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- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are running the local drugstore and mix up a potion that a desperate businessman decides to sell as scotch. The stooges impersonate Scotsmen at party to fool the prospective buyer. Their usual antics disrupt the party, ending when a barrel of their "scotch" explodes and floods the whole house.
- DirectorCharley ChaseStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges, professional dog washers, find a baby on a doorstep and, thinking it to be abandoned, take it home. When they read in the paper the baby is believed to have been kidnapped, they disguise Curly as a the baby's mother and try to sneak past the local cop. They are caught, but when the baby's parents show up and realize what happened, the result is a happy ending.
- DirectorCharley ChaseStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are traveling salesmen stranded in Valeska, a tropical country prone to earthquakes. Having no luck selling fur coats to the natives they are arrested when they receive a telegram instructing them to "get rid of present wardrobe" and an official thinks they are planning to assassinate president Ward Robey. With the help of Rita, a beautiful revolutionary, the boys escape a firing squad, and are sent on a mission to deliver important plans to the revolutionary leader. When they deliver a rolled up calendar by mistake, they are once again heading for a firing squad but are spared when Rita arrives with the real plans.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooge's friend Jerry convinces them to take out on insurance on Curly and then have him act insane to collect. Moe and Larry put Curly on a leash and take him to the insurance doctor and have him act like a dog. Unfortunately, the insurance doctor wants to perform a brain operation (Cerebrum decapitation). The boys try to escape by hiding in the dog catchers wagon, but are caught and taken to the hospital. They escape again, this time by rigging a sheet to a gurney and sailing down the street, where they run into Jerry and knock him into wet cement.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are photographers for Whack magazine ("If it's a good picture it's out of Whack") who, after messing up an assignment, are sent to the country of Vulgaria to get a picture of a death ray gun. In Vulgaria the penalty for taking pictures in is death, and the boys soon wind up in front of a firing squad. Curly's last request is a giant cigar and by the time he's done smoking it all the soldiers are asleep and the stooges make their escape.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are salesman selling a weight reducing machine. They have no luck until they show up at the house of an eccentric inventor where they are hired as caretakers. When the scientist goes to Washington to demonstrate his death-ray machine to the government, the boys are left to guard his house and must contend with enemy spies and a mysterious pie thrower.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are the Wrong brothers, three inventors trying to finish building an airplane they can sell to the army and thereby avoid the draft. When their plane, the "Buzzard", turns out to be a flop, the boys are drafted into the army where they have trouble with a tough drill sergeant.
- DirectorDel LordStarsMoe HowardLarry FineCurly HowardThe stooges are working as bellboys in a large hotel when a side show promoter shows up with 'Lupe', a wild wolfman who promptly escapes. The stooges try to capture the wolfman by playing music to calm him, but music makes the wolfman go berserk and soon the stooges are the ones trying to run away. The boys end up caught in an elevator with the wolfman who shoots them into the sky.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges reminisce about the girls they met overseas while in the military. As they wait for the girls' ship to arrive, they get drunk and Shemp winds up asleep with his feet in a tub of cement. After sobering up, they free Shemp with a dynamite blast that lands them at the dock where their sweethearts are waiting.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardShemp is a sick man, suffering from hallucinations. His worst vision is that his ugly nurse Nora is actually beautiful. When Moe and Larry come to take him home from the sanitarium, they discover he's become engaged to Nora. On the way to Nora's apartment for the wedding, the boys get in a fight with a stranger who promises to get even with them if he ever sees them again. They arrive to finding Nora waiting for her father, who, when he arrives, turns out to be the man they just fought with.
