Al St. John

Al St. John
Total Credits at Criticker: 192 (Actor), 5 (Director), 3 (Writer)
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Out West
Out West (1918) - Short Film
A satire of western movies. Roscoe comes into town after riding the rails. The saloon has a trap door over a pit where bodies are tossed as they are shot. A black patron is taunted and shot at. Roscoe and Buster do everything they can to keep Al from Alice. (imdb)
Coney Island
Coney Island (1917) - Short Film
Roscoe tries to dump his wife so he can enjoy the beach attractions. Buster arrives with Alice who is taken away from him by Al who loses her to Roscoe. Bathing beauties and Keystone Kops abound (imdb)
Fatty and Mabel Adrift
The beach front house, where Fatty and Mabel live, has been "launched" out to sea by the villains. When Fatty and Mabel arise, they find the beds floating in a sea of water (imdb)
Riders of Destiny
Badguy Kincaid controls the local water supply and plans to do in the other ranchers. Government agent Saunders shows up undercover to do in Kincaid and win the heart of one of his victims Fay Denton. (imdb)
The Butcher Boy
Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of molasses. (imdb)
Back Stage
Back Stage (1919) - Short Film
Roscoe and Buster are working at a vaudeville house. When the crew attacks the strongman for bullying his assistant, the man goes out on strike so the crew puts on a show. When the strongman starts shooting from the balcony, Buster rigs a swing, picks him up, and takes him to the stage where is again subdued. (imdb)
The Cook
The Cook (1918) - Short Film
In an attempt at greater efficiency, the chef of a fancy oceanside restaurant and his assistant wreak havoc in the establishment. Adding to the complications is the arrival of a robber. (imdb)
The Bell Boy
The Bell Boy (1918) - Short Film
At the Elk's Head Hotel bellhops torment the lobby, each other and guests. The elevator is powered by a stubborn horse. A sham robbery turns into a real one. And there is a chase on a runaway trolley. (imdb)
The New Janitor
Charlie is janitor for a firm the manager of which receives a threatening note about his gambling debts. He throws a bucket of water out the window which lands on his boss and costs him his job. The boss, attempting to steal the money heeds from the office safe, is caught by his secretary and Charlie comes to save her and the money. He is briefly accused of being the thief but ultimately triumphs. (imdb)
The Rounders
The Rounders (1914) - Short Film
Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown out. They lie down in a row boat which fills with water, drowning them (a fate apparently better than going home to their wives). (imdb)
His Prehistoric Past
Charlie dreams he is in the stone age. There King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting trip the king is pushed over a cliff. Charlie proclaims himself king, but Ku-Ku discovers the real king alive. They return to find Charlie and Sum- Babee together. (imdb)
Oh Doctor!
Oh Doctor! (1917) - Short Film
Roscoe is a doctor who falls in love with a pretty woman whose boyfriend, in turn, falls in love with Roscoe's wife's jewelry. (imdb)
The Rough House
Roscoe, his wife and his mother-in-law run a seaside resort. Buster plays a gardener who puts out a fire started by Roscoe.. (imdb plot summary)
His Wedding Night
In a drugstore Al and Roscoe are rivals for Alice. Roscoe slings melons and operates the gas pump. Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice... (imdb)
Good Night, Nurse!
Roscoe's wife wants him committed to the No Hope Sanitarium for a cure from drink. He is greeted by blood spattered, cleaver-wielding Buster and a barely clad female patient. He eats a thermometer and must be rushed into surgery. (imdb)
The Knockout
The Knockout (1914) - Short Film
In an effort to protect his girlfriend, Pug (Fatty Arbuckle) decides to sign up for a local boxing contest against the champion, Cyclone Flynn. Charles Chaplin makes an appearance as the referee.
Moonshine
Moonshine (1918) - Short Film
A feud between the Owens and the Gillettes ends when the last remaining Gillette is killed, but new trouble erupts for the mountain folk with the arrival of a U.S. revenue agent and his assistant. The revenuers search high and low for the secret hideaway where the mountain people prepare illegal alcohol, but end up in deep trouble that only a little movie magic can save them from. (imdb)
A Face in the Fog
A mysterious killer known as The Fiend uses an unusual bullet as his trademark for his murders. (imdb)
Cheyenne Takes Over
Cheyenne has been ordered to take a vacation so Fuzzy has him go to a ranch of a friend. When they arrive at the El Lobo ranch, they find that his friend is dead and they want no visitors. In town, Cheyenne finds out that the man called Dawson is an impostor who is trying to take over the ranch for himself. (imdb)
Ghost Town Renegades
Gold has been found and Sharp is out to get the land. He has the land owners killed and then has Watson forge new deeds. Cheyenne and Fuzzy arrive in time to save Trent. Then they go after the gang and its leader. (imdb)
Law of the Lash
U.S. marshal goes undercover to clean up a town run by bandits. (imdb)
Billy the Kid Trapped
Stanton breaks Billy and his two friends Fuzzy and Jeff out of jail. He wants them free so three of his men can impersonate them for the robberies and murders he has planned. (imdb)
Oath of Vengeance
Fuzzy opens a store only to find that everyone buys on credit. The absence of cash is due to the range war between the cattlemen and the farmers started by Kinney. The Sheriff being worthless, Billy is quickly drawn into the conflict. (imdb)
The Outcasts of Poker Flat
A California mining camp is plagued by a series of murders. Four people come under suspicion for the killings and are run out of the camp. During a blizzard they take refuge in an isolated cabin, and conflicts begin to break out among them. (imdb)
Valley of Vengeance
Billy Carson arrives in King City looking for two men and kills them both. Caught by the Marshal he tells his story. When he and Fuzzy were boys, their wagon train was attacked and their parents killed. Years later the recently reunited boyhood friends get a clue as to their parents murderers and head to King City. (imdb)
