The Inspector General
The Inspector General (1949) starring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates
I’m a longtime fan of Danny Kaye. He’s one of the screen’s greatest clowns. He has room to truly strut his stuff in this wonderful film. The movie begins as Georgi (played by Danny Kaye) is working with his partner Yakov (played wonderfully by Walter Slezak). They are a pair of traveling snake oil salesmen. Georgi, of course, feels quite bad about selling the bogus goods to innocent peasants. And he nearly gets the pair hung. The stage is set with the two main characters: Georgi the nice, sweet, simple, illiterate, dumb-as-a-stump, lovable waif at large in the world. And Yakov, his only friend, who would gladly sell him down the river in a moment. Frankly, Yakov is the finest example of this type of character I’ve ever seen. He’s simultaneously likable and despicable, and a joy to watch.
https://famousclowns.org/danny-kaye/danny-kaye-movies/the-inspector-general/
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Most Dangerous Game (1932) Black & White
Most Dangerous Game (1932) starring Leslie Banks, Joel McCrea, Fay Wray
Most Dangerous Game is set on an isolated island in the South Pacific. A deranged Russian exile hunts a shipwreck victim, since other game bores him.
https://family-friendly-movies.com/drama/most-dangerous-game/
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The Prodigal Bridegroom
The Prodigal Bridegroom (1926) - Mack Sennet silent comedy starring Ben Turpin, Thelma Hill, Madeline Hurlock, Andy Clyde.
Poor but loving country bumpkin Rodney St. Clair (Ben Turpin) is engaged to Lizzie Boone (Thelma Hill) and happily planning their wedding. Rodney he goes to the city to earn some money. Unfortunately on the way home he meets gold digging Gertie Gray (Madeline Hurlock) who tries to seduce him into marrying her instead …
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Happy Go Luckies
Happy Go Luckies (1923) - animated cartoon, early Paul Terry-Aesop's Fables cartoon
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Out of the Inkwell - The Puzzle
Out of the Inkwell - The Puzzle - a very creative, funny animated silent cartoon starring Koko the Clown, by Dave Fleischer & his brother Max
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The Kid Brother
The Kid Brother (1927) starring Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston
In his frontier town, hapless Harold Hickory (Harold Lloyd) was used to life in the long shadow of his legendary sheriff dad (Walter James) and strapping siblings. But when unknown scoundrels abscond with municipal funds and make his pop the fall guy, it's the family black sheep who must uncover the real thieves and see justice done.
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Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, 1925
Childhood friends Judah Ben-Hur and Messala meet again as adults. Messala is a Roman officer and Ben-Hur is a conquered Israelite. A misunderstanding during a Roman parade causes Ben-Hur to be enslaved by his now former friend and see his family humiliated. This is just the beginning of Ben-Hur's epic quest for revenge.
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Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies
Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies (1925) - a Mack Sennet comedy, starring Billy Bevan. An eccentric inventor devises a way to run automobiles on radio waves, instead of gasoline! Which makes the local gasoline entrepreneur *very* upset! And to make things worse, that man's dating the inventor's daughter …
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The Master Mystery chapter 2
The Master Mystery chapter 2 of 20 - silent film serial, starring Harry Houdini
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Hoboken to Hollywood
Hoboken to Hollywood (1926) starring Billy Bevin, Vernon Dent - a blowhard is sent to be assistant manager at the California branch office - but on his roadtrip there, he makes poor Vernon Dent miserable by "helping"!
https://famousclowns.org/movies/hollywood-to-hoboken/
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The Christmas Dream
The Christmas Dream (1904) - a very short (4 minutes) silent short film by Georges Méliès, aka. Le rêve de noël
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A Trip to the Moon
A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune) 1902 French black-and-white silent science fiction film directed by Georges Méliès. A funny, classic science fiction short about the supposed first trip to the moon.
