Director: Various Directors
Description: See all your favorite beer commercials from years gone by, collected here in this strange and wonderful document from the past. From all the wonderful brands like Falstaff, Miller, Blatz, Hamma, Jax and many, many more.
Color/B&W: Color/B&W.  Running Time: 60 mins.   Item #5354  $14.99
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Director: Roscoe
Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Minta Durfee, Frank Hayes, Al St. John, Edgar Kennedy, Louise Fazenda, Mack Swain, Slim Sommerville, Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett.
Description: Three hilarious shorts:
Fatty's Faithful Fido-Trouble ensues when a woman chooses a large strong man over a slender dandy, and the dandy plans revenge.
Fatty's Tintype Tangle-Fatty's in trouble again when a tintype picture of him with another woman falls into the wrong hands...his wife's! And that's just the beginning!
Fatty's New Role-Fatty's a hobo mistaken for a mad bomber who's been preying on restaurants. When Fatty brings a hunk of cheese into a cafe, the owner thinks it's a bomb.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 45 mins.   Item #1710  $14.99
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Director: Roscoe
Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Mabel Normand, Minta Durfee, Frank Hayes, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Josef Swickard, Alice Davenport, Harry McCoy.
Description: Three hilarious shorts:
Fatty and Mabel at the San Diego Exposition-While at the title attraction, Mabel goes shopping, leaving Fatty to persue other interests...and other women!
Mabel and Fatty's Simple Life-Fatty and Mabel are in love, but Mabel's dad plans to marry her to his landlord's son, in exchange for the deed to the property. When the lovebirds elope, the chase is on!
Mabel and Fatty's Wash Day-Mabel is hard at work washing clothes while her husband sleeps in. Next door, Fatty works hard while his wife nags and makes plans to go out for the evening. When Mabel and Fatty meet later that day, it results in a myriad of comedic situations!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 43 mins.   Item #1711  $14.99
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Director: Mabel Normand, Roscoe
Cast: Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Edgar Kennedy, Mack Swain, Minta Durfee, Harry Gribbon.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Mabel Lost and Won-Mabel's fiance is caught in an innocent but compromising position with Mabel's flirtatious rival, and Mabel's mom insists the wedding be called off!
Wished on Mabel-Mabel, her mom and Fatty are at the park when a thief steals mother's watch and then loses it. Fatty finds it and that's when his trouble begins!
Mabel, Fatty & the Law-Two errant husbands are caught flirting with their maids. They escape to the park where each encounters the wife of the other! And of course the Keystone Cops get involved...
Fatty's Plucky Pup-Fatty is an incompetent klutz, but when his girl is kidnapped at an amusement park, Fatty, his plucky pup, and the Keystone Cops must come to the rescue!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 58 mins.   Item #1712  $14.99
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Director: Roscoe
Cast: Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Al St. John, Edgar Kennedy, Phyllis Allen, Ford Sterling, Josef Swickard.
Description: Three classic shorts:
Mabel's Willful Way-Mabel becomes disgusted with her mother's eating habits, and runs off with Fatty to an amusement park where comedic mishaps occur.
That Little Band of Gold-After Fatty and Mabel's wedding, her mom moves in with them, which is bad enough, but the fur starts to fly when Fatty gets drunk and decides to take "mom" and her friends to the opera!
Mabel and Fatty's Married Life-Mabel and Fatty are newlyweds sitting in the park when they are visited by an organ-grinder's monkey, whose owner puts a curse on them!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 44 mins.   Item #1713  $14.99
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Director: Roscoe
Cast: Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, Harold Lloyd, Ford Sterling, Charles Arling, Minta Durfee, Charley Chase, Dora Rodgers, Josef Swickard.
Description: Three classic shorts:
Miss Fatty's Seaside Lovers-Fatty in drag as a rich man's daughter who's wooed by a score of suitors, including a young Harold Lloyd!
Court House Crooks-The district attorney is having an affair with the judge's wife, but that's just the beginning! Watch for Harold Lloyd again in a minor role.
