M. Brady
Книгоиздатель Ричард Шерман женат уже семь лет. Его жена и сын в очередной раз уезжают за город на каникулы. Недолго длится одиночество Ричарда, неожиданно на его балкон падает огромный горшок с томатами, и виной этому соседка с верхнего этажа, белокурая рекламная модель. Ричард предлагает красотке зайти к нему в гости и что-нибудь выпить. Шикарная блондинка в глубоком декольте, не давая соседу опомниться, появляется в его квартире с бутылкой шампанского в руке… С этой минуты богатое воображение героя рисует не только сказочные картины завоевания сердца соблазнительной красавицы, но и унизительные сцены разоблачения женой его неверности…
Diner Proprietor (uncredited)
Bill Miller is an unsuccessful Broadway performer until his handlers convince him to enhance his act with a stooge—Ted Rogers, a guy positioned in the audience to be the butt of Bill's jokes. After Ted begins to steal the show, Bill's girlfriend and his pals advise him to make Ted an equal partner.
Bob's Boss
Newlyweds Bob and Suzi have landlord troubles when Suzi's mother arrives on a visit and brings her dog and dogs are forbidden in their apartment house and they face eviction. Mother leaves and all is well. Bob's boss (Donald MacBride) tells Bob he will promote him to sales manager if Bob takes care of his unruly police dog while he is out of town. Nothing ventured, nothing gained thinks Bob until the irate landlord shows up again. But Bob's boss takes care of that problem by buying the property and saying Bob and Suzi can keep all the dogs they want.
Sergeant Kelly
A lounge singer sees his career skyrocket after he signs a contract for a mobster nightclub owner.
Policeman
A young woman (Janet Leigh) leaves her small hometown in Vermont and travels to New York City with hopes of becoming a Broadway star.
Concessionaire #2
A Texas carnival showmen team is mistaken for a cattle baron and his sister.
Pheeny
Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. Then T.J. dies, leaving to Rhubarb most of his money and a pro baseball team, the Brooklyn Loons. When the team protests, publicist Eric Yeager convinces them Rhubarb is good luck. But Eric's fiancée Polly seems to be allergic to cats, and the team's success may mean new hazards for Rhubarb.
Captain Brown
Cuban Fireball is a vehicle for the combustible talents of Estelita Rodriguez, here cast as "herself." The plot finds Estelita arriving in Los Angeles to claim a multimillion-dollar inheritance. To fend off fortune hunters, she disguises herself as a meek little old lady.
Herbert Frisbie
Slip, Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.
Earl E. Byrd
A young executive is trying to convince an airline to sponsor a travel show on television, but he's not getting anywhere. When he tells his fiancé that he may have to postpone their honeymoon, she goes off on him, and as he backs away from her he hits his head on a fire extinguisher and knocks himself out. While unconscious he dreams his own version of the show he's trying so hard to sell.
Mayor
Newlyweds Joe and Anne Palooka are delayed in their honeymoon plans by the helpful Humphrey Pennyworth and by considerably-less-helpful manager, Knobby Walsh.
George Carson
Horse trainer Shawn O'Hara and his lovely niece, Margaret, come to America to escape the memory of an accident involving Margaret's brother, Danny. Working with thoroughbreds in Kentucky, Shawn takes a liking to a yearling named Seabiscuit, and fights to convince the horse's owner that the tiny horse with big knees will become a top-notch racehorse. Meanwhile, Margaret begins a tentative relationship with jockey Ted Knowles, but is haunted by her brother's death in a steeplechase spill. Written by Ray Hamel
Police Capt. James Q. Broaderik
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
Insp. Watson
A photographer is choked to death just outside of where a college dance is being held. The body is discovered by Lee Watson, but promptly disappears, as it is being whisked from one point to another on the campus by a night watchman, who is an ex-convict.
Phineas Wharton, Sr. / Phineas Wharton, Jr.
The growth of juvenile crime in a small town starts a movement for the building of a youth center.
