James Finlayson
Biography: James Henderson "Jimmy" Finlayson (August 27, 1887 – October 9, 1953) was a Scottish actor who worked in both silent and sound comedies. Bald, with a fake moustache, Finlayson had many trademark comic mannerisms and is famous for his squinting, outraged, "double take and fade away" head reaction, and characteristic expression "d'ooooooh", and as the most famous comic foil of Laurel and Hardy.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: August 26, 1887
Deathday: October 09, 1953
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Known For
The Flying Deuces
1939-11-03
The Flying Deuces
Overview: Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-03
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Way Out West
1937-04-16
Way Out West
Overview: Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.
Genres: Action Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-04-16
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She Sighed by the Seaside
1921-05-08
She Sighed by the Seaside
Overview: Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Charles Conklin vie for the affection of Marie Prevost and get involved in antics including fishing and a wild boat ride in this Mack Sennett two-reeler. Roughly only half of the film still exists.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-08
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Hollywood
1923-08-19
Hollywood
Overview: Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-19
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The Haunted Honeymoon
1925-03-29
The Haunted Honeymoon
Overview: The Haunted Honeymoon is a 1925 American silent comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and Ted Wilde, starring Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey with Janet Gaynor in one of her first films. One of the first comedies to parody horror films, it was produced by Hal Roach and released by Pathé Exchange.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-29
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To Be or Not to Be
1942-03-06
To Be or Not to Be
Overview: During the Nazi occupation of Poland, an acting troupe becomes embroiled in a Polish soldier's efforts to track down a German spy.
Genres: Comedy War Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-06
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She-Wolf of London
1946-05-17
She-Wolf of London
Overview: A young heiress finds evidence suggesting that at night she acts under the influence of a family curse and has begun committing ghastly murders in a nearby park.
Genres: Horror Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-05-17
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Block-Heads
1938-08-19
Block-Heads
Overview: It's 1938, but Stan doesn't know the war is over; he's still patrolling the trenches in France, and shoots down a French aviator. Oliver sees his old chum's picture in the paper and goes to visit Stan who has now been returned to the States and invites him back to his home.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-08-19
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Thundering Landlords
1925-06-21
Thundering Landlords
Overview: Thundering Landlords is a 1925 short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-21
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Madame Sans Jane
1925-08-09
Madame Sans Jane
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-09
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Unfriendly Enemies
1925-09-13
Unfriendly Enemies
Overview: Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his hapless assistant. Cranking away in no man's land, they take foolish chances and must dodge flying shells, falling down and losing their film repeatedly.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-09-13
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Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926-05-23
Don Key (Son of Burro)
Overview: The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring writer is awaiting outside the office and the producer agrees to see him. He listens while the writer tells his story and acts the numerous parts. The story is rotten, but the producer lets him escape while vowing vengeance on any other author who would read his story aloud.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-05-23
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Pack Up Your Troubles
1932-09-16
Pack Up Your Troubles
Overview: The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man named Eddie Smith, who is killed by the enemy during a battle. After the war is over, Stan and Ollie venture to New York City, where they begin a quest to reunite Eddie's little daughter with her rightful family. The task proves both monumental and problematic as the boys discover just how many people in New York have the last name Smith.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-09-16
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The Iceman's Ball
1932-08-12
The Iceman's Ball
Overview: Clark & McCullough are arrested for disturbing the peace. They steal the police car and return it to the station. The new police commissioner believes that they are real policemen and they get back the patrol car. Out on the beat, the duo chase women rather than criminals, just like real cops.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-08-12
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Our Relations
1936-09-15
Our Relations
Overview: Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-09-15
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Saps at Sea
1940-04-29
Saps at Sea
Overview: Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage. Mayhem ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-04-29
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A Punch in the Nose
1926-01-03
A Punch in the Nose
Overview: A troupe of actors stranded in a small town take job as recreation directors in a sanitarium and hilarity ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-03
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Why Husbands Go Mad
1924-07-13
Why Husbands Go Mad
Overview: When Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room in which she keeps it, trouble begins. He finds the key, and his suspicions are aroused. He storms about and makes trouble for all concerned until he learns that a dog, not a man, is behind the closed door.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-13
