Leo McCarey

Leo McCarey

1896-10-03 Los Angeles, California, USA 153 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Thomas Leo McCarey (October 3, 1898 – July 5, 1969) was an American film director, screenwriter and producer. During his lifetime he was involved in nearly 200 movies, especially comedies. French director Jean Renoir once said that "Leo McCarey understood people better than any other Hollywood director." Description above from the Wikipedia article Leo McCarey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

Laurel & Hardy: Year Two

2024

Director, Writer

10.0
Directing Writing

Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts o...

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

Laurel & Hardy: Year One

2023

Director

10.0
Directing

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

Reel Radicals: The Sixties Revolution in Film

2002

as Self (uncredited archive footage)

Acting

illustrates how directors pushed boundaries and altered the art of filmmaking during the turbulent, swinging 1960s. Narrated by Woody Harrelson, "Reel...

Love Affair

Love Affair

1994

Original Film Writer

5.4
Writing

Ex-football star Mike Gambril meets Terry McKay on a flight to Sydney, which is forced to land on a small atoll. They become romantic on board a ship ...

Move Over, Darling

Move Over, Darling

1963

Story

6.6
Writing

Three years into their loving marriage, with two infant daughters at home in Los Angeles, Nicholas Arden and Ellen Wagstaff Arden are on a plane that ...

Satan Never Sleeps

Satan Never Sleeps

1962

Director, Producer, Screenplay

5.1
Directing Producing Writing

A priest arrives at a mission-post in China accompanied by a young native girl who has joined him along the way. His job is to relieve the existing pr...

Something's Got to Give

Something's Got to Give

1962

Story

8.5
Writing

Remake of "My Favorite Wife," unfinished because of star Marilyn Monroe's firing, rehiring, and sudden August 1962 death.

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!

1958

Director, Screenplay, Producer

5.2
Directing Writing Producing

Harry Bannerman, a Connecticut suburbanite, becomes involved in various shenanigans when his wife Grace leads a protest movement against a secret army...

An Affair to Remember

An Affair to Remember

1957

Director, Story, Screenplay

7.4
Directing Writing

A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?

Tom and Jerry

1955

Director

Directing

A priest tries to save a marriage that appears to be headed for the rocks in time for Christmas.

Meet the Governor

1955

Writer, Director

Writing Directing

A backwoods lawyer's race for the governor's office is thwarted by mainstream opponents who dig up dirt from his past.

My Son John

My Son John

1952

as John Jefferson (voice) (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.

My Son John

My Son John

1952

Screenplay, Producer, Director

5.2
Writing Producing Directing

In this Cold War drama, a woman suspects her son is a Communist spy.

The Screen Director

1951

as Self (staged 'archive' footage) (uncredited)

6.0
Acting

A documentary short film depicting the work of the motion picture director. An anonymous director is shown preparing the various aspects of a film for...

You Can Change The World

You Can Change The World

1950

Director

5.8
Directing

Comedian Jack Benny has his butler, Rochester, call several of his celebrity friends over to the house. Benny introduces them to a Catholic priest, wh...

Good Sam

Good Sam

1948

Director, Producer, Screenplay

6.0
Directing Producing Writing

Sam Clayton has a good heart and likes to help out people in need. In fact, he likes to help them out so much that he often finds himself broke and un...

The Bells of St. Mary's

The Bells of St. Mary's

1945

Producer, Director, Story

6.8
Producing Directing Writing

Father O'Malley is sent to St. Mary's, a run-down parochial school on the verge of condemnation. He and Sister Benedict work together in an attempt to...

Going My Way

Going My Way

1944

Producer, Director, Story

6.7
Producing Directing Writing

Youthful Father Chuck O'Malley led a colorful life of sports, song, and romance before joining the Roman Catholic clergy. After being appointed to a r...

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Once Upon a Honeymoon

1942

Director, Story

6.2
Directing Writing

A radio correspondent tries to rescue a burlesque queen from her marriage to a Nazi official.

