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Slapstick
see all genres ›Finding humor in others' clumsy or deliberate physical grief is human nature. Nobody likes a crybaby (except when he's received a well-deserved pie in the face).
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Genres / Comedy / Slapstick
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Africa, F.O.B.
Featuring Monty Banks and William Blaisdell. This film features actors performing in blackface. Fandor does not condone racist stereotyping, but blackface is nonetheless a significant aspect of American history in general and film history specifically. Early cinema was deeply rooted in vaudeville, where blackface was a...Start your free trial to watch
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Allez Oop
The most obvious parallel to ALLEZ OOP is COLLEGE, where Buster Keaton's attempts at various athletic events are a disaster until his girl is threatened. Then, in a total reversal, he performs the same feats brilliantly while trying to effect a rescue. The girl here is Dorothy Sebastian, his leading lady five years earlier in...Start your free trial to watch
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Ambrose's Fury
When Mack Swain, suffering from his domineering wife’s orders, starts flirting with the neighbor, AMBROSE'S FURY slowly rolls to a boil. He arranges to meet the young woman for some extramarital swimming and the ocean setting invigorates the slapstick in no time. The young woman’s clothes are taken by the tide so she takes...Start your free trial to watch
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Ambrose's Lofty Perch
Keystone comedy star Mack Swain takes advantage of his rotund figure to play a king in search of a queen. He selects his fiancé by process of elimination but the one he chooses already has another suitor, a second-rate Robin Hood. This Robin is a mean shot with a bow and arrow but goes limp at the first...Start your free trial to watch
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Ambrose's Nasty Temper
Ambrose's amorous antics at the garment factory get him fired. In retaliation, he hires a couple of crooks to menace his boss but they mistakenly target the boss' daughter he fancies instead. Her mortal peril necessitates a call to the police so it's the Keystone Kops to the rescue. A wet time is had by...Start your free trial to watch
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Ambrose's Sour Grapes
Mack Swain is the one with sour grapes in this Keystone comedy of errors. After showing himself to be a coward when he lets another man rescue his girlfriend from a mugging, Mack's only recourse is to appeal to the chivalrous gentleman’s jealousy. This gets easier when the girl’s twin sister and her...Start your free trial to watch
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Among Those Present
Harold Lloyd’s bellhop enjoys posing as a gentleman under cover of clothes dropped off at coat check by the rich clientele. “Gee! If I only had the glad rags. I could act like any of these swells.” He gets his chance when a scoundrel dresses him up as Lord Abernathy to take advantage of a social climbing...Start your free trial to watch
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Are Crooks Dishonest?
Trickery abounds in this one-reel romp involving jewel thievery and soothsaying. Harold Lloyd and 'Snub' Pollard deal in gems while Bebe Daniels assists her seer father in crystal. When the three ne'er-do-wells hook up, it’s the equation for mayhem!Start your free trial to watch
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Are Golfers Cuckoo?
Former circus and vaudeville performer Charles Dorety appears opposite Gene "Fatty" Layman in this rare 1926 comedy. Here the boys get jobs as caddies at the exclusive Biltmore Golf Club, causing all sorts of havoc. This film features actors performing in blackface. Fandor does not condone racist...Start your free trial to watch
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At the Hypnotist's
One of Alice Guy’s earliest films to include a story, AT THE HYPNOTIST'S is an uncharacteristic trick film in the style of George Méliès. It addresses the power of identity instilled by a uniform (or, rather, by what we wear). Any explanation beyond that would be speculative at best. When Guy departed...Start your free trial to watch
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At the Photographer's
In the early days of photography, it was necessary to remain perfectly still. Unfortunately, the protagonist of this film cannot seem to stop moving (much to the disappointment of the photographer). How much trouble can you create in only a minute? Enough.Start your free trial to watch
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Battling Butler
The greatest box-office success of all his independent comedies, BATTLING BUTLER is a rarely-seen gem that mingles Buster Keaton's deadpan demeanor and awesome physical agility with a particularly dramatic storyline. Keaton stars as Alfred Butler, a fragile young man whose father sends him into the country where he hopes...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
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Better Behave
Physical comedy drives this vehicle for then-famous clown Poodles Hanneford, part of a legendary British circus family. Already pushing forty but impeccably nimble, he plays suitor to beauteous, heavily daddy-guarded Betty (Betty Walsh) and the duo try their hardest to elope. This is an essentially plotless series of gags but...Start your free trial to watch