Ben Turpin
Birthday: 1869-09-18
Place of Birth: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Biography: Bernard "Ben" Turpin was an American comedian and actor, best remembered for his work in silent films.
Movies
She Sighed by the Seaside
Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Char...
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Sheriff Nell's Tussle
A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He ...
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He Died and He Didn't
The prospector enters the western dance hall, and upon seeing the gambler, takes a mallet and appare...
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The Champion
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training c...
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Sweedie the Swatter
Mrs. Highstrung's maid leaves her at a very inopportune time, as she has just received a telegram fr...
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Countess Sweedie
Countess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the "hash house" w...
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Sweedie Collects for Charity
Mrs. Goodheart, a charity worker, comes home one evening very much discouraged as she is unable to g...
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Sweedie at the Fair
Sweedie, the cook at the Rich household, buys a donkey from the captain of the police, but forgets t...
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The Fickleness of Sweedie
Henry Bigger, a short fat fellow, and Danny Slimson, short but slim, are rivals for the hand of Swee...
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Sweedie the Trouble Maker
Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in ...
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Sweedie's Hero
Sweedie gets a job as mop artist in a hotel. She starts out from home encumbered with baggage and a ...
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Their Cheap Vacation
The Newlyweds read in the newspaper of an ideal automobile trip which only costs $12. Mr. Newlywed d...
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Sweedie and the Hypnotist
Sweedie is the scrub lady in the theater. She makes eyes at the stage manager and the hypnotist and ...
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Madame Double X
Mr. Von Crooks and his son are in love with Madame Double X. One night Von Crooks, Jr., elopes with ...
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Sweedie's Suicide
Sweedie decides to commit suicide when she is jilted by her sweetheart, the captain of the police de...
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Sweedie and Her Dog
Mr. Dingy engages Sweedie as their cook. She insists upon bringing her dog "Skinny" and her parrot a...
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Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
Mildred refuses Archie's proposal of marriage. Shortly after Fred arrives and she accepts him as her...
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Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
Sweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of Puff ...
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The Fable of the Busy Business Boy and the Droppers-in
The Busy Business Boy lands at his desk like the Early Bird with the intention of tearing off a week...
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Sweedie and the Double Exposure
The boy has a camera and snaps Sweedie, the cook, while sitting on the bench in the back yard. Later...
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She Landed a Big One
Sweedie tells her beau that her love has grown cold, so he decides to jump in the lake and end it al...
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Golf Champion 'Chick' Evans Links with Sweedie
"Chick" Evans, western amateur golf champion, is seen playing golf with his sister. Sweedie is the c...
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Sweedie Springs a Surprise
Sweedie, the cook at the Prim household, is a little too rough to suit Mr. Prim, who is about three ...
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Sweedie's Skate
Sweedie the cook adorns herself in her employer's jewels and goes to the skating rink where she is t...
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Sweedie and the Lord
Mr. and Mrs. Skidoo receive a letter from Lord Bunkum, saying he is coming to pay them a visit. They...
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Sweedie's Clean-Up
Sweedie's father is the owner of a grocery store, and Sweedie takes care of the trade while father p...
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Sweedie's Finish
Sweedie, the servant girl, is in love with a fireman, but her affections are not returned. The firem...
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Sweedie in Vaudeville
Sweedie, the theater's scrubwoman, in love with the unappreciative props, become enamored with the i...
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Love and Trouble
Sweedie holds a clandestine meeting with her beau in the kitchen of her employers, a young married c...
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Sweedie Learns to Ride
Sweedie, with her arms splattered by dough, looks out the window and sees her mistress just mounting...
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Sweedie's Hopeless Love
Sweedie has fallen in love with the grocery boy, and in order to gaze upon his smiling face orders g...
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That Night
There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune ...
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Curiosity
"If yew cum a lone to thee third bench from thee fontan yew will find sum one to chear your loneline...
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Our Wife
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are th...
