50 More Great Comedy shorts
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- DirectorLou BreslowStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges discover Curly's hidden talent for boxing, which appears only when he hears the tune "Pop Goes the Weasel". With the help of Larry's violin, Moe attempts to turn him into a champion.Start with the Stooges this time
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are mistaken by a gangster for the "Three Horsemen of Boulder Dam", famous football players. Hired to play for his team, they blow the big game and get it in the end. Lucille Ball has a nice part as a gun moll.
- DirectorJack WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe Stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose as guests to work unobserved. They ruin a piano and generally make a mess of the party, but the hostess passes them off as vaudeville comedians and they are invited to join the guests on a fox hunt.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThree inept firemen try to avoid being fired by their increasingly exasperated chief.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are suitors who go on a sit down strike when their prospective father-in-law refuses to consent the marriages. The strike wins them fame and they receive numerous gifts including a lot and a prefabricated house. They win the strike and get married, but the wives decree no honeymoon until the house is built. The boys have some problems with the construction, especially since Curly burned up the plans. The eventually finish the house, a monstrosity that collapses when one post is accidentally moved.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardCon men hire the Stooges to sell memberships to a phony duck hunting club.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are phone repairmen who are mistaken for the psychiatrists in whose office they are working. A rich man hires them to treat his impetuous young wife who is always running of for submarine rides and the like. The boys ruin a dinner party at their clients mansion but their antics so amuse his wife the she is cured and the stooges are paid off handsomely.
- DirectorCharley ChaseStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThree bumbling gas station attendants are mistaken for college professors arriving from Germany to teach at a prestigious women's college.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are working in a radio station where a pretty girl has just made a recording of "Voices of Spring" under an assumed name. She wants to hide her singing career from her disapproving society parents while auditioning for Mrs. Bixby's "Krispy Krunchy" radio program. After a run-in with a pompous violinist, the boys find the record and Curly starts mimicking to it, dressed as a women. Mrs. Bixby witnesses their performance and is impressed enough to hire "Senorita Cucaracha" (Curly) and Senors "Mucho" and "Gusto" (Moe and Larry) for her radio program. The boys show up in their disguises to "sing" at Mrs. Bixby's evening party but run into trouble when Moe smashes the record over Curly's head. The real singer tries to help by singing from behind a curtain while Curly mimics, but she is discovered and the stooges exit to a hail of phonograph records.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are tailors, and are heavily in debt to the Skin & Flint finance company. When the boys read about the big reward for a fugitive robber, they think it could be the answer to their problems. The bank robber conveniently ducks into their shop and leaves a suit with a safe combination. After his girl friend fails to retrieve it, the robber returns with gang and a wild fight ensues. The boys miss out on the reward but wind up with the crook's bankroll and can pay their creditors.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardTo inherit a fortune, Shemp must get married by 6 o'clock that very day, but finding a willing bride proves a challenge.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are movers for an express company and on a rainy night are sent to move some junk, including a suit of armor, from a spooky old house. The armor is haunted by the ghost of Peeping Tom, who has no intention of leaving. The ghost foils the stooges attempts to take the armor, until Lady Godiva shows up and the two ride off together.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys arrive at a spooky mansion where the madman is building a mechanical man that needs a human head. After declining the opportunity to supply a stooge-head for the experiment, they find the girl and escape, only to wind up in a car driven by the headless robot.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are tricked into becoming stowaways by their neighbor "Borscht", a spy for an enemy country. Stranded on a freighter on the high seas, they discover that their friend has concealed some stolen microfilm in watermelons they brought aboard for him. After a wild chase, they subdue Borscht and recover the microfilm.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineJoe BesserA professor attempts to win a bet by turning the stooges into gentlemen. After some lessons in etiquette, the boys make their society debut at a fancy party. They soon revert to their old habits and a wild pie fight ensues.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsShemp HowardDick CurtisChristine McIntyreShemp, dejected over the breakup of his engagement, hires a ganngster to rub him out.shemp solo
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsEl BrendelShemp HowardBeatrice BlinnTwo vagrants get hired as plumbers' assistants. On their first job, they proceed to destroy a house while searching for a lost ring.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsJoe BesserJim HawthorneRay CorriganHired as guards to protect an antique shop, Joe and Jim run into a gorilla who has been trained by a gang of thieves to rob the store.besser solo
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsJoe DeRitaChristine McIntyrePatsy MoranThe third of four Columbia shorts starring Joe DeRita, made across a period of 15 months from late 1946 to early-1948, has newlyweds Eddie (Joe DeRita) and Betty (Christine McIntyre) barely moved into their new house before Betty's mother (Esther Howard), aunt (Patsy Moran) and brother (Charles Williams) show up and give every indication of becoming permanent free-loading guests. Dick (William Newell) gives Eddie a plan that will cause his unwanted guests to vacate the premises, by having Dick and his wife, Ruby (Dorothy Granger), move in as Eddie's relatives, and even bigger pests, thereby causing Betty's relatives to move out. The plan works and Eddie and Betty are pleased until Dick announces that he and Ruby have intentions of staying on. A Spanish-language subtitled version was released as "La Suegra Intrusia."joe derita
- DirectorJames W. HorneLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOllie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.now some Laurel and Hardys
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyThe boys and their wives are preparing for a drive to a Sunday picnic but infighting is ruining their plans and a sudden feud with a next-door neighbor completes the disaster.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyAfter far too many break-ins on his watch, an ineffective policeman approaches the unsuspecting vagabonds, Laurel and Hardy, with a preposterous proposition; one that would get him off the hook. But, are the boys up to the task?