My Favorite Wife

My Favorite Wife

1940

Producer, Original Story

7.0
Producing Writing

Years after she was presumed dead in a shipwreck, Ellen Arden returns home to the surprise of her husband recently remarrying. But he too gets a shock...

Love Affair

Love Affair

1939

Director, Producer, Story

7.0
Directing Producing Writing

A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship. They arrange to reunite six months later, if neither has changed ...

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Original Story

6.1
Writing

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f...

The Awful Truth

The Awful Truth

1937

Director, Producer

7.2
Directing Producing

Unfounded suspicions lead a married couple to begin divorce proceedings, whereupon they start undermining each other's attempts to find new romance.

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

as Passerby / Man in Overcoat / Carpet Sweeper (uncredited)

7.5
Acting

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...

Make Way for Tomorrow

Make Way for Tomorrow

1937

Director, Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

At a family reunion, the Cooper clan find that their parents' home is being foreclosed. "Temporarily," Ma moves in with son George's family, Pa with d...

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1936

Director

6.0
Directing

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in ...

Ruggles of Red Gap

Ruggles of Red Gap

1935

Director

7.1
Directing

In this comedy of an Englishman stranded in a sea of barbaric Americans, Marmaduke Ruggles, a gentleman's gentleman and butler to an Earl is lost in a...

Belle of the Nineties

Belle of the Nineties

1934

Director

5.7
Directing

Cabaret entertainer Ruby Carter shifts her operations to New Orleans and becomes exceedingly popular with the local men.

Six of a Kind

Six of a Kind

1934

Director

5.8
Directing

The Whinneys share expenses for their trip to Hollywood with George and Gracie and their great Dane. A clerk in Whinney's bank has put fifty thousand ...

Duck Soup

Duck Soup

1933

Director

7.3
Directing

Rufus T. Firefly is named president/dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of wealthy Mrs. Teasdale.

The Kid from Spain

The Kid from Spain

1932

Director

6.6
Directing

Eddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the girl's dormitory when he was drunk. Per chance Eddie get...

Indiscreet

Indiscreet

1931

Director

6.0
Directing

A young woman jeopardizes the relationship with the man she loves when a no-account from her past shows up.

Part Time Wife

Part Time Wife

1930

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

The story concentrates of neglectful husband Jim Murdock (Edmund Lowe) and his frustrated wife Betty (Leila Hyams). For lack of anything else to do, B...

Follies of love

1930

Writer

Writing

Locuras de amor is a comedy short from Charley Chase with all speaking Spanish

Let's Go Native

Let's Go Native

1930

Director, Producer

7.5
Directing Producing

The company of a musical comedy gets shipwrecked on a tropical island inhabited by a "king" from Brooklyn and his coterie of wild native girls.

Radiomanía

Radiomanía

1930

Screenplay

Writing

Spanish language version of Hog Wild

Wild Company

Wild Company

1930

Director

5.0
Directing

The son of a wealthy politician falls in with a notorious gangster planning to rob a night club.

Fast Work

Fast Work

1930

Story

6.5
Writing

Charley Chase is obsessed with a woman, however his attempt to meet her father is complicated by an asylum escapee.

Hog Wild

Hog Wild

1930

Story

6.8
Writing

First, Ollie can't find his hat. Then he and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.

Below Zero

Below Zero

1930

Story

6.5
Writing

Street musicians Stan and Ollie have no success earning money in the dead of winter in a bad neighborhood. Their instruments are destroyed in an argum...

The Night Life

The Night Life

1930

Writer

7.2
Writing

Stan lies to his wife about going to a nightclub with Ollie but Mrs. Laurel overhears the plot and outsmarts them both.

The golfer

1930

Writer

Writing

Charley Chase's golf film with all speaking Spanish.

The golf player

1930

Writer

Writing

With all speaking French, Chase joins a golf club to win its president's daughter. The game descends into chaos when the other players conspire agains...

Brats

Brats

1930

Story

6.8
Writing

Stanley and Oliver are trying to spend a relaxing night at home playing checkers, but the antics of their mischievous sons keep interrupting their rec...