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Hard Boiled
1925-03-15
Hard Boiled
Overview: Hard Boiled comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-03-15
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Merry Widower
1926-08-01
Merry Widower
Overview: Julius loses his wife to Rudy because he's too busy going on hunting trips. But when she arranges to meet with a fortune teller, Julius hatches a plan to win her back.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-08-01
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Forgotten Sweeties
1927-04-10
Forgotten Sweeties
Overview: Thurston's former sweetheart has married a big brute, and they move in down the hall from him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-04-10
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Newly Rich
1922-12-10
Newly Rich
Overview: Newly Rich is a silent comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-12-10
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Nature in the Wrong
1933-03-18
Nature in the Wrong
Overview: Charley, hoping to find cultured people in his ancestry in order to be suitable to Muriel's family, is tricked by his rival Ronnie into believing himself a descendant of Tarzan. Conked on the head, Charley suddenly believes he IS Tarzan.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-03-18
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Men O' War
1929-06-29
Men O' War
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-06-29
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Night Owls
1930-01-04
Night Owls
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-01-04
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Sugar Daddies
1927-09-10
Sugar Daddies
Overview: After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-09-10
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Our Wife
1931-05-16
Our Wife
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-16
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One Good Turn
1931-10-31
One Good Turn
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-31
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The prince of the dollar
1930-10-04
The prince of the dollar
Overview: El príncipe del dólar is an American comedy short with all speaking Spanish
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1930-10-04
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Gold Diggers
1930-10-04
Gold Diggers
Overview: Chercheuses d'or is a American comedy short with all speaking French
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-04
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Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931-06-15
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
Overview: Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject (Comedy), but was disqualified.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-06-15
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Jack Frost
1923-07-22
Jack Frost
Overview: Jack Frost is a silent comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-22
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Liberty
1929-01-26
Liberty
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-26
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Flying Elephants
1928-02-12
Flying Elephants
Overview: Cavemen Stan and Ollie vie for the affections of a stone-age beauty.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-02-12
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Me and My Pal
1933-04-22
Me and My Pal
Overview: On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-22
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The World of Laurel and Hardy
The World of Laurel and Hardy
Overview: The funniest moments from Laurel and Hardy's most hilarious films
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
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Another Fine Mess
1930-11-29
Another Fine Mess
Overview: Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-29
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Call of the Cuckoo
1927-10-15
Call of the Cuckoo
Overview: Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-15
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Chickens Come Home
1931-02-21
Chickens Come Home
Overview: Ollie is running for mayor when an old flame tries to blackmail him with a old photo.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-21
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Do Detectives Think?
1927-11-20
Do Detectives Think?
Overview: An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-11-20
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The Hoose-Gow
1929-11-16
The Hoose-Gow
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-11-16
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The Second Hundred Years
1927-10-08
The Second Hundred Years
Overview: Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-10-08
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Thundering Fleas
1926-07-18
Thundering Fleas
Overview: The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which gets loose.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-07-18
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Thicker Than Water
1935-03-16
Thicker Than Water
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-03-16
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Love 'Em and Weep
1927-06-12
Love 'Em and Weep
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-06-12
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With Love and Hisses
1927-08-28
With Love and Hisses
Overview: Dimwitted Cuthbert Hope is enlisted in the army, and gets himself and his sergeant in constant trouble.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-08-28
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The Bohemian Girl
1936-02-14
The Bohemian Girl
Overview: Stan and Ollie travel with a band of 18th-century Gypsies holding a nobleman's daughter.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-14
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Wedding Yells
1942-03-07
Wedding Yells
Overview: Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-03-07
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Angel
1937-10-29
Angel
Overview: While vacationing without her busy British diplomat husband, a married woman falls for another man.
