Susan (ZaSu Pitts) is a plain-Jane wallflower who spends a day at Coney Island. Here she catches the eye of equally shy (and...
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1935
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Although this Laurel and Hardy short is quite funny, it's often neglected. The boys, playing chimney sweeps, don't appear...
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1934
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One wonders if William Wyler ever gave Her First Mate a second thought when he was busy directing such subsequent films as...
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1933
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In this comedy a maid and a butler work for a very rich man. The trouble begins when their employer dies and leaves his...
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1933
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Joe E. Brown is a sailor who hopes to match the accomplishments of his seaman father. Unfortunately, Joe is perhaps the...
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1933
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In this comedy, two rubes from Montana find a fortune after they discover radium on their ranch. The nouveau riche ranchers...
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1933
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June Marlowe made her final "Our Gang" appearance as Miss Crabtree in "Readin' and Writin'." Despite his mother's admonitions...
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1932
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Originally released on August 27, 1932, Hook and Ladder was a remake of the 1926 "Our Gang" comedy The Fourth Alarm, with...
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1932
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To further her husband's political career, wealthy Mrs. Clark (Lillian Elliot) throws a lavish party in her home for the poor...
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1932
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Confined to a neck brace, poor little rich boy Dickie Moore would like to play with the neighborhood kids, but his...
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1932
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Originally released on May 7, 1932, the "Our Gang" comedy "Choo-Choo!" was a loose remake of the 1923 two-reeler A Pleasant...
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1932
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Fascinated by the story of Aladdin's magic lamp, the Our Gang kids gather together every electric light fixture in the...
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1932
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Earning instant stardom via his appearance in the 1932 "Our Gang" comedy "Free Eats," 3-year-old George "Spanky" McFarland...
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1932
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Drafted into the army during World War I, those muddled misfits Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy make a shambles of Training Camp...
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1932
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A superb combination of belly laughs and pathos, the "Our Gang" comedy "Birthday Blues" was originally released on November...
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1932
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This most famous of Laurel and Hardy shorts won an Oscar for "Best Comedy Short Subject." Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play...
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1932
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1932
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have been working for a circus as two halves of an ersatz horse. When the circus closes, in lieu...
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1932
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1932
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1932
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Cheerful vagrant Mathew "Stymie" Beard tries to get back in the good graces of the Gang after stealing their pies. Stymie's...
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1932
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In this classic two-reel comedy from the Hal Roach Studio, blonde Thelma Todd and plain-Jane ZaSu Pitts are depressed because...
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1932
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy have just returned from a whaling trek. They check into a run-down hotel, the Mariner's Rest,...
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1932
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Another expert blend of genuine sentiment, moving pathos and belly laughs, the "Our Gang" comedy "Dogs is Dogs" was orginally...
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1931
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The final entry in "Our Gang" 's unofficial "Miss Crabtree trilogy", "Love Business" more or less picks up where "School's...
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1931
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Veteran character actress Margaret Mann makes the first of two memorable Our Gang appearances in Helping Grandma. The owner...
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1931
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Oliver Hardy finds that getting married is more difficult than he had planned in this two-reeler. It starts off with partner...
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1931
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1931
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Two-reel comedy favorites Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy made their feature-film debut (excluding their guest appearances in...
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1931
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Most Laurel and Hardy aficionados consider this film among the comic duo's very best two-reelers, and it is especially rich...
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1931
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Not only has Oliver Hardy established a successful business -- in fertilizer -- he has also decided to run for mayor. General...
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1931
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1931
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The Our Gang kids spend so much time listening to the tall tales spun by a salty sea captain (Billy Gilbert) that they...
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1931
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1931
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This entry was part of MGM's short-lived "The Boy Friends" series, which was developed by director George Stevens. In this...
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1931
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While this isn't one of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy's best shorts, its premise is very similar to one of their finest...
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1931
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1931
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are victims of the depression in this tworeeler. They do have an old car, a tent and some...
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1931
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An angry divorce is the curious source of humor in the offbeat "Our Gang" comedy "Big Ears." Though little Bobby "Wheezer"...
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1931
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A real four-hankie picture, "Fly My Kite" is one of "Our Gang"'s most poignant episodes, though it also manages to be...
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1931
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The "Our Gang" two-reeler "Bargain Day" gets off to a lively start as the kids help their pal Norman "Chubby" Chaney purchase...
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1931
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Originally released on March 28, 1931, the "Our Gang" comedy "Little Daddy" is no longer available in the "Little Rascals" TV...
