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ABBOTT AND COSTELLO
NOTE: THESE ARE CASTLE FILMS COMEDIES (approx. 10 minutes each)


NO INDIANS, PLEASE
A & C MEET DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
RIOT ON ICE
GOBS IN A MESS
OYSTERS AND MUSCLES
A & C MEET FRANKENSTEIN
HIGH FLYERS
FUN ON THE RUN
MIDGET CAR MANIACS
A & C MEET THE MUMMY
A & C IN THE FOREIGN LEGION
KITCHEN MECHANICS (silent version w/subtitles)


ALL-STAR COMEDIES (Hal Roach)


HURDY GURDY
ROAMIN' VANDALS
MUSIC IN HER HAIR
BENNY FROM PANAMA
APPLES TO YOU
MIXED NUTS
CROOKS TOUR
MOVIE DAZE
YOU BRING THE DUCKS
RHAPSODY IN BREW
NEXT WEEK-END
KEG O' MY HEART
DUKE FOR A DAY


ANDY CLYDE EDUCATIONAL SHORTS

THE OLD BARN
THE BEE'S BUZZ
HALF-BAKED RELATIONS
THE CANNONBALL
FOR THE LOVE OF LUDWIG
GHOST PARADE
ARTIST'S MUDDLES
FEELING ROSY
THE BIG SQUEAL
RACKET CHEERS
SCOTCH
FAINTING LOVER
UPPERCUT O'BRIEN
THE BLUFFER (one-reel in COLOR)
DORA'S DUNKIN' DONUTS with Shirley Temple
BULLS AND BEARS
HIS WEAK MOMENT
SHOPPING WITH WIFIE
GOODBYE LEGS
SUPER SNOOPER
SPEED IN THE GAY NINETIES
HALF HOLIDAY
JUST A BEAR
CLANCY AT THE BAT
THE GOLFERS
DON'T BITE YOUR DENTIST
TAXI TROUBLES
THE BOUDOIR BUTLER
ALASKA LOVE
THE GIDDY AGE
MATCH PLAY



BENNY RUBIN

GUESTS WANTED
JULIUS SIZZER
THE PROMOTER
DUMB DICKS


BILLY GILBERT


SUPER-STUPID
SWING FEVER (with Christine McIntyre)
SO AND SEW
NIFTY NURSES

BING CROSBY

PLEASE
plus
MACK SENNETT SHORTS



THE BLONDES & THE REDHEADS


HUNGER PAINS
FLIRTING IN THE PARK
WIG WAG
CONTENTED CALVES
OCEAN SWELLS



BOB HOPE

PAREE, PAREE
CALLING ALL TARS
SHOP TALK
WATCH THE BIRDIE
GOING SPANISH
DOUBLE EXPOSURE
DR PAINLESS (Castle Short)



THE BOY FRIENDS


DOCTOR'S ORDERS
BIGGER AND BETTER
LADIES LAST
BLOOD AND THUNDER
HIGH GEAR
LOVE FEVER
AIR TIGHT
CALL A COP
MAMA LOVES PAPA
THE KNOCKOUT
THE KICKOFF
LOVE PAINS
YOU'RE TELLING ME
TOO MANY WOMEN
WILD BABIES


BUSTER KEATON AT EDUCATIONAL

THE GOLD GHOST
ALLEZ OOP
PALOOKA FROM PADUCAH
ONE RUN ELMER
HAYSEED ROMANCE
TARS AND STRIPES
THE E-FLAT MAN
THE TIMID YOUNG MAN
GRAND SLAM OPERA
THREE ON A LIMB
BLUE BLAZES
THE CHEMIST
MIXED MAGIC
JAIL BAIT
DITTO
LOVE NEST ON WHEELS

