Billy Engle

Billy Engle

Born: May 27, 1889
Died: November 28, 1966
in Czernowitz, Bukovina, Austria

Movies for Billy Engle...

The Garment Jungle
Title: The Garment Jungle
Character: Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Released: May 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Alan Mitchell returns to New York to work for his father Walter, the owner of a fashion house that designs and manufactures dresses. To stay non-union, Walter has hired Artie Ravidge, a hood who uses strong-arm tactics to keep the employees in line.
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Guys and Dolls
Title: Guys and Dolls
Character: Vendor (uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1955
Type: Movie
Gambler Nathan Detroit has few options for the location of his big craps game. Needing $1,000 to pay a garage owner to host the game, Nathan bets Sky Masterson that Sky cannot get virtuous Sarah Brown out on a date. Despite some resistance, Sky negotiates a date with her in exchange for bringing people into her mission. Meanwhile, Nathan's longtime fiancée, Adelaide, wants him to go legit and marry her.
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The Far Country
Title: The Far Country
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: February 12, 1954
Type: Movie
In 1896, Jeff Webster sees the start of the Klondike gold rush as a golden opportunity to make a fortune in beef...and woe betide anyone standing in his way! He drives a cattle herd from Wyoming to Seattle, by ship to Skagway, and (after a delay caused by larcenous town boss Gannon) through the mountains to Dawson. There, he and his partner Ben Tatum get into the gold business themselves. Two lovely women fall for misanthropic Jeff, but he believes in every-man-for-himself, turning his back on growing lawlessness...until it finally strikes home.
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Appointment with Danger
Title: Appointment with Danger
Character: Man
Released: March 31, 1950
Type: Movie
Al Goddard, a detective who works for the United States Postal Inspection Service, is assigned to arrest two criminals who've allegedly murdered a U.S. postal detective.
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The Best Years of Our Lives
Title: The Best Years of Our Lives
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1946
Type: Movie
It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream is about to become a nightmare.
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Road to Utopia
Title: Road to Utopia
Character: Amateur Contest Contestant (uncredited)
Released: February 27, 1946
Type: Movie
While on a ship to Skagway, Alaska, Duke and Chester find a map to a secret gold mine, which had been 'stolen' by thugs. In Alaska to recover her father's map, Sal Van Hoyden falls in with Ace Larson, who secretly wants to steal the gold mine for himself. Duke, Chester, the thugs, Ace and his henchman chase each other all over the countryside—for the map.
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Along Came Jones
Title: Along Came Jones
Character: Deputy (uncredited)
Released: July 19, 1945
Type: Movie
An easy-going cowboy is mistaken by the townsfolk for a notorious gunman. The cowboy decides it would be best to leave town, until he meets the gunman's girlfriend.
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It Happened Tomorrow
Title: It Happened Tomorrow
Released: March 31, 1944
Type: Movie
A young turn-of-the-century newspaper man finds he can get hold of the next day's paper. This brings more problems than fortune, especially as his new girlfriend is part of a phony clairvoyant act.
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The Lone Star Trail
Title: The Lone Star Trail
Character: Shorty
Released: August 6, 1943
Type: Movie
Rancher Blaze Barker returns to Dead Falls after being framed by land-grabbers and spending two years in jail. Paroled, he can't wear a gun, but is aided by Marshal Fargo Steele. The gang is out to gain control of all of the valley land before a dam is constructed. When Blaze raises the money to pay off the taxes on his ranch, he finds it has been marked to incriminate him.
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Mrs. Miniver
Title: Mrs. Miniver
Character: Townsman (uncredited)
Released: July 3, 1942
Type: Movie
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
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Go West
Title: Go West
Character: Barfly
Released: December 6, 1940
Type: Movie
Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train station, where they steal all his money. They're heading west, too, because they've heard you can just pick the gold off the ground. Once there, they befriend an old miner named Dan Wilson whose property, Dead Man's Gulch, has no gold. They loan him their last ten dollars so he can go start life anew, and for collateral, he gives them the deed to the Gulch. Unbeknownst to Wilson, the son of his longtime rival, Terry Turner (who's also in love with his daughter, Eva), has contacted the railroad to arrange for them to build through the land, making the old man rich and hopefully resolving the feud. But the evil Red Baxter, owner of a saloon, tricks the boys out of the deed, and it's up to them - as well as Quale, who naturally finds his way out west anyway - to save the day.
