Hal Roach Movies

A comedy short subject featuring trained, costumed ducks.

Catching a Coon

A young boy, determined to make money enough to buy his mother a birthday present, finds a variety of odd jobs and finally starts up a makeshift circus.

Oddly enough for a Roach comedy the premise of MIXED NUTS is grounded in topical political satire aimed at the New Deal, although the satire is of a very lightweight (and light-hearted) nature. The film begins at a city council meeting where an unidentified politician announces that the government...

Ten Years Old is a 1927 American short silent comedy film directed by Robert A. McGowan. It was the 58th Our Gang short subject released. It was remade as Birthday Blues in 1932. Nobody comes to Joe's birthday party so he goes to the rich kid's party with his own special cake.

Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to any surface within his reach, including the rear...

The hero's loved one is threatened with marriage with a rival, due to the machinations of her mother. The simplest solution of the situation is to marry her, and upon being reminded of it, the hero lays plans for a hurried ceremony in the goldfish store where he works. But as it is a case of true...

A butler is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.

Harold and Snub take a trip on a runaway airplane and drop off on a native island. Here they have some amusing adventures with the fierce men and beautiful women of the place.

A man falls in love with a woman he thinks is a rich lady when in fact she is her maid.

A top-hatted bill collector is given the unenviable assignment of collecting the debts of a bad-tempered innkeeper.

Snub Pollard plays a drunken man-about-town who believes Harold has robbed him. Meanwhile, Bebe has her hands full with a lounge lizard who won't take no for an answer.

The Mystic J.J.J.'s challenge Ernie's bravery; he spins a tale of saving a rich young girl from kidnappers and of creating a utopia called Freetown.

Lonesome Luke, Mechanic is a 1917 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.

Our hero visits the opera, is mistaken for the manager and is treated like royalty until the deception is uncovered.

The circus is in town and for one day only. By pretending to be sick some of the gang members were able to play hooky from school so as to attend the festivities.

Luke, working in a fireworks factory.

Luke dreams of the good times that he will have with a young girl with the expense money he his given.

Count the Votes is a 1919 American short comedy film. It is considered to be lost.

Charley, a travel agent, finds himself in a situation where he has to humor an apparent lunatic.