A compilation of clips from various Laurel and Hardy films
Yanks Ahoy
Executive Producer
Sergeants flirt with a nurse aboard ship and go fishing for a Japanese Sub.
Prairie Chickens
Executive Producer
Two unemployed cowhands help a pill-popping rancher find the nasty varmint who's been rustling cattle.
Calaboose
Executive Producer
A love-smitten cowpoke acciidentally causes a horse stampede.
The McGuerins from Brooklyn
Executive Producer
Tim McGuerin and Eddie Corbett operates a big taxi-fleet company together and because of a misunderstanding Tim's wife Sadie thinks he is having an affair with his secretary, Ms. Lucy Gibbs. To annoy Tim, Sadie starts taking classes with a fitness instructor, Samson, and later going with him to his out-of-town health club. To sort out all the misunderstandings both Tim and Eddie go to the health club as well.
Fall In
Associate Producer
An Army sergeant's photographic memory puts him in conflict with a Nazi spy.
Flying with Music
Producer
The "Flyer" in question is William Marshall, a young man falsely accused of a crime. Escaping the clutches of the law, he becomes involved with several pretty young ladies. Marjorie Woodworth plays the girl who helps Marshall in his escape, pausing occasionally to participate in a some lively but forgettable musical numbers.
About Face
Producer
Two Army sergeants disrupt a bar, a party and an Army-Navy dance.
Dudes Are Pretty People
Producer
Western comedy about a cowhand falling in love with the pretty guest at a local dude ranch.
Brooklyn Orchid
Producer
Two taxi-fleet operators rescue a girl and she follows them to a mountain resort.
Miss Polly
Producer
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.
Niagara Falls
Executive Producer
The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
Tanks a Million
Producer
Chubby William Tracy starred as Dodo Doubleday, a feckless Army draftee blessed (or cursed) with a photographic memory. Inexplicably promoted to sergeant, Doubleday becomes the bane of topkick Sgt. Ames' (Joe Sawyer) existence.
Broadway Limited
Producer
A publicity stunt staged on a train known as the Broadway Limited gets out of control, as no one wants to be responsible for the baby that was brought in for it.
A Volta do Fantasma
Producer
Topper is once again tormented by a fun-loving spirit. This time, it's Gail Richards, who was accidentally murdered while vacationing at the home of her wealthy friend, Ann Carrington (Landis), the intended victim. With Topper's help, Gail sets out to find her killer with the expected zany results.
Road Show
Producer
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
Road Show
Director
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke's on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner.
Turnabout
Director
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other's life.
O Despertar do Mundo
Producer
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
O Despertar do Mundo
Director
One Million B.C. is a 1940 American fantasy film produced by Hal Roach Studios and released by United Artists. It is also known by the titles Cave Man, Man and His Mate, and Tumak. The film stars Victor Mature as protagonist Tumak, a young cave man who strives to unite the uncivilized Rock Tribe and the peaceful Shell Tribe, Carole Landis as Loana, daughter of the Shell Tribe chief and Tumak's love interest, and Lon Chaney, Jr. as Tumak's stern father and leader of the Rock Tribe.
The Housekeeper's Daughter
Director
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
Captain Fury
Director
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band of fellow escapees to fight a corrupt landlord.
Marido Mal Assombrado
Presenter
Mrs Topper's friend Mrs Parkhurst has convinced Mrs topper, to file for a divorce from Cosmo, due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs Parkhurst takes Mrs Topper on a trip to France, where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce, with help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel, to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.
A Ceia dos Veteranos
Producer
Estamos em 1938, mas Stan não sabe que a guerra acabou. Ele ainda está patrulhando as trincheiras na França, e derruba um aviador francês. Oliver vê a foto de seu velho amigo no jornal e vai visitar Stan, que agora foi devolvido aos Estados Unidos e o convida de volta para sua casa.
Hide and Shriek
Producer
Detective Alfalfa and his assistants Buckwheat and Porky try to solve a missing-candy case but find themselves in an amusement park haunted house.
The Awful Tooth
Producer
When one of the Our Gang kids finds money under his pillow after losing a tooth, all the kids decide to get rich by having all their teeth pulled.
Swiss Miss
Producer
Stan and Ollie are mousetrap salesmen hoping for better business in Switzerland, with Stan's theory that because there is more cheese in Switzerland, there should be more mice.
Sua Excelência, O Chofer
Presenter
A maluca matrona da sociedade Emily Kilbourne tem o hábito de contratar ex-presidiários e vagabundos como criados. Sua última descoberta é um belo 'vagabundo' que aparece na sua porta e logo acaba em um uniforme de motorista. Ele também chama a atenção da linda Geraldine. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Sua Excelência, O Chofer
Producer
A maluca matrona da sociedade Emily Kilbourne tem o hábito de contratar ex-presidiários e vagabundos como criados. Sua última descoberta é um belo 'vagabundo' que aparece na sua porta e logo acaba em um uniforme de motorista. Ele também chama a atenção da linda Geraldine. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
Our Gang Follies of 1938
Producer
Alfalfa gives up being "King of the Crooners" to sing opera, but a nightmare of being under the thumb of an evil producer sends him back to his roots.
Fishy Tales
Producer
Alfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.
A Dupla do Outro Mundo
Producer
Madcap couple George and Marion Kerby are killed in an automobile accident. They return as ghosts to try and liven up the regimented lifestyle of their friend and bank president, Cosmo Topper. When Topper starts to live it up, it strains relations with his stuffy wife.
Nobody's Baby
Presenter
Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each other until Kitty resigns to being friends with Lena when they become hospital nurses and share a dorm room.
Nobody's Baby
Producer
Kitty Reily (Patsy Kelly) and Lena Marchetti (Lyda Roberti) meet each other at an amateur Radio Show. Kitty quickly learns to greatly dislike incompetent Lena. They keep running into each other until Kitty resigns to being friends with Lena when they become hospital nurses and share a dorm room.
Dois Caipiras Ladinos
Producer
Stan e Ollie receberam a missão de ir à Oeste do país, em Brushwood Gulch, para entregar a Mary Roberts, a filha de um próspero e falecido garimpeiro, um documento que determina que ela agora é dona da mina de ouro de seu pai. Só que os problemas começam assim que eles chegam à cidade: a esposa do xerife está descontente com eles por terem pego uma carona com ela para chegar à Brushwood Gulch e o guardião legal de Mary, Mickey Finn, quer que sua esposa se passe pela moça, a fim de enganar os mensageiros e se apropriar da mina.
Reunion in Rhythm
Producer
The gang puts on a musical show at a reunion for some of the former Gang kids.
Spooky Hooky
Story
The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to get it back when they find out that the class was going on a field trip to the circus anyway.
Spooky Hooky
Producer
The gang puts a phony absent note on their teacher's desk so they can go to the circus, then have to get it back when they find out that the class was going on a field trip to the circus anyway.
General Spanky
Presenter
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
General Spanky
Producer
Orphaned shoeshine boy Spanky is working on a Mississippi riverboat during the Civil War. There he befriends young runaway slave Buckwheat. After wronging a vicious gambler, Spanky and Buckwheat are forced to jump ship. Finding solace at a nearby house, the two are picked by Marshall Valiant for an important mission. This inspires Spanky to organize the local kids to form a small army of their own.
Pay As You Exit
Producer
The "Our Gang" kids stage a production of "Romeo and Juliet," but the show is threatened when leading lady Darla walks out on star Alfalfa.
Kelly the Second
Producer
A feisty Irish woman turns a truck driver into a championship boxer.
On the Wrong Trek
Producer
Charlie tells his co-workers about his event-filled vacation to California, including his run in with two vagabond hitchhikers.
A Princesa Boêmia
Producer
O conde Arnheim odeia ciganos e um bando deles está acampado do lado de fora de seu palácio. A esposa de Oliver não faz segredos de sua afeição pelo simpático Devilshoof. Quando este é castigado por ter invadido a propriedade do Conde, a Sra. Oliver seqüestra por vingança a filha do conde e foge em seguida com Devilshoof, deixando a criança com os ciganos. Sem saber de sua verdadeira identidade, Oliver cria a menina com a ajuda de Stanley.
Top Flat
Producer
When Patsy criticises Thelma's poetry, she ups and leaves for a better standard of living.
Life Hesitates at 40
Producer
Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
Hot Money
Producer
A thief on the run dumps some hot money in Thelma and Patsy's lap.
Little Papa
Producer
The gang wants Spanky to come out and play football, but he has to make sure his baby sister is asleep first.
Bonnie Scotland
Producer
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
Sprucin' Up
Producer
A new truant officer moves into the neighborhood, and everybody wants to get friendly with his daughter.
Teacher's Beau
Producer
The gang tries to dissuade their teacher from geting married.
The Tin Man
Producer
Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.
Thicker Than Water
Producer
Oliver's in trouble with his wife after missing a payment on their furniture, having given the money to Stanley, who used it instead to pay Mrs. Hardy for his room and board. At Stan's suggestion Ollie then withdraws the couple's savings from the bank to pay for the furniture and inadvertently pays virtually the whole amount at an auction for a grandfather clock which is soon crushed under a passing truck. Mrs Hardy then unintentionally causes serious injuries to Ollie requiring him to be rushed to hospital for a blood transfusion. The doctor conscripts Stan to be the unwilling blood donor. Problems occur with the transfusion and when Stan and Ollie leave the hospital they appear to have morphed into each other.
Anniversary Trouble
Producer
The gang's treasury is entrusted to Spanky, who accidentally gets it mixed up with his father's money.
Beginner's Luck
Producer
Spanky's mother's pushes him to join a local theater amateur night.
The Fixer Uppers
Producer
Stan and Ollie are greeting card salesmen who agree to help a woman put a spark in her loveless marriage by making her husband jealous.
Tit for Tat
Producer
Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.
Era Uma Vez Dois Valentes
Producer
Trata-se da primeira adaptação para as telas da aopereta composta por Victor Herbert e Glen MacDonough em 1903. Esta comédia musical em ritmo de conto de fadas conta a história do malvado Silas Barnaby, que ameaça despejar a viúva Peep caso sua filha Little Bo-Peep não aceite casar-se com ela. A moça é apaixonada por Tom-Tom Piper e oede ajuda a Stannie Dum e Ollie Dee para derrotar o vilão. A dupla tenta pegar dinheiro emprestado para pagar a hipoteca da viúva Peep, mas acabam optando por um plano mais ousado, fazendo Barnaby casar-se com Stannie! O enfurecido vilão então ameaça destruir a Terra dos Brinquedos.
Um Fantasma Muito Vivo
Producer
Um capitão do mar rude, que absolutamente detesta a palavra "fantasma", está tendo problemas para tripular seu navio por causa do boato de que é... bem... assombrado. Ele convence Stanley e Oliver a ajudá-lo a enviar uma tripulação dos marinheiros em um bar nas docas. A dupla cômica consegue isso usando um dos dispositivos mais engraçados já colocados em um filme e, claro, tudo dá errado. Uma vez a bordo, o capitão avisa que quem disser a palavra "fantasma" terá a cabeça virada de norte a sul.