- DirectorEdward BerndsStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe stooges are fix-it men who are brought before a judge on a charge of chicken stealing. They escape from the courtroom and wind up getting hired in the judges' house after their antics attempting to fix the doorbell cause the servants to quit. The boys are discovered when the cake they bakes explodes all over a political supporter of the judge and he loses his chance for re-election.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardLarry is seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Shemp's fiance. Moe becomes suspicious so Larry attempts to frame Shemp by getting him a job as a door to door pajama salesman and sending him to Moe's apartment.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineShemp HowardThe Stooges' ten-year engagement to their fiances has reached the end of their future father-in-law's patience. He gives them a week to earn enough money to marry his daughters, or they'll be promised to the three plumbers down the street.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsMoe HowardLarry FineJoe BesserStranded in Mexico, the stooges need a job and an actress gets them one. They accidentally switch suitcases with her and go to retrieve it but are confronted by her violent, jealous husband. At the arena they perform a comedy bullfight.final Stooge short
- DirectorSam BaerwitzStarsGeorge GivotCurly HowardBob CallahanA trio of amateur film makers try to persuade a group of studio executives to exhibit their new movie.Every list has some stooge solo material- this one is a CURLY> Not a lot of talent around him here but historical value.
- DirectorJames W. HorneStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyMae BuschMr. Hardy is running for mayor but an old flame of ill repute shows up to blackmail him with an old naughty photograph.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOn shore leave from the Navy, seamen Stanley and Oliver want to treat two attractive single girls to a glass of soda in the park but only have enough change for three sodas.
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyTom KennedyWith the police hot on their trail, Stan and Ollie attempt to change clothes in their getaway car, only to find themselves struggling to balance atop the girders of an unfinished skyscraper. Will they return to ground level in one piece?
- DirectorJames ParrottFred GuiolStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyAnita GarvinStan and Ollie hold out money from their paychecks from their shrewish wives so they can enjoy a night out on the town... with predictable results.
- DirectorClyde BruckmanLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyDorothy CoburnThe boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise.
- DirectorClarence HenneckeStan LaurelStarsLyle TayoJames FinlaysonGrant GormanNanette sends a letter to her family telling of her new husband, Hillory. When Hillory arrives to meet the family, he gets insulted by each member, including the dog, and loses his wig. After having dinner with the family, Nanette's former lover returns, and Hillory must confront him.
- DirectorEdward F. ClineStarsAlice DayEddie QuillanBarney HellumAlice is a waitress at a restaurant run by a little man with a flirtatious disposition. His wife, who is much larger than he is, is a lion tamer and exceedingly jealous. Of course hubby gets with Alice and Eddie appears. Hubby gets what he deserves and the youngsters manage to slip away.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsSlim SummervilleMinerva UrecalEmmett LynnSlim and Emmett both try to make romantic overtures to the town widow, but a feud erupts between the two friends when the woman falls for Slim, instead.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsWally AlbrightMatthew 'Stymie' BeardScotty BeckettRich boy Waldo gets his clothes dirty playing football with the gang just before he has to go to his mother's society party. The gang tries to help him clean up.Our Gang
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsRobert BenchleyAfter a new dog owner decides on which dog to buy at the pet store, this short soon becomes a lesson in how NOT to train a dog.
- DirectorNick GrindeStarsRobert BenchleyA humorous look at the problems people have trying to sleep.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonPhyllis CoatesEdward GarganIn need of a new vehicle, Joe goes to the Cagey Car Company lot to get a used car--with predictable results.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonRodney BellPhyllis CoatesJoe McDoakes endeavors to move his furniture with a 1906 car.
- DirectorWilliam H. TerhuneStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyGreta MeyerGirl reporters, Thelma and Patsy, hear that a woman has just given birth to sextuplets. When they arrive at the hospital, they discover it's only twins, so the girls begin to round-up four more babies.Thelma Todds on all the lists
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyHarry BowenPatsy is moving in with Thelma at her residence hotel. Thelma has prepared some rules, including singing instead of quarreling or getting angry, Although Thelma tells Patsy that they'll share everything, there's precious little closet or drawer space for Patsy's clothes, little room to maneuver around Thelma in the bathroom, and a sleepless night for Patsy when Thelma goes sleepwalking. Can they share and share alike, or will Patsy keep singing?
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyBenny BakerThelma rushes into the apartment she shares with Patsy, excited because she's fallen in love with Archie, a rich man with yachts and a British accent. Patsy isn't impressed and less so when Archie comes calling. She does her best to sink the romance, making noise while the lovers talk and offering Limburger-cheese sandwiches. In desperation, Archie calls his sailor brother Benny, and asks him to keep Patsy company. After a series of mishaps, they end up at a saloon where Patsy orders everything on the menu. Who will need to pay?