The Land of Missing Men
Steve O'Neil robs the stage and kidnaps Nita to keep Lopez from doing the same. Then he and Buckshot head for Lopez's hideout for a showdown. The townspeople head after them not knowing what they will find. (imdb)
The Apache Kid
Walker and Barter have a government contract to build a road. When the payroll arrives, their gang robs the stage enabling them to pay the workers in almost worthless scrip. Pete Dawson becomes the Apache Kid robbing the stage ahead of the gang and seeing that the money gets to the Sheriff so the workers can be be paid in cash. (imdb)
Arizona Terrors
In a remake of Night Riders (1939), Madden has forged a phony Spanish land grant and gets crooked gambler Halliday to pose as the heir, Don Pedro. When it is declared legal, the Don's men start overtaxing the ranchers. Jim and sidekick Hardtack arrive and take up the fight by becoming the Ghost Riders that rob the Don's men to repay the ranchers. When Jim sees the Don he realizes he is a phony but must find proof to expose him. (imdb)
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe
After being framed for murder, Billy escapes jail with the help of his pals Jeff and Fuzzy. They travel to Santa Fe where they meet up again with Joe Benson, the man paid by Barton to lie at Billy's trial. This time Joe is framed for murder. (imdb)
Billy the Kid in Texas
Arriving in a lawless Texas town, Billy finds his old friend Fuzzy. When Billy stands up to Flash and his gang, he is made Sheriff. He and Fuzzy then set out to retrieve the money stolen by Flash and clear his brother Gil Cooper who is part of the gang. (imdb)
Billy the Kid Outlawed
In the first of the six films Bob Steele made in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series, gun law rules in Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1972, where Sam Daly and Pete Morgan operate a general store. Daly expects to be elected sheriff and he and Morgan intend to bring off a final big coup and then disappear. To further their plans, they have local ranchers such as the Bennett brothers killed. (imdb)
Billy the Kid Wanted
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and his pal Jeff (Dave O'Brien) help their friend Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) escape from jail, and the trio heads for Paradise Valley, where they find the Paradise Land Development Company, ran by Matt Brawley (Glenn Strange) and Jack Saunders (Charles King), is somewhat less than honest in their dealings with the homesteaders. They devise a plan to cause a split between Brawley and Saunders. (imdb)
Billy the Kid\
Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff are on the run from the law again. This time they travel to a new town where Fuzzy is made Marshal. But Hardy and his outlaw gang control the town and none of the previous Marshals survived for very long. (imdb)
Billy the Kid\
Escaping from the law once again, Billy, Fuzzy, and Jeff ride to the ranch of Jeff's uncle only to find another family living their. They soon learn of Cobb Allen's scheme where he sells a ranch, makes sure the rancher can't pay off his note, kicks him out, and resells the ranch. But Billy has a plan to recover the ranchers' money and he sends Fuzzy to town with a fake map to a gold treasure. (imdb)
Billy the Kid\
Williams is out to stop Ellen Goreham from completing her road that is under construction and is using a man to impersonate Billy the Kid. When Billy sees the wanted posters and learns of the murders he supposedly committed, he sets out to find the imposter. His sidekick Fuzzy is there to help him but his friend Jeff, now a Marshal, is also after him. (imdb)
Billy the Kid\
Knowing the Army is arriving to establish a post. Doc Hagan and his gang and the crooked Sheriff are trying to drive the ranchers off the land. When the gang wound a rancher, the Doc finishes him off with his needle. Running from the law again, Billy and his pals arrive and take up the ranchers fight. But when Billy's pal Jeff is wounded, Fuzzy unknowningly takes him to Doc Hagan. (imdb)
The Black Lash
Having sent Duce Rago to prison in 'Frontier Revange (1948) ', Lash finds he's out and his outlaw gang are at it again. This time he has the Lawyer Leonard and Joan to help him out and Lash and Fuzzy must bring him in once more. (imdb)
Blazing Frontier
In the 19th and last of the PRC "Billy the Kid" series (first six with Bob Steele and last 13 with Buster Crabbe), a feud develops between the settlers and the railroad detectives in Red Rock Valley. Clem Barstow sends for Billy the Kid and Fuzzy Jones to help. Buster suspects that Ward Tragg, chief of the railroad detectives, and Luther Sharp, land agent for the Western Railroad Company, are defrauding the settlers without the knowledge or sanction of the company. (imdb)
Border Badmen
Fuzzy thinks he is the heir to a millionaire's fortune. When he and his friend Billy go to claim it, they encounter a swindler who wants the estate for himself. (imdb)
Border Feud
Barton has initiated a feud between the Hart's and the Condon's. Sheriff St.John sends for Marshal Davis who arrives posing as the outlaw sent for by Barton. When Barton learns of Cheyenne's true identity, he uses a fake wanted poster to incite the townsmen to lynch him. (MDb)
Call of the Yukon
A fur trader guides a writer and her animals to safety in the Yukon territory when wolves are about to attack. (imdb)
Border Round-Up
In this 10th film of PRC's "Lone Rider" series, crooked banker Masters learns from rancher Jeff Sloane that he and his partner, Sourdough, have discovered a gold mine. Masters has his henchman Blackie and his gang, kill Sourdough and take Sloane a prisoner to force him to reveal the location of the gold strike. (imdb)
Cattle Stampede
Billy the Kid (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy Jones (Al St. John) are on their way out of Arizona being chased by some riders who hope to cash in on the reward money for their capture. They are warned in time by Ed Dawson (Hansel Warner), but Ed is wounded in the getaway. They get a doctor (John Elliott) to attend to Ed. The latter tells them there is a range war in progress across the border and that he is looking for men to help make a cattle drive to the rail junction. (imdb)
Billy the Kid\