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When the Daltons Rode
Title: When the Daltons Rode
Released: August 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
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The Way of All Flesh
Title: The Way of All Flesh
Character: Newspaper Owner
Released: July 5, 1940
Type: Movie
Paul Kriza is a cashier of a bank in a small town, and the happy husband of Anna and the father of four children. He is sent to New York to deliver some securities for the bank. There, he is tagged as easy-pickings by a con-game gang and Mary Brown, gang accomplice, proves he is. Waking up in the morning he discovers he has been robbed of the securities and, when he confronts the gang, he is hit on the head and taken out to be left on a railroad track. He comes to, struggles with the henchman and the man is killed when a train comes roaring by. Paul escapes but his watch is found and he is reported as the dead man. But he can't go home again.
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Two Girls on Broadway
Title: Two Girls on Broadway
Character: Sound Man in Courtroom (uncredited)
Released: April 19, 1940
Type: Movie
Eddie Kerns sells his song to a Broadway producer and also lands a job dancing in the musical. He sends for his dance partner-fiancée Molly Mahoney who brings her younger sister Pat. Upon seeing Molly and Pat dance, the producer picks Pat for the show and gives Molly a job selling cigarettes. A wealthy friend of the producer named "Chat" Chatsworth also has his eye on Pat. Pat is teamed with Eddie in the specialty number as Kerns and Mahoney. Pat and Eddie soon realize that they are in love and must tell Molly. Pat balks at hurting Molly and goes out with Chat who already has five ex-wives. Remake of The Broadway Melody (1929).
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The Flying Deuces
Title: The Flying Deuces
Character: Legionnaire
Released: November 3, 1939
Type: Movie
Ollie falls in love with a woman. When he discovers she's already married, he unsuccessfully attempts suicide but he and Stan then decide to join the Foreign Legion to get away from their troubles. When they’re arrested for soon trying to desert the Legion—they escape a firing squad by stealing an aircraft.
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The Housekeeper's Daughter
Title: The Housekeeper's Daughter
Character: Taxicab Driver
Released: October 26, 1939
Type: Movie
A mobster's moll leads a newsman, cub reporter and photographer to a scoop.
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I Stole a Million
Title: I Stole a Million
Character: Bookkeeper (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A cabbie and petty thief dreams of the big heist that will end his thieving ways.
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Tell No Tales
Title: Tell No Tales
Character: Tramp Comic (uncredited)
Released: June 12, 1939
Type: Movie
A newspaper editor turns a kidnapping into the banner headlines and exclusive story that could save his publication.
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Sudden Money
Title: Sudden Money
Character: Peewee
Released: March 31, 1939
Type: Movie
Promises of happier times dawn for the financially distressed Patterson family when father Sweeney and brother-in-law Archibald "Doc" Finney win a $150,000 grand prize in the sweepstake contest. With their windfall, each member of the family decides to pursue a dream.
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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Title: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Character: Circus Attendant
Released: February 17, 1939
Type: Movie
Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.
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Exposed
Title: Exposed
Character: Waiter
Released: November 5, 1938
Type: Movie
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted.
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Marie Antoinette
Title: Marie Antoinette
Character: Man with Goblet (uncredited)
Released: August 26, 1938
Type: Movie
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
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The Nurse from Brooklyn
Title: The Nurse from Brooklyn
Character: Minor Role
Released: April 29, 1938
Type: Movie
A nurse's younger brother is caught in a shootout between a criminal gang and the police, and he is shot and killed. The officer who is accused of shooting the man knows that he didn't do it, and sets out to find the real killer and clear his own name.
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Midnight Intruder
Title: Midnight Intruder
Character: Racetrack Tout (uncredited)
Released: February 6, 1938
Type: Movie
A former actor poses as the son of a wealthy man and gets involved in a murder in which the real son is the suspect.
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The Jury's Secret
Title: The Jury's Secret
Character: Waiter
Released: January 16, 1938
Type: Movie
A reporter covering a murder trial guesses that the murderer of a ruthless businessman is her ex-fiancé and persuades him to confess and clear the innocent man on trial.
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Live, Love and Learn
Title: Live, Love and Learn
Character: Mr. Dittenfuss - Alfredo's Assistant (uncredited)
Released: October 29, 1937
Type: Movie
A starving, uncompromising artist and an heiress fall in love on first sight and immediately get married. She loves his outrageous behaviour, his strange room-mate and the best apartment poverty can buy.
