Brief and Funny ! (silents 1929-1906)
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- DirectorJames W. HorneLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOllie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyTom KennedyWith the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsCharley ChaseEugenia GilbertEdith FellowsA family goes on its weekly outing to the movies, but the evening is hampered by an attempt to pass the wife's brother off as a child, a crowded theater, and the daughter's apparently contagious case of the hiccups.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJean HarlowStanley and Oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly escorting a haughty Prussian nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsMary Ann enjoys Harry's ear wiggling, but he refers doing this for Jean whom he admires. Joe, who likes Mary Ann, tries several times to impress her but cannot wiggle his ears. Using string and gum on his ears didn't work either.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsFarina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe even manages to find patience for a nagging flea that persists in biting him. Meanwhile, Wheezer, who has been tormenting animals with his games, dreams that the animals have turned the tables on him.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsA man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsTrying to take the place of her deceased mother, a little girl struggles to care for her younger brothers. But the children and their papa have a wonderful surprise in store for them.
- DirectorPhil WhitmanStarsBilly BevanNatalie JoyceVernon DentBilly treats his marriage vows lightly, and his wife suspects him. Nieghbor Vernon is murderously jealous. Billy sends his wife some silk pajamas to mollify her, but they're sent to Mrs. Dent by mistake. Billy innocently trying to be helpful is almost caught in the wrong apartment, but a card that accompanied the silkies will fall into the wrong hands.
- DirectorIvor MontaguStarsElsa LanchesterHarold WarrenderCharles LaughtonA young cleaning woman in a boarding-house relieves the drudgery of her job by daydreaming that a foreign student at the house, who she believes is interested in her, is actually a wealthy nobleman who sweeps her off on a romantic journey.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsSchool begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsCharley ChaseEdna MarionViola RichardOn the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsMary and Wheezer live with a malicious step mother. One day, when she is out, they decide to throw a party for the Gang.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesJetta GoudalNils AstherA ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending; she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJean DarlingThe gang are living in a posh, but boring, hotel. They decide to stage a circus with their motley collection of dressed up pet animals which gets out of hand causing chaos throughout the hotel.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDorothy CoburnThe boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyAt a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.
- DirectorNoël RenardStarsJosette PerdriatRobert MérinHuguette Dore
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsMax DavidsonMartha SleeperBert SprotteA comedy about two rival fathers who must make peace when their children get engaged. Everything goes awry when the son of one of the fathers cooks the prize-winning rooster that belongs to the other father for a joint family dinner.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVivien OaklandStan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
- DirectorHarold L. MullerCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersKathryn McGuireMelbourne MacDowellTwo Scotland Yard detectives travel to New York to investigate the "Fuzz-Faced Phantom": a strange entity who seemingly has the power to cause bizarre, surreal incidents.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersJ. Gordon RussellJean DouglasCharley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the introduction of some surreal plot twists and turns that foil his every attempt.
- DirectorCharles OelzeStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJean DarlingLiving in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of havoc toward her including a mud battle.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsThe gang kidnap the ol' Chief's horse to prevent a debt collector taking it away as payment.
- DirectorLeo McCareyJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyWhen Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with other golfers.
- DirectorEdgar KennedyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyWilson BengeMembers of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor. Soon they're out of a job, as well as their lodgings when the landlady finds out they've been fired. The boys try their luck at being street musicians, but the tiffs they get into with each other soon spread to passersby in general, until the street is filled with men pulling each other's pants off.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharlie HallIn the dead of night, a terrible toothache wakes up poor Stan, and after a series of home-made remedies, Ollie takes him to the dentist. There, ample amounts of laughing gas lead to the perfect mess. Will Stan ever visit the dentist again?
- DirectorJames ParrottFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanCharles OelzeStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJean DarlingJay and Wheezer are left alone on a rainy afternoon when Mom goes out to run errands. But when their friends drop by and trash the place, the boys must struggle to clean up before Mom returns.
