Jack Ackroyd

This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Harry 'Snub' Pollard

The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Rod La Rocque

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Syd Chaplin

A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Parrott

A flirtatious hotel orchestra leader provokes conflict.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Louise Fazenda

The beautiful and cultured Lady Diana Whitney marries Captain Maxwell of the British Army. When he is transferred to the Sahara, life at his remote...

Genre: Romance

Cast: Irene Rich

In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the...

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Cast: James Parrott

Will Rogers plays a lazy man who is chosen by a group of men to run for Congress.

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Cast: Will Rogers

The two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season are a mixed lot. Two of the shorts feature parodies of...

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Cast: Will Rogers

A very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.

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Cast: Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Judge Ross, on the Federal Bench, rules in favor of a large company in litigation before him, unaware that a smaller company in which he owns...

Genre: Drama

Cast: May McAvoy

Arrow comedy shot in 1921 but released 2 years later, with an ensemble cast including Jay Belasco, Blanche Payson, Billy Armstrong and Jack Duffy....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Jay Belasco

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...

Genre: War

Cast: Richard Barthelmess

Collars and Cuffs is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

A 1924 silent comedy.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

The Isle of Lost Ships is a 1929 talking film released in an alternative silent version with a Vitaphone track of effects and music. It was produced...

Genre: Action

Cast: Jason Robards Sr.

Drama set in Alaska

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lenore Ulric

On a South Sea island, Stella operates a hotel for her mother, who is constantly drunk on liquor smuggled by Shane, the principal trader and virtual...

Genre: Drama

Cast: Monte Blue

A man tries to win over the daughter of his boss.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Charley Chase

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: James Finlayson

Hayfoot, Strawfoot? is a silent comedy short.

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Billy Bevan

A German spy matches wits with-and pitches woo to- an American secret agent

Genre: Drama

Cast: Lowell Sherman

Stan plays a waiter at a crappy restaurant and frankly such fare was better done by Chaplin and others. However, in two cute scenes, the film shines....

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel

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...

Genre: Comedy

Cast: Stan Laurel