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1. Omnibus (1967–2003)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Arts documentary series with concerts and experimental dramatizations.
Stars: Humphrey Burton, Kirsty Wark, David Collings, Michael Hordern
Votes: 293
2. The Edge of the World (1937)
Passed | 74 min | Drama, History, Romance
A way of life is dying on an Outer Hebridean island fishing port, but some of the inhabitants resist evacuating to the mainland.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Niall MacGinnis, Belle Chrystall, John Laurie, Eric Berry
Votes: 1,991
3. Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde (1925)
Not Rated | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Horror
In Victorian London the esteemed Dr. Pyckle uses himself as a guinea pig when he experiments with a new drug that changes him into a compulsive prankster.
Directors: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock | Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, The Wonder Dog Pal, Syd Crossley
Votes: 404
4. Mau-Mau (1955)
58 min | Documentary, Drama
Newsman Chet Huntley narrates this documentary showing the rise of the African resistance movement known as the "Mau-Mau" against British rule in East Africa in the early 1950s.
Director: Elwood Price | Star: Chet Huntley
Votes: 27
5. West of Hot Dog (1924)
Not Rated | 30 min | Short, Western, Comedy
On his way to collect inheritance in the small town on Hot Dog, Stan gets robbed by highwaymen, one of which is the other person who shall attend the reading of their late Uncle's will. The... See full summary »
Directors: Joe Rock, Scott Pembroke | Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, Lew Meehan
Votes: 301
6. Boys Will Be Girls (1938)
66 min | Comedy
Matronly great-aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her snobbish wannabe family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members await the reading of her will. Ready to ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Nellie Wallace, Greta Gynt, Constance Godridge
Votes: 38
7. Krakatoa (1933)
23 min | Documentary, Short
Documentary describing the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa in the Dutch East Indies, destroying 70% of the island and its surrounding archipelago.
Stars: Graham McNamee, Joseph Cotten
Votes: 43
8. Everything Is Rhythm (1936)
65 min | Musical
Harry Roy/Wade and his band finally find their way to success when they are hired to perform at a big hotel. There he meets by chance the Princess of Monrovia and they fall for each other. ... See full summary »
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Harry Roy, Princess Pearl, Dorothy Boyd, Clarissa Selwynne
Votes: 45
9. You're Next (1927)
Comedy, Short
As the three fat boys, answering the radio's call of "Get Up, Babies," roll out of bed, they begin their daily morning exercises. These include "ups and downs," "Dumbel Exercises." and such... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Joe Bonner
10. The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
79 min | Drama
A young couple attends a masked ball before their planned secret elopement. Suddenly everything goes wrong when the young woman is abducted and held hostage by a crazed attacker.
Director: Michael Powell | Stars: Hugh Williams, Jane Baxter, Ronald Ward, Maurice Schwartz
Votes: 77
11. One Good Turn (1936)
72 min | Comedy
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Leslie Fuller, Georgie Harris, Hal Gordon, Molly Fisher
Votes: 17
12. A String of Diamonds (1926)
25 min | Short, Crime, Drama
Director: Frank S. Mattison | Stars: Fearless the Dog, Jack Mower, Lafe McKee, Kathryn McGuire
13. Detained (1924)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Stan Laurel is a man who is robbed of his civilian clothing by an escaped prisoner, who then dresses Stan in the striped uniform. Naturally, since it's Stan, a guard nabs him and locks him in the pokey.
Directors: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock | Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, Agnes Ayres
Votes: 115
14. Forbidden Territory (1934)
Approved | 74 min | Drama, Romance
Britisher Sir Charles Farrington and a son, Rex Farrington, arrive in a Russian Soviet territory searching for another Farrington son, Michael,who has been thrown into prison. Valarie ... See full summary »
Director: Phil Rosen | Stars: Gregory Ratoff, Ronald Squire, Binnie Barnes, Tamara Desni
Votes: 18
15. The Heavy Parade (1926)
21 min | War, Short, Comedy
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
Votes: 16
16. Golf (1922)
Not Rated | 25 min | Comedy, Short
Silent comedy in which, using a drill to make holes in his floor, a golfer refuses to stop playing, swinging clubs from a tabletop, smashing mirrors and pottery throughout the house, even knocking golf balls into his neighbor's soup bowl.
