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Andy Clyde (1934-1956)

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Andy Clyde had the longest running series in the history of short-subjects. His Columbia output alone ran second only to the films of The Three Stooges. A veteran of the Mack Sennett Studios, Andy was a trained professional at the art of slapstick comedy.

During his years at Educational, he developed the character of a bifocal wearing old man, which he carried over to Columbia. He stayed with the studio until 1956, and his comedies are amongst the most enjoyable made.

A vast amount of Andy
's Columbia shorts were syndicated by Screen Gems Television in 1959.


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IT'S THE CATS (10/11/1934)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Al Ray

Cast
Dorothy Granger
Inez Courtney
Del Henderson
James C. Morton

Sam Lufkin
Kay Hughes
Frances Morris
Ceil Duncan
Mary Foy
William Irving
Raymond Brown

Andy prepares to speak at a cat-fanciers organization.

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IN THE DOG HOUSE (12/1/1934)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Arthur Ripley

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Delmar Watson

Andy's new wife has no sympathy for his young son and his pet dog.

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I'M A FATHER! (2/7/1935)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-James Horne

Cast
Lillian Elliott
Geneva Mitchell
Ferdinand Munier
Inez Courtney
Robert Allen
Allyn Drake
Mary Gordon
Grace Goodall
Louise Carver
Phil Dunham
Bess Flowers
Billy Engle
Frank Yaconelli
Charles Dorety
Evelyn Pierce
Phyllis Crane
Sally Tead
Beulah Hutton
Jack Kennedy

Andy, an avowed child-hater, changes his tune when he mistakenly believes his wife is pregnant.


Remade with Hugh Herbert as OH, BABY! (1944).
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OLD SAWBONES (4/11/1935)

Director-Del Lord.

Cast
James C. Morton
Lucille Ward
Wes Warner
Marie Wells
Phyllis Crane
Lou Archer
Ford West
Si Jenks
John Rand
Val Harris
Marvin Loback
Billy Franey
Charles Dorety
Harry Semels
George Ovey
Hubert Diltz
Bud Jamison
Charles Heine Conklin
George Gray
Helen Dickson
Eugene Anderson
Rudolf Chavers

Andy and another doctor vie for the position of country physician; the town council decides that whoever treats the most patients in a seven-day period will win the post.

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TRAMP TRAMP TRAMP (5/22/1935)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Charles Lamont

Cast
Dot Farley,
Robert "Bobby" Burns,
Charles Heine Conklin.

When Andy's wife opens their home to derelicts, Andy keeps devising ways to chase them out.


The working title was HELPING HANDOUT.
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ALIMONY ACHES (6/29/1935)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Charles Lamont

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Jan Duggan
Tommy Bond
Bud Jamison
Bobby Barber
Lon Poff

Andy's ex-wife remarries, but keeps it a secret from him so she can still collect alimony.

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IT ALWAYS HAPPENS (9/16/1935)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Geneva Mitchell
Esther Muir
Esther Howard
Bud Jamison
Arthur Housman
Robert McKenzie
Sam Lufkin

On a business trip, Andy gets into a compromising situation with a clients wife.


A partial remake of Andy Clyde's Mack Sennett short TAXI TROUBLES.

Remade as HIS TALE IS TOLD (1944).

Remade with Bert Wheeler as INNOCENTLY GUILTY (1950)
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HOT PAPRIKA
(12/12/1935)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Helen Martinez
Julian Rivero
Bud Jamison
Ethelreda Leopold
Harry Semels
Bobby Barber
June Gittelson
Johnny Kascier
Ed Brandenburg

Andy quells a revolution in the banana republic of Paprika.

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CAUGHT IN THE ACT (3/5/1936)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
John T. Murray,
Anne O'Neal,
Bud Jamison,
James C. Morton,
Al Thompson,
William Irving.

Andy is mistaken for the Jack the Kisser, a kissing bandit.


Released by Columbia Pictures in the early 1960's as a silent, abridged short for 8mm projectors.
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SHARE THE WEALTH (3/16/1936)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Mary Gordon
Vernon Dent
James C. Morton
Bob Barry
Blackie Whiteford
Tom Dempsey
Fay Holderness
Bobby Barber

Andy is a small town mayoral candidate running on a share-the-wealth platform. The day before the election, he inherits $50,000.00 and tries to leave town.