BUSTER WEST AND TOM PATRICOLA

DAME SHY
HOORAY FOR HOOLIGAN
FRESH FROM THE FLEET
JITTERBUGS
ANY OLD PORT
THE SCREEN TEST



CHARLEY CHASE


THE REAL McCOY
WHISPERING WHOOPEE
ALL TEED UP
FIFTY MILLION HUSBANDS
DOLLAR DIZZY
LOOSER THAN LOOSE
HIGH C'S
THUNDERING TENORS
THE PIP FROM PITTSBURGH
ROUGH SEAS
THE PANIC IS ON
SKIP THE MALOO!
WHAT A BOZO!
THE HASTY MARRIAGE
THE TABASCO KID
THE NICKEL NURSER
IN WALKED CHARLEY
FIRST IN WAR
YOUNG IRONSIDES
GIRL GRIEF
NOW WE'LL TELL ONE
MR. BRIDE
FALLEN ARCHES
NATURE IN THE WRONG
HIS SILENT RACKET
ARABIAN TIGHTS
SHERMAN SAID IT
MIDSUMMER MUSH
LUNCHEON AT TWELVE
THE CRACKED ICEMAN
FOUR PARTS
I'LL TAKE VANILLA
ANOTHER WILD IDEA
IT HAPPENED ONE DAY
SOMETHING SIMPLE
YOU SAID A HATFUL!
FATE'S FATHEAD
THE CHASES OF PIMPLE STREET
OKAY TOOTS!
POKER AT EIGHT
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
THE FOUR STAR BOARDER
NURSE TO YOU
MANHATTAN MONKEY BUSINESS
PUBLIC GHOST NUMBER 1
LIFE HESITATES AT 4O
THE COUNT TAKES THE COUNT
VAMP TIL READY
ON THE WRONG TREK (Laurel and Hardy cameo)
NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSE


CLARK & McCULLOUGH

BELLE OF SAMOA
GAY NIGHTIES
THE ICEMAN'S BALL
LOVE & HISSES
KICKIN' THE CROWN AROUND
ALIBI BYE BYE
FITS IN A FIDDLE
IN A PIG'S EYE
EVERYTHING'S DUCKY
ODOR IN THE COURT
SNUG IN THE JUG
JITTERS THE BUTLER
THE DRUGGIST'S DILEMMA
HEY NANNY NANNY
IN THE DEVILDOG HOUSE


EDGAR BERGEN & CHARLIE McCARTHY


TWO BOOBS IN A BALLOON
AFRICA SPEAKS-ENGLISH
FREE AND EASY
A NECKIN' PARTY
THE EYES HAVE IT
NUT GUILTY
PURE FUED (with Shemp Howard)
THE OPERATION
COURT MARTIAL OF CHARLIE McCARTHY (Columbia Screen Snapshot)



EDGAR KENNEDY


IN LOVE AT 40
MOTHER-IN-LAWS DAY
GASOLOONS
THE HILLBILLY GOAT
EASTS OF EXPERIENCE
A QUIET FOURTH
MUTINY IN THE COUNTY
BAD HOUSEKEEPING
SUNK BY THE CENSUS
LOVE YOUR LANDLORD
KENNEDY THE GREAT
FISH FEATHERS
A TRAILER TRAGEDY
BRICK-A-BRAC
CONTEST CRAZY
THE BIG BEEF
YOU DRIVE ME CRAZY
INDIAN SIGNS
NO MORE RELATIVES
COOKS AND CROOKS
NOISY NEIGHBORS
SLIGHTLY AT SEA
BROTHER KNOWS BEST
A CLEAN SWEEP
IN-LAWS ARE OUT
SOUTH SEASICKNESS
MORNING JUDGE
HEART BURN
SOCIAL TERRORS
INFERIOR DECORATOR
POISONED IVORY
EDGAR HAMLET
HOST TO A GHOST
KENNEDY'S CASTLE
THE KITCHEN CYNIC
WALL STREET BLUES
HOME CANNING
RADIO RAMPAGE
MOTOR MANIACS
MAD ABOUT MOONSHINE
DO OR DIET
ART IN THE RAW
IT'S YOUR MOVE
FOOL COVERAGE
MAID TO ORDER
TAINT LEGAL
NOT ON MY ACCOUNT
MIND OVER MOUSE
TELEVISION TURMOIL
A PAIR OF TIGHTS (SILENT)
SPOT ON THE RUG
PARLOR BEDROOM AND WRATH
HELP WANTED FEMALE
NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS
GOOD HOUSEWRECKING
QUIET PLEASE
WRONG DIRECTION
A BLASTED EVENT
LOVE ON A LADDER
WILL POWER
DUMB'S THE WORD
BEAUX AND ERRORS
A MERCHANT OF MENACE
AN APPLE IN HIS EYE
BABY DAZE
FEATHER YOUR NEST
HOLD YOUR TEMPER
I'LL BUILD IT MYSELF
PRUNES AND POLITICS
I'LL FIX IT
ROUGH ON RENTS
WESTWARD HO-HUM