When Sheriff Hanley sends for Billy and his pals, they arrive to find him murdered and Ed Slade temporary Sheriff. When henchman try to wreck the newpaper they take up the fight. First they get Fuzzy to run for Sheriff. Then Billy gets a confession from Slade as to the Sheriff's killer. On election day with the newspaper once again wrecked, they try to get out a paper with Slade's confession. (imdb)
The Daltons\
The Dalton gang has moved west taking new identities and Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are after them. They receive help from Pinkerton agent Joan Talbot as they try to sort out who the bad guys really are. (imdb)
The Dance of Life
A vaudeville comic and a pretty young dancer aren't having much luck in their separate careers, so they decide to combine their acts. In order to save money on the road, they get married. Soon their act begins to catch on, and they find themselves booked onto Broadway. They also realize that they actually are in love with each other, but just when things are starting to look up, the comic starts to let success go to his head. (imdb)
Dead Man\
Jim Thorton, having found gold, has sent for Lash. But when he and Fuzzy arrive they find him dead. Lash knows that Conway and his gang are involved but that they have a boss. Lash thinks he knows who it is and sets a trap to flush him out. (imdb)
Death Rides the Plains
Gowdey's scheme is to repeatedly sell a ranch by mail and to tell the buyer to bring the money in cash. His men then kill the buyer and keep the cash. But when he sells a ranch to Luke Jones, Jones asks his cousin Fuzzy to join him and Fuzzy brings Rocky Cameron and that spells trouble for Gowdey. (imdb)
Devil Riders
A crooked lawyer and his gang are trying to steal some government land meant for a stagecoach company. The company hires a cowboy to stop them. (imdb)
The Drifter
A Robin Hood-type outlaw (Buster Crabbe) rides the range and helps others. Another outlaw who looks just like him (also played by Crabbe) tries to cash in on the other outlaw's reputation. (imdb)
Fighting Bill Carson
Clay Allison (I. Stanford Jolley) engineers the Texas legislature into authorizing a bill establishing a bank in the territory---not that far-fetched of a premise for those who have observed the workings of the meet-every-other-year Texas legislature---so that he can get all the ranchers' money and savings into one accessible pile for he and his gang to take off with. Bill Carson (Buster Crabbe) and pal Fuzzy Jones (Al St. (imdb)
The Fighting Deputy
The Sheriff and his deputies are after Scar Adams. Scar is the brother of Alice Denton, the girl Deputy Tom plans to marry, and when the Sheriff is wounded she makes Tom refuse the job of Sheriff. But when Scar kills his father, Tom puts on the badge and takes out after him. (imdb)
The Fighting Vigilantes
Taylor's men are robbing incoming supply wagons to enable Taylor to sell goods at inflated prices. The Vigilantes led by Frank Jackson are doing the same so the ranchers won't starve. Marshals Lash and Fuzzy arrive to try and find the real culprits. (imdb)
Frontier Outlaws
Billy Carson, looking for rustlers, kills Bradley in a gun fight. Arrested, the judge finds him innocent but jails him anyway. When the rustling resumes he is released and posing as a Mexican cattle buyer he hopes to trap the culprits. (imdb)
The Frontier Phantom
In the finale of the Lash LaRue series, Lash is arrested. Suspected of being the Frontier Phantom, he tries to prove his true identity by telling the Sheriff the story of his twin brother, the Phantom. His sidekick as always is Fuzzy Q. Jones as St.John ends his 40 year movie career. (imdb)
Frontier Revenge
Marshals Lash and Fuzzy are sent to get the goods on Duce Rago. To join Rago's gang, Lash decides to pose as an outlaw by wearing the known belt buckle of a notorious outlaw. (imdb)
Frontier Scout
After fighting in the Civil War, Wild Bill Hickok and Whiney head west to investigate missing cattle herds. There they meet their war buddy Norris who is now in the cattle business. When he is unable to explain the missing herds, Bill goes into action. (imdb)
Fugitive of the Plains
Billy the Kid learns that someone in Red Rock is impersonating him, causing a warrant to be issued for his arrest. On the way there he and Fuzzy Jones witness a hold-up by a gang of outlaws led by Kate Shelly and Billy decides to join the gang in order to clear his name. Kate sends Billy to rob the stagecoach and then has the sheriff tipped off so that Billy will be caught. (imdb)
Fuzzy Settles Down
Wishing to settle down, Fuzzy uses his reward money to buy a newspaper. He then raises money for the new telegraph line. When it is stolen, Barlowe incites the towns people to hang him. But his pal Billy Carson is at work to clear him (imdb)
Gangster\
Black is after both Taylor's saloon and the Lane ranch. Fuzzy takes the gold from his and Billy's mine and buys Taylor's saloon. This puts him and Billy in conflict with Black and his gang. (imdb)
Gentlemen with Guns
While Fuzzy is waiting for his mail order bride, McCallister frames him for murder. McCallister then advises Matilda to marry Fuzzy so she will get the money when he is hung. But Billy breaks up the wedding and goes after the real killer. (imdb)
Ghost of Hidden Valley
Dawson is running rustled cattle across the abandoned Trenton ranch and has given it the reputation of a ghost ranch to keep people away. When Henty Tenton arrives from England to take over the ranch, Dawson tries to get rid of him. But Billy and Fuzzy are on hand to help Henry and it's not long before they have to go into action. (imdb)
Gunsmoke Trail
Learning of Walters' inheritance, Larson kills him and assumes his identity. When Larson's men try to kill Walter's niece Lola, Jack Lane breaks it up. This leads to a showdown with Jack outnumbered by Larson and his gang. Having saved Loma's life earlier, he has Fuzzy ride for him and his men. (imdb)
His Brother\
Thorne and his gang are wiping out the ranchers. When they get to the Jones ranch they wound Andy. When he dies Billy Carson has his brother Fuzzy become Andy's ghost. They then set out to bring in the gang. (imdb)
I\
A sleepy hay-seed filled Arkansas town gets spotlight fever when a local sow bears an unprecedented 10 piglets. (allrovi.com)
Jesse James, Jr.
