Edward F. Cline
Also Known As: Edward Francis Cline, Edward Cline, Eddie Cline, Edgar Cline
Biography: Edward Francis Cline (November 4, 1891 – May 22, 1961) was an American screenwriter, actor, writer and director best known for his work with comedians W.C. Fields and Buster Keaton.
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA
Birthday: November 04, 1891
Deathday: May 22, 1961
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Saphead
Overview: Nick Van Alstyne owns the Henrietta silver mine and is very rich and his son Bertie is naive and spoiled. His daughter Rose is married to shady investor Mark. Mark wrecks Bertie's wedding plans by making him take the blame for Mark's illegitimate daughter, and also nearly ruins the family business by selling off some stock at too low a price.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-09-01
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Convict 13
Overview: A young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-10-27
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Cops
Overview: Buster Keaton gets involved in a series of misunderstandings involving a horse and cart. Eventually he infuriates every cop in the city when he accidentally interrupts a police parade.
Genres: Comedy Family Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-03-11
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Day Dreams
Overview: In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-11-27
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The Boat
Overview: A boat builder and his family attempt to set sail in his handmade boat, 'The Damfino'.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-11-10
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The Scarecrow
Overview: Two farmhands compete for the love of the farmer's daughter.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-11-07
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Neighbors
Overview: The Romeo and Juliet story played out in a tenement neighborhood with Buster and Virginia's families hating each other over the fence separating their buildings.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-12-12
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The Haunted House
Overview: A bank teller who becomes involved with a hold-up, counterfeiters and a theatrical troupe posing as spooks in a haunted house.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-02-21
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The Goat
Overview: A series of adventures begins when Buster is mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the evil bad guy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-05-15
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The Play House
Overview: After waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-10-26
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The Frozen North
Overview: This satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic films finds Buster in the frozen north, "last stop on the subway." He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing a gambling house. When he thinks he spies his wife making love to another man he shoots them both only to learn it isn't his cabin after all.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-08-28
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The Chicken Chaser
Overview: The Chicken Chaser is a 1914 movie starring Roscoe Arbuckle and Charles Avery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-01
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The Noise of Bombs
Overview: Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-19
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Gussle's Day of Rest
Overview: The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-29
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The Knockout
Overview: To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-11
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The Rounders
Overview: Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-07
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Fatty’s Faithful Fido
Overview: Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-19
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That Little Band Of Gold
Overview: A happy young couple become engaged, and soon afterwards they are married. But after their marriage, the husband begins to stay out carousing with his friends, leaving his wife at home with her mother. Then, when the three of them go to the opera together, the husband spots one of his friends in another box. Soon the domestic difficulties reach their peak.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-14
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Ye Olden Grafter
Overview: Largely a typical Keystone flirting-in-the-park one-reeler, this one is differentiated slightly by dressing the players in early nineteenth century garb and having them adopt antiquated manners.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-18
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Peanuts and Bullets
Overview: A very young Charley Chase is a starving artist. He does not have much luck stealing fruit from a food vendor's cart. He cannot escape from his landlady, who wants the overdue rent. When a pretty girl shows up, Charley and his downstairs neighbor, who is a weightlifter, compete for her affections.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-01-12
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Hogan the Porter
Overview: A porter works hard in an understaffed hotel.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-08
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Wife and Auto Trouble
Overview: A mild-mannered man's problems with his domineering wife and mother-in-law lead to complications with the law.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-03-05
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Fatty's Magic Pants
Overview: 'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-13
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Mabel's Blunder
Overview: Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-12
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Our Dare-Devil Chief
Overview: A gang of thieves continually threaten or attempt to kill the Mayor, always setting up the bumbling Chief of Police as the culprit. The Chief's very friendly relationship with the Mayor's wife doesn't help. When the Mayor's valuables are stolen the Chief is given a chance to redeem himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-09
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The Balloonatic
Overview: Buster and Phyllis endure a number of outdoor adventures trying to prove to each other their survival skills. The balloon, which lands Buster in the wilderness, later proves useful as their canoe is about go over a waterfall.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-01-22
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The Blacksmith
Overview: Buster clowns around in a blacksmith's shop until he and the smithy get in a fight which sends the smithy to jail. Buster helps several customers with horses, then destroys a Rolls Royce while fixing the car parked next to it.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-07-21
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