3rd list of 50 Comedy shorts
As I said in first list, I do enjoy the comedy shorts.
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- DirectorJack WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are witnesses at a trial where their friend, a dancer at a nightclub where they are musicians, is accused of murder. The stooges manage to disrupt the proceedings but save the day when they discover the real murderer's identity.Start with Stooges
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are down and out. With a cop chasing them, they flee into an artists studio where they are mistaken for students. The cop continues to hunt for them and they use a variety of disguises and tactics to elude him. A wild clay throwing fight ends the film.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are artists living in Paris. When the landlord comes after the overdue rent, the boys skip out and wind up joining the French Foreign Legion. Posted to the desert, their assignment is to guard captain Gorgonzola from the natives. When the captain is kidnapped, the boys must disguise themselves as harem girls to infiltrate the chieftains hideout and rescue him.
- DirectorCharley ChaseStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are janitors in an office building. They stencil the wrong names on all the offices, causing a rich lady to mistakes Moe for "Omay", a famous decorator (the real Omay gets "Janitor, keep out" painted on his door.) She hires the boys to redecorate her house, which they proceed to ruin. More trouble ensues when the real Omay shows up. Adding to the chaos is the fact that Curly goes crazy whenever he sees tassels.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are tramps looking for handouts. Although the boys are down and out, Curly seems to get everything he wishes for. After some trouble with a farmer, the boys come across an abandoned car, one of Curly's wishes. The car actually belongs to some con men who have just gypped the widow Jenkins out of her land. The boys winds up at the Mrs. Jenkins' house just in time for a free meal. To repay Mrs. Jenkins the boys try to fix her well and instead unleash an oil geyser. Learning that Mrs. Jenkins has been swindled, the boys go to retrieve the deed before it can be recorded. They find the bad guys and after a wild fight recover the deed. The boys return the deed to Mrs. Jenkins and marry her daughters; April, May and June.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardA follow up to "You Nazty Spy", the stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. The former king's daughter gets into their headquarters and plants a bomb which Curly detonates. All ends well as the king regains control of the country and the stooges wind up as trophies on the wall.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe three stooges employed as icemen attempt to deliver ice to a mountaintop house and are forced to cater for a birthday dinner there.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are actors traveling to perform at a fiesta in Mexico. After they accidentally switch suitcases with that of Dolores, a lovely senorita they met on trip down, they must sneak into her house to retrieve their suitcase. When they are confronted by her jealous husband he vows to kill them if he sees them again. At the fiesta where they are performing a comedy bullfight (Curly is the matador, Moe and Larry are in a bull costume) the husband bribes the attendants to let a real bull into the ring. Curly knocks the bull out with a head butt and becomes a hero.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardAfter being accidentally dropped behind enemy lines, the Stooges disguise themselves and steal important plans from the Nazi high command.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooge's friend Claude sells them his old lemon of a car so they can take Shemp, who is sick with a toothache, camping. The car won't work and the boys are apparently out a bundle, when a car collector happens on the scene and offers to buy it at a premium. Claude backs out on the deal and gives the stooges their money back, only to discover the "collector" is an escaped lunatic.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe Stooges apply for job as 'Yard Men' at Scotland Yard, thinking they'll become detectives, but instead wind up as gardeners. When they learn that detectives are needed to guard a Scottish castle where valuables have been disappearing, they masquerade as Scotsmen to get the job. After a spooky night in the castle, the boys expose the servants as the crooks.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardSet in ancient Egypt, the Stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on unsuspecting customers. When they gyp the head of the palace guard, they're brought to the palace to be executed. Instead, they become royal chamberlains after curing the King's toothache. When they recover some tax money stolen by a corrupt official, the King rewards them with marriage to his daughter. After getting a look at the ugly crone, Moe and Larry select Shemp to be the groom.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardA campaign boss is looking for three delegates to the presidential convention, delegates that are too stupid to discover that his candidate, Hammond Egger, is a crook. Enter the stooges as janitors sent to clean the man's office. After some of their antics, the boy's suitability for the job is apparent and they're hired. The stooges go to the convention, but double cross their boss and vote for another candidate, Abel Lamb Stewer. When the boss and his muscle man come looking for revenge, the boys defeat them in a wild fight.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineJoe BesserJoe wins a contest and is promptly fleeced by some con men. The stooges go to recover his money. The bad guys tell them they can get rich by posing as children and becoming the wards of a rich man. The boys go along with the plan unawares.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsShemp HowardGeorge J. LewisEarly CantrellShemp's wife complains that he cares more about his lodge meetings then he does about her.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsShemp HowardVernon DentWalter SoderlingThis All-Star Comedy (production number 7437, and a remake of 1940's "The Heckler" with Charley Chase) has Shemp Howard, noise-maker and heckler deluxe, hired by two gamblers to rattle a ball team while the gamblers bet on the opponents. The gamblers are more than a little bit vexed when Shemp loses his voice.
