CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Chaplin Shorts

Chaplin Features

Misc. Compilations

Slapstick Encyclopedia

Shorts:

The Adventurer (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1917)DVD 8; Video Disc 147:2

The Bank (aka. Charlie Detective, Charlie at the Bank, Charlie in the Bank) (Essanay)(14 min.)DVD 4317; DVD 75; VHS 999:376; VHS 999:1459

Behind the Screen (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916)DVD 9; Video Disc 145:4

Between Showers (aka. Charlie and the Umbrella) (Keystone) (10 min.)DVD 14; VHS 999:1459; VHS 999:1465

By the Sea (aka. Charlie by the Sea, Charlie's Day Out)(Essanay) (11 min.) DVD 75; VHS 999:1459

Carmen (Two reel version) (Essanay)(1915) DVD 76

Caught in a Cabaret (16 min.) 999:1457

The Champion (aka. Battling Charlie, Champion Charlie, Charlie the Champion)(Essanay)(20 min.)DVD 74; VHS 999:1458

Charlie's Recreation = Tango Tangles (Keystone) (10 min.)DVD 12; 999:1465

The Circus (1928): includes daily production reports; set sketches; press books; commentary by David Shepard. DVD 2911

The Count (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916) DVD 5757; DVD 9

Cruel Love (916)DVD 11

The Cure (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1917)DVD 8; Video Disc 146:3

A Day's Pleasure (aka. A Day of Pleasure) (First National)(1919, 21 min.) DVD 235; DVD 114; Video Disc 183

A Dog's Life (1921) DVD 284; DVD 13

Easy Street (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1917)DVD 8

A Film Johnny (1914) DVD 11

The Fireman (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916)DVD 5757; DVD 9

The Floorwalker (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916)DVD 10

The Good for Nothing (His New Profession) (1914) DVD 11

He's In Again (1918)VHS 999:1902

His Million Dollar Job = A Film Johnnie (Keystone) (10 min.) 999:1465

His New Job (aka. Charlie's New Job) (Essanay) (22 min.) DVD 74; VHS 999:1458

His Regeneration (Essanay)DVD 75

The Idle Class (First National)(1921, 25 min.) DVD 235; Video Disc 183

The Immigrant (The Chaplin Mutuals) (1917)DVD 8

In the Park (aka. Charlie in the Park, Charlie on the Spree) (Essanay) DVD 74

Jitney Elopement (aka. Charlie's Elopement, Married in Haste)(Essanay) DVD 74

The Kid (1918)DVD 284

Kid's Auto Race in Venice (Keystone) (6 min.) DVD 13; VHS 999:1465

Knockout (aka. Counted Out, The Pugilist) (1914) DVD 14

Landlady's Pet (Star Boarder) (Keystone) (10 min.) 999:1465

Live Wires and Love Sparks (1916) VHS 999:1902

Mabel at the Wheel (aka. Hot Finish) (Keystone) (18 min.)DVD 15; 999:1465

Mabel's Busy Day (Keystone) (10 min.) 999:1457

Mabel's Married Life 1914 DVD 66; Video Disc 65

Mabel's Strange Predicament (Charlot a l'hotel) (Keystone) (10 min.) 999:1465

Making a Living (Keystone) (10 min) VHS 999:1457; 999:1465

The Masquerader (Keystone) (10 min.) VHS 999:1457

Nice and Friendly, with Jackie Coogan (First National) (11 min.) DVD 235; Video Disc 183

Night in a Cabaret (Keystone) 999:1457

A Night Out (aka. Charlie's Night Out) (Essanay) DVD 74; DVD 13

A Night in the Show (aka. Charlie at the Show, Night at the Show) (Essanay)(1915) DVD 76; VHS 999:376, VHS 999:1459; VHS 999:1902

One A.M. (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916)DVD 5757; DVD 10

Only Me (1929) VHS 999:1902

Pay Day (First National)(1922, 26 min.) DVD 235; Video Disc 183

The Pawnshop (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916)DVD 5757

Pie-Eyed (1925) 999:1902

The Pilgrim (First National) (1923, 47 min.) DVD 235; Video Disc 183

Police (aka. Charlie in the Police, Charlie the Burglar, Housebreaker) (Essanay) (1915) DVD 76

Reckless Fling (Keystone) (adapted from His Favorite Pasttime, 12 min.) 999:1465

The Rink (The Chaplin Mutuals)(1916) DVD 10; Video Disc 145:4; VHS 999:1902

The Rival Mashers (aka. Rival suitors, The fatal Mallet) (1914) DVD 11

The Rounders (10 min.) (Keystone) VHS 999:1901: VHS 999:1457

Shanghaied (aka. Charlie Shanghaied, Charlie on the Ocean, Charlie the Sailor)(Essanay)(1915) DVD 4317; DVD 76; VHS 999:376, VHS 999:1459

