Sammy Brooks

Sammy Brooks

Birthday: 1891-07-08

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Biography: Sammy Brooks (July 10, 1891 – May 16, 1951) was an American film actor. He appeared in 218 films between 1916 and 1938. He was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Movies

It's a Wild Life
It's a Wild Life

Harold invades the "Gilded Guzzle" café, where he appropriates a lady's roll of money, hides under a...

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An Eastern Westerner
An Eastern Westerner

A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsib...

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Sherlock Sleuth
Sherlock Sleuth

House detective of the Hotel Omigosh, Cyril Fromage and his hotel switchboard operator sweetheart at...

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A Punch in the Nose
A Punch in the Nose

A troupe of actors stranded in a small town take job as recreation directors in a sanitarium and hil...

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Looking for Sally
Looking for Sally

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he...

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Ask Father
Ask Father

Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The pro...

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Billy Blazes, Esq.
Billy Blazes, Esq.

Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear a...

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Now or Never
Now or Never

A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip....

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Bumping Into Broadway
Bumping Into Broadway

A young playwright spends his last cent to pay the past-due rent for the pretty dancer who's his boa...

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Captain Kidd's Kids
Captain Kidd's Kids

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters nume...

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The Non-Stop Kid
The Non-Stop Kid

Bebe is surrounded by suitors, but her father wants her to marry Professor M. T. Noodle. Harold make...

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We Never Sleep
We Never Sleep

Luke is an inept detective who follows the wrong man to a seaside hotel....

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All Aboard
All Aboard

In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda...

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Rainbow Island
Rainbow Island

After finding a note in a floating bottle, our hero is off to resue the heroine. He runs into a trib...

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By the Sad Sea Waves
By the Sad Sea Waves

Our vagabond hero dons a lifeguard's uniform and madcap antics ensue on the beach, and in the changi...

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Bliss
Bliss

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his...

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Clubs Are Trump
Clubs Are Trump

In pre-historic times (dream sequence), our hero, in a loin cloth, battles other cavemen over the op...

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The Flirt
The Flirt

A man takes a job in a café, hoping to get to know the pretty waitress working there....

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Birds of a Feather
Birds of a Feather

Luke, running a chili parlor, inherits a million dollars and joins high society....

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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients
Lonesome Luke Loses Patients

Luke operates a sanatarium, which he has naturally staffed with a bevy of attractive nurses....

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Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley
Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley

Luke is a pickpocket, hiding out from the cops in a dive in the slum part of town. He later winds up...

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Luke's Trolley Troubles
Luke's Trolley Troubles

Luke and his sidekick steal a trolley car and create havoc for passengers....

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Lonesome Luke's Lively Life
Lonesome Luke's Lively Life

Luke runs the coat-check concession at the White Light Cafe....

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Luke's Speedy Club Life
Luke's Speedy Club Life

Luke is a bellboy at a fancy club....

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Luke, Rank Impersonator
Luke, Rank Impersonator

Luke crashes a society affair, thereby livening things up....

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Luke and the Bang-Tails
Luke and the Bang-Tails

Lonesome Luke at the Tijuana Races....

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Luke's Fireworks Fizzle
Luke's Fireworks Fizzle

Luke, working in a fireworks factory....

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Luke, Patient Provider
Luke, Patient Provider

When a doctor is forced, because of a lack of patients, to dismiss his pretty nurse, Luke comes to t...

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Luke's Lost Lamb
Luke's Lost Lamb

A day at the seaside chasing a lost child....

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Luke Locates the Loot
Luke Locates the Loot

As a detective, Luke is after a gang of crooks who are robbing party guests of their jewels....

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Luke Does the Midway
Luke Does the Midway

Lonesome Luke at the San Diego Exposition....

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Luke and the Mermaids
Luke and the Mermaids

Lonesome Luke asleep in the briny deep....

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Luke Rides Roughshod
Luke Rides Roughshod

Out west, Luke changes clothes with an outlaw and proceeds into town. Of course, he is mistaken for ...

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Luke, Crystal Gazer
Luke, Crystal Gazer

Luke happens into a spiritualist's shop where he is smitten by her daughter. He decides to stick aro...

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Follow the Crowd
Follow the Crowd

A clueless man finds a bomb on the street and keeps throwing it to the crowd around him. The sketch ...

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Just Neighbors
Just Neighbors

Suburban neighbors join together to build a garden shed, but through carelessness, wind up ruining t...

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Lonesome Luke, Messenger
Lonesome Luke, Messenger

While on the job, delivering a message, Luke finds himself in a girl's seminary....

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Over the Fence
Over the Fence

Snitch steals Ginger's (stolen) baseball tickets and takes Ginger's girl to the game. Finding himsel...

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Oranges and Lemons
Oranges and Lemons

After getting into a scuffle with his boss and some co-workers, an orange packer tries to help anoth...

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Luke's Double
Luke's Double

Luke dreams that he has a double. One 'Luke' gets in all kinds of trouble, while the other pays the ...

