50 Great Comedy Shorts
I really enjoy the old comedy shorts and this is a list for beginners.
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- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinahLike the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.start with Laurel and Hardy
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyLaurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyRussell CusterOllie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsAfter a messy house party while his wife is away, Oliver asks Stanley to help him clean up the place, but free help isn't always a bargain.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBilly GilbertIn the hospital with a broken leg Ollie is visited by Stan, who brings him hard-boiled eggs, nuts, and total mayhem.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBilly GilbertAlthough they are successful fishmongers, Stan convinces Ollie that they should become fishermen too, but making a boat seaworthy is not an easy task.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschKeen to climb the social ladder by marrying a rich widow, Oliver finds the nerve to cheat on his partner Stanley. What he doesn't know is that her favorite hobby is murder--and it looks like he's next. Who can save Oliver the Eighth?
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschAfter the events in Them Thar Hills (1934), Stan and Ollie encounter their old nemesis, whose grocery shop is next to their home-appliances store. Nobody can let bygones be bygones, and a war breaks out. Will those tit-for-tat battles ever end?
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDaphne PollardAfter an endless cycle of dish washing, Ollie makes a withdrawal, ending up in the hospital after buying a grandfather clock. Only a generous blood transfusion can help him bounce back; however, is modern medicine prepared for the outcome?
- DirectorRay McCareyLloyd FrenchJack LloydStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyRichard CramerCommanded to "scram" out of town by a cantankerous judge, poor vagabonds, Stan and Ollie, slip into something more comfortable to spend the night at a sympathetic inebriate's home; however, is this the right house?
- DirectorClyde BruckmanStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyChester A. BachmanPompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder, greets his nephew from Scotland, who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants.This is my only silent pick but there are many others
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are inept deliverymen at a brewery. When they learn about a company golf tournament, they sneak onto a golf course to get some practice. They quickly proceed to bother the other golfers and destroy the course. Forced to escape in their beer truck, more havoc ensues when the load of beer barrels are spilled out down a steep hill.Now some Stooges
- DirectorArchie GottlerStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges join the "Women Haters" club and vow to have nothing to do with the fair sex. Larry marries a girl anyway and attempts to hide the fact from Moe and Curly as they take a train trip.
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges become doctors at a large hospital where they disrupt patients and staff alike.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardA professor plays Pygmalion to three bumbling garbagemen and tries to turn them into gentlemen.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe Stooges arrive in Hollywood hoping to make it in the movie business ("There must be a couple a hundred guys in Hollywood who don't know anything about making movies, three more ain't gonna make any difference".) They sneak into a movie studio where they are mistaken for three new executives who were due to arrive. After taking over production of a movie, causing the director and cast to walk off, Moe takes over as director, with Larry and Curley as the leading man and lady. When the real executives send a telegram explaining why they haven't arrived, the Stooges must leave on the run.
- DirectorJack WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe Stooges are small-time actors traveling by train to an engagement. Along with their pet monkey, they manage to spoil the trip for quite a few of the other passengers, including the conductor and a big movie star. Eventually their antics get out of hand and they are tossed off the train.
- DirectorJack WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe Stooges are carpenters who inherit a fancy dress boutique. They put on a fashion show with dresses they've designed based on furniture. During the show, the owner of an antique box the Stooges wrecked shows up, and a wild cream-puff fight ensues.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardCurly wins $50,000 in a radio contest and the stooges move into the Hotel Costa Plente. Their suite is furnished with many expensive items which they systematically wreck, running up quite a bill. When they discover that, minus tax deductions, the jackpot is only $4.85 they quickly agree to marry three pretty rich widows who are also living in the hotel. The "widows" are actually gold diggers conniving to the get the jackpot money. When the girls find out what the jackpot is really worth, the boys get conked with champagne bottles.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardIn a country, munitions manufacturers maneuver a wallpaper hanger to become dictator with his compatriots as his personal staff.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardTo escape the police, the Stooges pose as plumbers contracted to fix a mansion's plumbing, which inevitably causes destructive chaos.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, while Curly adds Alum to the lemonade. The resulting concoction is consumed by everyone, resulting in puckered lips and shrunken clothes. The boys next try to take the census at a football stadium. They disguise themselves as players and wind up in the middle of the game. Curly runs off with the ball and all the other players in pursuit.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are three small time actors looking for a job. They meet three girl dancers in the situation and get a small part in a big producers show at the shipyard. When the rest of the cast doesn't show up, the stooges and the girls must put on the whole show themselves. The show is a hit and the stooges marry the girls and head to Niagara Falls for their honeymoon.