Hal Roach
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Harry Eugene Roach Sr. professionally known as Hal Roach, was an American film and television producer, director, and actor who was active from the 1910s to the 1990s. He is remembered today for producing a number of successes including the Laurel and Hardy franchise, the films of entertainer Charley Chase, and the Our Gang film comedy series.
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The Chiselers (1931)
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Bacon Grabbers (1929)
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Beau Hunks (1931)
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Bonnie Scotland (1935)
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Laughing Gravy (1931)
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Playing at Politics (1931)
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Outdoor Pajamas (1924)
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Limousine Love (1928)
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Two Tars (1928)
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Perfect Day (1929)
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Pardon Us (1931)
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Fighting Fluid (1925)
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Babes in Toyland (1934)
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Unfriendly Enemies (1925)
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Trolley Troubles (1921)
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White Eagle (1922)
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Fresh Paint (1920)
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Mama Behave (1926)
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Our Wife (1931)
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Scorching Sands (1923)
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Grandma's Boy (1922)
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Mixed Nuts (1934)
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Do Me a Favor (1922)
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The Devil's Brother (1933)
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Call of the Cuckoo (1927)
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Do Detectives Think? (1927)
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Kicked Out (1918)
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Movie Night (1929)
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Block-Heads (1938)
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Sprucin' Up (1935)
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Fast Work (1930)
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Safety Last! (1923)
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Merrily We Live (1938)
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Swat the Crook (1919)
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About Face (1942)
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Putting Pants on Philip (1927)
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Tit for Tat (1935)
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Them Thar Hills (1934)
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Luke's Lost Lamb (1916)
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White Wings (1923)
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Are Parents Pickles? (1925)
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Topper Returns (1941)
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The Hoose-Gow (1929)
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Birds of a Feather (1917)
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Towed in a Hole (1932)
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Topper (1937)
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Eve's Love Letters (1927)
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Clubs Are Trump (1917)
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Sons of the Desert (1933)
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Sic 'Em, Towser (1918)
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Way Out West (1937)
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Rex the Devil Horse (1926)
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Pistols for Breakfast (1919)
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Pick a Star (1937)
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She Loves Me Not (1918)
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Just Neighbors (1919)
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The Music Box (1932)
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Dudes Are Pretty People (1942)
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There Goes the Bride (1925)
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The Gas Station (1930)
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Hustling for Health (1919)
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The Midnight Patrol (1933)
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You're Darn Tootin' (1928)
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Luke Locates the Loot (1916)
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The Battle of the Century (1927)
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A Truthful Liar (1924)
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One Good Turn (1931)
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Mama's Little Pirate (1934)
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Shivering and Shaking (1930)
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Choo-Choo! (1932)
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Pass the Gravy (1928)
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Among Those Present (1921)
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Courtship of Miles Sandwich (1923)
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Four Parts (1934)
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Follow the Crowd (1918)
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Thicker Than Water (1935)
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Nothing But Trouble (1918)
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Captain Kidd's Kids (1919)
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Bone Dry (1922)
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Teacher's Pet (1930)
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Bromo and Juliet (1926)
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The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case (1930)
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The Live Ghost (1934)
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Peculiar Patients' Pranks (1915)
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Oliver the Eighth (1934)
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Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
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Be Your Age (1926)
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The Finishing Touch (1928)
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Next Week-End (1934)
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The Bohemian Girl (1936)
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Long Fliv the King (1926)
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Crack Your Heels (1919)
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Now I'll Tell One (1927)
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Another Fine Mess (1930)
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Swiss Miss (1938)
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Crazy Like a Fox (1926)
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Lonesome Luke's Wild Women (1917)
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Whirl o' the West (1921)
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Sittin' Pretty (1924)
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Night 'n' Gales (1937)
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Yes, Yes, Nanette (1925)
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Came the Dawn (1928)
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His Wooden Wedding (1925)
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The Dutiful Dub (1919)
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They Go Boom! (1929)
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Hook and Ladder (1932)
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Bored of Education (1936)
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General Spanky (1936)
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In Walked Charley (1932)
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Should Married Men Go Home? (1928)
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Us (1927)
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Luke and the Rural Roughnecks (1916)
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One of the Smiths (1931)
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Unaccustomed as We Are (1929)
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The Green Cat (1923)
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Collars and Cuffs (1923)
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The Fixer Uppers (1935)
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Just Dropped In (1919)
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Night Owls (1930)
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Sailors, Beware! (1927)
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Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
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Helpmates (1932)
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The Great Outdoors (1923)
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Bumping Into Broadway (1919)
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Tanks a Million (1941)
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Skip the Maloo! (1931)
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Luke Rides Roughshod (1916)
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Off the Trolley (1919)
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County Hospital (1932)
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Bride and Gloom (1918)
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Duck Soup (1927)
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A Regular Pal (1920)
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I'm on My Way (1919)
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Don't Park There (1924)
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Chickens Come Home (1931)
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Twice Two (1933)
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Just a Good Guy (1924)
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Pick and Shovel (1923)
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Hog Wild (1930)
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Early to Bed (1928)
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Blotto (1930)
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Teacher's Beau (1935)