Genres: Romance Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-10-29
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The Devil's Brother
1933-05-05
The Devil's Brother
Overview: Two wannabe bandits join the service of a dashing nobleman, who secretly masquerades as Fra Diavolo, a notorious outlaw.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-05
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Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923-07-08
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Overview: Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-07-08
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Pitfalls of a Big City
1923-09-02
Pitfalls of a Big City
Overview: Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-02
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The Crossroads of New York
1922-06-22
The Crossroads of New York
Overview: A young man from the country travels to the city to find his fortune. Although he has a letter of introduction from his wealthy uncle, the best job he can find is that of a street cleaner. He catches the eye of his landlady, who somehow manages to get the man to propose to her, but he then falls in love with a pretty young socialite, and when his rich uncle dies finds himself being sued by a gold-digging vamp who wants to her her hands on his inheritance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-06-22
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Yes, Yes, Nanette
1925-07-19
Yes, Yes, Nanette
Overview: 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
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-19
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Oranges and Lemons
1923-08-12
Oranges and Lemons
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-12
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The Toast of New York
1937-07-22
The Toast of New York
Overview: After the American Civil War, Jim Fisk, a former peddler and cotton smuggler, arrives in New York, along with his partners Nick and Luke, where he struggles to make his way through the treacherous world of Wall Street's financial markets.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-07-22
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Hard Knocks and Love Taps
1921-07-24
Hard Knocks and Love Taps
Overview: When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-07-24
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Here We Go Again
1952-11-15
Here We Go Again
Overview: When a well off man from the city arrives in a hick town to woo a wealthy widow, he encounters first an ornery model T ride to the shabby hotel, then his rival for the widow as they go on to a local fair. tempers flair and a challenge to a boxing match is met. Edited and adapted from Hard Knocks and Love Taps (1921).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-11-15
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Show Girl
1928-09-23
Show Girl
Overview: An aspiring dancer fakes her own kidnapping as a publicity stunt. Her new found fame causes trouble with her boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-09-23
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Zeb vs. Paprika
1924-03-16
Zeb vs. Paprika
Overview: Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-03-16
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Mush and Milk
1933-05-27
Mush and Milk
Overview: When Cap's back pension finally comes in, he treats the gang to a day at an amusement park.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-27
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Wife Tamers
1926-03-25
Wife Tamers
Overview: Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neighborhood. He takes her out to dinner, but to his disgust he discovers that she lacks even one ounce of class and her table manners are frightening. Soon enough, Barrymore is reunited with his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-25
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Hasty Marriage
1931-12-16
Hasty Marriage
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-16
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The Gay Nighties
1933-06-22
The Gay Nighties
Overview: This short features two women who run around in their nighties. Paul McCullough spends most of the picture in a dress, and Bobby Clark does an extended riff on the word "Alright!" which Lou Costello later stole verbatim. There is a political frameup, a nearsighted hotel house detective, and the ever-popular upstairs motorcycle chase.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-06-22
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
1951-03-23
The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Overview: Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although trailed by the latter, Stan, who is reporting on the movie world, manages to be hired by Mack Sennett. He makes his debut in Nevada, in the middle of gold diggers. After managing to clear his name he becomes, with Oliver Hardy, a big comedy star.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1951-03-23
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Thieves
1930-01-07
Thieves
Overview: Police officer Edgar Kennedy is warned by his police chief to make arrests to stop a burglary epidemic on his patch or face the sack.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1930-01-07
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In the Grease
1925-06-20
In the Grease
Overview: "IN THE GREASE" (1925) stars James Finlayson who must raise his kid by himself and also take over the unruly class room at the local schoolhouse.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-06-20
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Roughest Africa
1923-09-29
Roughest Africa
Overview: Two bungling adventures go on a big game hunt in Africa.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-29
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All Over Town
1937-08-09
All Over Town
Overview: Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-08-09
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1967-12-01
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
Overview: Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along with clips from many of the shorts that made the duo stars, it includes clips from a 1918 comedy starring Laurel on his own as well as scenes from three shorts Hardy made in 1917 and '18 with his original comedy partner, Billy West. To put the duo's work in context, the film briefly features other comedians who worked with producer Hal Roach.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-12-01
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Beach Pajamas
1931-09-21
Beach Pajamas
Overview: Beach Pajamas is a 1931 Comedy short
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-09-21
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Raggedy Rose
1926-11-06
Raggedy Rose
Overview: Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-11-06
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Anything Once!
1927-01-02
Anything Once!