- DirectorDel LordStarsAndy ClydeEsther HowardShemp HowardAndy's annoying brother-in-law (Shemp Howard) gets him fired from his job, and then tag-a-longs on a vacation with Andy (Andy Clyde) and his wife (Esther Howard).
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsJoe BesserJim HawthorneAngela StevensJoe and his sergeant fall for the same girl.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsJoe DeRitaDorothy GrangerNorman OllestadIn this Columbia All-Star Comedy short (production number 8438), Joe DeRita is a bachelor inventor who reads a marriage proposal written on an egg by a lonely widow with one child. He accepts, and soon finds out the boy is the "bad" part of the egg in the title, as he soon destroys whatever it was that Joe had invented.
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschA gruff sea captain, who absolutely detests the word "ghost," is having trouble manning his ship because of the rumor it's...well...haunted. He inveigles Stanley and Oliver into helping him shanghai a crew from the sailors at a dockside bar. The comic duo accomplish this by using one of the funniest devices ever put into a movie, and of course it all goes wrong. Once aboard, the captain warns them that whoever says the word "ghost" will get his head twisted from north to south. After much time at sea and many port stops later, one of the drunken sailors falls into a trough of whitewash, terrorizing Stanley and Oliver into blurting out "ghost" in front of the enraged captain, which brings about the story's Laurel and Hardy trademark "another fine mess" ending.Laurel and Hardy now
- DirectorCharley RogersStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschAfter testifying in court against a dangerous criminal, the boys plan to skip town, but the criminal escapes prison and comes after them.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDick GilbertStan and Ollie do battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at the sawmill.
- DirectorCharley RogersLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOn his wedding day, Oliver and his best man Stanley become absorbed in a jigsaw puzzle. Eventually the taxi driver, the butler, a policeman and a messenger boy all get involved with the puzzle, making them late for the wedding.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyWalter LongIn need of funds, Hardy happens to meet an old friend, now a boxing promoter, and volunteers "Battling Laurel" as the team's prizefighter, only to discover their opponent in the ring is a fearsome old nemesis.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyBobby BurnsIn winter-time, the boys fail to earn any money by playing their musical instruments in a bad neighborhood but their luck seems to improve when they find a wallet full of money on the street.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterHal RoachStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyWhen Mrs. Hardy refuses to cook supper, Mr. Hardy decides to cook it for himself and Mr. Laurel, but things go wrong during a jealous mix-up with the next-door married couple.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJimmy AubreyOliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pressed into duty (and into drag) to impersonate Oliver's loving spouse. He's convincing enough to earn a pass or two from a drunk at a nightclub, but when a stolen necklace gets dropped down his dress, attempts to recover it disclose Stanley's true gender.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVivien OaklandStan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
- DirectorGeorge MarshallStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddJames C. MortonWhen Thelma is stopped by a cop for speeding, she tries to get out of it by telling him that she and Zasu are on their way to the hospital.Thelma Todds now
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyJohnny ArthurThelma volunteers Patsy as a subject for her friend who is in dental school and needs somebody to practice on.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyEsther HowardDisaster ensues when Patsy works as a magician's onstage assistant and Thelma as his plant in the audience.