The telegraph is coming to Sundown and Martin, Carson, and the crooked Sheriff are out to stop it. But Johnny Barrett is there to help bring it in and he is assisted by the bicycle riding Pop Sawyer. (imdb)
The Kid Rides Again
Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank and then incite a run on the bank knowing Ainsley does not have enough money. (imdb)
Bridge Wives
Bridge Wives (1932) - Short Film
Mrs. Smith is participating in a marathon bridge tournament, and Mr. Smith has become anxious and desperate as a result. (imdb)
Police Court
A once great stage and screen actor (Henry B. Walthall) has fallen from fame because of his alcoholism; his young son (Leon Janney) is determined to see his father "make good" again. (imdb)
Honeymoon Trio
This Educational Comedies one-reeler is all about Walter Catlett in his obnoxious mode as he somehow imposes himself completely on Al St. John and Dorothy Granger as they go on their honeymoon. Dorothy never seems to notice anything odd about this situation -- which renders it all the funnier -- while Al St. John builds up quite a head of steam in what amounts to a ten-minute slow burn, worthy of Edgar Kennedy at his best. (imdb)
Buzzin\
Fatty invents a liquid with flubber-like properties which makes objects resilient and unbreakable. Unfortunately, in his rush to get out of the house to demonstrate his invention, he unknowingly grabs a jar of moonshine instead of the jar which holds his wonder liquid. To make matters worse, as he drives to the demonstration, a football-sized beehive falls from a tree onto the cargo bed of his truck . . . (imdb)
The Oklahoma Cyclone
Jimmy Henderson is looking for his missing father. Suspecting McKim, he joins his gang posing as the outlaw the Oklahoma Cyclone. The gang members take a dislike to him except for Slim who becomes his friend, a friend he will need when the showdown begins. (imdb)
Two Fresh Eggs
Slapstick comedy with St. John and Jimmy Aubrey dropping dishes in a restaurant with two patrons, one boss and a floor show of eight. There's singing and dancing too. (imdb)
Hell Harbor
Lovely Anita dreams of escaping the monotony of her island home and sailing to bustling Havana. But when her abusive father promises her to the greasy local merchant, Anita does everything in her power to make her dream a reality. (imdb)
Shot in the Excitement
Keystone short about two suitors getting into an increasingly, cartoonishly violent fight over a woman. (imdb)
Those Country Kids
Those Country Kids is a 1914 short comedy film starring Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, and directed by Fatty Arbuckle. (en.wikipedia.org)
Our Dare-Devil Chief
A gang of thieves continually threaten or attempt to kill the Mayor, always setting up the bumbling Chief of Police as the culprit. The Chief's very friendly relationship with the Mayor's wife doesn't help. When the Mayor's valuables are stolen the Chief is given a chance to redeem himself. (imdb)
When Love Took Wings
Three men in love with the same woman contend with each other and with her father, until one of them takes her on an airplane in an attempt to elope with her. (imdb)
Fatty and Mabel\
Fatty is a farm hand at Mabel's father's place. He and Mabel love each other, but dad wants to marry Mabel off to the landowner's son in exchange for tearing up the mortgage. When Mabel and Fatty find out dad's plan, they elope, pursued by dad, the hopeful suitor, and the local constables. (imdb)
Fatty\
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires. (imdb)
The Waiters\
Fatty and Al are competing to take the same girl to the Waiters' Ball, but the formal dress requirement presents a problem: Fatty owns a tuxedo, but Al does not. (imdb)
Bombs!
Bombs! (1916) - Short Film
A World War 1 slapstick comedy from Keystone. (imdb)
He Did and He Didn\
A doctor, very much in love with his beautiful wife, comes to suspect that her visiting childhood friend Jack is more than just a friend. Jack's intentions are honorable, but everything he does tends to show his actions in a suspicious light, especially when burglars invade the house and Jack and the wife are caught together in their nightclothes. (imdb)
The Grab Bag Bride
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, but the husky young man who is supposed to be Arbuckle is pretty much of a nullity. Al is a money-hungry villain, up to no good and achieving no good end. (imdb)
Trouble
Trouble (1920) - Short Film
A slapstick comedy featuring Al St. John. (imdb)
The Paper Hangers
Even the story is pretty much a retread of something out of a lesser Keystone from 1915. They eat paste. They make a general mess and they get involved with a mad anarchist named D.E. Stroy (get it?) who was to blow up everything -- his motive seems to be to produce more gags for the movie. (imdb)
His First Car
Al St. John buys a touring car and takes his extended family on a disastrous trip. (imdb)
Riders of the Desert
The Rangers in New Mexico are being disbanded but Bob Houston gets them to make one more ride. They go after the outlaw gang led by Hashknife. They catch Hashknife, but he escapes taking Barbara with him and Bob and Slim have to go after him again. (imdb)
Public Stenographer
A stenographer who works at a large hotel finds herself caught in the middle of a major swindle. (imdb)
The Iron Mule
In 1830, a train known as the Iron Mule is loaded with passengers, and starts off on its trip. Along the way, the train faces numerous obstacles and delays. The engineer is prepared for most of them, but the real challenges come when the train is ambushed by Indians. (imdb)
Curses
Curses (1925) - Short Film
When Buttonshoe Bill steals some papers from Buckwheat Ben, and kidnaps Ben's daughter, Rodney Hemingway comes to the rescue. (imdb)
Listen Lena
Listen Lena (1927) - Short Film
Al St John loves Lena, but he also loves to sleep. Will he get out of bed soon enough to take Lena from his dull rival, so he can have an argument with the girl where he cries "LISTEN, LENA"? Or will he roll back over, and later get busted by a mean cop for sleepwalking in his bed clothes? (imdb)
Hot or Cold
Hot or Cold (1928) - Short Film
Al St. John starring in "Hot or Cold (1928)", a Mermaid Comedies. (youtube.com)
She Goes to War
A young woman disguises herself as a man and follows her fiancéé into the trenches during World War I to find out what war is really like. (imdb)
Trigger Tom
Tom Hilton and Stub Macey are heading to the Jergenson ranch to buy his cattle. But Jeckyl and Sheriff Slater control the cattle market forcing the ranchers to buy at their price and they intend to keep the newcomers out. (imdb)
Midnight Phantom
A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops. (imdb)
The Law of 45\
Lawyer Rontel has made Geologist Sheffield his prisoner and by power of attorney is using his money to buy the ranches of those driven off by his hired men. But when he goes after Hayden, Tucson and Stoney arrive and things begin to change. (imdb)