Blotto

Blotto

1930

Story

7.2
Writing

Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.

Angora Love

Angora Love

1929

Writer

6.5
Writing

Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord.

Red Hot Rhythm

Red Hot Rhythm

1929

Director, Story

Directing Writing

Walter, a songwriter who is in love with Mary, a nightclub singer, prefers to make a living by fleecing crackpot songwriters and promoting their creat...

Stepping Out

Stepping Out

1929

Story

5.0
Writing

Charley goes out for an evening on the town without his wife.

Bacon Grabbers

Bacon Grabbers

1929

Writer

6.3
Writing

Laurel and Hardy are debt collectors trying to repossess a console radio.

Sky Boy

Sky Boy

1929

Writer

Writing

Harry lands on an iceberg with his rival.

Crazy Feet

Crazy Feet

1929

Story

5.5
Writing

Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma...

The Sophomore

The Sophomore

1929

Director

4.5
Directing

Joe Collins arrives at Hanford College to begin his second year with $200 to pay his tuition, is enticed into a craps game, and loses all in this nost...

Perfect Day

Perfect Day

1929

Writer

6.9
Writing

Two families embark on a pleasant Sunday picnic but manage to run into a variety of issues with their temperamental automobile. Each incident requires...

Snappy Sneezer

Snappy Sneezer

1929

Story

6.5
Writing

Charley falls in love with Mary, but his attack of hay fever alienates her father.

Dad's Day

1929

Story

Writing

A middle-aged dad gets no respect from his ungrateful family at home, so he goes to the beach for the day. The family decides to go too, bringing the ...

Men O' War

Men O' War

1929

Writer

6.8
Writing

Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a sl...

Leaping Love

Leaping Love

1929

Writer

Writing

Charley falls for both a mother and her daughter.

Madame Q

1929

Director, Story

6.2
Directing Writing

An attractive young woman on trial for murder employs her feminine wiles to charm the judge and jury.

Berth Marks

Berth Marks

1929

Story

6.7
Writing

Stan and Ollie are musicians attempting to travel by train to Pottsville.

The Big Squawk

The Big Squawk

1929

Story

Writing

Shy Charley tries to win his girl.

Double Whoopee

Double Whoopee

1929

Story

6.7
Writing

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean...

Movie Night

Movie Night

1929

Story

6.0
Writing

A family goes on its weekly outing to the movies. Complications ensue...

Hurdy Gurdy

Hurdy Gurdy

1929

Writer

Writing

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...

Unaccustomed as We Are

Unaccustomed as We Are

1929

Story

6.9
Writing

Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.

The Unkissed Man

The Unkissed Man

1929

Director

Directing
Big Business

Big Business

1929

Co-Director

6.7
Directing

Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer Jame...

Thin Twins

1929

Story

Writing

Thin Twins is a comedy short.

Why Is a Plumber?

Why Is a Plumber?

1929

Director

Directing
Wrong Again

Wrong Again

1929

Director, Story

6.6
Directing Writing

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of...

Off to Buffalo

1929

Story

Writing

Off to Buffalo is a comedy short

A Pair of Tights

A Pair of Tights

1929

Supervising Producer

7.6
Producing

Two girls are invited by one of the girls boy-friend's tight boss for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilat...

Liberty

Liberty

1929

Writer, Director

6.8
Writing Directing

While changing clothes in a getaway car, escaped convicts Stan and Ollie mistakenly put on each other's pants. They spend the rest of the film trying ...

Ruby Lips

Ruby Lips

1929

Story

Writing

Ruby Lips is a comedy short

Going Ga-Ga

1929

Supervising Producer, Writer

6.8
Producing Writing

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...

We Faw Down

We Faw Down

1928

Director

5.9
Directing

Stan & 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 girlfrie...

Chasing Husbands

Chasing Husbands

1928

Writer

Writing

Feed 'em and Weep

1928

Supervising Producer

5.6
Producing

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...

Habeas Corpus

Habeas Corpus

1928

Co-Director

6.6
Directing

Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments.

