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