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Brothers Under the Chin (1924) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Brothers Under the Chin
director: Ralph Ceder actor: Stan Laurel / Ena Gregory …
Twin "babies" left at an orphanage bear the same birthmark under the chin. One of them is adopted and then the scene shifts to "twenty years later." The other as captain of a sailing vessel needs an extra hand. It does not develop until the end that the well dressed man he has abducted is his own brother.
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All Aboard (1917) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
All Aboard
director: Alfred J. Goulding actor: Harold Lloyd / Bebe Daniels …
In order to get his daughter away from her suitors, her father decides to spirit her away to Bermuda. Our hero, however, stows away on the ship. When discovered, he is credited with catching a crook, thus winning a reward and the girl.
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Haunted at Midnight (1931) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Spuk um Mitternacht
director: James Parrott actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Spuk um Mitternacht
Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.
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The King (1930) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The King
director: Charley Rogers / James W. Horne actor: Harry Langdon / Thelma Todd …
The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?
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On the Loose (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
On the Loose
director: Hal Roach actor: Zasu Pitts / Thelma Todd …
other title: On The Loose
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
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Early to Bed (1928) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Early to Bed
director: Emmett J. Flynn actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy
other title: Dick und Doof - Sklaven des Reichtums / Laurel et Hardy - Couche-Tard …
Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
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Ask Father (1919) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Ask Father
director: 哈尔·罗奇 actor: Harold Lloyd / Bebe Daniels …
other title: On n'entre pas / Habla con papá …
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
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Sugar Daddies (1927) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Sugar Daddies
director: Fred Guiol actor: James Finlayson / Stan Laurel …
other title: Dick und Doof - Eine schöne Bescherung / Poursuite à Luna-Park
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.
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Number, Please? (1920) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Number, Please?
director: 哈尔·罗奇 actor: Harold Lloyd / Mildred Davis …
other title: Die Nummer, bitte? / ¿Número, por favor? …
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
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Be Big! (1931) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Be Big!
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Qual mit den Stiefeln / Laurel Et Hardy - Drôles de bottes …
Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
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Any Old Port! (1932) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
Any Old Port!
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof gehen vor Anker / Laurel et Hardy - Stan boxeur …
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.