Internet Archive - Collection: Comedy_Films

Mr. Flip

Fri, 08 May 2009 00:40:49 GMT

As thin on plot as you tend to expect early one-reel comedies to be, Mr. Flip is about as lean as you'll find. Director 'Bronco Billy' Anderson and actor Ben Turpin had some evolving to do and were in early experimental stages....

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A Cure for Pokeritis

Thu, 07 May 2009 19:35:51 GMT

John Bunny was the first major comedic performer of cinema. His short, plump figure (he stood 5"4' and weighed over 300 lbs.) and round face were internationally recognized as he starred in 173 short comedies from 1909 to 1914....

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Mabel's Dramatic Career

Thu, 07 May 2009 06:12:00 GMT

An all-star Keystone cast, featuring Mabel Normand, Mack Sennet, Fatty Arbuckle, Ford Sterling and the Keystone Kops. After a brief love affair, Mack rejects his maid Mabel. She moves on after a nasty altercation....

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One Too Many

Thu, 07 May 2009 02:38:03 GMT

Long before teaming with Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy starred with Billy Ruge in a series of comedies as "Plump and Runt." It was relatively short-lived, as they did 35 films together in 1915 and 1916, mainly one reels....

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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair

Wed, 06 May 2009 23:11:30 GMT

Silent comedy legends Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand at the 1915 San Francisco World's Fair Panama-Pacific Exposition. The theme of the expo was the newly built Panama Canal, and it also focused on San Francisco's newly rebuilt infrastructure following the earthquake of 1906....

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The Unappreciated Joke

Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:13:18 GMT

A very short silent comedy from Edison's studios..

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The Road to Hollywood

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:48:05 GMT

Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to illustrate his fictional biography.

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Speak Easily

Tue, 17 Feb 2009 22:46:25 GMT

Taken from IMDB: Naive, bookish Professor Post (of Potts College) inherits a huge amount of money and decides that now he can afford to go out and enjoy life. He falls for a dancer in a bad stage show, and with his new money decides to buy the show and take it to Broadway..

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The Navigator

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 01:01:17 GMT

Buster Keaton plays a fellow who finds himself alone on a ship at sea with the neighbor girl across the street - whom he happens to have a crush on. You can read more about The Navigator on its IMDb page..

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The Play House

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:25:34 GMT

Starring Buster Keaton. "This fellow Keaton seems to be the whole show" Keaton displays his many talents in this one. This comedic short displays not only Keaton's amazing talent, but some envelope pushing cinematography for it's time period, as well....

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The Rough House

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 03:18:41 GMT

Starring: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle - Mr. Rough Buster Keaton - Gardener/Delivery Boy/Cop Don't eat at this guy's place... (Although, I have to admit, I got a kick out of the way this guy slices potatoes! Don't try any of these antics at home, people!) You can read about this film on its IMDb page..

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Three Ages

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:36:04 GMT

This gut busting comedy, starring Buster Keaton, charmingly explores love in the three ages of life - the prehistoric age, the roman age, and the modern age. Throughout the years, where love is concerned, does anything really change? You can read more about this film on its IMDb page....

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The General

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:57:04 GMT

Taken from IMDB: When Union spies steal an engineer's beloved locomotive, he pursues it single handedly and straight through enemy lines..

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The Speed Kings

Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:04:09 GMT

Plot taken from IMDb: Papa is taking his daughter Mabel (Normand) to an automobile race. Mabel is in love with Teddy Tetzlaff, but Papa prefers Earl Cooper, and he schemes to try to prevent Tetzlaff from winning the race....

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Fatty's Magic Pants

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:36:36 GMT

Plot taken from IMDb: 'Fatty' is looking forward to attending a formal occasion. But in order to go, he has to be properly dressed, and he encounters unexpected difficulties in getting himself ready..

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Fatty Joins The Force

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:51:48 GMT

Plot taken from IMDb: After rescuing the Police Commissioner's daughter from drowning, Fatty is rewarded with a position on the force, but soon finds that the job isn't all it's cracked up to be..

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A Natural Born Gambler

Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:42:30 GMT

In 1916 the Biograph film company signed black comedian Bert Williams to write, produce, direct and star in two comedies. Williams created "A Natural Born Gambler" and "Fish." While hardly a breakthrough in shattering racial stereotypes (Williams was required by the studio to wear "darkie" makeup), ....

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The Bell Boy

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:26:40 GMT

Fatty Arbuckle and Buster Keaton team up as hotel bellhops. Some interesting props, including a horse-drawn elevator. Decent gags, culminating with a classic chase scene. The movie is not a classic, but it's typical Arbuckle and Keaton and a good illustration of the kind of comedy they did together....

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Three Broadway Girls

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:27:19 GMT

A trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a different personality type, from sensitive, to kind-hearted, to difficult and untrustworthy....

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Sex Life Of A Polyp

Thu, 17 Apr 2008 03:59:57 GMT

Short subject comedy with Robert Benchley.

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Sex Life Of A Polyp

Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:07:10 GMT

Comedy short subject with Robert Benchley.

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The General (complete & clearer)

Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:14:52 GMT

A great Buster Keaton silent movie. In 1862, after spies steal his locomotive, "The General", Keaton wages a one-man battle to recover it. The copies previously uploaded here were either incomplete or too blurry....

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Half Shot at Sunrse

Fri, 11 Apr 2008 03:05:40 GMT

Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey are privates in WWI France who chase girls, trade bad jokes and win battles..