A Reckless Romeo
Roscoe flirts with a girl in the park. Later he takes his wife and mother-in-law to the movies only to see his flirtation showing on the screen. (imdb)
West of Nevada
When a gang tries to rob Haldain, Jim and Walla Walla break it up. Haldain is carrying stuffed animals and Jim's suspicion that they are stuffed with gold is soon confirmed. The gang's boss is banker Cutting and he is after Haldain's gold. He also receives Jim's mail at his bank and changes one of Jim's letters to make it look like Jim is after the gold. His sends Haldain's daughter after her father thereby leading the gang to the secret gold field. (imdb)
The Millionaire Kid
The Millionaire Kid is young Tommy Neville whose wealthy parents, Thomas and Gloria Neville are preparing to fight it out in divorce court.Tommy runs away from home. The private detective assigned to watch him tells Mrs. Neville he has been kidnapped. She immediately suspects her husband. Meanwhile, Tommy is selling newspapers in another city. He is attacked by a bully, and is rescued by gangster Terry Mallon and his daughter Kitty. Unaware of his identity, they take him to their beach home. (imdb)
Along the Sundown Trail
Both Lawrence and Salter are mine owners. Salter has planted men at Lawrence's mine and when Lawrence ships his high grade ore, they switch it with Salter's worthless ore. Obtaining ore samples from both mines, Marshal Lee Powell figures out the scheme and he and his deputies Art and Bill go after the bad guys. (imdb)
His Wife\
His Wife's Mistakes is a 1916 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. (en.wikipedia.org)
Beyond the Law
A border saloon - half in California, half in Nevada - is a hangout for frontier gangs. (imdb)
A Scrap of Paper
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle confronts the Kaiser in his headquarters, and tells him that he will be be defeated by "scraps of paper," i.e. War Bonds. (imdb)
Out of Place
Out of Place (1922) - Short Film
Directed by and stars Al St. John and the first half is a little below average. It's a variation on the sort of rustic comedies his uncle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, used to star in with Mabel Normand almost a decade earlier. The gags, while reasonable and appropriate, are, like the cows, milked too much. The pretty girl is swinging on a swing, reading a newspaper and knocks four of her suitors and her father into the water, with a long, slow-motion shot of them plunging into the depths. (imdb)
Dynamite Doggie
Al wants to elope with his girlfriend, but her dog Pete disrupts the plan. (imdb)
Fire Away
Fire Away (1925) - Short Film
Nominally about attempts to steal a gold mine, the movie starts out with the air of a realistic comedy, then immediately descends into a series of perfectly timed gags which made me goggle at their improbability -- not the sort of thing you normally think of in a slapstick comedy. Very quickly the unerring ability of ropes to loop themselves around tree roots, stopping Al from plummeting to his death or an explosion to drop him on a bull came to make me goggle again.
Lover\
Lover's Luck (1914) - Short Film
A Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle Keystone comedy.
Fatty\
Fatty's Jonah Day is a 1914 short comedy film directed by and starring Fatty Arbuckle. (en.wikipedia.org)
Crossed Love and Swords
It's love among the elite in this Keystone from 1915, in which normal-looking people in well-fitting clothes go through the same sort of hi-jinks that the hoi polloi do. It's a couple of minutes before the first weird mustache appears and it took me twice that to recognize that bright eyed, lanky girl with the snub nose as Louise Fazenda.
Droppington\
Pa Droppington sneaks out of the house to go to the theatre. Amid comic capers he is smitten by a dancer. Meanwhile his son is telling Ma that he's in love with a dancer! She is not happy but he takes her to the theatre (for her birthday). She sees hubby and chases him around, he's also chased by another performer. The son calls a clergyman, Pa saves the girl and they marry at the end. (imdb)
Exposed
A magazine reporter exposes a crooked District Attorney, resulting in his trial. Complications ensue, however, when the man is acquitted. (imdb)
Western Knights
Western Slapstick. A good chance to see Al St. John moving into the western comedy sidekick that would be his bread and butter role for the next twenty years. Also, it's a rare screen opportunity for Addie McPhail, Roscoe Arbuckle's wife and therefore Al's aunt.
Sing, Cowboy, Sing
Kalmus is after the freight contract held by Summers. When his gang kill Summers, Tex and Duke step in to help Madge keep the freight line going. When they foil the gang's further attempts, Kalmus gets the Judge to jail the two. (imdb)
A Lawman Is Born
An outlaw falsely accused of murder realizes the only way to clear himself is to become a lawman. (imdb)
King of the Bullwhip
Marshals Lash and Fuzzy have been sent to bring in the masked whip wielding El Azote. When Lash displays his ability with his whip, he is hired to impersonate El Azote. This eventually brings the two together for the climatic whip fight. (imdb)
Knight of the Plains
Peterson has a plan to obtain all the ranches in the valley. He gives Carson a phony Spanish land grant and has him pose as the Mexican owner. When Fred and Fuzzy have their cattle stolen by Peterson's men, they quickly become involved in the scheme. (imdb)
Law and Order
In this entry in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series (aka "Billy the Kid in Law and Order" but known nowhere as "Billy the Kid's Law and Order") Billy the Kid and his pals Jeff Travis and Fuzzy Jones, are arrested and brought to Ft. Culver, where Billy is amazed to discover that he and the post commander, Lt. Ted Morrison, are exact doubles. (imdb)
Law of the North
Hanley shoots a man and then frames Bill Roberts. Being the Judge he then holds court planning to hang Bill but Bill's friends effect his escape. Andy tries to lead Hanley astray by misleading him as to Bill's location. But Bill changes plans and Hanley catches up with him and this leads to the showdown. (imdb)
Law of the Saddle
Kinney's racket is to get elected Sheriff, let his outlaw gang clean up, and then move on to another town. The Lone Rider Rocky Cameron is called in and he is able to catch up with Kinney. But Kinney frames Rocky for murder and Rocky finds himself in jail. (imdb)
Lightning Raiders
Hayden is after the rancher's land. He lends them money and then to stop repayment, he has his henchmen rob the stage of the anxiously awaited money. But Billy and Fuzzy recover the letters before they are burned, and Billy, reading the letters, comes to believe the towns leading citizen Hayden is the culprit. (imdb)
The Lone Rider Ambushed
The Lone Rider Tom assumes a former outlaw's identity (Keno) to learn where the gold from his last big heist is hidden. He tries to get the info from Blackie Dawson, but Blackie gets suspicious. (imdb)