Shoulder Arms (First National) (1918, 45 min.) DVD 235; Video Disc 183

Sunnyside (First National)(1919, 34 min.)- Visit from General Leonard Wood on the set of Sunnyside DVD 235; DVD 15; Video Disc 183

Tillie's Punctured Romance (Keystone) (1914)DVD 65

The Tramp (aka. Charlie on the Farm, Charlie the Hobo, Charlie the Tramp) (Essanay)(20 min.)DVD 75; VHS 999:1458

Triple Trouble (aka. Charlie's Triple Trouble) (Essanay) (1918)DVD 76; DVD 11

The Vagabond (The Chaplin Mutuals) (1916) DVD 5757; DVD 9

A Woman (aka. Charlie the Perfect Lady, The Perfect Lady) (Essanay) 21 min. DVD 4317; DVD 75; VHS 999:1458

Work (aka. Charlie at Work, Charlie the Decorator, Only a Working Man, The Paperhanger, The Plumber) (Essanay) 25 min. DVD 4317; DVD 75

Features:

City Lights (1931) DVD 217; VHS 999:121

Gold Rush (1925) DVD 1781; DVD 1089; VHS 999:60

Great Dictator (1940) DVD 1780; DVD 243; VHS 999:44

A King of New York (1957) DVD 5758

Limelight (1952) DVD 1779; DVD 671; VHS 999:2924

Modern Times (1936) DVD 1778; DVD 195; VHS 999:47

Monsieur Verdoux (1947) DVD 322; VHS 999:48

A Woman of Paris (1923) DVD 5758

Misc. Compilations:

Chaplin & Co.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin, featuring Chaplin, Dee Lampton, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Billie Ritchie, Billy West, Stan Laurel, Lupino Lane. The most celebrated figure of slapstick, Charles Chaplin has risen to become one of popular culture's most recognizable icons. This film salutes Chaplin with a pair of vintage, remastered Chaplin comedies, a rediscovered piece of footage in which he conducts an orchestra and a collection of comedies that explore the music hall roots of the British-born American master. Contents: A Night in the Show (1915) -- Rare Chaplin Snippet (1916) -- The Rink (1916)(also available on DVD 10) -- Live Wires and Love Sparks (1916) -- He's In Again (1918) -- Pie-Eyed (1925) -- Only Me (1929). 134 min. 999:1902

Unknown Chaplin

Three-part documentary television series which observes film director Charlie Chaplin's creative processes, using outtakes of filmed rehearsals, and close scrutiny by film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill. Video/C 1414

Performer: Charley Chase, Corliss Palmer, William Orlamond, Oliver Hardy (1st work); Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper (2nd work); Charley Chase, Vivian Oakland (3rd work).

Performer: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Max Davidson, Oliver Hardy, Fred Malatesta (1st work); Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Gale Henry, Fred De Silva, John Cossar (2nd work); Charley Chase (3rd work).

W.C. FIELDS

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films.

Digitally restored versions of six short comedies originally produced from 1915 to 1933. This compilation pays tribute to America's cantankerous comedy genius, W. C. Fields. Legendary one-liners and slapstick routines are preserved in these early shorts that chronicle the development of Fields' irascible screen persona. Contents: Pool sharks, director, Edwin Middleton (si., 13 min., 1915) -- Golf specialist, Producer, Louis Brock; director, Monte Brice (sd., 20 min., 1930) -- Dentist, director, Leslie Pearce; producer, Mack Sennett (sd., 22 min., 1930) -- Fatal glass of beer, producer, Mack Sennett; director, Clyde Bruckman (sd., 20 min., 1933) -- Pharmacist, producer, Mack Sennett; director, Arthur Ripley (sd., 20 min., 1933) -- Barber shop, producer Mack Sennett; director, Arthur Ripley (sd., 21 min., 1933). 112 min. total running time. DVD 279; VHS 999:2580

The Bank Dick Dir. Eddie Cline, 1940. DVD 4556; DVD 291; vhs 999:110

International House Dir. Norman McLeod, 1934. DVD 4556

It's a Gift Dir. Eddie Cline, 1940. DVD 4556; DVD 291; vhs 999:110

Man on the Flying Trapeze

Directed by Clyde Bruckman, 1935. 67 min. DVD 7430

My Little Chickadee Dir. Eddie Cline, 1940. DVD 4556; vhs 999:615

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Directed by Edward F. Cline, 1941. 71 min. DVD 7430

The Old Fashioned Way

Directed by William Beaudine, 1934. Cast: W.C. Fields, Baby Leroy, Joe Morrison, Judith Allen, Jack Mulhall. DVD 7430

Poppy

Directed by A. Edward Sutherland, 1936. 67 min. DVD 7430

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Dir. George Marshall, 1939. DVD 4556

You're Telling Me!