The Booster

The Booster

1928

Writer

Writing

The Booster is a silent comedy short

The Boy Friend

The Boy Friend

1928

Director, Writer

5.3
Directing Writing

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

Writer

Writing

All Parts is a silent comedy short

Should Married Men Go Home?

Should Married Men Go Home?

1928

Writer, Co-Director

6.4
Writing Directing

Mrs. Hardy throws Ollie and Stan out of the house. They try to impress two young ladies at a golf course and end up fighting with other golfers.

Imagine My Embarrassment

Imagine My Embarrassment

1928

Director, Story

Directing Writing

Imagine My Embarrassment is a silent comedy short

Should Women Drive?

1928

Director, Story

Directing Writing

The momentous question of the day- "Should Women Drive" is hilariously answered by Max Davidson in this Hal Roach comedy.

The Fight Pest

1928

Story, Director

Writing Directing

The Fight Pest is a silent movie short.

From Soup to Nuts

From Soup to Nuts

1928

Writer

6.6
Writing

Inexperienced waiters (Laurel & Hardy) are hired for a swank dinner party.

Aching Youth

Aching Youth

1928

Story

Writing

Aching Youth is a silent comedy short

The Finishing Touch

The Finishing Touch

1928

Co-Director

6.9
Directing

Stan and Ollie are hired to build a house in just one day. When they are done, a bird lands on the house and it collapses. Naturally, the owner wants ...

The Family Group

The Family Group

1928

Director

Directing

Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.

Pass the Gravy

Pass the Gravy

1928

Director, Writer

6.4
Directing Writing

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

The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

1927

Production Supervisor

6.8

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

Flaming Fathers

Flaming Fathers

1927

Director, Writer

5.2
Directing Writing

Papa Gimplewart chaperones his daughter and her "steady" during a beach adventure.

Fighting Fathers

1927

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

One of many LOST MGM silent films.

Putting Pants on Philip

Putting Pants on Philip

1927

Story

6.3
Writing

Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder greets his nephew from Scotland who arrives in kilts. He is immediately taken to a tailor for a pair of proper pants...

The Way of All Pants

The Way of All Pants

1927

Director

6.2
Directing

A man delivering a pair of trousers loses his own pants, setting off a chaotic sequence of events.

Should Second Husbands Come First?

Should Second Husbands Come First?

1927

Director, Writer

8.5
Directing Writing

A woman's two sons pretend to be insane in order to de-rail their mother's plans to remarry.

Call of the Cuckoo

Call of the Cuckoo

1927

Production Supervisor

5.7

Mishaps befall a new home owner located next door to an insane asylum.

The Second 100 Years

The Second 100 Years

1927

Story

6.3
Writing

Laurel and Hardy are convicts making an escape from prison.

Sugar Daddies

Sugar Daddies

1927

Co-Director

5.9
Directing

After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.

Don't Tell Everything

Don't Tell Everything

1927

Director

10.0
Directing

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...

Eve's Love Letters

Eve's Love Letters

1927

Director

6.3
Directing

Agnes Ayres was apparently a star of feature film who is top billed in this one-off Hal Roach short. She does well as the woman at the centre of the s...

Jewish Prudence

Jewish Prudence

1927

Director, Writer

6.5
Directing Writing

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

Why Girls Say No

Why Girls Say No

1927

Director

6.3
Directing

A short comedy by Leo McCarey about a Jewish father who is worried about his daughter.

Should Men Walk Home?

Should Men Walk Home?

1927

Director

7.1
Directing

Mabel plays an out-and-out crook, a "Girl Bandit," no less. And she quickly hooks up with a male partner in crime, in this case a Gentleman Crook play...

Be Your Age

Be Your Age

1926

Director

5.1
Directing

Charley needs $10,000 right away. Mrs. Schwartzkopple has inherited $2 million from her late husband and wants to marry a younger man. Mr. Blaylock, h...

Tell 'Em Nothing

Tell 'Em Nothing

1926

Director

4.2
Directing

Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by...

Bromo and Juliet

Bromo and Juliet

1926

Director

5.6
Directing

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesk...