Coach Johnson
В колледже "Тэйт" появляется новая студентка Пэт Макклэллан, переведшаяся из частного пансиона благородных девиц, смотрящая на всех свысока и сыплющая к месту и не к месту французскими словечками. Цель у неё одна - выйти замуж за студента из богатой семьи. Местный ловелас и капитан футбольной команды Томми Марлоу получает от неё "от ворот поворот", чего с ним никогда прежде не случалось. Желая всё же растопить этот "айсберг", он решает подучить французский, а точнее - составить пламенное обращение к Пэт, для чего отправляется в библиотеку, где знакомится с работающей там студенткой Конни Лэйн.
Crockett
The third of the Monogram series based on Ham Fisher's "Joe Palooka" comic strip, opens with Knobby Walsh, the manager of Joe Palooka trying to talk his way out of a traffic citation, and the story leading to that point is told in flashback as narrated by Walsh. Heavyweight champion Joe, after knocking out an opponent who later died in his dressing room, feels responsible and threatens to give up boxing. But the dead fighter's fiance thinks he died as the result of a drug that was given to him by a gang of gamblers, who made a rich haul betting on Palooka. Joe, Knobby and the police unite to run down the gamblers, but not before Joe also is nearly murdered by the same means...a poisoned mouthpiece. Elyse Knox is along as Joe's sweetheart Anne Howe, although Anne and Joe had long been married in the comic strip.
Lawyer Gilbert
Milo Terkel's life is never the same after he is willed a dog named Joe. Milo buys his wife a diamond necklace for their anniversary, but when he returns home he finds a note saying she is attending a charity affair. He decides to celebrate alone, taking Joe along for company. After two "mystery gardenias" at the Florida Club, he meets gorgeous Miss Gilmore who spots the necklace and asks to try it on. Milo is punched in the nose by Miss Gilmore's boyfriend, Louie. But Milo's troubles really begin when his dog starts to talk to him, and ONLY to him! He tells Milo to act tough, like Humphrey Bogart. It's a laugh-a-minute as Milo changes from lamb to lion and is innocently caught by his wife with the shapely Miss Gilmore. When his wife sues for divorce he tells the judge about Joe being his advisor. The judge can only suggest that Milo and his wife take a long vacation to work out their problems. Everyone knows a dog simply can't talk!
Mr. Henty
Желая начать новую жизнь после возвращения с войны, городской пижон Боб покупает фермерское угодье с большими планами на развитие-взращивание кур и последующей продажей яиц. Правда, своими планами он не поделился со своей новоиспеченной супругой, городской штучкой Бэтти. У молодых разные взгляды на ферму, которая на самом деле требует больших усилий, чтобы превратиться в место, пригодное для жилья и ведения бизнеса. Боб и Бэтти знакомятся со своими соседями, среди которых Бэтти ждет настоящее испытание для терпения: гламурная соседка Харриет Путнэм определенно имеет виды на Боба.
Police captain
Two ex-soldiers return from overseas--one of them having smuggled into the country a French orphan girl he has become attached to. They wind up running into their old sergeant--who hates them--and getting involved with a race-car builder who's trying to find backers for a new midget racer he's building.
P. Aloysius Duff
Singer Ann wants back her money that the manager of a big-band has embezzled.
Police Captain M. J. Donelly
A facially disfigured and mentally unhinged man wreaks his revenge on those he blames for his condition.
R.S. Kenyon
От пуль наемных убийц погибает скромный служащий бензоколонки. Страховой агент Реардон расследует это на первый взгляд случайное преступление. Раскручивая нить жизни погибшего «Шведа», Реардон раскрывает тайну кровавых преступлений и предательств, в центре которых ослепительная женщина-вамп Китти Коллинз. Он слишком близко подходит к давней загадке исчезнувших 250 000 долларов и теперь у него появляется новая задача: выжить!
Lt. Mason
Two ghosts who were mistakenly branded as traitors during the Revolutionary War return to 20th century New England to retieve a letter from George Washington which would prove their innocence.
John Rooney
This 1946 film stars Phillip Terry as a war veteran, who is persuaded by machine politico Donald MacBride to run for alderman. Ann Savage plays the "honest government functionary" with whom the hero falls in love. Terry finds that disreputable politicians are using his war record to push through some shady legislation, so he renounces these hacks.