Directed by Erle C. Kenton, 1934. 67 min. DVD 7430

BUSTER KEATON

Bibliography of articles and books about Keaton in the UCB Library

Slapstick Encyclopedia

The Balloonatic (22 min., 1923) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 293; Video/C 999:911; Video/C 999:908

Battling Butler (71 min., 1926) / directed by Buster Keaton DVD 256

The Blacksmith (17 min., 1922) /written and directed by Buster Keaton and Mal St. Clair. DVD 255; VHS 999:909

The Boat (22 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 135; Video VHS 999:910; VHS 999:1901

The Cameraman DVD 5437; VHS 999:144

College (65 min., 1927) / directed by James W. Horne DVD 255

Convict 13 (20 min., 1920) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. DVD 113

Cops (18 min., 1922) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 112; VHS 999:909

Daydreams (21 min., 1922) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline. DVD 113; DVD 2209 (excerpt)(restored); VHS 999:911

The Electric House (23 min., 1922) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 255; VHS 999:910

The Frozen North (17 min., 1922) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 256; VHS 999:910

The (18 min.) Buster Keaton, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle DVD 1722; vhs Video/C 999:1901; Video/C 999:911

The General (75 min., 1926) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Clyde Bruckman DVD 112; VHS 999:58

Go West (69 min., 1925) / written and directed by Buster Keaton DVD 254

The Goat (23 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Mal St. Clair DVD 134

Good Night, Nurse (1921/22) Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline DVD 1722; vhs Video/C 999:912

Hard Luck (21 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 255; DVD 2209(restored)

The Haunted House (25 min.,1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 256

The High Sign (21 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 253

The Love Nest (20 min., 1923) / written and directed by Buster Keaton DVD 135; VHS 999:912; excerpts also on DVD 2209

My Wife's Relations (24 min., 1922) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 134

The Navigator (59 min., 1924) / directed by Buster Keaton and Donald Crisp DVD 135

Neighbors (18 min., 1920) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 293

One Week (19 min.,1920) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 253 VHS 999:908

Our Hospitality (74 min.,1923) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and John Blystone DVD 133

Out West (1921/22) DVD 669; DVD 4993; DVD 1722; vhs 999:912

The Paleface (21 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 254 VHS 999:909

The Playhouse (23 min., 1921) / written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 112

The Railrodder (25 min., 1965) / Directed by Gerald Potterton and Buster Keaton. DVD 1401

The Saphead (77 min., 1920) / Directed by Herbert Blache DVD 253

The Scarecrow (19 min., 1920) /written and directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 254

Seven Chances (56 min., 1925) / directed by Buster Keaton DVD 293

Sherlock Jr. (44 min., 1924) / directed by Buster Keaton DVD 133

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (69 min., 1928) / directed by Carl Harbaugh DVD 113; VHS 999:181

Ten Girls Ago (excerpts) DVD 2209

Three Ages (63 min., 1923) / directed by Buster Keaton and Eddie Cline DVD 134; VHS 999:862

Buster Keaton Collection (1939-1941)

Directed by Jules White, Del Lord. Featuring: Buster Keaton, Elsie Ames, Bud Jamison, Harry Semels, Dorothy Appleby, Monte Collins, Harley Wood, Beatrice Blinn, Ned Glass, Lorna Gragy, Gino Corrado, Matt McHugh, Eddie Fetherston, Don Beddoe, Richard Fiske, Eddie Laughton. Presents ten comedic shorts from the Great Stone Face himself, Buster Keaton. Teamed with the brilliant comediennes Dorothy Appleby and Elsie Ames, Keaton bumbles from one mishap to another, always maintaining his famously blank expression. Contents: Disc One: 1. General nuisance (1941) -- 2. His ex marks the spot (1940) -- 3. Mooching through Georgia (1939) -- 4. Nothing but pleasure (1940) -- 5. Pardon my berth marks (1940) -- 6. Pest from the West (1939) -- Disc Two: 7. She's oil mine (1941) -- 8. So you won't (1941) -- 9. The spook speaks (1940) -- 10. The taming of the snood (1940)-- Special features. 176 min. DVD 5260

Keaton on TV DVD 2209

Awakening

Life with Buster Keaton:

Excerpts from Haunted house, Gymnasium story, Detective story, Time machine

Keaton Educational Shorts DVD 2209

Allez-oop!

Jail bait

Keaton Commercials DVD 2209

Phillips 66

Shamrock Oil (edited and unedited versions)

Kodak

Simon Pure Beer

HARRY LANGDON

Films of Harry Langdon, Volume 1 999:1464

Performer: Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Alice Ward (1st work); Harry Langdon, Frank Whitson (2nd work)

Saturday Afternoon (27 min., 1926)

Soldier Man (33 min., 1926)

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Harry Langdon: The Forgotten Clown Video Disc 170

His Marriage Wow (with Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, 1925, b&w, 20 min.)