Shrimps for a Day
Producer
A magic lamp lets a young couple become kids again and exposes a mean old man who runs his orphanage like a prison.
You Bring the Ducks
Producer
Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoying nephew has other plans.
Fate's Fathead
Producer
Accidental meetings and misconceptions lead a blissfully happy couple to fight and squabble.
Washee Ironee
Producer
Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.
Mama's Little Pirate
Producer
The gang goes after pirate treasure they believe is hidden in a cave.
The Ballad of Paducah Jail
Producer
Kentucky humorist Irvin S. Cobb hunts for an escaped felon, but the tables are turned when the criminal nabs him instead.
O Poço de Pifão
Producer
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
Going Bye-Bye!
Producer
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
Another Wild Idea
Producer
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
Benny, from Panama
Producer
Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building. Then, a rowdy sailor friend of Eddie's shows up, accompanied by a squad of even rowdier buddies and an enormous vengeful mosquito.
Maid in Hollywood
Producer
Thelma, who came to Hollywood from Joplin to be a star, is ready to go home. She and her pal Patsy are packing up and packing it in. Then, through Patsy's deviousness, Thelma gets a call to come to the studio immediately to audition for a costume drama.
The First Round-Up
Producer
The gang packs up for a camping trip to Cherry Creek two miles from their home, but to them it is the wilderness. After night falls, the hooting owls and croaking frogs conjure up visions of spooks. When a thunderstorm hits, they all scurry for home.
Apples to You!
Producer
A burlesque impresario is hired to help the failing fortunes of an old opera company.
Four Parts
Producer
Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.
Hi'–Neighbor!
Producer
The gang decides to build their own fire engine.
Mixed Nuts
Producer
Oddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal, although the satire is of a very lightweight (and light-hearted) nature. The film begins at a city council meeting where an unidentified politician announces that the government has released $50,000 for the relief of unemployed plumbers. This prompts applause, but also a pointed question from an angry woman who wants to know what the government is going to do for the members of her profession: chorus girls. The politician glibly replies that the administration has set aside money—two million dollars, no less!—for the re-education of chorus girls, "to fit them for the better things in life."
Oliver the Eighth
Producer
Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
Os Filhos do Deserto
Bit Part (uncredited)
Dois homens enganam suas esposas para participarem de uma convenção. Um deles finge estar doente e consegue uma prescrição médica de um veterinário para poder viajar num “cruzeiro medicinal” ao Havaí.
Os Filhos do Deserto
Producer
Dois homens enganam suas esposas para participarem de uma convenção. Um deles finge estar doente e consegue uma prescrição médica de um veterinário para poder viajar num “cruzeiro medicinal” ao Havaí.
Limpa Chaminés
Producer
Varredores de chaminés Stanley e Oliver fazem seu trabalho, reduzindo a sala de estar do Professor Noodle a uma confusão no processo, enquanto o médico louco trabalha em seu laboratório aperfeiçoando sua "fórmula de rejuvenescimento". Cacarejando de alegria, o professor demonstra seu sucesso para os meninos, jogando um patinho na cuba e terminando com um ovo. Há um tipo um pouco diferente de regressão, no entanto, quando Stanley acidentalmente derruba Oliver na fórmula.
Wild Poses
Studio portrait
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
Wild Poses
Producer
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
Busy Bodies
Producer
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.
Crook's Tour
Producer
A short film from Hal Roach Studios' All-Star series.
Bedtime Worries
Producer
Spanky's parents are trying unsuccessfully to get Spanky to spend a peaceful first night in his own room.
The Midnight Patrol
Producer
Novice policemen Stan and Ollie bungle a burglary investigation.
Arabian Tights
Producer
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
Arabian Tights
Director
Charley and his buddies are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan.
The Devil's Brother
Producer
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
The Devil's Brother
Director
Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
Um Quebra-Cabeças para Cabeças Duras
Producer
É a manhã do casamento de Oliver com a filha do barão do petróleo Peter Cucumber. Enquanto esperam o táxi para levá-los à cerimônia, Oliver e seu padrinho, Stanley, ficam absorvidos em um quebra-cabeça, o presente de casamento de Stanley. Por fim, o motorista de táxi, o mordomo, um policial e um mensageiro se envolvem no quebra-cabeça, enquanto Cucumber se irrita enquanto espera o noivo há tanto tempo.
Twice Two
Producer
A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.
Fish Hooky
Producer
A truant officer spots the kids in an amusement park. They try to escape him.
Towed in a Hole
Producer
Although they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy isn't an easy task.
Mr. Bride
Producer
Charley's boss "rehearses" for his honeymoon--with Charley.
Their First Mistake
Producer
Mrs Hardy is annoyed that her husband Oliver seems to spend more time with his friend Stanley than with her. After a furious argument, Mrs Hardy says that she is through if Ollie goes out with Stan again. Stan suggests that Ollie adopts a baby, which he does. Unfortunately, his wife has left their apartment on returning, and a process server delivers a paper informing Ollie that she is suing him for divorce, naming Stan as correspondent. The boys are now left to look after the infant on their own.
Procura-se um Avô
Producer
Em 1917, Stan e Ollie são convocados para lutar na Primeira Guerra Mundial. No exército, eles fazem amizade com Eddie Smith, um soldado que, antes de partir para o front, recebe uma carta da sua esposa o abandonando, mas deixando com ele a filha do casal. Eddie, porém, não volta da guerra. Stan e Ollie, ao retornarem, tentam resgatar a menina de um orfanato e levá-la até os pais de Eddie, porém a única informação que possuem é o sobrenome Smith, que é bem comum. E para piorar, os pais de Eddie não sabem da existência da menina.
Scram!
Producer
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The drunk can't find his key, but the boys find a way in, sending the surprised woman inside into a faint.
Hook and Ladder
Producer
The gang, while playing firemen, come upon a real fire.
Show Business
Producer
The girls and their pet monkey create havoc on board a train carrying a traveling Broadway troupe.
What Price Taxi
Producer
Ill-tempered Billy proves troublesome for fellow taxi drivers Franklin and Clyde.
Silêncio, Hospital!
Producer
Visitando Oliver no hospital onde ele está se recuperando de uma perna quebrada, Stanley causa estragos tanto em seu amigo (fazendo Oliver ser pendurado no teto por sua perna engessada) quanto no médico, que acaba pendurado para fora da janela. Depois que eles são mandados embora, Stanley tenta levar Oliver para casa, sem saber que ele acidentalmente injetou em si mesmo um poderoso sedativo.
The Pooch
Producer
The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.
The Pooch
Writer
The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.
The Chimp
Producer
Stan and Ollie play bumbling circus performers who inadvertently drive the circus into bankruptcy. The circus can't pay them their wages so they are given a gorilla and a flea circus as payment. Bedlam ensues.
Choo-Choo!
Producer
The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Choo-Choo!
Writer
The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
In Walked Charley
Producer
Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.
You're Telling Me
Producer
In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - though it stretches into several months.
Entrega a Domicílio
Producer
Um clássico: O Gordo e o Magro tentam desastradamente, levar um pesado piano até uma casa localizada numa ladeira. Único filme da dupla a receber um Oscar. Inclui também 'Um Amigo Trapalhão'.
Spanky
Writer
While staging a play, Spanky finds his father's hiding place for the family "fortune."
Red Noses
Producer
Thelma and Zasu go to a Turkish bath to try to get rid of a cold.
Any Old Port!
Producer
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.
The Tabasco Kid
Producer
A timid accountant for a California cattle ranch and a lookalike dashing bandit become rivals for the beautiful daughter of a wealthy rancher.
Helpmates
Producer
Ollie's house is a mess after a wild party from the previous night. Ollie receives a telegram from his wife (who is on vacation in Chicago), which tells him that she is returning home in the afternoon. Fearing his wife's wrath he calls Stan over to help him clean up. Things go downhill and they make more mess not less.
On the Loose
Producer
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
On the Loose
Writer
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
On the Loose
Director
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
Hasty Marriage
Producer
It's in three distinct segments. The first and probably best involves Charley, his girlfriend, and her father foolish her mother and the suitor she prefers into getting Charley into the house for dinner. In the later two segments, in which Charley must get married within minutes to get a job, and then tries to go on a picnic with his new family, are both also packed with laughs and timed with an almost musical brilliance.
Dois Birutas na Legião Estrangeira
Producer
Abandonado por sua namorada, "Jeanie-Weenie", Oliver se junta à Legião Estrangeira para esquecer, trazendo Stanley junto com ele. Eles murcham sob o sol escaldante do deserto e sob a dura disciplina do Comandante. Em uma longa marcha para reforçar o remoto Forte Árido, os meninos se perdem nas areias, finalmente alcançando o Forte apenas para encontrá-lo sitiado pelos temíveis Riffs.
One Good Turn
Producer
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord tell her he's going to throw her out because she can't pay her mortgage. They don't realize that the old lady is really rehearsing for a play. Stan and Ollie decide to help the old lady by selling their car. During the auction a drunk puts a wallet in Stan's pocket. Ollie accuses Stan of robbing the old lady, but when the truth is revealed Stan takes revenge on Ollie.
The Pajama Party
Director
After running their car off the road, a society matron insists that the girls spend the evening at her mansion.
Come Clean
Producer
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
Pardon Us
Presenter
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Pardon Us
Producer
It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
The Panic Is On
Producer
Charley's in love with the daughter of a financier who wants her to insist that Chas have a pile of cash before she marries him. But, the Depression is everywhere: Charley's behind on his rent and nearly everyone he meets is down on their luck. After reading a "how to" book on the power of a forceful will, Charley applies the lessons with mixed results, but he does land a job that includes delivering a shake-down letter to his girlfriend's father. Is the naïve Charley going to end up in jail?
Let's Do Things
Director
Zasu & Thelma go out with two idiots to a nightclub.
Haunted at Midnight
Producer
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case" When Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebenezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
Our Wife
Producer
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
Playing at Politics
Producer
Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.
Laughing Gravy
Producer
Stan and Ollie try to hide their pet dog Laughing Gravy from their exasperated, mean tempered landlord, who has a "No Pets" policy.
Little Daddy
Producer
Farina plans a going-away party for Stymie as authorities prepare to place him in an orphanage.
The Pip from Pittsburg
Producer
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.
Chickens Come Home
Producer
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
Chickens Come Home
Story
Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
The Chiselers
Producer
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.
Thundering Tenors
Presenter
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.
Thundering Tenors
Producer
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.
Monsieur Le Fox
Director
Louis le Roy a.k.a. Monsieur le Fox, a trapper, is accused of stealing from gold diggers.
Helping Grandma
Producer
The kids' adopted grandma decides to sell her store, but can't decide whom to sell it to. The kids try to help her out.