NEVER THE TWINS SHALL MEET



FATTY ARBUCKLE

IN THE DOUGH (with Shemp Howard)
HEY POP!
HOW'VE YOU BEAN?
BUZZIN' AROUND
CLOSE RELATIONS (with Shemp Howard)
TOMALIO


FORD STERLING

MANY UNHAPPY RETURNS
A RETURNED ENGAGEMENT
AUTO-INTOXICATION
TROUBLE FROM ABROAD
BRIDAL GRIEFS
KEYSTONE HOTEL


GIL LAMB

BASHFUL ROMEO
GROAN AND GRUNT
FAST AND FOOLISH
BABY MAKES TWO
LOST IN A TURKISH
BATH THE FRESH PAINTER (with Andy Clyde)
PARDON MY WRENCH (with Andy Clyde)
HOLLYWOOD HONEYMOON
NIGHTCLUB DAZE
GHOST BUSTER


HARRY GRIBBON

BIG HEARTED
RURAL ROMEOS
HER ACCIDENTAL HERO
SLEEPLESS HOLLOW
THE GREAT PIE MYSTERY
HOW COMEDIES ARE BORN
WHO'S CRAZY


HARRY LANGDON


HAL ROACH PROMO
SKIRT SHY
THE FIGHTING PARSON
THE BIG KICK
THE SHRIMP
THE KING
THE VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD NUMBER 5
HOLLYWOOD ON PARADE (A-12)

THE HEAD GUY
KNIGHT DUTY
THE STAGE HAND
TIED FOR LIFE
HOOKS AND JABS
THE BIG FLASH
THE HITCH-HIKER
TRIMMED IN FURS
GOODNESS! A GHOST!
BEAUTIFUL CLOTHES (soundie)


JOE COOK

A NOSE FOR NEWS
MR. WIDGET
THE WHITE HOPE
PENNY WISE


JOE PALOOKA with Shemp Howard

FOR THE LOVE OF PETE
HERE'S HOWE
THE BLONDE BOMBER
PUNCH AND BEAUTY
THE CHOKE'S ON YOU
KICK ME AGAIN
TAKING THE COUNT
CALLING ALL KIDS (Shemp Howard does not appear)
THIRST AID (Shemp Howard does not appear)

EL BRENDEL

THE LUCKY SWEDE
LONESOME TRAILER
WHAT NO MEN!


JACK KIRKWOOD & WALLY BROWN


PUT SOME MONEY IN THE POT (with Emil Sitka)
FROM ROGUES TO RICHES (with Christine McIntyre)
TINHORN TROUBADOURS
BROOKLYN BUCKAROOS


LAUREL & HARDY


ANOTHER FINE MESS
COME CLEAN
LAUGHING GRAVY
ANY OLD PORT
COUNTY HOSPITAL
THE LIVE GHOST
TWICE TWO
THE MUSIC BOX
THE PERFECT DAY
NIGHT OWLS
HELPMATES
BE BIG
THE CHIMP
UNACCUSTOMED AS WE ARE
THEY GO BOOM
THE HOOSEGOW
BLOTTO
TOWED IN A HOLE
BRATS
HOG WILD
MAN O' WAR
SCRAM
ONE GOOD TURN
THE LAUREL-HARDY MURDER CASE
GOING BYE BYE
ME AND MY PAL
BELOW ZERO
THICKER THAN WATER
THE MIDNIGHT PATROL
OLIVER THE 8th
BUSY BODIES
THEIR FIRST MISTAKE
DIRY WORK
CHICKENS COME HOME
BERTH MARKS
OUR WIFE
THE FIXER UPPERS
BEAU HUNKS
THEM THAR HILLS
TIT FOR TAT


