Movies and TvShows featuring "throwing-a-brick" theme.
Pay Day follows the misadventures of a hardworking man as he tries to navigate through a day filled with comedic mishaps and challenges. From dealing with his boss's daughter, getting hit on the head with a brick, to dealing with a hungry stomach, the film showcases the absurdities and comedic moments that can happen in a single day.
In 'The Knockout,' a boxing match between two rivals becomes the backdrop for a comedic love triangle. The incompetent police, gender disguises, and comedic fights add to the chaos.
In this slapstick comedy, a sailor in a park finds himself in a series of hilarious situations, including getting into a brick fight with a police officer. The film is presented in black and white and is a silent film.
Hell's House (1932) is a drama film about a 14-year-old boy who ends up in a reform school after being falsely accused of a crime. He must navigate the harsh realities of the institution while trying to survive and escape his circumstances. The film explores themes of betrayal, torture, and the effects of the Prohibition era. With a heart condition and facing unemployment, the boy's journey becomes even more challenging. Will he be able to prove his innocence and find a way out?
Mabel at the Wheel follows the story of a woman who enters a car race, facing challenges such as a villain, flying bricks, and a motorcycle. Despite the obstacles, she continues to race and proves herself to be a skilled race car driver.
In "The Fatal Mallet," a precocious boy causes a romantic rivalry when he flirts with a woman in a straw hat. Comedy ensues as multiple suitors compete for her attention, resulting in slapstick fights involving bricks and a wooden mallet.
The Three Little Pigs sell Canadian war bonds.
Jerry keeps sleepwalking and doing things unknowingly to Tom. He becomes aware of this and tries to stay awake.
In this Looney Tunes short film, Sylvester the cat tries to catch Tweety Bird but faces obstacles along the way, including a bulldog and an old woman. Will Sylvester ever get his hands on Tweety?
Two rivals for Mabel's hand play a series of dirty tricks on each other. Finally, one of them gets Mabel alone and is about to marry her, but his rival comes up with a strange scheme to stop them. Soon the Keystone Kops arrive on the scene, and chaos quickly ensues.
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley hoping his newly-aberrant behavior will cause Betty to end her affections for the milquetoast. Dad's plan backfires: the invention works perfectly, Charley gets a backbone, and Betty loves her new forceful man. However, Charley's courage and lack of a superego get him in trouble with the law. He goes on trial for assaulting a bullying police officer. Is Charley going up the river leaving Betty high and dry?
Little Pioneers is a documentary short that sheds light on the harsh realities faced by Romani children living in poverty in Eastern Europe. The film explores themes of violence, abuse, and the lack of opportunities for these children, while also delving into their resilience and hope for a better future.
Fatty and Al are Minta's suitors. After Fatty sics his dog on him, Al marks Fatty for roughing up by two thugs, but the plan backfires.
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, although Jimmy gets his sensitivity from his mother. He wants to wed his girlfriend, and so accepts a job at his father's iron foundry, but does not excel there. Next, Jimmy goes to a tough dance-hall to impress his girl. A highlight is his parody of an Isadora Duncan dance.
A short comic film in which a bickering duo start a taxi company. A constantly quarrelling duo, consisting of a tall fat man and a short thin man, find a wallet on the street, with twenty dollars inside. They use that money to buy a car, and then set up their own taxi company. The competition is fierce, and their clumsiness creates many problems. They even turn to transvestism and the kidnapping of passengers to boost their business.
Would-be photographer Harry gets his big chance when a newspaper wants pictures of a prominent gangster and his girl. Harry and another photographer first visit the gangster's girl, and then wait at the scene of an expected robbery. But before they can get the pictures they want, they must first distract a policeman whose presence would otherwise deter the gangster from appearing.
Snub Pollard and Marvin Loback find comic situations as bums, night cops and seance attendees in this silent short.
The story is set in the village of Oskaloosa, which is in Iowa -- Langdon's home state. A silent movie-style opening title informs us that the town needs a new fire engine, so they decide to stage a play to raise the money. (Nothing more is heard about this, but the finale involves a fire emergency at the theater.) In the opening scene the community players rehearse at the home of the director, a pompous lady named Mrs. Winters. Harry, of course, is The Stage Hand.
Squire Laurie, the village skinflint, takes a circus tiger as security for a loan. Arthur, who loves Lillian, the old man's daughter, hates tigers, having bucked them, but when Laurie's tiger dies of despondency Arthur skins it, so that Ben, the keeper can pose in its skin before the half-blind miser and save his job, while Arthur warned off the premises by old Laurie, turns tiger occasionally so that he can sit in the cage and make love through the bars to Lillian, despite her hard-hearted Pa. When the old man becomes suspicious he is chased by the fake tiger until he consents to Lillian's marriage.
Billie and Henry, demons of love and jealousy, are both in love with the beautiful daughter of a well-to-do farmer. They vie for her hand, duel with eggs and bricks, until one makes a getaway with the girl in a car, the other close behind.