Love, Loot and Crash-Flustered restaurant owner must find a new cook while thwarting both his daughter's plans to elope and the plot of a couple of crooks to rob him. Add the Keystone Cops for an all-around fun time!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 45 mins.   Item #1714  $14.99
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Director: Walter Wright
Cast: Mack Swain, Cecile Arnold, Louise Fazenda, Harry Gribbon, Edgar Kennedy, Chester Conklin,
Description: Three classic shorts:
Ambrose's Nasty Temper-Ambrose is a garment-factory manager whose affection for Cecile Arnold is rivaled by the company foreman.
Ambrose's Sour Grapes-Cecile Arnold plays two roles: Ambrose's former girlfriend and her twin sister, who arrives with her husband shortly after Cecile dumps Ambrose!
When Ambrose Dared Walrus-Walrus runs a dilapidated boarding house for the poor, and has let his fire insurance policy lapse. When he notices a fire in a wastebasket, instead of putting it out, he runs to the insurance office to pay his premium! Fortunately, Ambrose is there to save the day.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 44 mins.   Item #1715  $14.99
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Director: Walter Wright
Cast: Mack Swain, Cecile Arnold, Louise Fazenda, Minta Durfee, Chester Conklin, Vivian Edwards, Mae Busch, Harry McCoy, Dell Henderson.
Description: Four hilarious shorts:
Ambrose's Lofty Perch-Ambrose is a king in search of a queen, and he ends up with a lovely but flighty woman.
Ambrose's Fury-Ambrose visits Santa Monica and gets on a roller-coaster ride of mishaps.
Willful Ambrose-While showing off his marksmanship, Ambrose accidentally destroys a beer stein his wife bought him, and must replace it before she finds out!
Those Bitter Sweets-While out driving his sportster with Mae Busch, Harry McCoy encounters a rival for Mae's affections.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 47 mins.   Item #1716  $14.99
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Director: Dell Henderson, Charles Avery
Cast: Syd Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Conklin, Slim Summerville, Phyllis Allen, Cecile Arnold.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Gussle the Golfer-The incompetent Syd tries to impress Mack's wife by showing off at golf, acrobatics and cards; naturally he fails miserably at all of them!
Gussle's Day of Rest-Syd and his wife try to rest at an ocean resort, only to get involved with a series of mishaps with a Model T Ford!
Gussle Tied to Trouble-Syd and his wife next try to vacation at an alpine resort, but Syd gets in hot water when he's caught flirting with a barmaid!
Gussle's Backward Way-After escaping bandits, a man comes to a resort where he's inexplicably treated like a hero!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 56 mins.   Item #1717  $14.99
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Director: James Parrott, Charles Rogers
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Gladys Gale, Billy Gilbert, Charlie Hall, Walter Long, Mae Busch.
Description: Four classic shorts:
The Music Box (1932)-Classic mishaps and pratfalls as L&H try to deliver a piano up a daunting flight of stairs! Their only Academy Award-winning short!
County Hospital (1932)-Stan wreaks havoc in the hospital when he visits Ollie, who’s recuperating from a broken leg, then tries to drive Ollie home after accidentally taking a powerful sedative!
The Live Ghost (1934)-Short-tempered sea captain tries to live down his ship’s reputation as a haunted galleon, promising dire consequences to whomever even mentions the word “ghost”. Unfortunately, L&H are on deck, and when a drunken sailor falls into some whitewash…!
Twice Two (1933)-Stan and Ollie do double duty as themselves and as their wives! It seems Stan married Ollie’s twin sister, and Ollie married Stan’s twin sister…and trouble is just around the corner when they plan to celebrate their anniversaries together! With Carol Tevis as the dubbed voice of Mrs. Hardy and Mae Wallace as the dubbed voice of Mrs. Laurel.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 93 mins.   Item #4921 
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Director: James Parrott, George Marshall
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke, Billy Gilbert, Fay Holderness, Dorothy Granger.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Blotto (1930)-Stan gets his hands on his wife’s secret liquor stash and plans a wild night at a club with Ollie. Mrs. Laurel, however, is wise to the plan, and replaces the alcohol with a disgusting mixture of various non-alcoholic substances!
Towed in a Hole (1932)-Stan and Ollie are fish salesmen when Stan gets a brainstorm: Fix up an old boat and catch their own fish to sell!
