Ben Turpin Movies

  • 1934
    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9

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    Jimmy Durante asks popular song writing team Mack Gordon and Harry Revel to demonstrate some of their songs. There is interplay with impersonator...

    Hollywood on Parade No. B-9
  • 1935
    Starlit Days at the Lido

    Starlit Days at the Lido

    Starlit Days at the Lido

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    Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon...

    Starlit Days at the Lido
  • 1932
    Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

    Hollywood on Parade

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    A short featuring many stars

    Hollywood on Parade
  • 1915
    A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen

    A Burlesque on Carmen

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    A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

    A Burlesque on Carmen
  • 1939
    Hollywood Cavalcade

    Hollywood Cavalcade

    Hollywood Cavalcade

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    Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

    Hollywood Cavalcade
  • 1931
    Our Wife

    Our Wife

    Our Wife

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    Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of...

    Our Wife
  • 1957
    The Golden Age of Comedy

    The Golden Age of Comedy

    The Golden Age of Comedy

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    A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

    The Golden Age of Comedy
  • 1940
    Saps at Sea

    Saps at Sea

    Saps at Sea

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    Stan and Ollie work in a horn factory. Ollie starts having violent fits every time he hears a horn. His doctor prescribes a restful sea voyage....

    Saps at Sea
  • 1932
    Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

    Make Me a Star

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    A grocery clerk, longing to become a cowboy actor, goes to Hollywood in search of fame and fortune. Unfortunately, his acting ability is non-existent.

    Make Me a Star
  • 1931
    Cracked Nuts

    Cracked Nuts

    Cracked Nuts

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    To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this...

    Cracked Nuts
  • 1915
    The Champion

    The Champion

    The Champion

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    Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can...

    The Champion
  • 1929
    The Show of Shows

    The Show of Shows

    The Show of Shows

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    Now hear this. The studio that gave the cinema its voice offered 1929 audiences a chance to see and hear multiple silent-screen favorites for the...

    The Show of Shows
  • 1926
    When a Man's a Prince

    When a Man's a Prince

    When a Man's a Prince

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    The plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by...

    When a Man's a Prince
  • 1942
    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)

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    The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of edition #1, then a tribute to movie people who have...

    Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
  • 1909
    Tag Day

    Tag Day

    Tag Day

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    The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and called "Tag Day") to secure funds for various...

    Tag Day
  • 1929
    The Love Parade

    The Love Parade

    The Love Parade

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    The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying

    The Love Parade
  • 1960
    When Comedy Was King

    When Comedy Was King

    When Comedy Was King

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    A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

    When Comedy Was King
  • 1915
    A Night Out

    A Night Out

    A Night Out

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    After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with...

    A Night Out
  • 1925
    The Wild Goose Chaser

    The Wild Goose Chaser

    The Wild Goose Chaser

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    A Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin.

    The Wild Goose Chaser
  • 1921
    She Sighed by the Seaside

    She Sighed by the Seaside

    She Sighed by the Seaside

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    Lifeguard Ben Turpin tries to keep order at the beach, where tennis players James Finlayson and Charles Conklin vie for the affection of Marie...

    She Sighed by the Seaside