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100% Service (1931)
George Burns
& Gracie Allen frolic at the cigar counter in the
Jefferson Hotel |
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A Broadway Romeo (1931)
Cheapskate
Jack Benny watches a newsstand for a friend, and picks up a young
lady customer (Estelle Brody) |
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A Put Up Job (1931)
Two clumsy guys get a job assembling pre-fab houses—with
disastrous results (Karl
Dane, George K. Arthur,
Marjorie Beebe) |
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A Rhapsody in Black and Blue (1932)
A henpecked jazz-loving husband dreams he's King of Jazzmania (Louis
Armstrong, Fanny Belle DeKnight) |
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A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1929)
Eddie Cantor performs in stage minstrel makeup |
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The African Dodger (1931)
A man on a carnival midway is suckered into substituting for the African
Dodger (Tom Howard, Joe Lyon) |
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Breaking Even (1932)
A man tries to talk a guy out of shooting himself (Tom Howard, George
Shelton) |
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Cab Calloway's Hi-De-Ho (1934)
This jazz musical short has a comedy plot about marital infidelity |
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Cleaning Up (1930)
Two street cleaners save the life of the police commissioner, who then
hires them as policemen (Chester Conklin, Mack Swain) |
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Fit to Be Tied (1930)
A man shopping for a tie is frustrated by the store's staff (George
Burns & Gracie Allen, June Clayworth,
Marion Martin) |
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Getting a Ticket (1930)
A cop, made to look foolish in court, retaliates when he later catches a
speeder (Eddie
Cantor, Charles C. Wilson) |
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The Introduction of Mrs. Gibbs (1930)
A loud-mouthed mother is invited to meet her daughter's high society
in-laws-to-be (Lulu McConnell) |
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It Might Be Worse (1931)
A man tries to talk a friend out of committing suicide (George
Jessel, Allen Connor) |
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Lighthouse Love (1932)
Two marines swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol
(Franklin Pangborn, Tom Kennedy, Dorothy Granger, Mack Swain,
Ben Turpin) |
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Makers of Melody (1929)
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are interviewed, while performers
showcase some of their songs (Stinky video quality...sorry!) |
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Plastered (1930)
Two workers cause havoc at a construction site (Willie West,
McGinty) |
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The Plasterers (1929)
Two guys show up to repair a woman's house, but spend more time making a
mess (Charles O'Donnell, Jack Blair) |
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Poppin' the Cork (1933)
An anti-Prohibition university student tries to win a girl's hand and
sell his bottle stopper invention (Milton
Berle, Norma Taylor, Mary Cole, Gertrude Mudge) |
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Sing, Bing, Sing (1933)
A singer asks his sweetheart on a radio broadcast to elope, but her
father is listening too (Bing
Crosby, Florine McKinney, Irving Bacon) |
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Stopover in Hollywood (1963)
The people, sights, and sounds of Hollywood (Lori Lyons, Tony
Winhall) |
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Symphony in Black (1935)
Duke Ellington and his orchestra play several selections (with
Billie Holiday) |
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What Price Pants (1931)
A greedy owner of a sweatshop pants factory tries to get some of his
employee's inheritance (Joe Smith, Charles Dale) |
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