Policeman at Gallery (uncredited)
Частный сыщик Брэд Голт в прошлом имел проблемы с законом из-за происков своего бывшего партнёра Джардена. Отсидев в тюрьме, Голт клянётся быть порядочным и законопослушным, вот только работа и буйный нрав тому не слишком способствуют. К тому же детектив обнаруживает за собой слежку, которую, судя по всему, финансирует тот самый Джарден, ставший адвокатом-шантажистом. Однако Голту предстоит убедиться, что всё гораздо сложнее, и что он должен стать пешкой в игре, разыгрываемой совсем другим человеком, имеющим насчёт Голта и Джардена свои планы.
Inspector Carmichael
Soon after a young woman breaks off her engagement to a doctor, the doctor is found murdered. Suspicion falls on his ex-fiancé and a pilot with a checkered past.
The conductor
Lou Costello plays a country bumpkin vacuum-cleaner salesman, working for the company run by the crooked Bud Abbott. To try to keep him under his thumb, Abbott convinces Costello that he's a crackerjack salesman. This comedy is somewhat like "The Time of Their Lives," in that Abbott and Costello don't have much screen time together and there are very few vaudeville bits woven into the plot.
Inspector Gleason
Eleven Gilbert & Sullivan numbers are melded within the murder-mystery plot of "Girl on the Spot", with a result that either G&S and/or the plot are always seemingly on stage-wait or in the wings awaiting a cue. Lois Collier is the girl-on-the-spot of the title because she was on the scene of a murder. The police conclude she didn't do it and they use her to set a trap for the real killer, a G&S addict, by financing a Broadway production starring Collier.
Lawyer Ferguson
Королева фарса Кэрролл мечтает выступить в бродвейском шоу. Но получает отказ из-за своей репутации. Ее босс полагает, что она сможет заработать уважение и известность, если опубликует свою биографию...
Mr. Kratz
Ogden Spencer Trulow III is a wealthy kleptomaniac who turned to stealing when he was spurned by a girl. His psychoanalyst advises him to find another girl for a cure. He fastens his interest upon Sally Martin, who happens to be engaged upon helping some crooks steal a valuable necklace. Complications include two scantily attired individuals, one of them drunk, clinging to the cornice of a skyscraper and a large band of crooks in quest of the precious jewels.
Dennis Kavanaugh
When two bumbling barbers act as agents for a talented but unknown singer, they stage a phony murder in order to get him a plum role.
J.C. Crawford
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him.
Brewster
Musical comedy directed by Edward F. Cline
Henry Wright
The corny daughter of a famed policewoman tries to catch a blowgun killer.
Police Chief MacGregor
На этот раз Ник и Нора отправляются на родину Ника, в маленький провинциальный городок Сигамор Спрингс, навестить его родителей. Его отец, местный врач, никогда не одобрял выбор профессии Ника и его образ жизни. Прибытие Ника всколыхнуло жизнь городка. Местные жители и местные преступные элементы убеждены, что Ник прибыл в связи с расследованием какого-нибудь дела, несмотря на его уверения в обратном. Однако убийство, случившееся на пороге его дома, заставило его взяться за расследование…
The Judge
Arthur and Vivian are just married, but when the get to their honeymoon suite in Washington D.C., they find it occupied. Arthur goes to meet Slade, his new boss, and when he comes back, he finds three girls in his suite. He orders Vivian to get rid of them, but they are friends of Vivian's and as time goes by, it looks more like Grand Central Station than the quiet honeymoon suite Arthur expected. As long as there is anyone else in the suite, Arthur will not stay there and there will be no honeymoon.
Capt. Bradd
Bud Hooper, a cadet at Winsocki Military Academy, sends an invitation to movie star Lucille Ball to come to Winsocki's big dance. Ball's publicity-hungry agent convinces her to go in order to boost her career. Complications arise when Bud's girlfriend Helen Schlesinger unexpectedly shows up, too.
Vinnie Zephyr Blaxton
In the small town of Crownport local attorney Bill Adams is trying to break up the ring of corrupt town officials by running for mayor. The cards seemed stacked against him when he gets help from a visiting hunter who, unknown to Adams and the rest of the town, is actually vacationing supreme court justice John Josephus Grant.
