Hal Roach
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Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for producing a number of successes including the Laurel and Hardy franchise, the films of entertainer Charley Chase, and the Our Gang film comedy series.
Known for
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The Midnight Patrol (1933)
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Block-Heads (1938)
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Safety Last! (1923)
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The Devil's Brother (1933)
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
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The Bohemian Girl (1936)
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Pardon Us (1931)
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Way Out West (1937)
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Topper Returns (1941)
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One Million B.C. (1940)
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Playing at Politics (1931)
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About Face (1942)
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Topper (1937)
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Bonnie Scotland (1935)
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White Eagle (1922)
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Towed in a Hole (1932)
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Thicker Than Water (1935)
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Bacon Grabbers (1929)
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Perfect Day (1929)
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Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
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Beau Hunks (1931)
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Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
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Sons of the Desert (1933)
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Swiss Miss (1938)
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Sprucin' Up (1935)
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Two Tars (1928)
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Our Wife (1931)
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Unfriendly Enemies (1925)
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Tit for Tat (1935)
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Limousine Love (1928)
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The Music Box (1932)
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Opened by Mistake (1934)
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Movie Night (1929)
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Them Thar Hills (1934)
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Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)
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The Hoose-Gow (1929)
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Fast Work (1930)
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You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
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Do Detectives Think? (1927)
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Merrily We Live (1938)
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We Faw Down (1928)
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Me and My Pal (1933)
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Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
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Sittin' Pretty (1924)
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Laughing Gravy (1931)
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The Chiselers (1931)
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Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
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Below Zero (1930)
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The Second 100 Years (1927)
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Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
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Scorching Sands (1923)
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Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
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Berth Marks (1929)
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Grandma's Boy (1922)
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The Gas Station (1930)
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I'm on My Way (1919)
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One of the Smiths (1931)
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Why Worry? (1923)
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Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
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Maid in Hollywood (1934)
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Us (1927)
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Now I'll Tell One (1927)
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The Live Ghost (1934)
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Mixed Nuts (1934)
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The Boy Friend (1926)
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Here Come the Girls (1918)
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Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
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Teacher's Pet (1930)
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The Battle of the Century (1927)
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
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Come Clean (1931)
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Bored of Education (1936)
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Don't Tell Everything (1927)
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Just Neighbors (1919)
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Pick a Star (1937)
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Just a Good Guy (1924)
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Brats (1930)
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Outdoor Pajamas (1924)
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Mama Behave (1926)
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Kicked Out (1918)
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White Wings (1923)
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Luke Joins the Navy (1916)
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Hotter Than Hot (1929)
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One Good Turn (1931)
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Next Week-End (1934)
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Hustling for Health (1919)
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Hog Wild (1930)
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Busy Bodies (1933)
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Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)
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Bromo and Juliet (1926)
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County Hospital (1932)
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The Fixer Uppers (1935)
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Another Wild Idea (1934)
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Be Your Age (1926)
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A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
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Eve's Love Letters (1927)
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The Finishing Touch (1928)
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Say It with Babies (1926)
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Long Fliv the King (1926)
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Came the Dawn (1928)
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The Pip from Pittsburg (1931)
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His Wooden Wedding (1925)
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From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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There Goes the Bride (1925)
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A Ten-Minute Egg (1924)
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Show Business (1932)
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Do Me a Favor (1922)
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Why Girls Say No (1927)
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Night 'n' Gales (1937)
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Shivering and Shaking (1930)
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Night Owls (1930)
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Birds of a Feather (1917)
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Four Parts (1934)
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Men O' War (1929)
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The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
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Two-Gun Gussie (1918)
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They Go Boom! (1929)
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Pass the Gravy (1928)
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Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916)
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Be Big! (1931)
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Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
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Any Old Port! (1932)
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Never Weaken (1921)
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Soup and Fish (1934)
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Duck Soup (1927)
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Hook and Ladder (1932)
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Luke's Lost Lamb (1916)
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Flying with Music (1942)
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The Panic Is On (1931)
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She Loves Me Not (1918)
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Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)
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Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
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What's the World Coming To? (1926)
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The Wages of Tin (1925)
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Choo-Choo! (1932)
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Twice Two (1933)
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Plain and Fancy Girls (1925)
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The First Round-Up (1934)
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Bride and Gloom (1918)
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Chickens Come Home (1931)
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Big Business (1929)
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Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
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Don't Park There (1924)
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Fighting Fluid (1925)
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Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)
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Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)