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THE PEPPERY SALT (5/15/1936) Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Mary Lou Dix
Warner Richmond
Bert Young
Harry Keaton
Blackie Whiteford
Tom Dempsey
John Ince
Charlie Phillips
Valerie Hall
Idolyne Dupre
Ethelreda Leopold
Chuck Colean
Antrim Short
Sam Lufkin

Andy, the owner of an Oceanside lunch counter, tangles with a gang of kidnappers.


One of the few Columbia comedy shorts to employ background music.

Remade as MARINATED MARINER (1950).

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MISTER SMARTY (7/15/1936)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Leora Thatcher
Henry Hanna
Tommy Bond
Bud Jamison
Frank Mills
Robert McKenzie
Harry Tenbrook
Al Thompson
Bill O'Brien
John Rand
Jack Tiny Lipson
Bobby Barber
Billy Engle
Lew Davis
William Irving

Andy believes that hell be able to clean the house more better than his wife can.


Remade as SUNK IN THE SINK (1949).
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AM I HAVING FUN! (9/18/1936)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Arthur Housman,
Harry Semels,
Gale Arnold,
Bud Jamison,
Jack Tiny Lipson,
Helen Martinez,
Lew Davis,
Bert Young,
Al Thompson,
William Irving,
Bobby Barber,
Charles Dorety,
Robert Bobby Burns,
C.L. Sherwood,
Sam Lufkin,
Johnny Kascier,
Ethelreda Leopold.

Press agent Houseman persuades cab driver Andy to act as a substitute for an uncooperative potentate.


Remade with Billy Gilbert as CRAZY LIKE A FOX (1944).
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LOVE COMES TO MOONEYVILLE (11/14/1936)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Esther Howard
Bob McKenzie

Andy and the local fire chief fall for the same woman.


 Remade as SCRATCH-SCRATCH-SCRATCH (1955).
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KNEE ACTION (1/9/1937)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Charles Lamont

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Tommy Bond
Lew Kelly
Bob McKenzie
Eva McKenzie
James C. Morton
Bud Jamison
Al Thompson

Andy invents a clothes-washer, but his obnoxious stepson ruins the demonstration.


Remade with Joe DeRita as THE GOOD BAD EGG (1947).
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STUCK IN THE STICKS (3/26/1937)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Esther Howard
Bob McKenzie
Jack Evans
Robert Bobby Burns
Tom Dempsey
Eva McKenzie
Jack Hendricks
Bud Jamison
Ethelreda Leopold

Andy's rival has wanted posters printed claiming that Andy's sweetheart is a swindler.


A sequel to LOVE COMES TO MOONEYVILLE (1936).
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MY LITTLE FELLER (5/21/1937)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Charles Lamont

Cast
Doodles Weaver
Don Brody
Beatrice Curtis
Cy Schindell
Leora Thatcher
James C. Morton
Robert Rousch

Andy cares for a kidnapped baby.


A remake of Sidney and Murray's TEN BABY FINGERS (1934).

Remade with The Three Stooges as MUTTS TO YOU (1938) and SOCK-A-BYE BABY (1942).

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LODGE NIGHT (6/11/1937)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Preston Black

Cast
Joan Woodbury
Nick Copeland
Bonita Weber
Sammy Blum
Doodles Weaver
Penny Parker
Louise Carver
Billy McCall
Antrim Short
Eva McKenzie
Georgia Dell

Andy's lodge meetings put a strain on his marriage.


Although not necessarily a remake, the short is a cross between Laurel and Hardy's BLOTTO and SONS OF THE DESERT, with a little Marx Brothers thrown in (the "mirror" routine from DUCK SOUP and some A NIGHT AT THE OPERA antics).

Remade as BLONDE ATOM BOMB (1951)
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GRACIE AT THE BAT
(10/29/1937)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Louise Stanley
Ann Doran
Leora Thatcher
Bud Jamison
Vernon Dent
Bess Flowers
William Irving
Eddie Fetherstone

Andy manages an all-girl softball team.