Directors: Tom Buckingham, Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Al Thompson, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 83
17. What! No Spinach? (1926)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Harry Sweet in the story is an outcast from society, as he is a ne'er do well. He rents a room where Gale Henry is a landlady. He is unable to pay his room rent. Instead of paying his room ... See full summary »
Director: Harry Sweet | Stars: Harry Sweet, Gale Henry, Alyce Ardell, Marjorie Beebe
Votes: 52
18. Cotton Queen (1937)
80 min | Comedy
1937. Comedy directed by Bernard Vorhaus. Stars Will Fyffe, Stanley Holloway and Jimmy Hanley. Rival cotton mill owners work together to win a contract when love blossoms between the rival's off-spring.
Directors: Bernard Vorhaus, Joe Rock | Stars: Will Fyffe, Stanley Holloway, Mary Lawson, Jimmy Hanley
Votes: 81
19. Old Tin Sides (1927)
20 min | Short, Comedy
This is translated from a 'Cine-club' catalog Ufoleis (France) 1973-1974. The Three Fatty (A ton of fun) are salesmen in a grocery. Everyone will finish drinking the cider in the flooded cellar.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Bud Ross
Votes: 9
20. The Barnyard (1923)
Comedy, Short
Two land sharks, U. Holdim and I. Robim, are after a farmer's property where oil has been discovered. The farm hand, Lay Zee, in love with the farmer's daughter, saves the farm and routs the oily crooks.
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Kathleen Myers, Oliver Hardy, Frank Hayes
Votes: 23
21. Harems and Hookum (1919)
Short, Comedy
Lord Razzberry informs his Majesty, King of Bullgonis, a kingdom lying far out in the desert, that he will come to claim the hand of the king's daughter. On the way, Lord Razzberry rests ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock
22. Three Glad Men (1927)
Short, Comedy
The comedy opens showing the three fat men and Lois preparing to go on a camping trip, in what apparently is setting in the woods. The next scene a distant shot, shows that the place where ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
23. One Dark Night (1923)
Short, Comedy
Joe wears a convict outfit to a masquerade ball, but is mistaken as an escaped convict by the police.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Frank Alexander, Max Asher, Lois Scott
24. Rolling Home (1923)
Short, Comedy
The difficulty in finding an apartment is satirized in this comedy in which Joe solves the problem by building a house on the chassis of an auto.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Billie Rhodes
25. Vamps and Variety (1919)
Short, Comedy
Brushsky, the famous color slinger, guards his prize model from the other artists. She is stolen and sent to the Model Supply Company, Joe and Monty, two ex-porters, importing artists' ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock
26. Laughing Gas (1924)
Short, Comedy
The boy is dressing for his wedding and the girl is waiting for him with her family. Just after shaving he accidentally puts hair grower on his free and his beard grows immediately. After ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Billie Rhodes, Max Asher, Milton J. Fahrney
27. A Ghostly Night (1924)
Comedy, Short
Jimmy and his companion unexpectedly drove themselves into severe troubles with storm havoc upon them. More frighten scenes uncovered when they only thoughts to be quite ordinary but there wasn't while they're inside the deserted house.
Director: Joe Rock | Star: Jimmy Aubrey
28. Rubes and Robbers (1919)
Short, Comedy
Joe, the handy boy around Cy Perkins' hotel in the village of Paris, Calif., has difficulty in waking up mornings. He is aided by his animal friends - a rooster and a horse. The rooster ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock
29. Some Nurse (1924)
Short, Comedy
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Frank Alexander, Max Asher, Earle Marsh
30. The Agent (1922)
Comedy, Short
Directors: Tom Buckingham, Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Lucille Carlisle, Oliver Hardy, Al Thompson
Votes: 17
31. Sports and Splashes (1917)
Short, Comedy
Walking down the road, Larry finds a horseshoe and hopes his bad luck will change for the better. He passes the horseshoe along to another man who was just thrown out of a cabaret for not ... See full summary »
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Florence Curtis, Earl Montgomery, Joe Basil
32. Footlights and Fakers (1917)
Comedy, Short
Director: Larry Semon | Stars: Jimmy Aubrey, Eddie Dunn, Dorothy Armstrong, Joe Rock
33. Heavy Hikers (1927)
Short, Comedy
The boys are up early in the morning, trying to pull Alexander's tooth. They experience some difficulty, for all ropes seem weak, and even a horse's strength insufficient to do the deed. ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
34. Bums and Boarders (1918)
Short, Comedy
The story opens up with comedy business between Joe and Montey -their awakening - and their attempt to get breakfast, much against the landlady's wishes, The housekeeper and landlady ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock, Blanche Payson
35. How High Is Up? (1927)
Short, Comedy
Ordinary tenants and their landlords never have too amiable relations. You can imagine what happens when an emaciated landlord and his bony wife occupy the ground floor of a two-family ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Texas Aber
36. The Sleuth (1925)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Stan is a detective who essentially relies on different costumes to successfully complete his investigations.