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Behave Yourself

Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:23:49 GMT

When a cute Welsh terrier follows Bill Denny home, little does he know that all gangland has its eye on that dog. Who will be bumbling Bill's undoing - the gangsters, the cops, or his suspicious mother-in-law? Stars Farley Granger and Shelley Winters..

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Africa Screams

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:42:13 GMT

from IMDB.com: "Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals." Also stars Clyde Beatty and Shemp Howard. You can load the mpeg2 file into DVDAuthorGUI (a free program) and create a DVD to watch on your tele....

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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:02:56 GMT

Andy Hardy returns from the military with love and marriage on his mind..

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Three Broadway Girls

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:13:51 GMT

Three "former chorus girls" team up to capture rich husbands. But they spend as much time fighting with each other as they do the men they try to snare. This film is based on a a play by Zoe Akins "The Greeks Had A Word For It" which is also the basis for the softer and more genteel 50s version "How....

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Out West

Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:38:49 GMT

"Fatty" Arbuckle and Buster Keaton, arguably the greatest comedy team of their time, team up in a western comedy. Be warned, there is a scene in the middle that will offend some with its racist tone. This should not spoil the movie....

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Judge Priest

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 09:50:54 GMT

Judge Priest depicting life in Kentucky after the Civil War and Reconstruction Period. It still shows the stereotypes and prejudices which existed at that time in a somewhat humorous manner. Based on a story by the noted Kentucky humorist, Irvin S....

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Boys of the City

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 23:06:52 GMT

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house..

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Jack and the Beanstalk

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:17:13 GMT

Abbott and Costello's version of Jack and Beanstalk.

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The Frozen North

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 17:33:57 GMT

William S. Hart's melodramatic film finds Buster in the frozen north, "last stop on the subway." He uses a wanted poster as his partner in robbing a gambling house. When he thinks he spies his wife making love to another man he shoots them both only to learn it isn't his cabin after all..

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Palooka

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:51:33 GMT

Palooka is a 1934 comedy film based on the comic strip by Ham Fisher. Joe Palooka (Stuart Erwin) is a naive young man whose father Pete (Robert Armstrong) was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme (Marjorie Rambeau) to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise h....

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A Jazzed Honeymoon

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 17:04:03 GMT

A 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia..

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A Sammy in Siberia

Sat, 26 Jan 2008 15:30:44 GMT

A 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Listed as Public Domain by Wikipedia..

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Tied for Life

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 22:22:02 GMT

Tied for Life starring Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Nell O'Day, Mabel Forrest, Tom Dempsey, and Eddie Baker.

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Never Weaken

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:53:41 GMT

From Wikipedia: Never Weaken is a 1921 silent comedy film starring Harold Lloyd and directed by Fred Newmeyer. It was Lloyd's last short film, running to three reels, before he moved permanently into feature-length production....

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The Mystery Of The Leaping Fish

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:01:29 GMT

From IMDB: Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his own time in periods for "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drink". In fact he's used to overcome every situation with drugs: consuming it to increase his energies or injecting it in his opponents to KO them....

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Rain

Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:18:34 GMT

Sadie Thompson vs. The Puritans. Maxwell Anderson's screenplay of the W. Somerset Maugham story. Joan Crawford. Walter Huston, William Gargan For more info on this film see its IMDB.com entry.

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The Front Page

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:21:59 GMT

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021890/ There's nothing like an original !!! Hildy Johnson (Pat O'Brien), newspaper reporter, is engaged to Peggy Grant and planning to move to New York for a higher paying advertising job....

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The Admiral Was A Lady

Fri, 05 Oct 2007 12:17:03 GMT

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042182/ Really enjoyable movie set just after WWII about a woman ensign (nicknamed the admiral) who falls in with a gang of lovable losers - four ex-GIs who work diligently from dusk to dawn at finding ways to avoid work....

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The Young In Heart

Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:51:19 GMT

From IMDb: The Carletons (Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.) make a living as card sharps and finding new suckers from whom to mooch off. When their latest scam backfires, they are asked to leave Monte Carlo....

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Check And Double Check

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 01:28:34 GMT

Read about this movie on it's IMDB page http://imdb.com/title/tt0020758/.

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The General

Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:43:59 GMT

Complete version (other version on archive.org is missing 1st 4 minutes) Union solders have stolen The General, a Confederate train manned by Johnnie Gray, who was unable to enlist in the Confederate army because he is needed as an engineer....

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Love Laughs at Andy Hardy

Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:50:17 GMT

This film starts with Andy Hardy returning home after serving in the army. And it's not too long before he's caught up in the usual Hardy capers. Stars Mickey Rooney as the freshman and Lewis Stone as his dad..

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The Flying Deuces (1939)

Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:46:27 GMT

Its a good film..

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The Stolen Jools

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:37:54 GMT

The Stolen Jools is a short comedy film made in 1931. It features many cameo appearances by the film stars of the day. They appeared to help raise funds for the National Variety Artists tuberculosis sanitarium....

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Lil Abner

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 07:26:17 GMT

Daisy Mae hopes to win Lil Abner in the Sadie Hawkins Day race..

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Hi De Ho

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:38:37 GMT

Cab Calloway plays himself in a plot about jealousy, night clubs, and gangsters..

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Mr. Wise Guy

Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:11:27 GMT

The number eight in the East SIde Kids series. The kids are sent to reform school after being falsely accused of stealing a truck..

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