The working title was SLIDE, NELLIE, SLIDE.
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HE DONE HIS DUTY (12/10/1937)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Charles Lamont

Cast
Dorothy Granger,
Bob McKenzie

A female con artist tries to fleece Andy and his rival.


A sequel to LOVE COMES TO MOONEYVILLE (1936) and STUCK IN THE STICKS (1937).
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THE OLD RAID MULE (3/34/1938)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Charley Chase

Cast
Olin Howland
Ann Doran
Vernon Dent
Bud Jamison
Bob McKenzie
Eddie Laughton

Andy feuds with his hillbilly neighbor.


Based on a story published in Esquire magazine.
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JUMP CHUMP JUMP (4/15/1938)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Gertrude Sutton
Bud Jamison
George Ovey
Fred Snowflake Toones

Andy foils a gang of crooked politicos.

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ANKLES AWAY (5/13/1938)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Charley Chase

Cast
Ann Doran
Gene Morgan
Gino Corrado
Grace Goodall
Bess Flowers
Vernon Dent
John T. Murray
Symona Boniface

Andy is duped into thinking his bride-to-be has a wooden leg.


A remake of Charley Chase's silent HIS WOODEN WEDDING.
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SOUL OF A HEEL (6/4/1938)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Gertrude Sutton
Bud Jamison
Eva McKenzie
James C. Morton
Cy Schindell
Frank Mann

Andy tries to win the approval of his prospective father in law.

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NOT GUILTY ENOUGH (7/30/1938)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Shemp Howard
John Tyrell
Bud Jamison

Andy is brought to court for assaulting his brother-in-law.


A remake of Andy Clyde's Educational comedy short HALF-BAKED RELATIONS.
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HOME ON THE RAGE (12/9/1938)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Lela Bliss
Shemp Howard
Gene Morgan
Vernon Dent

Andy mistakenly believes his wife and brother-in-law are conspiring to murder him.

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SWING, YOU SWINGERS! (1/29/1939)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Bennie Bartlett
Lola Jensen
Elaine Walters
Beatrice Blinn
Blanche Payson
Fredrick Spencer
Lynton Brent

Andy the proprietor of a music store, hates swing music.


Remade as TOOTING TOOTERS (1954).
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BOOM GOES THE GROOM (3/24/1939)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Charley Chase

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Monty Collins
Dick Curtis

Just as he's about to be the wed, Andy learns that his gold mine is worth a fortune.

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NOW IT CAN BE SOLD (6/2/1939)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Tommy Bond
Anita Garvin
Dick Curtis

Andy and his junior G-man nephew tangle with bank robbers.

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TROUBLE FINDS ANDY CLYDE (7/28/1939)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Ann Doran
Lela Bliss
Beatrice Blinn
Beatrice Curtis
Ethelreda Leopold
Al Thompson
Ned Glass
James Craig
Charles Dorety
Cy Schindell

Andy's twin brother gets Andy in hot water.


The original working title was AWAY WITH WOMEN.

Remade as A BLUNDERFUL TIME (1950).

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ALL-AMERICAN BLONDES (10/20/1939)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Dick Curtis
Mabel Smaney
Helen Servis

Andy becomes the basketball coach for an all-girls school.

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ANDY CLYDE GETS SPRING CHICKEN (12/15/1939)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Beatrice Blinn
Richard Fiske
Dorothy Appleby
Eva McKenzie
Don Beddoe
John Tyrell
Lorna Gray
Ethelreda Leopold
Kay Vallon

A group of show girls ignore Andy's romantic overtures - until they discover he's a millionaire.


Reworked as LOVES A POPPIN (1953).
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MR. CLYDE GOES TO BROADWAY (2/2/1940)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Vivien Oakland
John T. Murray
Dorothy Vaughn
Don Beddoe
Vernon Dent

Andy invests in a local theatrical production; when the actors flee with the money, Andy and his wife are forced to take their places and put on a show.

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MONEY SQUAWKS (4/5/1940)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Shemp Howard
Vernon Dent

Andy and Shemp guard a ten-thousand-dollar payroll.