Mason
Bumbling reporter Robert Kittredge has been fired after bungling his latest assignment. His career isn't all he's botched up: his girlfriend Chris is tired of waiting for him to marry her. When he gets a hot tip on some Nazi spies operating in Washington, D.C., he convinces Chris to help him break the story so he can get his job back. The pair soon find themselves in several awkward predicaments as they track the criminals down in a night club, a burlesque show, and face a final showdown at a beauty salon.
R.L Barclay
A.C.Baker, advertising executive for an insurance company, approaches test pilot Terry Moore with a proposition that in return for using his picture and endorsement he will get a paid-for-a-year $1000 policy. High-risk Terry agrees. George MacAlister fires his secretary, Miss Tracy, just as she is typing up the policy and she, for spite, changes the amount from a thousand dollars to one million dollars. A.C. delivers the policy, without noticing the difference, to Terry at a party at the Frolics Club, a cheap joint wedged between a burlesque house and a flop house hotel. Three characters, an elderly hat-check "girl" known as Mother Hodges; Avery Jamieson, a broken-down actor; and bartender Harry Gargan are named beneficiaries. When the company discovers the error, A.C. is sent to get back the policy and, pending that, don't let Terry make any test flights.
Bolling
Молодая супружеская пара снимает квартиру в мрачном полуподвальном помещении в квартале Гринвич-Виллидж, надеясь что это обеспечит мужу-писателю нужную атмосферу для создания новой книги. Их соседи оказываются весьма загадочными и неприятными личностями. Зловещая атмосфера дома оказывается весьма подходящей для их первоначального замысла, но вскоре они сталкиваются с реальной тайной, обнаружив в своей квартире труп, и решают начать собственное расследование...
Officer Lonigan
Сестры Рут и Эйлин переезжают из Огайо в Нью-Йорк в надежде построить собственную карьеру. Рут грезит о работе писателем, а Эйлин надеется добиться успеха на сцене. Но живут они в мрачной подвальной квартире в Гринвич-Виллидж, где никогда нет тишины и покоя. Им посчастливится встретиться с редактором журнала Бобом Бейкером, который лично заинтересован помочь им с карьерными планами.
Farr
В ходе кампании за переизбрание, Пол Мэдвиг решает порвать с прошлым и отказаться от поддержки гангстеров, присоединившись к респектабельному реформисту Ральфу Генри. Вскоре сына мистера Генри находят мертвым. Между тем босс мафии использует свое влияние, чтобы вызвать у общественности подозрения в виновности Мэдвига.
Percy Fitzbadden
Carmelita and Uncle Matt find themselves in a haunted house, but the "ghosts" are actually enemy agents who are trying to frighten away visitors in order to develop a nitroglycerin bomb.
'Muckeye' John
During the depths of the Great Depression a hitch-hiker Steve Talbot and jukebox-joint hostess Lola Mears stumble into Cat-Tail Florida where farmers and pickers struggle under the buyer who rules by monopoly, dirty contracts and violence. Steve helps organize against the buyer, leading to further escalation ending in a lynch mob.
Sgt. Valentine
The Two Yanks in Trinidad are gangsters Tim Reardon (Pat O'Brien) and Vince Barrows (Brian Donlevy), who split up over a disagreement and join the army, Tim to escape Vince's wrath and Vince to get his lunch-hooks on Tim. Both of our heroes run afoul of Army discipline and protocol in general, and tough top sergeant Valentine (Donald MacBride).
Capt. Pierre Whitfield
A bumbling senator investigating graft in Louisiana is the target of a scheme involving a Viennese beauty.
Colonel Dobson
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
Coach Graham
The college president, the head cheerleader and a gambling gangster try to keep a flunking football star in the game
Top Sergeant
Импресарио Мартин Кофтленд, намереваясь приударить за Шейлой, лучшей танцовщицей своей труппы, покупает ей в подарок бриллиантовый браслет. Жене он покупает… чесалку для спины. Увы, он путает подарки и браслет попадает в руки ревнивой жены. Чтобы отвести подозрения от шефа, хореограф Роберт Кёртис, завзятый холостяк, объявляет браслет своим и начинает демонстративно ухаживать за Шейлой. Но события принимают такой оборот, что даже уход на службу в армию не спасает Роберта от любовного безумия.