Monsieur Le Fox
Director
Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant (Robert Elliott) suspects Louis LeBey (Gilbert Roland). When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin (Barbara Leonard), Woolie-Woolie (Nina Quartero) becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First, Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Another Fine Mess
Producer
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
School's Out
Producer
The schoolchildren lost their last teacher because she got married and quit her job. When the brother of their teacher Miss Crabtree comes to visit, the children mistake him for a suitor. The children tell abominable lies about Miss Crabtree to try to discourage the man. Meanwhile, one of the children is selling answers to the upcoming oral exam. Unfortunately for the students, the young entrepreneur used a book of minstrelsy and blackface as his source for the "answers".
Looser Than Loose
Producer
Charley is about to get engaged to Thelma when his boss foists some clients upon him to entertain.
Night of Goblins
Producer
Spanish version of The Laurel and Hardy Murder Case and Berth Marks.
Dollar Dizzy
Producer
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?
Men of the North
Director
Part of a gold shipment has been stolen and the Sergeant suspects Louis LeBey. When Louis is attracted to newly arrived Nedra Ruskin, Woolie-Woolie becomes jealous and tells the Sergeant where Louis hid the gold. First Louis rescues the Sergeant whose dog team crashes chasing him and then he saves Nedra from an avalanche. When he returns the injured Nedra to the settlement, the Sergeant takes him prisoner.
Girl Shock
Producer
Charley suffers a hysterical reaction whenever a woman touches him; a psychiatrist attempts to help him overcome his panicked reflex.
The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
Producer
The boys think their days of fishing to feed themselves have come to an end, when Stan's rich uncle Ebenezer dies leaving a large estate. But they soon learn that Ebenezer was murdered and all the relatives, including Stan, are suspects.
Fast Work
Producer
Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.
Hog Wild
Music
Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
Hog Wild
Producer
Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
Shivering and Shaking
Producer
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.
Below Zero
Producer
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.
The Night Life
Producer
Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot and outsmarts them both.
Brats
Producer
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
Brats
Story
Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their recreation.
Blotto
Producer
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Shivering Shakespeare
Producer
The gang is participating in a program sponsored by the Golden Age Dramatic League. They present their own fractured version of Quo Vadis. Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist by use of some slow motion sequences.
Night Owls
Producer
Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.
The Hoose-Gow
Producer
Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching. The usual mayhem ensues.
Bacon Grabbers
Producer
Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.
Bouncing Babies
Producer
With Wheezer's new baby brother getting all the attention, he tries to send the baby back.
They Go Boom!
Producer
Stan and Ollie try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Ollie, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Stan snores. Both of them have trouble falling asleep because of this. They try to solve their problems, but this results in total chaos.
Boxing Gloves
Producer
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.
Boxing Gloves
Story
The Rascals have a boxing arena that could pack them in if they could find fighters who would actually mix it up. Harry and Farina notice a rivalry between two very large young kids, Joe and Chubby, that would fill the bill if only the two heavyweights would put aside their gentle natures. Farina gets an idea: tell each of the lads that the other will take a dive in the second round. So the fight begins and the stands are filled; but will the combatants actually throw a punch? Ernie has one more trick up his sleeve to get the fists flying and the crowd on its feet. Sweet science indeed.
Lazy Days
Producer
While the other kids and animals find things to do on the farm, Farina becomes single-minded in his quest to do nothing at all.
Hotter Than Hot
Producer
Harry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.
Perfect Day
Producer
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Perfect Day
Writer
Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires repeated exits and reboardings by Laurel, Hardy, their wives and grouchy, gout-ridden Uncle Edgar.
Snappy Sneezer
Producer
Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.
Dad's Day
Director
A middle-aged dad gets no respect from his ungrateful family at home, so he goes to the beach for the day. The family decides to go too, bringing the daughter's obnoxious boyfriend.
Men O'War
Presenter
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a boat to cruise on a lake. They soon tangle with other boaters and everyone ends up in the water.
Men O'War
Producer
Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a boat to cruise on a lake. They soon tangle with other boaters and everyone ends up in the water.
Leaping Love
Producer
Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.
Railroadin'
Producer
The gang is playing around the railroad station, and Joe and Chubby's father, an engineer, lectures against the kids playing in such a dangerous area. True to his word, after Joe and Chubby's father leaves, a crazy man starts a train with most of the kids on it, save for Farina who is nearly run over several times. Once Farina manages to climb aboard himself, the kids attempt to stop the runaway locomotive, but have no luck until the engine crashes into a grocery truck. As it turns out, however, the entire incident is revealed to be a dream Farina had as Joe and Chubby's father lectured the kids about rail-yard safety.
Berth Marks
Producer
The story involves Stan and Ollie as two musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville. It was only their second sound film, but a silent version was also made for cinemas at the time that were not equipped to show talkies.
The Big Squawk
Producer
Shy Charley tries to win his girl.
Small Talk
Producer
The gang are all orphans, hoping to be adopted by nice families where "spinach is not on the menu". Wheezer, the youngest child, gets adopted by a wealthy couple, while his older sister Mary Ann does not. The gang all comes to visit Wheezer in his new home, setting off an alarm that causes the police and the fire department to come over. At that time, Wheezer's new mother and father decide to adopt Mary Ann as well. The couple's friends all each adopt a child as well; even Farina is adopted by the maid at Wheezer's new home.
Movie Night
Producer
A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...
Hurdy Gurdy
Director
A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of melting-pot culture: Irish, Jewish, German, and Italian dialetcs create a rich aural mix on the sound track. As small talk is exchanged among the residents of different floors, an off-camera hurdy-gurdy supplies an often ironic counter-point to the action
Unaccustomed as We Are
Producer
Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.
Unaccustomed as We Are
Director
Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.
Big Business
Producer
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.
Wrong Again
Producer
Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the horse to the owner's house to claim the reward. The owner instructs them to put "Blue Boy" on the piano and Ollie explains, "these millionaires are peculiar."
Liberty
Producer
While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying to exchange pants in various unlikely settings.
Going Ga-Ga
Producer
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.
We Faw Down
Producer
Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
Habeas Corpus
Producer
Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.
The Boy Friend
Producer
The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, the father suspects the student to be of ill repute and he and his wife conspire to scare him away by acting crazy.
Two Tars
Producer
Two sailors shore leave rent a car and go on a drive with their dates, but soon get involved in a huge traffic jam with dozens of ill-tempered motorists. A minor collision sets off an escalating series of retaliations.
Temprano a la cama (Early to Bed)
Producer
Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
School Begins
Producer
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
Should Married Men Go Home?
Producer
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.
Orquestra maluca
Producer
Membros de uma banda municipal, Stanley e Oliver parecem estar sempre seguindo o exemplo de outra pessoa, ao invés do temperamental maestro. Logo eles ficam sem emprego, assim como seus alojamentos quando a senhoria descobre que eles foram demitidos. Os meninos tentam a sorte de serem músicos de rua, mas as brigas entre eles logo se espalham para os transeuntes em geral, até que a rua se enche de homens tirando as calças uns dos outros.
Limousine Love
Producer
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car
From Soup to Nuts
Producer
Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.
Came the Dawn
Cinematography
Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that took place in the house. They say his ghost still roams the house. Night comes and every noise and creak in the house scares the papa, mama and son (the daughter is out on a date). The Mover gives the daughter a parrot saying "It's a religious parrot – I bought it from a sailor". At any rate, the parrot gets into the act by yelling scaring Papa and Son who have come down looking for the source of the noise. Later Daughter and Remover return from a costume party and sneak into the house. The young man is dressed in a skeleton outfit and the fun continues. There has been film reconstruction in a number of places, particularly the last third of the film. In many cases there is a photograph depicting the scene being described.
Came the Dawn
Producer
Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that took place in the house. They say his ghost still roams the house. Night comes and every noise and creak in the house scares the papa, mama and son (the daughter is out on a date). The Mover gives the daughter a parrot saying "It's a religious parrot – I bought it from a sailor". At any rate, the parrot gets into the act by yelling scaring Papa and Son who have come down looking for the source of the noise. Later Daughter and Remover return from a costume party and sneak into the house. The young man is dressed in a skeleton outfit and the fun continues. There has been film reconstruction in a number of places, particularly the last third of the film. In many cases there is a photograph depicting the scene being described.
The Finishing Touch
Producer
Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants his money back.
The Smile Wins
Story
Farina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity and devises a scheme to make money: the gang builds their own oil well.
Flying Elephants
Producer
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Flying Elephants
Story
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Flying Elephants
Director
Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Leave 'Em Laughing
Producer
Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.
Leave 'Em Laughing
Story
Stan complains of a toothache and he and Ollie visit the dentist. Ollie gets his teeth pulled by mistake. Under the influence of laughing gas, they leave and cause much commotion on the road annoying a traffic cop.
Should Tall Men Marry?
Producer
This western comedy is about rancher Finlayson's beautiful daughter, Martha Sleeper, who refuses to marry the bad guy and how Jimmy and dimwitted cowhand Stan bumble their way into a successful defense of her and the ranch.
Spook Spoofing
Producer
As a joke, several members of the gang convince Farina, who is "brave but superstitious", that he's caused the demise of a young acquaintance and must therefore lay the body (actually still very alive) to rest in the old burying ground, under the watchful eye of "the graveyard witch". The joke backfires spectacularly on the pranksters.
Pass the Gravy
Writer
Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feuding between the two men. When their children announce their engagement the two men decide to bury the hatchet and Davidson suggests a dinner at his house. He gives his young son, Ignatz, two dollars to buy a chicken but the boy pockets the money and kills Schultz' first place rooster instead. Once seated at the table all but Schultz discover what they are eating and desperately try to hide the bad news from Schultz who is sure to kill Davidson if he knows the truth.
Pass the Gravy
Producer
Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feuding between the two men. When their children announce their engagement the two men decide to bury the hatchet and Davidson suggests a dinner at his house. He gives his young son, Ignatz, two dollars to buy a chicken but the boy pockets the money and kills Schultz' first place rooster instead. Once seated at the table all but Schultz discover what they are eating and desperately try to hide the bad news from Schultz who is sure to kill Davidson if he knows the truth.
The Battle of the Century
Producer
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
The Battle of the Century
Writer
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
Flaming Fathers
Writer
Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.
Flaming Fathers
Producer
Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.
Putting Pants on Philip
Producer
Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.
Do Detectives Think?
Producer
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Do Detectives Think?
Writer
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Chicken Feed
Story
Chicken Feed is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 66th Our Gang short subject released. The kids go to a magic show and decides to try a little magic of their own.
The Way of All Pants
Producer
A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events.
Should Second Husbands Come First?
Writer
A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.
Should Second Husbands Come First?
Producer
A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.
Call of the Cuckoo
Producer
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
The Second Hundred Years
Producer
Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
Now I'll Tell One
Producer
This film was presumed lost for a long time, until the second reel of this movie showed up again in the '90's. So half of the movie can be seen. It's a fast paced slapstick comedy with also a good comical story about a man (Charley Chase) who is being prosecuted for shooting his wife (Edna Marion).
Sailors, Beware!