All Night Long. Producer, Mack Sennett; with Harry Langdon (1924, b&w, 19 min.)

Long Pants. Director, Frank Capra; with Harry Langdon, Priscilla Bonner, Alma Bennett (1927, col. tinted, 58 min.) Also on: DVD 400

Saturday Afternoon. Producer, Mack Sennett; director, Harry Edwards; with Harry Langdon, Alice Ward (1925, b&w, 30 min.).

The Strong Man. Directed by Frank Capra (78 min., 1926) Also on: DVD 400; VHS 999:1480

Thalasso (1926, col. tinted, 75 min.)

Tramp, Tramp, Tramp. Director, Harry Edwards; writer, Frank Capra; with Harry Langdon, Joan Crawford, Edwards Davis, Carlton Griffin (1926, col. tinted, 62 min.) Also on : DVD 400

STAN LAUREL

Films of Stan Laurel. Volume 1.

Featuring Stan Laurel, Clarine Seymour, Katherine Grant, George Rowe, Katherine Grant, Noah Young, Eddie Baker, James Finlayson. Contents: Just Rambling Along (1918, 11 min.): Stan follows a pretty girl into a cafeteria and gets into all kinds of trouble. Kill or Cure (1923, 13 min.): Laurel is a salesman for "Knox-all," a patent medicine. The Noon Whistle (1923, 13 min.): Stan plays a goof-off in a furniture factory. White Wings (1923, 14 min.): Laurel tries out a career as a "painless dentist," in order to evade the police. The Miner (aka. Pick and Shovel) (1923, 12 min.): Stan wrecks disaster as a miner but eventually saves a damsel in distress. Oranges and Lemons (1923, 12 min.): Stan as an irritating orange picker creates havoc on the assembly line. Man about Town (1923, 13 min.): Laurel, told by a street car conductor to "follow that women, she'll be taking the same car as you," follows her about town getting into many hilarious situations. Video 999:2730

Films of Stan Laurel. Volume 3.

Featuring Stan Laurel, Blanche Payson, Lillian Roth, Bull Montana, Forrest Stanley, Agnes Ayres, James Finlayson. Contents: West of Hot Dog (1924, 22 min.): Tenderfoot Stan is held up on a stagecoach and later inherits a fortune, but his problem is to keep it. Half a Man (1925, 25 min.): A simple minded nature lover gets into all kinds of trouble aboard ship and finally, after it sinks, finds himself marooned with a beavy of women. On the Front Page (1926, 20 : Stan as a newspaper reporter gets mixed up in a scandal involving a countess. Eve's Love Letters (1927, 21 min.): Eve, the mistress of a mansion, enlists the aid of her butler to foil a blackmailing scheme. Should Tall Men Marry? (1928, 20 min.): Stan's final film as a solo actor finds him on a ranch with a troublesome mule. Video 999:2762

The Stan Laurel Collection: Slapstick Symposium

Disc 1. Oranges and lemons (12 min.); Roughest Africa (21 min.); Frozen hearts (25 min.); The soilers (24 min.); Mother's joy (23 min.); Near Dublin (23 min.); Zeb vs. paprika (22 min.); Postage due (22 min.); Chasing the chaser (11 min.) -- Disc 2. Short kilts (24 min.); West of Hot Dog (22 min.); The snow hawk (20 min.); Navy blue days (20 min.); The sleuth (22 min.); Dr. Pyckle & Mr. Pride (20 min.); Half a man; Yes, yes, Nanette (21 min.). Credits: Eleven of the films produced by Hal Roach, 6 by Joe Rock; production companies include Pathecomedy, Standard Cinema Corp.; directors include George Jeske, Ralph Ceder, Jay A. Howe, Percy Pembroke and Stan Laurel; music, Neil Brand. Originally released as silent motion pictures between 1923 and 1925. DVD 3559

LAUREL AND HARDY

Another Fine Mess (1930) DVD 6031; vhs 999:1309

Be Big! (1931) DVD 6016

Big Business (1929) DVD 269

The Big Noise (1944) DVD 5661

Block-Heads (1939) DVD 2869

Brats (1930) 999:1314

Busy Bodies (1933) DVD 6031; vhs 999:1308

County Hospital (1932) DVD 6031; vhs 999:1307

(Going) Bye Bye (1934) 999:1309

Great Guns (1941) DVD 5662

Helpmates (1932)999:1307

Hog Wild (1930) 999:1307

Jitterbugs (1943) DVD 5660

Lucky Dog (1921) DVD 6016

March of the Wooden Soldiers (Babes in Toyland) (1934) DVD 6015

Me and My Pal (1933) 999:1307

The Music Box (1932) DVD 6031; vhs 999:1308

One Good Turn (1931) 999:1309

A Perfect Day (1929) 999:1314

Saps at Sea (1940) 999:3785

Scram (1932) 999:1309

The Second Hundred Years (1927) DVD 369; 999:3131

Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) DVD 2869

Sons of the Desert (1933) DVD 6031

That's My Wife (1929) DVD 274; 999:1472

Their First Mistake (1932) 999:1314

Towed in a Hole (1932) 999:1308

Twice Two (1933) 999:1314

Two Tars (1928) 999:1471

Unaccustomed As We Are (1929) DVD 2869

Utopia (Atoll K.) (1950) DVD 6014

Way Out West (1937) 999:84

Why Girls Love Sailors (1927) DVD 358; VHS 999:3132

With Love and Hisses (1928) DVD 2869

Note: for more titles, see collections below on DVD.

