13th list of comedy shorts
As I continue to watch more shorts, new lists are possible. This list I'm looking at some Shemp Howard shorts, some animated shorts, some non comedy shorts and a few misc. things.
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- DirectorRalph StaubStarsHarry GribbonShemp HowardRussell HicksStarting with some solo Shemps
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsShemp HowardRoscoe AtesGertrude MudgeShemp and Rosco are husbands who married sisters and all live with the wive's mother. The husbands have been out late at night drinking and are trying hard no to make any noise as they slip back into the house, where the mother-in-law is guarding the door armed with a rolling pin. But they get into a neighbor's house and the lady in that house has a very large, jealous husband.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsRoscoe AtesShemp HowardBillie Leonard
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsDizzy DeanPaul 'Daffy' DeanRoscoe AtesA half-blind minor league pitcher meets, and nicknames, Dizzy and Daffy Dean, who go on to play for the St. Louis Cardinals.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsHarry GribbonShemp HowardBeatrice BlinnTwo brothers are ordered by their parents to go to Paris to study art. Having other interests, they pay two house painters to go in their place. When the impostors win an art contest, they are exposed by an unexpected visitor.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsBen BlueShemp HowardVicki Cummings
- DirectorRay McCareyStarsJack HaleyShemp HowardCharles JudelsTwo screw-ups join the Navy and make life miserable for their supervisor.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsDaphne PollardShemp HowardLionel StanderA vaudeville team convinces an agent to book their new act, which uses a Civil War theme.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsShemp HowardDaphne PollardJohn SheehanAfter fire chief, Fire-Eating Sam's girlfriend is married to Smoky Moe, and his house is burned down during a wedding ceremony, he gets revenge on Moe and plays a humiliating joke on him.
- DirectorRalph StaubStarsHarry GribbonShemp HowardMary DoranTwo hobos try to make a dishonest buck by selling axle grease named, "Happy Feet Salve," a corn remover. They soon cross paths with a cop, and circumstances have them mistaken by the cop's wife as his two visiting nephews.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsShemp HowardNell O'DayDonald MacBrideQuite a few solo Shemp efforts that Stooges fans may not be aware of. Well worth checking out.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsShemp HowardJohn BerkesAnita Garvin
- DirectorSam WhiteStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyFlorence wants to recapture the romance in her marriage and talks a reluctant Edgar into redonning his navy uniform and serenading her.
- DirectorHarry SweetStarsEdgar KennedyFlorence LakeDot FarleyEdgar turns artist and tries to paint his latest masterpiece in peace, but is constantly thwarted by a howling dog, freeloaders, his family, and a prissy fellow artist.
- DirectorRichard L. BareStarsGeorge O'HanlonFred ClarkArt GilmoreUnemployed thespian Joe McDoakes makes all the casting calls, reads all of the trade papers, sees agents, and tries out for casting directors and producers, and finally lands a role: the guy behind the 8-ball that is on the title frame of all of the Joe McDoakes shorts.
- DirectorDel LordStarsCharley ChaseGloria BlondellEthel ClaytonCharley gives his girlfriend a mink coat he was supposed to be guarding for three showgirls; when the ladies want their coat back, Charley goes to great lengths to recover it.
- DirectorHarry EdwardsStarsAndy ClydeMatt McHughOlin HowlandAndy Clyde wishes to go golfing but his wife and brother-in-law, Hector, are convinced that Andy needs to go on a picnic with them. Andy is not 100% in favor of this change in his plans and tries every way he knows to avoid the picnic plan. He and Hector discuss it rather loudly and wake up the policeman next door who is sleeping. This leads to further complications.
- DirectorAlfred J. GouldingStarsEdgar BergenChristina GraverCharlie McCarthyA nine-year-old boy named Charlie McCarthy is sent by his teacher to an eye doctor. The lad has been complaining about headaches and has missed a lot of school. The doctor, with the help of a nurse, conducts an examination. They learn that when the boy isn't at school, he does a lot of fishing. In the course of the exam, the doctor recommends glasses, and Charlie convinces the doc to accompany him on a trip.
- DirectorLloyd FrenchStarsStan LaurelOliver HardyJimmy AubreyOliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pressed into duty (and into drag) to impersonate Oliver's loving spouse. He's convincing enough to earn a pass or two from a drunk at a nightclub, but when a stolen necklace gets dropped down his dress, attempts to recover it disclose Stanley's true gender.
- DirectorDave O'BrienStarsPete SmithDave O'BrienAnne O'NealA series of short vignettes illustrate the ways that a mother-in-law may irritate her son-in-law.
- DirectorLeslie GoodwinsStarsLeon ErrolLucille BallVivien OaklandAn unappreciated man fakes his own death and returns with his cousin disguised as a butler. His cousin then holds a seance to let the dead confront his ungrateful wife and children.
- DirectorBob PetersonStarsEdward AsnerBob PetersonCarl Fredricksen reluctantly agrees to go on a date with a lady friend-but admittedly has no idea how dating works these days. Ever the helpful friend, Dug steps in to calm Carl's pre-date jitters and offer some tried-and-true tips for making friends-if you're a dog.some animateds on this list - more than the usual handful.
- DirectorRonnie Del CarmenStarsBob PetersonDelroy LindoJerome RanftAlpha, Beta, and Gamma try to keep Dug out of their way while they hunt for Kevin the Snipe. However, their instructions for his "very special mission" keep backfiring on them.
- DirectorFrank TashlinSid MarcusStarsMel BlancFrank GrahamPaul FreesThis cartoon, featuring a running-gag throughout of a John Barrymore caricature being mobbed by fan for an autograph, is a burlesqued tour of Hollywood. The narrator conducts a tourist tour all around the town of Hollywood Boulvevard, Malibu Beach, Santa Anita Race Track, the Brown Derby, and Grauman's Chinese theatre.
- DirectorTex AveryStarsDave BarrySara BernerMel BlancA tour of Ciro's Nightclub packed with caricatures of many top stars, including (in order) Cary Grant, Greta Garbo, Edward G. Robinson and Ann Sheridan, Johnny Weissmuller, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart and George Raft, Harpo Marx, Clark Gable, Bing Crosby, Leopold Stokowski, James Stewart and Dorothy Lamour, Tyrone Power and Sonja Henie, The Frankenstein Monster, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Oliver Hardy, Cesar Romero, Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland and Lewis Stone, Kay Kyser, Peter Lorre, Henry Fonda, J. Edgar Hoover, Ned Sparks, Jerry Colonna, and Groucho Marx; many more just get sight gags, such as Claudette Colbert, Norma Shearer, William Powell, Don Ameche, Wallace Beery, C. Aubrey Smith, Boris Karloff, Arthur Treacher, Buster Keaton and Mischa Auer.