Inspector Williams
Боксер Джо Пендлтон по пути на следующий бой попадает в авиакатастрофу. Виной тому оказывается ангел-новичок, который поторопился изъять из тела Джо его душу. Прежде, чем ангел успевает исправить свою оплошность, тело Джо кремируют. Тогда повелитель небес мистер Джордан дает душе Джо контроль над телом только убитого своей женой Джулией миллионера Брюса Фарнсворта…
'Pinky' Grayson
День четвёртой годовщины свадьбы у героя пошёл наперекосяк... Он едва не погиб, приехала тёща, а в довершение ко всему жена приревновала к бывшей подружке, которая случайно поселилась в том же доме. Чтобы спастись от развода, бедолаге пришлось сойти с ума...
Sgt. Roberts
В доме по соседству с Космо Топпером убили девушку. Её призрак навещает бедолагу Космо и заставляет искать убийцу.
Jeff Crandall
Alan Mowbray and Donald MacBride reprise their roles in "Curtain Call" as theatrical producers Donald Avery and Geoffrey 'Jeff' Crandall. This time they try to con a millionairess into funding their latest show by posing as old friends of her lost love.
Big Mac
Отсидевший срок и вышедший на свободу гангстер Рой «Дикий Пес» Эрли из банды чуть ли не самого Джона Диллинджера (и внешне очень похожий на него) понимает, что мир изменился, и решает «завязать», но старые дружки уговаривают его провернуть самое последнее дельце. Он не догадывается, что полиция следит за каждым его шагом.
Foghorn
Сумасшедший профессор Гиббс изобретает машину невидимости и начинает искать подходящую подопытную свинку. Он довольно быстро находит её в лице фотомодели Китти Кэрролл, но всё осложняется, когда его изобретение крадут несколько местных гангстеров.
Chief Peter Painter
Millionaire sportsman Hiram Brighton hires gumshoe Michael Shayne to keep his spoiled daughter Phyllis away from racetrack betting windows and roulette wheels. After Phyllis slips away and continues her compulsive gambling, Shayne fakes the murder of her gambler boyfriend, who is also romancing the daughter of casino owner Benny Gordon, in order to frighten her. When the tout really ends up murdered, Shayne and Phyllis' Aunt Olivia, an avid reader of murder mysteries, both try to find the identity of the killer.
Insp. Vance
Когда старого друга Чарли из Скотланд-Ярда убивают во время посещения ими съезда полиции в Нью-Йорке, Чен берётся за дело, над которым он работал ранее.
Bart - Henchman
With the army after him and his partner deserting, Reb decides that a change of scenery would be nice so he heads for Wyoming with Dave.
Hotel Clerk
Считавшаяся погибшей при кораблекрушении жена возвращается домой после семилетнего отсутствия в тот самый день, когда она официально объявляется мёртвой и муж, наконец, вступает в новый брак.
Jeff Crandall
Two theatrical producers plan to get even with a demanding actress by tricking her into starring in the worst play they can find.
Sergeant McNott
Один из величайших приключенческих фильмов всех времен. Успех, ставшего классикой фильма Видора, во многом обязан Спенсеру Трэйси, который сыграл знаменитого бойца с индейцами Роберта Роджерса, лидера Рейнджеров Роджерса. Образ Трэйси приземлен и точен в качестве приграничного лидера, который не знает страха среди ужаса и кровопролития Дикого Запада. Действие развертывается в 1759 году, а фильм начинается с того, что талантливый художник Янг прибывает домой в Портсмут, Нью-Хэмпшир. Он боязливо объясняет семье, что его выгнали из Гарварда из-за смелых политических комментариев, вставленных в его рисунки.
Inspector John H. Bohlen
Reformed jewel thief Simon Templar lands in hot water when a look-alike smuggles stolen goods out of Egypt.
Lieutenant Bixler
Kenny Williams, a lieutenant on the homicide squad, is engaged to Maxine Carroll, the Mayor's secretary. Or isn't he rather married with his job? For each time he has a date with his longtime fiancée, he is prevented from keeping it by his devotion to duty. Maxine, in desperation, decides to take action and bring Kenny to the altar. Who will win, Maxine's curves or the glorious fight against crime?
