The Silent Films
AverageGoodExcellentAn all time classic
1917 / 1927 / 1928 / 1929
1917
The Lucky Dog To be Reviewed
Cast: Florence Gillet
Studio / Director: Jess Robbins
Comments: The first film to feature both Stan & Ollie.
1926
45 Minutes From Hollywood To be Reviewed
Cast: Glen Tryon, Charlotte Mineau, Rube Clifford, Sue O’Neil, Theda Bara, Edna Murphy, Jerry Mandy, Ham Kinsey, Ed Brandenberg, Jack Hill, Al Hallet, Tiny Sandford, Our Gang.
Directed: Pathe \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
1927
Duck Soup To be Reviewed
Cast: Madeleine Hurlock, William Austin, Bob Kortman.
Directed: Pathe \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
With Love and Hisses
Cast: James Finlayson, Frank Brownlee, Chet Brandenberg, Anita Garvin, Eve Southern, Will Stanton, Jerry Mandy, Frank Saputo, Josephine Dunn.
Directed: MGM \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
Sugar Daddies
Cast: James Finlayson, Noah Young, Charlotte Mineau, Edna Marian, Eugene Pallette, Charlie Hall, Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, Dorothy Coburn, Ray Cooke.
Directed: MGM \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
Sailors Beware To be Reviewed
Cast: Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Viola Richard, May Wallace, Connie Evans, Barbara Pierce, Lupe Velez, Will Stanton, Ed Brandenberg, Dorothy Coburn, Frank Brownlee, Harry Earles, Charley Young.
Directed: Pathe \ Hal Yates
Comments: Silent
The Second Hundred Years To be Reviewed
Cast: James Finlayson, Eugene Pallette, Tiny Sandford, Ellinor Van Der Veer, Charles A. Bachman, Edgar Dearing, Otto Fries, Bob O’Connor, Frank Brownlee, Dorothy Coburn, Charlie Hall, Rosemary Theby.
Directed: MGM \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
Call Of The Cuckoos
Cast: Max Davidson, Lillian Elliot, Spec O’Donnell, Charley Chase, James Finlayson, Frank Brownlee, Charlie Hall, Charles Meakin, Leo Willis, Lyle Tayo, Edgar Dearing, Fay Holderness, Otto Fries.
Directed: MGM \ Clyde A. Bruckman
Comments: Silent
Hats Off To be Reviewed
Cast: James Finlayson, Anita Garvin, Dorothy Coburn, Ham Kinsey, Sam Lufkin, Chet Brandenberg.
Directed: MGM \ Hal Yates
Comments: Silent, No copy of this film is known to exist.
Do Detectives Think? To be Reviewed
Cast: James Finlayson, Viola Richard, Noah Young, Frank Brownlee, Will Stanton, Charley Young, Charles A. Bachman.
Directed: Pathe \ Fred Guiol
Comments: Silent
Putting Pants On Philip To be Reviewed
Cast: Sam Lufkin, Harvey Clark, Ed Brandenberg, Dorothy Coburn, Chet Brandenberg, Retta Palmer, Bob O’Connor, Eric Mack, Jack Hill, Don Bailey, Alfred Fisher, Lee Phelps, Charles A. Bachman.
Directed: MGM \ Clyde A. Bruckman
Comments: Silent
The Battle of The Century To be Reviewed
Cast: Dick Gilbert, George K. French, Sam Lufkin, Noah Young, Gene Morgan, Al Hallet, Anita Garvin, Eugene Pallette, Lyle Tayo, Charlie Hall, Dorothy Coburn, Ham Kinsey, Bert Roach, Jack Hill, Bob O’Connor, Ed Brandenberg, Dorothy Walbert, Charley Young, Ellinor Van Der Veer.
Directed: MGM \ Clyde A. Bruckman
Comments: Silent, Features Lou Costello as an extra in the crowd. A film that has only survived in part.
1928
Leave ‘Em Laughing
Cast: Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Hall, Viola Richard, Dorothy Coburn, Tiny Sandford, Sam Lufkin, Edgar Dearing, Al Hallet, Jack V. Lloyd, Otto Fries, Jack Hill.
Directed: MGM \ Clyde A. Bruckman
Comments: Silent.
