A young man is awakened from a nightmare by the telephone ringing – his girlfriend is calling him, because he is late for an amateur theatrical production. Read More »
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Now or Never (1921) Fred C. Newmeyer, Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Anna Mae Bilson, Comedy, Short
I Do (1921) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Noah Young, Comedy, Short
Ask Father (1919) Hal Roach, Harold Lloyd, ‘Snub’ Pollard, Bebe Daniels, Comedy, Short
The young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Read More »
Road Show (1941) Hal Roach, Adolphe Menjou, Carole Landis, John Hubbard, Comedy, Music
Rich playboy Drogo Gaines is in imminent danger of marrying a gold digger, and escapes by feigning insanity. The joke’s on him when he wakes up in an asylum full of comical lunatics. There he befriends Colonel Carraway, and together they escape, catching a ride with a beautiful blonde who proves to be Penguin Moore, carnival owner. The adventures of Drogo and the Colonel with Moore’s Carnival are replete with Hal Roach slapstick.
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