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The Second 100 Years (1927)
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Men O' War (1929)
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Berth Marks (1929)
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Just Nuts (1915)
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Maid in Hollywood (1934)
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Life Hesitates at 40 (1935)
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Come Clean (1931)
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Brats (1930)
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One Million B.C. (1940)
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Look Out Below (1919)
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Here Come the Girls (1918)
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Don't Tell Everything (1927)
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Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
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Our Gang (1922)
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Oranges and Lemons (1923)
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Luke, the Candy Cut-Up (1916)
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Plain and Fancy Girls (1925)
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From Soup to Nuts (1928)
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Road Show (1941)
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Apples to You! (1934)
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On the Jump (1918)
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Scram! (1932)
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Their First Mistake (1932)
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Wrong Again (1929)
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Go West (1923)
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Flying with Music (1942)
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On the Wrong Trek (1936)
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The Night Life (1930)
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Liberty (1929)
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Hotter Than Hot (1929)
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Move On (1917)
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Kelly the Second (1936)
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Luke's Movie Muddle (1916)
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Flying Elephants (1928)
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Habeas Corpus (1928)
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Touch all the Bases (1922)
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Me and My Pal (1933)
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Broadway Limited (1941)
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We Faw Down (1928)
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On the Loose (1931)
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Busy Bodies (1933)
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Big Business (1929)
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Going Bye-Bye! (1934)
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Now or Never (1921)
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The Rat's Knuckles (1925)
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The Boy Friend (1928)
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Boxing Gloves (1929)
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Below Zero (1930)
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Any Old Port! (1932)
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The Boy Friend (1926)
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Leave 'Em Laughing (1928)
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Thundering Fleas (1926)
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Dr. Jack (1922)
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Shiver and Shake (1922)
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Two-Gun Gussie (1918)
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Bliss (1917)
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Call for Mr. Caveman (1919)
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Papa Be Good! (1925)
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Should Men Walk Home? (1927)
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The Flirt (1917)
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Raise the Rent (1920)
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An Eastern Westerner (1920)
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Lonesome Luke, Messenger (1917)
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The City Slicker (1918)
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Giving Them Fits (1915)
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Love 'Em and Weep (1927)
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Looser Than Loose (1930)
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Luke's Washful Waiting (1916)
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When the Wind Blows (1930)
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Wild Poses (1933)
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Over the Fence (1917)
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Dirty Work (1933)
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By the Sad Sea Waves (1917)
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The Chimp (1932)
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Be Big! (1931)
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Show Business (1932)
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The Way of All Pants (1927)
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Thundering Tenors (1931)
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It's a Gift (1923)
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What's the World Coming To? (1926)
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Fifty Million Husbands (1930)
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Position Wanted (1924)
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Haunted Spooks (1920)
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Sold at Auction! (1923)
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Just Rambling Along (1918)
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Dogs Is Dogs (1931)
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The Panic Is On (1931)
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Never Weaken (1921)
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Tell 'Em Nothing (1926)
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Billy Blazes, Esq. (1919)
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Why Worry? (1923)
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Lonesome Luke's Lively Life (1917)
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Love, Laughs and Lather (1917)
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Shivering Shakespeare (1930)
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Our Gang - Comedy Festival (2001)
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Should Second Husbands Come First? (1927)
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Should Sailors Marry? (1925)
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Rainbow Island (1917)
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All Aboard (1917)
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The First Seven Years (1930)
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No Father to Guide Him (1925)
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Why Is a Plumber? (1929)
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High and Dizzy (1920)
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Small Talk (1929)
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Get 'Em Young (1926)
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Luke, Crystal Gazer (1916)
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Night of Goblins (1930)
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School's Out (1930)
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From Hand to Mouth (1919)
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Charley My Boy! (1926)
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Along Came Auntie (1926)
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Laughing Ladies (1925)
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What Price Taxi (1932)
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Bedtime Worries (1933)
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Another Wild Idea (1934)
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Railroadin' (1929)
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Lazy Days (1929)
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A Sailor-Made Man (1921)
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Should Tall Men Marry? (1928)
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Lonesome Luke on Tin Can Alley (1917)
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Dollar Dizzy (1930)
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Wide Open Spaces (1924)
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Are Brunettes Safe? (1927)
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Doctor's Orders (1930)
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Take a Chance (1918)
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Lonesome Luke Loses Patients (1917)
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Roamin' Holiday (1937)
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Hot Money (1935)
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One Terrible Day (1922)
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Bashful (1917)
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Why Girls Say No (1927)
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Step Lively (1917)
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Three Smart Boys (1937)
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Washee Ironee (1934)
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Say It with Babies (1926)
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Look Pleasant, Please (1918)
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Two Wagons Both Covered (1924)
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Little Daddy (1931)
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Moan & Groan, Inc. (1929)
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Pipe the Whiskers (1918)
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Zeb vs. Paprika (1924)
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Leaping Love (1929)
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Chop Suey & Co. (1919)
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Hide and Shriek (1938)
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Luke Joins the Navy (1916)
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Fire Fighters (1922)
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Fate's Fathead (1934)
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The Timber Queen (1922)