- DirectorFred GuiolLeo McCareyStarsMax DavidsonBill ElliottMarion ByronMax, a bank clerk, gives his pretty daughter some money to buy shoes. At the shop she meets a handsome college student, who has holes in his socks. When she leaves the shop in anger, after finding a hole in her stockings too, she forgets her newly bought scanties. The college student - with only one shoe - follows her and gives her them. Max sees them from afar, noticing the bare foot. When she invites her new friend home, her parents decide to behave crazy to scare him away - going so far to claim being Mr and Mrs Caesar, before realizing that the young man is his boss' son. But by then he has already fled home, chased by two people clad in old Roman clothes claiming not to be Mr and Mrs Caesar, and a confused daughter...
- DirectorIvor MontaguStarsElsa LanchesterJoe BeckettDorice FordredAs criminals assemble for a convention, a policeman investigates and is abducted. A young woman finds his whistle and blows it. The full forces of the law assemble. The confrontation between order and disorder ensues, with our heroine caught up in it.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsAnita GarvinMarion ByronMax DavidsonAnita & Marion take a temporary job as waitresses in Max's diner, next to a train station. When the train stops off, pandemonium erupts when the passengers fill the diner and all want meals immediately.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsCharley ChaseEdna MarionBull MontanaCharley and Edna are feeling very pleased with themselves and their new car. They decide to share their good fortune and offer to take six underprivileged children out for a fun day at the carnival. Unfortunately, the children come from Juvenile Hall, and each one is more trouble than the last.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsCharley ChaseAnita GarvinMitchell LewisAn ex-girlfriend moves into the apartment across the hall from her ex-boyfriend. Both are married now, and their jealous spouses force them both to move. That should solve their problems, right?
- DirectorB. Reeves EasonArchie MayoStarsJackie CooganMattie WittingMaurice CostelloAn orphan is adopted by a kindly old racehorse owner. He decides to pay back his benefactor by training to ride the horse so he can win an important race.
- StarsMonty BanksVirginia Lee CorbinLeo WillisA two-reel version of Play Safe (1927) showing only the train chase.
- DirectorWilliam WatsonStarsBilly DooleyVera SteadmanWilliam BlaisdellA sailor home from the sea sets off on a road trip to pick up his girlfriend from work. Unfortunately, he's a better sailor than he is a driver. Complications ensue.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJack AdamsA scheming fight manager attempts to collect insurance on his puny fighter by causing an accident. Things don't go according to plan, and the situation escalates into a pie-throwing battle of epic proportions.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinHandymen (Laurel & Hardy) deliver a cumbersome washing machine to a house fronted by a huge flight of stairs.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersHarold L. MullerStarsCharles R. BowersCharles Bowers is once again an eccentric inventor. This time, he has only a matter of hours to debut his extraordinary new invention in order to collect a huge bequest from his deceased father. Along the way, his evil uncle tries to sabotage the machine, so the inheritance will go to him. The invention basically does everything, including, in one sequence of near unsurpassed beauty, creating a little doll and bringing it to life by sewing a tiny little heart into its chest. The doll comes alive, and the machine dresses and feeds it.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsMax DavidsonLillian ElliottSpec O'DonnellWhen a widow plans to remarry, her two sons take a look at their prospective stepfather and put on an elaborate act pretending to be crazy so as to dissuade him from further courting their mother.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsRichard WallingSally PhippsBen HallWhen word gets out on campus that "Kissless Wonder" Tom Drake has never been kissed, co-ed Louise Anna springs into action to solve the problem.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsDaphne PollardDot FarleyMack SwainMack Sennett comedy short-subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and Limburger cheese.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanCharles OelzeStarsHal Roach's RascalsJoe CobbJackie CondonJoe has a crush on Clarabelle and his dog is jealous, no longer getting any attention. The gang is also making fun of this, especially when Joe tumbles into a mud puddle and later, Clarabelle gets pushed into the lake by another dog.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersHarold L. MullerStarsCharles R. BowersCorinne PowersRicca AllenCharley attempts to invent a non-slippery banana peel.
- DirectorFred GuiolHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinA con artist (Garvin) and her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward (Laurel.)