Brats (1930)-L&H each have a little boy—also played by Stan & Ollie! The two little brats get into all sorts of mischief while their parental counterparts try to have a quiet night playing checkers and pool.
Hog Wild (1930)-Mrs. Hardy demands that Ollie set up a radio aerial on the roof before going off with Stanley. Oliver balances a ladder on top of his Model T to get to the roof, but Stanley accidentally starts the car, beginning a wild ride through town!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #4922 
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Director: Lloyd French, George Marshall
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mae Busch, Jack Barty, Tiny Sanford, Jack Hill, Charlie Hall, Billy Gilbert, George Marshall, Lucien Littlefield.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Oliver the 8th (1934)–Oliver receives a marriage proposal from a wealthy widow, only to find she’s crazy, having married and killed seven previous “Olivers.”
Busy Bodies (1933)-L&H take a job at a lumber mill and quickly begin antagonizing their co-workers, as well as making a shambles of the whole mill!
Their First Mistake (1932)-Mrs. Hardy throws a fit because Ollie spends all his time with Stanley, so the boys adopt a baby to keep her busy! Unfortunately, when they get home, they find Mrs. Hardy has left Oliver, leaving L&H to care for the little tyke themselves!
Dirty Work (1933)-Chimney sweeps Stanley and Oliver make a disaster of a mad scientist’s home, and Oliver accidentally gets knocked into the doctor’s “reducing” formula!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #4923 
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Director: James Horne, James Parrott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Thelma Todd, Mae Busch, Gertrude Astor, Linda Loredo, Charlie Hall, Henry Bernard, Walter Long, Julie Bishop (Jacqueline Wells).
Description: Four classic shorts:
Another Fine Mess (1930)-Penniless and on the lam, L&H hide out in the home of Colonel Buckshot, a big-game hunter who’s on safari. When a snooty Lord & Lady ask about renting the house, Oliver pretends to be the colonel, while Stan does double duty as the butler and the maid!
Come Clean (1931)-The boys go to get ice cream for their wives, but end up being blackmailed into hiding a female criminal after they rescue her from drowning. But what will they tell their wives when they bring the bad girl home?
Laughing Gravy (1931)-After the landlord throws their dog, “Laughing Gravy,” out into the cold, Stan & Ollie encounter one mishap after another (including crawling down the chimney) in their attempt to rescue man's best friend.
Any Old Port (1932)-After rescuing a girl from a forced marriage to a lecherous landlord, Ollie talks Stan into a boxing match with a brute (turns out it's the landlord looking for revenge!) who uses a loaded glove.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #4924 
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Director: James Parrott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Isabelle Keith, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys, James Finlayson, Blanche Payson, Bobby Burns.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Be Big (1931)-While getting ready for a vacation with their wives, L&H get a call from their lodge informing them of a stag party being held in their honor. The boys feign illness to go to the party, but when the wives miss their train, they discover their husbands’ ruse.
The Perfect Day (1929)-It’s the perfect day for a picnic! L&H load up the car with their families, but things seem destined for disaster.
Night Owls (1930)-Down on his luck Police Officer Kennedy (42 unsolved crimes on his watch!) gets a great idea: he hires vagrants L&H to commit a crime so he can arrest them in front of his boss, and later get the boys out of jail.
Helpmates (1932)-Ollie’s house is a catastrophe after a wild party, and his wife is due back soon! He enlists the help of his buddy Stan, and after many disasters, things seem to be going well…say, Stan, why don’t you start a nice fire in the fireplace?
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 89 mins.   Item #4925 
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Director: Charles Rogers, James Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Babe London, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin, Mae Busch, Charles Middleton, Charlie Hall, Billy Gilbert, James Morton.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Our Wife (1931)-Ollie and his portly intended decide to elope after her father forbids the match, using a tiny getaway car to hold them and Stan! Trouble really begins when they find a cross-eyed justice of the peace!
The Fixer Uppers (1935)-Stan and Ollie agree to help a depressed woman who feels her husband neglects her. Ollie tries to make the man jealous, but is too convincing and the man challenges him to a duel!
Them Thar Hills (1934)-To rest from his city lifestyle, Ollie takes Stan to the countryside for some fresh air and clean water. Unfortunately, moonshiners have contaminated their well water with barrels of alcohol, but the fun really starts when the two drunk buddies meet up with a rowdy, fun-loving woman and her flustered husband!