Writer
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
Sailors, Beware!
Producer
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
Olympic Games
Story
While the world watches the Olympic Games in Stockholm, the Rascals gather at the flats for their own games. Whether it's the shot put, the hurdles, the pole vault, or the high jump, not much goes right. There's a deep mud hole that catches several of the kids, and someone out there keeps giving them the razzberry. It's young Wheezer hiding out of sight with his dog Punch, but the kids think it's another boy, so every time they hear the Bronx cheer, they chase the innocent lad and give him a thumping.
Us
Producer
Short comedy about airplanes.
Why Girls Love Sailors
Producer
Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
Why Girls Love Sailors
Writer
Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's wife fires off a parting shot.
Don't Tell Everything
Producer
Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him. 10 days later he has married the widow, but hasn't told her about Asher. Asher doesn't like the situation either, and enters the home disguised as the new maid, that leeds to a growing suspicion of his step mother, who has her own little secret.
Baby Brother
Story
Joe Cobb is a wealthy child who longs for a baby brother. His nursemaid takes him to the other side where he meets some kids his age (the rest of Our Gang) where Joe offers three dollars for a baby. Farina finds a fellow African-American neighbor woman who lets him mind her infant which he then paints white and sells to Joe. The rest of the gang has set an assembly-line system that washes, dries, rocks, and feeds male and female babies.
The Glorious Fourth
Producer
It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
The Glorious Fourth
Story
It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
Love 'Em and Weep
Producer
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
Love 'Em and Weep
Writer
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
Eve's Love Letters
Producer
Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the story, but it's pretty plain that it's actually the comic mind and performing talents of Stan Laurel, who plays her butler, that make this two-reel short shine.
Duck Soup
Producer
Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.
Ten Years Old
Writer
Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade as Birthday Blues in 1932. Nobody comes to Joe's birthday party so he goes to the rich kid's party with his own special cake.
Why Girls Say No
Producer
A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a jewish father who is worried about his daughter.
Seeing the World
Producer
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Seeing the World
Story
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
Two-Time Mama
Producer
The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couples, the Browns (Glenn Tryon & Vivien Oakland) and the Dazzles (Tyler Brooke & Anita Garvin). The two couples have apartments across the hall from one another, and all four plan to attend a costume ball together. But after each husband expresses unhappiness with his wife's costume the women angrily refuse to go to the party. The two husbands decide to go "stag" and pick up dates, but when Mrs. Brown changes her mind about attending, and Mr. Dazzle and Mr. Brown switch costumes, mix-ups result.
Should Men Walk Home?
Producer
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.
Bring Home the Turkey
Story
Habitually mistreated at the deceptively named Happyland Home Orphanage, the Our Gang kids find a loyal and kindhearted friend in the form of a black grownup named Uncle Tom. Alas, Tom's own children -- including real-life siblings Allen "Farina" Hoskins and Jannie "Mango" Hoskins -- are carted off to Happyland by the cold-hearted county officials. Farina, Mango, and the other kids escape the cruel orphanage in the dead of night, while Uncle Tom, preparing for their return, "borrows" food, clothes, and furnishings from various merchants.
There Ain't No Santa Claus
Producer
Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.
The Nickel-Hopper
Writer
Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.
War Feathers
Story
While on a cross-country train trip, the Our Gang kids drive the rest of the passengers crazy with a never-ending game of cowboys and Indians. During a stopover in the sleepy town of Red Dog, the kids disembark in hopes of savoring a taste of genuine Western life. They get more than they bargained for when a trio of bandits rides into town for a showdown with the local sherff.
Be Your Age
Producer
Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, her attorney, sees a way to solve both their problems, and keep control of her $2 million.
Get 'Em Young
Producer
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
Tell 'Em Nothing
Producer
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by getting photos in a compromising situation...
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Producer
The crotchety dean of Pinkham University blames the "bad behavior of the school's female students on a dress shop owned by Helene, and informs her he's shutting her shop down. Meanwhile, her boyfriend Napoleon has invented a plaster that restores youth. The dean accidentally sits on the plaster and reverts back to his younger days when he himself used to chase college girls. Complications ensue.
Bromo and Juliet
Presenter
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
Bromo and Juliet
Producer
A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare.
The Devil Horse
Writer
A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he is recaptured by Indians who force him to fight their vicious devil horse . The horse looks somewhat familiar.
The Devil Horse
Producer
A boy's family is wiped out in an Indian massacre of a wagon train and he is captured. He befriends a wild colt. Years later, following his escape, he is recaptured by Indians who force him to fight their vicious devil horse . The horse looks somewhat familiar.
Crazy Like a Fox
Presenter
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan.
Crazy Like a Fox
Producer
Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall in love, unbeknownst to their real identities, and decide each on their own that they have to wreck their parents plan.
The Fourth Alarm
Producer
The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.
The Fourth Alarm
Writer
The rascals once again, now as a plumbers.
Shivering Spooks
Story
The kids are playing baseball when a man dressed in Middle-Eastern clothing comes out and tells them to be quiet. They join Mary, Farina, and Scooter in the gang's hide-out while Mary is reading ghost stories. While on the other side of the wall, the Arab-looking man is cheating people out of their money by staging a fake séance using state-of-the-art special effects. The cave entrance for the gang's hide-out collapses, so they light candles and dig into the wall, entering into the house. The "suckers" find out they are being cheated and run to get the cops to book the guys. The guys find out that the kids are in the house, and one dresses up in a ghost costume and chases the kids throughout the house.
Along Came Auntie
Producer
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.
Thundering Fleas
Producer
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
Thundering Fleas
Story
The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
Say It with Babies
Producer
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a picnic with the neighbors and hoe comes home on his day of rest with three traffic tickets and numerous stings from the hornets he failed to amuse.
Baby Clothes
Writer
Mr. and Mrs. Weedle are desperate to find two babies, for their rich uncle has sent them money for years thinking they have children. Now that he’s coming into town, the couple must find a pair of babies as soon as possible. The Our Gang kids are ready for the job, but a 27-year old midget is also in the running for the job and he doesn’t play fairly.
Monkey Business
Story
An abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and inspire the rest of the gang to put on a show to make money from neighborhood kids. But the chimp has his own idea and runs off creating havoc all over town until chased down by the local cops.
Madame Mystery
Writer
A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts of two men who are trying to steal it. They succeed in doing so, but the gas turns out to be not quite what they expected.
Mama Behave
Producer
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wife's fidelity.
Wandering Papas
Executive Producer
A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rabbit and a 15cm frosted cake. He sets off into the wide open spaces to collect the food, coming into contact with a mad hermit, who hates anybody seeing his daughter, before returning to cook dinner
Long Pants
Producer
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quickly falls for a vivacious young widow who accidentally runs him down. But his father feels she is beyond his abilities and competes for her attention.
Long Pants
Writer
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quickly falls for a vivacious young widow who accidentally runs him down. But his father feels she is beyond his abilities and competes for her attention.
Soft Pedal
Producer
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.
Soft Pedal
Writer
An opportunistic umbrella salesman attempts to save a musician and his daughter from blackmail.
Charley My Boy!
Producer
A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man she can fall in love with.
Don't Butt In
Writer
James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work.
What's the World Coming To?
Producer
Short comedy which posits that in a hundred years men's styles will revert to Regency garb, and that there will be a complete gender role reversal, with husband Clyde Cook staying home alone while wife Katherine Grant goes tomcatting around town.
Good Cheer
Story
On Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervently enough.
A Punch in the Nose
Writer
The Boy Friend
Producer
A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
Flaming Flappers
Producer
Mother - The hand that rocks the family - and rocks it often! A family comedy.
His Wooden Wedding
Producer
A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg.
One Wild Ride
Story
The gang has a taxi, consisting of an old Model T with no engine, pushed by a horse. When the owner takes his horse back, they must rely on motorists to tow them to the top of the hill so they can coast down. Little Farina borrows the car and it runs out of control all over town, causing mayhem everywhere it goes.
Should Sailors Marry?
Producer
Better Movies
Writer
The gang decided to go into the movie-making business, using all kinds of sets and props. There were problems as those not involved are trying to ruin their business by playing pranks and even insisting the police to close them down.
The Caretaker's Daughter
Producer
The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the great Charley Chase in a case of multiple incarnations!
Black Cyclone
Story
A cowboy and a wild horse find they have some things in common: both have enemies out to get them and both must save their mates from danger.
No Father to Guide Him
Producer
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
Mary, Queen of Tots
Story
A couple makes dolls modeled on neighborhood kids. A gardener at a mansion buys four of them for Mary, the girl of the house. He's her only friend: her parents neglect her for work and card games and her governess is humorless. Mary loves the dolls and dreams of them during her nap. While Mary sleeps, the governess throws the dolls in the dust bin. Mary wakes and goes searching - outside she runs into the very same four kids who were the dolls' models, and she thinks she's still dreaming...
Madame Sans Jane
Story
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.
Innocent Husbands
Producer
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.
Boys Will Be Joys
Story
Adults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of Pan American Export Company, to protest. Henry, in his 60s, is still a boy at heart: he has his chauffeur stop the car so he can join a sandlot game. He bails on a meeting with his board of directors, going with the kids to the factory site where he stops the workers and helps our gang add more rides. The directors follow him, and they get put to work. Will they ever have their meeting?
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Producer
Nanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him
Chasing the Chaser
Producer
A very good as a faithful husband, whose wife is looking for proof that more than his eyes have been roving. She hires a private detective to provide it.
Official Officers
Writer
The kids in the tenements have no place to play except in streets where traffic is a hazard. Mickey gets the idea of building barricades to give our gang space to play at an intersection, but a beat cop, the nasty "Hard-Boiled" McManus, puts a quick end to that. A sympathetic constable and a detective who has kids of his own give our gang a chance to help law enforcement. The little rascals wear uniforms and keep an eye on things: Joe, for instance, eyes the bananas at Tony's fruit stand. When the now-fired McManus returns and seeks revenge, the junior police force and their adult colleagues are put to the test.
What Price Goofy?
Story
Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young woman, she reports back to Mrs. Jamison that her husband is obviously having an affair. Mrs. Jamison storms out, and a few minutes later a guest arrives for a visit -- a Professor Brown. Jamison doesn't realize the professor is a woman, and Mrs. Jamison, who has returned, doesn't realize the woman is Professor Brown. She presumes she has caught her husband with his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog, and a very accommodating burglar complicate the situation.
Sure-Mike!
Story
Vermuda, a saleswoman in a department store, is very late for work. She relies on a ruse to fool the floorwalker, and when that doesn't work, she relies on her friendship with the store manager. But she is soon disillusioned as to where she really stands with the manager.
Looking for Sally
Writer
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the dock. But, due to some unfortunate coincidences they are mistaken about the identity of each other, but meet unbeknownst to that fact. Jimmie decides that he has to find that girl. Finally, after having annoyed a policeman, and a great fraction of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses up in rags to meet her. But his way of introduction causes more confusion.