Deputy Police Chief J.J. Kilvaine
Чарли Чен, вместе со своим сыном Джимми, (которого он в шутку зовёт - сын № 2) попадают в Сан-Франциско. Там они вынуждены столкнуться со злодеем Зодиаком, который под видом известного ясновидящего, выведывает у людей секреты, а потом шантажирует их. Остаётся добавить, что в 60-е годы прошлого столетия, в США появился настоящий маньяк-убийца, который стал именовать себя Зодиаком. Но в отличии от своего киношного прототипа, реального убийцу, полиции задержать так и не удалось...
Harvey Morton
Blondie and Dagwood are in charge of operations at a mountain motel. The elderly owners of the establishment are in danger of losing their life savings. Among other things, arson threatens.
Mike Bascom
An outlaw kidnaps a dancer and her lover in order to win a bet.
Dist. Atty. John, Markham
The zany plot follows nitwit Gracie Allen trying to help master sleuth Philo Vance solve a murder.
L. B. Renner
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, while Lindsay's shiftless uncle Matthew Lindsay aids and abets her every step of the way to the marriage altar.
Roy Thompson
This is the story of the historic 1938 flight of Douglas 'Wrong Way' Corrigan. Mr. Corrigan starred in this film, which chronicled his infamous flight. On July 17, 1938, Mr. Corrigan loaded 320 gallons of gasoline (40 hours worth) into the tiny, single engine plane. While expressing his intent to fly west to Long Beach, CA, Mr. Corrigan flew out of Floyd Bennett Field heading east over the Atlantic. Instrumentation in the plane included two compasses (both malfunctioned) and a turn-and-bank indicator. The cabin door was held shut with baling wire. Nearly 29 hours later, he landed in Baldonnel near Dublin. He forever claimed to be surprised at arriving in Ireland rather than California. He returned to the US as a hero, with a ticker tape parade in New York and received numerous medals and awards.
Hotel Manager
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Detective Sergeant Joe Keller
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Iron Hat McCarthy
In 1923, Gregory Vance, a widower with two children, is a former scholar who has turned from book to bottle. He works, slightly, as a night-watchman, and his children, who know him for what he is and what he isn't, are his only admirers. Then, it is discovered that he is the only registered voter in a key precinct and the politicians, from both parties, arrive in droves bearing inducements. What he does about this situation, and the relatives who want to take his children away from him make up the story.
Thompson, RR Conductor
Annabel Allison, star of Wonder Pictures, is irked at her poor publicity, especially when a rival gets engaged to a Marquis; so she makes studio head Webb re-hire disgraced publicity agent Morgan for her personal appearance tour. The trip proceeds with a flurry of Morgan's crazy, slapstick publicity stunts. Then Annabel has her chance to "bag" a real Viscount.
Gregory Wagner
Broke Gordon Miller tries to land a backer for his new play while he has to deal with with the hotel manager trying to evict him and his cast.
Harry (Harry Gribbon) and Beulah are married when the story begins. However, Harry has plenty of evidence that Beulah might be cheating on him...but he's VERY slow to notice the signs. However, when Harry tries to catch his wife in the act with another man, police catch him climbing the fire escape and assume he's some kissing bandit. This leads to a visit with the police psychologist.
Elevator operator
Tim Ryan teams with his wife, Irene, playing a salesman who runs into a saleswoman with an identical sales case.
Dan Riley (uncredited)
In this short film, Charlie McCarthy and Edgar Bergen preside over the courtroom for a day, dispensing their own comic brand of justice.
Buster plays Elmer "Happy" Triple, a scientist who is expected to develop the next big thing. That big thing ends up to be a powder when combined with water, produces major blasts that make no sound, which catches the eyes of three robbers who want Elmer's secret powder.
Muscle Bound Pete (as Don MacBride)
Johnny (Shemp Howard) is promised the chief process server's job if he can serve a summons on Musclebound Pete, a local hood. Like the servers before him, he's not only unsuccessful, but beat up for his efforts. Pete's only weakness is women, so Johnny switches clothes with girlfriend Helen, and goes after Pete in drag.