Laurel and Hardy: The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 1: Big business / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson (1929, 21 min.) -- Do detectives think? / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Noah Young (1927, 24 min.) -- Call of the cuckoo / Max Davidson, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, James Finlayson (1927, 18 min.) -- The Finishing touch / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy (1928, 21 min.) -- On the front page / Stan Laurel, Lillian Roth, Bull Montana (1926, 23 min.) -- Hustling for health / Stan Laurel, Bud Jamison, Frank Terry (1918, 15 min.). Big business: Classic tale of door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen. Do detectives think? Hilarious happenings with dumb dicks on the loose. Call of the cuckoo: Hoping to escape "cuckoo" neighbors, Papa Gimpelwart buys a new house, but the old neighbors show up at the housewarming. Finishing touch: Laurel and Hardy build a house which collapses under the weight of a bird. On the front page: Early comedy shows developing character of "Stan." Hustling for health: Extremely rare Hal Roach comedy shows Stan's earliest work. DVD 269

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 2: Contents: Double whoopee / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow (1929, 20 min.) -- Early to bed / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, (1928, 20 min.) -- Angora love / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall, Edgar Kennedy (1929, 20 min.) -- Sugar daddies / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson (1927, 19 min.) -- Roughest Africa / Stan Laurel, James Finlayson (1923, 24 min.) -- Oranges and lemons / Stan Laurel, Katherine Grant (1923, 15 min.). Double whoopee: A hotel footman and doorman are mistaken for visiting royalty, creating havoc for the guests. Early to bed: Ollie inherits a fortune and hires Stan as a butler. Angora love: A goat falls in love with Stan. Sugar daddies: A hysterical comedy with Stan in drag to elude a marriage racket. Roughest Africa: A funny satire on jungle reality pictures. Oranges and lemons: Extremely rare one-reeler features Stan as an irritating orange picker. DVD 270

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 3: Contents: Liberty / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow (1929, 20 min.) -- We faw down / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1928, 21 min.) -- Bromo and Juliet / Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy (1926, 24 min.) -- The lucky dog / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1919?, 24 min.) -- Along came auntie / Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon (1926, 24 min.) -- Love 'em and weep / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1927, 24 min.). Liberty: Two jailbirds escape from prison, take refuge in a construction elevator and find themselves high above the city. We faw down: The boys help two ladies in distress and the wives put them in distress when caught! Bromo and Juliet: Two drunken actors play in a comedic rendition of Romeo and Juliet. The lucky dog: Ollie plays the role of a robber holding up Stan. Along came auntie: Babe is the "first husband," in this funny drawing room comedy. Love'em and weep: Rare original silent version of 1930's talkie "Chickens come home," in which future mayor Hardy is threatened with blackmail so he sends his pal Laurel to handle the blackmailer. DVD 271

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 4: Contents: They go boom! / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Hall (1929, sd., 20 min.) -- Their purple moment / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1928, si., 21 min.) -- Bacon grabbers / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Edgar Kennedy (1929, sd., 20 min.) -- Should sailors marry? / Oliver Hardy, Clyde Cook (1925, si., 22 min.) -- Unaccustomed as we are / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Thelma Todd (1929, sd., 18 min.) -- On the wrong trek / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence (1936, sd., 19 min.). They go boom!: Ollie has a cold and Stan "helps" him treat his ailment. Their purple moment: The Boys sneak off to a nightclub but the wives grabbed their money. Bacon grabbers: Stan and Ollie are process servers trying to repossess a radio (First time released with original sound discs). Unaccustomed as we are: The silent version of the first Laurel and Hardy talkie. On the wrong trek: Charlie, his wife and mother-in-law set out for California on vacation. DVD 272

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 5: Contents: Wrong again / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1929, si., 20 min.) -- Habeas corpus / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1929, sd., 21 min.) -- Duck soup / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1927, si., 20 min.) -- Fluttering hearts / Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy (1927, si., 22 min.) -- Leave 'em laughing / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1928, si., 19 min.) -- Short kilts / Stan Laurel, James Finlayson (1924, si., 21 min.). Wrong again: Stan and Ollie confuse a lost painting with a plug horse. Habeas corpus: A mad scientist hires Stan and Ollie to steal a corpse from the graveyard. (First release of Vitaphone sound-on-disc version). Duck soup: The Boys hide out in a mansion and pretend to be the owner and his maid. (Long thought lost but re-discovered in 1980's). Fluttering hearts: Hysterical comedy finds Charley outwitting drunken Babe. Leave 'em laughing: Babe takes Stan to the dentist but they both get the gas. Short kilts: Story of a Scot in love and loaded with "cheap" jokes. DVD 273

