Ben Turpin
The Champion
as Ringside vendorWalking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a...
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Saps at Sea
as Cross-Eyed PlumberStan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a...
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A Burlesque on Carmen
as RemendadosA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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His New Job
as Film Extra, in AnteroomWhen one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera...
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A Night Out
as Fellow RevellerAfter a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds...
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The Golden Age of Comedy
as archive footageA compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy,...
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Hollywood
as Ben TurpinAngela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa....
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Hollywood Cavalcade
as Bartender in WesternStarting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she...
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Our Wife
as Justice of the PeaceOliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans...
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Swing High
as BartenderTo avoid hostilities, Maryan, the ward of Doc May, a medicine show owner, induces Pop Garner, a...
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A Royal Romance
as Cossack Guard (uncredited)A young writer, John Hale, inherits a fortune and moves into an alleged-haunted castle with his...
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The Love Parade
as Cross-Eyed Lackey (uncredited)The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
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Keystone Hotel
as Count Drewa BlancThe Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents...
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She Sighed by the Seaside
as The LifeguardLifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and...
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Bright Eyes
as Luke Larson the Oil MagnateAn oil heir and the daughter of a social climbing family are set to marry.
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Cracked Nuts
as Cross-eyed BenTo impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the...
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The Dare-Devil
as Joe MageeThe movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The...
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The Law of the Wild
as HenryRex, a wild stallion, and Rinty, a police dog, are pals. Their master , John Sheldon, is framed...
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
as Self (archive footage)An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century...
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Broke in China
as Donald DrakeDonald Drake, a deep sea gondolier ex soda jerk, arrives at the All Nation Cafe in Shanghai. The...
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The College Hero
as The JanitorA college football player is injured by a jealous teammate during practice, but comes back...
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Starlit Days at the Lido
as SelfBasically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The...
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Make Me a Star
as BenA grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and...
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Down on the Farm
as The Faithful Wife's HusbandThe day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing...
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Million Dollar Legs
as Mysterious ManA small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics...
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin
as A Prussian GuardsmanBehind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of...
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Ambassador Bill
as The ButcherAn American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue...
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A Clever Dummy
as A Romantic JanitorAn inventor and his assistant build a robot that looks like their janitor, and everyone tries to...
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The Quack Doctor
as The Justice of the PeaceIn one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.
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The Wild Goose Chaser
as Rodney St. ClairA Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin.
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Are Waitresses Safe?
as Ralph - Who Loved Her SoChaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo...
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Show of Shows
as Waiter in 'What Became of the Floradora Boys' NumberNow hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see...
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When Comedy Was King
as edited from 'Yukon Jake' (archive footage)A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles...
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A Small Town Idol
as Sam SmithSam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his...
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Charlie Butts In
as uncreditedA tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night, finding it hard to make it to his room. When he...
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When a Man's a Prince
as Prince NikoloThe plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a...
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Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
as Self (archive footage)The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of...
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The Raspberry Romance
as Rodney St. ClairThe Raspberry Romance is a 1925 comedy short.
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Mr. Flip
as Mr. FlipMr. Flip flirts with every woman he sees, and ends up with a pie, shaving cream, and seltzer in...
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
as uncreditedPeter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).
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Il grande addio
as DancerAn Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends.
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A Prodigal Bridegroom
as uncreditedBen returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp...
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Sweedie the Trouble Maker
as Captain of the PoliceSweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are...
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Yukon Jake
as Sheriff Cyclone BillCyclone Bill is the popular sheriff of Mustang Gulch, where "a gun in the hand is worth two on...
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The Pride of Pikeville
as Baron BonamoUnlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many...
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The Laundress
as His AssistantWallace Beery dresses up as a lady to fool the man.
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Sweedie Learns to Swim
as Captain of Life SaversSweedie, the cook, decides that it would be nice to learn to swim, so goes to a "dry land"...
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Lifetime of Comedy
as (archive footage)Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye...
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Lighthouse Love
as The Russian PrinceTwo marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the...
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The Fable of the 'People's Choice Who Answered the Call of Duty and Took Seltzer'
as uncreditedThe political bosses knew it was an off year and they needed a Goat to run for City Clerk. They...
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Pitfalls of a Big City
as Rodney St. ClairPitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
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That Night
as uncreditedThere is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a...
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Romeo and Juliet
as Rodney St. Clair / RomeoA burlesque of Shakespeare's immortal tragedy.
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Ten Dollars or Ten Days
as The Soda ClerkIn this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred...
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Three Foolish Weeks
as Baron Sergius Rodney St. ClairA roguish baron saves a girl from a carriage accident, and brings her to a backwoods Inn during...
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
as BartenderJimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of...
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Sweedie Collects for Charity
as Mr. TightwadMrs. Goodheart, a charity worker, comes home one evening very much discouraged as she is unable...