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Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
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Touch all the Bases (1922)
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Scram! (1932)
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Another Fine Mess (1930)
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The Rat's Knuckles (1925)
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Oliver the Eighth (1934)
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The Night Life (1930)
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Broadway Limited (1941)
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Blotto (1930)
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Seeing Nellie Home (1924)
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Among Those Present (1921)
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No Father to Guide Him (1925)
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Apples to You! (1934)
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The Fourth Alarm (1926)
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Trolley Troubles (1921)
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Helpmates (1932)
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Pinched (1917)
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The Boy Friend (1928)
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By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
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Off the Trolley (1919)
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Nomads of the North (1920)
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Pick and Shovel (1923)
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Whirl o' the West (1921)
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On the Jump (1918)
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Rex the Devil Horse (1926)
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A Punch in the Nose (1926)
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Charley My Boy! (1926)
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Now or Never (1921)
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Teacher's Beau (1935)
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Luke Locates the Loot (1916)
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The Way of All Pants (1927)
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Madame Mystery (1926)
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It's a Gift (1923)
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When the Wind Blows (1930)
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Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
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Follow the Crowd (1918)
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Road Show (1941)
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Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
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Nothing But Trouble (1918)
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Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
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Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
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Early to Bed (1928)
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Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
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The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D (2012)
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Beat It (1918)
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On the Wrong Trek (1936)
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Fate's Fathead (1934)
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Why Is a Plumber? (1929)
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Luke's Washful Waiting (1916)
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Along Came Auntie (1926)
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Red Noses (1932)
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Our Gang (1922)
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Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
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Just Dropped In (1919)
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Whispering Whoopee (1930)
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Get Out and Get Under (1920)
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Two-Time Mama (1927)
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Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
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Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
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Fireman Save My Child (1918)
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Wild Poses (1933)
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Oranges and Lemons (1923)
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The First Seven Years (1930)
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Skip the Maloo! (1931)
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Thundering Fleas (1926)
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The Call of the Wild (1923)
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Nobody's Baby (1937)
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Clubs Are Trump (1917)
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Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
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Pay As You Exit (1936)
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Bone Dry (1922)
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The Pooch (1932)
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The Dippy Dentist (1920)
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Roamin' Holiday (1937)
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Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
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On the Loose (1931)
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The Sting of Stings (1927)
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Rainbow Island (1917)
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Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916)
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High and Dizzy (1920)
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Sing Sister Sing (1935)
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Shrimps for a Day (1934)
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Tanks a Million (1941)
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What Price Taxi (1932)
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No Man's Law (1927)
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Sic 'Em, Towser (1918)
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Just Nuts (1915)
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Boxing Gloves (1929)
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Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927)
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Papa Be Good! (1925)
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Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
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Dirty Work (1933)
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Going Ga-Ga (1929)
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Dr. Jack (1922)
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The Timber Queen (1922)
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General Spanky (1936)
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Two Wagons Both Covered (1924)
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Wrong Again (1929)
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Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
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A Regular Pal (1920)
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Sailors, Beware! (1927)
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Liberty (1929)
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You Bring the Ducks (1934)
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Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
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The Goofy Age (1924)
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Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
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The Lamb (1918)
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The Misses Stooge (1935)
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Crazy Feet (1929)
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Flying Elephants (1928)
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Innocent Husbands (1925)
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Ten Years Old (1927)
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Rushin' Ballet (1937)
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From Hand to Mouth (1919)
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Giving Them Fits (1915)
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Habeas Corpus (1928)
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A Man About Town (1923)
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Sold at Auction! (1923)
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Sherlock Sleuth (1925)
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Bear Shooters (1930)
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Shiver and Shake (1922)
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Miss Polly (1941)
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Step Lively (1917)
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The Non-Stop Kid (1918)
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Dollar Dizzy (1930)
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Railroadin' (1929)
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Dog Days (1925)
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Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917)
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There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
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Their First Mistake (1932)
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Lazy Days (1929)
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You're Telling Me (1932)
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Fresh Paint (1920)
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Helping Grandma (1931)
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The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular (2011)
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Call for Mr. Caveman (1919)
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The Soilers (1923)
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The Chimp (1932)
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The Tabasco Kid (1932)
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Hide and Shriek (1938)
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Swat the Crook (1919)
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Flaming Flappers (1925)
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The Rajah (1919)
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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
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Go West (1923)
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The Great Outdoors (1923)