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsZasu PittsThelma ToddBilly GilbertThelma wins a screen test with a Hollywood studio, but trouble ensues on the train trip out there.
- DirectorWilliam H. TerhuneStarsPatsy KellyPert KeltonRosina LawrenceThe girls get jobs selling aluminum cookware door to door.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughTom KennedyCut-rate lawyers Clark and McCullough defend a beautiful divorcee in court, while at the same time competing to be her next husband.now some variety
- DirectorSam WhiteStarsBobby ClarkPaul McCulloughHerman BingBobby Clark and 'Paul McCullough' go on the radio, as they rig a fake fiddle with a record player so that Bobby can imitate a champion violin player.
- DirectorRay CozineStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenWilliam BrowningGeorge Burns, seeking a tie, is frustrated by department store staff.
- DirectorAubrey ScottoStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenChester CluteStreet-sweeper George flirts with a pretty, but dizzy, nursemaid in the park. Incorporates Burns & Allen's vaudeville "dizzy" routine.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsSterling HollowayDick WesselJean WillesSterling works as a woman's hosiery salesman, and marries one of the office secretaries only to find out that his boss has just decided that anyone in his employ that gets married will be fired. His antics to keep his wife and his boss apart leads to troubles on both fronts.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsSterling HollowayMonte CollinsEleanor CountsIn this 1946 All Star Comedy (production number 8434) remake of 1935's "I Don't Remember" short starring Harry Langdon, Sterling Holloway is on his way to make an installment payment on his furniture when a crony talks him into buying an Irish Sweepstakes ticket, and when Sterling's furniture is repossesed, he paints pictures of furniture on his walls to relieve the bareness. He wins the sweepstakes but has forgotten where the winning stub is.
- DirectorCharles E. RobertsStarsEdgar KennedyVivien OaklandBilly FraneyEdgar mistakenly believes he is about to become a father, and it changes his whole personality.
- DirectorDel LordStarsEugene PalletteWalter CatlettDorothy GrangerA pair of sailors are on shore leave - skirt chasing and raising hell. They're targeted and pursued by a gang looking for a sailor with a winning lottery ticket. Mayhem ensues.
- DirectorJean YarbroughStarsLeon ErrolLorraine McLaneDot FarleyWhile his wife and mother-in-law are away on a vacation, Errol sub-lets their apartment and the new tenants throw a wild party.
- DirectorHarry D'ArcyStarsLeon ErrolEva PuckDorothy GrangerNot wishing to see their nephew marry a hotel manucurist, Leon and his wife decide to stop the wedding plans. At the hotel, Leon mistakes Maizie (Dorothy Granger), the gold-digging girl friend of the house detective (Tom Kennedy), for his nephew's intended. He invites her up to his room and promises her a trip to Havana if she will jilt the nephew. Enter Maizie's boy friend, followed by Leon's wife, both of whom are sure Leon is up to hanky-panky and Leon, as usual, is up to...and in it.
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsCharley ChaseLucille LundJohn T. MurrayCharley is a hypochondriac who is driving his family, his friends and his doctor crazy.
- DirectorEdwin MiddletonStarsW.C. FieldsMarian WestLarry WestfordTwo romantic rivals play a game of pool for the hand of their lady love.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsWally VernonEddie QuillanJean WillesWally suspects Eddie of having more than a friendly interest in Wally's wife, and his suspicions, he thinks, are confirmed when he finds Eddie in his apartment. Eddie has a logical reason for being there, but Wally won't listen and the chase is on.
- DirectorGordon DouglasStarsEugene 'Porky' LeeGeorge 'Spanky' McFarlandCarl 'Alfalfa' SwitzerAlfalfa tries to back out of a fight by pretending to be incapacitated.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsBuster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.
- StarsLucille BallBilly GilbertLorin RakerA wife whose husband is away asks her decorator to impersonate her husband, to help her deal with a pest. Soon there is quite a web of confusion that also involves the decorator's girlfriend and the wife's suddenly returned husband.