Uses stock footage from OLD SAWBONES (1935).
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BOOBS IN THE WOODS (5/31/1940)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Esther Howard
Shemp Howard
Bud Jamison
Bruce Bennett
Jack "Tiny" Lipson

Andy goes on a hunting trip with his wife and brother-in-law.

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FIREMAN, SAVE MY CHOO-CHOO (8/9/1940)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Esther Howard
Roscoe Ates
Richard Fiske
John Tyrrell

Andy races his train against a modern bus; the winner receives a government franchise.


 A reworking of Andy Clyde's Educational comedy short THE CANNONBALL.
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A BUNDLE OF BLISS (11/1/1940)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archive.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Esther Howard
Dorothy Appleby
Fred Kelsey
Vernon Dent
Bruce Bennett
John Tyrrell
Blanche Payson

Andy mistakenly thinks he's a father.


Remade as A BLISSFUL BLUNDER (1952).
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THE WATCHMAN TAKES A WIFE (1/10/1941)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Betty Compson
Matt McHugh
Jimmy Dodd
Bob McKenzie
Bud Jamison
Dudley Dickerson
John Tyrell

Night watchman Andy is convinced his wife is unfaithful. 


Future "Mousketeer" Jimmy Dodd makes one of his earliest screen appearances.
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THE RING AND THE BELLE (5/2/1941) Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Dudley Dickerson
Vernon Dent
Jack Roper

Boxing manager Andy runs into trouble when his fighter skips town.

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YANKEE DOODLE ANDY (6/13/1941)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Dorothy Appleby
Tom Kennedy
Vernon Dent
Fred Vogeding
Victor Travers
Bud Jamison
Cy Schindell
Al Thompson
John Kascier

Andy, a defense plant worker, thwarts a gang of saboteurs.

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HOST TO A GHOST (8/8/1941)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Dudley Dickerson
Monty Collins
Lew Kelly
Vernon Dent
Bud Jamison
Johnny Kascier

The Clyde Wrecking Company is assigned to demolish a haunted house.


Remade as ONE SPOOKY NIGHT (1955).
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LOVEABLE TROUBLE (10/23/1941) Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Ann Doran
Esther Howard
Luana Walters
Blanche Payson
Vernon Dent
John Tyrell
Eddie Laughton
Stanley Brown

Andy agrees to coach a basketball team, not realizing that the team is compromised of showgirls.

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SAPPY BIRTHDAY (2/5/1942)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Matt McHugh
Esther Howard
Vernon Dent
Olin Howland

Andy and his brother-in-law plan a fishing trip but never get beyond the driveway.

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HOW SPRY I AM (5/7/1942)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Mary Dawn
Nat Bunker
Paul Clayton

After an orphanage burns down, hotel keeper Andy is forced to provide the children with shelter. 

Reissued theatrically in November, 1963.

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ALL WORK AND NO PAY (7/16/1942)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Frank Lackteen
Duke York
Eddie Laughton
Vernon Dent
Blanche Payson
Bud Jamison
John Tyrell
Johnny Kascier

Andy boards a ship to recover some stolen gems.


Remade with the Three Stooges as CRIME ON THEIR HANDS(1948) and HOT ICE(1955).

Duke York makes a rare appearance in a two-reeler sans "Goon" make-up.


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SAPPY PAPPY (10/30/1942)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Vivien Oakland
Vernon Dent
Barbara Pepper
Marjorie Deanne
Julie Duncan
Bertha Priestly
Lois James
Dorothy O'Kelly

Andy, the owner of a bicycle shop, gets involved with one of his customers.

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WOLF IN THIEF'S CLOTHING (2/12/1943)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Emmett Lynn
Esther Howard
Stanley Brown
Spec ODonnell
Bud Jamison
Vernon Dent

Andy and Emmett try to win the affections of the town widow by presenting her with new whitewall tires.

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A MAID MADE MAD (3/19/1943)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Del Lord

Cast
Barbara Pepper
Gwen Kenyon
Vernon Dent
Mabel Forrest
Blanche Payson

Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him.


