A comprehensive filmography of all silent slapstick and screwball comedies is beyond the scope of this book. What follows is a filmography of key films discussed or referenced in the text, presented in chronological order of U.S. release. The run time of silent films is reported in physical length instead of minutes, because variances in frame rate will affect the playback times.
L’Arroseur arrose (1895); Producer: Louis Lumière; Director: Louis Lumière; Screenplay: Louis Lumière; Cast: François Clerc, Benoît Duval; Running time: 45 seconds; Released June 10, 1895
The Melomaniac (1903); Producer: Georges Méliès; Director: Georges Méliès; Screenplay: Georges Méliès; Cast: Georges Méliès; Running time: 1/6 reel; Released Aug 15, 1903
Those Awful Hats (1909); Producer: D.W. Griffith; Director: D.W. Griffith; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Flora Finch (Woman with Largest Hat), Mack Sennett (Annoyed Patron); Running time: 1/4 reel; Released Jan 5, 1909
The Curtain Pole (1909); Producer: D.W. Griffith; Director: D.W. Griffith; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Mack Sennett (M. DuPont), Harry Solter (Mr. Edwards), Florence Lawrence (Mrs. Edwards); Running time: 3/4 reel; Released Feb 15, 1909
The Lonely Villa (1909); Producer: D.W. Griffith; Director: D.W. Griffith; Screenplay: Mack Sennett; Cast: Marion Leonard, Mary Pickford, Adele de Garde, Mack Sennett; Running time: 3/4 reel; Released Jun 10, 1909
Bangville Police (1913); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Henry Lehrman; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Fred Mace (Sheriff), Mabel Normand (Della), Nick Cogley (Her Father), Dot Farley (Her Mother); Running time: 1/2 reel; Released Apr 24, 1913
Noise from the Deep (1913); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Charles Avery, Nick Cogley; Running time: 1 reel; Released Jul 17, 1913
Mabel’s Dramatic Career (1913); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett, Alice Davenport, Virginia Kirtley; Running time: 1 reel; Released Sep 8, 1913
Making a Living (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Henry Lehrman; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Sharper), Henry Leherman (Reporter), Virginia Kirtley (Girl), Alice Davenport (Mother); Running time: 1 reel; Released Feb 2, 1914
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Henry Lehrman; Screenplay: Henry Lehrman; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Henry Leherman (Film Director), Frank D. Williams (Cameraman); Running time: 1 reel; Released Feb 7, 1914
A Film Johnnie (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: George Nichols; Screenplay: Craig Hutchinson; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Film johnnie), Roscoe Arbuckle (Fatty), Edgar Kennedy (Director), Virginia Kirtley (Keystone girl); Running time: 1 reel; Released Mar 2, 1914
The Knockout (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle (Pug), Minta Durfee (Girl), Edgar Kennedy (Cyclone Flynn), Charlie Chaplin (Referee), Al St. John (Leader of street toughs); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 11, 1914
Mabel’s Married Life (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Husband), Mabel Normand (Mabel), Mack Swain (Ladykiller), Eva Nelson (His Wife); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 20, 1914
A Florida Enchantment (1914); Producer: uncredited; Director: Sidney Drew; Screenplay: Eugene Mullen and Marguerite Bertsch; From the novel by Archibald Clavering Gunther; Cast: Sidney Drew (Dr. Cassadene), Edith Storey (Lillian Travers), Charles Kent (Maj. Horton), Lillian Burns (Malvina); Running time: 6 reels; Released Aug 10, 1914
The Rounders (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Mr. Full), Roscoe Arbuckle (Mr. Fuller), Phyllis Allen (Mr. Full’s wife), Minta Durfee (Mr. Fuller’s wife); Running time: 2 reels; Released Sep 7, 1914
Love and Surgery (1914); Producer: Henry Lehrman; Director: Henry Lehrman; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Billie Ritchie, Gertrude Selby, Henry Lehrmann, Louise Orth; Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 24, 1914
Tillie’s Punctured Romance (1914); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: Hampton Del Ruth, Craig Hutchinson, Mack Sennett; Based on the play “Tillie’s Nightmare” by A. Baldwin Sloane and Edgar Smith; Cast: Marie Dressler (Tillie Banks), Mabel Normand (Mabel), Charlie Chaplin (City Slicker), Mack Swain (John Banks); Running time: 6 reels; Released Dec 21, 1914
A Night Out (1915); Producer: Jess Robbins; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Reveller), Charles Allen Dealey (Restaurant Manager), Frank Dolan (Waiter); Running time: 2 reels; Released Feb 15, 1915
The Champion (1915); Producer: Jess Robbins; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Aspiring pugilist), Fred Goodwins (Spike Dugan), Edna Purviance (Trainer’s daughter), Bud Jamison (Champion); Running time: 2 reels; Released Mar 11, 1915
Courthouse Crooks (1915); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Ford Sterling; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Ford Sterling (District Attorney), Minta Durfee (Judge’s Wife), Charles Arling (Judge Grey), Harold Lloyd (Jobless Youth); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 15, 1915
Fatty’s Plucky Pup (1915); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Edgar Kennedy, Joe Bordeaux; Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 28, 1915
A Submarine Pirate (1915); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Charles Avery; Screenplay: Mack Sennett; Cast: Syd Chaplin (Waiter), Wesley Ruggles (Inventor’s accomplice), Glen Cavender (Inventor), Phyllis Allen (Pugnacious Guest); Running time: 4 reels; Released Nov 14, 1915
Fatty and the Broadway Stars (1915); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Ivy Crosthwaite, Mack Sennett; Running time: 2 reels; Released Dec 15, 1915
A Movie Star (1916); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Fred Hibbard; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Mack Swain (Handsome Jack), Louella Maxam (Nell), Mai Wells (Jack’s Screen Mother), Ray Grey (Jack’s Screen Rival); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jan 23, 1916
Cruel and Unusual (1916); Producer: George Kleine; Director: Louis Myll; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Harry Watson (Musty Suffer), Geoge Bickel (Willie Work), Rosa Gore (Dippy Mary); Running time: 1 reel; Released Mar 1, 1916
Police (1916); Producer: Jess Robbins; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Ex-convict), Edna Purviance (Daughter of the House), Wesley Ruggles (Crook), James T. Kelly (Drunk); Running time: 2 reels; Released Mar 27, 1916
Burlesque on Carmen (1916); Producer: Jess Robbins; Director: Charlie Chaplin, and Leo White (uncredited); Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Darn Hosiery), Edna Purviance (Carmen), Leo White (Corp. Morales); Running time: 4 reels; Released Apr 10, 1916
The Floorwalker (1916); Producer: uncredited; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Eric Campbell (General manager), Edna Purviance (Secretary), Leo White (Shoplifter); Running time: 2 reels; Released May 15, 1916
One A.M. (1916); Producer: Henry P. Caulfield; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Bryan; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Drunk), Albert Austin (Taxi driver); Running time: 2 reels; Released Aug 7, 1916
Luke Joins the Navy (1916); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Roach; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels; Running time: 1 reel; Released Sep 3, 1916
Luke’s Movie Muddle (1916); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Roach; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels; Running time: 1 reel; Released Dec 3, 1916
