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51. Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

The Merry Maiden's tough captain sets his sights on the love-smitten Willie Brisling's charming fiancée and kidnaps her. Now, she is a prisoner of love. Will the adulterous sea captain get away with cheating?

Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Viola Richard, Anita Garvin

Votes: 550

52. King for a Day (1934)

TV-G | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

A talented tap dancer who can't get an audition uses his prowess at playing craps to gain ownership of a musical show, making himself the star.

Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Bill Robinson, Ernest Whitman, Dusty Fletcher, Babe Matthews

Votes: 197

53. Pirate Party on Catalina Isle (1935)

Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Music

Various Hollywood performers put on a pirate-themed variety show on Catalina Island, with a number of amiable stars in the audience.

Director: Gene Burdette | Stars: Charles 'Buddy' Rogers, Sterling Young, The Fanchonettes, Robert Armstrong

Votes: 311

54. Dora's Dunking Doughnuts (1933)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Music

A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Andy Clyde, Ethel Sykes, Bud Jamison, Shirley Temple

Votes: 294

55. Swing It (1936)

Passed | 16 min | Short, Music

Louis Prima and His Band are offered a Hollywood contract and when the movie doesn't materialize, the boys' agent absconds with the funds and they are stranded and forced to entertain in a roadside tavern, elevating the band to celebrity status.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: Louis Prima, Louis Prima and His Band, Lucille Ball, Pee Wee Russell

Votes: 15

56. St. Louis Blues (1929)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama, Music

In her only known film appearance, legendary blues singer Bessie Smith witnesses her lover's betrayal, then sings a powerful rendition of the title song.

Director: Dudley Murphy | Stars: Bessie Smith, Jimmy Mordecai, Isabel Washington, Hall Johnson Choir

Votes: 470

57. Oh! Oh! Cleopatra (1931)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy

A mad scientist creates a time travel pill, which two goofballs volunteer to test, transporting them to ancient Egypt as Marc Antony and Julius Caesar vying for the beautiful Cleopatra's love in a chariot race.

Director: Joseph Santley | Stars: Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Dorothy Burgess, Robert Frazer

Votes: 38

58. Along Came Auntie (1926)

Passed | 23 min | Comedy, Short

A divorced woman is set to receive $100,000 and quarts of diamonds from her divorce-disapproving aunt. Having taken in her first husband as a lodger, due to financial difficulties, and now ... See full summary »

Directors: Fred Guiol, Richard Wallace | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon, Vivien Oakland, Tyler Brooke

Votes: 419

59. Service with a Smile (1934)

Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Musical

Leon brags about his "super-deluxe" gas station, which he claims is run by chorus girls.

Director: Roy Mack | Stars: Leon Errol, Maxine Doyle, Herbert Evans, Marie Wells

Votes: 135

60. Kid Speed (1924)

18 min | Short, Action, Comedy

A wealthy business man organizes a race. One the competitors is in love with his daughter. A love triangle develops with another competitor. Whoever wins the race will have the opportunity to visit her, leading to plenty of action.

Directors: Larry Semon, Noel M. Smith | Stars: Oliver Hardy, Larry Semon, Dorothy Dwan, Frank Alexander

Votes: 265

61. Hotter Than Hot (1929)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Harry is trapped with a blonde in a burning building.

Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy, Eddie Dunn

Votes: 18

62. Mighty Like a Moose (1926)

TV-G | 22 min | Family, Short, Comedy

After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Ann Howe, Charles Clary

Votes: 638

63. Oranges and Lemons (1923)

Not Rated | 12 min | Comedy, Short

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, ... See full summary »

Director: George Jeske | Stars: Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant, Eddie Baker, Jack Ackroyd

Votes: 497

64. A Lad an' a Lamp (1932)

20 min | Family, Comedy, Short

The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins, George 'Spanky' McFarland

Votes: 241

65. The Mysteries of the Chateau de De (1929)

27 min | Documentary, Short

Two masked men playing dice in a bar leave, get in a car, and drive to the ruins of a castle on a hill. There. they find a modern chateau filled with contemporary furniture and abstract art. Time to roll the dice.