Crazy Like a Fox

Crazy Like a Fox

1926

Director

6.2
Directing

Two rich capitalists want to marry their children, but they don't like the idea at all. She tries to run away, and meets him at the station. They fall...

Mighty Like a Moose

Mighty Like a Moose

1926

Director

6.7
Directing

After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.

Long Fliv the King

Long Fliv the King

1926

Director

5.6
Directing

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...

Mum's the Word

Mum's the Word

1926

Director

5.7
Directing

A widow has married rich, but didn't tell her husband about her son. And he's coming for a surprise visit. To hide his identity he is introduced as th...

Dog Shy

Dog Shy

1926

Director

6.6
Directing

Charley is chased into a phone booth by a dog and agrees to help a young woman on the phone avoid getting married.

Mama Behave

Mama Behave

1926

Director

6.0
Directing

A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wif...

Charley My Boy!

Charley My Boy!

1926

Director

5.3
Directing

A daughter's rich father wants to marry her off to a rich but older man. The daughter has other ideas however and sets out to find a nice young man sh...

His Wooden Wedding

His Wooden Wedding

1925

Director

6.4
Directing

A few moments before Charley is going to marry, a friend, gives him an anonymous note, stating that the bride has a wooden leg.

The Uneasy Three

The Uneasy Three

1925

Director, Writer

Directing Writing

Often hysterical spoof of Tod Browning's THE UNHOLY THREE (and several others of his crime movies) has Charley Chase playing the mastermind of a dimwi...

The Caretaker's Daughter

The Caretaker's Daughter

1925

Director

3.5
Directing

The two-reel silent film comedy The Caretaker's Daughter was distributed by Pathe in 1925. Produced by the prolific Hal Roach, the film stars the grea...

No Father to Guide Him

No Father to Guide Him

1925

Director

6.5
Directing

Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to t...

Innocent Husbands

Innocent Husbands

1925

Director

6.2
Directing

Despite his faithfulness, Melvin is always under suspicion by wife Mame. Complications erupt when a woman from a party across the hall passes out in M...

Isn't Life Terrible?

Isn't Life Terrible?

1925

Director

5.8
Directing

Charley is plagued with failure and with his brother-in-law, who's allergic to labor. When he decides to take the family on a camping trip, his wife l...

What Price Goofy?

What Price Goofy?

1925

Director

6.5
Directing

Jamison has a very jealous wife. Mrs. Jamison has a very gossipy friend. When the friend spots Jamison on the street talking to an attractive young wo...

Looking for Sally

Looking for Sally

1925

Director, Writer

6.2
Directing Writing

Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and an old girl-friend, Sally - whom he hasn't seen for years, are expecting him at the d...

Big Red Riding Hood

Big Red Riding Hood

1925

Director

5.0
Directing

Jimmy Jump is asked by the Swedish Government to translate for educational purposes "Little Red Riding Hood", but he can't afford to buy the book, so ...

Bad Boy

Bad Boy

1925

Director

6.7
Directing

In this two-reeler, Jimmy Jump wants to please both of his parents, but they disagree about everything. His father wants him to act more manly, althou...

Is Marriage the Bunk?

Is Marriage the Bunk?

1925

Director

5.0
Directing

Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car--but no matter, they still think he...

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled

1925

Director

Directing

Charley Chase slapstick comedy short where he gets involved with a ventriloquist dummy among other wacky adventures.

Should Husbands Be Watched?

Should Husbands Be Watched?

1925

Director

6.0
Directing

Mr. Jump has come into some money and informs his wife that they can now hire a maid and won't have to do anymore housework. Circumstances cause Mrs. ...

Plain and Fancy Girls

Plain and Fancy Girls

1925

Director

Directing

Jimmy Jump has a "plain" girlfriend, and becomes intrigued by a "fancy" girl he spots in a park. Eventually he realizes he is better off with his no-f...

The Family Entrance

The Family Entrance

1925

Director

Directing

Jimmy Jump and his family go to the movies for their regular Saturday evening recreation. Jimmy likes the picture, but his small daughter is bored and...

