His Trysting Places
Shanghaied
The Pawnshop
The Vagabond
The Butcher Boy
The Frozen North
College
Nothing But the Truth
The Bees' Buzz
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
The Front Page
The Royal Bed
The Dentist
Friday the Thirteenth
Palooka
Boys Will Be Boys
The Perfect Clue
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
Thunder In the City
Convict 99
Ask a Policeman
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
That Uncertain Feeling
Back-Room Boy
Unforgotten Crime
The Gentle Sex
Double Exposure
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
The Inspector General
The Lemon Drop Kid
Road to Bali
Never Wave at a WAC
Visit to a Small Planet
The Road to Hong Kong
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed
The Importance of Being Earnest
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His Trysting Places
(1914) Clarence's (Charles Chaplin) wife (Mabel Normand) sends him to the store for a baby bottle with milk. Elsewhere, Ambrose (Mack Swain) offers to post a love letter for a woman in his boarding house. The two men meet at a restaurant and each takes the other's coat by mistake. Charlie's wife thinks he has a lover; Ambrose's wife (Phyllis Allen) believes he has an illegitimate child. Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, Director: Charlie Chaplin. -
Shanghaied
(1915) Intent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Charles Chaplin, Director: Charles Chaplin (uncredited). -
The Pawnshop
(1916) Charlie wreaks havoc at the pawnshop. Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand, Director: Charles Chaplin. -
The Vagabond
(1916) After passing the hat and taking the donations intended for German street musicians Charlie heads for the country where his adventure begins. Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau, Director: Charles Chaplin. -
The Butcher Boy
(1917) In Buster Keaton's film debut, customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Director: Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle. -
The Frozen North
(1922) This satirical parody of William S. Hart's melodramatic films finds Buster in the frozen north. "Buster" Keaton, Directors: "Buster" Keaton and Eddie Cline. -
College
(1927) To reconcile with his girlfriend (Anne Cornwall), a bookish college student (Buster Keaton) tries to become an athlete. Buster Keaton, Anne Cornwall, Directors: James W. Horne, Buster Keaton (uncredited). -
Nothing But the Truth
(1929) A young man (Richard Dix) bets $10,000 that he can tell for 24 hour nothing but the truth. Richard Dix, Helen Kane, Louis John Bartels, Director: Victor Schertzinger. -
The Bees' Buzz
(1929) Andy and Harry get into trouble while trying to stop the marriage of Andy's daughter (Barbara Leonard). Harry Gribbon, Andy Clyde, Barbara Leonard, Tyler Brooke, Vernon Dent, Ruth Kane, Billy Gilbert, Director: Mack Sennett. -
Parlor, Bedroom and Bath
(1931) Jeff (Reginald Denny) wants to get married to Virginia (Sally Eilers), but Virginia won't marry until her older, hard-to-please sister Angelica (Dorothy Christy) gets married off first. Jeff pretends that a shy, never-married nobody (Buster Keaton) he has just met is really a great lover, in order to get Angelica interested in him. Buster Keaton, Charlotte Greenwood, Reginald Denny, Cliff Edwards, Dorothy Christy, Sally Eilers, Director: Edward Sedgwick. -
The Front Page
(1931) An investigative reporter (Pat O'Brien) sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime when an accused murderer (George E. Stone) escapes hanging. Adolphe Menjou, Pat O'Brien, Mary Brian, Edward Everett Horton, Walter L. Catlett, George E. Stone, Mae Clarke, Slim Summerville, Matt Moore, Frank McHugh, Clarence H. Wilson, Freddie Howard, Phil Tead, Gene Strong, Spencer Charters, Maurice Black, Effie Ellsler, Dorothea Wolbert, James Gordon, Director: Lewis Milestone. -
The Royal Bed
(1931) The hapless king of a small European nation must put up with a domineering queen, a daughter who wants to elope with her boyfriend, a peasant revolt, and a scheming son who wants to be king. Lowell Sherman, Mary Astor, Anthony Bushell, Hugh Trevor, Director: Lowell Sherman. -
The Dentist
(1932) An unconventional dentist (W.C. Fields) deals with patients in slapstick fashion. W.C. Fields, 'Babe' Kane, Arnold Gray, Dorothy Granger, Elise Cavanna, Zedna Farley, Director: Leslie Pearce. -
Friday the Thirteenth
(1933) This film depicts the lives of several passengers in the hours before they are involved in a bus crash. Sonnie Hale, Cyril Smith, Muriel Aked, Richard Hulton, Director: Victor Saville. -
Palooka
(1934) Knobby (Jimmy Durante) discovers young hunk Palooka (Robert Armstrong) and trains him to fight the reigning champ, also drunken sot, Al McSwatt (William Cagney). Jimmy Durante, Lupe Velez, Stuart Erwin, Director: Benjamin Stoloff. -
Boys Will Be Boys
(1935) A teacher (Will Hay) in a prison applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. Will Hay, Gordon Harker, Jimmy Hanley, Davy Burnaby, Norma Varden, Claude Dampier, Charles Farrell, Percy Walsh, Director: William Beaudine. -
The Perfect Clue
(1935) Mona Stewart, madcap, spoiled daughter of a wealthy man, becomes upset when she learns that her father is engaged to a woman she hates. David Manners, 'Skeets' Gallagher, Dorothy Libaire, Betty Blythe, Director: Robert Vignola. -
Affairs of Cappy Ricks
(1937) Cappy Ricks (Walter Brennan), a crusty old sea captain, returns home from a long voyage to discover that his family and his business are in chaos. Director: Ralph Staub. -
Manhattan Merry-Go-Round