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A Bedroom Blunder
as Hotel Desk ClerkA henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of...
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Chase Me Charlie
as BenChase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films...
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The Shriek of Araby
as Bill Poster - The SheikAn employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing...
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Sweedie and the Sultan's Present
as Swipes, her husbandSweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of...
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Down Memory Lane
as (archive footage)This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett...
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Tag Day
as The TrampThe custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and...
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
as Self (archive footage)Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other...
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Caught in the End
as Superintent of the Union Squar Fish Ball CoA businessman's jealous wife suspects he is running around with other women. The tables are...
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The Hollywood Kid
as SelfA short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a...
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Sweedie's Hero
as The BellboySweedie gets a job as mop artist in a hotel. She starts out from home encumbered with baggage...
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Madame Double X
as Mr. Von Crooks Jr.Mr. Von Crooks and his son are in love with Madame Double X. One night Von Crooks, Jr., elopes...
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A Harem Knight
as Rodney St. ClairA pretty harem girl is rescued by a U. S. Navy officer. Whilst fleeing from the guards the girl...
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Sweedie Goes to College
as Sweedie's RomeoSweedie, the cook, reads an ad in the newspaper for a maid to give her services in exchange for...
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Happy Times and Jolly Moments
as (archive footage)This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.
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Asleep at the Switch
as The Station AgentAsleep at the Switch is a 1923 comedy short.
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Versus Sledge Hammers
as The Count's ValetA count shows up in Snakeville to deliver a letter telling matronly Margaret Joslin that she has...
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Their Cheap Vacation
as uncreditedThe Newlyweds read in the newspaper of an ideal automobile trip which only costs $12. Mr....
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The Jolly Jilter
as Vigil VancourtSilent comedy short film starring Ben Turpin
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Sweedie and the Hypnotist
as The HypnotistSweedie is the scrub lady in the theater. She makes eyes at the stage manager and the hypnotist...
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A Small Town Idol
as Sam SmithIn Sleepytown, cross-eyed Sam Smith and Mary Brown are about to get married. But the scoundrel,...
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A Woman's Way
as uncreditedSet in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane,...
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The Fickleness of Sweedie
as Police CaptainHenry Bigger, a short fat fellow, and Danny Slimson, short but slim, are rivals for the hand of...
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Countess Sweedie
as The WaiterCountess Von Swatt goes on a slumming party and loses one of her calling cards in the "hash...
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The Slappiest Days of Our Lives
as (archive footage)Laurel is a Scottish reporter suspected of being a spy by police detective James Finlayson....
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Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
as Rodney St. ClairWhere's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
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She Landed a Big One
as The Chief of PoliceSweedie tells her beau that her love has grown cold, so he decides to jump in the lake and end...
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A Blonde's Revenge
as Gerald MontagueTurpin plays a candidate who poses as the worker's friend but spends hi time buttering up...
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Sheriff Nell's Tussle
as Honest Eyed Jack - Still After HerA slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him....
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Curiosity
as The Lunatic"If yew cum a lone to thee third bench from thee fontan yew will find sum one to chear your...
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Masked Mirth
as Suffern PhattRight now while everyone is thinking of war, comes this two reel comedy whose plot is based on...
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Sweedie's Clean-Up
as The Chief of PoliceSweedie's father is the owner of a grocery store, and Sweedie takes care of the trade while...
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Sweedie and Her Dog
as Captain of the Dog CatchersMr. Dingy engages Sweedie as their cook. She insists upon bringing her dog "Skinny" and her...
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When Ben Bolted
as uncreditedBen and his pal Paddy, a couple of drifting loafers and con-men, arrive in town via a "side-door...
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Doctoring a Leak
as 1st PlumberBen Turpin & Rube Miller trying to fix a leak.
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Trying to Get Along
as Freeloading CustomerCafé de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.
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Sweedie at the Fair
as Captain of the PoliceSweedie, the cook at the Rich household, buys a donkey from the captain of the police, but...
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Sweedie's Suicide
as Police CaptainSweedie decides to commit suicide when she is jilted by her sweetheart, the captain of the...
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The Cockeyed Family
as Amos GilligAmos faces a few difficulties as he tries to drive his cross-eyed wife and their two...
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Sweedie the Swatter
as uncreditedMrs. Highstrung's maid leaves her at a very inopportune time, as she has just received a...
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Sweedie's Skate
as uncreditedSweedie the cook adorns herself in her employer's jewels and goes to the skating rink where she...
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His Bogus Boast
as uncreditedThe gentlemen of a fashionable social club become annoyed when their guest, Ben, has their wives...
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Two Hearts That Beat as Ten
as uncreditedMildred refuses Archie's proposal of marriage. Shortly after Fred arrives and she accepts him as...
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Sweedie's Finish
as uncreditedSweedie, the servant girl, is in love with a fireman, but her affections are not returned. The...
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