Billy Engle

Harry is a hobo, one step ahead of the law. After accidentally foiling a purse snatcher, he cadges a ride on a flatbed truck, is knocked out when a wax figure falls on him during the ride, and is carried into a museum by someone thinking he's another manikin. Inside, it takes him a while to figure out that he's among dummies. Then, two enterprising jewel thieves arrive to steal the museum director's priceless ruby. (imdb)

"Scorching Sands" is clearly not a P.C. Wren spoof. It was released a year before the novel "Beau Geste" was published and three years before the movie with Ronald Colman was produced. Instead, it's an overt parody of Ouida's "Under Two Flags." This novel had already been filmed several times by the time Stan Laurel spoofed it and audiences would have had no trouble recognizing the source of his parody. Here Laurel finds himself torn between a society lady and a sweetheart of the Legion. (imdb)

A parody version of "Rupert of Hentzau" (a version of "The Prisoner of Zenda") with Stan Laurel in the lead.

Inventor Ignatius Pollard develops a new "Pavement Polisher" to clean the streets, but a demonstration of the device does not go as planned. (imdb)

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. (imdb)

During the Alaska gold rush, a miner hits the mother lode, but a corrupt sheriff jumps his claim, leading to a tremendous fight. (imdb)

Earl Mohan and Billy Engle are paired in a Mutt & Jeff-style comedy.

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. (imdb)

Jimmie Adams, a comedian who bears a strong resemblance to comedian Charley Chase, stars as a man going to the hills of Tennessee to visit his kin. On the way, he meets a sweet lady and they hit it off well. However, they don't realize that both are coming to visit relatives who are in the middle of a serious feud. Instead of a warm welcome, her kin tries to blow his butt off and he is forced to make a run for it. Unfortunately, his relatives don't seem much nicer. (imdb)

A Al Christie comedy short featuring Jimmie Adams & Lorraine MacLean. (imdb)

An odd little one reel comedy starring Earl Mohan and Billy Engle, from the Hal Roach Studio. Directed by Tay Garnett.

Charley's boss insists that Charley come along with him. After all, the boss is stepping out with a woman and he's married and wants Charley along to provide cover. So, if they are caught, the wife will think the young woman is Charley's girl. Once there, he gets pulled into an attempt by a lady to make her husband (Noah Young) jealous. And, when the wife AND Charley's girlfriend arrive, things really heat up. (imdb)

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.

Jimmie Adams comedy produced by Al Christie.

Approximately only 1 minute and 49 seconds of footage survives from the film.

A shy cowboy is interested in the local school teacher, but must compete with a bully for her attention. (imdb)

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.

A young Swedish immigrant gets a job as a plumber's assistant. The problem is that he has absolutely no knowledge whatsoever of plumbing, or pretty much anything else. Complications ensue. (imdb)

Charley Chase (as Jimmy Jump) is hired as a chauffeur.

A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.

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.

'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.

A young cowboy takes a job at a ranch owned by two aging spinsters, unaware that both are completely in love with him.

Eddie Barry bewilders himself backstage at a show.

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.

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!

At Thanksgiving, a tramp arrives in a homeless-hostile town.

A novice learns to drive on a rental Ford to impress a girl.

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.

Vera Vague marries a man who is the twin-image of an escaped ax-murderer. The key word here is "escaped", as that guarantees that Vera will get involved with the ax-murderer thinking he is her husband.

To win his girl Gertie back, Freddie decides to climb a high mountain and challenge a world champion.

Comedy starring Jack Duffy and Anne Cornwall, featured in James Roots’ 100 Essential Film Comedies.

Fourth release in the "Confessions of a Chorus Girl" comedy series.

A gorgeous showgirl is hired as a lingerie model at a fashion show, and she is to introduce a designer's brand-new sexy teddy. However, the designer's jealous rival steals the garment just before the show. Complications ensue.

Charles Puffy and the cannibals.

A snooping reporter at a college newspaper angers a rival sorority, so they steal a statue before its unveiling to get revenge, leading to a sorority vs. sorority brawl. Co-eds end up tearing each other's clothes off.

Jimmie Adams leads the cast, along with Lorraine MacLean and Billy Engle, in this Al Christie production.

Mr. Bowser believes that he’ll be able to clean the house better than his wife can.

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.

Harry joins the Army to meet girls, and ends up driving his drill sergeant nuts in the process. While in basic training, to flee an angry mob, he disguises himself as a Major and ace pilot.