Overview: ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot of bumps in life and doesn't know where the next bump is coming from, which sounds uncomfortably close to the leading lady's real-life situation. Her boss is Jimmy Finlayson, but instead of playing the expected sourpuss Finn is quite benign here, and doesn't even punish Mabel when she accidentally sets his toupee on fire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-01-02
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A Small Town Idol
1921-02-13
A Small Town Idol
Overview: Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local villain to keep him away from pretty young Mary, the town beauty whom the villain wants for himself--he leaves town and goes to Hollywood to become an actor. He eventually returns home to town as a star, but once again finds himself the victim of the town villain, who this time abducts sweet young Mary. Sam must use all his acting skills to track down the villain and save Mary.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-13
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Sold at Auction
1923-05-26
Sold at Auction
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-26
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A Man About Town
1923-09-15
A Man About Town
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-09-15
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California or Bust
1923-04-28
California or Bust
Overview: After their house is blown away by a twister, a farmer and his wife decide to move to California. Once over the border they're greeted by rain, hail, snow and an Indian uprising.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-28
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Scorching Sands
1923-12-09
Scorching Sands
Overview: The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-09
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White Wings
1923-05-12
White Wings
Overview: Pursued by the law, a street cleaner finds refuge by impersonating a dentist.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-05-12
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No Man's Law
1927-05-01
No Man's Law
Overview: A wild stallion (Rex the Wonder Horse) becomes the protector of a prospector and his foster daughter as two thugs plot to steal their claim.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-05-01
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Rupert of Hee-Haw
1924-06-07
Rupert of Hee-Haw
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-06-07
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Seeing the World
1927-02-13
Seeing the World
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-13
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Don't Leave Home
1930-12-28
Don't Leave Home
Overview: Johnny Hines flies in from Chicago early to surprise wife Doris Phillips and their infant. Meanwhile, Miss Phillips is preparing to take the baby with her to see Hines in Chicago. When he arrives home, there's a note that she's left, so Hines takes the baby to a hotel, setting off the usual series of misunderstanding.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-28
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For the Defense
1930-07-19
For the Defense
Overview: William Foster is a slick attorney who stays within the law, but specializes in representing crooks and shady characters. He's adept at keeping them out of jail, winning acquittals, and having decisions reversed, thus springing criminals out of prison. He is romantically involved with dancer Irene Manners, who is two-timing him, although she wants to marry him. She kills a man driving while out with her other man, Jack Defoe, who takes the blame. Unfortunately, a ring Foster had just given Irene is found at the crime scene. Foster ends up defending Jack, but when the ring is found, he thinks he is protecting Irene, so pleads guilty to jury tampering.
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-19
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Frozen Hearts
1923-10-27
Frozen Hearts
Overview: In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful lover, the son of a humble pool shark (Stan) right under the very nose of her father. When the man proposes marriage to her the father is happy to let her go, seeing as he has nine other children to worry about. As the couple celebrate their love for one another they are approached by a military officer who threatens to take the woman away to use as a court dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-27
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The Whole Truth
1923-11-03
The Whole Truth
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-03
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Chasing the Chaser
1925-07-04
Chasing the Chaser
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-04
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Mother's Joy
1923-12-23
Mother's Joy
Overview: Mother's Joy is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-23
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The Mystery Man
1923-08-19
The Mystery Man
Overview: An unconventional super detective (Snub) pursues a trio of crooks who've stolen the fortune of his girlfriend's father. Along the way, absurd things happen like he's tricked into trailing a cow and he enters a cross-country foot race.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-19
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Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
1928-03-31
Ladies' Night in a Turkish Bath
Overview: Ma and Pa Slocum sell up their thriving packed-lunch business (based on Ma's home cooking, Pa's packaging design, and pretty daughter Helen's salesmanship), and move 'uptown' to live the life of the idle rich on the proceeds.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-31
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Should Tall Men Marry?
1928-01-15
Should Tall Men Marry?
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-15
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Hollywood Cavalcade
1939-10-13
Hollywood Cavalcade
Overview: Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for him as director of her next film. Many silent stars shown making the transition to sound.