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 6: Contents: That's my wife / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1929, sd., 20 min.) -- Flying elephants / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson (1928, si., 20 min.) -- Putting pants on Philip / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1928, si., 20 min.) -- Crazy like a fox / Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy (1926, si., 23 min.) -- The soilers / Stan Laurel, James Finlayson (1923, si., 10 min.) -- 45 minutes from Hollywood / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon (1926, si., 20 min.). That's my wife: Stan is hilarious in drag as Babe's estranged wife. Flying elephants: Stan and Ollie are cave men competing for the same girl. Putting pants on Philip: Cousin Babe is determined to get visiting Scot Stan our of kilts and into pants and away from girls. Crazy like a fox: Charley pretends to be nuts to escape a pre-arranged marriage. The soilers: Famous Laurel parody of the Yukon tale, "The spoilers." 45 minutes from Hollywood: The first-ever Hal Roach film in which both Laurel and Hardy appeared. DVD 274

The Lost Films of Laurel and Hardy: Volume 7: Contents: Unaccustomed as we are / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy (1929, sd., 21 min.) -- Should married men go home? / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy (1928, si., 22 min.) -- Mixed nuts / Jack Barty, Billy Nelson (1934, sd., 18 min.) -- Sailors beware / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin (1927, si., 26 min.) -- Double whoopee / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow (1929, sd., 19 min.) -- With love and hisses / Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson (1927, si., 24 min.). Unaccustomed as we are: Stan and Ollie's first "all-talking' picture. Should married men go home? A game of golf with two Babes turns into a riot. Mixed nuts: An "all-star" musical comedy spoofing FDR's New Deal. Sailors beware: Stan is shanghaied aboard Hardy's cruise ship. Double whoopee: "All-talking" version of the great Laurel and Hardy classic in which a hotel footman and doorman are mistaken for visiting royalty, causing havoc among the guests. With love and hisses: Beautifully tinted original print of early Laurel and Hardy team which finds the Boys in the Army, causing trouble for Jimmie Finlayson. DVD 274

MAX LINDER

The Comedy of Max Linder (1905-1913)

Max learns to skate (1905) -- Max gets stuck up (1906) -- Max takes a bath (1906) -- Legend of Ponchinella (1906) -- His first cigar (1907) -- Max's hat (1908) -- Max and the lady doctor = Max et la doctoresse (1909) / scene de Max Linder -- Max fears the dogs = Max a peur des chiens / scene de Max Linder (1909) -- Max and the Quinquina (1911) -- Max and the statue = Max et la statue (1912) -- Max and his mother-in-law (1912) -- Max, jongleur par amour = Juggling for love (1912) -- Max and his dog (1912) -- Max plays at drama (1913). These early short silent comic films capture the zany innovations of Max Linder, the comic who inspired Charlie Chaplin. Over a dozen shorts show Max fighting against a world heavy with comic possibilities. From ice skates to fly paper, Max struggles just to get a grip on things. 999:1920

HAROLD LLOYD

Among Those Present (1921) 35 min. DVD 4683; DVD 4324

The Chef (1919) 999:581

The Cinema Director (1916) 999:581

For Heaven's Sake. (1926) 58 min. DVD 4683

Get Out and Get Under (1920) 25 min. DVD 4683

Girl Shy (1924) 999:1456

Haunted Spooks (1920) 25 min. DVD 4683

High and Dizzy (1920) 26 min. 999:1453

Hot Water (1924)60 min. DVD 4683

I Do (1921)25 min. DVD 4683

I'm On My Way (1919) 12 min. 999:1453, 999:581

Movie crazy (1932) 96 min. DVD 4683

Never Weaken (1921) 22 min. DVD 4683; DVD 4324; also vhs 999:1453

Number Please? (1920) 25 min. DVD 4683; also on DVD 1609

Safety Last (1923) 70 min. DVD 6208; vhs 999:1501

Sailor-made man (1921) 47 min. DVD 4683; also vhs 999:1460

Speedy (1928) 86 min. DVD 4683; also vhs 999:1460

Two Gun Gussie (1918) 999:581

Harold Lloyd's Comedy Classics (Silent, 1916-1919)

Directed by Harold Lloyd, featuring Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels. Contents: The Chef (1919) -- The Cinema Director (1916) -- Two Gun Gussie (1918) -- I'm on My Way (1919). 51 min. 999:581