Tit for Tat (1935)-L&H set up an electrical repair shop, which is located right next door to a grocery store run by the bickering couple from “Them Thar Hills”!! The boys go on over to bury the hatchet, but the grocer is convinced they’re after his wife!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 90 mins.   Item #4926 
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Director: James Horne, James Parrott, Charles Rogers, Lloyd French
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Blanche Payson, Frank Holliday, Charlie Hall, Daphne Pollard, James Finlayson, Frank Brownlee, Bob Kortman, Eddie Dunn, Marion Bardell, Mary Kornman.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Below Zero (1930)-Stan and Ollie are street musicians whose instruments are demolished by a disgruntled woman. Their luck changes when they find a wallet full of money, but what they don’t know is that it belongs to the cop on their street!
Thicker Than Water (1935)-Ollie’s in the doghouse again when he doesn’t have the money to make a payment on his wife’s furniture. Stan convinces him to withdraw his savings and buy the furniture, which starts a series of comedic mishaps.
Midnight Patrol (1933)-L&H are rookie cops who miss hearing the address of a burglary in progress, and go to use the phone in a jewelry store, which happens to be where the robbery is taking place! Of course, they mistake the robber for the store owner.
Me and My Pal (1933)-Ollie’s marrying the boss’ daughter, which will result in a big promotion. Then Stan brings over his wedding present: an intriguing jigsaw puzzle that makes Stan & Ollie forget all about the wedding!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 80 mins.   Item #4927 
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Director: Lewis Foster, James Parrott, Ray McCarey, James Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anne Cornwall, Gloria Greer, Charlie Hall, Fred Kelsey, Dell Henderson, Tiny Sanford, Richard Cramer, Arthur Housman, Mary Carr, "Snub" Pollard.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Men O’War (1929)-L&H are sailors on shore leave who meet up with two silly young girls and decide to take them for a soda. When Stan hits the jackpot on a slot machine, they all rent a boat, causing bedlam on the lake!
The Laurel & Hardy Murder Case (1930)-The boys wave goodbye to their fisherman days when Stanley receives word that his rich uncle has died. When they arrive at the reading of the will, however, they find the old man was murdered, and Stanley and his relatives are all prime suspects!
Scram (1932)-Stan and Ollie are vagrants ordered out of town by Judge Beaumont. While complying with the order, the boys meet a friendly drunk who invites them to stay at his mansion, only he’s forgotten his keys…wait a minute, is that really his house? It looks an awful lot like Judge Beaumont's...!
One Good Turn (1931)-Depression victims Laurel & Hardy are given something to eat by a kindly old woman. While they’re eating, they hear the landlord threatening to evict her, not knowing the two are really rehearsing a play! Stan & Ollie decide to do everything in their power to help the old lady.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 89 mins.   Item #4928 
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Director: James Horne, Charles Rogers, Lewis Foster
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Horne, Charles Middleton, Jean Harlow, Billy Bletcher, Thelma Todd, Mae Busch, Norma Drew, Walter Long, Harry Dunkinson, Paulette Goddard, Charlie Hall.
Description: Four classic shorts:
Beau Hunks (1931)-Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget an old flame, dragging Stan with him. Ollie finds that every man in the Legion has been dumped by the same woman, but the commanding officer refuses Ollie’s request for a discharge, making the boys hike across the desert to a besieged fort.
Chickens Come Home (1931)-Oliver runs for mayor, but is blackmailed by an nutty old girlfriend who has a compromising photo of the would-be politician.
Going Bye-Bye! (1934)-The boys testify at a trial, sending Butch, a notoriously violent criminal, to jail. They then decide to get out of town, unwittingly taking along Butch’s girl as a travelling companion! What they also don’t know is that Butch has escaped from the cops and is going to hide out at his girlfriend’s apartment!