Fire Chief (as Don McBride)
After fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
The Baron - Dinner Guest (uncredited)
Vaudeville performers Cook and Butler are mistaken for domestic servants; hilarity ensues.
Angry Neighbor (uncredited)
A hen-pecked husband takes his shrewish wife, and her obnoxious little brother, on a weekend camping trip. Along for the ride are the boorish downstairs neighbors (Shemp Howard and Ruth Gillette). A pleasant getaway turns into a nightmare thanks to the antics of Junior, an uncooperative tent, a lazy and oblivious Henry, and a skunk.
Stagehand (uncredited)
A vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
Egyptian (uncredited)
Two Americans attempt to make time with the daughter of the British financier of an archaeological expedition to Egypt.
I. Peek - Head Detective
A freshly minted private eye is sent to a sanitarium as a gag.
Customs Officer
Two sailors come ashore in New York with enough liquor--which was illegal at the time, due to Prohibition--to have a good time. They wind up getting involved with an actress in vaudeville and her very jealous boyfriend. Not only that, but a Customs Officer who found out they smuggled booze ashore is closing in on them.
Flossie's Driver
A clumsy handyman mixes up a mail-order bride and a prize cow, both named "Flossie," with humorous results.
The Cop (uncredited)
Complications ensue when a singer discovers he has a double in this musical short film.
Mr. Dawson (uncredited)
Tom Howard gets into a poker game on the train with some guys who make up their own rules.
Policeman
Фатти изобрёл жидкость, которая делает фарфор небьющимся и едет продемонстрировать своё изобретение хозяину магазина посуды. К несчастью, по пути туда в его машину падает сорвавшееся с дерева гнездо ос.
George Shelton asks Tom Howard to help him impress his girl as a he-man. Howard is to insult him, and then Shelton comes up and punches out Howard. The gag works, so Howard tries to use the same gag, recruiting Donald MacBride as his foil.
Bill - Asylum Guard
A scheming socialite meets her match in the out-of-touch wildlife explorer she ventures to ensnare.
Taxicab Driver (uncredited)
Story of mother's antagonism to her son's wife. From the novel "Wild Beauty" by Matsel Farnham.
Crewman
Судно Сэма Уалана бросает якорь в карибском порту Тимариндо. Напившись на берегу, Сэм возвращается на корабль и обнаруживает, что кто-то подбросил на борт маленького мальчика. Он принимает решение отвезти ребенка в Нью-Йорк и нанимает ему няню, девушку по имени Салли Кларк. Хотя на самом деле Салли работала в дансинг-холле, она представляется Сэму дочерью недавно умершего миссионера.
House Party Guest (uncredited)
Капитан Сполдинг, известный исследователь, возвращается из Африки и попадает на праздник, который проводит госпожа Риттенхаус. Мистер Чэндлер собирается представить публике картину Богарда — «После охоты», приобретенную в Европе за 100 тысяч долларов. Братья Маркс помогают вернуть шедевр, украденный во время проведения праздника.
Jimmy Vincent (as Donald Hugh McBride)
Margaret Kennard takes her baby daughter Agnes and leaves her husband Eustace for James Carroll. Upon discovering that James is a thief, she leaves him, joins the Salvation Army, and places Agnes in a convent. Twenty years pass. Agnes marries young Congressman Blake. James is now a lobbyist trying to prevent Blake from passing an anti-profiteering bill. Attempting to help her husband, Agnes sets out to prove that James is a scoundrel.
Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can hit Larry Semon.
Jimmy Towne
To assuage his grief over the death of his wife during childbirth, newspaper publisher John Briscoe resettles in Paris. Twenty-five years pass, during which time Briscoe's estranged son Jason has taken charge of his dad's newspaper. When Jason refuses to support crooked politician Stange in an upcoming election, he receives a cablegram from Briscoe Sr., who overrides his son's decision.
The Wife's Big Brother
By Might of His Right premiered in December 1915. The comedy shows what happens when a boorish houseguest overstays his welcome. Henry’s brother-in-law takes to stealing his chair and cigarettes but the last straw comes when, in a display of boxing prowess, he knocks his host out cold.