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Behind the Mike
Title: Behind the Mike
Character: Townsman
Released: September 26, 1937
Type: Movie
Complications ensue after a radio producer insults a sponsor.
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Wedding Present
Title: Wedding Present
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
Charlie Mason and Rusty Fleming are star reporters on a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved as well. Although skilled in ferreting out great stories, they often behave in an unprofessional and immature manner. After their shenanigans cause their frustrated city editor to resign, the publisher promotes Charlie to the job, a decision based on the premise that only a slacker would be able crack down on other shirkers and underachievers. His pomposity soon alienates most of his co-workers and causes Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns and along with gangster friend Smiles Benson tries to win Rusty back before she marries a stuffy society author.
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Early to Bed
Title: Early to Bed
Character: Golf Player
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Chester Beatty and Tessie Weeks have been engaged for 5 years and going together for 15 years before that. Chester is reluctant to burden Tessie with marriage because of his secret problem. He is a sleepwalker. When Tessie finally does rope Chester into marriage, he can't get time off from his boss of 26 years, Mr. Frisbee. To resolve the problem, Chester sets out to impress his boss by securing a big sales contract of glass eyes. He takes Tessie and follows the rich doll company owner Horace B. Stanton to a lakeside resort and befriends him. However, his sleep-walking makes him a prime suspect in a thievery/murder case.
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The Rainmakers
Title: The Rainmakers
Character: Townsman
Released: October 25, 1935
Type: Movie
Roscoe the Rainmaker is invited to California (with sidekick "Billy") to relieve a terrible dry spell and to save the community from an unscrupulous businessman who stands to profit from the drought
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Uncivil Warriors
Title: Uncivil Warriors
Character: Captain (uncredited)
Released: April 26, 1935
Type: Movie
Set in the civil war, the stooges are spies for the north. They impersonate southern officers and infiltrate the enemy ranks to get valuable information. On the run when they are discovered, they hide in a cannon and are blown back to their northern headquarters.
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Pop Goes the Easel
Title: Pop Goes the Easel
Character: Shop Keeper (uncredited)
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
The stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
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Life Begins at Forty
Title: Life Begins at Forty
Character: Well-Wisher
Released: March 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A small-town newspaper publisher finds himself in opposition to the local banker on the return to town of a lad jailed possibly wrongly for a theft from the bank.
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The Best Man Wins
Title: The Best Man Wins
Character: Undetermined Role
Released: January 14, 1935
Type: Movie
A diver saves his best friend's life but loses his own arm in doing so. Later, unable to find work because of his missing arm, he is forced to go to work for a criminal searching for lost treasures. Meanwhile his friend, who has since become a policeman, finds himself assigned to break up the crook's operation and bring in his gang--including the man who saved his life.
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The Dancing Millionaire
Title: The Dancing Millionaire
Character: Dancing Academy Customer
Released: December 14, 1934
Type: Movie
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
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Our Daily Bread
Title: Our Daily Bread
Character: Abie Cohen (uncredited)
Released: October 2, 1934
Type: Movie
John and Mary Sims are city-dwellers hit hard by the financial fist of The Depression. Driven by bravery (and sheer desperation) they flee to the country and, with the help of other workers, set up a farming community - a socialist mini-society based upon the teachings of Edward Gallafent. The newborn community suffers many hardships - drought, vicious raccoons and the long arm of the law - but ultimately pull together to reach a bread-based Utopia.
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Contented Calves
Title: Contented Calves
Character: Breezy's Assistant
Released: August 6, 1934
Type: Movie
An add campaign for stockings embarrasses the girls.
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Good Time Henry
Title: Good Time Henry
Released: May 3, 1934
Type: Movie
Henry is lured by old pal Hale into a night on the town despite fears that his wife will discover their hijinks.
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The Gold Ghost
Title: The Gold Ghost
Character: Short Miner (uncredited)
Released: March 16, 1934
Type: Movie
Dumped by his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called Vulture City, where he appoints himself sheriff.
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It Happened One Night
Title: It Happened One Night
Character: Bus Passenger (uncredited)
Released: February 22, 1934
Type: Movie
A renegade reporter and a young heiress meet on a bus heading for New York, and end up stuck with each other when the bus leaves them behind at one of the stops.
