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