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyChester A. BachmanAn escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyChester A. BachmanPompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder, greets his nephew from Scotland, who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonAllen 'Farina' HoskinsJoe Cobb invited the gang to his 10th birthday party, but they are all at Jackie's party. So the parties were merged and Joe was able to share a cake he baked, not realizing Mildred added tacks and a rubber tube to the batter.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMadeline HurlockTo flee from a tireless Forest Ranger, the shabby vagrants, Stan and Ollie, find refuge at a colonel's mansion that is vacant for the weekend. Soon, a couple of newly-weds arrive in hopes of renting the manor. Where is the rightful owner?
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsLupino LaneKathryn McGuireRobert GravesIn an attempt to dodge a cop, Claude hides in a museum, but he gets locked in after closing time and tangles with a pair of burglars.
- DirectorFred GuiolF. Richard JonesStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschCaught between a rock and a hard place, an honest man has to cover for his partner's shenanigans when an old flame threatens to destroy both his career and his marriage with a compromising photograph. Will she spare him?
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsMarjorie DawCreighton HaleMax DavidsonA Jewish patriarch would prefer that his attractive daughter have one of their kind as a boyfriend, but she easily succumbs to an "Irisher" suitor who literally stalks her through the streets.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelAgnes AyresForrest StanleyA young wife is contacted by a former boyfriend, who informs her that he has a collection of her love letters that he will turn over to her husband unless the woman pays him off. She and her butler hatch a plan to get the letters from the blackmailer before her husband sees them.
- DirectorSam WoodStarsCharles 'Buddy' RogersIvy HarrisJack LudenPlayboy Teddy Ward wants to marry artist Jeannie King; his father wants him to marry Loris Lane, but tells him he can marry his choice if he can make the Mountain Inn a profitable operation. Teddy agrees, and with his friends' support he arranges an ice-boat race with a $10,000 prize to the winner. A problem arises when his father refuses to pay such an amount. Teddy thinks one of his friends will win the race and refuse the prize, but champion racer "Duke" Slade shows up and Teddy knows he will take the money. Some movie stars show up and, while using their own names, are definitely not playing "Self" in this fictional film.
- DirectorTom BuckinghamStarsKatherine PerryAllan ForrestMickey McBanHelen desires to adopt a child and Warren, as judge of a baby contest, picks out a midget masquerading as a kiddie. The midget is a crook and with his pal they seek to rob the house but are caught. Helen, however, is cured of her adoption idea.
- DirectorSam TaylorStarsHarold LloydJobyna RalstonNoah YoungAn irresponsible young millionaire changes his tune when he falls for the daughter of a downtown minister.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentAfter the armistice, one U.S. soldier remains unaccounted for: he's wandering the fields of Bomania, hungry, thinking the war is still on. (He was in a German prison camp, escaping while his captors celebrated the Great War's end.) Turns out, he's the spitting image of Bomania's King Strudel. The prime minister wants Strudel to sign a peace treaty ending civil war with a cousin. Bomania's General Von Snootzer wants the war to continue, so he contrives to derail the treaty. Strudel is a drunk, his queen hates him. Into the mix stumbles our dough boy. If he can pass for the king, maybe the treaty can continue. But what of the queen and her plans?
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsMabel NormandCarl MillerMax DavidsonRose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonAllen 'Farina' HoskinsFarina and Joe fib to the gang that they've beaten up the neighborhood bully. Later, they hear he's been murdered and think they'll get the blame.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersHarold L. MullerStarsCharles R. BowersThe Liars Club is holding their contest to see who can tell the most unbelievable story, with a gold medallion waiting to be awarded to the winner. Disappointed with the other members' bland efforts, one member brings in Charley Bowers, who has an extraordinary tale to tell. Charley claims to have invented a magic potion that enables him to grow absolutely anything by a simple grafting process, and he proceeds to tell his story to the club.
- DirectorF. Richard JonesHal YatesStarsMabel NormandMichael VisaroffTheodore von EltzDance hall Romeos and an irresponsible father create comic complications in the life of a nickel-per-whirl taxi dancer.