I love the dancing girls loading the space capsule! Makes you wonder why NASA didn't use them for the Apollo program …
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The Mastery Mystery - Chapter 1 - Living Death
The Mastery Mystery - Chapter 1 of 20 - Houdini's silent serial movie
"The Master Mystery stars Harry Houdini as Justice Department agent Quentin Locke, who is investigating a powerful cartel that’s protected by a “menacing” robot (referred to in the film as “the Automaton‘); the cartel is using a gas weapon called “the Madagascar Madness” — and, given that this is an old-time silent film serial, there’s a cliffhanger ending at the end of each chapter. And, since this is a Houdini film, there’s plenty of escape artistry to get out of them."
https://family-friendly-movies.com/action-movie/the-master-mystery/
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The Ghoul
The Ghoul (1933) starring Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger
In The Ghoul, Boris Karloff as Professor Morlant finds a stone he wants to be buried with. Because he believes that it will bring him back to life. However, when the stone is stolen before his burial, he comes back from the dead to find it. Or is it something else?
https://family-friendly-movies.com/horror-movies/the-ghoul-boris-karloff/
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Superman: Showdown
In the 1942 animated Superman cartoon, a pair of criminals decide to impersonate Superman to commit a crime spree! And the real Superman's not pleased …
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The House on Haunted Hill
The House on Haunted Hill is, simply, a delight. The basic premise has millionaire (Vincent Price) invite a group of individuals to spend the night in a haunted house. A house where numerous murders occurred. All to amuse the millionaire''s bored wife (Carol Olmart). Each invitee is being offered a small fortune ... if they survive the night.
https://family-friendly-movies.com/horror-movies/the-house-on-haunted-hill-1958/
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The Kennel Murder Case
The Kennel Murder Case (1933) starring William Powell, Mary Astor, Eugene Pallette, directed by Michael Curtiz
In The Kennel Murder Case, Philo Vance, accompanied by his prize-losing Scottish terrier, investigates a locked-room murder. The murder of a prominent and much-hated collector whose broken Chinese vase provides an important clue.
An absolutely excellent, riveting murder mystery! Highly recommended.
https://family-friendly-movies.com/murder-mystery/the-kennel-murder-case-william-powell/
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Penny Serenade
Penny Serenade is a sentimental journey through the years with a married couple. Cary Grant and Irene Dunne adopt a baby after their unborn baby dies. Years later, Dunne contemplates divorce, recollecting the joys and griefs she has shared with her husband.. Cary Grant received a Best Actor nomination as the husband.
https://family-friendly-movies.com/drama/penny-serenade/
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Charlie Chaplin in Those Love Pangs
In Those Love Pangs, Charlie Chaplin and Chester Conklin fight for the affection of several ladies … Over the protests of their boyfriends! This leads to an altercation in a movie theater.
https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/those-love-pangs-charlie-chaplin/
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Three Broadway Girls aka. The Greeks Had a Word for It
Three Broadway Girls - a comedy about a trio of money hungry women who all have sugar daddies who keep them in the lap of luxury, even as they drive the men crazy. Each woman represents a different personality type, from sensitive, to kind-hearted, to difficult and untrustworthy. Set in the age of jazz, the twenties come roaring back with immorality and in-fighting.
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The Monster
The Monster (1925) starring Lon Chaney
A meek clerk who doubles as an amateur detective investigates a missing person case & very strange goings-on at a remote & supposedly abandoned mental sanitarium. The clerk soon discovers that the asylum is not deserted but run by a bizarre staff headed by the eccentric Dr. Ziska (Lon Chaney)
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Superman: Japoteurs
Superman: Japoteurs - Japanese saboteurs plan to hijack a new American super-bomber. With Lois Lane stowed away on the first flight! Can even Superman reach her in time? Can he prevent mass destruction?
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Between Showers
Between Showers – in this early Charlie Chaplin film, Charlie competes with another man (Ford Sterling, at the time a major comedy film star) in trying to help a pretty young lady cross a muddy street. The two rivals fight over various items in their struggle to be first to help the lady, including a wooden plank and Sterling’s umbrella.
https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/between-showers/
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The Property Man
Charlie Chaplin is the property man of the title, having the predictable slapstick problems with the luggage of the actors that he has to carry around. As well as the conflicts that the short-tempered Charlie the little tramp is now becoming famous for.
https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/property-man-1914/
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Charlie Chaplin's In the Park
In The Park (1915)
Charlie the Little Tramp is innocently minding his own business, walking in the park …. When someone steals a lady’s handbag, and chaos quickly ensues …
https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/in-the-park/
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