The Rink (1916); Producer: Henry P. Caulfield; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Bryan; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Waiter/Sir Cecil Seltzer), Edna Purviance (Girl), James T. Kely (Her father), Eric Campbell (Mr. Stout); Running time: 2 reels; Released Dec 4, 1916
Easy Street (1917); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin; Running time: 2 reels; Released Jan 22, 1917
The Cure (1917); Producer: Henry P. Caulfield; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Inebriate), Edna Purviance (Girl), Eric Campbell (Man with gout); Running time: 2 reels; Released Apr 16, 1917
The Immigrant (1917); Producer: John Jasper; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Bryan; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Immigrant), Edna Purviance (Immigrant), Kitty Bradbury (Her mother), Eric Campbell (Head Waiter); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 17, 1917
The Rough House (1917); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: Roscoe Arbuckle; Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. John, Alice Lake; Running time: 2 reels; Released Jun 25, 1917
Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Roach; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, Bebe Daniels; Running time: 1 reel; Released Aug 5, 1917
Bliss (1917); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Ald Goulding; Screenplay: uncredited; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard; Running time: 1 reel; Released Oct 14, 1917
The Hobo (1917); Producer: Louis Berstein; Director: Arvid E. Gilstrom; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Billy West, Oiver Hardy, Leo White, Virginia Clark; Running time: 2 reels; Released Nov 1, 1917
A Gasoline Wedding (1918); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Alf Goulding; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard; Running time: 1 reel; Released Mar 3, 1918
A Dog’s Life (1918); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Edna Purviance (Singer), Syd Chaplin (Lunch wagon owner); Running time: 3 reels; Released Apr 14, 1918
Triple Trouble (1918); Producer: ; Director: Charlie Chaplin, Leo White (uncredited); Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Leo White (uncredited); Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Janitor), Billy Armstrong (Pickpocket), Edna Purviance (Maid); Running time: 2 reels; Released Aug 11, 1918
Shoulder Arms (1918); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Recruit), Edna Purviance (French woman), Syd Chaplin (Kaiser Wilhelm); Running time: 3 reels; Released Oct 20, 1918
Take a Chance (1918); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Alf Goulding; Screenplay: uncredited; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard; Running time: 1 reel; Released Nov 24, 1918
The Marathon (1919); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Alf Goulding; Screenplay: uncredited; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard; Running time: 1 reel; Released May 25, 1919
Bumping into Broadway (1919); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Roach; Screenplay: uncredited; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, Snub Pollard; Running time: 2 reels; Released Nov 2, 1919
The Garage (1920); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: Jean Havez; Cast: Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly Malone, Harry McCoy; Running time: 2 reels; Released Dec 15, 1919
One Week (1920); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Husband), Sybil Seely (Wife), Joe Roberts (Rival); Running time: 2 reels; Released Sep 1, 1920
Convict 13 (1920); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Golfer), Sybil Seeley (Warden’s Daughter), Joe Roberts (Inmate), Joe Keaton (Inmate); Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 27, 1920
The Kid (1921); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Edna Purviance (Woman), Jackie Coogan (Kid); Running time: 6 reels; Released Jan 21, 1921
The Haunted House (1921); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Bank Clerk), Virginia Fox (Bank President’s Daughter), Joe Roberts (Bank Teller); Running time: 2 reels; Released Feb 10, 1921
The Goat (1921); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Mal St. Clair; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Mal St. Clair; Cast: Buster Keaton (Boy), Virginia Fox (Girl), Joe Roberts (Father), Mal St. Clair (Deadshot Dan); Running time: 2 reels; Released May 18, 1921
The Playhouse (1922); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Stage Hand), Virginia Fox (Twins), Joe Roberts (Stage Manager); Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 6, 1921
Cops (1922); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Boy), Virginia Fox (Mayor’s Daughter), Joe Roberts (Detective); Running time: 2 reels; Released Mar 22, 1922
The Electric House (1922); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Electrical Engineer), Virginia Fox (Girl), Joe Roberts (Homeowner); Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 22, 1922
Safety Last! (1923); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor; Screenplay: Hal Roach, Sam Taylor, and Tim Whelan; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd (Boy), Mildred Davis (Girl), Bill Strothers (Pal), Noah Young (The Law); Running time: 7 reels; Released Jan 25, 1923
The Love Nest (1923); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline (uncredited); Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline; Cast: Buster Keaton (Sailor), Joe Roberts (Captain); Running time: 2 reels; Released Mar 23, 1923
A Woman of Paris (1923); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Edna Purviance (Mari St. Clair), Adolphe Menjou (Pierre Revel), Carl Miller (Jean Millet); Running time: 8 reels; Released Sep 26, 1923
Our Hospitality (1923); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: John G. Blystone, Buster Keaton; Screenplay: Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, Jean Havez; Cast: Buster Keaton (Willie McKay), Natalie Talmadge (Virginia Canfield), Joe Roberts (Joe Canfield), Leonard Clapham (James Canfield), Craig Ward (Lee Canfield); Running time: 7 reels; Released Nov 19, 1923
The Marriage Circle (1924); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Paul Bern; Based on the play “Only a Dream” by Lothar Schmidt; Cast: Florence Vidor (Charlotte Braun), Monte Blue (Dr. Franz Braun), Marie Prevost (Mizzi Stock), Adolphe Menjou (Prof. Stock); Running time: 9 reels; Released Feb 16, 1924
Girl Shy (1924); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor; Screenplay: Sam Taylor, Ted Wilde, Tim Whelan; Thomas Grey (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold Meadows), Jobyna Ralston (Mary Buckingham), Richard Daniels (Jerry Meadows), Carlton Griffin (Ronald DeVore); Running time: 8 reels; Released Apr 20, 1924
Sherlock Jr. (1924); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Buster Keaton; Screenplay: Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell, Jean Havez; Cast: Buster Keaton (Sherlock Jr.), Kathryn McGuire (Girl), Ward Crane (Rival), Joe Keaton (Girl’s Father); Running time: 5 reels; Released Apr 21, 1924
The Hansom Cabman (1924); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: uncredited; John A. Waldron (titles); Cast: Harry Langdon, Marceline Day, Madeline Hurlock, Andy Clyde; Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 12, 1924
Too Many Mammas (1924); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Beth Darlington, Olive Borden; Running time: 1 reel; Released Oct 12, 1924
Hot Water (1924); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Fred Newmeyer and Sam Taylor; Screenplay: Sam Talor, Thomas Grey, Tim Whelan, John Grey; Thomas Grey (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd (Hubby), Jobyna Ralston (Wifey), Josephine Crowley (Her Mother), Charles Stevenson (Her Older Brother); Running time: 5 reels; Released Nov 2, 1924