- DirectorRichard WallaceStarsMabel NormandCarl MillerMax DavidsonRose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseVivien OaklandAnn HoweAfter a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseStuart HolmesMildred JuneCharley is afraid of dogs, and one chases him into a phone box, which a stuffy aristocrat has just left to get more change, to continue the phone call with his fiancée, who is being forced by her parents to marry him. Charley agrees to help the girl, and is mistakenly hired as a butler at the same house. That evening, there's a big party at the house, and he has to find out which of the 20 girls there is the right one. The moment, he finds her, he gets the order to bathe the Duke, her dog, but he thinks she's talking about the future son-in-law... Meanwhile, the father, fed up with the aggressive dog, gives another domestic the order to get rid of the dog at midnight, when he hears him howling like a dog, the dog will be thrown by him out of the window. The aristocratic fiancée is in reality a crook, and is going to throw the safe out of the window, his partner in crime shall be prepared, when he hears him howling like a dog at midnight. Charley tells the girl that he will be ready for her eloping at midnight and the signal is him howling like a dog...
- DirectorCharles R. BowersHarold L. MullerStarsCharles R. BowersCharley becomes manager of a restaurant owned by his girlfriend's father, and attempts to update it with a number of unusual devices.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersEddie DunnCharley is obsessed with learning the Charleston, so he can enter and win a local contest, which promises a large prize and the hand in marriage of a beautiful woman.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersHarold L. MullerTed SearsStarsCharles R. BowersCharley invents a machine that turns ordinary, breakable eggs into rubbery, unbreakable ones for transport. He builds a Rube Goldberg contraption of parts stolen from his neighbors. Rival egg companies want his invention, one of them stooping to sabotage to get it. Charley falls in love with the daughter of the president of one of the companies. When the Egg Export Company comes to inspect the machine, Charley has to find eggs for it. He puts a basket of eggs on top of the engine of his Model T Ford. When he opens it, the eggs have hatched into little Model Ts. Eventually, Charley proves the value of his invention to his beloved's father and wins her hand.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJohnny DownsThe kids are playing baseball when a man dressed in Middle-Eastern clothing comes out and tells them to be quiet. They join Mary, Farina, and Scooter in the gang's hide-out while Mary is reading ghost stories. While on the other side of the wall, the Arab-looking man is cheating people out of their money by staging a fake séance using state-of-the-art special effects. The cave entrance for the gang's hide-out collapses, so they light candles and dig into the wall, entering into the house. Those, he deceived realize they are being cheated and run to get the police to catch and book the criminals. One criminal finds out that the kids are in the house, and dresses up in a ghost costume and chases the kids throughout the house.
- DirectorGregory La CavaStarsW.C. FieldsAlice JoyceCharles 'Buddy' RogersAn unlucky inventor's attempt to demonstrate his break-proof glass at a convention goes humiliatingly wrong, but his luck may be about to change when he runs into pretty young woman on the train ride home.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsOn Christmas Eve, the Gang copes with hardships, helps capture a gang of thieves, and learns that Santa Claus really exists for those who wish fervently enough.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsAn abused chimpanzee escapes from a zoo. On the run, he meets Farina, running away from home and his battling parents. The two become friends and inspire the rest of the gang to put on a show to make money from neighborhood kids. But the chimp has his own idea and runs off creating havoc all over town until chased down by the local cops.
- DirectorWilliam WatsonStarsAnne CornwallJack DuffyWilliam BlaisdellThe city editor refuses to give Anne a reporter's job. Two photographers have failed to get a picture of Senator Hangnail, and Anne is promised a job if she succeeds. She gets into the senator's house and is suspected of being a mafia black-hand terrorist. Escaping that, she manages to snap several pictures but, when they are developed, she has photographed everything by the senator's face. The senator has hired a couple of bodyguards to protect him the the 'black-hand' woman, and takes them to eat at a café. She poses as a waitress and gets the picture. She is offered the job but her boyfriend, Jimmie, says he will have to get another girl to be his wife, and she turns down the job.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonAlice WardVernon DentHenpecked husband Harry is coerced by a good time pal to go on a clandestine double date. Of course, no good will come of this, as they encounter streetwalkers, bumpy roads, and a couple of toughs previously jilted by their dates.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsThe Gang stages their own revisionist version of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" in Mickey's barn. But Joe's mother thinks the back yard needs cleaning, and there are several interruptions when they lose a leading character. Mickey plays Simon Legree; Mary as Eva; Joe as Uncle Tom; and Farina essays the role of Topsy.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineGilbert PrattStarsBen TurpinMadeline HurlockDanny O'SheaA pretty harem girl is rescued by a U. S. Navy officer. Whilst fleeing from the guards the girl takes refuge in the rooms of the notorious Rodney St. Clair, an erring Knight, who is proud of his long list of feminine conquests. But the Navy officer again comes to her rescue, and Sir Rodney is left to marry the harem's fattest woman after she puts a love potion in his drink.