Genres: Comedy Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-10-13
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Dizzy Daddies
1926-03-14
Dizzy Daddies
Overview: When the story begins, Johnnie comes to the lawyer's house (James Finlayson) in order to woo the man's daughter. However, a love-crazy woman has been chasing Johnnie and the lawyer tries to help out....and gets nothing but trouble in return. The lady now wants the lawyer...who's a married man. Soon all sorts of problems develop...and the lawyer is sure his wife is going to kill him!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-03-14
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Big Business
1929-04-20
Big Business
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-04-20
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Short Kilts
1924-08-03
Short Kilts
Overview: As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, but things don't turn out quite as expected.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-08-03
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Thunder Below
1932-06-17
Thunder Below
Overview: Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan falls in love with Walt's good friend Ken but keeps her husband in the dark about her feelings... until he's plunged into darkness for real when he loses his eyesight. Susan finds her attentions then wandering yet another man, Davis, and Ken urges her to return to Walt.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-06-17
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Courtship of Miles Sandwich
1923-06-24
Courtship of Miles Sandwich
Overview: The story of the first Thanksgiving is re-imagined as a father tells it to his son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-24
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The Noon Whistle
1923-04-28
The Noon Whistle
Overview: Stan is a lazy employee at a lumber company. Much of the first portion of the film has to do with Stan trying to sneak into work late--past the violent and rather insane supervisor. Later, however, Stan walks into a plot to steal the company away and frame the owner for a crime he did not commit.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-28
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin
1919-03-02
Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Overview: Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-03-02
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Don't Weaken!
1920-09-05
Don't Weaken!
Overview: A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-05
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Young Eagles
1930-03-20
Young Eagles
Overview: Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who lives abroad, but their romance is cut short by his return to the front. In an air battle, Robert brings down and captures the Grey Eagle, Baden, and takes him to American Intelligence in Paris. Mary, ostensibly a spy for the Germans, drugs Robert, who awakens to find that his uniform has been stolen by Baden. Later, in an exciting air conflict, Baden is wounded but shoots down Robert's plane. The German rescues him, however, and takes him to an Allied hospital, assuring him of Mary's love; his faith in her is restored when he learns that she is actually a spy for U. S. Intelligence.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-03-20
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Dollar Dizzy
1930-10-03
Dollar Dizzy
Overview: 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?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-10-03
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Down on the Farm
1920-04-17
Down on the Farm
Overview: The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But the day changes when Roach's farmhand sees an opportunity to be the knight in shining armor to Louise, Roach's daughter, who he wants to marry.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-04-17
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Innocent Husbands
1925-08-01
Innocent Husbands
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-01
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Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
1926-10-02
Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-10-02
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Second Hand Kisses
1931-03-29
Second Hand Kisses
Overview: Knockabout comedy in which woman marries widower each having a child of their own which the other knows nothing about.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-03-29
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Scratch-As-Catch-Can
1931-11-06
Scratch-As-Catch-Can
Overview: Scratch-As-Catch-Can is a 1932 American short comedy film directed by Mark Sandrich. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Comedy).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-11-06
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A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
A Chump at Oxford
Overview: The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidentally capture a bank robber. The grateful bank president sends them to Oxford, at their request, and higher-education hijinks ensue.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-01-25
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The Chimp
1932-05-21
The Chimp
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-05-21
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Playing at Politics
1931-05-01
Playing at Politics
Overview: Ollie is running for mayor and an old flame threatens to blackmail him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1931-05-01
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The Nickel-Hopper
1926-12-04
The Nickel-Hopper
Overview: Dance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-12-04
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Sure-Mike!
1925-05-23
Sure-Mike!
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-23
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Raffles
1939-11-11
Raffles
Overview: Man about town and First Class cricketer A.J. Raffles keeps himself solvent with daring robberies. Meeting Gwen from his schooldays and falling in love all over again, he spends the weekend with her parents, Lord and Lady Melrose. A necklace presents an irresistible temptation, but also in attendance is Scotland Yard's finest, finally on the trail.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-11-11
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Grand Canyon Trail
1948-11-04
Grand Canyon Trail
Overview: Sintown is just a deserted ghost town until Vanerpool starts looking for silver. Cookie and Roy's partners put $20,000 into the business only to find that the mine is worthless and Vanerpool is bankrupt. Carol comes out to look for silver to save the company, but does not know that their engineer, named Regan, is crooked and wants all the silver for himself. But only Old Ed knows where the mother lode is located.
Genres: Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-11-04
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Bonnie Scotland
1935-08-23
Bonnie Scotland
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-23
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What's the World Coming To?
1926-01-16
What's the World Coming To?
