Hampton Del Ruth

A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.

The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at...

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope...

The Soapsuds Lady is a 1925 silent comedy.

A bumbling grocery-store employee must deal with such job-related problems as a conniving boss, unruly customers, a baby alligator and an escaped...

Midnight Daddies is a black-and-white comedy short.

Wealthy Andy marries a young girl, who has an ulterior motive.

Scotch is a 1930 comedy short.

Two former WWI aces from opposite sides, Bill Ramsey and Otto Shumann, in the best tradition of Eddie Rickenbacker and the Red Baron, barnstorm their...

“ Polly Moran, known as Becky O'Brien in this picture, conducts a pawn shop with Ben Turpin and Charles Lynn as her appraisers and clerks. Ben...

A henpecked husband and his wife vacation at a seaside resort. While he's enjoying the view of the local bathing beauties, he has to be careful not...

A gang of racketeers, with the aid of a high-ranking city official has control of a big-city, and the police plant an undercover cop to gather...

A pawn shop employee must substitute for a robot in this short silent comedy.

A 1917 short film directed by Hampton Del Ruth & Fred Hibbard.

A slick city crook arrives in the town and succeeds in making honest Nell fall in love with him. He then suggests an entertainment with local talent,...

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.

There is harmony in The Café until it is accidentally discovered that lovely Mary has had a fortune left her, whereupon Beery, the proprietor,...

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

The two-reel comedies Will Rogers made for producer Hal Roach during the 1923-4 season are a mixed lot. Two of the shorts feature parodies of...

A recalcitrant thief vies with a duplicitous Mongol ruler for the hand of a beautiful princess.

Chaos reigns in Louise Fazenda's kitchen as the cat stalks and consumes the bird in the cuckoo clock and the baby paints its face with jam. In her...

A young woman mistakenly believes she has killed a man in a struggle to repel his unwanted advances.

Two friends - Andy and Harry - get into trouble while they are trying to prevent the marriage of Andy's daughter.

A sexy golddigger lands who she thinks is a wealthy big-game hunter from a royal family. What she doesn't know is that not only is he not wealthy,...

A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope...

At the start of his career Harry Depp appeared often in short comedies, and was employed by Mack Sennett’s Keystone Company in 1916-17. Very...

An entomologist and his wife head out into the countryside for his studies and happen upon a group of free-spirited young dancers.

short subject comedy - fun at the gym!

short subject comedy - fun at the gym!

early comedy short by Triangle Film Corporation

A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.

A police lieutenant and a female reporter investigate a series of murders committed by a hooded killer in an old dark house.

War veteran returns home to find his sweetheart totally upset. Her father will lose his sight unless she can get funds for an expensive procedure. He...

A knock-off of those charming rustic comedies in which Roscoe and Mabel Normand would play young lovers. Lake is a pretty good stand-in for Mabel,...