- DirectorEddie BakerWalter GrahamStarsJack DuffyStella AdamsWilliam IrvingAt the home of Mrs. McGee, the Anti-Prizefight League is about to elect officer. Old Cornelius McGee is a hot fight sport and when he is nominated for president of the club, he is elected after Mrs. McGee offers her home as a club-house with refreshments free. This method of gaining his election makes the rival candidate. Hiram Prune, sore, and he and Cornelius exchange warm words. The argument ends when Cornelius offers to fight it out by proxy, the proposition that a fighter he will pick out will whip a battler Hiram will select. The men agree to conditions and set the following Tuesday evening at Kelley's as the time and the place. Cornelius is hard put to find a fighter but finally chooses the butler as his battler after James admits having been champion of the gas-house district. Cornelius starts training him immediately. At the big fight Tuesday night. Hiram Prune's entry. Battling Bittsky, is the odds-on favorite. In the first round Bittsky is getting a trimming from the butler when he lands on a hay-maker that stretches James on the floor. The bell ending the round saves the day for Cornelius' entry. The second round starts and James again hits the floor. Seeing the bout and the wager slipping away with the referee's count. Cornelius revives his fighter by the judicious use of a hatpin. A second application is necessary a second later but the third application revives the rival fighter. Bittsky fouls James and Cornelius jumps into the ring. When the referee tries to quell him, he cleans up on all of them and escapes from the police who answer the riot call. They chase him home, however, where he hides both from the cops and his wife. Everything is smoothed out though, when the police tell Mrs. McGee that Cornelius has "broken up a prize fight."
- DirectorRichard WallaceStan LaurelStarsTheda BaraOliver HardyTyler BrookeA 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.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBilly BevanAndy ClydeRuth HiattTwo aimless wanderers are hungry and broke. They think of a way to trick a restaurant into giving them a free meal, but their scheme results in them being pursued by both the restaurant owner and the police. Soon, however, they discover that the restaurant owner has a secret of his own, and the tables are turned.
- DirectorAl ChristieEarle RodneyStarsWalter HiersDuane ThompsonLincoln PlumerThe girl's parents are opposed to Walter as a suitor because of his poverty. He receives a wire from his rich uncle that the latter is arriving that day and will give Walter a million dollars of his wealth provided he is married. Walter conveys the news to the girl and her parents via Buddy, the dog. There are hasty arrangements for the wedding and the church is crowded waiting the bride- groom, who has forgotten the marriage license. He dashes back on skates to get it and then forgets the wedding ring and is compelled to go back for that. The wealthy uncle arrives and sees his nephew for the first time and because of complications following his arrival refuses to give him the million until he is vamped by the young wife.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantNoah YoungJimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and Sally, an old girlfriend he hasn't seen in years, are expecting him at the dock, but because of unfortunate circumstance, they are mistaken about each other's identities but meet not knowing this. Jimmie decides that he must find that girl. Finally, after annoying a policeman and much of the female population, he finds her working as a temperance worker. To get her attention, he dresses in rags to meet her, but his way of introduction causes more confusion.
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRuth DwyerT. Roy BarnesA man learns that he will inherit a fortune if he marries by 7PM that evening.
- DirectorDel LordStarsBilly BevanMadeline HurlockJohn J. RichardsonA movie "vamp" has secretly married her chauffeur, even though her contract with the motion-picture firm stipulates that she is not to marry.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMartha SleeperSammy BrooksProfessor James Jump hopes to strike it rich with his invention of a more humane mouse trap.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantLucien LittlefieldA wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.
