DISC ONE:
HAROLD LLOYD: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A YOUNG MAN
LUKE JOINS THE NAVY • Harold Lloyd • 1916
Surviving extract from this rare Lonesome Luke short
BY THE SAD SEA WAVES • Harold Lloyd • 1917
Early glasses character short restored from 9.5mm materials.
BLISS • Harold Lloyd • 1917
Reconstructed from the surviving nitrate and 9.5mm materials, with the assistance of the Library of Congress.
HEY THERE • Harold Lloyd • 1918
Harold Lloyd in an early one-reel glasses short.
DON'T SHOVE • Harold Lloyd • 1919
Lloyd riffs on Chaplin's THE RINK in his own idiom.
THE HAL ROACH B-LIST
DODGE YOUR DEBTS • Gaylord Lloyd • 1921
Harold's brother creates his own brand of havoc. With thanks to David Shepard and Film Preservation Associates.
LOOKING FOR TROUBLE • Snub Pollard • 1919
One-reel short restored from nitrate and 16mm, thanks to Bruce Lawton.
WHIRL O' THE WEST • Snub Pollard • 1921
A rare one-reel Snub comedy restored from 9.5mm sources.
THE DIPPY DENTIST • Snub Pollard • 1920
Snub, Gaylord, Paul Parrott, and Sunshine Sammy Morrison--what's not to love?
SHIVER AND SHAKE • Paul Parrott • 1922
Paul Parrott and his bride face a haunted house, restored from 9.5mm.
POST NO BILLS • Paul Parrott • 1923
Paul Parrott and too much glue.
EDUCATIONAL PICTURES
A FRESH START • Jimmie Adams and Lige Conley • 1920
The first ever Educational Mermaid Comedy, directed by Jack White.
KID SPEED • Larry Semon • 1924
Larry the speed demon.
JONAH JONES • Lloyd Hamilton • 1924
Ham and Babe London in a two-reeler.
BREEZING ALONG • Lloyd Hamilton • 1927
Another complete Ham two-reeler.
DISC TWO:
CHARLIE WITHOUT CHAPLIN:
CHARLEY CARTOONS BY SULLIVAN/MESSMER • 1919
Excerpts from FELIX IN HOLLYWOOD and CHARLEY AT THE BEACH and the complete cartoon CHARLEY OUT WEST
THE HOBO • Billy West • 1917
A gorgeous print of this faux-Chaplin short with Billy West and Oliver Hardy.
OH SHOOT • Bobby Dunn • 1923
The second reel of this rare Arrow comedy, with special thanks to Steve Massa.
CHAPLIN WITHOUT CHARLIE:
CAUGHT IN A PARK • Syd Chaplin • 1915
Syd's Gussle in a Keystone one-reeler.
GUSSLE'S WAYWARD PATH • Syd Chaplin • 1915
Syd's Gussle in a Keystone one-reeler.
CHARLEY'S AUNT • Syd Chaplin • 1925
Syd in one of his biggest feature hits, sourced from material provided by All Day Entertainment and Film Preservation Associates.
DISC THREE:
HEARTS AND HAVOC:
BE REASONABLE • Billy Bevan • 1921
One of Bevan's best comedies.
AT YOUR SERVICE • Sid Smith and Harry McCoy • 1921
A Hallroom Boys comedy.
CALL THE WAGON • Neal Burns • 1923
A gag-addled Christie two-reeler about a fellow who frames his girl as a lunatic, only to get his in return.
THE GIRLIE SHOW:
HOLD STILL • Anne Cornwall • 1926
Anne is an aspiring photojournalist. This premise results in slapstick galore.
CINDERELLA CINDERS • Alice Howell • 1920
If you aren't an Alice Howell fan yet, you will be.
HASH HOUSE FRAUD • Louise Fazenda • 1915
Louise is a waitress at a lunch counter that descends into chaos.
FARO NELL • Louise Fazenda • 1929
Campy, double-entendre-packed Western spoof with Louise as un unwitting bigamist.
THE TALKIE ERA:
PLAYBOY NUMBER ONE • Willie Howard • 1937
Dialogue comedy on a steamship!
HOLLYWOOD RUNAROUND • Monte Collins • 1932
Goodnight, Monte!
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