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1. Why Men Work (1924)
Comedy, Short
A movie cameraman (Charley Chase) is on the lookout for new material but a rival plans to copy everything he films.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Olive Borden, Billy Engle, Joseph Forte
Votes: 11
2. The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (1956–1960)
60 min | Comedy
The Steve Allen Show was an American variety show hosted by Steve Allen.
Stars: Steve Allen, Gene Rayburn, Louis Nye, Skitch Henderson
Votes: 258
3. Hard Boiled (1925)
Comedy, Short
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, James Finlayson, Noah Young
Votes: 14
4. Assistant Wives (1927)
20 min | Comedy, Short
A misunderstanding means that Charley's boss Palette visits with the woman from the flapjack stand being taken for Charley's wife.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Anita Garvin, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 11
5. Make Way for Tomorrow (1937)
Passed | 91 min | Drama, Romance
An elderly couple are forced to live hundreds of miles apart when they lose their house and none of their five children will take both parents in.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Victor Moore, Beulah Bondi, Fay Bainter, Thomas Mitchell
Votes: 9,510
6. The Family Group (1928)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley tries to get a photograph taken with his wife and child.
Directors: Fred Guiol, Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Edgar Kennedy, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 11
7. Chasing Husbands (1928)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Charley Chase, Edgar Kennedy, Kalla Pasha, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 33
8. Aching Youth (1928)
21 min | Short
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Charley Chase, Edna Marion, William Orlamond, Eugene Pallette
Votes: 11
9. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948–1971)
TV-G | 60 min | Music, Talk-Show
The classic prime time variety show most famous for its vaudeville acts and rock music performances.
Stars: Ed Sullivan, The Ray Bloch Orchestra, Ray Bloch, Johnny Wayne
Votes: 1,561
10. Crazy Feet (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley intervenes in a fight between Eddie and Thelma inside her small car. Cop Kennedy misinterprets things, and Charley hides in the theatre Thelma is rehearsing in. Charley replaces ... See full summary »
Director: Warren Doane | Stars: Charley Chase, Thelma Todd, Edgar Kennedy, Eddie Dunn
Votes: 24
11. Glückliche Kindheit (1931)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 24
12. The Fight Pest (1928)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Directors: Fred Guiol, Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Edna Marion, Edgar Kennedy, Frank Hagney
Votes: 11
13. Off to Buffalo (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Edgar Kennedy, Anita Garvin
Votes: 12
14. The Awful Truth (1937)
Passed | 90 min | Comedy, Romance
A married couple file an amicable divorce, but find it harder to let go of each other than they initially thought.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Ralph Bellamy, Alexander D'Arcy
Votes: 21,378
15. Duck Soup (1933)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy, Musical
Rufus T. Firefly is named the dictator of bankrupt Freedonia and declares war on neighboring Sylvania over the love of his wealthy backer Mrs. Teasdale, contending with two inept spies who can't seem to keep straight which side they're on.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx, Zeppo Marx
Votes: 62,741
16. Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
Approved | 90 min | Comedy, Mystery, Romance
An English valet brought to the American west assimilates into the American way of life.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charles Laughton, Mary Boland, Charles Ruggles, Zasu Pitts
Votes: 4,512
17. Lux Video Theatre (1950–1959)
30 min | Comedy, Drama
Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
Stars: Ken Carpenter, Jay Jackson, Otto Kruger, Gordon MacRae
Votes: 154
18. Big Business (1929)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
Directors: James W. Horne, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall
Votes: 3,396
19. A Pair of Tights (1929)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Two girls are invited by the tight boss of the boyfriend of one of them for dinner. On the way they stop for a cheap ice-cream. But swinging doors, ventilators, policemen, and a brat make ... See full summary »
Director: Hal Yates | Stars: Anita Garvin, Marion Byron, Edgar Kennedy, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 154
20. Liberty (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
With the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Tom Kennedy, Sam Lufkin
Votes: 1,912
21. Night Owls (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
After far too many break-ins on his watch, an ineffective policeman approaches the unsuspecting vagabonds, Laurel and Hardy, with a preposterous proposition; one that would get him off the hook. But, are the boys up to the task?
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, James Finlayson
Votes: 1,778
22. The Big Squawk (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Shy Charley tries to win his girl.
Director: Warren Doane | Stars: Charley Chase, Nina Quartero, Gale Henry, Edna May
Votes: 25
23. Too Many Mammas (1924)
9 min | Short, Comedy
Jimmy (Charley Chase) must help his boss hide an affair with a beautiful woman and try to keep his own girlfriend happy.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Beth Darlington, Olive Borden
Votes: 70
24. An Affair to Remember (1957)
Not Rated | 115 min | Drama, Romance
A couple falls in love and agrees to meet in six months at the Empire State Building - but will it happen?
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson
Votes: 33,074
25. Blotto (1930)
Approved | 26 min | Short, Comedy
Stan fakes receiving a telegram so he can go to a club with Ollie and a bottle of his unsuspecting wife's liquor, but she overhears his plans.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,810
26. Hog Wild (1930)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Ollie can't find his hat, much to the amusement of his wife and maid. Then Ollie and Stan attempt to install a rooftop radio antenna.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Russell Custer, Betty Danko
Votes: 2,220
27. Looking for Sally (1925)
20 min | Short, Comedy
Jimmie Jump is returning from Europe to the USA. His parents and Sally, an old girlfriend he hasn't seen in years, are expecting him at the dock, but because of unfortunate circumstance, ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Noah Young, Leo Willis
Votes: 88
28. The Unkissed Man (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bryant Washburn, Edna Murphy, Eric Mayne, Marion Byron
Votes: 29
29. My Favorite Wife (1940)
Passed | 88 min | Comedy, Romance
Missing for seven years and presumed dead, a woman returns home on the day of her husband's second marriage.