- DirectorRobert P. KerrStarsEarle FoxeFlorence GilbertFrank BealVan Bibber, wealthy fashion plate traveling with friends in Russia, is called upon to save a Russian dancer from the attentions of a famous wrestler, both of whom are fellow passengers on the train. He reluctantly goes to the task and with the aid of the lurching of the train succeeds in throwing the wrestler, which brings him fame and the unwanted devotion of the dancer. The jealous Duke, who loves Sylvia, Van's sweetheart, arranges another meeting with Strangler Stransky and Van's doom seems sealed, but by the weirdest breaks of good luck and terrible wrestling technique he manages to win.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantMickey BennettCharley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantGeorge SiegmannCharley's boss is stepping out with an ex-con's wife, so he asks Charley to do him a solid and take her to the cabin before her husband finds out. His wife sees them en-route and believes he is cheating on her. Follow that car.
- DirectorVsevolod PudovkinMykola ShpykovskyiStarsJosé Raúl CapablancaVladimir FogelAnna ZemtsovaWith an international chess tournament in progress, a young man becomes completely obsessed with the game. His fiancée has no interest in it, and becomes frustrated and depressed by his neglect of her, but wherever she goes she finds that she cannot escape chess. On the brink of giving up, she meets the world champion, Capablanca himself, with interesting results.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsHarry LangdonNatalie KingstonVernon DentLittle orphan Harry is separated from his childhood sweetheart. Years later, he finds she's a bearded lady in a circus.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsAdults have the Pike and Coney Island amusement parks, so the rascals put up their own rides in a large vacant lot. Mickey's got big plans for expansion when surveyors show up to begin work on a factory. The gang travels by donkey cart to the office of Henry Mills, President of Pan American Export Company, to protest. Henry, in his 60s, is still a boy at heart: he has his chauffeur stop the car so he can join a sandlot game. He bails on a meeting with his board of directors, going with the kids to the factory site where he stops the workers and helps our gang add more rides. The directors follow him, and they get put to work. Will they ever have their meeting?
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsA 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. She invites them back to the mansion where she'll either make fast friends or the gang will need to make a fast getaway when the governess finds them.
- DirectorFred HibbardStarsLloyd HamiltonDorothy SeastromKewpie MorganLloyd is unsuccessful in his attempts to catch some fish for his sweetheart and also in his various endeavors to board a ship on which his sweetheart is taking a trip with his rival and her father.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsMany of the "Our Gang" kids are in their secret clubhouse - so secret that some wannabe members have troubles trying to find the tunnel entrance - planning their next game, which will be a Wild West shootout. They, as historical figures such as Daniel Boone and Davy Crockett, figuratively plan go to Arizona clandestinely through China and Japan, as Arizona is where they know most Indians to be, Indians who they plan to shoot. They run into some obstacles in playing the game, including objections from parents, and as such they decide to postpone it until the wee hours of the next morning and play it in the streets of the neighborhood. As it begins to rain during the middle of their shootout that morning, they decide to take refuge in a neighborhood house. What they are unaware of is that the house belongs to inventor W.R. Jones, who rigged it to be a "magnetic house", a demonstration for a possible amusement park attraction. Not knowing about the house's rigged contraptions leads to a lot of misadventures for the gang not related to shooting Indians as they try to figure out what's happening around them.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantJane ShermanDespite 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.
- The gang has a paddle-wheel sloop in L.A.'s harbor. They chat with an old sea captain who shows them a treasure map. Joe copies the map looking over the salt's shoulder, then the gang steams for the spot. Unbeknownst to the kids, a movie crew is filming a jungle story near the area where the treasure might be buried. While most of the gang digs, Farina engages with a chimp who's part of the movie shoot. The actors, including several dressed as wild animals, see the kids discover a treasure chest. They set out to scare and capture our gang. Do the kids have any chance against the pseudo savages?
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonMickey DanielsThe gang gets in the taxi business by using a horse to pull an engine-less Model T. The owner takes his horse. Now, pushed atop a hill, Farina gets in it and loses control as it is coasting down the hill causing mayhem everywhere it goes.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMartha SleeperHelen GilmoreJimmy is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purpose "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so he tries reading it at the book shop, something the owner doesn't like. But with a little help by the owner's wife it is not impossible, even when the book is bought by somebody else, put in a car and the car is stolen...