Burlesque in Harlem
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 52 minutes |
Year | 1954 |
Actors | Dewey |
Director | William Alexander |
Description | A filming of a burlesque act in 1954 Harlem, complete with singers, baggy-pants comics and “exotic” dancers. |
Life with Father
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 97 minutes |
Year | 1947 |
Actors | William Powell, Irene Dunne |
Director | Michael Curtiz |
Description | The misadventures of a straight-laced Wall Street broker as he attempts to keep his family in line. |
Pickaninny, The
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 20 minutes |
Year | 1921 |
Actors | Ernest Morrison, Joseph White |
Director | Robert P. Kerr, James Parrott |
Description | The comic, big city misadventures of Little Casino. |
Fatty at Coney Island
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 28 minutes |
Year | 1917 |
Actors | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, Buster Keaton |
Director | Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle |
Description | In this classic silent comedy, Fatty competes for the approval of a beautiful damsel during an outing at Coney Island. |
A Small Town Idol
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 26 minutes |
Year | 1918 |
Actors | Ben Turpin, James Finlayson |
Director | Mack Sennett, Erle C. Kenton |
Description |
Check and Double Check
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 78 minutes |
Year | 1930 |
Actors | Freeman F. Gosden, Charles J. Correll |
Director | Melville W. Brown |
Description | Renowned radio characters Amos ‘n’ Andy in their first and only film. They work as partners at a taxicab company and spend most of their time helping two women find […] |
A Clever Dummy
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 28 minutes |
Year | 1917 |
Actors | Ben Turpin, Chester Conklin |
Director | H. Raymaker |
Description | Dummy inventor Samuel Tinker works with his assistant to create a life-sized mechanical dummy, modeling it after the building’s janitor. After realizing the dummy is worth money, the janitor hatches […] |
Bath Tub Perils
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 18 minutes |
Year | 1917 |
Actors | Fred Mace, Dale Fuller |
Director | Mack Sennett |
Description | Much to the chagrin of his wife, a hotelier continues to find himself in promiscuous situations involving a newlywed bride on her honeymoon. |
Amos N’ Andy: The Godfather & Leroy’s Jacket
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 52 minutes |
Year | 1955 |
Actors | Alvin Childress, Spencer Williams |
Description |
Pilgrim, The
Genre | Comedy |
Duration | 42 minutes |
Year | 1923 |
Actors | Edna Purviance, Charles Chaplin, Syd Chaplin |
Director | Charlie Chaplin |
Description | Charlie Chaplin plays an escaped convict that is mistaken as a small town’s preacher. |