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Laurel & Hardy: Year One
2023
Laurel & Hardy: Year One, The Newly Restored 1927 Silents, as proudly presented by Flicker Alley and Blackhawk FilmsĀ®, offers fans new and old the rar...

Adventure
1945
as Man in Library (uncredited)
A rough and tumble man of the sea falls for a meek librarian.

Kitty Foyle
1940
as Flower Man (uncredited)
A hard-working, white-collar girl falls in love with a young socialite, but meets with his family's disapproval.

The Great Dictator
1940
as Jewish Man (uncredited)
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

No Census, No Feeling
1940
as Storekeeper (uncredited)
The stooges get jobs as census takers and wind up in a fancy mansion looking for people to survey. Moe and Larry are recruited to join a bridge game, ...

The Mortal Storm
1940
as Old Postman
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided ...

The Great Commandment
1939
as Old Man
Portrays the conversion to Christianity of a young Zealot, Joel, and the Roman soldier Longinus through the teachings of Jesus in his Parable of the G...

Union Pacific
1939
as Card Player (uncredited)
One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opp...

Exclusive
1937
as Tailor
When Mountain City racketeer Charles Gillette is acquitted, he arrives at the Mountain City World newsroom and vows revenge on the Better Government C...

Man Of The People
1937
as Mr. Shelman (uncredited)
An Italian immigrant studying the law gets mixed up with crooks.

Roamin' Wild
1936
as Abe Wineman
Trouble has been reported in Placerville where Tom Barton's brother is the Marshal. Arriving Tom finds a phoney Marshal in his brother's place. Learni...

The Farmer Takes a Wife
1935
as Seller
A farmer tries to convince a girl to leave her life on a canal boat to live with him on his farm.

Southern Exposure
1935
as Man Saluting Charley in Restaurant (uncredited)
Connie Chase receives a letter from Chaseville in Chase County, Kentucky, informing her that her lawyer husband, Jimmie, is a descendant of the Blue G...

The Gay Bride
1934
as $100 Recipient (uncredited)
Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

The World Gone Mad
1933
as Cohen the tailor
A district attorney and a reporter try to find the killer of a D.A. who uncovered a massive stock fraud.

The Cohens and Kellys in Trouble
1933
as Larsen (uncredited)
Kelly's daughter falls for a revenue agent, and his divorced wife is after alimony.
The Trial of Vince Barnett
1933

The Wet Parade
1932
as Mr. Schwartz (uncredited)
The evils of alcohol before and during prohibition become evident as we see its effects on the rich Chilcote family and the hard working Tarleton fami...

Docks of San Francisco
1932
as Max Ranovich
Barbary Coast, San Francisco. The gangster moll Belle gets deeply entangled with gangsters led by her boyfriend Vance. The professional writer John Ba...
Blondes Prefer Bonds
1931
as Wife's Father
Louise Fazdenda decides to get a make-over to rekindle the romance in her marriage. Somehow the rejuvenation process takes them back to the time of th...
The Itching Hour
1931
as Max Davidson
Comedy spoof of THE CAT AND THE CANARY. A female athlete and her entourage take refuge on a stormy night in a strange hotel that seems to be haunted.

Boarding House Blues
1930
as Max
A boarding house maid is treated mean, until inheriting oil gives her a new gleam.

The Shrimp
1930
as Professor Schoenheimer (uncredited)
A timid man undergoes a personality change, and turns the tables on the people who've bullied him.

Great Gobs!
1929
as The Saloon Keeper
Charley and Edgar on shore leave in Mexico, fight for the affection of a pretty senorita.

Moan & Groan, Inc.
1929
as The Lunatic (uncredited)
The gang goes digging for treasure in an old abandoned house against Kennedy the Cop's wishes.

So This Is College
1929
as Moe
Scheming coed Babs comes between college buddies Eddie and Biff.

Hurdy Gurdy
1929
as Papa Ginsberg
A heat wave sends the residents of a New York City tenement to their fire escapes for whatever breeze is stirring. The tenants are a cross section of...
Going Ga-Ga
1929
as Detective Davidson
Anita and Marion realize that an abandoned baby they sneaked into an orphanage was kidnapped from a millionaire. For the reward, they proceed to break...
Feed 'em and Weep
1928
Anita and Marion take a temporary job as waitresses in Max's diner, next to a train station. When the train stops off, pandemonium erupts when the pas...

The Boy Friend
1928
as Papa Davidson
The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, t...
All Parts
1928
All Parts is a silent comedy short
Should Women Drive?
1928
The momentous question of the day- "Should Women Drive" is hilariously answered by Max Davidson in this Hal Roach comedy.

Came the Dawn
1928
as Papa Gimplewort
Papa, Mama, Daughter and Son Gimplewort move into their new house. Two movers are talking to each other about the murder of a saxophone player that to...

Dumb Daddies
1928
as The Father
Max mistakes his son's acting for reality. When the play calls for the son to commit a murder (on a mannequin), Max winds up trying to hide the body f...

Pass the Gravy
1928
as Father
Schultz raises prize chickens and roosters that are always getting into neighbor Max Davidson's garden and eating the seeds, leading to constant feudi...

Flaming Fathers
1927
as Papa Gimplewart
Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.
Fighting Fathers
1927
as Max
One of many LOST MGM silent films.
Love 'em and Feed 'em
1927
as 'Cherokee' Cohen
A pair of gold prospectors (Max Davidson, Oliver Hardy) try to make their way in the big city. *Only reconstructed fragments exists.

