2013 Shorts
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- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGeorge K. ArthurKarl DaneMarjorie BeebeKarl's so lethargic and sleepy, he dozes off at his club, and nobody notices him for days. To give him some pep, George takes him and their wives camping in the Adirondacks, but Karl still finds places to snooze away while all have a bad time.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyLucille WardFatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.
- DirectorAlbert RayStarsGeorge K. ArthurKarl DaneMarjorie BeebeKarl's so lethargic and sleepy, he dozes off at his club, and nobody notices him for days. To give him some pep, George takes him and their wives camping in the Adirondacks, but Karl still finds places to snooze away while all have a bad time.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyLucille WardFatty's flirting with neighbor Kennedy's wife, and he isn't happy about it. Al's a crook, Minta's a maid and Fatty gets caught in a chase through the house while Edgar's shooting at him.
- DirectorMarcel PerezStarsMarcel PerezNilde BaracchiTom MurrayTweedledum is the victim of a nightmare. The plot deals with the adventures of a club man who has fallen in love with his neighbor's wife, which ends by Tweedledum waking up to find that it was only a dream.
- DirectorArvid E. GillstromStarsOliver HardyBilly WestEthel Marie BurtonWest modifies the story from Chaplin's "Dough and Dynamite", with the emphasis on throwing and covering everyone with bread dough.
- DirectorLouis MyllStarsHarry WatsonDan CrimminsDella ConnorMusty works in an automat where the customers steal food using slugs and reaching through the vending doors. Musty smashes them over the head with a mallet, and dumps the bodies down a chute to what appears to be a sausage processor.
- DirectorRichard SmithStarsNeely EdwardsBert RoachAlice HowellWhen Neely is hypnotized to think he's a monkey, he goes on a freewheeling chase where he climbs things he wouldn't ordinarily and throws lots of things.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsWalter CatlettAl St. JohnDorothy GrangerAs Al and Dorothy start their honeymoon, Al finds to his horror that Catlett is coming along, and takes the wheel of their car, putting Al in the rumble seat. He pushes Al around,until he can't stand it and resorts to violence.
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRita FlynnVirginia BrooksJeanne FarrinThree girls apply for maid jobs at a resort but are taken for royalty when a telegram about their dog Queenie is intercepted.Film producers vie to put them under contract but selling a script idea finally saves them when the bill comes due.
- DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsWalter MillerMary PickfordL.M. WellsA very pretty girl is always surrounded by many male admirers, much to the dismay of one very shy fellow, who gets his chance to impress her when two burglars break in.
- DirectorAl BoasbergStarsWalter CatlettVivien OaklandZeffie TilburyWalter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on an act and pretends to be totally loony.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsHall Johnson ChoirMatthew 'Stymie' BeardClinton RosemondMembers of the Hall Johnson Choir play members of a church congregation in the deep South in 1936. THey hold an open-air tent-and-camp meeting in order to raise the funds needed to send the church pastor, played by Clinton Rosemond, to a church conference in Birmingham, Alabama.
- DirectorGilbert P. HamiltonStarsSammy BurnsDot FarleyDorothea ClarkeSammy can't get any attention from his girlfriend Dot because all she can think of is Charlie Chaplin. She sends Chaplin an enticing letter and Sammy a rejection, but the two get mixed up, so Sammy dresses up like Chaplin. unfortunately the decomposing film crashes at that point.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsLloyd HamiltonBud DuncanNorma NicholsHam and Bud fall victims to Norma, but they run afoul of hubby, six foot two and big and broad. Hubby seeks revenge but Ham and Bud are fleet of foot. So a plan is concocted by which Ham is induced to put on the gloves in a finish bout with the Masked Marvel. Ham and Bud believe in preparedness, so they examine the stage beforehand and find a trap door under one of the corners, through which, it is arranged, Bud will slip Ham a glove loaded with a brick. Ham almost quits when the Marvel removes his mask and is disclosed to be the wrathful hubby. But he manages to live through the first round and is all set for the big plan when the Marvel forces him to exchange corners. Bud, unsuspecting, slips the loaded glove on the Marvel's hand. What happens to Ham is too sad to tell, but it makes a funny finish for this one-reel comedy.
- DirectorMichael SchlesingerStarsNick Santa MariaWill RyanAndrew ParksThose merry madcaps of mayhem, Biffle & Shooster, in the movie that sets comedy back 75 years--to when it was, y'know, actually funny. The less-than-legendary vaudeville team made 20 comedy shorts between 1933 and 1938; this was their final one. The boys get jobs in an art gallery on the very day that a priceless painting is delivered. You can pretty much imagine how this will play out. Shot in glorious B&W and 1.33:1, IT'S A FRAME-UP! is an authentic-as-possible recreation of the glory days of Hollywood comedy teams, replete with snappy dialogue, grievous puns, plenty of slapstick and even impressions--plus a plot twist or two. Yes, boys and girls, they CAN make 'em like they used to...and we're just the idiots to do it!
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonAllen 'Farina' HoskinsFarina's mother is very ill and the mortgage is due. He tries to take over her laundry business, but the kids just wreck the clothes. Joe takes pity and devises a scheme to make money: the gang builds their own oil well.
- DirectorDel LordStarsEugene PalletteWalter CatlettDorothy GrangerA pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued by a gang looking for a sailor with a winning lottery ticket. Mayhem ensues.
- DirectorJustin HermanStarsEdwin Cooper
- DirectorJustin HermanStarsWard WilsonAn overview of how approaching hurricanes are analyzed by the weather bureau, by sending Navy and Air Force flyers into the heart of the impending storm (in the years before satellites.)
- DirectorLewis SeilerStarsSally BlaneRussell HoptonPaul NicholsonThe sixth in The Shadow series of shorts from Universal. In this one the circus trapeze artist falls to her death when someone flips the light switch just as she starts her famed triple somersault. It only takes the circus manager about fifteen minutes to figure out the obvious suspect was the guilty one.
- DirectorKurt NeumannStarsJames DurkinWilfred LucasLeyland HodgsonTwo hunters discover a dead young woman in a cabin in the woods.One of them being the sheriff, he proceeds to press the wealthy owner for an explanation. At first it looks like his son has killed his unfaithful wife, but the wife's lover and the family butler are acting suspiciously enough to be followed.
- DirectorGeorge CochraneStarsThurston HallCharlotte WyntersFrank ShannonThe story is about a bank president who has been stealing from the bank. One night, as he is working on the books to cover his crimes,a visitor arrives with a gun. In the conversation that ensues it is revealed the visitor is an escaped convict that was a formed employee of the bank who was railroaded to prison to cover the crooked banker's crime. As with other entries in this series,there is a shadow projected every so often with a voice forecasting what is to come.