The Bell Hop
Yes this director was sampling the legal cocaine when he did this...lots of fun from just 93 years ago!
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Larry Semon
Films
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Frauds and Frenzies
Director Larry Semon and a young Stan Laurel costar as prisoners loafing on the chain gang. As both comrades and rivals, their paired movements result in strikingly choreographed slapstick. A climactic chase through the streets of 1918 Los Angeles is packed with the kind of spectacular stunts that made...Start your free trial to watch
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Huns and Hyphens
Larry Semon stars in this wartime slapstick comedy. The ruckus bar where he waits tables seems patriotic enough but it turns out the owner and several of his customers are German spies. In one of his first supporting roles, Stan Laurel makes for a distinctly ineffectual villain. Semon’s careening special...Start your free trial to watch
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The Bell Hop
A gang of foreign spies attempt to steal an important government document at a resort hotel. Larry Semon stars as the hotel's lazy bellhop, with a 29 year old Oliver Hardy cast as a dapper-looking desk clerk. Larry Semon also wrote, directed and produced this funny two-reel comedy. The co-director was future Oscar winner...Start your free trial to watch
Genres
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- International / Americas / North American / American
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Short / Narrative
- Comedy / Romantic Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Silent / Silent Comedy
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- Comedy / Slapstick
- War / WWI