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-16
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Smithy
1924-01-19
Smithy
Overview: 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...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-01-19
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Hard to Get
1929-08-04
Hard to Get
Overview: A dress shop employee falls in love with a millionaire.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-08-04
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The Caretaker's Daughter
1925-10-10
The Caretaker's Daughter
Overview: 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!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-10
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Don't Tell Everything
1927-07-02
Don't Tell Everything
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-07-02
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Fully Insured
1923-12-16
Fully Insured
Overview: A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-12-16
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Moonlight and Noses
1925-10-03
Moonlight and Noses
Overview: Two burglars break into the home of an eccentric doctor. The doctor catches them, but offers to let them go free -- and give them a thousand dollars -- if they go to a cemetery and bring back the body of a man who he believes died of "water on the brain."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-10-03
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Trying to Get Along
1919-07-05
Trying to Get Along
Overview: Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-07-05
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Dick Turpin
1933-12-01
Dick Turpin
Overview: The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
Genres: Drama Adventure Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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Near Dublin
1924-05-10
Near Dublin
Overview: Sir Patrick attempts to marry a young lady against her will. Nice guy Stan Laurel tries to help out but gets thrown in jail for his trouble.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-05-10
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Fast Freight
1929-01-01
Fast Freight
Overview: Fast Freight is a 1929 Our Gang short silent comedy film. It was the 85th Our Gang short that was released. The gang takes a tramp's train ride and end up taking shelter in a haunter house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-01-01
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Foreign Correspondent
1940-08-16
Foreign Correspondent
Overview: American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.
Genres: Thriller Mystery Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-08-16
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The Best of Laurel and Hardy
1968-12-14
The Best of Laurel and Hardy
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Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1968-12-14
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The Dawn Patrol
1930-07-10
The Dawn Patrol
Overview: World War I ace Dick Courtney derides the leadership of his superior officer, but he soon is promoted to squadron commander and learns harsh lessons about sending subordinates to their deaths.
Genres: War Drama Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-07-10
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Madame Mystery
1926-03-12
Madame Mystery
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1926-03-12
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The Druggist's Dilemma
1933-05-22
The Druggist's Dilemma
Overview: Bobby Clark and Paul McCullough star as a couple of wacky soda jerks. They do a high wire act while delivering a much needed pair of pants to their boss.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-05-22
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Father and Son
1935-01-07
Father and Son
Overview: A bank clerk takes the blame for a theft which he believes was committed by his ex-convict father.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-01-07
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The Perils of Pauline
1947-07-04
The Perils of Pauline
Overview: Funloving Pearl White, working in a garment sweatshop, gets her big chance when she "opens" for a delayed Shakespeare play...with a comic vaudeville performance. Her brief stage career leads her into those "horrible" moving pictures, where she comes to love the chaotic world of silent movies, becoming queen of the serials. But the consequences of movie stardom may be more than her leading man can take
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-07-04
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Royal Wedding
1951-03-08
Royal Wedding
Overview: Tom and Ellen are asked to perform as a dance team in England at the time of Princess Elizabeth's wedding. As brother and sister, each develops a British love interest, Ellen with Lord John Brindale and Tom with dancer Anne Ashmond.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-08
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Hats Off
1927-11-05
Hats Off
Overview: Stan and Ollie are salesmen attempting to sell a washing machine; they fail constantly after several near misses. One would-be sale has them carrying the machine up a large flight of steps, only to find out that a young lady wants them to post a letter for her. The boys later get into an argument knocking off each other's hats, which eventually involves scores of others. A police van eventually carts all those involved away except Stan and Ollie, who afterwards try to find their own headgear amongst the hundreds of others lying on the street.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1927-11-05
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Pardon Us
1931-08-15
Pardon Us
Overview: It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-08-15
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Two Weeks Off
1929-05-11
Two Weeks Off
Overview: Frances, a salesgirl, is planning a summer vacation at the beach with a girlfriend, who also works at her store. Just as she is getting ready to leave home, Dave, a handsome young plumber, arrives to repair a leaky faucet. Her vacation turns into a bust when it rains at the beach, but a hunky lifeguard shows up to brighten her day. Then, of all people, Dave the plumber shows up, too. Complications ensue.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-05-11
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Wide Open Spaces
1924-07-06
Wide Open Spaces
Overview: Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-07-06
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Dog-Gone
1939-09-30
Dog-Gone
Overview: Mr. Jones overhears a doctor prescribe a diet he thinks is for him, but it's really for his dog.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-09-30
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Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
2002-01-22
Laurel & Hardy - Highlights
Overview: Experience Stan and Ollie in their funniest scenes: whether they build a house as construction workers or try to impress two young ladies as sailors. Watch as Stan fights a superior opponent in the boxing ring and as Ollie is taking an involuntary bath and see where a steadfast friendship between two men can get you...