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Pay Your Dues
Pay Your Dues

While blindfolded and playing pin the tail on the donkey with some lady friends, our hero is mistake...

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Never Touched Me!
Never Touched Me!

At the Killjoy Cafe, "everything is first class except the food and the service."...

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A Jazzed Honeymoon
A Jazzed Honeymoon

This time, Harold's the skinny sap who married the hottie, and he doesn't quite have the spine to te...

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Wanted - $5,000
Wanted - $5,000

Wanted – $5,000 is a 1919 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd and Bebe Daniels....

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Before Breakfast
Before Breakfast

A young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He beco...

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Spring Fever
Spring Fever

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weath...

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Chop Suey & Co.
Chop Suey & Co.

Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film...

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His Only Father
His Only Father

An American short comedy film....

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Luke's Movie Muddle
Luke's Movie Muddle

Lonesome Luke has a movie theater and also works the box office and as an usher. He has to put up wi...

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Luke's Late Lunchers
Luke's Late Lunchers

Luke runs a beanery, in which the bad service, terrible food and filthy conditions lead to hi-jinx....

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Luke's Shattered Sleep
Luke's Shattered Sleep

Audiences may think Luke with his St. Vitus movement never sleeps, but they are dead wrong. Like Bil...

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Luke Laughs Last
Luke Laughs Last

Unhappy in his job as a butler (although he likes wearing a dress suit), Luke gets involved with bur...

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Say It with Babies
Say It with Babies

Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provi...

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An Ozark Romance
An Ozark Romance

Harold visits the Ozarks, where he has some funny experiences with a mountain girl and her eccentric...

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Frozen Hearts
Frozen Hearts

In the trembling Russian village of Popoffski, a young woman (Katherine Grant) is wooed by a hopeful...

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A London Bobby
A London Bobby

Snub, as a member of the London police force, is assigned to a neighborhood where a terrific free-fo...

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Young Mr. Jazz
Young Mr. Jazz

While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by ...

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Take a Chance
Take a Chance

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ru...

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The Marathon
The Marathon

Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon....

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The Dumb-Bell
The Dumb-Bell

The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an ...

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Short Kilts
Short Kilts

As a way to make peace between two feuding Scottish clans, one invites the other over for supper, bu...

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Fresh Paint
Fresh Paint

A bicycle messenger is sent to make a posh delivery to a wealthy artist's estate-- populated with at...

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The Sleuth
The Sleuth

Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik...

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Movie Night
Movie Night

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue......

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The Real McCoy
The Real McCoy

Charley poses as a hillbilly in his pursuit of a country girl....

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Shine 'Em Up
Shine 'Em Up

Paul's career as a shoeshine man is interrupted when he is mistaken for an escaped convict, but afte...

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Under Two Jags
Under Two Jags

Stan is in the company of ladies in this film. He is serving in the military with female officers, b...

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Scorching Sands
Scorching Sands

The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert....

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Smithy
Smithy

After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employme...

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Postage Due
Postage Due

Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery...

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Jailed and Bailed
Jailed and Bailed

A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott....

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Count Your Change
Count Your Change

Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places....

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Catch-As Catch-Can
Catch-As Catch-Can

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight....

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Luke Joins the Navy
Luke Joins the Navy

The beginning of the film you find Harold Lloyd playing his "Lonesome Luke" character. Out of the bl...

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Don't Shove
Don't Shove

Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating...

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Hey There
Hey There

In this early short Harold Lloyd sneaks into a movie studio in order to locate an attractive young l...

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Looking for Trouble
Looking for Trouble

Snub plays a rich guy who wants to impress the ladies with his virility. So he pays a tough boxer to...

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Whirl o' the West
Whirl o' the West

A tenderfoot arrives in a western town and the inhabitants give him a rough time....

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Post No Bills
Post No Bills

Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy f...

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The Dippy Dentist
The Dippy Dentist

The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her ...

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Is Marriage the Bunk?
Is Marriage the Bunk?

Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes ou...

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The Cowboy Sheik
The Cowboy Sheik

A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attent...

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Be My Wife
Be My Wife

Harold and his boss get in a lively rivalry over the new stenographer....

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Thundering Fleas
Thundering Fleas

The kids from Our Gang have to attend a wedding, and they bring along their flea collection--which g...

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The Landlubber
The Landlubber

Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach....

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Pinched
Pinched

Harold's checked cap, blown from his head by a freakish wind, gets him into trouble. First he comes ...

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Look Out Below
Look Out Below

A story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around o...

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Rupert of Hee-Haw
Rupert of Hee-Haw

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The Poor Fish
The Poor Fish

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch job...

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A Ten-Minute Egg
A Ten-Minute Egg

The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure t...

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The Rat's Knuckles
The Rat's Knuckles

Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925....

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Wandering Papas
Wandering Papas

A cook for bridge constructors is told to collect food for dinner-Ritz style trout, Palmer house rab...

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Take Next Car
Take Next Car

In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business...

