TCM Presents OUCH!: A Salute To Slapstick - Fall 2016
Aug 28 - Oct 8, the course, named Painfully Funny: Exploring Slapstick in the Movies:
[link]http://www.canvas.net/browse/bsu/tcm2/courses/slapstick/ [/link]
Sep 6 - Sep 28, the TCM air schedule:
[link]http://slapstick.tcm.com/[/link]
[link]http://www.canvas.net/browse/bsu/tcm2/courses/slapstick/ [/link]
Sep 6 - Sep 28, the TCM air schedule:
[link]http://slapstick.tcm.com/[/link]
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- DirectorRobert YoungsonStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyWill RogersA compilation of scenes featuring some of the best-known comics from the silent era in their best films.9/6
- DirectorMack SennettCharles BennettStarsCharles ChaplinMarie DresslerMabel NormandA con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.9/6
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleMack SennettStarsMabel NormandRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyMabel sneaks away from her parents for some mischievous fun at the fairgrounds with a pair of impromptu suitors.9/6
- DirectorF. Richard JonesJames YoungStarsMabel NormandGeorge NicholsLaura La VarnieMickey, an orphan who has been brought up in a mining settlement, is sent to New York to live with her aunt.9/6
- DirectorMax LinderStarsMax LinderAlta AllenBetty K. PetersonAfter breaking a mirror in his home, superstitious Max tries to avoid situations which could bring bad luck-- but in doing so, causes himself the worst luck imaginable.9/6
- DirectorRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleBuster KeatonJoe BordeauxRoscoe tries to dump his wife so he can enjoy the beach attractions. Buster arrives with Alice, who is taken away from him by Al, who loses her to Roscoe. Bathing beauties and Keystone Kops abound.9/6
- DirectorF. Richard JonesStarsBothwell BrowneFord SterlingMalcolm St. ClairBehind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.9/6
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJackie CondonMickey DanielsJack DavisMickey and Jackie feud over Mary, so Sammy schedules a championship bout between the two rivals.9/6
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanFred C. NewmeyerStarsAnna Mae BilsonJackie CondonMickey DanielsAn unethical merchant moves into town and steals customers from the widowed owner of an established store; the gang steps in to help.9/6
- DirectorSerge BrombergEric LangeStarsPeter HudsonKate GuyonvarchKevin BrownlowA look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular "Little Tramp" character.9/7
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.9/7
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMerna KennedyAl Ernest GarciaThe Tramp finds work and the girl of his dreams at a circus.9/7
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.9/7
- DirectorCharles ReisnerBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonTom McGuireErnest TorrenceThe effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.9/7
- DirectorHarold LloydStarsHarold LloydWillie BestBebe DanielsHilarious scenes from his silent and sound films as compiled and produced by Harold Lloyd himself.9/7
- DirectorHal RoachFred C. NewmeyerStarsHarold LloydMildred DavisRoy BrooksWhile at an amusement park, two men try to win the heart of a young lady. They compete with each other while attempting to find her runaway dog, and they race to ask her mother's permission to take her up in a hot air balloon.9/7
- DirectorTed WildeStarsHarold LloydAnn ChristyBert WoodruffHarold "Speedy" Swift, a fan of Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees, saves from extinction the city's last horse-drawn trolley, operated by his girlfriend's grandfather.9/7
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsCharley ChaseKatherine GrantWalter JamesA hard boiled business man wants his daughter to marry for wealth, and not for love. Charley comes into the office seeking a job, and gets confused with an old geezer there as a prospective groom. Both show up at the business man's home later, where a scramble around the house has Charley trying to hide his boss's liquor from prohibition cops.9/7
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsCharley ChaseThelma ToddEdgar KennedyCharley and Thelma are millionaires, each trying to elude suitors who are trying to marry them for their money.9/13
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsCharley ChaseThelma ToddDorothy GrangerA man attempts to repulse a blind date, not realizing that she is a knockout.9/13
- DirectorWilliam A. SeiterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyCharley ChaseWhen Stan and Ollie trick their wives into thinking that they are taking a medicinal cruise while they're actually going to a convention, the wives find out the truth the hard way.9/13
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDinahLike the legendary Sisyphus, deliverymen Laurel and Hardy struggle to push a large crated piano up a seemingly insurmountable flight of stairs.9/13
- DirectorSam WoodEdmund GouldingStarsGroucho MarxChico MarxHarpo MarxA sly business manager and the wacky friends of two opera singers in Italy help them achieve success in America while humiliating their stuffy and snobbish enemies.9/13
- DirectorMark SandrichStarsBert WheelerRobert WoolseyRuth EttingTwo salesmen try to market a flavored lipstick.9/13
- DirectorMervyn LeRoyStarsJoe E. BrownPatricia EllisFrank McHughCountry bumpkin Elmer Kane joins the Chicago Cubs as the greatest hitter in baseball. His skill with a bat takes the team to the World Series, but on the way to the championship he has to deal with gamblers and crooked pitchers.9/13