Shootin' Injuns
Story
Many of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance - planning their next game, which will be a Wild West shootout. They run into some obstacles in playing the game, including objections from parents, and as such they decide to postpone it until the wee hours of the next morning and play it in the streets of the neighborhood. As it begins to rain during the middle of their shootout that morning, they decide to take refuge in a neighborhood house. What they are unaware of is that the house belongs to inventor W.R. Jones, who rigged it to be a "magnetic house", a demonstration for a possible amusement park attraction. Not knowing about the house's rigged contraptions leads to a lot of misadventures for the gang not related to shooting Indians as they try to figure out what's happening around them.
Big Red Riding Hood
Writer
Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so he tries reading it at the book shop, something the owner doesn't like. But with a little help by the owner's wife it is not impossible, even when the book is bought by somebody else, put in a car and the car is stolen...
The Love Bug
Story
Farina, Joe and Mickey are all struck by the love bug. After several problems, they go to the beauty salon, where Pineapple works and proceed to make shambles of it. The police arrive and arrest them, but Grandma comes to their rescue.
Bad Boy
Producer
In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, although Jimmy gets his sensitivity from his mother. He wants to wed his girlfriend, and so accepts a job at his father's iron foundry, but does not excel there. Next, Jimmy goes to a tough dance-hall to impress his girl. A highlight is his parody of an Isadora Duncan dance.
Is Marriage the Bunk?
Producer
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he's a drip--as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up--and loses face once again with his family.
Should Husbands Be Watched?
Producer
Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.
Dog Days
Producer
The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.
Dog Days
Writer
The boys are showing off their dogs to each other when little rich girl Mary Kornman rides by in her pony-drawn cart. When the pony shies and runs away, Mickey comes to the rescue with his dog. In gratitude, Mary invites all the boys and their dogs to her party, much to the chagrin of her wealthy mother.
Plain and Fancy Girls
Producer
Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-frills girl.
Circus Fever
Writer
The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the festivities.
The Big Town
Story
The gang play inside a railroad box car which suddenly closes, trapping them inside. The next morning they find themselves in New York City. After seeing some of the sites on foot, they steal a 5th Avenue Bus, and are caught by the police.
The Wages of Tin
Producer
aka Billy, the Ford Buster
The Rat's Knuckles
Producer
Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.
Papa Be Good!
Producer
There Goes the Bride
Story
Just a Good Guy
Producer
A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.
Just a Good Guy
Writer
A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.
The Mysterious Mystery!
Story
Mickey Daniels doing an impersonation of Sherlock Holmes and Joe Cobb being Watson as the two try to discover the whereabouts of a young rich kids who has gone missing. While trying to find the kid the gang must also try and avoid a dumb detective also working the case.
Just a Real Good Car
Writer
Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the woods.
Just a Real Good Car
Director
Charley/Jimmy is a car salesman who takes an unruly family of prospective buyers for a picnic in the woods.
Fast Company
Story
Fast Company is the sixteenth short in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series created by Hal Roach. Many of the boys here want to go swimming but Mickey has to make a delivery. On the way, he encounters a rich boy waiting at a station for his mom and as they get to talking they trade places since Mickey has never seen the inside of a hotel and the rich kid just wants to play. When the rich kid returns to the gang with the goat-pulling wagon, however, they resolve to go where Mickey is which is where the fun really begins...
The Battling Orioles
Writer
A young barber's girlfriend falls into the clutches of a shady nightclub owner and his cohorts, who plan to get her involved in their nefarious schemes. When his efforts to rescue her prove futile, he enlists the help of his father, who was at one time a professional baseball player, and his former teammates to save her.
Sittin' Pretty
Producer
Charley Chase comedy.
The Sun Down Limited
Story
The gang creates their own railroad after being chased from a local railyard, and competes with Toughie.
Outdoor Pajamas
Producer
This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed in his pajamas. As he makes his way to the church he finds one disaster after another.
Seeing Nellie Home
Producer
The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by taking a pretty girl back home, wreaks havoc trying to get her in, then discovers that she's married.
A Ten-Minute Egg
Producer
The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a business card identifying him as the bouncer of the "Bucket of Blood Cafe."
Wide Open Spaces
Producer
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Stolen Goods
Producer
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.
Jubilo, Jr.
Producer
A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circus.
Jubilo, Jr.
Story
A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circus.
Don't Park There
Producer
Don't Park There was one of a series of two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season. The story amounts to little more than a one-joke anecdote, but oddly enough the joke is more relevant now than it was in 1924: this is the tale of a man who can't run a simple errand in the city because he can't find a parking space.
Rupert of Hee-Haw
Producer
Cradle Robbers
Story
The boys cannot go fishing because they have to take care of their baby brothers and sisters. After trying unsuccessfully to sell their babies to some traveling gypsies, Mary shows up and tells them that her little sister just won a prize at the baby show.
Commencement Day
Story
Centering around the closing days of the school year, this is a view into the life of a one-room schoolhouse. This type of learning institution has long vanished from the landscape being continued in Amish communities and such. We get kid-centric amusement as various skills of music are performed by youngsters who were probably coaxed by parents to take up the instruments used.
Brothers Under the Chin
Producer
A 1924 silent comedy.
The King of the Wild Horses
Story
A stallion known as "The Black" is the leader of a band of wild horses. A cowboy is determined to capture and break him.
Seein' Things
Story
At the start we learn that Farina is suffering nightmares each time he eats meat. His mom tells him to stay away from the stuff but he loves it so much he sneaks out of the house and ends up eating several chickens. That night she puts him to bed and sure enough he begins to have nightmares that the other kids are chasing him. Basing a kids comedy around one kid having nightmares and being stalked by other kids might seem rather bizarre but this was 1924 we're talking about.
The Fraidy Cat
Producer
Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their father. He is terrified of Lem Tucker, who is his rival for the heart of Dorothy. Only when he mistakenly believes he is about to die does Jimmy find courage. But will it last?
Zeb vs. Paprika
Producer
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Love's Detour
Story
Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short
The Buccaneers
Writer
This Our Gang short has the group playing pirates and building a ship to sail in. Once the ship hits water it sinks but they end up on another boat when the dog unties the rope and the kids head off to sea where they must be rescued by the Navy.
The Hoosier Schoolmaster
Assistant Director
A young Indiana schoolteacher finds himself embroiled in local conflicts when he falls in love with an indentured servant and must discover the identity of a gang of bandits who are terrorizing the local population.
Big Business
Producer
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.
Big Business
Writer
In this short the kids are managing their own barber shop, with harrowing results. No one gets hurt, but most of the customers wind up bald or close to it: one kid even gets a prematurely fashionable Mohawk! Scenes involving close calls with sharp scissors might make some viewers wince, while the manicurist uses a device that looks like a wire-cutter.
Smithy
Producer
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
Smithy
Director
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
Tire Trouble
Story
This Hal Roach comedy short, Tire Trouble, is the twenty-second entry in the "Our Gang/Little Rascals" series. In this one, Mickey drives his own makeshift car with Mary, Joe, and Jackie in tow. Among the unusual gadgets: a boxing glove attached to the outside front that knocks out any passersby! When they stop where Sunshine Sammy and Farina are standing, Sammy gets punched by that glove twice and also gets hit by the front grille that moves! He's making a delivery to a rich man named J. William McAllister. This man believes he's very sick because of what his doctor and wife says but after the gang come in uninvited, they look at him and think otherwise.
At First Sight
Producer
A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid.
Two Wagons Both Covered
Producer
Satire on the epic Western 'The Covered Wagon (1923)'.
Sunday Calm
Story
The kids gets taken on a Sunday picnic in this early three-reeler and after the first ten minutes, manage to elude the adults in this typically charming effort from Our Gang.
Uncensored Movies
Executive Producer
A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.
Uncensored Movies
Screenplay
A morals reformer returns from Hollywood to his small town, and shows his fellow citizens the results of his investigation.
Scorching Sands
Director
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
The Great Outdoors
Producer
The Spats go on a camping trip that begins with the destruction of their cabin and ends with them being pursued by bandits, a railroad bull, and the police. The Great Outdoors is the fourth episode of The Spat Family series.
The Soilers
Producer
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
Derby Day
Story
After the gang goes to the horse races, they decide to have a derby of their own.
Save The Ship
Director
'Save the Ship' is a plotless silent short film which has the 33 year old Stan Laurel acting in a run of the mill production to pay his bills and as a token by Hal Roach.
Dear Ol' Pal
Producer
Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.
The Whole Truth
Producer
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness box, and claims she is this way due to her husband, who shows up very infrequently. For the defence (James Finlayson), he never did anything to be proud of - and was proud of it. He sits there smirking and sipping a glass of water before being momentarily distracted. He goes to take another sip of his drink but instead picks up a different glass containing something very different.
Stage Fright
Story
Author Fawn Ochletree stages a charity performance of her latest play, a Romanesque epic. The gang and other neighborhood kids are forced into starring in the play, much to the chagrin of the gang. They are completely unable to remember their lines, and struggle with maintaing their composure during the more serious moments of the melodrama. Finally, Jackie sets off a slew of firecrackers as the finale, scaring all involved.
The Call of the Wild
Producer
A dog is stolen from his home in England and shipped to Canada to become a sled dog. Based on the novel by Jack London.
A Man About Town
Producer
A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty young lady-- so he follows her all over town.
Why Worry?
Producer
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Short Orders
Director
Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines. The first is a Limburger cheese bit that is low-brow but funny. The second is the final scene with dogs following Stan at the end.
July Days
Producer
The gang is trying just about anything to pass the time during their summer vacation. As usual, Mickey and Jack are trying to win the affections of Mary. In the interim, the village blacksmith, "Dad" Anderson, receives a lucrative contract to produce a creation of his: a sail-propelled scooter. The gang is lucky enough to get a hold of a few of these scooters, and happily sail down the city streets.
Be Honest
Writer
One monkey is stealing eggs from the farmyard. Another monkey, with his dog friend, tries to stop the crook.
Oranges and Lemons
Producer
After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help another co-worker, only to wind up in a conflict with him as well. Trying to elude his boss, he heads inside the packing house, and visits with the women who are packing fruit into cases. Then he heads to a storage area, and tries to use the machinery to escape his pursuers.
Post No Bills
Producer
Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear ends of a number of people, though his attempt to nail a poster to a glass window is somewhat less successful.
Lodge Night
Story
This one has to be seen to be believed. Apparently the gang has witnessed a Ku Klux Klan meeting. They decide to form their own lodge. They call themselves the Cluck Cluck Clams. There is nothing racist about their lodge, which includes member Sunshine Sammy Morrison. The film ends with a chase. The gang gets tangled up with bank robbers. Sunshine Sammy gets his uncle and his pals to chase the bank robbers with the gang riding along.
Gas and Air
Producer
Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders off to a nearby cafe where waitress Katherine Grant serves him an egg, medium rare, and a cup of tea, well done....
Collars and Cuffs
Producer
Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Dogs of War!