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Pistols for Breakfast
Pistols for Breakfast

A young man goes out to eat breakfast with his friend. As a restaurant "regular" with a pistol threa...

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She Loves Me Not
She Loves Me Not

A short film starring Harold Lloyd....

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Crack Your Heels
Crack Your Heels

A short film starring Harold Lloyd....

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Swat the Crook
Swat the Crook

The adventures of a penniless young man, who finds himself in a house full of crooks....

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Off the Trolley
Off the Trolley

Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the co...

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At the Old Stage Door
At the Old Stage Door

Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the decepti...

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Heap Big Chief
Heap Big Chief

Harold and Snub, camping in the wilds, prove too much for the Indians that take them captive....

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Kicked Out
Kicked Out

Harold has trouble with his father and is ordered out of the house. He becomes a waiter and pulls of...

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Hit Him Again
Hit Him Again

A short film starring Harold Lloyd....

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Pipe the Whiskers
Pipe the Whiskers

Our hero is a janitor in a old age rest home who actually runs the place....

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Fireman Save My Child
Fireman Save My Child

In this popular two reeler where Harold runs to the rescue of a woman on a fire engine, he is seen h...

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Look Pleasant, Please
Look Pleasant, Please

A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues....

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The City Slicker
The City Slicker

Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gad...

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Madame Mystery
Madame Mystery

A female secret agent has gotten ahold of a new type of explosive gas. She has to avoid the efforts ...

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Big Game
Big Game

While attempting to hunt a formidable Peruvian Duck, Snub Pollard and Ernest Morrison inadvertently ...

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Bromo and Juliet
Bromo and Juliet

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his ...

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His Royal Slyness
His Royal Slyness

A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station....

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Haunted Spooks
Haunted Spooks

After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking...

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All at Sea
All at Sea

Sailor 'Snub' Pollard on 'beach leave'....

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Any Old Port
Any Old Port

Captain Dandy (Snub Pollard) is about to sail and arrives on the dock where several women take turns...

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All Lit Up
All Lit Up

Snub goes butterfly hunting in Grffith Park and catches Marie Mosquini by accident. They go to a caf...

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Call a Taxi
Call a Taxi

After being ejected from an establishment for being drunk and disorderly, George Rowe, Sammy Brooks,...

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High Rollers
High Rollers

An auto accident hurls Snub into a skating rink, where he encounters Rowe and Marie. Among the vario...

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Good Morning, Judge
Good Morning, Judge

Courtroom comedy with Eddie Boland as Judge....

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It's a Joy!
It's a Joy!

'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director....

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Take the Air
Take the Air

James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers o...

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Tight Shoes
Tight Shoes

The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's ...

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Before the Public
Before the Public

'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off ...

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Don't Butt In
Don't Butt In

James Parrott doing all kinds of handy work....

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Girl Shy
Girl Shy

Harold Meadows is a shy, stuttering bachelor working in a tailor shop, who is writing a guidebook, T...

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Collars and Cuffs
Collars and Cuffs

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

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The Smile Wins
The Smile Wins

James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman....

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Berth Marks
Berth Marks

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville....

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Luke's Society Mixup
Luke's Society Mixup

Luke, a mechanic, stands in for a famous violinist. At first, his bad manners and rough behavior are...

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Pick and Shovel
Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel....

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Zeb vs. Paprika
Zeb vs. Paprika

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

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A Man About Town
A Man About Town

A feckless young man who wishes to switch from one streetcar to another is told to follow a pretty y...

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Wide Open Spaces
Wide Open Spaces

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

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Brothers Under the Chin
Brothers Under the Chin

Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted an...

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A Sammy in Siberia
A Sammy in Siberia

A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks....

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Next Aisle Over
Next Aisle Over

A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping....

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Alias Aladdin
Alias Aladdin

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Let's Go
Let's Go

A short film starring Harold Lloyd....

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A Gasoline Wedding
A Gasoline Wedding

A rich man's daughter has more suitors than she's interested in, and he's going to marry her off -- ...

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Beat It
Beat It

Harold Lloyd starred in the successful Lonesome Luke series. However, he soon grew tired of the obvi...

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The Lamb
The Lamb

The Lamb is a 1918 American short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd. It is believed to be lost....

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Here Come the Girls
Here Come the Girls

Bebe and girlfriend go shopping for new corsets. Harold sneaks into the corset shop and a customer a...

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The Tip
The Tip

A short film starring Harold Lloyd....

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Step Lively
Step Lively

Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has ...

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Bashful
Bashful

In order to claim his inheritance, our hero must first produce a wife and family....

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Love, Laughs and Lather
Love, Laughs and Lather

An Englishman and his valet have adventures in the American West....

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Isn't Life Terrible?
Isn't Life Terrible?

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decide...

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Unfriendly Enemies
Unfriendly Enemies

Finlayson plays an intrepid army cameraman on the battlefield in the world war, and Rowe plays his h...

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Don Key (Son of Burro)
Don Key (Son of Burro)

The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they c...

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