Brief and Funny ! (silents 1929-1906)
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- DirectorJames W. HorneLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJames FinlaysonOllie and Stanley are two Christmas Tree sales reps who get into one of their usual mutual-destruction fights with a disgruntled homeowner.
- 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?
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsCharley ChaseEugenia GilbertEdith FellowsA family goes on its weekly outing to the movies, but the evening is hampered by an attempt to pass the wife's brother off as a child, a crowded theater, and the daughter's apparently contagious case of the hiccups.
- DirectorLewis R. FosterStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJean HarlowStanley and Oliver, in their new jobs as footman and doorman at a ritzy hotel, wreak their usual havoc on the guests, including partially undressing a swanky blonde guest and repeatedly escorting a haughty Prussian nobleman into an empty elevator shaft.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsMary Ann enjoys Harry's ear wiggling, but he refers doing this for Jean whom he admires. Joe, who likes Mary Ann, tries several times to impress her but cannot wiggle his ears. Using string and gum on his ears didn't work either.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsFarina, Joe, and friends use dogs to power their "roadsters," but following a lesson from the head of the Be Kind to Animals Society, they make it their cause to rescue animals from bad treatment. Joe even manages to find patience for a nagging flea that persists in biting him. Meanwhile, Wheezer, who has been tormenting animals with his games, dreams that the animals have turned the tables on him.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsA man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsTrying to take the place of her deceased mother, a little girl struggles to care for her younger brothers. But the children and their papa have a wonderful surprise in store for them.
- DirectorPhil WhitmanStarsBilly BevanNatalie JoyceVernon DentBilly treats his marriage vows lightly, and his wife suspects him. Nieghbor Vernon is murderously jealous. Billy sends his wife some silk pajamas to mollify her, but they're sent to Mrs. Dent by mistake. Billy innocently trying to be helpful is almost caught in the wrong apartment, but a card that accompanied the silkies will fall into the wrong hands.
- DirectorIvor MontaguStarsElsa LanchesterHarold WarrenderCharles LaughtonA young cleaning woman in a boarding-house relieves the drudgery of her job by daydreaming that a foreign student at the house, who she believes is interested in her, is actually a wealthy nobleman who sweeps her off on a romantic journey.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsSchool begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsCharley ChaseEdna MarionViola RichardOn the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsMary and Wheezer live with a malicious step mother. One day, when she is out, they decide to throw a party for the Gang.
- DirectorRobert Z. LeonardStarsMarion DaviesJetta GoudalNils AstherA ditzy American girl visiting Monte Carlo is hired by a tennis champ to be his "cardboard lover"--to pretend to be in love with him so he can teach his two-timing fiancée a lesson and win her back. What he doesn't realize is that the girl isn't pretending; she actually is in love with him, and she sets out to win him for herself.
- DirectorRobert F. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJackie CondonJean DarlingThe gang are living in a posh, but boring, hotel. They decide to stage a circus with their motley collection of dressed up pet animals which gets out of hand causing chaos throughout the hotel.
- 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.
- DirectorJames ParrottStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyEdgar KennedyAt a rail crossing, a small fender-bender incident turns into a major tit-for-tat retaliatory war among various motorists.
- DirectorNoël RenardStarsJosette PerdriatRobert MérinHuguette Dore
- DirectorLeo McCareyStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyVivien OaklandStan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfriend of a jealous boxer.
- DirectorFred GuiolStarsMax DavidsonMartha SleeperBert SprotteA comedy about two rival fathers who must make peace when their children get engaged. Everything goes awry when the son of one of the fathers cooks the prize-winning rooster that belongs to the other father for a joint family dinner.
- DirectorHarold L. MullerCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersKathryn McGuireMelbourne MacDowellTwo Scotland Yard detectives travel to New York to investigate the "Fuzz-Faced Phantom": a strange entity who seemingly has the power to cause bizarre, surreal incidents.
- DirectorRobert A. McGowanStarsJoe CobbJean DarlingAllen 'Farina' HoskinsThe gang kidnap the ol' Chief's horse to prevent a debt collector taking it away as payment.
- DirectorCharles R. BowersStarsCharles R. BowersJ. Gordon RussellJean DouglasCharley has to find an ostrich egg in a hurry for a disgruntled visitor, but he doesn't count on the introduction of some surreal plot twists and turns that foil his every attempt.