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Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Title: Dora's Dunking Doughnuts
Character: Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1933
Type: Movie
A schoolteacher helps his friend Dora by getting his students to help him to make a radio commercial.
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What! No Beer?
Title: What! No Beer?
Character: Beer Drinker (uncredited)
Released: February 10, 1933
Type: Movie
When Prohibition ends, a barber tries to get in the liquor business only to come up against mobsters.
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Hot Saturday
Title: Hot Saturday
Character: Third Bank Teller (Uncredited)
Released: October 28, 1932
Type: Movie
A pretty but virtuous small-town bank clerk is the victim of a vicious rumor from an unsuccessful suitor that she spent the night with a notorious womanizer.
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Million Dollar Legs
Title: Million Dollar Legs
Character: Klopstokian Athlete (uncredited)
Released: July 8, 1932
Type: Movie
A small country on the verge of bankruptcy is persuaded to enter the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics as a means of raising money.
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Ridin' for Justice
Title: Ridin' for Justice
Character: Sam - the Stutterer
Released: January 4, 1932
Type: Movie
More a romantic melodrama than a true Western, this Buck Jones vehicle from Columbia starred Jones as Buck Randall, a carefree cowboy whose popularity with the local saloon girls becomes the talk of the town.
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The Nevada Buckaroo
Title: The Nevada Buckaroo
Character: The Stuttering Deputy
Released: July 28, 1931
Type: Movie
When the Nevada Kid gets caught in a stage robbery, the gang leader Cherokee gets him released by forging a petition to the Governor. The Kid tries to go straight but the stage he is guarding gets robbed. When the Sheriff jails Cherokee who was not in on the robbery, the Kid gets caught effecting Cherokee's escape and finds himself in jail again.
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Soup to Nuts
Title: Soup to Nuts
Character: Revolutionary (uncredited)
Released: September 28, 1930
Type: Movie
Mr. Schmidt's costume store is bankrupt because he spends his time on Rube Goldberg-style inventions; the creditors send a young manager who falls for Schmidt's niece Louise, but she'll have none of him. Schmidt's friends Ted, Queenie, and some goofy firemen try to help out; things come to a slapstick head when Louise needs rescuing from a fire.
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Stage Struck Susie
Title: Stage Struck Susie
Released: May 4, 1929
Type: Movie
Eddie Barry bewilders himself backstage at a show.
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Naughty Baby
Title: Naughty Baby
Character: Mr. Bloomer
Released: April 6, 1929
Type: Movie
A gorgeous showgirl is hired as a lingerie model at a fashion show......
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His Angel Child
Title: His Angel Child
Released: February 16, 1929
Type: Movie
A man believes that the baby in his livingroom is the "surprise" his wife messaged him about, and must contend with the real father's attempts to get his daughter back.
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Nifty Numbers
Title: Nifty Numbers
Character: Mr. Knit
Released: December 29, 1928
Type: Movie
Fourth release in the "Confessions of a Chorus Girl" comedy series.
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Love Shy
Title: Love Shy
Released: March 24, 1928
Type: Movie
Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.
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Holy Mackerel
Title: Holy Mackerel
Released: February 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Jimmie Adams leads the cast, along with Lorraine MacLean and Billy Engle, in this Al Christie production.
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Swiss Movements
Title: Swiss Movements
Character: Freddie’s friend
Released: December 31, 1927
Type: Movie
To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.
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Chicken Feathers
Title: Chicken Feathers
Character: Herman Corkscew
Released: February 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Comedy starring Jack Duffy and Anne Cornwall, featured in James Roots' 100 Essential Film Comedies
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The Western Whirlwind
Title: The Western Whirlwind
Character: 'Beans' Baker
Released: February 20, 1927
Type: Movie
Jack Howard, returning from the war, learns that his father, Sheriff Howard, has been killed by an unknown assailant, and he induces the mayor of Gold Strike to swear him in as sheriff.
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Duck Out
Title: Duck Out
Character: Man from Audience assisting Blondini
Released: February 13, 1927
Type: Movie
At a magic show put on by Blondini the magician, a member of the audience is invited up to participate. He gets into all sorts of shenanigans, tripping over the stage curtain, sending ducks up through the wrong trapdoors. He can hardly believe his eyes when a girl is sawn in half!