Directors: Joe Rock, Harry Sweet | Stars: Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Alberta Vaughn, Anita Garvin
Votes: 119
38. Campus Romeos (1927)
Not Rated | 19 min | Comedy, Short
A jealous husband has his friend invite Fatty and his pals to the Welcome Club. They get quite the welcome with dancing skeletons, gorillas, mummies and assorted characters before they jump out the window to escape their tormentors.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
Votes: 10
39. Wedding Daze (1926)
Comedy, Short
The story treats of a wealthy girl portrayed by Lois Boyd who owns the hotel in town and the attempts made by a notorious crook who inveigles her into a phony elopement. The crook's Wife ... See full summary »
Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
40. The Sleepwalker (1923)
Short, Comedy
The adventures of a messenger boy sleepwalker, who mends his way to the edge of the roof of a skyscraper, doing a marathon back and forth on the gutter of the edge of that roof with a regiment of blue-coats and others giving chase.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Billie Rhodes, Frank Alexander
41. The Unsocial Three (1927)
Comedy, Short
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
42. What Price Dough (1927)
Comedy, Short
The three fat boys decide that the world needs to be shaken up a bit, so they take a buggy ride through the country roads. The poor horses soon become exhausted and bump the boys off very ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Hilliard Karr, Frank Alexander, 'Kewpie' Ross, Lois Boyd
43. Half a Man (1925)
Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short
A naïve/credulous/gullible/ shy young man (Stan Laurel) finds himself alone on an island inhabited by very enterprising/ sprightly women.
Directors: Joe Rock, Harry Sweet | Stars: Stan Laurel, Tui Bow, Julie Leonard, Blanche Payson
Votes: 94
44. Girlies and Grubbers (1919)
Short, Comedy
Honorable Mike O'Flannigan; duke of Dublin, and the Honorable Patrik O'Toole, count of Cork, touring the country, receive an invitation from their friend. Barney, to pay his two nieces a ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock
45. Twins (1925)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Directors: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock | Stars: Stan Laurel, Julie Leonard, Alberta Vaughn, Beth Darlington
Votes: 46
46. Damsels and Dandies (1919)
Short, Comedy
Two playful young ladies make the acquaintance of two idle sons, who follow them, persistently forcing their way into a dancing academy, much against the dancing master's will. One of them ... See full summary »
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock, Max Asher, Blanche Payson
Votes: 12
47. Caves and Coquettes (1919)
Short, Comedy
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock, Eddie Baker, Frank Alexander
48. Mark It Paid (1923)
Short, Comedy
Joe comes to the rescue of his sweetheart's father (who is going broke in the hotel business) with a clever scheme for attracting guests.
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Joe Rock, Billie Rhodes
49. Pie-Eyed (1925)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
3:00 AM at the Firewater Club, and Stanley is drunk. When he tries to conducting the orchestra, the manager - a former boxer - tells him to cool down. But Stanley then he then tries to dance with the manager's wife. Big mistake.
Directors: Scott Pembroke, Joe Rock | Stars: Stan Laurel, Glen Cavender, Thelma Hill, Budd Fine
Votes: 113
50. Throbs and Thrills (1920)
Short, Comedy
Director: Gilbert Pratt | Stars: Earl Montgomery, Joe Rock