Coney Island (1917) is a silent film that takes place in the famous amusement park. The plot revolves around a philandering husband who tries to escape from jail and ends up getting saved from drowning by a woman. The film features comedic fights, cross-dressing, and various hilarious situations that occur in and around Coney Island.
His Wedding Night is a silent comedy film about a man who is mistaken for a kidnapped man and forced into a chaotic wedding night. With comedic fights, romantic rivals, and unpredictable situations, the film showcases the hilarious consequences of mistaken identities and the mayhem that ensues.
Oh, Doctor! is a silent film comedy that follows a doctor who gets caught up in horse racing and jewel theft. He fakes an illness to avoid being caught by the police, but his plans take a hilarious turn when his antics escalate and chaos ensues.
Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and more.
A slapstick comedy directed by Larry Semon and starring Hughie Mack & Patsy De Forest.
While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.
Young marrieds Guy & Bee are ostracized by their supposed friends in town when Bee discovers she is expecting but the legitimacy of their union is called into question. Eventually the squire who performed their ceremony becomes aware of the scandal and produces the necessary certificate.
A man comes home drunk in this slapstick comedy.
While vacationing with his father Edward at a Palm Beach hotel, George Welston becomes smitten with Eve Pendleton, the daughter of Edward's business rival Judson. After George prevents Pendleton from getting an option on a deal by racing in his car with his father's $100,000 deposit, Pendleton favors Eve's other suitor, Arthur Trask, whose gentlemanly manner conceals his intent to rob Eve and her wealthy friends.