12th list of comedy shorts
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- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolWendy WaldronHarry HarveyErrol and his partner are intent on allowing a prospective client to win at poker so that he will sign a contract.Start with some Leon Errols this list
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerPatricia MichonErrol tries to prevent his son from marrying a South American girl by buying the girl a ring. Complications arise when Errol's wife confiscates the ring, and Errol has to impersonate a local bandit to get it back.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerVince BarnettLeon (Leon Errol) keeps making solo trips to Buffalo and his wife Dorothy (Dorothy Granger) suspicions that some hanky-panky is involved. The next time Leon shuffles off to Buffalo, Dorothy follows on the same airplane disguised as a beautiful-but-poor widow from the south. Dorothy, in disguise, quickly gets more of Leon's attention on the plane than she ever got at home. The plane is grounded short of Buffalo, and the ever-gallant Leon steps up to take care of the poor widow's hotel bill, but has to register her as his wife in order to do so. Dorothy reveals who she is, but Leon wiggles out of the situation in his usual wormy fashion.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerSuzi CrandallErrol, threatened with the loss of his job and his wife, promises to lay off the horses, but is persuaded into a purchasing a sweepstakes ticket by a business associate.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolHarry HarveyClaire CarletonLeon's friend Harry Harvey wants to go on to a party after they return from a fishing trip, so Leon takes Harry's car and heads for home. A blonde, thinking the car is a Taxi, gets in and orders Leon to take her home. The police chase the speeding Leon, and he eludes them but they get the license number and arrest Harry. Leon tells the Judge that Harry was on his way to get married, and the judge offers to perform the ceremony. Leon is forced to masquerade as the bride, which lasts only until Harry's wife shows up.
- DirectorHarry D'ArcyStarsLeon ErrolClaire CarletonLee TrentErrol's stenographer tells him she will have to leave her job because of her jealous husband, so he volunteers to explain away his doubts.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsLeon ErrolBarbara BrownClaire CarletonTwo Leon Errols, father and son, each marry without telling the other--and end up at the same Niagara Falls hotel on their respective honeymoons.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy ChristyClaire CarletonLeon buys a set of cooking utensils (he would) for his wife (Dorothy Christy) for their wedding anniversary, and the store sends Maizie (Claire Carleton) to his home to cook a demonstration dinner. A neighbor (Ida Moore) sees her and tells Mrs. Errol that Leon is "entertaining" a blonde. Leon is busily hiding Maizie from Mrs. Errol when her boyfriend Rocky (Tom Kennedy) also shows up.
- DirectorLambert HillyerStarsLeon ErrolDorothy ChristyWally BrownAs Leon is getting ready to go to his job at a radio station, his wife is fuming because Leon has forgotten their wedding anniversary. With the help of a friend, Leon's wife writes a fake letter to a marital advice show that airs on Leon's station. Little does she realize that her letter will set off a chain of complicated misunderstandings.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsLeon ErrolDorothy GrangerBetty UnderwoodThrough some complications he got himself into involving some oil stocks and his son's fiancee, Leon is up to his bald head in trouble when he invites the boss to dinner, and has to keep his guests apart.
- DirectorHal YatesStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeJack RiceEdgar's brother-in-law persuades Edgar to indulge in a little betting at the race track, and Edgar loses $900. While entertaining a banker to get on a loan, for a supposed worthy purpose, the bookie's henchman shows up demanding to be paid.like Leon Errol, Edgar Kennedy made many shorts- some of which are available and some not.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeJack RiceEdgar mistakenly believes that his family wants to kill him to collect his life insurance.not the famous 1933 Marx bros. film
- DirectorClem BeauchampStarsEdgar KennedySally PayneJack RiceEdgar, his wife and his brother-in-law are riding through the desert in a convertible to see a restaurant that Edgar has purchased sight unseen. They camp in a ghost town and Edgar sees a "Gold Nugget Restaurant" sign and it dawns on him that is his purchase. Inside, Edgar runs into two outlaws who force him to drive them to the next town. Unknown to Edgar, Sally lassos the renegades out of the back seat, while Edgar drives on in his (usual) blissful state of ignorance.
- DirectorHarry D'ArcyStarsEdgar KennedyVivien OaklandBilly FraneyEdgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to support him. All Pop wants to make him happy is a cow. When Edgar comes home with both a cow and a phony rich widow, the results are not what Edgar planned for.
- DirectorHarry D'ArcyStarsEdgar KennedyVivien OaklandBilly FraneyWhen some pesky boys accidentally break his window playing baseball, and Edgar accidentally throws their baseball at some cops, he is cited and told to report to the judge. Edgar is sure it will be an open and shut case, as it was really the boys' fault. But what he doesn't count on is that his court date falls on the one day of the year in which the city's municipal offices are put under the control of young boys.
- DirectorCharles E. RobertsStarsEdgar KennedyVivien OaklandBilly FraneyIn an effort to show wife Vivian her old boyfriend is in even in worse shape than he is, he invites him to spend the weekend but his father-in-law invites the wrong old beaux.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsEdgar KennedyAgnes AyresBilly Franey
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyEdgar falls in love with another woman.
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyA quiet day at home is interrupted by arguments over Shakespearean speeches.
- DirectorBen HolmesStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot Farley
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsMickey DanielsGrady SuttonDavid SharpeAn actress is rehearsing a death scene in her apartment, but her neighbors all think it's the real thing.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsShemp HowardCharley RogersRobert B. WilliamsShemp Howard is a prizefighter in this Columbia All-Star Comedy who has a complex that leaves him a coward and unable to fight unless he hears "Pop Goes the Weasel." He hears it enough here, from various and outlandish sources, to eventually win his championship match.Shemp solo
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsJoe BesserChristine McIntyreVernon DentA remake of 1949's Waiting In The Lurch featuring new footage with a banged-up Joe in the hospital telling his pretty nurse the story how his plan to marry his sweetheart ended up with her father suing him.and Joe Bessers
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsJoe BesserAngela StevensMurray AlperJoe Besser is sent on a spying mission with a beautiful female officer. Things, as usual when Joe is involved, don't go well and they are captured and about to be executed. The girl drops her cape to reveal she is scantily clad (the high point), the enemy is confused and she and Joe escape.
- DirectorRay CozineStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenChester CluteGeorge is taken to the hospital in mistake for an accident victim. After his needless operation, he meets Nurse Gracie, who adds insanity to injury.