The Back Page

The Back Page 1931

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The Back Page is a 1931 Comedy short.

1931

Listen Lena

Listen Lena 1927

6.00

Al St John loves Lena, but he also loves to sleep. Will he get out of bed soon enough to take Lena from his dull rival, so he can have an argument with the girl where he cries "LISTEN, LENA"? Or will he roll back over, and later get busted by a mean cop for sleepwalking in his bed clothes?

1927

Eats for Two

Eats for Two 1927

1

A dinner involving two couples gets complicated.

1927

High Sea Blues

High Sea Blues 1927

1

Only the first reel is known to survive. Bill and Jennie marry over his aunt's objections. As the couple leaves on their honeymoon, his aunt shows up to chaperon. A luggage mix-up causes jealousy and suspicion.

1927

Their Wives' Vacation

Their Wives' Vacation 1930

1

This Educational Mermaid Talking Comedy features a wrestling/trombone-playing Pert Kelton.

1930

Jungle Heat

Jungle Heat 1927

1

Two reel comedy starring Al St. John

1927

Creeps

Creeps 1926

1

Phil and Lou inherit property left by an eccentric uncle with the provision they occupy the house for thirty days. But their cousin, Anita, wants the property for herself and, with several hired-henchmen, sends "ghost" after "ghoul" through the house after the boys arrive.

1926

Wife Trouble

Wife Trouble 1928

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Graves has a model come and demonstrate some lingerie at his office, with a view toward buying a birthday gift for his overly jealous wife. Said wife appears just at the wrong moment, and the scantily clad model has to go to extreme measures to avoid being caught, even ducking out on a fire escape.

1928

Red Pepper

Red Pepper 1925

1

An ordinary day - so an eventful one - of Tom Katt, a young man who works as a drugstore owner's assistant: his - very acrobatic - bike ride to his place of work; the - fanciful - way he performs his job; the - ingenious - subterfuge he finds to help his employer, who has money problems; the - swift - way he escapes the cops chasing him...

1925

Hot Sports

Hot Sports 1929

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Monte and Vernon go to a society party where they behave like jerks. Monte's pants get torn, the butler keeps getting dunked in a punch bowl.

1929

Oh Darling!

Oh Darling! 1930

1

At a small hotel, Judith Barrett and Norman Peck are eloping; John Litel and Addie MacPhail are quarreling because of his constant jealousy; and Eva Thacher and Al Thompson are tracking down their eloping daughter. It's a constant barrage of slamming doors and such trapping of the stage farce.

1930

Skybound

Skybound 1926

1

Comedy starring one of the most prolific but underrated comedians of the silent era, Al St John.

1926

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood

Windy Riley Goes Hollywood 1931

5.00

A driver on a non-stop race from New York to San Francisco gets detoured to Hollywood, where he winds up working as a publicity man for a movie studio and assigned to revive the career of a beautiful but fading star.

1931

Western Knights

Western Knights 1930

5.00

Western Slapstick. A good chance to see Al St. John moving into the western comedy sidekick that would be his bread and butter role for the next twenty years. Also, it's a rare screen opportunity for Addie McPhail, Roscoe Arbuckle's wife and therefore Al's aunt.

1930

Hot Lightning

Hot Lightning 1927

1

Life and activity at a hotel. Slapstick-style.

1927