Story
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
Dogs of War!
Writer
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Producer
The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.
Pick and Shovel
Producer
Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Back Stage
Story
The gang operates a donkey-propelled tour bus. Later, a cut-rate vaudeville producer hires them to help out with his show, which they wreck.
Sold at Auction
Producer
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything goes-quality one rarely sees in Mr. Roach's output. It stars Snub Pollard who is initially introduced as a baby left on a doorstep before we see him fully grown about 20 or so years later still in that basket! From there, he gets bumped car to car crossing the street prior to getting literally thrown through a window as an auction is taking place! Also appearing is James Finlayson as a man who's items accidentally get sold.
White Wings
Producer
Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
Boys to Board
Story
A kindly old schoolteacher helps the gang escape from a cruel boarding school, but they wind up in a bootlegger's booby-trapped house.
O  Homem-Mosca
Story
Harold tenta a vida na cidade grande antes de se casar com o grande amor de sua vida. Porém ele só consegue ser um mero vendedor. Quando a garota decide ir até a cidade ao seu encontro, ele faz de tudo para fazê-la pensar que é um bem sucedido gerente.
A Pleasant Journey
Story
Ernie and Farina anger the police force with their shoeshine scheme. Later, the gang switches places with some runaways about to board a train.
The Big Show
Writer
The gang creates its own makeshift county fair, highlighted by a "movie," which is really a clever stage performance.
The Cobbler
Story
A cobbler receives his back pension and invites the gang to celebrate with a picnic, but his car stalls along the way.
A Tough Winter
Executive Producer
Silent film comedy from 1923. Parody of "Nanook of the North."
The Champeen
Story
Mickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.
A Quiet Street
Story
The gang mistakenly believes a police patrol is after them for beating up a cop's boy; they wind up encountering the police's real quarry: Red Mike.
Saturday Morning
Story
The Rascals, feeling unloved at home, decide to become pirates. Meanwhile, a mother, an aunt and a valet join the cops in searching for the runaways.
Dr. Jack
Producer
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.
Dr. Jack
Story
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment.
Young Sherlocks
Story
The Mystic J.J.J.'s challenge Ernie's bravery; he spins a tale of saving a rich young girl from kidnappers and of creating a utopia called Freetown.
Our Gang
Story
An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.
Our Gang
Producer
An unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.
Shine 'Em Up
Producer
Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but after the Station Master gives him a job at the train station he proves his worth.
Shiver and Shake
Producer
A landlord is attending his new tenants' rollicking and well-attended housewarming party. As midnight arrives, a ghostly apparition appears outside the window--and our frightened hero immediately breaks out the shotgun to fend off the phantom menace.
Fire Fighters
Producer
The gang forms a fire department; they end up thwarting a bootlegger, but not before their pet animals get drunk on his moonshine.
One Terrible Day
Producer
Mrs. Pennington Van Renssalaer, a publicity-minded society matron, sponsors a children's outing, much to her and her chauffeur's eventual regret.
Grandma's Boy
Producer
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
Grandma's Boy
Story
A meek young man must find the courage within when a rogue tramp menaces his hometown.
The Timber Queen
Producer
It follows Ruth Rowland as the inheritor of a wealthy timber business who tries to stay independent of a cruel man who wants to marry her and steal her wealth. The film is considered to be lost, though the UCLA Film and Television Archive has episodes one, four, eight and nine.
The Non-Skid Kid
Producer
Do Me a Favor
Producer
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
Years to Come
Producer
Like many a Snub Pollard comedy, "Years to Come" is a complete flight of fancy. In this one, it is the year 2000, and the roles of women and men have been completely reversed. That's where almost all the jokes come from.
Barnyard Flappers
Producer
A comedy short subject featuring trained, costumed ducks.
A Sailor-Made Man
Producer
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
A Sailor-Made Man
Writer
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
A Sailor-Made Man
Story
An idle, wealthy playboy foolishly joins the Navy when the father of the girl he wants to marry tells him to get a job to prove himself worthy.
Trolley Troubles
Producer
A guy has troubles on a trolley
Trolley Troubles
Story
A guy has troubles on a trolley
Nunca fraqueje
Producer
Nosso herói está apaixonado por uma garota no escritório ao lado. A fim de angariar negócios para seu chefe, um osteopata, ele consegue que um amigo ator finja ferimentos que o médico "cura", construindo assim uma reputação. Quando ele ouve que sua namorada está se casando com outro, ele decide cometer suicídio e passa a maior parte do filme em emocionantes tentativas fracassadas.
Nunca fraqueje
Story
Nosso herói está apaixonado por uma garota no escritório ao lado. A fim de angariar negócios para seu chefe, um osteopata, ele consegue que um amigo ator finja ferimentos que o médico "cura", construindo assim uma reputação. Quando ele ouve que sua namorada está se casando com outro, ele decide cometer suicídio e passa a maior parte do filme em emocionantes tentativas fracassadas.
Dodge Your Debts
Producer
A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.
I Do
Writer
Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.
I Do
Director
Comic adventures of newlyweds and children.
Name the Day
Story
Snub Pollard and Marie Mosquini are to be married, with Ernie Morrison as their best man. It's the usual gag-filled Pollard one-reeler, with William Gillespie pointing out that if she wants to get married, he has a marriage license too.
Among Those Present
Producer
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
Among Those Present
Writer
An ambitious coat-room checker impersonates an English nobleman.
Catching a Coon
Writer
Catching a Coon
Agora ou Nunca
Producer
Mary é babá de uma menina chamada Dolly, negligenciada por seus pais em suas próprias vidas egocêntricas. Mary está programada para sair de férias, ela vai para casa para encontrar seu namorado de infância, a promessa de infância dele a ela de conhecê-la em seu aniversário de dezoito anos, que está próximo.
Agora ou Nunca
Director
Mary é babá de uma menina chamada Dolly, negligenciada por seus pais em suas próprias vidas egocêntricas. Mary está programada para sair de férias, ela vai para casa para encontrar seu namorado de infância, a promessa de infância dele a ela de conhecê-la em seu aniversário de dezoito anos, que está próximo.
Whirl o' the West
Producer
A tenderfoot arrives in a western town and the inhabitants give him a rough time.
Número, Por Favor ?
Sailor (uncredited)
Enquanto está em um parque de diversões, tentando em vão esquecer a garota que perdeu, um jovem vê a garota com seu novo namorado. Quando seu cachorro fica solto no parque, os dois pretendentes precisam ajudá-la a pegá-lo. Então, o tio da menina, um balonista, dá a ela um passe para dois em seu balão, desde que sua mãe aprove. Ela então se oferece para levar o primeiro de seus admiradores que conseguir o consentimento de sua mãe.
Número, Por Favor ?
Producer
Enquanto está em um parque de diversões, tentando em vão esquecer a garota que perdeu, um jovem vê a garota com seu novo namorado. Quando seu cachorro fica solto no parque, os dois pretendentes precisam ajudá-la a pegá-lo. Então, o tio da menina, um balonista, dá a ela um passe para dois em seu balão, desde que sua mãe aprove. Ela então se oferece para levar o primeiro de seus admiradores que conseguir o consentimento de sua mãe.
Número, Por Favor ?
Director
Enquanto está em um parque de diversões, tentando em vão esquecer a garota que perdeu, um jovem vê a garota com seu novo namorado. Quando seu cachorro fica solto no parque, os dois pretendentes precisam ajudá-la a pegá-lo. Então, o tio da menina, um balonista, dá a ela um passe para dois em seu balão, desde que sua mãe aprove. Ela então se oferece para levar o primeiro de seus admiradores que conseguir o consentimento de sua mãe.
Saia e Fique por Baixo
Producer
Através de todas as provações e tribulações que um menino está tendo para tirar uma fotografia para dar à menina que ama e quer se casar, o menino fica sabendo pelo fotógrafo que a menina já está marcada para se casar com outra pessoa naquela tarde, o casamento que o menino é tarde demais para parar.
Saia e Fique por Baixo
Director
Através de todas as provações e tribulações que um menino está tendo para tirar uma fotografia para dar à menina que ama e quer se casar, o menino fica sabendo pelo fotógrafo que a menina já está marcada para se casar com outra pessoa naquela tarde, o casamento que o menino é tarde demais para parar.
Nomads of the North
Producer
Três homens disputam o amor da bela Nanette Roland enquanto as majestosas florestas do norte tornam-se o cenário para um assassinato, uma caça ao homem e um incêndio florestal. Chaney interpreta a paixão de Nanette, Raoul Challoner, que chega para impedir o casamento forçado dela. Uma morte acidental faz com que o casal fuja para o norte, onde o policial Corporal O'Connor (Lewis Stone) os persegue obstinadamente. E o caos começa...
Run 'Em Ragged
Producer
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.
High and Dizzy
Producer
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
High and Dizzy
Director
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
Cowboy às Avessas
Producer
Um jovem em Nova York exasperou seu pai por causa de sua farra constante e irresponsabilidade, então seu pai o manda para o rancho de seu tio no oeste. O jovem chega à cidade de Piute Pass, que está sendo aterrorizada por Tiger Lip Tompkins e sua gangue, os Masked Angels. O oriental faz amizade com uma jovem cujo pai está sendo mantido em cativeiro por Tompkins e decide ajudá-la.
Cowboy às Avessas
Director
Um jovem em Nova York exasperou seu pai por causa de sua farra constante e irresponsabilidade, então seu pai o manda para o rancho de seu tio no oeste. O jovem chega à cidade de Piute Pass, que está sendo aterrorizada por Tiger Lip Tompkins e sua gangue, os Masked Angels. O oriental faz amizade com uma jovem cujo pai está sendo mantido em cativeiro por Tompkins e decide ajudá-la.
Fantasmas Assombrados
Producer
Depois de várias tentativas frustradas de suicídio, nosso herói (Lloyd) encontra um advogado que está procurando um fantoche para substituir o noivo a fim de garantir uma herança para seu cliente (Davis). A herança é uma casa, que seu tio intrigante "assombra" para assustá-los e reivindicar a propriedade.
Fantasmas Assombrados
Director
Depois de várias tentativas frustradas de suicídio, nosso herói (Lloyd) encontra um advogado que está procurando um fantoche para substituir o noivo a fim de garantir uma herança para seu cliente (Davis). A herança é uma casa, que seu tio intrigante "assombra" para assustá-los e reivindicar a propriedade.
Fresh Paint
Producer
A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with attractive models.
Raise the Rent
Producer
Snub and his wife give up their bungalow and allow another couple to move in. Then it develops that they can't find another home, and must live in an improvised tent. (From IMDb)
Sua Astúcia Real
Producer
Um vendedor de livros americano (Lloyd) é persuadido a ir ao reino de Thermosa para se passar pelo Príncipe. Ele é saudado por uma revolta de camponeses antes que o príncipe real apareça para reivindicar seu trono e princesa. A revolução dá certo e o americano é eleito presidente da nova república
Sua Astúcia Real
Director
Um vendedor de livros americano (Lloyd) é persuadido a ir ao reino de Thermosa para se passar pelo Príncipe. Ele é saudado por uma revolta de camponeses antes que o príncipe real apareça para reivindicar seu trono e princesa. A revolução dá certo e o americano é eleito presidente da nova república
The Dippy Dentist
Producer
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.