The Lone Rider and the Bandit
The famous bandit Joaquin Murieta has reappeared and Sheriff Smoky has sent for Tom Cameron. When Tom poses as Murieta, he learns that Corbett is the fake Murieta and Miller is the boss. But Tom's plan to trap Miller goes awry when Miller sees through his Murieta disguise and has him and his pals Fuzzy and Smoky jailed to await hanging the next day, (imdb)
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio
Hiding from outlaws in Mexico, Tom and Fuzzy help a Mexican official's son by faking his kidnapping (the boy's father disapproves of his affair with a cabaret singer). When the kid is really kidnapped, our heroes get blamed. (imdb)
The Lone Rider Fights Back
Tom infiltrates a gang of outlaws and soon internal bickering yields the information he seeks about who murdered his buddy. (imdb)
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne
Tom attempts to clear the name of a man who has been wrongfully accused of murdering a prison guard. (imdb)
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury
A cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a local rancher. (imdb)
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town
Tom and Fuzzy investigate a ghost town which, in this case, is supposedly haunted by real ghosts. The town is an outlaw gang's hideout, and they scare folks away to protect their mine. (imdb)
The Lone Rider Rides On
Tom Cameron is after the man that killed his parents when he was a boy. Obtaining a deed from a family killed just like his, he runs into trouble with Mitchell whose men committed the murder. Accused of the murder by Mitchell, he is quickly tried and convicted and the Judge he recognizes as the man he is looking for. (imdb)
Mark of the Lash
When Taggart closes off the rancher's water supply, Lash LaRue is sent for. Learning he is arriving, Taggart sends his gang to kill him. But they get the wrong man and Lash and Fuzzy set out to bring Taggart in. But he not only controls the town but has also appointed himself Sheriff. (imdb)
Marked Men
Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona small town. But his hopes of happiness and freedom are dashed when gangster Joe Mallon and his four henchmen show up. Mallon was the one who engineered Bill into the frame-up felony that sent him to prison along with Mallon. Bill is forced to lead Mallon and his men into an escape attempt across the blistering, sun-scorched desert. (imdb)
Melody of the Plains
When Cass and his gang attack Steve Condon and his trail herders, it apears that Steve kills his own man Bud. Later when Steve and Fuzzy take jobs on Langley's ranch, they find that Bud was his son. Cass and Scar are after Langley's cattle and to get rid of Steve they tell Langley that he shot his son. (imdb)
A Missouri Outlaw
The Sheriff is fighting Roberts and his crooked Protective Association. When he jails two of Roberts henchman, Roberts breaks them out and shoots him. The Sheriff's son Cliff then goes after his father's killer. He knows who the four men at the jail were and the unusual caliber bullet that was used. He runs them down one at a time until only Roberts is left. (imdb)
Love Nest on Wheels
Buster, the eldest son in a family of hillbillies who manage a hotel, attempts to raise money to save the hotel from foreclosure. (imdb)
Billy the Kid: Sheriff of Sage Valley
Billy and his pals, on the run from the law again, travel to Sage Valley where Billy is made Sheriff. The local outlaw gang is run by Kansas Ed who closely resembles Billy. Ed captures Billy and changing clothes with him, now plans to run the town as Sheriff.
His Taking Ways
His Taking Ways is one of four films made for Biff Comedies, owned by independent producer Samuel Bischoff. Al St. John plays a hearing-impaired burglar who bumbles his way through a suburban break-in. One wonders how a criminal of such incompetence could be responsible for a "200 per cent" increase in burglary, but the premise is just an excuse for St. John to obliviously destroy household furnishings.
Aloha
In the South Seas, a half-caste island girl refuses to follow tradition and marry a fellow islander, instead falling in love with a white man and heir to an American fortune. (imdb)
Friendly Neighbors
The Weaver Brothers hit the road and taste the hobo's life in this, the sixth, entry in the eleven-film "Weaver Brothers and Elviry" comedy-drama series. The singing hayseed family's journey begins when a drought destroys their farm. The young travelers soon hook up with a band of tramps and end up in a small town that has been nearly destroyed by the floods that occasionally roar through it. The Weavers' are moved by the townsfolk's plight and so decide to stay a spell and help out. (allmovie.com)
Songs and Bullets
Melody arrives looking for the killer of his uncle and at the same time Dumont arrives looking for the murderer of her father. They both suspect Skelton and Dumont finds incriminating evidence in his office. But when Melody finds the murder weapon in Skelton's office he is arrested by Shelton's stooge Sheriff. (imdb)
Texas Terrors
Bob Millbourne watches as his family is murdered by Blake and his gang, who want to gain control of their gold claim. Before his father dies, Bob promises him to refrain from resorting to violence if he can fight Blake legally. True to his promise, Bob studies law and returns years later under the assumed name of Bob Mills to find the man who murdered his parents.
Lovemania
Lovemania (1924) - Short Film
This is an unusual farce comedy combining all the fast action, speed and thrills of the slapstick with the surprises of the farce. Main actor and director Al St. John was the nephew of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and considered as a wonderful pantomimist and an acrobat. The film was actually directed anonymously by his uncle.
Oklahoma Terror
Cartwright's racket is to sell a ranch and then have Mason and his men drive the ranchers away so he can resell it. If they want their money back he gives it to them and then has them killed. Jack arrives and learns that Mason and his men are the culprits but that they have a boss. He suspects Cartwright and sets trap to expose him. (imdb)
Trigger Pals
Kent wants the Allen ranch. So he has Steve and his men rustle their cattle using Pete as an informant. When the Trigger Pals Lucky, Stormy, and Fuzzy fight back, Kent frames Stormy for the rustling. (imdb)
Murder on the Yukon
Unknown to Joan Manning, her trading post partner Weathers is operating a counterfeiting ring. When miner Jim Smithers brings his gold dust in, Weathers pays him off in counterfeit money. Jim's drunken brother, Bill, comes to the post and Weathers hears him say that Jim is leaving the area for good. Weathers sends Hawks to kill Jim and retrieve the bogus money. (imdb)
Buster Keaton: From Silents to Shorts
A documentary short included as an extra with "The Buster Keaton Collection".
