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- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsEva NovakGertrude ClaireGeorge BerrellAmos Kerran and his wife live a traditional, old-fashioned life on a Connecticut farm, while their son Arthur and daughter Maybelle are successes in New York society. The children want to invite their parents to the city at Christmastime but are ashamed of their unrefined appearance. Louise, Arthur's fashionable sweetheart, visits the older Kerrans, gains their confidence, and sends them to a finishing school; consequently, their New York debut is a big success.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonEddie BakerJimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity campaign by having her appear in public in spectacular costumes, with a monkey for a pet. The monkey gets away and Jimmy is elected to capture it. When peace once more descends upon them, the young wife decides to give up her career and devote her time to Jimmy.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseEmma TanseyMarie MosquiniJimmy always fantasied about racing. But now he has to pay the mortgage before noon or else he won't own his shop any longer.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMarie MosquiniSidney D'AlbrookA banker's daughter is caught as a shoplifter at the department store Jimmy works at, and when Jimmy hears that her father will pay anyone $10,000 to cure her of stealing, Jimmy devises a clever way to cash in on the reward.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseJames J. JeffriesEna GregoryChase's Jimmy Jump character needs toughening so his dad sends him to the farm of former champion Jim Jeffries where he does comic exercises. We see his later home life where he is still intimidated by his now wife.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonJames FinlaysonWhen Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room in which she keeps it, trouble begins. He finds the key, and his suspicions are aroused. He storms about and makes trouble for all concerned until he learns that a dog, not a man, is behind the closed door.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseEna GregoryNoah YoungJimmy prints up business cards that give his job description as "bouncer," which intimidates everyone--until he runs out of cards.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantMartha SleeperJimmy vies for the honor of taking Nellie home from the dance and wins. But Nellie forgot her key, so Jimmy takes measures into his own hands to get her safely home.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseLassie Lou AhernOlive BordenJimmy Jump's boss asks him to meet his small niece and her dog and entertain them between trains. Jimmy buys a balloon or two and looks over the station for a little girl. He takes one by mistake, narrowly escapes being arrested as a kidnapper and finally meets the niece, who is an over-dressed, ultra-modern young woman. The time between trains is spent in trying to hide the dog from the policeman, and when Jimmy puts his charge on the train, he feels that he has done a week's work in a day.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseOlive BordenBilly EngleA movie cameraman (Charley Chase) is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonJack GavinJimmy Jump (Charley Chase) wakes up late for his wedding so he ends up leaving the house dressed in his pajamas and then encounters one disaster after another.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonLeo WillisWhen Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time to receive the reward of $1,000.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMartha SleeperBeth DarlingtonJimmy (Charley Chase) must help his boss hide an affair with a beautiful woman and try to keep his own girlfriend happy.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonLeo WillisCharley Chase as Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors come to call that first evening. The man next door is a builder who considers the construction of Jimmy's bungalow far below par. To emphasize his point he pulls down pillars, pokes holes in the floor and uproots the plumbing. When the guests depart the new house is a wreck.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseJoe CobbBilly EngleA slapstick comedy in which Jimmy Jump demonstrates that a day can be entirely taken up with accidents of a ludicrous nature.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseJanet GaynorWilliam GillespieJimmie Jump is a boarding house resident who receives a telegram telling him to pick up an important shipment at the train station at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday. No good deed goes unpunished, and Jimmie has a whole lot of trouble getting to the depot.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseBeth DarlingtonSammy BrooksCharley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the housework. Having never done something like this in his life before, he starts a chaos, something his mother-in-law was expecting...
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseOlive BordenKatherine GrantA doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a giant Christmas tree home.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMartha SleeperSammy BrooksProfessor James Jump hopes to strike it rich with his invention of a more humane mouse trap.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantAl HallettA baby is left on Mr. and Mrs. Chase's doorstep. They are both happy about this - until hours later when the baby wont' stop crying. Charley goes out into the night to try and find the local doctor, with mixed results.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseMarie MosquiniPierre CoudercCharley is a bashful clerk in love with the boss' daughter. Accidentally partaking of gin that has been dumped into an old water cooler to hide it, he becomes a scrapper, ready to lick everyone in sight, and of course ends by getting the girl even though gasoline vapors have sobered him and restored him to his bashful self.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantLassie Lou AhernJimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy likes the picture, but his small daughter is bored and keeps him busy taking her for drinks of water. Mrs. Jimmy can't find a seat that suits her and by the time she has tried half in the theatre, and the little girl has emptied the water cooler, the show is over and the Jumps go home.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantTiny SandfordJimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-frills girl.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantOlive BordenMr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. Jump to suspect that Mr. Jump is cavorting with the new maid.