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The Cruise of the Jasper B
Title: The Cruise of the Jasper B
Character: Little Mover
Released: December 12, 1926
Type: Movie
The film stars actor Rod La Rocque as Jerry Cleggert, a good-natured descendant of an infamous clan of pirates who resides aboard the rickety ship Jasper B. Cleggert is informed that in order to inherit a large inheritance, he must marry by his twenty-fifth birthday-- otherwise he would relinquish all claims to his impending fortune. Jerry soon meets his ideal would-be bride Agatha Fairhaven and the two immediately fall in love. Complications arise when Jerry's cousin, the dastardly lawyer Reginald Maltravers claims Agatha as his own. The courting couple suffer a series of mishaps on the way to altar; they are waylaid en route by a trio of bandits, escape from a runaway taxi cab, and outrun a mob of unscrupulous state authorities.
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Red Hot Leather
Title: Red Hot Leather
Character: 'Dinkey' Hook
Released: October 17, 1926
Type: Movie
Jack Lane is returning from the East after an unsuccessful attempt to obtain a loan to pay off the mortgage on his father's ranch. On the train, he meets Ellen Rand, who is smitten at the sight of her first real cowboy. Later he learns that she is the nurse who is to care for his paralytic father, growing weaker at the prospect of losing his ranch. Jack plans to enter the local rodeo to earn the money, though Morton Kane, who holds the mortgage and has secretly discovered oil on the ranch, plots with his son Ross to keep him from the events.
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Chase Yourself
Title: Chase Yourself
Character: Short Friend
Released: June 26, 1926
Type: Movie
Jimmie, Lavoris and Turpentine, three Knights of the Road (Bums/tramps), have just arrived in the West where Two-Gun Joe, the local bad man, surprises them while they eat. The sheriff runs him off but, in his haste to escape, Two-Gun drops a monogrammed pipe. Jimmie picks it up. Molly, on a nearby ranch, is having troubles with her foreman who, when he sees the pipe, thinks Jimmie is the outlaw and gets real peaceful. Impressed, Molly offer Jimmie the ranch-foreman's job. But they haven't seen the last of Two-Gun Joe.
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Papa's Pest
Title: Papa's Pest
Released: May 30, 1926
Type: Movie
A husband wants to slip out of the house to go to a poker game, but his wife catches him, and he is forced to stay at home and mind her sister's baby. Neal goes to the poker game and takes the baby with him, but absentmindedly leaves him there when he goes home.
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She's a Prince
Title: She's a Prince
Character: Prince Henry Ferdinany
Released: May 1, 1926
Type: Movie
Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.
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Tight Cargo
Title: Tight Cargo
Character: King Tonsilitis
Released: February 15, 1926
Type: Movie
Charles Puffy and the cannibals.
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This Is The Life
Title: This Is The Life
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
When a bottle of hair tonic renders him bald, Jimmie is mistaken for a famous French beautician and is called upon to demonstrate his skills.
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Kick Me Again
Title: Kick Me Again
Character: Professor Lightfoot
Released: November 24, 1925
Type: Movie
Don’t expect much in the way of a plot from Kick Me Again. When a married student falls for her portly dance instructor, Puffy is forced to flee in a ballet tutu from the clutches of her jealous husband. The usual slapstick complications ensue before the cross-dressing funnyman finally locates a new suit of clothes. The viewing pleasure comes not from the run-of-the-mill gags and storyline but from seeing a master wring every ounce of comedy from his ungainly outfit.
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All Wool
Title: All Wool
Released: October 24, 1925
Type: Movie
Earl Mohan and Billy Engle are paired in a Mutt & Jeff-style comedy.
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Riders of the Kitchen Range
Title: Riders of the Kitchen Range
Released: June 6, 1925
Type: Movie
An odd little one reel comedy starring Earl Mohan and Billy Engle, from the Hal Roach Studio. Directed by Tay Garnett.
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The Wages of Tin
Title: The Wages of Tin
Released: January 4, 1925
Type: Movie
aka Billy, the Ford Buster
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Accidental Accidents
Title: Accidental Accidents
Released: November 9, 1924
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump gets rather wet.
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Too Many Mammas
Title: Too Many Mammas
Character: Drunken club patron
Released: October 12, 1924
Type: Movie
Charley is called upon to go out with his boss on a date with the boss' mistress, to act as a beard.