Miss Bluebeard (1925); Producer: Adolph Zukor, Jesse L. Lasky; Director: Frank Tuttle; Screenplay: Townsend Martin; From the play “Little Miss Bluebeard” by Avery Hopwood; Cast: Bebe Daniels (Colette Girard), Robert Frazer (Larry Charters), Kenneth MacKenna (Bob Hawley), Raymond Griffith (Hon. Bertie Bird); Running time: 7 reels; Released Jan 26, 1925
Charley’s Aunt (1925); Producer: Al Christie; Director: Scott Sidney; Screenplay: F. McGrew Willis; From the play by Brandon Thomas; Cast: Syd Chaplin (Sir Fancourt Babberley), Ethel Shannon (Ela Delahay), James E. Page (Spettigue), Lucien Littlefield (Brasset); Running time: 7 reels; Released Feb 8, 1925
His Marriage Wow (1925); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley; Cast: Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, William McCall, Vernon Dent; Running time: 2 reels; Released Mar 1, 1925
Seven Chances (1925); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Buster Keaton; Screenplay: Jean Havez, Clyde Bruckman, Joseph Mitchell; Based on the play by Roi Cooper Megrue; Cast: Buster Keaton (Jimmie Shannon), T. Roy Barnes (Billy), Snitz Edwards (Attorney), Ruth Dwyer (Mary Brown); Running time: 6 reels; Released Mar 11, 1925
The Gold Rush (1925); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Lone prospector), Mack Swain (Big Jim McKay), Tom Murray (Black Larsen), Georgia Hale (Georgia); Running time: 7 reels; Released Jun 26, 1925
Isn’t Life Terrible (1925); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Morrison; Running time: 2 reels; Released Jul 5, 1925
The Freshman (1925); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Sam Taylor and Fred Newmeyer; Screenplay: Sam Talor, Ted Wilde, John Grey, Tim Whelan; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold “Speedy” Lamb), Jobyna Ralston (Peggy), Brooks Benedict (College Cad), James Anderson (Chet Trask); Running time: 7 reels; Released Sep 20, 1925
Uncle Tom’s Gal (1925); Producer: Abe and Julius Stern; Director: William Watson; Screenplay: William Watson; Cast: Edna Marion, Larry Richardson, Les Bates; Running time: 2 reels; Released Oct 7, 1925
A Night in the Show (1915); Producer: Jess Robbins; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Mr. Pest, and Mr. Rowdy), Edna Purviance (Lady in the Stalls), Bud Jamison (Singer); Running time: 2 reels; Released Nov 20, 1915
Hands Up! (1926); Producer: Jesse L. Lasky, Adolph Zukor; Director: Clarence G. Badger; Screenplay: Monte Brice, Lloyd Corrigan; Story by Reggie Morris; Cast: Raymond Griffith (Jack), Virginia Lee Corbin (Alice Woodstock), George A. Billings (Abraham Lincoln); Running time: 7 reels; Released Jan 14, 1926
My Stars (1926); Producer: ; Director: Roscoe Arbuckle; Screenplay: Roscoe Arbuckle; Cast: Johnny Arthur, Virginia Vance, Florence Lee, George Davis; Running time: 1 reel; Released Jan 17, 1926
Saturday Afternoon (1926); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley, Frank Capra; Cast: Harry Langdon (Harry Higgins), Alice Ward (Mrs. Harry Higgins), Vernon Dent (Steve Smith), Ruth Hiatt (Pearl), Peggy Montgomery (Ruby); Running time: 3 reels; Released Jan 31, 1926
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (1926); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley, Frank Capra; Cast: Harry Langdon (Harry Logan), Joan Crawford (Betty Burton), Tom Murray (Nick Kargas); Running time: 6 reels; Released Mar 21, 1926
For Heaven’s Sake (1926); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Sam Taylor; Screenplay: John Grey, Ted Wilde, and Clyde Bruckman; Ralph Spence (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd (J. Harold Manners), Jobyna Ralston (Hope), Noah Young (Roughneck), James Mason (Gangster); Running time: 6 reels; Released Apr 6, 1926
Mighty Like a Moose (1926); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Charley Chase (uncredited); Cast: Charley Chase (Mr. Moose), Vivien Oakland (Mrs. Moose), Ann Howe (Maid), Charles Clary (Dentist); Running time: 2 reels; Released Jul 18, 1926
The Strong Man (1926); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Frank Capra; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley; Adaptation by Hal Conklin; Cast: Harry Langdon (Paul Bergot), Priscilla Bonner (Mary Brown), Gertrude Astor (Lily), Arthur Thalasso (Zandow the Great); Running time: 6 reels; Released Sep 19, 1926
The Better ’Ole (1926); Producer: uncredited; Director: Charles Reisner; Screenplay: Charles Reisner; Based on the play by Bruce Bairnsfather; Cast: Sydney Chaplin (Pvt. “Old Bill” Busby), Doris Hill (Joan), Harold Goodwin (Bert Chester), Edgar Kennedy (Cpl. Austin); Running time: 9 reels; Released Oct 23, 1926
The Kid Brother (1927); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Ted Wilde, Harold Lloyd (uncredited); Screenplay: John Grey, Lex Neal, and Howard Green; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold Hickory), Jobyna Ralston (Mary Powers), Walter James (Jim Hickory), Leo Willis (Leo Hickory); Running time: 8 reels; Released Jan 22, 1927
The General (1927); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Buster Keaton; Screenplay: Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman; From the book “The Great Locomotive Chase” by William Pittinger; Cast: Buster Keaton (Johnnie Gray), Marion Mack (Annabelle Lee), Glen Cavender (Capt. Anderson), Jim Farley (Gen. Thatcher); Running time: 8 reels; Released Feb 5, 1927
It (1927); Producer: Clarence Badger and Elinor Glyn (uncredited); Director: Clarence G. Badger; Screenplay: Elinor Glyn; Cast: Clara Bow (Betty Lou), Antonio Moreno (Cyrus T. Waltham), William Austin (Monty Montgomery), Priscilla Bonner (Molly); Running time: 7 reels; Released Feb 15, 1927
Long Pants (1927); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Frank Capra; Screenplay: Robert Eddy, Tay Garnett; Story by Arthur Ripley; Cast: Harry Langdon (Harry Shelby), Alma Bennett (Bebe Blair), Priscilla Bonner (Priscilla), Gladys Brockwell (Harry’s Mother); Running time: 6 reels; Released Mar 26, 1927
His First Flame (1927); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley, Frank Capra; Cast: Harry Langdon (Harry Howells), Natalie Kingston (Ethel Morgan), Ruth Hiatt (Mary Morgan), Vernon Dent (Amos McCarthy); Running time: 6 reels; Released May 3, 1927
Three’s a Crowd (1927); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Harry Langdon; Screenplay: Robert Eddy, James Langdon; Story by Arthur Ripley; Cast: Harry Langdon, Gladys McConnell, Cornelius Keefe, Arthur Thalasso; Running time: 6 reels; Released Aug 28, 1927
The Missing Link (1927); Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck; Director: Charles F. Resiner; Screenplay: Darryl F. Zanuck; Cast: Syd Chaplin (Arthur Wells), Ruth Hiatt (Beatrice Braden), Tom McGuire (Col. Braden), Crauford Kent (Lord Dryden); Running time: 7 reels; Released Sep 1, 1927
College (1927); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: James W. Home; Screenplay: Carl Harbaugh, Bryan Foy; Cast: Buster Keaton (Ronald), Florence Turner (Mother), Ann Cornwall (Mary Haines), Harold Goodwin (Rival); Running time: 6 reels; Released Sep 10, 1927
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927); Producer: William Fox; Director: F. W. Murnau; Screenplay: Carl Mayer; Based on the book “Excursion to Tilsit” by Hermann Sudermann; Cast: George O’Brien (Man), Janet Gaynor (Wife), Margaret Livingston (Woman from the City); Running time: 95 m; Released Sep 23, 1927
The Jazz Singer (1927); Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck; Director: Alan Crosland; Screenplay: Alfred A. Cohn; Based on the play by Samson Raphaelson; Cast: Al Jolson (Jackie Rabinowitz), Warner Oland (Cantor Rabinowitz), Eugenie Besserer (Sara Rabinowitz), May McAvoy (Mary Dale); Running time: 89 m; Released Oct 6, 1927
Hats Off (presumed lost) (1927); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Yates; Screenplay: H.M. Walker; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anita Garvin; Running time: 2 reels; Released Nov 5, 1927