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I Do (1921)
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Arabian Tights (1933)
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Madame Mystery (1926)
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Flaming Fathers (1927)
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Snappy Sneezer (1929)
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Fighting Fathers (1927)
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Stolen Goods (1924)
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His Royal Slyness (1920)
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The Non-Stop Kid (1918)
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It's a Wild Life (1918)
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Pinched (1917)
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Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)
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Should Women Drive? (1928)
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Alias Aladdin (1920)
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The Caretaker's Daughter (1925)
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The Non-Skid Kid (1922)
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Ten Years Old (1927)
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Love's Reward (1924)
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The Watch Dog (1923)
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Helping Grandma (1931)
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Reunion in Rhythm (1937)
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The Tabasco Kid (1932)
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Shrimps for a Day (1934)
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Bear Shooters (1930)
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Get Out and Get Under (1920)
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Little Papa (1935)
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Nomads of the North (1920)
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The Best of The Little Rascals in 3D (2012)
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The Big Squawk (1929)
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Going Ga-Ga (1929)
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Two-Time Mama (1927)
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Hasty Marriage (1931)
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The Soilers (1923)
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Beat It (1918)
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Bad Boy (1925)
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Sherlock Sleuth (1925)
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Mr. Bride (1932)
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Innocent Husbands (1925)
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The Little Rascals: Scary Spooktacular (2011)
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Number, Please? (1920)
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A Gasoline Wedding (1918)
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The Glorious Fourth (1927)
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Years to Come (1922)
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Hey There (1918)
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Air Fright (1933)
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The Call of the Wild (1923)
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Hi'–Neighbor! (1934)
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Next Aisle Over (1919)
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The Pooch (1932)
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Rushin' Ballet (1937)
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July Days (1923)
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Nobody's Baby (1937)
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The First Round-Up (1934)
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Red Noses (1932)
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Stepping Out (1929)
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The Pip from Pittsburg (1931)
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Anniversary Trouble (1935)
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Fish Hooky (1933)
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Dear Ol' Pal (1923)
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Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925)
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A Ten-Minute Egg (1924)
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You're Telling Me (1932)
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Miss Polly (1941)
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Seeing the World (1927)
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Whispering Whoopee (1930)
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All Teed Up (1930)
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Mail and Female (1937)
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Radiomanía (1930)
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There Ain't No Santa Claus (1926)
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The Dippy Dentist (1920)
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Pay As You Exit (1936)
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A Man About Town (1923)
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At the Old Stage Door (1919)
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Thundering Toupees (1929)
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At First Sight (1924)
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Crook's Tour (1933)
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No Man's Law (1927)
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Benny, from Panama (1934)
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Bouncing Babies (1929)
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What a Bozo! (1931)
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A Punch in the Nose (1926)
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The Big Idea (1917)
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Chasing the Chaser (1925)
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Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes (1926)
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Count Your Change (1919)
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School Begins (1928)
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The Pigskin Palooka (1937)
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The Crazy World of Laurel and Hardy (1967)
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Crazy Feet (1929)
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Hit Him Again (1918)
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Let's Go (1918)
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Looking for Trouble (1919)
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The Tin Man (1935)
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The Rajah (1919)
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Haunted at Midnight (1931)
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Don't Shove (1919)
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The Sting of Stings (1927)
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Jubilo, Jr. (1924)
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The Awful Tooth (1938)
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Raggedy Rose (1926)
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Brothers Under the Chin (1924)
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Should Husbands Be Watched? (1925)
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The Ballad of Paducah Jail (1934)
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Heap Big Chief (1919)
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Gas and Air (1923)
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Fireman Save My Child (1918)
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Smithy (1924)
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Giving the Bride Away (1919)
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The Real McCoy (1930)
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The Fourth Alarm (1926)
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Top Flat (1935)
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Be My Wife (1919)
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Fair and Muddy (1928)
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Seeing Nellie Home (1924)
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You Bring the Ducks (1934)
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Fishy Tales (1937)
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Mother's Joy (1923)
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The Wages of Tin (1925)
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Long Pants (1926)
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Dog Days (1925)
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Rupert of Hee-Haw (1924)
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Short Orders (1923)
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Soft Pedal (1926)
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Shine 'Em Up (1922)
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Big Business (1924)
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His Busy Day (1918)
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The 'Fraidy Cat (1924)
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The Whole Truth (1923)
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Run 'Em Ragged (1920)
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Spook Spoofing (1928)
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Flaming Flappers (1925)
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Tire Trouble (1924)
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The Tip (1918)
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Dodge Your Debts (1921)
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Spooky Hooky (1936)
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The Goofy Age (1924)
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It's a Hard Life (1919)
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Save The Ship (1923)
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Girl Shock (1930)
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Post No Bills (1923)
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The Lamb (1918)
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Our Gang - Little Rascals Greatest Hits (2001)
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How Dry I Am (1919)
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Order in the Court (1919)
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Our Gang - Little Rascals Varieties (2001)
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Why Go Home? (1920)
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Barnyard Flappers (1922)
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