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyHarry BernardTwo homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyFrank AustinIn order to claim an inheritance, the boys present themselves at a creaky, bat-filled mansion on a stormy night.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOliver's plans to marry his hefty sweetheart go awry when the girl's father gets a load of her intended groom. They then elope in a tiny car much too small for their combined dimensions, not to mention the accompanying Stan. They find a Justice of the Peace to perform he ceremony, but the official's cross-eyed condition results in unintended consequences.
- DirectorJames W. HorneJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardySpencer BellIn order to secretly attend a stag party in their honor, the boys urge their wives to travel ahead alone on a jointly-planned Atlantic City vacation by invoking Oliver's fake migraine as an excuse to remain behind.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBaldwin CookeStan and Ollie are married to each other's sisters, and plan a dinner party to celebrate their mutual anniversaries.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyHarry BernardNovice policemen Stanley and Oliver, eating lunch in their patrol car, nearly have their spare tire stolen by a thief and his sassy partner. They then miss the broadcast address of a burglary in progress, and Stanley borrows the phone in a jewelry store to call the station, mistaking the safecracker inside for the shop's owner. The boys eventually manage to catch the apparent burglar and bring him back to the station, only to find it's really the police chief, who'd been locked out of his house. The chief exacts a rather dire revenge upon the two rookie cops.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardySamuel AdamsHired to sweep the chimney at Professor Noodle's house, the boys wreck the living-room and end-up in the mad scientist's laboratory where they interact with a rejuvenation potion.
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyJack BartyThelma and Patsy get jobs demonstrating washing machines in a department store window. However, on their first day on the job, they accidentally get locked in the store overnight.Thelma Todd now
- DirectorJack JevneWilliam H. TerhuneStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyGrace GoodallPatsy and her boyfriend come to visit Thelma in her penthouse apartment, where she works as a maid.
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddBilly GilbertThe girls moonlight as taxi dancers in order to earn some extra money.
- DirectorGeorge SidneyStarsOur GangBarbara BedfordMarie BlakeAlfalfa thinks that his own aunt is plotting to murder him.Our Gang
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsW.C. FieldsMarjorie KaneElise CavannaA henpecked but stoic pharmacist tries to maintains his precarious balance while dealing with demanding customers and his dysfunctional family.WC Fields now
- DirectorClyde BruckmanStarsW.C. FieldsRosemary ThebyGeorge ChandlerThe prodigal son of a Yukon prospector comes home on a night that "ain't fit for man nor beast."
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerRussell HicksLeon is a gadget inventor, but when he uses them to help his son marry the banker's daughter, the results are per Leon's usual happenings. Once everything is cleared up, Leon and the banker shake hands and are enveloped in sparks from Leon's latest invention.Leon Errols now
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerPeggy MaleyLeon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and observe how he and Mrs. Errol manage to keep the old knot tied. Before the couple arrives, Leon manages to get into a situation with a pretty, blonde neighbor, which leaves him having to introduce her as his wife when they do arrive. Neither Leon's wife, when she comes home, nor the neighbor's husband are too pleased with this arrangement.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyEdgar decides to save some money by putting together a do-it-yourself television set.Edgar Kennedys now
- DirectorCharles E. RobertsStarsEdgar KennedySally PayneJack RiceEdgar decides to do a home plumbing job himself.
- DirectorClem BeauchampStarsEdgar KennedySally PayneJack RiceEdgar and his family go into business as interior decorators.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLloyd BaconThe Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.Chaplin
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonArt GilmoreRussell ArmsJoe McDoakes gets more than he bargained for when he goes on a vacation.George O hanlon aka George Jetson
- DirectorDel LordStarsWalter CatlettMonte CollinsDudley DickersonTwo goofball private detectives are hired to find a millionaire who has been kidnapped by a mad scientist.some Columbia shorts now to close the list
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsMonte CollinsTom KennedyBud JamisonMonte and Tom are laundrymen who get jobs as reporters and they must expose a supposedly wealthy prince who is to be married to a socialite. They pose as a butler and a cook under the stern eye of the butler, but mayhem still ensues.
- DirectorDel LordStarsCharley ChaseIris MeredithBud JamisonCharley writes to girls all over the world in order to get foreign postage stamps for his collection--but winds up with a passel of girls who think he's their fiance.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBarbara Jo AllenJack NortonGeorge J. LewisVera, a hypochondriac, mistakes an escaped lunatic for a physician who can help "cure" her.
- DirectorHarold GodsoeStarsUna MerkelHarry LangdonChristine McIntyreHarry finds out he is the missing heir to an estate, and is summoned to an old, spooky mansion to collect his inheritance.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsBillie BurkeDick WesselEmil SitkaBillie has the mistaken impression that her only daughter is pregnant and must rush to the hospital. At the same time, her old boyfriend, now wealthy, returns to make amends with her.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBuster KeatonElsie AmesMonte CollinsBuster fights a duel over a girl.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsGus SchillingRichard LaneTerry HowardThe Schillings and the Lanes think their spouses have been killed in the war, and marry each other's mate.