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1931
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The Our Gang kids prepare to enter their scraggily pets in a high-society dog show, where their pal Allen "Farina" Hoskins is...
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1930
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In this especially amusing Laurel and Hardy short, the boys are planning a night on the town. Standing in their way is Mrs....
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1930
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The 1930 Laurel & Hardy 3-reeler Another Fine Mess is a remake of the team's 1927 effort Duck Soup--which, in turn, was based...
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1930
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Popular child actor (and later radio and TV stalwart) Leon Janney made his one and only "Our Gang" appearance in "Bear...
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1930
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1930
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In this sequel to the 1930 "Our Gang" comedy "Teacher's Pet," the Gang members eagerly await each school day, so that they...
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1930
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1930
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Originally released on June 21, 1930, the "Our Gang" comedy "A Tough Winter" was designed as a "pilot" film for a proposed...
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1930
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Officially an "Our Gang" comedy, "When the Wind Blows" is really a vehicle for adult comic Edgar Kennedy, here playing his...
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1930
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An indisputable classic, the "Our Gang" comedy "Teacher's Pet" is introduced by a brace of pretty twin girls (Beverly and...
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1930
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Hopelessly in love with little Mary Ann Jackson, seven-year-old Jackie Cooper would like to claim her as a "wife," but...
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1930
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy play both the fathers and their unruly children in this two-reel comedy. The really funny thing...
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1930
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Business is not good for street musicians Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Perhaps it's because they're playing in front of a...
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1930
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While on an outing to go fishing, Oliver Hardy is trying to get some sleep. He's disturbed by a newspaper that blows in,...
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1930
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In this early Laurel and Hardy sound short, Stan and Ollie are a pair of sailors on leave. They meet two girls at a park...
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1929
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Although the title of Laurel and Hardy's very first sound film is a joke on the phrase, "Unaccustomed as we are to public...
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1929
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1929
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1929
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The first all-talking "Our Gang" comedy, Small Talk was also one of the few series entries to run three reels rather than the...
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1929
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One of the livelier late-silent entries in the "Our Gang" series, Cat, Dog & Co. begins with the kids thoughtlessly abusing...
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1929
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Lazy Days is built entirely around the fact that the Gang members in general and Allen "Farina" Hoskins in particular are too...
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1929
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Laurel and Hardy's second two-reel talkie is made up of a few very simple scenes -- Oliver Hardy goes to meet his partner...
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1929
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1929
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The success of this "Our Gang" comedy is due in great part to the performances of two adult comedians, Edgar Kennedy and...
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1929
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This Laurel and Hardy short film has a thin plot but plenty of laughs. The two have escaped from prison, but the guards are...
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1929
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The second "Our Gang" talkie, Railroadin' was filmed entirely out-of-doors, on location in and around the railroad yards...
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1929
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Accustomed to being the center of attention in his family, little Bobby "Wheezer" Hutchins is upset when the spotlight is...
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1929
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This Laurel and Hardy two-reel silent involves the boys' attempts to repossess a radio from Collis P. Kennedy (Edgar Kennedy...
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1929
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Stan (Stan Laurel) and Ollie (Oliver Hardy) are selling Christmas trees door-to-door. Stan unintentionally insults their...
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1929
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Up until this two-reeler, Laurel and Hardy's films for Hal Roach were released under the "All-Star Comedy" label; Should...
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1928
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Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are perhaps unique amongst comedians of the 1920s and 1930s, and their silent and sound films...
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1928
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Laurel and Hardy want to slip out of the house and play poker. Their wives want them to stay home, so they make up a story...
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1928
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Laurel and Hardy are poor and unemployed until a letter arrives informing Hardy that he has inherited a fortune. Hardy moves...
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1928
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This two-reel Laurel and Hardy silent is especially rich in slapstick. The comic duo have been promised five hundred dollars...
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1928
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Mr. and Mrs. Culpepper (Tiny Sanford and Anita Garvin, respectively) are a nouveau-riche couple who are throwing a fancy...
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1928
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1927
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Laurel is Canvasback Clump, an underfed and thoroughly clueless prize-fighter, and Hardy his rather overly optimistic...
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1927
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In an ersatz Stone Age, the King orders all single males to marry or be banished -- or worse. A husky caveman known as the...
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1927
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1925
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The Our Gang kids argue amongst themselves over which of their dogs is the cleverest and best trained. This brouhaha is...
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1925
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1922
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Although this comedy was hailed as Harold Lloyd's first feature, at four reels, it's really more of a glorified short. It was...
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1921
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