Stagecoach Express
Ellen has the contract for the South West Stage Line through the panhandle. Her father had the run for years and Haney, who runs the office, worked for him. But Ellen does not know that Haney is in league with Elkins and they want the stage line so they can rob the gold shipments. All they need do is stop the stage and end her contract, but that is not easy with Dave driving for Ellen. (imdb)
The Roaming Cowboy
Two cowboys come upon a boy whose father has just been murdered. They promise to help find his killers. (imdb)
Life in Hollywood No. 2
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.
A Bird\
Since his in-laws are coming for dinner, Mr. Walrus is to buy a turkey. Instead, he loses the money on a raffle, meaning no money for the turkey. Meanwhile, Mr. Walrus' neighbor, Mr. Spegle, takes a chance on the raffle and loses, but cheats his competitor, a foreigner, from the prize, which is a turkey. Because of the wrath he is receiving from Mrs. Walrus for no turkey, Mr. Walrus goes to any length to get a bird for dinner. (imdb)
Outlaws of Boulder Pass
Harkness controls Boulder Pass and his men are overcharging the ranches for its usage. When Tom Cameron steps in to rob the tollgate keepers and return the money to the ranchers, he gets caught. (IMDB User (Maurice VanAuken))
The Mysterious Rider
Escaping from the Marshal, Billy and Fuzzy ride to Laramy only to find it a ghost town. Sykes and his gang have driven people away while they look for the gold mine of a man they have killed. Billy hopes to straighten things out, but is in more trouble when his true identity becomes known. (imdb)
Raiders of Red Gap
When a gang attacks his ranch and kills one of his ranch hands, Jim Roberts gets together with his neighbors to fight the Bennett Cattle Co., whom they are sure is behind the attacks in a scheme to drive them off their land so they can get it for themselves, then build packing plants so they don't have to spend the money to ship cattle back east. When they hear about the neighbors' plans to resist, the company hires professional killer Butch Crane to stop them. (imdb)
Western Cyclone
Randall is trying to get the Governor impeached so he can take over control of the state. Knowing the Governor and Billy are good friends, he has Billy framed for murder. Fuzzy finds the shell and Billy sees it has a peculiar mark. Now they have to find the owner of that gun. (imdb)
Wolves of the Range
Dorn is after the rancher's land and is trying to stop Banker Brady from helping them. When his man Hammond kills Brady, there is a run on the bank. When Rocky volunteers to ride to the next town for money, he is ambushed by Dorn's men, loses his memory, and is jailed for supposedly stealing the money. (imdb)
The Voice of Hollywood
If you enjoy playing "Spot the Stars", this is the sort of short you'd enjoy. It's full of then-well-known Hollywood players, identified by name, who run through routines. This one, produced by Tiffany, is not particularly good as people run through canned bits, sometimes without much enthusiasm. Robert Woolsey plays a game a solitaire and it's hard to tell whether his bit was written that way or he improvised it to reflect his feelings.
Saturday\
College football player is expelled for ticket scalping, and teams up with reporter to expose his school's hypocrisy.
Ship Ahoy
Al St. John tries to kill himself, but ends up trying to save a poor girl from a nasty crook.
Jungle Heat
Jungle Heat (1927) - Short Film
Our comic hero gets involved with comic dogs before he gets to the hotel, where the owner of another pooch (the animals are well trained) proves to be the father of fetching Hutton. Al finds himself competing with the great white hunter and preventing his chum tumbling down a cliff in the leaf house strapped to the real elephant's back.
Wild Horse Phantom
A lawman stages a prison break so a gang of imprisoned robbers will lead him to their hidden loot.
Shadows of Death
With the railroad coming to Red Rock, trouble is expected and Billy has been sent ot help his friend Fuzzy who is the town's Sheriff, Judge, and barber. When the man that sent Billy is murdered and the railroad location map stolen, broken match sticks point to Vic Landreau. While Billy tries to find the missing map, Landreau suspects Billy is on to him and plans to have him killed.
Rustlers\
Bringing a herd of cattle to Dave Crockett, Billy halts before going through the pass where many herds have been rustled. He is right as there are two men after Crockett's ranch and packing plant which will be theirs if Crockett fails to pay off his note. When their attempt to get Crockett's son in financial trouble is broken up by Billy and their men fail to rustle the herd, they then poison the water hole.
Overland Riders
Billy arrives to buy Barkley's cattle and gets involved in Landreau's scheme to get Barkley's ranch. When Landreau kills Barkley he takes the money Billy paid him. But Billy had been wounded earlier and blood got on the money. Billy suspects Landreau and needs to get into his safe and see his money.
Terrors on Horseback
When Fuzzy's niece is killed in a stage holdup, Billy and Fuzzy go after the killers. They catch Tryon only to have him shot before he can talk. When Gordon confesses he is also killed. But Billy has a plan. He announces Gordon is alive and will shortly name the killer. (imdb)
The Renegade
This 18th entry, of 19, in PRC's "Billy the Kid" series (first six starring Bob Steele and the last 13 with Buster Crabbe) finds town banker John Martin (Karl Hackett) calling on Billy (Buster Crabbe) and Fuzzy (Al St. John) for help in capturing the men that robbed his bank. Billy figures that sooner or later some of the money will be put in circulation and, through the serial numbers, the outlaws can be identified.
Thundering Gun Slingers
When Billy Carson's uncle is lynched as a supposed rustler, Billy arrives looking for the murderers. He finds that Steve Kirby holds a forged note on his Uncle's ranch. When Kirby sees that Billy means trouble for him, he has him framed for murder. Then just as he is inciting the mob to lynch him, Billy's new friend Doc Jones is trying to break him out of jail.
Outlaws of the Plains
A gang of swindlers led by Nord Finner take advantage of simple-minded Fuzzy Jones by "advising" him through a "mysterious voice" which he believes is that of a deceased Indian chief. Fuzzy persuades his fellow townsmen to join him in buying worthless property, but Billy Carson comes trotting onto the scene. (imdb)
Stagecoach Outlaws
Kirby sends his henchmen to break killer Matt Brawley out of jail. But Brawley has already broken out and they return with Fuzzy instead. Realizing they think he's Brawley, Fuzzy plays the part. He and Bill plan to round up the gang but Fuzzy is in trouble when the real Brawley shows up to expose the hoax.