Director: Man Ray | Stars: Man Ray, Jacques-André Boiffard, Georges Auric, Le Comte de Beaumont

Votes: 723

66. Call of the Cuckoo (1927)

Passed | 17 min | Comedy, Short

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

Director: Clyde Bruckman | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Max Davidson, Spec O'Donnell

Votes: 635

67. Alibi Bye Bye (1935)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Flash (Bobby Clark and Blodgett ('Paul McCullough (I)' )qv) are two "alibi photographers" in Atlantic City who let moonlighting husbands and wives pretend to be anywhere but in Atlantic ... See full summary »

Director: Ben Holmes | Stars: Bobby Clark, Paul McCullough, Dorothy Granger, Tom Kennedy

Votes: 66

68. We Faw Down (1928)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Stan & 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.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Vivien Oakland, Bess Flowers

Votes: 1,059

69. What's the World Coming To (1926)

21 min | Short, Comedy

A short film that turns gender roles on their head in a comedic utopia. Cross-dressing comedy (1926) by F. Richard Jones and Richard Wallace.

Directors: Richard Wallace, F. Richard Jones | Stars: Clyde Cook, Katherine Grant, James Finlayson, Martha Sleeper

Votes: 108

70. The Show (II) (1922)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll.

Directors: Larry Semon, Norman Taurog | Stars: Larry Semon, Oliver Hardy, Frank Alexander, Lucille Carlisle

Votes: 160

71. Sailors, Beware! (1927)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

A con artist (Garvin) and her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward (Laurel.)

Directors: Fred Guiol, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Chet Brandenburg

Votes: 613

72. What Price Goofy? (1925)

Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy

A 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.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Lucien Littlefield, Jane Sherman

Votes: 169

73. Don't Believe It (1930)

20 min | Comedy, Short

Before taking his wife to a play called Florida, Jimmie gets drunk and winds up on a beach in the state of Florida, instead. When he returns, his wife and brother have conspired against him for revenge.

Director: William Watson | Stars: James Gleason, Lucile Gleason, John Litel, Helen Mehrmann

Votes: 16

74. The Melancholy Dame (1929)

Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

A nightclub owner's wife, jealous of his attentions to his star singer, schemes to get her fired.

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Edward Thompson, Evelyn Preer, Spencer Williams, Roberta Hyson

Votes: 33

75. The New York Hat (1912)

Not Rated | 16 min | Short, Drama

A dying mother bequeaths money in trust for her teenage daughter to the pastor. When he buys the girl an expensive new hat, scandal breaks out, as local gossips assume something fishy is going on between the pastor and the pretty girl.

Director: D.W. Griffith | Stars: Mary Pickford, Charles Hill Mailes, Kate Bruce, Lionel Barrymore

Votes: 932

76. Long Fliv the King (1926)

Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy

A princess must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. She quickly marries a condemned man--but the man is pardoned.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, Martha Sleeper, Max Davidson

Votes: 194

77. Love 'Em and Weep (1927)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance

Caught 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?

Directors: Fred Guiol, F. Richard Jones | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, James Finlayson

Votes: 607

78. Washee Ironee (1934)

Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Family, Short

Rich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Wally Albright, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Tommy Bond

Votes: 193

79. Movie-Town (1931)

Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Sport

A Baron trying to sell Mack Sennett on the idea of starring his new prodigy in one of his films. Set around a swimming pool in which Sennett's bathing beauties and at a glitzy Hollywood nightclub.

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Marjorie Beebe, Luis Alberni, Frank Eastman, George Olsen

Votes: 29

80. Wrong Again (1929)

Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Laurel and Hardy work at horse stables where a stallion named Blue Boy is kept. When they hear Gainsborough's famous painting, The Blue Boy, has been stolen, the duo rush to collect the offered reward.

Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Josephine Crowell

Votes: 998

81. Once Over (1928)

22 min | Short, Comedy

A pair of rail-riding bums exit their boxcar in the town of Excema, where they get work as waiters and have trouble with clams, bottles of beer, and pies.

Director: Leslie Goodwins | Stars: 'Snub' Pollard, Marvin Loback, Thelma Daniels, Harry Martell

Votes: 26

82. The Pooch (1932)

Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Drama

The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.

Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins

Votes: 228

83. La première nuit (1958)

23 min | Short, Drama, Fantasy

A residential area schoolboy discovers the odd universe of the Parisian metro. At a time, he glimpses the beautiful face of a blond-haired little girl. Later on, he falls asleep and dreams his first love dream...

Director: Georges Franju | Stars: Pierre Devis, Lisbeth Persson

Votes: 210

84. Roast-Beef and Movies (1934)

Passed | 16 min | Short, Comedy, Music

A trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie.

Director: Sam Baerwitz | Stars: George Givot, Curly Howard, Bob Callahan, Albertina Rasch Dancers

Votes: 264

85. Asleep in the Feet (1933)

19 min | Comedy, Short

The girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.

Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Zasu Pitts, Thelma Todd, Billy Gilbert, Eddie Dunn

Votes: 180

86. On the Front Page (1926)

22 min | Comedy, Short

After being scooped for a scandal story, a reporter has 24 hours to dig up a more scandalous story. After spending the night in the wrong street, he comes up with a plan: catch the Countess and her butler in a compromising situation.

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Lillian Rich, Tyler Brooke, Bull Montana

Votes: 183

87. Forgotten Sweeties (1927)

20 min | Comedy, Short

An 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?

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Anita Garvin, Mitchell Lewis, Shirley Palmer

Votes: 41

88. Ghost Parade (1931)

Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Mystery

A series of strange, inexplicable, and increasingly frightening events takes place in Mosby Manor.

Director: Mack Sennett | Stars: Andy Clyde, Marjorie Beebe, Harry Gribbon, Frank Eastman

Votes: 125

89. The Wild Goose Chaser (1925)

Comedy, Short

A wife is tired of her husband (Ben Turpin) ignoring her to go hunting so she runs off with one of his friends.

Director: Lloyd Bacon | Stars: Ben Turpin, Trilby Clark, Jack Cooper, Eugenia Gilbert

Votes: 22

90. Fiddlesticks (I) (1927)

Not Rated | 20 min | Comedy, Short

Harry will do anything to be a musician, but it takes a junk collector to discover his hidden talents.

Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Anna Dodge, Billy Gilbert

Votes: 200

91. Public Ghost #1 (1935)

Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy

Charley is hired to haunt a house.

Directors: Charley Chase, Harold Law | Stars: Charley Chase, Joyce Compton, Edwin Maxwell, Clarence Wilson

Votes: 101

92. The Great Junction Hotel (1931)

18 min | Short, Comedy

A Masquers' Club spoof short. Newly-weds spend their wedding night in a run-down hotel, watched over by an under-employed house detective. When the bride goes missing, the groom (Horton) is... See full summary »

Director: William Beaudine | Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Patsy Ruth Miller, Harry Gribbon, Richard Carle

Votes: 24

93. Mickey's Surprise (1929)

18 min | Comedy, Short

The teacher challenges the kids to a spelling bee before the kids all perform in a school talent show.

Director: Albert Herman | Stars: Mickey Rooney, Delia Bogard, Fern Emmett, Kendall McComas

Votes: 16

94. A Simple Sap (1928)

Short, Comedy

A bumbling grocery-store employee must deal with such job-related problems as a conniving boss, unruly customers, a baby alligator and an escaped lunatic, all of which culminates in a wild ... See full summary »

Directors: Hampton Del Ruth, Larry Semon | Stars: Larry Semon, Betty Amann, Walter Hiers, Jimmy Aubrey

Votes: 27

95. Babes in the Goods (1934)

19 min | Comedy, Short

Thelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.

Director: Gus Meins | Stars: Thelma Todd, Patsy Kelly, Jack Barty, Arthur Housman

Votes: 136

96. The Danger Girl (1916)

Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short

Madcap Gloria disguises herself as a man, in order to lure a "dangerous" vamp away from her beau, Bobbie.

Director: Clarence G. Badger | Stars: Bobby Vernon, Gloria Swanson, Helen Bray, Reggie Morris

Votes: 195

97. Knight Duty (1933)

20 min | Short, Comedy

Harry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a ride on a flatbed truck, is knocked out when a wax figure falls on him during the ride, ... See full summary »

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom | Stars: Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Matthew Betz, Lita Chevret

Votes: 51

98. Should Sailors Marry? (1925)

Not Rated | 22 min | Comedy, Short

A Wrestler and his ex-Wife (Noah Young and Fay Holderness) try to con a recently-discharged Sailor (Clyde Cook) out of 4 years' pay. When they learn that he lost the money in a 'shell game'... See full summary »

Director: James Parrott | Stars: Clyde Cook, Fay Holderness, Noah Young, Martha Sleeper

Votes: 180

99. Say It with Babies (1926)

Passed | 18 min | Short, Comedy

Casper is the baby expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expense. On Sunday, he and his wife go on a ... See full summary »

Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Glenn Tryon, Eva Novak, Martha Sleeper, Oliver Hardy

Votes: 28

100. Four Times Foiled (1920)

20 min | Short, Comedy

An uncle is cheated out of a heritage by his baby nephew. He and his conspirators plot to finish off the interloper.

Director: William Campbell | Stars: Edgar Kennedy, Ida Mae McKenzie, Arthur Nowell, Snooky