LEON ERROL


BERTH QUAKES
MAID TROUBLE
PUNCHY PANCHO
HOME WORK
A SHOCKING AFFAIR
HE FORGOT TO REMEMBER
BESTED BY A BEARD
SEEING NELLIE HOME
CRIME RAVE
MAN-I-CURED
PANIC IN THE PARLOR
A POLO PHONY
DAD ALWAYS PAYS
DUMMY OWNER
THE FIRED MAN
BET YOUR LIFE
TWIN HUSBANDS
PRETTY DOLLY
OILS WELL THAT ENDS WELL
LORD EPPING RETURNS
DOWN THE RIBBER
COUNSELITIS
DEAR! DEER!
BEWARE OF REDHEADS
TEXAS TOUGH GUY
FOLLOW THAT BLONDE
MOVING VANITIES
HIGH AND DIZZY
GEM-JAMS
ONE WILD NIGHT
IN ROOM 303
WEDTIME STORIES
HIRED HUSBAND
RADIO RUNAROUND
OH PROFESSOR BEHAVE!
WEDDED BLITZ
BACHELOR BLUES
BORROWED BLONDE
WHOLESAILING ALONG
POPPA KNOWS WORST
TRUTH ACHES
THE JITTERS
WRONG ROOM
BACKSTAGE FOLLIES
DON'T FOOL YOUR WIFE
TATTLE TELEVISION
CUTIE ON DUTY
GOOD MORNING EVE
MAJOR DIFFICULTIES
THE SPOOK SPEAKS
HOLLYWOOD PARTY (color)
ONE LIVE GHOST
SERVICE WITH A SMILE
SHOULD WIVES WORK? 
DOUBLE HONEYMOON
LET'S GO STEPPING
I'LL TAKE MILK
RING MADNESS
GIRLS GIRLS GIRLS
SECRETARY TROUBLE
SWEET CHEAT



LLOYD HAMILTON

TOO MANY HIGHBALLS
DON'T BE NERVOUS
PRIZE PUPPIES
CAMERA SHY

MARX BROTHERS (Castle Films shorts)

THIS IS...WAR?
PIGSKIN CAPER
THE STOWAWAYS
THE INCREDIBLE JEWEL ROBBERY



THE NEWLYWEDS


THE NEWLYWEDS TAKE A CHANCE
THE NEWLYWEDS HOUSE GUEST
THE NEWLYWEDS BOARDER
HALF-DRESSED FOR DINNER



GUS SHY

TURKEY IN THE RAW
I SCREAM (with Shemp Howard)
TWO HEARTS IN WAX TIME

SHEMP HOWARD
also see JOE PALOOKA

GOBS OF FUN
PAUL REVERE JR
VERY CLOSE VEINS
THE WRONG WRONG TRAIL
HOW'D YA LIKE THAT
PUGS AND KISSES
DAREDEVIL O'DARE
WHY PAY RENT?
A PEACH OF A PAIR
I SCREAM
HERE COMES FLOSSIE
ART TROUBLE
THE OFFICER'S MESS
SMOKED HAMS
RAMBLING 'ROUND RADIO ROW
ABSORBING JUNIOR
ON THE WAGON
SO YOU WON'T T-T-T-TALK
WHILE THE CAT'S AWAY
MY MUMMY'S ARMS
MUSHROOMS
CORN ON THE COP
SALT WATER DAFFY
HIS FIRST FLAME
HENRY THE ACHE
KNIFE OF THE PARTY
PURE FUED (with Bergen and McCarthy)


SMITH & DALE

WHERE EAST MEETS VEST
THE FALSE ALARM FIRE COMPANY
WHAT PRICE PANTS


TED HEALY & HIS STOOGES

NERTSERY RHYMES
BEER AND PRETZELS
HELLO POP
PLANE NUTS
THE BIG IDEA
also
ROAST BEEF AND MOVIES with George Givot, Jerry "Curly" Howard and Bobby Callahan



THE TAXI BOYS


 
WHAT PRICE TAXI?
STRANGE INNERTUBE
TAXI BARONS
TAXI FOR TWO
HOT SPOT
BRING 'EM BACK A WIFE
THUNDERING TAXIS
WRECKETY WRECKS
THE RUMMY
CALL HER SAUSAGE