Berth Marks (1929)-Vaudeville pseudo-stars L&H take a train trip, but mistakenly enter the wrong sleeping compartment, angering a passenger who thinks they are peeping on his wife! This begins a free-for-all on the train, with the boys escaping the melee, but they still have to find a way for both of them to fit into their single upper berth!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 108 mins.   Item #4929 
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Director: James Parrott, Lewis R. Foster, Hal Roach
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, Martha Sleeper, Edgar Kennedy, Mae Busch, Thelma Todd, Charlie Hall, Tiny Sanford. Guests: Charley Chase, Norma Shearer, Our Gang, Buster Keaton, Eddie Kane, Joe E. Brown, Many others.
Description: Four classic shorts:
The Chimp (1932)-To pay off their employees, a defunct circus gives each worker part of the show. The boys end up with a flea circus and a chimp named Ethyl, which is also the name of their landlord's wife! The antics begin when the jealous landlord hears Ollie telling "Ethyl" to "come to bed"!!
The Stolen Jools (1931)-L&H join almost every star in Hollywood after Norma Shearer's diamonds are stolen. The Boys "assist" Detective Eddie Kane with the usual results. A fascinating look at early sound comedy.
On The Wrong Trek (1936)-Stan and Ollie say good-bye to Roach star Charley Chase in this rare cameo appearance. Charley travels west at the insistance of his know-it-all mother-in-law. Along the way he encounters The Boys.
The Hoose-Gow (1929)-After a police raid, innocent bystanders Stan & Ollie are sent to a labor camp, where they become menaces with picks and axes. With axes they cut down a tree containing the prison guardtower, and with the picks they poke a hole in the governor's car radiator, and try to fix the crack by stuffing rice into it!
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 85 mins.   Item #4930 
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Director: Edwin S. Porter
Cast: Charles Manley, Thomas White, Vivian Vaughan, Arthur White, Edward Boulden.
Description: Early releases from Thomas Edison's film company illustrate the pioneering use of photography and camera angles in various types of cinema. Also includes examples of stop-motion, editing, animation, slides and more.
Part I: Early narrative films, mostly filmed by Edwin S. Porter.
Elopement on Horseback (1898)-Tells its story in four complete scenes.
Strange Adventures of New York Drummer (1899)-The use of editing to make people and objects appear and disappear.
Uncle Josh's Nightmare (1900)-How cumbersome camera equipment limited story development.
Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King (1901)-Possibly the first filmed political satire, aimed at Teddy Roosevelt.
Love by the Light of the Moon (1901)-Shows animation by the use of projected slides.
Circular Panorama of Electric Tower &
Panorama of Esplanade by Night (1901)-Two documentaries of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, illustrating early use of panning and the first after-dark photography.
Martyred Presidents (1901)-Porter's special effects highlight this memorial of three American presidents.
Uncle Josh at the Moving Picture Show (1902)-Combines live action with special effects.
The Twentieth Century Tramp (1902)-Examples of panning, double exposure and matte shots.
Fun in a Baker Shop (1902)-Time lapse camera techniques increase smooth flow of film.
Jack and the Beanstalk (1902)-Imaginative sets, use of dissolves and stop-camera action.
Life of an American Fireman (1903)-Seven-scene story incorporating previously photographed film with Porter's special effects.
Part II: Variety of sources which influenced the work of Edwin S. Porter; all directed and photographed by him.
Uncle Tom's Cabin (1903)-The importance of camera techniques to motion pictures.
The Gay Shoe Clerk (1903)-Vaudeville standard is updated through camera movement.
A Romance of the Rail (1903)-Humorous advertisement made for Lackawanna Railroad.
Rounding up of the "Yeggmen" (1904)-Imaginative story told cinematically.
Part III: Early plots written specifically for the screen; all photographed by Porter.
European Rest Cure (1904)-Situation comedy concerning a traveller's adventures abroad.
The Ex-Convict (1904) & The Kleptomaniac (1905)-Early message films bringing to light social injustices.
Part IV: Comedies which highlight Porters knowledge of photography and camera usage.
The Seven Ages (1905)-Eight scenes of life stages, with camera movement from the establishing shot to a portrait or waist close-up.
How Jones Lost His Roll (1905)-Early appearance of amusing animated titles.
The Whole Dam Family and the Dam Dog (1905)-Stop action titles and an original approach to introducing the cast.
Color/B&W: B&W.  Running Time: 108 mins.   Item #1066  $14.99
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