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A Woman's Way
Set in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane, bon vi...
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Tag Day
The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and call...
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A Mexican's Gratitude
A sheriff saves a Mexican from being hanged for horse theft. In a gesture of thanks, the Mexican wri...
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Hollywood Cavalcade
Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marr...
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His New Job
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and r...
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A Burlesque on Carmen
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run....
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A Night Out
After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds him...
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The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
The political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They didn...
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Wedding Yells
Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920)....
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Broncho Billy Steps In
Because he believes in education, a ranch owner hires a school teacher from the east and opens a sch...
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Broncho Billy's Love Affair
Broncho Billy becomes engaged. A month later the engagement is broken when the girl's father comes i...
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Too Much Turkey
Frank Potter cannot afford to buy a turkey for Thanksgiving. He conceives the idea of pawning his dr...
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A Christmas Revenge
Broncho Billy becomes enraged when a stranger comes to town and wins the affections of his sweethear...
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Hollywood
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She l...
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Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923...
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When Comedy Was King
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, B...
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Million Dollar Legs
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a ...
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The Eyes Have It
A beautiful young woman is rescued by Ben and gives him her photo. When it is found in his pocket, h...
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Make Me a Star
A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. ...
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A Coat Tale
When a peddler offers to sell Margie Reiger a coat for $100, husband Ben Turpin is so irate he throw...
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A Harem Knight
A pretty harem girl is rescued by a U. S. Navy officer. Whilst fleeing from the guards the girl take...
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Broke in China
Donald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The pro...
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The Law of the Wild
Rex, a wild stallion, and Rinty, a police dog, are pals. Their master , John Sheldon, is framed for ...
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Big Farewell
An Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends....
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson. Although...
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The Wild Goose Chaser
A Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin....
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Keystone Hotel
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the f...
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Masked Mirth
Right now while everyone is thinking of war, comes this two reel comedy whose plot is based on an in...
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The Haunted Lounge
A tramp in his haste to escape from the clutches of the law, rushes into a second-hand store and hid...
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A Studio Stampede
In this movie Ben Turpin plays Vic Vacuum, who is in love with a movie star and ends up working at h...
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When Ben Bolted
Ben and his pal Paddy, a couple of drifting loafers and con-men, arrive in town via a "side-door Pul...
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A Prodigal Bridegroom
Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensna...
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A Small Town Idol
Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and no...
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Seein' Things
"Some folks think married men live longer. They don't — it only seems longer!" The opening inter-tit...
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The Dare-Devil
The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's ...
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She Said No
A thief steals a $10,000 string of pearls from the star of a show. The thief runs into Ben (literall...
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Idle Eyes
The film begins with Ben Turpin looking for some food. He's a hobo and is resorting to trying to ste...
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The Shriek of Araby
An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's...
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Yukon Jake
Cyclone Bill is the popular sheriff of Mustang Gulch, where "a gun in the hand is worth two on the h...
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Ten Dollars or Ten Days
In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred ove...
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The Neighbors' Kids
A neighbor visits her friend, taking with her her child, a little girl about the same age as the fri...
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You Saved My Life
An actor in action that is not all acting is rather a remarkable sight, and when he loves both on th...
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Any Day in Hollywood
This very strange film features old silent footage with added audio commentary to give you a comedic...
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A Blonde's Revenge
Turpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up wealthy wo...
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The Voice of Hollywood No. 8
This time it's Ben Turpin as the nominal announcer, and several well known performers appear, includ...
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The Hollywood Kid
A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle ...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of editio...
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Mr. Flip
Mr. Flip flirts with every woman he sees, and ends up with a pie, shaving cream, and seltzer in his ...
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Holding His Own
After a fight with his neighbor over their Model Ts, Ben's tuxedo is ruined. Unfortunately, the suit...
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When a Man's a Prince
The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess no...
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Ambassador Bill
An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and ...
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The Pride of Pikeville
Unlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beau...