Remade with Joe DeRita as SLAPPILY MARRIED (1946).
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FARMER FOR A DAY (8/20/1943)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White

Cast
Betty Blythe
Douglas Leavitt
Adele Mara
Vernon Dent

Patriotic Andy does his bit for the war effort by planting a victory garden.


NOTE: Contrary to previously published reports, Shemp Howard does NOT appear in this film.

Reworked as an episode of THE ABBOTT AND COSTELLO SHOW (1952).

Reissued theatrically in March, 1959.

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HE WAS ONLY FEUDIN' (12/3/1943)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Bill Henry
Barbara Pepper
Gwen Kenyon
Bobby Barber
Snub Pollard
Bess Flowers

Andy's prospective son-in-law arranges for a pretty girl to flirt with Andy.

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HIS TALE IS TOLD
(3/4/1944)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Christine McIntyre
Ann Doran
Vernon Dent
Mabel Forrest
Bud Jamison
Charles Heine Conklin
Jack Norton
Snub Pollard

Andy journeys to the big city to sell an invention-followed closely by his suspicious wife.


A remake of IT ALWAYS HAPPENS (1935), and a partial re-working of the Educational comedy TAXI TROUBLES, both starring Andy Clyde.

Remade with Bert Wheeler as INNOCENTLY GUILTY (1950).
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YOU WERE NEVER UGLIER
(6/2/1944)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Emmett Lynn
Esther Howard
Ida Mae Johnson
Buz Buckley
Judy Malcolm

Andy and Emmett two ex-sailors, discover that married life isnt all its cracked up to be.


A remake of GOBS OF TROUBLE (1935) with Collins and Kennedy.

Remade as HOOKED AND ROOKED (1952).

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GOLD IS WHERE YOU LOSE IT (9/1/1944)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Emmett Lynn
Gertrude Sutton
Mel Blanc
Hank Mann
Bud Jamison
Eva McKenzie
James C. Morton
Cy Shindell
Frank Mills

Andy and Emmett go prospecting for gold and uncover stolen bank loot.


Cartoon voice artist Mel Blanc appears early on in this short using his familiar "Porky Pig" voice.

Working title: GOLD IS WHERE YOU FIND IT.

A remake of Sidney and Murray's BACK TO THE SOIL (1934) and the Three Stooges YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA (1939).

Remade as PLEASURE TREASURE (1951)

This short was also released by Excel Movie Products as a 16mm silent home movie entitled FOOLS FOR GOLD.
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HEATHER AND YON
(12/8/1944)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Isabel Withers
Jack Norton
Vernon Dent
Kermit Maynard
Brian OHara
Cy Shindell
John Tyrell
Snub Pollard
Al Thompson
Charles Heine Conklin
Johnny Kascier

Andy confesses to a murder so his reporter friend can track down the real killer; complications arise when the reporter is injured and cant continue the investigation.

 
A remake of Buster Keaton's Educational comedy short JAIL BAIT.
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TWO LOCAL YOKELS (3/23/1945)

Status-Print exists in our archives**

Director-Jules White

Cast
Charles Judels
Esther Howard

Andy and Charles fancy themselves as ladies men - until Andy's wife announces that she wants a divorce.


The original working title was BREAD AND BUTLER.

Released by Excel Movie Products as a 16mm silent home movie entitled HISS AND MAKE UP and SERVANT TROUBLE. 


** PLEASE NOTE** Our collection contains the 6 minute silent version of this title, HISS AND MAKE UP.
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A MINER AFFAIR (11/1/1945)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Charles Rogers
Gloria Marlen
Charles Bates
Jack Tiny Lipson
Robert Williams
Al Thompson

Clyde and Rogers dig for buried treasure so they can pay for a crippled boys operation.


Charley Rogers shares above-the-title billing.

A remake of the Three Stooges CASH AND CARRY (1937). Remade as TWO APRIL FOOLS (1954).

This short was also released by Excel Movie Products as 16mm silent home movies entitled PHONEY TREASURE and A BLASTED HOAX.