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Harold Lloyd Collection: Slapstick Symposium (1918-1922)

Directors, Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Frank Terry. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Noah Young, Roy Brooks, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels. Silent comedian Harold Lloyd sold more tickets than Chaplin and Keaton - and any other silent comedian in the 1920s. This collection includes 7 of his short films and 1 feature film (Grandma's boy) covering the period between 1919-1922. Contents: Grandma's boy (1922, 61 min.) -- Number, please (1920, 25 min.) -- I do (1921, 22 min.) -- Just neighbors (1919, 14 min.) -- Are crooks dishonest? (1918, 14 min.) -- His royal slyness (1920, 25 min.) -- Bumping into Broadway (1919, 23 min.) -- An Eastern Westerner (1920, 23 min.). 208 total minutes. DVD 3160

Harold Lloyd Collection: Slapstick Symposium, Volume 2 (1918-1921)

Presents 10 silent film shorts starring silent comic actor Harold Lloyd. Lloyd was most famous for his aerial acrobatics, but he crafted the persona of an endearing Everyman, whose pluck and determination rescued him from life's pitfalls. Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard, Roy Brooks, Mildred Davis, Wallace Howe. Contents: Disc 1. Two Gun Gussie, director, Hal Roach (1918, 10 min.) -- City Slicker, director, Hal Roach (1918, 11 min.) -- Non-Stop Kid, director, Hal Roach (1918, 12 min.) -- Ring Up the Curtain, director, Hal Roach (1919, 12 min.) -- Captain Kidd's kids, director, Hal Roach (1920, 22 min.) -- From Hand to Mouth, director, Alfred Goulding (1920, 21 min.) -- Disc 2. High and Dizzy, director, Hal Roach (1920, 27 min.) -- Never Weaken, directors, Fred Newmeyer, Sam Taylor (1921, 24 min.) -- Among Those Present, director, Fred Newmeyer (1921, 39 min.) -- Now or Never, directors, Hal Roach, Fred Newmeyer (1921, 40 min.) DVD 4324

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection. Volume 1 (1919-1936)

Eight feature films starring silent screen comedian Harold Lloyd. Contents: Disc one. Safety last! (1923, 73 min.) -- An eastern westerner (1920, 24 min.) -- Ask father (1919, 13 min.) -- Girl shy (1924, 80 min.) -- From hand to mouth (1919, 22 min.) -- Disc 2. The cat's paw (1934, 102 min.) -- The Milky Way (1936, 88 min.) -- Why worry? (1923, 63 min.). DVD 6208

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection. Volume 2

Harold Lloyd's genius is brought to life with this collection of films. Contains 9 groundbreaking comedies. Contents: Disc 1. The kid brother (1927, 82 min.) -- Bumping into Broadway (1919, 26 min.) -- The freshman (1925, 76 min.) -- Bill Blazes, Esq. (1919, 13 min.) -- Disc 2. Dr. Jack (1922, 60 min.) -- Feet first (1930, 91 min.) -- Grandma's boy (1922, 56 min.) -- Now or never (1921, 36 min.) -- High and dizzy (1920, 26 min.). DVD 6208

The Harold Lloyd Comedy Collection. Volume 3

Featuring: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Nalston, Walter James, Leo Willis, Brooks Benedict, Mildred Davis, Anna Townsend, Wallace Howe. Features eleven groundbreaking comedies by the silent film comic genius Harold Lloyd and many incredible never-before-seen bonus features. Special features: (Disc 1): Commentary by Harold Lloyd's granddaughter, author Annette D'Agostiono Lloyd and director Richard Correll ; production galleries. (Disc 2): Featurette "Greenacres," production galleries. Contents: Disc 1: Speedy (86 min.) -- Never Weaken (29 min.) -- Haunted Spooks ( 25 min.) -- Hot Water (60 min.) -- Disc 2, Side A. Movie crazy (96 min.) -- Get out and get under (25 min.) -- For heaven's sake (58 min.) -- Disc 2, Side B. Number please (25 min.) -- Sailor-made man (47 min.) --- Among those present (35 min.) -- I do (25 min.) DVD 4683

THE MARX BROTHERS

Animal Crackers

Neerman, Victor (1930) DVD 5581; DVD 82; vhs 999:105

Cocoanuts

Santley, J. & Florey, R. (1929) DVD 5581; vhs 999:1137

Duck Soup

McCarey, Leo (1933) DVD 5581; DVD 80; vhs 999:128

Day at the Races

Wood, Sam (1937) 999:1136

Horse Feathers

McLeod, Norman (1932) DVD 5581; DVD 81; vhs 999:404

Monkey Business

McLeod, Nomran Z. (1931) DVD 5581; DVD 3946; vhs 999:1105

Night at the Opera

Wood, Sam (1935) 999:1106

Room Service

Seiter, William A. (1938) 999:1110

MABEL NORMAND

Mack Sennett Comedies, Vol. II

Mabel Normand Comedies, Volume 2 999:1463

Performer: Mabel Normand, John Bunny, Alec B. Francis (1st work); Mabel Normand (2nd work); Barney Oldfield, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Ford Sterling (3rd work); Roscoe Arbuckle, Mabel Normand (4th work); Mabel Normand, Ford Sterling (5th work).