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Swing High
To avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a circ...
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin
Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the G...
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A Bedroom Blunder
A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the l...
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A Clever Dummy
An inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to pro...
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Down on the Farm
The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more ...
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Hogan's Alley
Lefty O'Brien, a pugilist, becomes engaged to ex-tomboy Patsy Ryan against the wishes of her father,...
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Bright Eyes
An oil heir and the daughter of a social climbing family are set to marry....
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Love and Doughnuts
Ben and fiancée Haver run a bakery and grocery. A mostly lost film, only seven minutes survive....
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Saps at Sea
Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. ...
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Bucking the Tiger
Squire Laurie, the village skinflint, takes a circus tiger as security for a loan. Arthur, who loves...
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Oh! What Lungs
An emaciated youth calls upon a physician who pumps air into his lungs until his chest is abnormal i...
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The Stolen Booking
Unknown to Kelsey and Ryan, two prominent actors, the show troupe to which they are sent by their bo...
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Sweedie Learns to Swim
Sweedie, the cook, decides that it would be nice to learn to swim, so goes to a "dry land" swimming ...
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Three Foolish Weeks
A roguish baron saves a girl from a carriage accident, and brings her to a backwoods Inn during a st...
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Caught in the End
A businessman's jealous wife suspects he is running around with other women. The tables are turned w...
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Picture Pirates
Rube's and Ben's wives are waitresses. An art collector purchases a rare picture and the "picture pi...
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century thr...
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Trying to Get Along
Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation....
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Charlie Butts In
A tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night, finding it hard to make it to his room. When he finall...
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Why Babies Leave Home
After many years as a vagabond, Ronald comes home to his family who are about to be evicted from the...
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Snakeville’s Champion
Hatch, the world's greatest wrestler, arrives in Snakeville and stands ready to defend his title aga...
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The College Hero
A college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back unexpecte...
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The Show of Shows
Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and ...
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His Bogus Boast
The gentlemen of a fashionable social club become annoyed when their guest, Ben, has their wives ent...
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The Hidden Treasure
Bill Binks sold his ranch and came home in high glee, carrying the currency, for Bill didn't believe...
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The Cockeyed Family
Amos faces a few difficulties as he tries to drive his cross-eyed wife and their two rambunctious ch...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of thei...
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Versus Sledge Hammers
A count shows up in Snakeville to deliver a letter telling matronly Margaret Joslin that she has inh...
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The Love Parade
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying....
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Lifetime of Comedy
Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bi...
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A Royal Romance
A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his serv...
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Starlit Days at the Lido
Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is...
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The Butcher's Nightmare
Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep an...
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The Quack Doctor
In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show....
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Step Forward
The conductor of a one-man streetcar has to deal with getting passengers on and off, getting tickets...
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era....
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Are Waitresses Safe?
Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock...
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The Golden Age of Comedy
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and...
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Lighthouse Love
Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighth...
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Cracked Nuts
To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people t...
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Lighthouse Love
Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighth...
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Chase Me Charlie
Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made ...
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A Small Town Idol
In Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel, Jim ...
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Dance of the Cookoos
Dance of the Cookoos is merged a cinematic cross section with the high points from almost 100 works ...
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An Awful Skate; or, The Hobo on Rollers
A hobo on roller skates creates havoc in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood...
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Sweedie Goes to College
Sweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for coll...
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A Burlesque on the Opera "Carmen"
Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)....
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essa...
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Down Memory Lane
This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett sil...
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She Loved Him Plenty
“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Char...
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Cupid's Day Off
Heretofore running a shoe store has been considered a quiet, respectable business, but Ben and his p...
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Roping Her Romeo
The whimsical adventures of the impetuous Sheriff Nell (Polly Moran), who keeps Triggerville in line...
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Married Life
Ben Turpin's rival marries his college sweetheart played by Phyllis Haver....
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The Wife's Relations
The Wife's Relations, The Lost Heiress, is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Ma...
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