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