Prairie Rustlers
Billy Carson is accused of the crimes committed by his dead-ringer, outlaw cousin, Jim Slade, and barely escapes a lynching. With the aid of his pal, Fuzzy Jones, Billy catches up with his cousin and clears his own name.
Prairie Badmen
Medicine show proprietor Doc Lattimer has in his possession a map showing the location of a cache of stolen gold. His son Don favors keeping the gold rather than returning it to the express company to which it rightfully belongs, and steals the map, only to find himself menaced by outlaw leader Cal and his gang.
My Dog Shep
An orphan boy on his way to live with his uncle picks up a stray dog, and the two become fast friends. However, the uncle doesn't want the dog, and when chickens are found dead, the uncle accuses the dog of killing them. The boy decides that it's time he and the dog hit the road so they run away, and meet up with an elderly man who also ran away from a home where he believed he wasn't wanted either.
Pinto Rustlers
Tom Evans is a young cowboy orphaned by a band of rustlers. Seeking revenge, Tom pretends to be a notorious ex-con and manages to worm his way into the gang in order to get the goods on the bunch.
Camping Out
Camping Out (1919) - Short Film
Fatty is the suffering spouse who comes home every night to an empty house and a neglectful wife. His wife is furious when she discovers Fatty is cheating on her with a neglected wife.
Pioneer Justice
Judd and his gang are driving the ranchers away. When Lash and Fuzzy arrest them, the Sheriff lets them go. Lash expected this and he hopes to follow them to their leader, the person he is really after.
Return of the Lash
To fight Kirby and his gang, Tom Grant sends for Cheyenne Davis. To get money the ranchers need, Davis brings in wanted outlaws and sends Fuzzy to collect the rewards. But Fuzzy is waylaid on the return and loses his memory. Now neither Cheyenne or the outlaws know where the money is.
Stage to Mesa City
Lash and Fuzzy sent to help John Watson with his stage line arrive to find him murdered. Recognizing the outlaws they trail them to their leader Baxter. But before Baxter can tell who the big boss is he is shot. After getting the stage through to assure the mail contract, Lash now realizes who the boss is.
Outlaw Country
The Marshal sends Lash and Fuzzy south of the border where McCord runs a smuggling operation. His chief henchman, known as the Frontier Phantom, is Lash's brother and it's not long before the two brothers meet.
Son of Billy the Kid
It's twenty years after Pat Garrett supposedly killed Billy the Kid. In this version Billy survived and is now a respected banker. Outlaws are after the money in his bank but a whip carrying man dressed in black arrives to help him out and his name just happens to be Garrett.
Son of a Badman
Marshals Lash LaRue and Fuzzy Jones are after the mysterious masked outlaw 'El Sombre' and his men. The job becomes more difficult when they find the Sheriff is in cahoots with the outlaws.
Stupid, But Brave
A man is offered a great job, but with two drawbacks: it's on the other side of the country, and he has to be there by a certain date--and he's broke. He sets out anyway, and along the way gets tangled up with escaped convicts and long-distance runners.
Texas Justice
Nora's gang, posing as Padres, are rustling cattle. Tom Cameron suspects the Padres are fakes and to find out what the gang is up to next, he arrives at their mission posing as a Padre.
The Thundering Trail
Lash and Fuzzy have been sent to escort the new Governor to the Capitol City. West and his outlaw gang are out to stop them. When Lash's first attempt is foiled, he realizes the Governor's supposedly deaf and dumb servant is the informant and sets a trap for the gang.
Unreal News Reel No. 2
A compilation of previously filmed material from earlier Fox Sunshine comedies.
A Son of the Plains
Brokaw, the Polka Dot Bandit, asks Farrell to help rob Wells Fargo. Farrell plans to capture Brokaw for the reward but is assumed to be one of the bandits and shot. Brent captures Brokaw, but Ann thinking her father is in on the robbery lets him go. Brent catches up with him only to be framed when the polka dot bandanna is found on his saddle.
The Vanishing Outpost
Walker is an undercover Pinkerton Agent and gets Lash and Fuzzy involved in cleaning up the Taggert. A mash up of old Lash films and other movies and released as an original film.
Mlle. Irene the Great
Al's in a tough spot when he finds out his fiancee's family are circus people. Things get complicated when Mom starts hallucinating that she's seeing the lions from her old circus act during the wedding.
Harem Scarem
Harem Scarem (1932) - Short Film
A Albert Ray directed comedy short starring Al St. John & Aileen Cook where Al tries to fix his inferiority complex by visiting a fortune teller.
High Sea Blues
Only the first reel is known to survive. Bill and Jennie marry over his aunt's objections. As the couple leaves on their honeymoon, his aunt shows up to chaperon. A luggage mix-up causes jealousy and suspicion.
The Door Knocker
Al St. John working as a door-to-door book salesman.
The Rangers\
Working undercover, the Rangers are after Bull and his gang. Ted successfully joins Dr. Aikmans traveling medicine show, but Jim's identity has been exposed and he is in danger.
High Spots
High Spots (1927) - Short Film
Life is just one thing after another for AI, the hard-working clerk in the grocery store. He waits on customers, settles disputes and "pinch-hits" as barber in the store's shop. Only reel two (with decomposition) exists.
Flaming Romance
The worthless son of a rich man spends most of his time in jail. His father throws a pen at a map telling him wherever the pen sticks he must go and make his fortune. The pen lands on the kingdom of Guatamazela. He arrives and is attracted by a pretty girl, who turns out to be the Princess. A revolution breaks out and Al takes refuge in the room of the Princess. When he hears men coming he dons her clothes. But the revolutionists succeed and come to hang the Princess.
Moonlight on the Range
Tom “Killer” Dane kills Jeff’s friend, who then pursues him. Jeff and Dane are look-alike half brothers, which allows Dane to make a raid dressed like Jeff. Jeff is arrested, but before Dane’s henchman can organize a lynch mob, Fuzzy breaks him out and Jeff heads after Dane again.