Troublesome Secretaries = Troublesome Secretary (1911, 10 min.)

Mabel Saves Her Darlings = Cohen Saves the Flag (1913, 12 min.)

Barney Oldfield's Race for a Life (1913, 13 min.)

Fatty and the Bathing Beauties = Mabel's New Hero (1913, 11 min.)

Muddled in Mud = A Muddy Romance (1913, 10 min.).

MACK SENNETT

Slapstick Encyclopedia

Chaplin Keystones Video/C 999:999:1465 and 999:1466

Films of Harry Langdon

Mabel Normand Comedies, Volume 2

W.C. Fields: 6 Short Films

Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) DVD 65

Mack Sennett Biographs Video/C 999:1454

Happy Jack, a Hero (Mack Sennett, Joseph Graybill, Frank Powell)

Turning the Tables (Stephanie Longfellow, Joseph Graybill)

The Villain Foiled ( Blanche Sweet, Joseph Graybill)

The Baron (Mabel Normand, Dell Hendenson, Joseph Graybill)

The Manicure Lady (Mack Sennett, Vivian Prescott, Eddie Dillon)

A Dash Through the Clouds (Mabel Normand, Fred Mace)

Mack Sennett Comedies, Vol I Video/C 999:96

Performers: Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin, Keystone Cops.

The Eyes Have It (1928)

The Cannonball (1916)

The Desperate Scoundrel (1916)

Pride of Pikeville (1927)

Mack Sennett Comedies, Volume II Video/C 999:97

Performers: Fatty Arbuckle, Mabel Normand.

Fatty and Mabel Adrift (1916)

Mabel, Fatty and the Law (1915)

Fatty's Tin-type Tangle (1915)

Our Congressman (1924)

Mack Sennett Director. Volume 1 Video/C 999:2652

The manicure lady / with Mack Sennett, Vivian Prescott, Edward Dillon (1911)

The villain foiled / with Mack Sennett (1911)

The baron / with Dell Henderson, Joseph Graybill, Mabel Normand (1911) -- A Spanish dilemma / with Fred Mace, Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand (1912)

Hot stuff / with Mack Sennett, Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson (1912)

Oh, those eyes! / with Mabel Normand, Dell Henderson, Edward Dillon (1912)

Help! Help! / with Fred Mace, Mabel Normand, Edward Dillon, Dell Henderson (1912)

The brave hunter / with Mack Sennett, Dell Henderson, Mabel Normand, William J. Butler (1912)

The fickle Spaniard / with Mabel Normand, William J. Butler, Fred Mace, Claire McDowell (1912).

Mack Sennett Director. Volume 2 Video/C 999:2653

The furs / with Dell Henderson, Mabel Normand, Kate Bruce, Mack Sennett (1912)

Helen's marriage / with Mabel Normand, Edward Dillon, Grace Henderson (1912)

Tomboy Bessie / with Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Kate Toncray, William J. Butler (1912)

Katchem Kate / with Mabel Normand (1912)

Neighbors / with Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, William J. Butler (1912)

A dash through the clouds / with Mabel Normand, Fred Mace, Philip Parmalee (1912)

The tourist / with Charles H. West, Mabel Normand, William J. Butler, Grace Henderson (1912)

What the doctor ordered / with Mack Sennett, Kate Toncray, Mabe Normand, Jack Pickford, Edward Dillon (1912)

The tragedy of a dress suit / with Dell Henderson, Mabel Normand, Edward Dillon (1912)

The fickle Spaniard / with Mabel Normand, William J. Butler, Fred Mace, Claire McDowell (1912).

JACQUES TATI

Mon Oncle (1958)

Directed by Jacques Tati. A comedy in which the vague and clumsy M. Hulot, in contrast to his more wealthy sister and brother-in-law, is constantly at odds with the modern world. 110 min. DVD 895; VHS 999:1094

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Mr. Hulot's Holiday (Les Vacances de M. Hulot) (1953)

Directed by Jacques Tati. Presents a series of humorous impressions and incidents at a seaside Brittany resort where Jacques Tati's famous character Mr. Hulot has gone on vacation. Principally visual humor; soundtrack is mostly ambient sound. 86 min. DVD 894; VHS 999:1

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Playtime (1967)

Directed by Jacques Tati. A group of American tourists arrive in Paris, only to find that the city is indistinguishable from any other big city. Endless comedies ensue however, when the path of Monsieur Hulot (Tati) crosses that of the group. 120 min. DVD 893; VHS 999:1500

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