- DirectorGus MeinsStarsThelma ToddPatsy KellyBenny BakerPatsy is coerced into faking a lost leg in order to win an insurance settlement after an automobile accident.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyAn assuming husband, suspicious of his wife, follows her for the day. Misunderstandings, mishaps, and hijinks ensue.
- DirectorArthur RipleyStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyWhile filling up with gas, a carload of passengers notices that the service station is up for sale. They decide to buy the station and try to run it themselves - but they aren't very good at it.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLeon ErrolVivien OaklandRichard LaneErrol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBarbara Jo AllenVernon DentFrank SullyVera Vague, in this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 7423), is strongly against fibbing in any fashion, and gives her maid a stern lecture when she catches her doing so. Complications and circumstances soon put Vera in a position of having to tell several fibs in order to pull herself out of a mess with her boss and her boy friend. The maid is a bemused-and-confused observer.
- DirectorJules WhiteStarsBarbara Jo AllenWilliam HallClaire CarletonVera Vague (Barbara Jo Allen) is a clerk in a department store visited by a rich Texan, Pan McGrew (William Hall), in this Columbia All-Star Comedy (production number 7428), and when McGrew announces that the girl he marries must be a two-fisted, bronco-bustin' gal, Vera and Mazie (Claire Carleton) make a shambles out of the store by trying to prove which one is the toughest.
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPhyllis AllenCharles BennettCharlie has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. There are further difficulties with frequent scene changes, wrong entries and a fireman's hose. At one point he juggles an athlete's supposed weights. The humor is still rough: he kicks an older assistant in the face and allows him to be run over by a truck.chaplins
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEric CampbellEdna PurvianceThe Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.
- DirectorAubrey ScottoStarsGeorge BurnsGracie AllenChester CluteGeorge, working in a hat shop, gets tricky with the customers. Then Gracie comes in and drives him batty.
- DirectorDave FleischerGrim NatwickStarsMargie HinesBilly MurrayWilliam PennellBimbo the dog is initiated into a secret society in a sadistic 'fun house'; then Betty Boop (with dog's ears) takes a hand.animated shorts now
- DirectorAlan BarillaroA hungry sandpiper hatchling ventures from her nest for the first time to dig for food by the shoreline. The problem is, the food is buried in the sand where scary waves roll up.
- DirectorWilfred JacksonStarsDorothy ComptonMarcellite GarnerBeatrice HagenBig race. Hare, fast and in lead, stops to loaf and show off to girl bunnies. Tortoise, plodding along at steady, slow pace, wins, although hare tries a last minute burst of speed.
- DirectorFrank TashlinStarsMel BlancPorky Pig and Daffy Duck owe an outrageous sum to the Broken Arms Hotel. The manager thwarts their efforts to escape without paying their bill.
- DirectorTex AveryMichael LahStarsBill ThompsonTex AveryDaws ButlerA jailhouse, a tempting safe, and a sleeping sheriff. Can the two villains make off with the loot without waking him up? Not if deputy Droopy, who is on patrol guarding the safe, has his way. Much of this cartoon is a remake of Rock-a-Bye Bear (1952).
- DirectorRobert McKimsonStarsMel BlancFoghorn Leghorn tries indignantly to prove he is a chicken to Little Henry the Chicken Hawk who longs to prove himself.
- DirectorChuck JonesStarsMel BlancStan FrebergThe Sportsmen QuartetBugs is tricked into being the first rabbit shot into space. When he lands on the moon he finds Commander X-2 (later known as Marvin Martian) set to blow up planet Earth.
- DirectorWalt DisneyUb IwerksStarsWalt DisneyInspired by Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris, Mickey builds a plane to take Minnie for a trip involving some necking, though Minnie objects to the necking.
- DirectorDave FleischerWillard BowskyStarsJack MercerMae QuestelLou FleischerPopeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.
- DirectorJack KinneyStarsGeorge JohnsonFred ShieldsGoofy demonstrates how to play baseball. He plays all positions for both teams, and demonstrates many different types of pitches.