THELMA TODD
 

LET'S DO THINGS
SING SISTER SING
CATCH-AS-CATCH CAN
WAR MAMAS
ON THE LOOSE
SEAL SKINS
THE PAJAMA PARTY
STRICTLY UNRELIABLE
THE OLD BULL
ALUM AND EVE
RED NOSES
SHOW BUSINESS
THE SOILERS
ONE TRACK MINDS
SNEAK EASILY
ASLEEP IN THE FEET
MAIDS A LA MODE
THE BARGAIN OF THE CENTURY
I'LL BE SUING YOU
BEAUTY AND THE BUS
MAID IN HOLLYWOOD
THREE CHUMPS AHEAD
BUM VOYAGE
DONE IN OIL
OPENED BY MISTAKE
SOUP AND FISH
BABES IN THE GOODS
HOT MONEY
ONE HORSE FARMERS
TREASURE BLUES
THE TIN MAN
AN ALL-AMERICAN TOOTHACHE
BACKS TO NATURE
AIR FRIGHT
THE MISSES STOOGE
SLIGHTLY STATIC
TWIN TRIPLETS
TOP FLAT

after Thelma Todd passed, Patsy Kelly continued the series...

PAN HANDLERS with Pert Kelton
AT SEA ASHORE with Lydia Roberti
HILL TILLIES with Lydia Roberti
NOBODY'S BABY (feature with Kelly and Roberti)

TOM KENNEDY

THE BIG MOUTHPIECE
RAISED AND CALLED
UNLUCKY STRIKE
FIGHT IS RIGHT
GRANDMA'S BOUYS



THE VOICE OF HOLLYWOOD 

1). BERT WHEELER
2). BUSTER KEATON, WHEELER & WOOLSEY
3). BILLY BEVAN
4). LLOYD HAMILTON
5). DON ALVARADO
6). JACK DUFFY

WC FIELDS

POOL SHARKS
THE DENTIST
THE BARBERSHOP
THE PHARMACIST
THE FATAL GLASS OF BEER
THE GOLF SPECIALIST
CALIFORNIA BOUND (Castle Short)
THE GREAT CHASE (Castle Short)
HURRY HURRY (Castle Short)
CIRCUS SLICKER (Castle Short)
IF I HAD A MILLION (Castle Short)


WALTER CATLETT

DREAM STUFF
CALIENTE LOVE
UPPERCUTLETS
THE FULLER GUSH MAN



WILLIE HOWARD 


WILLIE AND EUGENE HOWARD
THE SMART WAY
AFFAIRS OF PIERRE
PARDON MY ACCIDENT
THE MISS THEY MISSED
PLAYBOY NUMBER 1
ON GUARD (“SOUNDIE” 3 minutes)
HOW TO GO TO A FRENCH RESTAURANT (“SOUNDIE” 3 minutes)


MISC. COMEDIES

THE INVENTORS (Col. Stoopnagle and Budd)
THE STUPOR-VISOR (Jack Norton)
COLD TURKEY (Joseph Cawthorn...remade with Harry Langdon at Columbia)
POPPIN' THE CORK (Milton Berle)
MONEY ON YOUR LIFE (Charles Kemper & Danny Kaye)
A QUIET FOURTH (Betty Grable)
HAWKINS AND WATKINS, INC (Daphne Pollard)
STATIC (Shelton and Howard)
TICKLISH BUSINESS (Monty Collins and Vernon Dent)
DENTAL FOLLIES (Pinky Lee)
GETTING AN EYEFUL (Charles Kemper & Danny Kaye)
USE YOUR NOODLE (Roscoe Ates)
HE LOVED HER NOT (Henry Armetta)
AFRICAN DODGER (Tom Howard)
HOW AM I DOING? (York and King) 
PLASTERED (Willie, West and McGinty)
HIZZONER (Bert Lahr)
SCRAMBLED EGGS (Bill Bann)
AIR MANIACS (Bill Barnett)
EXCUSE MY GLOVES (Jack Doyle)
HOTEL ANCHOVY (Ritz Brothers)
LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR (Charlotte Greenwood)
THE BEAUTIES (Ruth Hiatt)
COAT TALES (Jed Prouty)
FIFTY MILLION MILES FROM BROADWAY (Harry Watson)
BIG DAME HUNTING (Ned Sparks)
HIGH HATS AND LOW BROWS (James Gleason)
JUST A PAIN IN THE PARLOR (Harry Sweet)
WHO'S LOONEY NOW (Jack Norton)
THE STOLEN JOOLS (All-Star Cast)
LA CUCURACHA (color musical)
FARO NELL (Louise Fazenda)
DANGEROUS FEMALES (Marie Dressler and Polly Moran)
BEER IS HERE (Weber and Fields)
SEEIN' RED (Red Skelton)
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