Fighting Fluid

Fighting Fluid

1925

Director

5.5
Directing

Charley Chase plays the type of character he does best, which is a weak nerd who is constantly letting people push him around. This happens at his wor...

Hello Baby!

Hello Baby!

1925

Director

5.5
Directing

Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) and his wife find a baby left at their door. They happily take the baby in but find themselves at a loss when they want to ...

The Rat's Knuckles

The Rat's Knuckles

1925

Director

6.8
Directing

Charley Chase is a hapless inventor with a better mouse trap in this silent comedy from 1925.

The Royal Razz

The Royal Razz

1924

Director

Directing

A doting father who plays Santa Claus for Christmas annoys a trolley full of people when he lugs a giant Christmas tree home.

The Poor Fish

The Poor Fish

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

Charley, frustrated by his office job, quarrels with his wife, after which they decide to switch jobs. She goes to the office and Charley does the hou...

Accidental Accidents

Accidental Accidents

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

Jimmy Jump gets rather wet.

Bungalow Boobs

Bungalow Boobs

1924

Director

Directing

Jimmy Jump brings his bride to a new bungalow home, selected and furnished by him. All the neighbors come to call that first evening. The man next doo...

Too Many Mammas

Too Many Mammas

1924

Director

4.4
Directing

Charley is called upon to go out with his boss on a date with the boss' mistress, to act as a beard.

Sittin' Pretty

Sittin' Pretty

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time ...

Outdoor Pajamas

Outdoor Pajamas

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

This funny Hal Roach comedy has Jimmy Jump (Charley Chase) waking up late for his wedding so in the mad rush he ends up leaving his house only dressed...

Why Men Work

Why Men Work

1924

Director

Directing

A movie cameraman is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.

Sweet Daddy

Sweet Daddy

1924

Director

Directing

Jimmy Jump's boss asks him to meet his small niece and her dog and entertain them between trains. Jimmy buys a balloon or two and looks over the stati...

Seeing Nellie Home

Seeing Nellie Home

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

The situation is typically embarrassing and unlikely-but-possible for Charley, but it is at the same time such a simple idea -- Charley shows off by t...

A Ten-Minute Egg

A Ten-Minute Egg

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

The main premise for the comedy is the Jimmy discovers he can convince people he is a tough figure to be reckoned with merely by giving them a busines...

Why Husbands Go Mad

1924

Director

Directing

When Charley's wife buys a bulldog for his birthday present and has a special key made for the room in which she keeps it, trouble begins. He finds th...

Stolen Goods

Stolen Goods

1924

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

A man starts working in a department store and has to deal with a female kleptomaniac.

Young Oldfield

Young Oldfield

1924

Director

5.0
Directing

Jimmy always fantasied about racing. But now he has to pay the mortgage before noon or else he won't own his shop any longer.

Publicity Pays

Publicity Pays

1924

Director, Writer

5.0
Directing Writing

Jimmy Jump's young wife goes in strongly for amateur theatricals. After one of her performances a theater manager signs her up. He opens a publicity c...

Jeffries, Jr.

Jeffries, Jr.

1924

Writer, Director

5.0
Writing Directing

A man contacts a boxer in order to get in shape.

All Wet

All Wet

1924

Director

5.2
Directing

Charley Chase has car trouble.

White Tiger

White Tiger

1923

Assistant Director

5.2
Directing

Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.

Drifting

Drifting

1923

Assistant Director

6.2
Directing

In Shanghai, an American girl who helps runs an opium ring meets an American agent disguised as a mining engineer. The two fall in love, and she has t...

Society Secrets

Society Secrets

1921

Director

Directing

Amos Kerran and his wife live a traditional, old-fashioned life on a Connecticut farm, while their son and daughter, Arthur and Maybelle, are successe...

Outside the Law

Outside the Law

1921

Assistant Director

5.9
Directing

Silent Madden and his daughter Molly have left the criminal underworld of San Francisco thanks to the wise teachings of Chang Low, a Confucian master....