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SPOOK TO ME
(12/27/1945)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Vie Barlow
Dudley Dickerson
Frank Hagney
Wally Rose
Dick Botiller
Lulu Mae Bohrman

Andy, the scoutmaster of the Bloodhounds boys patrol, investigates a reputed haunted house.


The original working title was BE PREPARED.

Reissued theatrically in June, 1959.

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THE BLONDE STAYED ON (1/24/1946)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Harry Edwards

Cast
Christine McIntyre
Gladys Blake
Vernon Dent
John Tyrrell
Victor Travers

While delivering a fur coat, Andy encounters a jealous husband.


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YOU CANT FOOL A FOOL (7/11/1946)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Fred Kelsey
Esther Howard
Charles Heine Conklin
Vernon Dent
Ted Lorch
Joe Palma

Mayoral candidate Andy is examined by a doctor who believes Andy's crazy.

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ANDY PLAYS HOOKEY (12/19/1946)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Edward Bernds

Geneva Mitchell
Minerva Urecal
Dick Wessel
Fred Kelsey
Emil Sitka
Symona Boniface
Charles Heine Conklin

In order to take the day off from work and attend a prizefight, Andy tells his boss that his mother-in-law has passed away.


The original working title was WILBUR GOES WILD.

A reworking of Lloyd Hamilton's TOO MANY HIGHBALLS and W.C. Fields' THE MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE.

Reissued theatrically in November, 1958
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TWO JILLS AND A JACK
(4/14/1947)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Christine McIntyre
Vernon Dent
Dorothy Granger

Andy thinks that his former sweetheart is now married to an old friend.


Remade as OH SAY CAN YOU SUE (1953).
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WIFE TO SPARE (11/20/1947)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Edward Bernds

Cast
Dick Wessel
Christine McIntyre
Lucille Browne
Vera Lewis
Murray Alper
Emil Sitka
Charles Heine Conklin

Andy tries to rescue his brother-in-law from the clutches of a blackmailing blonde.


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EIGHT-BALL ANDY (3/11/1948)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.
Director-Edward Bernds

Cast
Dick Wessel
Maudie Prickett
Florence Auer
Vernon Dent

Andy's gadget-happy brother-in-law is driving him crazy.


Remade as ANDY GOES WILD (1956).
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GO CHASE YOURSELF (10/14/1948)

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Florence Auer
Dudley Dickerson
Symona Boniface
Al Thompson
Patricia White
Gay Nelson

Professor Clyde is on the lookout for a nightshirt bandit terrorizing the college campus.


The working title was OH. PROFESSOR!

A remake, with stock footage, of Charley Chase's THE NIGHTSHIRT BANDIT (1938).

Remade as PARDON MY NIGHTSHIRT (1956).


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SUNK IN THE SINK (3/10/1949)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Margie Liszt
Robert Scott

Andy tries to prove to his wife that he can do the household chores more efficiently than she can.


The original working title was WHAT'S COOKIN'?

A remake, with stock footage, of MISTER SMARTY (1936).


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MARINATED MARINER (3/30/1950)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Jean Willes
John Merton
Blackie Whiteford
Charles Heine Conklin
Al Thompson
Johnny Kascier
Bert Young
Harry Keaton

Andy, the proprietor of an Oceanside lunch counter, tangles with a gang of kidnappers.


A remake utilizing nearly 95% of stock footage of THE PEPPERY SALT (1936).
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A BLUNDERFUL TIME (9/7/1950)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Margie Liszt
Christine McIntyre
Al Thompson

Andy's twin brother creates a confusion for Andy and his wife.


A remake, with stock footage, of TROUBLE FINDS ANDY CLYDE (1939).
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BLONDE ATOM BOMB (3/8/1951)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Jean Willes
Emil Sitka
George Chesebro
Minerva Urecal
Billy Frandes
Clay Anderson

Andy tries to save his nephew from the wiles of a sultry nightclub singer.

Previously believed to be a remake of WIFE TO SPARE, the shooting script for BLONDE ATOM BOMB references Production Number 270, which was Andy's 1937 effort LODGE NIGHT. Production stills also support that this indeed is a remake of LODGE NIGHT. It's safe to assume that stock footage from LODGE NIGHT was also used.