My Best Girl
1927
as Night Court Spectator (uncredited)
Joe Merrill, son of the millionaire owner of a chain of 5 and 10 cent stores, poses as Joe Grant, and takes a job in the stockroom of one of his fathe...

Should Second Husbands Come First?
1927
as Mr. Ethan Wattles
A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

Call of the Cuckoo
1927
as Papa Gimplewart
Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

Life in Hollywood No. 3
1927
as Self
Part of a 7-part series exploring all aspects of Hollywood.

Don't Tell Everything
1927
as Papa Ginsberg
Max and his son Asher are invited to a party, where Max meets a rich widow, but Asher keeps annoying all of the guests, so Max refuses to speak to him...

Jewish Prudence
1927
as Papa Gimplewart
Papa Gimplewart, father to three children is unimpressed by the young lawyer who wants to marry his daughter.

Why Girls Say No
1927
as Papa Whisselberg
A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a Jewish father who is worried about his daughter.

Anything Once!
1927
as Granville
ANYTHING ONCE! is a Cinderella story. Mabel works in a tailor shop, pressing clothes and dreaming of a better life. We're told that she's taken a lot ...

Hotel Imperial
1927
as Elias Butterman
During World War I, an Austrian officer is trapped behind the Russian lines. He tries to sneak through to his own lines, but is forced to take refuge ...

Kitty from Killarney
1926
as Papa Levy
Kitty from Killarney is a 1926 comedy short.

Sunshine of Paradise Alley
1926
as Solomon Levy
A wealthy banker wants to tear down a tenement slum to build a factory, but a charming girl who lives there begins to persuade him otherwise.

Raggedy Rose
1926
as Moe Ginsberg
Rose, who works for a penny-pinching junk dealer, dreams of romance with wealthy bachelor Ted Tudor.

Get 'Em Young
1926
as Isaac Goldberg, a lawyer
A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.

Into Her Kingdom
1926
as Shoestring Salesman
In Czarist Russia, a young peasant boy is sent to Siberia for insulting the Grand Duchess. Released years later, he joins the fighting to overthrow th...

Long Fliv the King
1926
as Warfield
This offbeat comedy from future Hollywood screwball director McCarey is about a princess who must find a husband in 24 hours or forfeit her throne. Sh...
Don Key (Son of Burro)
1926
as Mr. Browning - Movie Producer
The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring w...

The Johnstown Flood
1926
as David Mandel
A dramatic recreation of the Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Old Clothes
1925
as Max Ginsburg
Timothy and Max are partners in the junk business. They take poor young Mary in as a boarder. Mary gets a job in Nathan's office and falls in love wit...

The Rag Man
1925
as Max Ginsberg
Tim Kelly is an orphan who runs away after his orphanage burns down. Presumed to be killed in the fire, he is able to roam the streets of New York fre...

Three Women
1924
as The Pawnbroker
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving ...

Fools Highway
1924
as Old Levi
Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to the defense of Mamie Rose, a mender in a secondhand ...

The Darling of New York
1923
as Solomon Levinsky
Santussa, an orphan who becomes separated from her nurse en route to America to live with her grandfather, is cared for by gangsters who hide their st...

The Rendezvous
1923
as Commissar

Plumb Crazy
1923
Bobby Vernon comedy produced by Al Christie.

Scars of Jealousy
1923
as French peasant
Scars of Jealousy is a 1923 American silent drama film directed by Lambert Hillyer and starring Lloyd Hughes and Frank Keenan. It was produced by Thom...

The Ghost Patrol
1923
as Raspushkin
With his understanding manner policeman Donald Dorgan wins respect on his tough beat in "Little Hell." He tries to help Terry Rafferty "go straight" s...

Remembrance
1922
as Georges Cartier
Although he graduated from that time-worn university, the college of hard knocks, the tireless efforts of John P. Grout have paid off. He owns a numbe...

Second Hand Rose
1922
as Abe Rosenstein
The adopted Irish daughter of the Rosensteins, Second Avenue pawnshop owners, Rose is much sought after by Tim McCarthy, a wealthy Irish contractor ma...
The Right That Failed
1922
The Right That Failed

No Woman Knows
1921
as Ferdinand Brandeis
In Winnebago, Wisconsin, a Jewish family comprising Molly and Ferdinand Brandeis and their two children, Fanny and Theodore, run a modest dry goods st...

The Hoodlum
1919
as Abram Isaacs
A spoiled young rich girl is forced by misfortune to fight for survival in the slums and alleys, where she becomes involved with all manner of unpleas...

The Hun Within
1918
as Max
A German-American father, loyal to his new U.S. home, finds himself on opposite sides with his son in the wartime conflict between Germany and America...

A Daughter of the Poor
1917
as Joe Eastman
A young girl, Rose Eastmen lives with her lazy Uncle, who works as a janitor in a publishing house. Lacking education, both Rose and her Uncle are sus...
The Heiress at Coffee Dan's
1916
as Shorty Olson
"Waffles," the waitress at "Coffee Dan's" hash-house, is selected by Bert Gallagher and Clara Johnstone, a pair of crooks, to be represented as a miss...

Puppets
1916
as Scaramouche
A modern story of Commedia dell'Arte's Pierrot and Columbine.

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Kindly Neighbor (uncredited)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
The Two O'Clock Train
1916
short subject comedy

Sunshine Dad
1916
as Mystic Seer
The theft of a sacred diamond band from a Hindoo shrine starts the action.
Bill and Ethel at the Ball
1914
Bill Joins the W.W.W.'s
1914
as Police Chief