Time Flies - 1926

Country: United States

Director: Jess Robbins

Stars: Lupino Lane, Wallace Lupino and Virginia Vance

Release Date: 7 February 1926 (USA)

Production Co: Lupino Lane Comedy Corporation

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short | Comedy

The short starts with a duel in the Old South wherein a man inadvertently saves one of the duelist's lives for which he is given a watch. Years pass and we next see the grandson, impoverished and heading to the big city for work (taking the watch with him). His ma gives him a pigeon in case he wants to send a message back home. The watch is the key to getting a fortune and a vamp and her cohort want it.

Trivia

A print of this film survives in the UCLA Film and Television Archives.

The Best Man - 1928

Country: United States
Director: Harry Edwards
Writers:  Dudley Early (writer), Harry Edwards (writer) 
Stars:  Billy Bevan, Vernon Dent, Alma Bennett, Andy Clyde 
Release Date: 19 Feb 1928
Genres: Comedy, short 
Production co: Mack Sennett Comedies

Roars and Uproars - 1922

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: William Campbell

Stars: Jack Cooper, Bobby Ray and Ernest Shields

Production Co: Chester Films

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short | Comedy

The heroine must marry one of three prospective bridegrooms who are all lunatics with odd fake facial hair to inherit $500,000. When one of the spurned bridegrooms releases a bunch of lions to disrupt the ceremony, the result is a lot of ROARS AND UPROARS. Will love triumph, or will the lions mess everything up?

When Ambrose Dared Walrus - 1915

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Walter Wright

Writer: Walter Wright (scenario)

Stars: Mack Swain, Chester Conklin and Vivian Edwards

Release Date: 12 July 1915 (USA)

Production Co: Keystone Film Company

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Plot Keywords: Hotel | Fire | Character Name In Title

Genres: Comedy | Short

Walrus and his wife run the Walrus Hotel, which acrobats Mr. & Mrs. Ambrose are staying at. Walrus gets a letter from his insurance broker Mr. Cinder demanding a payment. Short on cash, Walrus decides to get his tenants' money now. Ambrose and his wife are in the middle of a domestic squabble when Walrus pays a visit, and his presence only makes things worse. Mr. Cinder visits Walrus himself, and he carelessly throws his cigarette into a trash can. After he leaves, the hotel catches on fire and the rest of the film is a thrilling five-minute race to pay off the insurance!  

The Candy Kid - 1917

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Arvid E. Gillstrom

Stars: Billy West, Ethel Cassity and Oliver Hardy

Release Date: 15 October 1917 (USA)

Filming Locations: Bayonne, New Jersey, USA

Production Co: King Bee Studios

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Comedy | Short   

Be Your Age - 1926

Country: United States

Language: English

Director: Leo McCarey

Writer: H.M. Walker (titles)

Stars: Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy and Gladys Hulette

Release Date: 14 November 1926 (USA)

Production Co: Hal Roach Studios

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Short | Comedy

Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, her attorney, sees a way to solve both their problems, and keep control of her $2 million.  

Astray from the Steerage - 1921

Country: United States

Language: English (intertitles)

Director: Frank Powell

Stars: Billy Bevan, Louise Fazenda and Don Marion

Release Date: 24 April 1921 (USA)

Production Co: Mack Sennett Comedies

Runtime: USA: 20 min

Sound Mix: Silent

Color: Black and White

Genres: Comedy | Short