Soldier Man (1927); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Harry Edwards; Screenplay: Arthur Ripley, Frank Capra; Cast: Harry Langdon, Natalie Kingston, Vernon Dent, Frank Whitson; Running time: 3 reels; Released Nov 27, 1927
The Circus (1928); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Allan Garcia (Circus Proprietor), Merna Kennedy (Merna); Running time: 7 reels; Released Jan 6, 1928
The Chaser (1928); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Harry Langdon; Screenplay: Robert Eddy, Clarence Hennecke, Harry McCoy; Story by Arthur Ripley; Cast: Harry Langdon, Gladys McConnell, Helen Hayward, Bud Jamison; Running time: 6 reels; Released Feb 12, 1928
Feel My Pulse (1928); Producer: ; Director: Gregory La Cava; Screenplay: Nicholas T. Barrows, Keene Thompson; Cast: Bebe Daniels (Barbara Manning), William Powell (Her Nemesis), Richard Arlen (Her Problem); Running time: 6 reels; Released Feb 26, 1928
Ladies Night in a Turkish Bath (1928); Producer: Edward Small, Charles R. Rogers; Director: Eddie Cline; Screenplay: Henry McCarthy, Gene Towne; Based on “Ladies’ Night” by Charlton Andrews and Avery Hopwood; Cast: Dorothy Mackail (Helen Slocum), Jack Mulhall (Speed Dawson), James Finlayson (Pa Slocum), Guinn “Big Boy” Williams (Sweeney); Running time: 7 reels; Released Apr 1, 1928
Speedy (1928); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Ted Wilde; Screenplay: John Grey, Lex Neal, Howard Rogers, Jay Howe; Albert DeMond (titles); Cast: Harold Lloyd (Sppedy), Ann Christy (Jane), Bert Woodruff (Pop Dillon), Brooks Benedict (Steve); Running time: 8 reels; Released Apr 7, 1928
Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); Producer: Joseph M. Schenck; Director: Charles F. Reisner; Screenplay: Carl Harbaugh; Cast: Buster Keaton (Willie Canfield), Ernest Torrence (“Steamboat Bill” Canfield), Tom Lewis (Tom Carter), Tom McGuire (John James King), Marion Byron (Mary King); Running time: 7 reels; Released May 20, 1928
Should Married Men Go Home (1928); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Leo McCarey, James Parrott; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edna Marion, Viola Richard; Running time: 2 reels; Released Sep 8, 1928
The Cameraman (1928); Producer: Buster Keaton; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Clyde Bruckman, Lew Lipton; Cast: Buster Keaton (Luke Shannon), Marceline Day (Sally), Harold Goodwin (Stagg); Running time: 8 reels; Released Sep 22, 1928
Heart Trouble (presumed lost) (1928); Producer: Harry Langdon; Director: Harry Langdon, Arthur Ripley (uncredited); Screenplay: Arthur Ripley, Harry Langdon; Gardner Bradford (titles); Cast: Harry Langdon (Harry Van Housen), Doris Dawson (Girl), Lionel Belmore (Adolph Van Housen), Madge Hunt (Mrs. Van Housen), Bud Jamison (Contractor); Running time: 6 reels; Released Oct 1, 1928
Spite Marriage (1929); Producer: Edward M. Sedgwick; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Lew Lipton, Ernest S. Pagano; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer Edgemont), Dorothy Sebastien (Trilby Drew), Edward Earle (Lionel Delmore), Leila Hyams (Ethyle Norcrosse); Running time: ; Released Apr 6, 1929
Unaccustomed as We Are (1929); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Lewis R. Foster; Screenplay: Leo McCarey; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd; Running time: 21 m; Released May 4, 1929
Mother’s Boy (1929); Producer: Robert Kane; Director: Bradley Barker; Screenplay: Gene Markey; Cast: Morton Downey (Tommy O’Day), Beryl Mercer (Mrs. O’Day), John T. Doyle (Mr. O’Day), Helen Chandler (Rose Lyndon); Running time: 8 reels; Released May 5, 1929
Double Whoopee (1929); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Lewis R. Foster; Screenplay: Leo McCarey; H.M. Walker (titles); Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Harlow, Ed Brandenburg; Running time: 2 reels; Released May 18, 1929
Modern Love (1929); Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Director: Arch Heath; Screenplay: Beatrice Van, Albert DeMond; Cast: Charley Chase (John Jones), Kathryn Crawford (Patricia Brown), Anita Garvin (Brunette), Betty Montgomery (Blonde); Running time: 60 m; Released Jul 21, 1929
Hotter Than Hot (1929); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Lewis R. Foster; Screenplay: H.M. Walker; Cast: Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy; Running time: 20 m; Released Aug 17, 1929
Welcome Danger (1929); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Clyde Bruckman (sound version), Ted Wilde, Mal St. Clair, and Clyde Bruckman (silent version); Screenplay: Felix Adler, Lex Neal, and Clyde Bruckman; Dialogue by Paul Gerald Smith; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold Bledsoe), Barbara Kent (Billie Lee), Noah Young (Patrick Clancy), Charles Middleton (John Thorne); Running time: 115 m; Released Oct 12, 1929
The Head Guy (1930); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Hal Roach (uncredited) and Fred L. Guiol; Screenplay: H.M. Walker; Cast: Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, Judith Barrett (credited as Nancy Dover), Eddie Dunn; Running time: 22 m; Released Jan 11, 1930
The Love Parade (1930); Producer: uncredited; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Guy Bolton; From the play “The Prince Consort” by Leon Xanrof and Jules Chancel; Cast: Maurice Chevalier (Count Renard), Jeanette Macdonald (Queen Louise), Lupino Lane (Jacques), Lillian Roth (Lulu); Running time: 107 m; Released Jan 18, 1930
Free and Easy (1930); Producer: Edward M. Sedgwick; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Richard Schayer, Al Boasberg; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer Butts), Anita Pge (Elvira Plunkett), Robert Montgomery (Larry), Fred Niblo (Director); Running time: 92 m; Released Mar 22, 1930
Doughboys (1930); Producer: Buster Keaton; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Richard Schayer, Al Boasberg; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer Stuyvesant), Sally Eilers (Mary), Edward Brophy (Sgt. Brophy), Cliff Edwards (Nescopeck); Running time: 81 m; Released Aug 30, 1930
City Lights (1931); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Tramp), Virginia Cherrill (Blind girl), Harry Myers (Eccentric Millionaire); Running time: 87 m; Released Jan 30, 1931
Parlor, Bedroom, and Bath (1931); Producer: Buster Keaton; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Richard Schayer, Robert E. Hopkins; From the play by Charles W. Bell and Mark Swan; Cast: Buster Keaton (Reginald Irving), Charlotte Greenway (Polly Hathaway), Reginal Denny (Jeffrey Haywood), Sally Eilers (Virginia Embrey); Running time: 73 m; Released Feb 28, 1931
The Smiling Lieutenant (1931); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson; Based on the operatta “A Waltz Dream” by Leopold Jackson and Felix Doermann, and the book by Hans Muller; Cast: Maurice Chevalier (Lt. Nikolaus von Preyn), Claudette Colbert (Franzi), Miriam Hopkins (Princess Anna), Charles Ruggles (Max); Running time: 95 m; Released May 22, 1931
Sidewalks of New York (1931); Producer: Lawrence Weingarten (uncredited); Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: George Landy, Paul Gerald Smith; Dialogue by Robert E. Hopkins, Eric Hatch; Cast: Buster Keaton (Homer Van Tine Harmon), Anita Page (Margie), Cliff Edwards (Poggle); Running time: 75 m; Released Sep 26, 1931
Strictly Dishonorable (1931); Producer: Carl Laemmle, Jr.; Director: John M. Stahl; Screenplay: Gladys Lehman; From the play by Preston Sturges; Cast: Paul Lukas (Gus), Sidney Fox (Isabelle), Lewis Stone (Judge), George Meeker (Henry); Running time: 91 m; Released Dec 26, 1931
Rich and Strange (1931); Producer: John Maxwell; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay: Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Val Valentine; Based on “Rich and Strange” by Dale Collins; Cast: Henry Kendall (Fred Hill), Joan Barry (Emily Hill), Percy Marmont (Commander Gordon), Betty Amann (The Princess); Running time: 83 m; Released Jan 1, 1932
