|
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.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story (2002)
Character: Self (uncredited)
The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects virtually disappeared from theaters.
|
|
|
Hollywood Uncensored (1987)
Character: Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Peter Fonda host an examination of the history of decency standards for movies from the early 1920s onwards.
|
|
|
The Magic Cloak of Oz (1914)
Character: The Cowardly Lion (uncredited)
The fairies of Oz gather in the forest of Burzee one evening and weave a magic cloak that gives the wearer one wish, so long as it has not been stolen.
|
|
|
Wild Poses (1933)
Character: Studio portrait
Spanky's parents take their reluctant boy to get his portrait taken by a prissy photographer.
|
|
|
Cinecittà Babilonia: sesso, droga e camicie nere (2017)
Character: Self - Producer (archive footage)
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
|
|
|
Sons of the Desert (1933)
Character: Bit Part (uncredited)
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
|
|
|
The Squaw Man (1914)
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Blamed for the theft of an orphans fund, Captain James Wynnegate flees to the West where he makes a new life with the Indian woman Nat-U-Rich.
|
|
|
Number, Please? (1920)
Character: Sailor (uncredited)
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
|
|
|
Laurel & Hardy - Die komische Liebesgeschichte von Dick und Doof (2011)
Character: Self (archive footage)
The lives of Stan Laurel (1890-1965) and Oliver Hardy (1892-1957), on the screen and behind the curtain. The joy and the sadness, the success and the failure. The story of one of the best comic duos of all time: a lesson on how to make people laugh.
|
|
|
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1914)
Character: Cowardly Lion / Tottenhot
Ojo and Unc Nunkie are out of food, so they decide to journey to the Emerald City where they will never starve. Along the way, they meet Mewel, a waif and stray (mule) who leads them to Dr. Pipt, who has been stirring the powder of life for nine years. Ojo adds plenty of brains to Margolotte's Patchwork servant before she is brought to life with the powder. When Scraps does come to life, she accidentally knocks the liquid of petrifaction upon Unc Nunkie, Margolotte, and Danx (daughter Jesseva's boyfriend). So all go on separate journeys to find the ingredients to the antidote.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Samson (1914)
Character: Bearded Philistine Extra (uncredited)
Samson, an Israelite whose enormous strength is legendary, falls in love with Zorah, a Philistine, and marries her, overcoming his father Manoah's objections.
|
|