Da Mão à Boca
Producer
Enquanto um homem sem dinheiro se preocupa em como conseguirá comer, ele se junta a uma jovem abandonada e seu cachorro, que estão na mesma situação. Enquanto isso, do outro lado da cidade, um advogado desonesto está trabalhando com uma gangue de criminosos, tentando roubar uma jovem herdeira inocente de sua herança. Quando a herdeira volta do escritório do advogado para casa, ela percebe o jovem e a criança abandonada no meio de seu último problema com as autoridades e os resgata. Mais tarde, o jovem terá uma oportunidade inesperada de retribuir sua gentileza.
Da Mão à Boca
Director
Enquanto um homem sem dinheiro se preocupa em como conseguirá comer, ele se junta a uma jovem abandonada e seu cachorro, que estão na mesma situação. Enquanto isso, do outro lado da cidade, um advogado desonesto está trabalhando com uma gangue de criminosos, tentando roubar uma jovem herdeira inocente de sua herança. Quando a herdeira volta do escritório do advogado para casa, ela percebe o jovem e a criança abandonada no meio de seu último problema com as autoridades e os resgata. Mais tarde, o jovem terá uma oportunidade inesperada de retribuir sua gentileza.
Looking for Trouble
Producer
Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight definitely does not go anything like expected.
Looking for Trouble
Director
Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to take a dive in a staged fight, though the fight definitely does not go anything like expected.
How Dry I Am
Producer
Captain Kidd's Kids
Producer
After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.
Captain Kidd's Kids
Director
After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.
Giving the Bride Away
Director
A comedy short starring Mildred Davis & 'Snub' Pollard
Bumping Into Broadway
Producer
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
Bumping Into Broadway
Director
A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boarding house next-door neighbor. Soon after, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big - just before a police raid.
His Only Father
Director
An American short comedy film.
Pay Your Dues
Director
While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistaken for an escaped initiate of a kooky fraternal order.
Count the Votes
Director
Count the Votes is a 1919 American short comedy film. It is considered to be lost.
Soft Money
Director
Soft Money is a 1919 American short comedy film. The film is considered to be lost.
He Leads, Others Follow
Director
He Leads, Others Follow is a 1919 American short comedy film. It is presumed to be lost.
The Rajah
Director
A Harold Lloyd short featuring a young Snooky the chimp
The Rajah
Producer
A Harold Lloyd short featuring a young Snooky the chimp
Be My Wife
Producer
Harold and his boss get in a lively rivalry over the new stenographer.
Be My Wife
Director
Harold and his boss get in a lively rivalry over the new stenographer.
Don't Shove
Producer
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
Heap Big Chief
Producer
Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive.
Chop Suey & Co.
Producer
Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film
Chop Suey & Co.
Director
Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film
Count Your Change
Producer
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
A Jazzed Honeymoon
Director
Harold Lloyd! This time, he's the skinny sap who married the hottie, and he doesn't quite have the spine to tell her ex-beaus to blow. The honeymoon finds him mistaken for a boiler worker and yeah well, shovelling coal will beef up anyone. Except he manages to go into the wrong room... What'd you expect?!
At the Old Stage Door
Producer
Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the deception is uncovered.
At the Old Stage Door
Director
Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the deception is uncovered.
Just Neighbors
Producer
Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining the garden, as well as the laundry, which is drying in the yard.
Billy Blazes, Esq.
Director
Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.
Spring Fever
Director
Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.
Fora do Carrinho
Producer
Harold Lloyd interpreta um encrenqueiro que se mete com estranhos e policiais ao longo do caminho. Na confusão ele pega um bonde para fugir, apaixonando-se por uma cobradora que não liga muito para ele e também irrita o condutor do bonde. Mas parece que as probabilidades e a sorte estarão a seu favor.
Swat the Crook
Producer
The adventures of a penniless young man, who finds himself in a house full of crooks.
Pistols for Breakfast
Producer
A 1919 Comedy short.
Back to the Woods
Director
Harold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two native guides to lead them into the woods, but the guides run in terror when they see a rather tame bear in the distance. Harold is annoyed that he cannot find any bears to hunt--unaware that two timid bears are closely following him. Meanwhile Snub encounters an equally tame wildcat who eats his picnic lunch. Snub sprints away. Back at the outpost, Harold twice rescues Jeanne--once from the clutches of an unwanted suitor and once from one of the bears. The grateful, gun-toting Jeanne tells Harold she wants him to be her "sweetie."
Before Breakfast
Director
A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.
Crack Your Heels
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Young Mr. Jazz
Director
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step ahead of the girl's father, but also those trying to rob them of everything they have.
Just Dropped In
Producer
Harold and Snub take a trip on a runaway airplane and drop off on a native island. Here they have some amusing adventures with the fierce men and beautiful women of the place.
Just Dropped In
Director
Harold and Snub take a trip on a runaway airplane and drop off on a native island. Here they have some amusing adventures with the fierce men and beautiful women of the place.
A Sammy in Siberia
Director
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
Next Aisle Over
Director
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
Next Aisle Over
Producer
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
The Dutiful Dub
Producer
Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.
Look Out Below
Producer
A story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around on pieces of steel to the top of a skyscraper overlooking the Los Angeles streets.
Look Out Below
Director
A story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around on pieces of steel to the top of a skyscraper overlooking the Los Angeles streets.
Estou a Caminho
Director
I'm on My Way é um filme mudo em curta-metragem norte-americano de 1919, do gênero comédia, estrelado por Harold Lloyd. O personagem de Harold Lloyd ama o personagem de Bebe Daniels e está prestes a se casar com ela. Mas então ele conhece o clã de Snub Pollard, onde é um tumulto o tempo todo.
Estou a Caminho
Producer
I'm on My Way é um filme mudo em curta-metragem norte-americano de 1919, do gênero comédia, estrelado por Harold Lloyd. O personagem de Harold Lloyd ama o personagem de Bebe Daniels e está prestes a se casar com ela. Mas então ele conhece o clã de Snub Pollard, onde é um tumulto o tempo todo.
On the Fire
Director
Harold is a chef with certain devices for labor saving.
Ask Father
Director
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
Hustling for Health
Producer
Stan Laurel is picked up at the train depot and brought back by the husband to the family home where the wife is having a suffragette meeting. None too pleased they cause mayhem and then the neighbours are brought into it as Stan cleans up the backyard by throwing all the rubbish into their award winning garden.
Do You Love Your Wife?
Director
Stan plays a janitor at a hotel dropping letters and trying to retrieve them with a vacuum, getting wet, helping a lady shoot her cheating husband and being chased by the police.
She Loves Me Not
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Take a Chance
Producer
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.
Just Rambling Along
Producer
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
Just Rambling Along
Director
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
Nothing But Trouble
Producer
Harold appears as an active young man who gets a job as waiter in a restaurant. Disaster overtakes him and he is hurried off to jail at the close.
Bride and Gloom
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Sic 'Em, Towser
Producer
At a masquerade ball, our hero, in a tramp costume, is arrested when they think he is a real hobo. In the meantime, an actual hobo, at the party, is treated like a guest.
Forasteiro Trapalhão
Producer
Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.
Fireman Save My Child
Producer
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.
Gussie de Duas Armas
Producer
Um jovem educado saiu de casa e agora está tocando piano em um bar no oeste. O perigoso criminoso Dagger-Tooth Dan entra no bar onde o jovem está jogando. Logo depois, chega também o xerife local, com algumas cartas que recebeu. Eles notificam as cartas e ele troca as informações nelas para fazer o xerife pensar que o pianista é o perigoso.
The Non-Stop Kid
Producer
Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold makes his move by impersonating the professor.
Kicked Out
Producer
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.
His Busy Day
Director
A two-reel comic number featuring Toto the clown in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving picture studio. He gets in trouble here and escapes dressed as a girl. He then invades the grounds of a dancing school, and later the winter quarters of a circus.
His Busy Day
Producer
A two-reel comic number featuring Toto the clown in his usual knockabout tricks. He is first seen flirting in a park, but later appears at a moving picture studio. He gets in trouble here and escapes dressed as a girl. He then invades the grounds of a dancing school, and later the winter quarters of a circus.
Hey There
Producer
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.
It's a Wild Life
Producer
Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a table and impersonates a cigar store Indian.
Pipe the Whiskers
Producer
Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place.
Follow the Crowd
Producer
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
Producer
On the Jump is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Let's Go
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
Here Come the Girls
Producer
Bebe and girlfriend go shopping for new corsets. Harold sneaks into the corset shop and a customer asks him to take her measurements - a ticklish task, as the brash young man suddenly becomes playfully bashful.
Look Pleasant, Please
Producer
A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.
A Gasoline Wedding
Producer
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.
Beat It
Producer
Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvious Charlie Chaplin imitation. In an attempt to reinvent himself, Lloyd donned a pair of horn-rimmed glasses, and thus, a new comedy legend was born. Setting himself against Chaplin, Lloyd's "glasses character" was an everyman, a resourceful go-getter who embodied the ambitious, success-seeking attitude of 1920s America.
Hit Him Again
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
The Tip
Producer
A short film starring Harold Lloyd.
The Big Idea
Producer
A clerk in a failing antiques store gets a big idea on how to move the merchandise so that he can save the store and possibly win the girl.
Step Lively
Producer
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
Producer
In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family.
Move On
Producer
Our hero is a police officer who gets involved in a crap game, flirting with a nurse and other amusements.
Clubs Are Trump
Director
In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the opposite sex.
Love, Laughs and Lather
Producer
An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West.
Bliss
Producer
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
Producer
Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changing stalls!
Pinched
Producer
Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes into conflict with the police as a highwayman, then the cap serves to identify him as a housebreaker and lands him in jail, while the innocent cause of his trouble becomes his cellmate for another reason. Eventually a distracted wife rescues both her husband and Harold from the clutches of the law, the cap this time aiding him to regain his freedom.
Over the Fence
Producer
Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himself without tickets, Ginger dresses as a baseball player and wins the game. A possible debut of the "Glasses" or "Boy" character.
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Producer
A Harold Lloyd short in the 'Lonesome Luke' series.
Lonesome Luke's Wild Women
Director
A Harold Lloyd short in the 'Lonesome Luke' series.
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic
Director
Lonesome Luke, Mechanic is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Producer
While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.
Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Director
While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary.
Stop! Luke! Listen!
Director
Stop! Luke! Listen! is a 1917 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Lonesome Luke, Plumber
Director
Lonesome Luke, Plumber is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon
Director
Lonesome Luke's Honeymoon is a 1917 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Producer
Luke is a pickpocket, hiding out from the cops in a dive in the slum part of town. He later winds up in a boxing match which again brings the law on his tail.