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2002-01-22
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Before the Public
1923-03-04
Before the Public
Overview: 'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-03-04
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Tell It to a Policeman
1925-05-24
Tell It to a Policeman
Overview: Two young lovers (Glenn Tryon and Blanche Mehaffey) are at home when a policeman (James Finlayson) comes to the door and begins telling them his life story.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-24
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
1943-01-01
Happy Times and Jolly Moments
Overview: This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-01-01
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The Great Victor Herbert
1939-12-29
The Great Victor Herbert
Overview: In his last film assignment, portly Walter Connolly fills the title role (in more ways than one) in The Great Victor Herbert. Very little of Herbert's life story is incorporated in the screenplay (a closing title actually apologizes for the film's paucity of cold hard facts); instead, the writers allow the famed composer's works to speak for themselves. In the tradition of one of his own operettas, Herbert spends most of his time patching up the shaky marriage between tenor John Ramsey (Allan Jones) and Louise Hall (Mary Martin). Many of Herbert's most famous compositions are well in evidence, including "Ah! Sweet Mystery of Life", "March of the Toys" and "Kiss Me Again", the latter performed con brio by teenaged coloratura Susanna Foster. Evidently, the producers were able to secure the film rights for the Herbert songs, but not for the stage productions in which they appeared, which may explain such bizarre interpolations as having a song from Naughty Marietta.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1939-12-29
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In Dutch
1918-06-26
In Dutch
Overview: Comedy short starring Alice Howell
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-06-26
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Lady Be Good
1928-05-06
Lady Be Good
Overview: Two engaged vaudeville magicians quarrel and go their separate ways.
Genres: Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-05-06
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One of the Smiths
1931-05-23
One of the Smiths
Overview: Charley, representing a manufacturer of musical instruments, is sent to investigate why certain mail orders have not been settled. Charley, carrying multiple bulky instruments, boards a train and gives the conductor, the porter, and the passengers a terrible night as he tries to settle into his upper berth. Arriving at his rural destination of Beaver Dam, Charley masquerades as a hillbilly to track down the missing instruments. At the barn dance, he sings "Handsome Jim."
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-23
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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Up in Alf's Place
1919-10-12
Up in Alf's Place
Overview: Charles Murray gets caught by his wife flirting with a dancer.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-10-12
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His Silent Racket
1933-04-29
His Silent Racket
Overview: James Finlayson manages to con Charley into becoming his partner in a failing dry cleaning shop that has been targeted by gangsters running a protection racket.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-04-29
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Flaming Flappers
1925-12-27
Flaming Flappers
Overview: Mother - The hand that rocks the family - and rocks it often! A family comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-12-27
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Two Sisters from Boston
1946-06-06
Two Sisters from Boston
Overview: Abigail Chandler has written her stuffy Boston relatives that she's a successful opera singer in New York. In reality, she works at a burlesque house and is billed as High-C Susie. When her sister Martha comes for a visit, Abigail tries to hide the truth from her.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-06-06
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Pick a Star
1937-05-21
Pick a Star
Overview: A Cinderella story of a young country girl who comes to Hollywood and achieves movie stardom with the help of a publicity man.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-05-21
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So This Is Harris!
1933-08-13
So This Is Harris!