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Why Men Work
Title: Why Men Work
Released: August 31, 1924
Type: Movie
A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
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Wide Open Spaces
Title: Wide Open Spaces
Character: Phil Sheridan
Released: July 6, 1924
Type: Movie
Wide Open Spaces is a 1924 Western silent film starring Stan Laurel.
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Stolen Goods
Title: Stolen Goods
Character: Floorwalker
Released: June 29, 1924
Type: Movie
A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.
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Fast Black
Title: Fast Black
Released: June 15, 1924
Type: Movie
"Hunky" Dorrey and "Dinky Dubbs are on the run from the cops. They consider getting a job. After one gets his face blackened from a car's exhaust, they see an ad for a "colored Pullman porter". Mistaken identity due to accidental blackface drives the remainder of the plot. The two wind up on a train, where they run into the police again.
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Rupert of Hee-Haw
Title: Rupert of Hee-Haw
Character: Short Officer
Released: June 7, 1924
Type: Movie
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Zeb vs. Paprika
Title: Zeb vs. Paprika
Released: March 16, 1924
Type: Movie
Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race.
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The Cake Eater
Title: The Cake Eater
Released: March 2, 1924
Type: Movie
A young cowboy takes a job at a ranch owned by two aging spinsters, unaware that both are completely in love with him.
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Postage Due
Title: Postage Due
Released: February 17, 1924
Type: Movie
Stan does his best to recover a post-card, which he has forgotten to stamp. He attempts the recovery after hearing a remark by a postal inspector that the absence of the stamp makes the card a criminal offense for the sender. In the course of his struggles he swims through "oceans" of mail, rides up and down chutes, gets tied up in a mail bag and finally finds himself locked in a delivery truck with two thieves.
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The Cowboy Sheik
Title: The Cowboy Sheik
Released: February 3, 1924
Type: Movie
A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention.
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One of the Family
Title: One of the Family
Character: The Thief
Released: February 2, 1924
Type: Movie
Jimmy Jump is hired as chauffeur by a lady who wishes to make her husband jealous.
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Smithy
Title: Smithy
Character: Man in Employment Line
Released: January 19, 1924
Type: Movie
After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company owner leaves for a week, and tells his secretary to send a letter to Mr. Smith telling him to complete the construction of the house while he (the owner) is away. The letter is accidently sent to Smithy who manages to complete the house. When the owner returns the house is complete, and Smithy is commended until the last support beam is removed...
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The Big Idea
Title: The Big Idea
Character: The Mayor
Released: January 12, 1924
Type: Movie
Inventor Ignatius Pollard develops a new "Pavement Polisher" to clean the streets, but a demonstration of the device does not go as planned.
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It's a Joy!
Title: It's a Joy!
Character: Studio Musician
Released: December 30, 1923
Type: Movie
'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.
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Fully Insured
Title: Fully Insured
Character: Client
Released: December 16, 1923
Type: Movie
A Hal Roach comedy starring 'Snub' Pollard and James Finlayson.
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Scorching Sands
Title: Scorching Sands
Released: December 9, 1923
Type: Movie
The misadventures of two intrepid explorers in the Egyptian desert.
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The Soilers
Title: The Soilers
Character: Prospector
Released: November 24, 1923
Type: Movie
During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the motherlode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight.
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Hustlin' Hank
Title: Hustlin' Hank
Released: November 11, 1923
Type: Movie
Hal Roach produced comedy has Will Rogers playing the title character, a rather slow, dimwitted man who works on a ranch where he usually gets pushed around at. A woman (Marie Mosquini) comes to town looking for someone to help her photograph some of the animals so she picks Hank and soon regrets it.
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Jus' Passin' Through
Title: Jus' Passin' Through
Character: Immigrant Convict
Released: October 14, 1923
Type: Movie
At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.
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Special Delivery
Title: Special Delivery
Released: April 30, 1922
Type: Movie
Special Delivery is a 1922 Comedy short.
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A Studio Rube
Title: A Studio Rube
Released: March 19, 1922
Type: Movie
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The Noodle Nut
Title: The Noodle Nut
Released: January 1, 1921
Type: Movie
Whoever can make the sale of an order for noodles exactly five feet long to the customer in the black beard and white carnation gets to marry the boss' beautiful daughter, Madge Kirby