The Man I Killed (A/K/A Broken Lullaby) (1932); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson, Ernest Vajda; Based on the play by Maurice Rostand; Cast: Lionel Barrymore (Dr. Holderin), Nancy Carroll (Elsa), Phillips Holmes (Paul Renard), Louise Carter (Frau Holderin); Running time: 94 m; Released Jan 19, 1932
Helpmates (1932); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: James Parrott; Screenplay: H.M. Walker; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy; Running time: 21 m; Released Jan 23, 1932
A Passionate Plumber (1932); Producer: Harry Rapf (uncredited); Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Laurence E. Johnson; From “Her Cardboard Lover” by Jacques Deval; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer Tuttle), Jimmy Durante (McCracken), Irene Purcell (Patricia Alden), Polly Moran (Albine), Mona Maris (Nina); Running time: 73 m; Released Feb 6, 1932
One Hour with You (1932); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson; Based on the play “Only a Dream” by Lothar Schmidt; Cast: Maurice Chevalier (Dr. Andre Bertier), Jeanette MacDonald (Colette Bertier), Lili Damita (Mitzi Olivier), Roland Young (Prof. Olivier); Running time: 80 m; Released Mar 25, 1932
This Is the Night (1932); Producer: Benjamin Glazer (uncredited); Director: Frank Tuttle; Screenplay: Benjamin Glazer, George Marion, Jr.; Cast: Lili Damita (Germaine), Charles Ruggles (Bunny West), Cary Grant (Stephen), Thelma Todd (Claire); Running time: 80 m; Released Apr 8, 1932
Speak Easily (1932); Producer: Lawrence Weingarten (uncredited); Director: Edward M. Sedwick; Screenplay: Ralph Spence, Laurence E. Johnson; From “Footlights” by Clarence Budington Kelland; Cast: Buster Keaton (Prof. Post), Thelma Todd (Eleanor Espere), Jimmy Durante (James), Ruth Selwyn (Pansy Peets), Hedda Hopper (Mrs. Peets); Running time: 82 m; Released Aug 13, 1932
Movie Crazy (1932); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Clyde Bruckman, Harold Lloyd (uncredited); Screenplay: Agnes Christine Johnson, John Grey, Felix Adler; Dialogue by Vincent Lawrence; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold Hall), Constance Cummings (Mary Sears), Kenneth Thomson (Vance), Sidney Jarvis (Director); Running time: 96 m (later cut to 84 m); Released Sep 23, 1932
Trouble in Paradise (1932); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson; Based on the play “The Honest Finder” by Aladar Laszlo; Cast: Miriam Hopkins (Lily), Kay Francis (Madame Mariette Colet), Herbert Marshall (Gaston Monescu), C. Aubrey Smith (Adolph Giron); Running time: 83 m; Released Nov 8, 1932
Hallelujah I’m a Bum (1933); Producer: uncredited; Director: Lewis Milestone; Screenplay: Ben Hecht; Cast: Al Jolson (Bumper), Harry Langdon (Egghead), Madge Evans (June Marcher), Frank Morgan (Mayor John Hastings); Running time: 82 m; Released Feb 3, 1933
What, No Beer? (1933); Producer: Lawrence Weingarten (uncredited); Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Carey Wilson; Story by Robert E. Hopkins, Additional Dialogue by Jack Cluett; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer J. Butts), Jimmy Durante (Jimmy Potts), Phyllis Barry (Hortense); Running time: 66 m; Released Feb 10, 1933
Tied for Life (1933); Producer: Arvid E. Gillstrom; Director: Arvid E. Gilstrom; Screenplay: Dean Ward, Vernon Dent; Cast: Harry Langdon, Vernon Dent, Nell O’Day, Mabel Forest; Running time: 20 m; Released Jul 2, 1933
Dinner at Eight (1933); Producer: David O. Selznick; Director: George Cukor; Screenplay: Francis Marion, Herman J. Mankiewicz; Cast: Marie Dressler (Carlotta Vance), Lionel Barrymore (Oliver Jordan), Billie Burke (Millicent Jordan), Jean Harlow (Kitty Packard); Running time: 113 m; Released Aug 29, 1933
Rafter Romance (1933); Producer: Merian C. Cooper; Director: William A. Seiter; Screenplay: Glenn Tryon, H.W. Hanemann, Sam Mintz; Based on the book by John Wells; Cast: Ginger Rogers (Mary Carroll), Norman Foster (Jack Bacon), Robert Benchley (H. Harrington Hubbell), Laura Hope Crews (Elisa Peabody Whittington Smythe); Running time: 72 m; Released Sep 1, 1933
The Stage Hand (1933); Producer: Arvid E. Gillstrom; Director: Harry Langdon; Screenplay: Harry Langdon, Eddie Davis; Cast: Harry Langdon, Marel Foster, Ira Hayward, Eddie Shubert; Running time: 20 m; Released Sep 8, 1933
Bombshell (1933); Producer: Irving Thalberg; Director: Victor Fleming (uncredited); Screenplay: John Lee Mahin, Jules Furthman; From the play by Caroline Francke and Mack Crane; Cast: Jean Harlow (Lola), Lee Tracy (Space), Frank Morgan (Pops), Franchot Tone (Gifford); Running time: 96 m (later cut to 84 m); Released Oct 13, 1933
Duck Soup (1933); Producer: Herman J. Mankiewicz; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby, Arthur Sheekman, Nat Perrin; Cast: Groucho Marx (Rufus T. Firefly), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Teasdale), Chico Marx (Chicolini), Harpo Marx (Pinky); Running time: 70 m; Released Nov 17, 1933
Design for Living (1933); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Ben Hecht; Based on the play by Noel Coward; Cast: Fredric March (Tom Chambers), Gary Cooper (George Curtis), Miriam Hopkins (Gilda Farrell), Edward Everett Horton (Max Plunkett); Running time: 90 m; Released Nov 22, 1933
Dancing Lady (1933); Producer: David O. Selznick; Director: Robert Z. Leonard; Screenplay: Allen Rivkin, P.J. Wolfson; Cast: Joan Crawford (Janie Barlow), Clark Gable (Patch Gallagher), Franchot Tone (Tod Newton), May Robson (Dolly Todhunter); Running time: 92 m; Released Nov 24, 1933
The King of the Champs-Elysees (1934); Producer: Seymour Nebenzahl; Director: Max Nosseck; Screenplay: Arnold Yipp; Dialogue by Yves Mirande; Cast: Buster Keaton (Buster Garnier/Jim Le Balafre), Paulette Dubots (Germaine), Colette Darfeuil (Simone), Madeline Guitty (Madame Garnier); Running time: 70 m; Released Jan 5, 1934
Six of a Kind (1934); Producer: uncredited; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Keene Thompson, Douglas MacLean, Walter DeLeon, Harry Rsukin; Cast: Charles Ruggles (J. Pinkham Whinney), Mary Boland (Flora Whinney), George Burns (George Edward), Gracie Allen (Gracie Devore); Running time: 62 m; Released Feb 9, 1934
It Happened One Night (1934); Producer: Harry Cohn, Frank Capra; Director: Frank Capra; Screenplay: Robert Riskin; Based on “Night Bus” by Samuel Hopkins Adams; Cast: Clark Gable (Peter Warne), Claudette Colbert (Ellen Andrews), Walter Connolly (Alexander Andrews), Jameson Thomas (King Westley); Running time: 105 m; Released Feb 22, 1934
Four Parts (1934); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Charley Chase (Charles Parrott), Eddie Dunn; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Florence Roberts; Running time: 19 m; Released Mar 17, 1934
Twentieth Century (1934); Producer: Howard Hawks; Director: Howard Hawks; Screenplay: Ben Hecht, Charles MacArthur; Cast: Carole Lombard (Mildred Plotka), John Barrymore (Oscar Jaffe), Roscoe Karns (Owen O’Malley), Walter Connolly (Oliver Webb); Running time: 91 m; Released May 3, 1934
The Thin Man (1934); Producer: Hunt Stromberg; Director: W.S. Van Dyke; Screenplay: Albert Hackett, Frances Goodrich; From the novel by Dashiell Hammett; Cast: William Powell (Nick Charles), Myrna Loy (Nora Charles), Maureen O’Sullivan (Dorothy Wynant), Nat Pendleton (Guild); Running time: 91 m; Released May 25, 1934
Hollywood Party (1934); Producer: Irving Thalberg; Director: Roland Boleslawski, Edmund Goulding, Russell Mack, Roy Rowland, Sam Wood, Charles Resiner; Screenplay: Howard Dietz, Arthur Kober; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jimmy Durante, Polly Moran; Running time: 68 m; Released Jun 1, 1934
The Merry Widow (1934); Producer: Irving Thalberg; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Ernest Vajda, Samson Raphaelson; Based on the operetta by Franz Lehar, libretto and lyrics by Victor Leon and Leo Stein, additional music by Richard Rodgers, additional lyrics by Lorenz Hart anb Gus Kahn; Cast: Maurice Chevalier (Prince Danilo), Jeanette MacDonald (Sonia), Edward Everett Horton (Ambassador Popoff), Una Merkel (Queen Dolores); Running time: 99 m; Released Oct 11, 1934