Overview: The film is a series of comical musical numbers and skits following Phil Harris around, starting with him performing at the Cocoanut Grove nightclub, which is listened to by Dorothy on the radio whose home-brewing husband Walter hates Harris. The action then moves to the country club where Walter unknowingly encounters Harris while being aggravated by his music. Walter then pretends to be Phil to meet a woman while Harris "entertains" her friend, Dorothy. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division, in 2012.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-13
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The Soilers
1923-11-24
The Soilers
Overview: During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-11-24
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MGM 1935 Promo Reel
1935-12-09
MGM 1935 Promo Reel
Overview: Promo for MGM's upcoming 1935-36 releases hosted by Laurel & Hardy and Jimmy Finlayson. Brief clips are shown from Rose Marie, Anna Karenina, Broadway Melody, China Seas, The Great Ziegfield and others. Don't miss a few seconds from the 1935 version (now lost) of Tarzan Escapes showing Jane with a great ape; there were no great apes in the 1936 release.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-12-09
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Pick and Shovel
1923-06-16
Pick and Shovel
Overview: Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-06-16
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Brothers Under the Chin
1924-04-13
Brothers Under the Chin
Overview: Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-04-13
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Wall Street
1929-12-01
Wall Street
Overview: A very topical early talkie from low-budget company Columbia Pictures, Wall Street starred Ralph Ince, brother of producer Thomas H. Ince, as Roller McCray, a steelworker turned ruthless tycoon whose tough business methods leads a rival (Philip Strange) to commit suicide. The widow (Aileen Pringle), believing she can ruin Ince by using his own methods, conspires with her husband's former partner (Sam De Grasse), but a strong friendship between Ince and Pringle's young son (Freddie Burke Frederick) changes things dramatically. According to future Three Stooges director Edward Bernds, who worked as a sound mixer on Wall Street, Ince's reaction to his rival's suicidal jump from a window ledge was changed from a sneering "I didn't think he had the guts" to the more respectful "I didn't think he'd do it" due to derisive laughter from the film's crew.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1929-12-01
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False Roomers
1931-10-10
False Roomers
Overview: In the first RKO Short featuring the comedy team of Clark & McCullough, Clark (Bobby Clark)and Grustark (Paul McCullough)seek refuge in the boarding house owned by Finlayson (James Finlayson)after wrecking the car owned by Morgan (Kewpie Morgan). Finlayson, never without rules, warns them there is no cooking allowed in the rooms and his new roomers proceed to pop corn over the gas heater. A young girl (Josephine Whittell)mistakes their room for the bathroom, which leads to some pre-code complications. The slapstick ending finds Clark and Grustark driving out of the boarding house in Morgan's car with a bed attached to the car.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-10-10
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Jitters the Butler
1932-12-30
Jitters the Butler
Overview: Two street cleaners, fired by the commissioner for playing with fire-crackers on the job, are taken to his home to recuperate from a car accident by his wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-30
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Postage Due
1924-02-17
Postage Due
Overview: Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1924-02-17
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One Hour Married
1927-02-27
One Hour Married
Overview: A newly-married woman disguises herself as a doughboy in order to stay close to her husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1927-02-27
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A Tough Winter
1923-02-04
A Tough Winter
Overview: An ice-cold Snub adopts a gamin and her brother; A mean landlord seeking rent complicates matters and the trio take a train to Florida. But by mistake the train goes to Iceland.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-04
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Life Hesitates at 40
1935-11-18
Life Hesitates at 40
Overview: Charley finds himself having strange spells during which everything around him seems to stop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-18
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Manhattan Monkey Business
1935-11-09
Manhattan Monkey Business
Overview: When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-09
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Boy Oh Boy!
1932-12-25
Boy Oh Boy!
Overview: To celebrate Father and Son Week, Andy takes his son roller skating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-12-25
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Jus' Passin' Through
1923-10-14
Jus' Passin' Through
Overview: At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-14
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Welcome Home
1925-05-17
Welcome Home
Overview: Fred Prouty and his wife, Nettie, are living happily until the day that his aged father shows up on their doorstep. He immediately begins creating havoc, upsetting the once-orderly household and trying to force his opinions on everyone. Nettie does her best to be patient with the old man, but the day comes when he brings a group of his pals over while she is holding a meeting of a fashionable club.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-05-17
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Mary, Queen of Tots
1925-08-22
Mary, Queen of Tots
Overview: 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...
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-08-22
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Galloping Ghosts
1928-03-11
Galloping Ghosts
Overview: A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful but fearful black valet (Oliver Hardy), it is stolen and kidnapped for ransom.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-03-11
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