(1937) Gangsters take control of a record company and use tough guy tactics on unwilling performers. Phil Regan, Leo Carrillo, Ann Dvorak, Director: Charles F. Reisner. -
Thunder In the City
(1937) A visiting American engages in a bold business promotion, the likes of which the British have not seen. Edward G. Robinson, Director: Marion Gering. -
Convict 99
(1938) A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist (Will Hay), is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Director: Marcel Varnel. -
Ask a Policeman
(1939) Turnbottom Round prides itself as the village without crime. There has not been an arrest recorded by the local police for years. Unfortunately, this has more to do with the inability of Sgt Dudfoot (Will Hay) and his constables Albert Brown (Graham Moffatt) and Jeremiah Harbottle (Moore Marriott) to even recognize a crime. Will Hay, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Director: Marcel Varnel. -
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
(1940) Taking inspiration from a well-known Victorian play, a modern-day prankster (Arthur Askey) poses as a wealthy woman in a ploy to prevent him and his friends from being expelled from college. Arthur Askey, Richard (Stinker) Murdoch, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Director: Walter Forde. -
That Uncertain Feeling
(1941) Against her better judgement, happily married Jill Baker (Merle Oberon) is persuaded to see a popular psychoanalyst (Alan Mowbray) about her psychosomatic hiccups. Unfortunately, the psychoanalyst causes her to doubt her happy marriage. Merle Oberon, Melvyn Douglas, Burgess Meredith, Alan Mowbray, Olive Blakeney, Harry Davenport, Sig Rumann, Eve Arden, Richard Carle, Director: Ernst Lubitsch. -
Back-Room Boy
(1942) BBC employee Arthur Pilbeam (Arthur Askey) pulls a prank at the studio and finds himself transferred to an isolated island where he is to set up a weather station at a lighthouse. As if in a fantasy, a ship carrying a bevy of beautiful models is shipwrecked off the coast and the models wind up on the island. However, when the models begin disappearing, he investigates and finds a sinister scheme involving spies and Nazi battleships. Arthur Askey, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt, Googie Withers, Director: Herbert Mason. -
Unforgotten Crime
(1942) To boost listener ratings, radio personality Mike Jason (Dennis O'Keefe) encourages sponsors, of his murder mystery radio show, to offer a reward to anyone who can locate safe cracker Jimmy Valentine (Roman Bohnen). Dennis O'Keefe, Ruth Terry, Gloria Dickson, Roman Bohnen, Director: Bernard Vorhaus. -
The Gentle Sex
(1943) This film tells the stories of seven 'gentle' British women who decide to "do their bit" and help out during World War II. Joan Gates, Jean Gillie, Joan Greenwood, Joyce Howard, Rosamund John, Lilli Palmer, Barbara Waring, John Justin, Director: Leslie Howard. -
Double Exposure
(1944) A news magazine hires an out-of-town photographer (Nancy Kelly) and the antics begin. Chester Morris, Nancy Kelly, Director: William Berke. -
Love Laughs at Andy Hardy
(1946) Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) goes to college after returning from World War II. Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone, Sara Haden, Bonita Granville, Lina Romay, Fay Holden, Dorothy Ford, Director: Willis Goldbeck. -
The Inspector General
(1949) A town's corrupt official (Gene Lockhart) thinks an illiterate stooge (Danny Kaye) is actually an investigator in disguise. Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart, Alan Hale, Walter Catlett, Rhys Williams, Director: Henry Koster. -
The Lemon Drop Kid
(1951) When the Lemon Drop Kid (Bob Hope) accidentally steers Moose Moran's (Fred Clark) girl away from a winning bet, he is forced to come up with $10,000 to repay the angry gangster. Bob Hope, Marilyn Maxwell, Lloyd Nolan, Jane Darwell, Directors: Sidney Lanfield, Frank Tashlin (uncredited). -
Road to Bali
(1952) Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) sign on for work as divers. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Director: Hal Walker. -
Never Wave at a WAC
(1953) A divorced socialite (Rosalind Russell) decides to join the Army because she hopes it will enable her to see more of her boyfriend, a Colonel. Rosalind Russell, Paul Douglas, Marie Wilson, Director: Norman Z. McLeod. -
Visit to a Small Planet
(1960) Kreton (Jerry Lewis), a childish alien who, against his teacher's will, leaves his planet to visit the Earth. Jerry Lewis, Joan Blackman, Earl Holliman, Fred Clark, Director: Norman Taurog. -
The Road to Hong Kong
(1962) Mistaken identity and the acquisition of a rare Tibetan herb put two buffoonish con men (Bing Crosby and Bob Hope) on the wrong side of a secret organization geared toward world domination. Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Joan Collins, Robert Morley, Dorothy Lamour, Director: Norman Panama. -
Who's Been Sleeping In My Bed
(1963) Actor Jason Steel (Dean Martin) plays a caring, godlike doctor on television. Off the set, he's the insecure fiancé of pretty art teacher Melissa (Elizabeth Montgomery) and is apprehensive about marriage. Dean Martin, Elizabeth Montgomery, Director: Daniel Mann. -
The Importance of Being Earnest
(1986) Algy (Rupert Frazer) and Jack (Paul McGann) discover that they have both been "Bunberrying", that is, assuming different identities in order to enjoy themselves in a guilt-free manner. Joan Plowright, Paul McGann, Amanda Redman, Rupert Frazer, Natalie Ogle, Gemma Jones, Alec McCowen, Director: Stuart Burge.