Director: Garson Kanin | Stars: Irene Dunne, Cary Grant, Randolph Scott, Gail Patrick
Votes: 11,513
30. Love Affair (1939)
Approved | 88 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
A French playboy and an American former nightclub singer fall in love aboard a ship.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Irene Dunne, Charles Boyer, Maria Ouspenskaya, Lee Bowman
Votes: 6,423
31. That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
G | 133 min | Documentary, Family, Musical
The second installment in the "That's Entertainment" trilogy features more classic scenes from MGM's vast musical library with the addition of comedy and drama films.
Director: Gene Kelly | Stars: Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
Votes: 2,436 | Gross: $6.54M
32. Brats (1930)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short, Family
Laurel and Hardy's bid for a quiet evening of checkers and pool is constantly interrupted by their squabbling brats, little Ollie and little Stanley.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy
Votes: 2,270
33. His Wooden Wedding (1925)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A few moments before Charley is to marry, a "friend", who is jealous, gives him an anonymous note stating that the bride has a wooden leg. Charley cancels the wedding, but agrees to leave ... See full summary »
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Gale Henry, Fred DeSilva
Votes: 193
34. What Price Goofy? (1925)
Passed | 22 min | Short, Comedy
A wife suspects her husband is cheating when seen on the street talking to an attractive young woman. She believes she has caught him his mistress. A dancing butler, a game-playing dog and an accommodating burglar complicate things.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Lucien Littlefield, Jane Sherman
Votes: 169
35. Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927)
20 min | Short, Comedy
When a widow plans to remarry, her two sons take a look at their prospective stepfather and put on an elaborate act pretending to be crazy so as to dissuade him from further courting their mother.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Max Davidson, Lillian Elliott, Spec O'Donnell, David Butler
Votes: 38
36. Imagine My Embarrassment (1928)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Directors: Hal Yates, Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Vivien Oakland, Edgar Kennedy, Anita Garvin
Votes: 12
37. The Bells of St. Mary's (1945)
Unrated | 126 min | Drama
At a big city Catholic school, Father O'Malley and Sister Benedict indulge in friendly rivalry, and succeed in extending the school through the gift of a building.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Bing Crosby, Ingrid Bergman, Henry Travers, William Gargan
Votes: 9,369 | Gross: $21.30M
38. Two Tars (1928)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy, Family
At a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Thelma Hill
Votes: 1,559
39. Men O'War (1929)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
On shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas.
Director: Lewis R. Foster | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Anne Cornwall
Votes: 1,379
40. The Finishing Touch (1928)
19 min | Comedy, Short
The boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.
Directors: Clyde Bruckman, Leo McCarey | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dorothy Coburn, Edgar Kennedy
Votes: 1,360
41. The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
Charley's boss is stepping out with an ex-con's wife, so he asks Charley to do him a solid and take her to the cabin before her husband finds out. His wife sees them en-route and believes he is cheating on her. Follow that car.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, George Siegmann, William J. Kelly
Votes: 97
42. They Go Boom! (1929)
Passed | 21 min | Comedy, Short
Stanley's attempts to treat Oliver's cold include dropping a swab down his friend's throat, applying a mustard plaster to his rump, and inflating the air mattress from the gas jet until it has Oliver pressed against the ceiling.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin
Votes: 1,236
43. No Father to Guide Him (1925)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Charley's battle-axe mother-in-law breaks up his marriage and tries to separate him from his son. Charlie abducts the boy for a father-son outing to the beach. The mother-in-law pursues and comedy ensues.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Mickey Bennett, Josephine Crowell
Votes: 62
44. Shy Boy (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Short
Harry lands on an iceberg with his rival.
Director: Charley Rogers | Stars: Harry Langdon, Thelma Todd, Eddie Dunn
Votes: 17
45. The Rat's Knuckles (1925)
11 min | Short, Comedy
Professor James Jump hopes to strike it rich with his invention of a more humane mouse trap.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Martha Sleeper, Sammy Brooks, Jack Gavin
Votes: 76
46. Hello Baby! (1925)
11 min | Comedy, Short
A baby is left on Mr. and Mrs. Chase's doorstep. They are both happy about this - until hours later when the baby wont' stop crying. Charley goes out into the night to try and find the local doctor, with mixed results.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Katherine Grant, Al Hallett
Votes: 56
47. Sittin' Pretty (1924)
14 min | Short, Comedy
When Charlie borrows the policeman's uniform of his girl's father and captures a lunatic, his prospective father-in-law dons the uniform just in time to receive the reward of $1,000.
Director: Leo McCarey | Stars: Charley Chase, Beth Darlington, Leo Willis, Earl Mohan
Votes: 59
48. Fast Work (1930)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Charley mistakes an escaped lunatic for the father of a girl he's intersted in.
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Charley Chase, June Marlowe, Dell Henderson, Charles K. French
Votes: 41
49. Screen Directors Playhouse (1955–1956)
30 min | Drama
Presented by Eastman Kodak, this show was a series of original scripts directed by acclaimed directors and featuring well-known performers. The stories ranged from musicals to comedies and dramas.
Stars: Arthur Q. Bryan, Bill Erwin, George Sanders, Macdonald Carey
Votes: 175
50. Perfect Day (1929)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Comedy
The boys and their wives are preparing for a drive to a Sunday picnic but infighting is ruining their plans and a sudden feud with a next-door neighbor completes the disaster.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Edgar Kennedy, Kay Deslys
Votes: 1,739