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Director
Luke is a pickpocket, hiding out from the cops in a dive in the slum part of town. He later winds up in a boxing match which again brings the law on his tail.
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Director
Luke runs the coat-check concession at the White Light Cafe.
Luke Wins Ye Ladye Faire
Director
Directed by Hal Roach. With Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, 'Snub' Pollard, Bud Jamison.
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer
Director
Lonesome Luke, Lawyer is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.
Luke's Trolley Troubles
Director
Luke and his sidekick steal a trolley car and create havoc for passengers.
Luke's Busy Day
Director
Luke's Busy Day is a 1917 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Luke's Lost Liberty
Director
Luke and his pal find existence in prison so amusing that they depart with regrets.
Luke's Shattered Sleep
Director
Audiences may think Luke with his St. Vitus movement never sleeps, but they are dead wrong. Like Bill Shakespeare Luke "blesses the man who first invented sleep." After a screamingly comical search for slumber he finally hits the hay and sleeps without moving to Brooklyn.
Luke Locates the Loot
Producer
As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.
Luke Locates the Loot
Director
As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels.
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Director
Luke, working in a fireworks factory.
Luke, Rank Impersonator
Director
Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up.
Luke's Movie Muddle
Producer
Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.
Luke's Movie Muddle
Director
Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up with, among other things, an incompetent projectionist who falls asleep all the time. Complications ensue.
Luke's Newsie Knockout
Director
Luke's Newsie Knockout is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Luke, Patient Provider
Director
When a doctor is forced, because of a lack of patients, to dismiss his pretty nurse, Luke comes to the rescue and uses his flivver to supply a ready supply of accident cases.
Luke, the Gladiator
Director
Luke, the Gladiator is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Luke's Preparedness Preparations
Director
Luke's Preparedness Preparations is a 1916 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.
Luke, the Chauffeur
Director
A fortune hunter marries a widow, believing her to be an heiress, but she isn't.
Luke and the Bang-Tails
Director
Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races.
Luke's Speedy Club Life
Director
Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club.
Luke and the Mermaids
Director
Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep.
Luke Joins the Navy
Producer
The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the blue, Lloyd decides he's going to join the navy and you really wonder if part of the film leading to it is missing. After all, the decision seemed to come from no where and why Snub Pollard would also join is unclear. And, oddly, they seem to skip all training and are stationed on a navy ship. Soon Pollard's wife comes to the boat looking for him and she's put off the boat as the movie ends very, very anticlimactically.
Luke Joins the Navy
Director
The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the blue, Lloyd decides he's going to join the navy and you really wonder if part of the film leading to it is missing. After all, the decision seemed to come from no where and why Snub Pollard would also join is unclear. And, oddly, they seem to skip all training and are stationed on a navy ship. Soon Pollard's wife comes to the boat looking for him and she's put off the boat as the movie ends very, very anticlimactically.
Luke Does the Midway
Director
Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition.
Luke's Lost Lamb
Producer
A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.
Luke's Lost Lamb
Director
A day at the seaside chasing a lost child.
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Producer
Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.
Luke, Crystal Gazer
Director
Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick around and take a job there.
Luke Rides Roughshod
Producer
Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for the wanted man and a chase ensues.
Luke Rides Roughshod
Director
Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for the wanted man and a chase ensues.
Luke's Washful Waiting
Producer
Hi-jinx at a fire in a Chinese laundry.
Luke's Washful Waiting
Director
Hi-jinx at a fire in a Chinese laundry.
Luke's Society Mixup
Director
Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are accepted as the eccentricities of genius. Then matters get out of hand.
Luke's Fatal Flivver
Director
Luke and friends are crowded into his two-seater, out for a ride in the country. Hayhem ensues when his party of fifteen encounters some 'fashionable folk.'
Luke Laughs Last
Director
Unhappy in his job as a butler (although he likes wearing a dress suit), Luke gets involved with burglars and the law.
Luke's Late Lunchers
Director
Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx.
Luke and the Bomb Throwers
Director
Luke is trapped and bound by a group of terrorists.
Them Was the Happy Days!
Director
Luke is a movie actor who falls asleep and dreams that he and his fellow actors are school children again.
Luke's Double
Director
Luke dreams that he has a double. One 'Luke' gets in all kinds of trouble, while the other pays the consequences.
Lonesome Luke, Circus King
Director
Luke opens a circus, but when local officials discover that his side-show attractions are fakes, trouble ensues.
Luke Pipes the Pippins
Director
Luke runs a bunco booking agency.
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Producer
Blacksmith Luke and his boss pursue their rival who has taken away the girl. Antics in a mud puddle follow.
Luke and the Rural Roughnecks
Director
Blacksmith Luke and his boss pursue their rival who has taken away the girl. Antics in a mud puddle follow.
Luke Foils the Villain
Director
Luke's courting of Maizie Nut is interrupted by a villain.
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Producer
Working as a pastry chef, Luke steals a watch from a customer, which results in a wild police chase throughout the store.
Luke, the Candy Cut-Up
Director
Working as a pastry chef, Luke steals a watch from a customer, which results in a wild police chase throughout the store.
Lonesome Luke Lolls in Luxury
Director
Luke, stranded on a desert island, becomes chief of the natives. When he pursues the affections of a pretty white girl, he runs afoul of her sweetheart and has to swim back home.
Luke Lugs Luggage
Director
As a baggage handler at a terminal, Luke is led on a merry chase by a billy goat.
Lonesome Luke Leans to the Literary
Director
Luke attempts to sell books to a businessman and his wife.
Lonesome Luke, Social Gangster
Director
Luke, a street tramp, is taken to a dance contest by a pretty millionairess, but when he is ejected, he returns with a gun and wreaks havoc.
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Producer
In pursuit of a pretty miss, Luke gets admitted to a hospital.
Peculiar Patients' Pranks
Director
In pursuit of a pretty miss, Luke gets admitted to a hospital.
Ruses, Rhymes and Roughnecks
Director
This offering tells the tale of one, Oscar Weeban, a fellow deeply in love with a certain Maisie. He has promised to take her to the Garbage Gentlemen's Rally, that annual society event of the small town in which it is their fortune to reside, and she sends him a note to this effect. He is a rank outsider, but manages to inject himself into the spirit of the affair and enters into the sport of the occasion with a vim. It is at this event that the ashes throwing contest is held every year, and garbage men from all sections, trained to the minute, flock to the party to compete. The contest is at its height and one of the experts is trying for a world's record when Oscar crosses the range. Of course, he and Maisie manage to get in the way of the winning throw and spoil the record which is about to be made.
A Foozle at the Tee Party
Director
Luke lifts a wallet from a golfer and thereby gains entry to a golf course. Mayhem ensues.
Ragtime Snap Shots
Director
Lucas and Larkin, his running mate, after looking for a job for some time, finally land one in a photographer's shop and immediately start to take possession of the place. They rule supreme in their own inimitable way until a bespectacled college graduate arrives to have his diploma, and incidentally himself, photographed.
Great While It Lasted
Director
Luke lives the life of a millionaire until it is discovered that a mistake has been made and his inheritance belongs to someone else.
Tinkering with Trouble
Director
Sourball Joe gets the "can" for sassing the tenants, and Easy Otis supplants him. But the latter does not know an awful lot of the art of "janitoring" and soon gets into many and various jams with the people upstairs.
Bughouse Bellhops
Director
Lonesome Luke and his accessory, Moke Morpheus, are discovered in bellhop uniform, blissfully dozing on a bench in the lobby of the Bughouse Hotel. Comes a guest, and the desk clerk rings a bellhop. But, in the words of Aristotle, or Ted or someone, "you can ring and you can ring, but the house is boarded up."
Giving Them Fits
Producer
Lonesome Luke, working in a shoe store, has difficulty keeping his mind on business whenever a pretty girl is on the scene.
Giving Them Fits
Director
Lonesome Luke, working in a shoe store, has difficulty keeping his mind on business whenever a pretty girl is on the scene.
Fresh from the Farm
Director
Farm youth goes to college, pursues the pretty co-eds and joins a fraternity.
Some Baby
Director
Luke dreams of the good times that he will have with a young girl with the expense money he his given.
A Mixup for Mazie
Director
Maisie Orpe is a dispenser of victuals in a second rate "beanery," and is the light of the lives of several of the town "swells". But Luke de Fluke, an all-round gay lad, and Shorty Magee, the local tough nut, seem to lead the field in Maisie's blue orbs.
Spit-ball Sadie
Director
A young man promises his girl that he will get Spitball Sadie, a renowned female pitcher, for her all-girl baseball team. When he is unable to get Sadie to come, he dresses up as her and takes her place on the team.
The Hungry Actors
Director
The Hungry Actors is a 1915 Comedy short.
Just Nuts
Producer
Just Nuts is a 1915 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd playing the character that preceded his glasses character. It is also the only surviving film featuring Lloyd as Willie Work
Just Nuts
Director
Just Nuts is a 1915 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd playing the character that preceded his glasses character. It is also the only surviving film featuring Lloyd as Willie Work
Close-Cropped Clippings
Director
Punctual Pete prepares the "Shaved in Silence" shop for the day's business. He is as handy as a man with five thumbs. Gertie, almost a soubrette, looking for a job, decides that she is willing to try anything once. Seeing a sign in the barber shop window advertising for a lady barber she beats it home and brushes up on the tonsorial art.
Beyond His Fondest Hopes
Director
Tony, a little newsboy, witnesses the advent of a dainty Miss, who disturbs his otherwise carefree and happy-go-lucky existence.
Pete, the Pedal Polisher
Director
Pete is a discontented hostler. Hostlers are always discontented but Pete is a little more so. In fact, he is so sick and tired of his job as the mule's chambermaid that he is fast becoming desperate. He gives Maud her morning "Massage" and is interrupted by his "steady," a queen of the avenue, and a movie fan. She "coaches" and "wheedles" him in the naturally gentle, persuasive way of her class, in this wise: "Aw, loosen up. Separate. Give yourself another frisk," etc. As Pete finds himself unable to supply his "best" with the wherewithal to attend a movie, his discouragement becomes despair.
Willie Runs the Park
Director
Willie Runs the Park is a 1915 Comedy short.
The Magic Cloak of Oz
The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen.
The Patchwork Girl of Oz
Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote. (Of course Jesseva has Danx shrunken to take with her, which causes trouble with Jinjur.) Of course, no one ever told Ojo that some of the ingredients were illegal to obtain...
Samson
Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's objections.
The Little Rascals - The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) Blu-ray
Producer
For generations, Our Gang comedies have been enjoyed by millions of fans the world over. Now, celebrate the 100th anniversary of this iconic and beloved film series . In 1922, producer Hal Roach introduced the kiddie troupe known as “Our Gang” to theater audiences and kicked off one of the most popular and prolific franchises in the field of short subjects, with 220 one- and two-reel comedies released over a twenty-two year period. This 6-disc set is a must-have for any true Our Gang fan.