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Hold Tight (1925)
Character: N/A
The baddies want Alyce Ardell's mine, which they know -- but she doesn't -- has just struck a rich vein. They will stick at naught, but she is protected by Bobby Dunn in this good thrill comedy directed by Marcel Perez.
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The Whirlwind (1922)
Character: N/A
A strong wind blows a city slicker and a local girl together. A Joe Rock Comedy
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A Pair of Kings (1922)
Character: Bit Role
A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.
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Gall and Golf (1917)
Character: N/A
Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can hit Larry Semon.
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Rips and Rushes (1917)
Character: N/A
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.
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Hash and Havoc (1916)
Character: N/A
Two close office pals, Craig and Hessert, fall for the same stenographer. Craig marries her, but their friendship continues, leading Craig to move Hessert in. However, Craig's deep focus on his job causes problems, creating "havoc" at home, though the rivalry doesn't break their bond.
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Chop Suey Louie (1923)
Character: Chop Suey Louie
Joe Rock short comedy, also featuring Billie Rhodes and Frank Alexander.
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Vamps and Variety (1919)
Character: Joe
Brushsky, the famous color slinger, guards his prize model from the other artists. She is stolen and sent to the Model Supply Company. Joe and Monty, two ex-porters, importing artists' models, find it somewhat difficult to fill a regular customer's order, when they receive a letter from Brushsky offering a large reward for the return of his model, who he describes as having a birth-mark on her left shoulder.
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Turks and Troubles (1917)
Character: N/A
Hafed, a Turkish prince, imprisons an American girl and her father. The girl sends for Jim, who attempts a rescue. Jim is captured, but Hafed's jealous wife helps them escape. When the initial escape fails, Jim returns in disguise as a dancing girl. He dances for Hafed, luring him into a private encounter where Jim's identity is revealed. A fight leads Jim to take refuge in a tree. Surrounded by guards, Jim summons a warship. A shell from the warship blows up the tree, landing Jim safely on the battleship's deck and securing his escape.
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The Rent Dodgers (1920)
Character: The Roommates
The roommates live in a boarding house run by a strict landlady. When the landlady arrives to collect the rent, the men hide behind a trick door.
The men are able to "reclaim" the rent money they just paid when the landlady leaves, and they use the roll of cash to pay the rent for their friends in the building, too.
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Sauce and Senoritas (1920)
Character: N/A
Saucy slapstick comic short featuring mishaps and misunderstandings with the titled ladies.
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Omnibus - Cuckoo: A Celebration of Mr. Laurel and Mr. Hardy (1974)
Character: Self
Narrated by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise, this documentary is about "Laurel and Hardy", one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. It features interviews with Jerry Lewis, Dick Van Dyke, Babe London, Marcel Marceau, Lucille Hardy (Ollie's wife), Bob Monkhouse, Hal Roach, Marvin T Hatley, Jack McCabe and many more.
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Plagues And Puppy Love (1917)
Character: N/A
Larry Semon produces his take on a typical Keystone farce, the flirting-in-the-park routine, where pretty Florence Curtis is pursued by four typical Keystone types: the wealthy geezer, the moustachioed Italian, the derby-wearing tough and, of course, the big-footed cop… and here comes Larry, if not to save the day, at least to make us laugh.
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The Barnyard (1923)
Character: N/A
Lay Zee works on a farm and has won the heart of the farmer's daughter. There is oil on the farmland, and some swindlers are determined to get their hands on the property, by force if necessary. Lay Zee, who knows that oil has been found on nearby farms, convinces the farmer not to sell, and the swindlers enlist the help of another farmhand, who is jealous of Lay Zee's relationship with the girl.
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Golf (1922)
Character: Golfer
Comedy on the golf links.
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