The Gay Divorcee (1934); Producer: Pandro S. Berman; Director: Mark Sandrich; Screenplay: George Marion, Jr., Dorothy Yost, Edward Kaufman; Cast: Fred Astaire (Guy Holden), Ginger Rogers (Mimi), Alice Brady (Hortense), Edward Everett Horton (Egbert); Running time: 107 m; Released Oct 12, 1934
Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Walter DeLeon, Harlan Thompson; Based on the novel “Ruggles of Red Gap” by Harry Leon Wilson; Cast: Charles Laughton (Ruggles), Charlie Ruggles (Egbert Floud), Mary Boland (Effie Floud), Zasu Pitts (Mrs. Judson); Running time: 90 m; Released Feb 19, 1935
Top Hat (1935); Producer: Pandro S. Berman; Director: Mark Sandrich; Screenplay: Allan Scott, Dwight Taylor, Ben Holmes, Ralph Spence; Based on the play “Scandal in Budapest” by Sándor Faragó and the play “A Girl Who Dares” by Aladar Laszlo; Cast: Fred Astaire (Jerry Travers), Ginger Rogers (Dale Tremont), Edward Everett Horton (Horace Hardwick), Helen Broderick (Madge); Running time: 101 m; Released Sep 6, 1935
Hands Across the Table (1935); Producer: E. Lloyd Sheldon; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Screenplay: Norman Krasna; Cast: Carole Lombard (Regi Allen), Fred MacMurray (Ted Drew), Ralph Bellamy (Allen Macklyn), Astrid Allwyn (Vivian Snowden); Running time: 80 m; Released Oct 18, 1935
The Timid Young Man (1935); Producer: Mack Sennett; Director: Mack Sennett; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Buster Keaton (Milton), Lona Andre (Helen), Tiny Sandford (Mortimer), Kitty McHugh (Milton’s Fiancee); Running time: 20 m; Released Oct 25, 1935
Alice Adams (1935); Producer: Pedro S. Berman; Director: George Stevens; Screenplay: Dorothy Yost, Mortimer Offner, Jane Murfin; Based on a novel by Booth Tarkington; Cast: Katharine Hepburn (Alice Adams), Fred MacMurray (Arthur Russell), Fred Stone (Virgil Adams), Evelyn Venable (Mildred Palmer); Running time: 99 m; Released Nov 13, 1935
A Night at the Opera (1935); Producer: Irving Thalberg; Director: Sam Wood; Screenplay: George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind; Cast: Groucho Marx (Otis P. Driftwood), Harpo Marx (Tomasso), Chico Marx (Fiorello), Margaret Dumont (Mrs. Claypool); Running time: 93 m; Released Nov 15, 1935
An Old Spanish Custom (A/K/A The Invader) (1936); Producer: Sam Spiegel, Harold Richman; Director: Adrian Brunel; Screenplay: Walter Greenwood; Cast: Buster Keaton (Leander Proudfoot), Lupita Tovar (Luipta Malez), Esme Percy (Jose); Running time: 61 m; Released Jan 2, 1936
Modern Times (1936); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Worker), Paulette Goddard (Gamine); Running time: 87 m; Released Feb 5, 1936
The Milky Way (1936); Producer: E. Loyd Sheldon; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Grover Jones, Frank Butler, Richard Connell; Based on the play by Lynn Root and Harry Clork; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Burleigh Sullivan), Adolphe Menjou (Gabby Sloan), Verree Teasdale (Ann Westley), Helen Mack (Mae Sullivan); Running time: 88 m; Released Feb 7, 1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936); Producer: Frank Capra; Director: Frank Capra; Screenplay: Robert Riskin; Story by Clarence Budington Kelland; Cast: Gary Cooper (Longfellow Deeds), Jean Arthur (Babe Bennett), George Bancroft (MacWade), Lionel Stander (Cornelius Cobb); Running time: 115 m; Released Apr 12, 1936
Neighborhood House (1936); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: Charley Chase (Charles Parrott), Harold Law; Screenplay: uncredited; Cast: Charley Chase, Rosina Lawrence, Darla Hood, George Meeker; Running time: 58 m; Released May 9, 1936
The Princess Comes Across (1936); Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; Director: William K. Howard; Screenplay: Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Don Hartman, Frank Butler; Based on the novel “Death Cab” by Louis Lucien Rogger; Cast: Carole Lombard (Wanda Nash), Fred MacMurray (King Mantell), Douglass Dumbrille (Inspector Lorel), Alison Skipworth (Lady Gertrude Allwyn); Running time: 75 m; Released May 22, 1936
Disorder in the Court (1936); Producer: Jules White; Director: Preston Black; Screenplay: Felix Adler; Cast: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Bud Jamison; Running time: 17 m; Released May 30, 1936
My Man Godfrey (1936); Producer: Charles R. Rogers; Director: Gregory La Cava; Screenplay: Morrie Ryskind; Based on the novel by Eric Hatch; Cast: William Powell (Godfrey), Carole Lombard (Irene Bullock), Alice Brady (Angelica Bullock), Eugene Pallette (Alexander Bullock); Running time: 94 m; Released Sep 6, 1936
Theodora Goes Wild (1936); Producer: Everett Riskin; Director: Richard Boleslawski; Screenplay: Mary McCarthy, Sidney Buchman; Cast: Irene Dunne (Theodora Lynn), Melvyn Douglas (Michael Grant), Thurston Hall (Arthur Stevenson), Robert Greig (Uncle John); Running time: 94 m; Released Nov 12, 1936
Mixed Magic (1936); Producer: E.H. Allen; Director: Raymond Kane; Screenplay: Arthur Jarrett, Marcy Klauber; Cast: Buster Keaton (Elmer), Eddie Lambert (Professor Spumoni), Marlyn Stuart (Mary), Eddie Hall (Hector); Running time: 17 m; Released Nov 20, 1936
Make Way for Tomorrow (1937); Producer: Adolph Zukor; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Viña Delmar; Cast: Victor Moore (Pa Cooper), Beulah Bondi (Ma Cooper), Thomas Mitchell (George Cooper), Fay Bainter (Anita Cooper); Running time: 92 m; Released May 9, 1937
Easy Living (1937); Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Based on a story by Vera Caspary; Cast: Jean Arthur (Mary Smith), Edward Arnold (J.B. Ball), Ray Milland (John Ball, Jr.), Luis Alberni (Mr. Louis Louis); Running time: 88 m; Released Jul 16, 1937
Artists and Models (1937); Producer: Lewis E. Gensler; Director: Raoul Walsh; Screenplay: Walter DeLeon, Francis Martin, Keene Thompson; Story by Sig Herzig, Gene Thackery; Cast: Jack Benny (Mac Brewster), Ida Lupino (Paula Sewell), Richard Arlen (Alan Townsend), Gail Patrick (Cynthia Wentworth), Ben Blue (Jupiter Pluvius); Running time: 97 m; Released Aug 4, 1937
The Awful Truth (1937); Producer: ; Director: Leo McCarey; Screenplay: Viña Delmar; Based on a play by Arthur Richman; Cast: Irene Dunne (Lucy Warriner), Cary Grant (Jerry Warriner), Ralph Bellamy (Daniel Leeson), Cecil Cunningham (Aunt Patsy), Molly Lamont (Barbara Vance); Running time: 91 m; Released Oct 20, 1937
Nothing Sacred (1937); Producer: David O. Selznick; Director: William A. Wellman; Screenplay: Ben Hecht; Based on the short story “Letter to the Editor” by James H. Street; Cast: Carole Lombard (Hazel Flagg), Fredric March (Wally Cook), Walter Connolly (Oliver Stone), Sig Ruman (Dr. Emil Eggelhoffer); Running time: 77 m; Released Nov 25, 1937
True Confession (1937); Producer: ; Director: Wesley Ruggles; Screenplay: Claude Binyon; From the play by Louis Verneuil and Georges Berr; Cast: Carole Lombard (Helen Bartlett), Fred MacMurray (Kenneth Bartlett), John Barrymore (Charley Jasper), Una Merkel (Daisy McClure); Running time: 85 m; Released Dec 24, 1937
Bringing Up Baby (1938); Producer: Cliff Reid, Howard Hawks; Director: Howard Hawks; Screenplay: Dudley Nichols; Based on the short story by Hagar Wilde; Cast: Katharine Hepburn (Susan Vance), Cary Grant (Dr. David Huxley), Charles Ruggles (Major Applegate), Walter Catlett (Constable Slocum); Running time: 102 m; Released Feb 16, 1938
Vivacious Lady (1938); Producer: George Stevens; Director: George Stevens; Screenplay: P.J. Wolfson, Ernest Pagano; Story by I.A.R. Wylie; Cast: Ginger Rogers (Francey), Jimmy Stewart (Prof. Peter Morgan, Jr.), James Ellison (Keith Morgan), Charles Coburn (Peter Morgan, Sr.); Running time: 90 m; Released May 13, 1938