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At the Old Stage Door (1919)
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Our Gang - Comedy Festival (2001)
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Fighting Fathers (1927)
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It's a Wild Life (1918)
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Anniversary Trouble (1935)
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Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
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The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934)
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School's Out (1930)
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Position Wanted (1924)
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Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)
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The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
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Are Parents Pickles? (1925)
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Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915)
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Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
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Collars and Cuffs (1923)
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Number, Please? (1920)
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Bouncing Babies (1929)
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Giving the Bride Away (1919)
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Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925)
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Air Fright (1933)
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Crack Your Heels (1919)
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Over the Fence (1917)
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The Whole Truth (1923)
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How Dry I Am (1919)
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Just Rambling Along (1918)
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Love's Reward (1924)
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Hi'–Neighbor! (1934)
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Smithy (1924)
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Luke Rides Roughshod (1916)
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July Days (1923)
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Small Talk (1929)
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Bliss (1917)
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Fair and Muddy (1928)
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Mother's Joy (1923)
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The Dutiful Dub (1919)
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Mr. Bride (1932)
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Get 'Em Young (1926)
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Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
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Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919)
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Seeing the World (1927)
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Spooky Hooky (1936)
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Looser Than Loose (1930)
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Look Pleasant, Please (1918)
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Should Sailors Marry? (1925)
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Should Women Drive? (1928)
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Alias Aladdin (1920)
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The Big Squawk (1929)
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Little Papa (1935)
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Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916)
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Don't Shove (1919)
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Stepping Out (1929)
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Hey There (1918)
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Radiomanía (1930)
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Long Pants (1926)
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Girl Shock (1930)
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School Begins (1928)
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Are Brunettes Safe? (1927)
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Laughing Ladies (1925)
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Chop Suey & Co. (1919)
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The Real McCoy (1930)
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Mail and Female (1937)
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Post No Bills (1923)
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The Flirt (1917)
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Look Out Below (1919)
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Leaping Love (1929)
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Raise the Rent (1920)
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Bad Boy (1925)
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Top Flat (1935)
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Haunted at Midnight (1931)
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Hit Him Again (1918)
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Let's Go (1918)
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The Pigskin Palooka (1937)
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A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
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Snappy Sneezer (1929)
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Arabian Tights (1933)
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I Do (1921)
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Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits (2001)
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Soft Pedal (1926)
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The Green Cat (1923)
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Big Business (1924)
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The Tip (1918)
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The Tin Man (1935)
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Reunion in Rhythm (1937)
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Bashful (1917)
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Stolen Goods (1924)
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His Royal Slyness (1920)
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An Eastern Westerner (1920)
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The Big Idea (1917)
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The Non-Skid Kid (1922)
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Hot Money (1935)
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Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
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Save The Ship (1923)
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Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929)
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Hasty Marriage (1931)
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Three Smart Boys (1937)
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Doctor's Orders (1930)
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Order in the Court (1919)
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Crook's Tour (1933)
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Tire Trouble (1924)
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Fish Hooky (1933)
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The Awful Tooth (1938)
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The Watch Dog (1923)
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Fire Fighters (1922)
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It's a Hard Life (1919)
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His Busy Day (1918)
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In Walked Charley (1932)
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A Truthful Liar (1924)
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Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
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Washee Ironee (1934)
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Fishy Tales (1937)
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Heap Big Chief (1919)
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The City Slicker (1918)
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Haunted Spooks (1920)
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Thundering Tenors (1931)
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Wide Open Spaces (1924)
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Little Daddy (1931)
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Dear Ol' Pal (1923)
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Run 'Em Ragged (1920)
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Kelly the Second (1936)
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Count Your Change (1919)
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All Teed Up (1930)
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Be My Wife (1919)
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Night of Goblins (1930)
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One Terrible Day (1922)
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Spook Spoofing (1928)
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Bedtime Worries (1933)
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Gas and Air (1923)
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Chasing the Chaser (1925)
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Backs to Nature (1933)
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Dodge Your Debts (1921)
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Short Orders (1923)
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Raggedy Rose (1926)
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Next Aisle Over (1919)
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Take a Chance (1918)
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Move On (1917)
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Looking for Trouble (1919)
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The 'Fraidy Cat (1924)
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The Glorious Fourth (1927)
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Why Go Home? (1920)
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Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties (2001)
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Years to Come (1922)
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All Aboard (1917)
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Benny, from Panama (1934)
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Shine 'Em Up (1922)
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Flaming Fathers (1927)
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Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)
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What a Bozo! (1931)
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Barnyard Flappers (1922)
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Thundering Toupees (1929)
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At First Sight (1924)
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