After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer Read More »
Tag Archives: Hal Roach
The Housekeepers Daughter (1939) Hal Roach, Joan Bennett, Adolphe Menjou, John Hubbard
Movie opens with a murder involving gangster. Gangster’s girl goes to stay with mother. Read More »
The Devil’s Brother (1933) Hal Roach, Charley Rogers, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Dennis King
At Stanlio’s urging, Ollio foists himself off as the dread singing bandit Fra Diavolo Read More »
Turnabout (1940) Hal Roach, Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard
Bickering husband and wife Tim and Sally Willows mutter a few angry words to a statue of Buddha and wind up living each other’s life. Read More »
From Hand to Mouth (1919) Alfred J. Goulding, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short, Action
Harold is starving since he has no money to buy food. He may even fight a young starving girl and her starving dog for a morsel. Read More »
Bumping Into Broadway (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Bebe Daniels, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Comedy, Short
She’s a chorus girl in unpaid tryouts for a Broadway show, behind in her rent, about to be evicted. Read More »
Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Short, Comedy, Western
The mining town of Peaceful Vale is a rough place, and sheriff ‘Gun Shy’ Gallagher can do little about it, since the town is ruled by Crooked Charley, the gambler. Read More »
An Eastern Westerner (1920) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Comedy, Short, Family, Western
A young New Yorker is the bane of his Christian parent’s existence because of his constant carousing and partying at all hours. Read More »
High and Dizzy (1920) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Comedy, Short
After a long wait, a young doctor finally has a patient come to his office. Read More »
Number Please (1920) Hal Roach, Fred C. Newmeyer, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Roy Brooks, Short, Comedy, Romance
Harold is spending the day at the amusement park, unfulfilled and alone. Read More »