Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood 1931

5.00

A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.

1931

Red Pepper

Red Pepper 1925

1

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

1925

Family Life

Family Life 1924

5.00

The Duff family can't seem to get along with their neighbors, an obsessed policeman and his wife.

1924

Western Knights

Western Knights 1930

5.00

Western Slapstick. A good chance to see Al St. John moving into the western comedy sidekick that would be his bread and butter role for the next twenty years. Also, it's a rare screen opportunity for Addie McPhail, Roscoe Arbuckle's wife and therefore Al's aunt.

1930

Wife Trouble

Wife Trouble 1928

1

Graves has a model come and demonstrate some lingerie at his office, with a view toward buying a birthday gift for his overly jealous wife. Said wife appears just at the wrong moment, and the scantily clad model has to go to extreme measures to avoid being caught, even ducking out on a fire escape.

1928

The Back Page

The Back Page 1931

1

The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.

1931

The Radio Bug

The Radio Bug 1926

1

A homeowner takes delivery of his new radio. The crate is so big that the front door needs to be widened by about a yard. No problem when you've got a saw! In spite of the size of the crate, the radio turns out to be regular tabletop size. Further installation requires punching a big hole in the roof. That's when the downpour starts, filling the bungalow with water. Finally, the radio is working in spite of the torrent falling from the ceiling. The weather broadcast announces clear skies today. Let the fisticuffs commence!

1926

Listen Lena

Listen Lena 1927

6.00

Al St John loves Lena, but he also loves to sleep. Will he get out of bed soon enough to take Lena from his dull rival, so he can have an argument with the girl where he cries "LISTEN, LENA"? Or will he roll back over, and later get busted by a mean cop for sleepwalking in his bed clothes?

1927

Jungle Heat

Jungle Heat 1927

1

Two reel comedy starring Al St. John

1927

Hot Lightning

Hot Lightning 1927

1

Life and activity at a hotel. Slapstick-style.

1927

The Tin Ghost

The Tin Ghost 1926

1

Lige Conley is a newspaper reporter covering a demonstration of a new invention to some money-men. The inventors boss wants to get the credit for the device and crosses the wires so that it doesn't work right. Lige's sweetheart is the daughter of the inventor, and Lige sets out to help out.

1926

Honeymooniacs

Honeymooniacs 1929

1

HONEYMOONIACS was the last silent "Mermaid" comedy from legendary producer Jack White (according to David N. Bruskin's book on the White Brothers--Jack, Jules, and Sam). It features the great rubber-faced comedian and writer Monte Collins as a man with his bride on a train during their honeymoon.

1929

Below Zero

Below Zero 1925

1

Exasperated by his playboy son, a wealthy man sends him to Canada to become a Royal Canadian Mountie, in hopes that the young man will learn something about life.

1925

Neck and Neck

Neck and Neck 1924

1

Comedy star Lige Conley plays a uneducated farm boy who decided to go to college.

1924

Fall In

Fall In 1928

1

Monte Collins in trouble out west with the animals and castor oil.

1928

Creeps

Creeps 1926

1

Phil and Lou inherit property left by an eccentric uncle with the provision they occupy the house for thirty days. But their cousin, Anita, wants the property for herself and, with several hired-henchmen, sends "ghost" after "ghoul" through the house after the boys arrive.

1926