Holiday (1938); Producer: Everett Riskin; Director: George Cukor; Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart, Sidney Buchman; From the play by Philip Barry; Cast: Katharine Hepburn (Linda Seton), Cary Grant (Johnny Case), Doris Nolan (Julia Seton), Edward Everett Horton (Prof. Nick Potter); Running time: 95 m; Released Jun 15, 1938
Professor Beware (1938); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Elliott Nugent; Screenplay: Delmer Daves; Adaptation by Jack Cunningham and Clyde Bruckman from a story by Crampton Harris, Francis M and Marion B. Cockrell; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Prof. Lambert), Phyllis Welch (Jane Van Buren), Raymond Walburn (Judge Marshall), William Frawley (Snoop Donlan); Running time: 93 m; Released Jul 29, 1938
Too Hot to Handle (1938); Producer: Lawrence Weingarten; Director: Jack Conway; Screenplay: Laurence Stallings, John Lee Mahin, Buster Keaton (uncredited); Cast: Clark Gable (Chris Hunter), Myrna Loy (Alma Harding), Walter Pidgeon (William Dennis), Walter Connolly (Arthur MacArthur); Running time: 106 m; Released Sep 16, 1938
Room Service (1938); Producer: Pandro S. Berman; Director: William A. Seiter; Screenplay: Glenn Tryon, Philip Loeb; From the play by Allen Boretz and John Murray; Cast: Groucho Marx (Gordon Miller), Chico Marx (Binelli), Harpo Marx (Faker), Lucille Ball (Christine Marlowe); Running time: 78 m; Released Sep 30, 1938
Next Time I Marry (1938); Producer: Cliff Reid; Director: Garson Kanin; Screenplay: John Twist, Helen Meinardi; Story by Thames Williamson; Cast: Lucille Ball (Nancy Crocker Fleming), James Ellison (Anthony J. Anthony), Lee Bowman (Count Georgi), Mantan Moreland (Tilby); Running time: 65 m; Released Dec 9, 1938
Midnight (1939); Producer: Arthur Hornblow, Jr.; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Screenplay: Charles Brackett and Billy Wilder; Story by Edwin Justus Mayer, Franz Schulz; Cast: Claudette Colbert (Eve Peabody), Don Ameche (Tobor Czerny), John Barrymore (Georges Flammarion), Mary Astor (Helene Flammarion); Running time: 94 m; Released Mar 15, 1939
Pest from the West (1939); Producer: Jules White; Director: Del Lord; Screenplay: Clyde Bruckman; Cast: Buster Keaton (Sir), Lorna Grey (Conchita), Gino Corrado (Martino), Richard Fiske (Bullfighter); Running time: 19 m; Released Jun 16, 1939
Bachelor Mother (1939); Producer: Buddy G. DeSylva; Director: Garson Kanin; Screenplay: Norman Krasna; Story by Felix Jackson; Cast: Ginger Rogers (Polly Parrish), David Niven (David Merlin), Charles Coburn (J.B. Merlin), Frank Albertson (Freddie Miller); Running time: 82 m; Released Aug 4, 1939
Fifth Avenue Girl (1939); Producer: Gregory La Cava; Director: Gregory La Cava; Screenplay: Allan Scott; Cast: Ginger Rogers (Mary Grey), Walter Connolly (Timothy Borden), Tim Holt (Tim Borden), Veree Teasdale (Martha Borden); Running time: 83 m; Released Sep 22, 1939
Ninotchka (Ernst Lubitsch); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Charles Brackett, Billy Wilder, Walter Reisch; Based on a story by Melchior Lengyel; Cast: Greta Garbo (Ninotchka), Melvyn Douglas (Count d’Algout), Ina Claire (Grand Duchess Swana), Bela Lugosi (Commissar Razinin); Running time: 110 m; Released Oct 6, 1939
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck; Director: Irving Cummings; Screenplay: Ernest Pascal; Story by Hilary Lynn, Brown Holmes; Cast: Alice Faye (Molly Adair Hayden), Don Ameche (Mike Connors), Alan Curtis (Nicky Hayden), Buster Keaton (Himself); Running time: 97 m; Released Oct 13, 1939
The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson; Based on the play “Parfumerie” by Nikolus Laszlo; Cast: Jimmy Stewart (Alfred Kralik), Margaret Sullavan (Klara Novak), Frank Morgan (Hugo Matuschek), Joseph Schildkraut (Ferencz Vadas); Running time: 97 m; Released Jan 12, 1940
His Girl Friday (1940); Producer: Howard Hawks (uncredited); Director: Howard Hawks; Screenplay: Charles Lederer; From the play “The Front Page” by Ben Hecht; Cast: Cary Grant (Walter Burns), Rosalind Russell (Hildy Johnson), Ralph Bellamy (Bruce Baldwin), Clarence Kolb (Mayor); Running time: 92 m; Released Jan 18, 1940
He Married His Wife (1940); Producer: uncredited; Director: Roy Del Ruth; Screenplay: Sam Hellman, Darrell Ware, Lynn Starling, John O’Hara; Story by Erna Lazarus, Scott Darling; Cast: Joel McCrea (T.H. Randall), Nancy Kelly (Valerie), Roland Young (Bill Carter), Mary Boland (Ethel); Running time: 83 m; Released Jan 19, 1940
Remember the Night (1940); Producer: Mitchell Leisen; Director: Mitchell Leisen; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Lee Leander), Fred MacMurray (John Sargent), Beulah Bondi (Mrs. Sargent); Running time: 91 m; Released Jan 19, 1940
Goodness a Ghost (1940); Producer: Lou Brock; Director: Harry D’Arcy; Screenplay: Harry Langdon; Story by George Jeske, Arthur V. Jones; Cast: Harry Langdon; Running time: 16 m; Released Mar 8, 1940
My Favorite Wife (1940); Producer: Leo McCarey; Director: Garson Kanin; Screenplay: Leo McCarey, Garson Kanin, John McClain, Samuel and Bella Spewack; Cast: Irene Dunne (Ellen Arden), Cary Grant (Nick Arden), Randolph Scott (Stephen Burkett), Gail Patrick (Bianca Bates); Running time: 88 m; Released May 17, 1940
Foreign Correspondent (1940); Producer: Walter Wanger; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay: Charles Benson, Joan Harrison; Cast: Joel McCrea (John Jones), Laraine Day (Carol Fisher), Herbert Marshall (Stephen Fisher), George Sanders (Scott ffolliott); Running time: 120 m; Released Aug 16, 1940
The Great McGinty (1940); Producer: Paul Jones; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Brian Donlevy (Dan McGinty), Muriel Angelus (Catherine McGinty), Akim Tamiroff (The Boss), William Demarest (Skeeters); Running time: 82 m; Released Aug 23, 1940
The Great Dictator (1940); Producer: Charlie Chaplin; Director: Charlie Chaplin; Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin; Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Adenoiud Hynkel/Jewish barber), Paulette Goddard (Hannah), Jack Oakie (Benzino Napaloni); Running time: 125 m; Released Oct 15, 1940
Christmas in July (1940); Producer: Paul Jones; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Dick Powell (Jimmy MacDonald), Ellen Drew (Betty Casey), Raymond Walburn (Dr. Maxford), William Demarest (Mr. Bildocker); Running time: 67 m; Released Oct 25, 1940
The Philadelphia Story (1940); Producer: Joseph L. Mankiewicz; Director: George Cukor; Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart; Based on the play “The Philadelphia Story” by Philip Barry; Cast: Katharine Hepburn (Tracy Lord), Cary Grant (C.K. Dexter Haven), Jimmy Stewart (Mike Connor), Ruth Hussey (Liz Imbrie); Running time: 112 m; Released Dec 26, 1940
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1941); Producer: Harry E, Edington; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay: Norman Krasna; Cast: Carole Lombard (Ann Smith), Robert Montgomery (David Smith), Gene Raymond (Jeff Custer), Jack Carson (Chuck Benson); Running time: 95 m; Released Jan 31, 1941
A Girl, a Guy, and a Gob (1941); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: Richard Wallace; Screenplay: Frank Ryan, Bert Granet, Sarah Y. Mason, Victor Heerman; Story by Grover Jones; Cast: Lucille Ball (Dot Duncan), George Murphy (Coffee Cup), Edmond O’Brien (Stephen Herrick), Franklin Pangborn (Pet Shop Owner); Running time: 90 m; Released Mar 14, 1941
The Lady Eve (1941); Producer: Paul Jones; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Based on a story by Monckton Hoffe; Cast: Barbara Stanwyck (Jean), Henry Fonda (Charles), Charles Coburn (Col. Harrington; Running time: 94 m; Released Mar 21, 1941
That Uncertain Feeling (1941); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Donald Ogden Stewart, Walter Reisch; From a play by Victorien Sardou and Emile DeNajac; Cast: Merle Oberon (Jill Baker), Melvyn Douglas (Larry Baker), Burgess Meredith (Alexander Sebastian), Alan Mowbray (Dr. Vengard); Running time: 84 m; Released Apr 20, 1941