Reissued theatrically in April, 1960.

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PLEASURE TREASURE (9/6/1951)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Emmett Lynn
Margie Liszt
Tom Kennedy
Babe London
Emil Sitka
Johnny Kascier

Andy and Emmett go prospecting for gold.


A remake, with stock footage, of GOLD IS WHERE YOU LOSE IT (1944); based on Sidney and Murray's BACK TO THE SOIL (1934) and the Three Stooges YES, WE HAVE NO BONANZA (1939).
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A BLISSFUL BLUNDER (5/28/1952)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Ruth Godfrey
Esther Howard
Fred Kelsey
Bonnie Bennett
Barbara Lande

When Andy returns home and finds a baby, he mistakenly think he's become a father.


A remake, with stock footage, of A BUNDLE OF BLISS (1940).
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HOOKED AND ROOKED (9/11/1952)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Emmett Lynn
Margie Liszt
Maxine Gates

Andy and Emmett, two ex-sailors, discover that married life isn't all its cracked up to be.


The original working title was BRIDAL WAILS. A remake, with stock footage, of YOU WERE NEVER UGLIER (1944), and Collins and Kennedy's GOBS OF TROUBLE (1935).

Reissued theatrically in December, 1959.

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LOVES A-POPPIN' (6/11/1953)

Status-Unavailable. No known print exists.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Phil Van Zandt
Margia Dean
Dorothy Appleby
Eva McKenzie
Lorna Gray
Suzanne Ridgeway
Ethelreda Leopold
Kay Vallon

An actress believes Andy is wealthy an starts pursuing him.


The original working title was LOVER BOY. A reworking, with stock footage, of ANDY CLYDE GETS SPRING CHICKEN (1939).
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OH SAY CAN YOU SUE (9/10/1953)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Vernon Dent
Christine McIntyre
Dorothy Granger
Gus Schilling

In an attorneys office, Andy explains why he thought his sweetheart married his best friend.


A remake, with stock footage, of TWO JILLS AND A JACK (1947).
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TOOTING TOOTERS (5/13/1954)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Bennie Bartlett
Barbara Bartay
Lynton Brent

Andy despises swing music but his nephew loves it.


A remake, with stock footage, of SWING, YOU SWINGERS

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TWO APRIL FOOLS (6/17/1954)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Charles Rogers
Robert Williams
Jack Tiny Lipson
Al Thompson

Andy and Charles are suckered into buying a bogus treasure map.


A reworking, with stock footage, of A MINER AFFAIR (1945) and the Three Stooges CASH AND CARRY (1937).
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SCRATCH-SCRATCH-SCRATCH
(4/28/1955)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Eric Lamond
Carol Combes
Robert McKenzie (stock footage only)
Norman Ollestead
Royce Milne
Esther Howard

Andy's nephew's rival resorts to trickery to call off and engagement.


A remake, with stock footage, of LOVE COMES TO MOONEYVILLE.

Contrary to published reports, Dorothy Granger does NOT appear in this film.
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ONE SPOOKY NIGHT
(9/15/1955)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Dorothy Granger
Dudley Dickerson
Monty Collins
Lew Kelly
Joe Palma

Fraidy-cat Andy is assigned to demolish a haunted house.


A remake, with stock footage, of HOST TO A GHOST (1941).
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ANDY GOES WILD (4/24/1956)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.

Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Dick Wessel
Florence Auer
Maudie Prickett
Vernon Dent

Andy's life is made miserable by his brother-in-laws penchant for crazy inventions.


A remake, with stock footage, of EIGHT-BALL ANDY (1948).
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PARDON MY NIGHTSHIRT (11/22/1956)

Status-Available. Print exists in our archives.


Director-Jules White
Producer-Jules White

Cast
Ferris Taylor
Florence Auer
Dudley Dickerson
Joe Palma
Symona Boniface
Gay Nelson
Patricia White
Al Thompson

Professor Clyde is on the lookout for a nightshirt bandit prowling the college campus.


A remake of GO CHASE YOURSELF (1948) and Charley Chase's THE NIGHTSHIRT BANDIT (1938), using stock footage from both.



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