Flying Elephants
Cast: Dorothy Coburn, Leo Willis, Tiny Sandford, Bud Fine.
Directed: Pathe \ Fred Butler
Comments: Silent
The Finishing Touch To be Reviewed
Cast: Edgar Kennedy, Dorothy Coburn, Sam Lufkin.
Directed: MGM \ Clyde A. Bruckman
Comments: Silent
From Soup to Nuts To be Reviewed
Cast: Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Otto Fries, Edna Marian, Ellinor Van Der Veer, George Bichel, Dorothy Coburn, Sam Lufkin, Gene Morgan.
Directed: MGM \ Edgar Kennedy
Comments: Silent
You’re Darn Tootin’ To be Reviewed
Cast: Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Otto Fries, Edna Marian, Ellinor Van Der Veer, George Bichel, Dorothy Coburn, Sam Lufkin, Gene Morgan.
Directed: MGM \ Edgar Kennedy
Comments: Silent
Their Purple Moment To be Reviewed
Cast: Anita Garvin, Tiny Sandford, Otto Fries, Edna Marian, Ellinor Van Der Veer, George Bichel, Dorothy Coburn, Sam Lufkin, Gene Morgan.
Directed: MGM \ James Parrott
Comments: Silent
Sould Married Men Go Home? To be Reviewed
Cast: Edgar Kennedy, Edna Marian, Viola Richard, John Aassen, Jack Hill, Dorothy Coburn, Lyle Tayo, Chet Brandenberg, San Lufkin, Charlie Hall, Kay Deslys.
Directed: MGM \ James Parrott
Comments: Silent
Early To Bed
Cast: Stan & Ollie only.
Directed: MGM \ Emmett Flynn
Comments: Silent
Two Tars
Cast: Stan & Ollie only.
Directed: MGM \ Emmett Flynn
Comments: Silent
Habeas Corpus To be Reviewed
Cast: Richard Carle, Charles A. Bachman, Charley Rogers.
Directed: MGM \ Leo McCarey
Comments: Silent
We Faw Down To be Reviewed
Cast: George Kotsonaros, Bess Flowers, Vivien Oakland, Kay Deslys, Vera White, Allen Cavan.
Directed: MGM \ Leo McCarey
Comments: Silent, Featured Music & Effects.
1929
Liberty
Cast: James Finlayson, Tom Kennedy, Jean Harlow, Harry Bernard, Ed Brandenberg, Sam Lufkin, Jack Raymond, Jack Hill.
Directed: MGM \ Leo McCarey
Comments: Silent, Featured Music & Effects.
Wrong Again To be Reviewed
Cast: Del Henderson, Harry Bernard, Charlie Hall, William Gillespie, Jack Hill, Sam Lufkin, Josephine Crowell, Fres Holmes.
Directed: MGM \ Leo McCarey
Comments: Silent, Featured Music & Effects.
That’s My Wife
Cast: Vivien Oakland, Charlie Hall, Jimmy Aubrey, William Courtwright, Sam Lufkin, Harry Bernard
Directed: MGM \ Lloyd French
Comments: Silent, Featured Music & Effects.
Big Business
Cast: James Finlayson, Tiny Sandford, Lyle Tayo, Retta Palmer, Charlie Hall
Directed: MGM \ James Horne
Comments: Silent. Featuring a great ‘Tit for Tat’ scene between James Finlayson & the boys.
Double Whoopee To be Reviewed
Cast: Tiny Sandford, Charlie Hall, Jean Harlow, Rolfie Sedan, Sam Lufkin, William Gillespie, Charley Rogers, Ed Brandnberg.
Directed: MGM \ Lewis R. Foster
Comments: Silent.
Bacon Grabbers To be Reviewed
Cast: Edgar Kennedy, Jean Harlow, Charlie Hall, Bobby Dunn, Eddie Baker, Harry Bernard, Sam Lufkin.
Directed: MGM \ Lewis R. Foster
Comments: Silent. Features Music & Effects.
Angora Love
Cast: Edgar Kennedy, Charlie Hall, Harry Bernard, Charley Young.
Directed: MGM \ Lewis R. Foster
Comments: Silent. Features Music & Effects