Meet John Doe (1941); Producer: Frank Capra; Director: Frank Capra; Screenplay: Robert Riskin; Based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell, Sr.; Cast: Gary Cooper (John Doe), Barbara Stanwyck (Ann Mitchell), Edward Arnold (D.B. Norton), Walter Brennan (The Colonel); Running time: 122 m; Released May 3, 1941
Sullivan’s Travels (1941); Producer: Preston Sturges; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Joel McCrea (John Sullivan), Veronica Lake (Girl), Robert Warwick (Mr. LeBrand), Robert Greig (Butler); Running time: 90 m; Released Feb 6, 1942
To Be or Not to Be (1942); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Edwin Justus Mayer; Based on a story by Melchior Lengyel and Ernst Lubitsch; Cast: Jack Benny (Joseph Tura), Carole Lombard (Maria Tura), Robert Stack (Lt. Sobinski), Stanley Ridges (Prof. Siletsky); Running time: 99 m; Released Mar 6, 1942
Lady in a Jam (1942); Producer: Gregory La Cava; Director: Gregory La Cava; Screenplay: Eugene Thackrey, Francis M. Cockrell; Cast: Irene Dunne (Jane Palmer), Ralph Bellamy (Stanley), Patric Knowles (Dr. Enright), Eugene Pallette (Billingsley); Running time: 78 m; Released Jun 19, 1942
Palm Beach Story (1942); Producer: Buddy G. DeSylva; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Claudette Colbert (Gerry), Joel McCrea (Tom), Mary Astor (Princess Centimillia), Rudy Vallee (J.D. Hackensacker III); Running time: 88 m; Released Jan 1, 1943
Slightly Dangerous (1943); Producer: Pandro S. Berman; Director: Wesley Ruggles; Screenplay: Charles Lederer, George Oppenheimer; Story by Aileen Hamilton; Cast: Lana Turner (Peggy Evans), Robert Young (Bob Stuart), Walter Brennan (Cornelius Burden); Running time: 94 m; Released Apr 1, 1943
The More the Merrier (1943); Producer: George Stevens; Director: George Stevens; Screenplay: Robert Russell, Frank Ross, Richard Flournoy, Lewis R. Foster; Cast: Jean Arthur (Connie Milligan), Joel McCrea (Joe Carter), Charles Coburn (Benjamin Dingle); Running time: 104 m; Released May 13, 1943
Heaven Can Wait (1943); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson; Based on the play “Birthday” by Laszlo Bus-Fekete; Cast: Gene Tierney (Martha Van Cleve), Don Ameche (Henry Van Cleve), Laird Cregar (His Excellency), Eugene Pallette (E.F. Strabel); Running time: 112 m; Released Aug 11, 1943
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek (1943); Producer: Preston Sturges (uncredited); Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Eddie Bracken (Norval Jones), Betty Hutton (Trudy Kockenlocker), William Demarest (Constable Kockenlocker), Porter Hall (Justice of the Peace); Running time: 98 m; Released Jan 19, 1944
Lifeboat (1944); Producer: Kenneth Macgowan; Director: Alfred Hitchcock; Screenplay: John Steinbeck, Jo Swerling; Cast: Tallulah Bankhead (Connie Porter), William Bendix (Gus), Walter Slezak (Willi), Mary Anderson (Alice MacKenzie); Running time: 97 m; Released Jan 28, 1944
Hail the Conquering Hero (1944); Producer: Preston Sturges (uncredited); Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Eddie Bracken (Woodrow Truesmith), Ella Raines (libby), William Demarest (Sgt. Heffelfinger), Georgia Caine (Mrs. Truesmith); Running time: 101 m; Released Aug 9, 1944
Cluny Brown (1946); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch; Screenplay: Samuel Hoffenstein, Elizabeth Reinhardt; Based on the novel by Margery Sharp; Cast: Charles Boyer (Adam Belinski), Jennifer Jones (Cluny Brown), Peter Lawford (Andrew Carmel), Helen Walker (Betty Cream); Running time: 100 m; Released Jun 1, 1946
The Sin of Harold Diddlebock (A/K/A Mad Wednesday) (1947); Producer: Preston Sturges; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges; Cast: Harold Lloyd (Harold Diddlebock), Frances Ramsden (Miss Otis), Jimmy Conlin (Wormy), Raymond Walburn (E.J. Waggleberry), Edgar Kennedy (Bartender); Running time: 89 m; Released Apr 4, 1947
A Southern Yankee (1948); Producer: Paul Jones; Director: Edward M. Sedgwick; Screenplay: Melvin Frank, Norman Panama; Cast: Red Skelton (Aubrey Filmore), Brian Donlevy (Kurt Devlynn), Arlene Dahl (Sallyann Weatharby), George Couloris (The Grey Spider); Running time: 90 m; Released Aug 5, 1948
That Lady in Ermine (1948); Producer: Ernst Lubitsch; Director: Ernst Lubitsch and Otto Preminger (uncredited); Screenplay: Samson Raphaelson; Based on the operetta by Rudolf Schanzer and Ernst Welisch; Cast: Betty Grable (Francesca/Angelina), Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (Col. Teglas/The Duke), Cesar Romero (Count Mario), Walter Abel (Major Horvath/Benvenuto); Running time: 89 m; Released Aug 24, 1948
The Beautiful Blonde from Bashful Bend (1949); Producer: Preston Sturges; Director: Preston Sturges; Screenplay: Preston Sturges, Earl Felton; Cast: Betty Grable (Winfred Jones), Cesar Romero (Blackie Jobero), Rudy Vallee (Charles Hingelman), Olga San Juan (Conchita); Running time: 77 m; Released May 27, 1949
Watch the Birdie (1950); Producer: Harry Ruskin; Director: Jack Donohue; Screenplay: Ivan Tors, Devery Freeman, Harry Ruskin; Cast: Red Skelton (Rusty), Arlene Dahl (Lucia), Ann Miller (Miss Lucky Vista), Leon Ames (Grantland Farns); Running time: 71 m; Released Dec 11, 1950
Singin’ in the Rain (1952); Producer: Arthur Freed; Director: Gene Kelly, Stanley Donen; Screenplay: Betty Comden, Adolph Green; Cast: Gene Kelly (Don Lockwood), Debbie Reynolds (Kathy Selden), Jean Hagen (Lina Lamont), Donald O’Connor (Cosmo Brown); Running time: 103 m; Released Mar 27, 1952
L’Incantevole Nemica (1953); Producer: Jules Borkon, Dario Sabatello; Director: Claudio Gora; Screenplay: Edoardo Anton, Jean-Bernard-Luc, Claudio Gora Age; Story by Vittorio Metz and Marcello Marchesi; Cast: Silvana Pampanini (Silvia), Robert Lamoureux (Roberto), Carlo Campanini (Albertini), Ugo Tognazzi (Factory Director); Running time: 86 m; Released Jun 14, 1953
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955); Producer: Howard Christie; Director: Charles Lamont; Screenplay: John Grant; Story by Lee Loeb; Cast: Bud Abbott (Slim), Lou Costello (Tubby), Fred Clark (Joseph Gorman), Lynn Bari (Leota Van Cleef), Mack Sennett (Himself); Running time: 80 m; Released Feb 21, 1955
The Silent Partner (Screen Diector’s Playhouse) (1955); Producer: Hal Roach; Director: George Marshall; Screenplay: Barbara Avedon; Cast: Buster Keaton (Kelsey Dutton), Zasu Pitts (Selma), Joe E. Brown (Arthur Vail), Evelyn Ankers (Miss Loving); Running time: 25 m; Released Dec 21, 1955
The Golden Age of Comedy (1957); Producer: Robert Youngson; Director: Robert Youngson; Screenplay: René Clair, Robert Youngson; Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Carole Lombard, Ben Turpin; Running time: 79 m; Released Dec 26, 1957
Some Like It Hot (1959); Producer: Billy Wilder; Director: Billy Wilder; Screenplay: Billy Wilder, I.A.L. Diamond; Story by Robert Thoeren, Michael Logan; Cast: Marilyn Monroe (Sugar Kane Kowalczyk), Tony Curtis (Joe/Josephine), Jack Lemmon (Jerry/Daphne), Joe E. Brown (Osgood Fielding III); Running time: 121 m; Released Mar 29, 1959
When Comedy Was King (1960); Producer: Robert Youngson; Director: Robert Youngson; Screenplay: Robert Youngson; Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Roscoe Arbuckle, Harry Langdon; Running time: 81 m; Released Mar 29, 1960
Harold Lloyd’s World of Comedy (1962); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: (various); Screenplay: (various); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell; Running time: 94 m; Released Jun 4, 1962
The Funny Side of Life (1966); Producer: Harold Lloyd; Director: (various); Screenplay: (various); Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Ann Christy; Running time: 99 m; Released Nov 9, 1966
War Italian Style (1967); Producer: Fulvio Lucisano; Director: Luigi Scattini; Screenplay: Franco Castellano, Pipolo and Fulvio Lucisano; Cast: Buster Keaton (General Von Kassler), Franco Franchi (Frank), Ciccio Ingrassia (Joe); Running time: 84 m; Released Jan 18, 1967