COMEDY
The Gorilla
Published 1939
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When a wealthy man is threatened by a killer known as The Gorilla, he hires the Ritz Brothers to investigate. A real escaped gorilla shows up at the mansion just as the investigators arrive.
Director: Allan Dwan
Writers: Ralph Spence (play), Rian James (screenplay)
Stars: Jimmy Ritz, Harry Ritz, Al Ritz
Africa Screams
Published 1949
Abbott & Costello search for diamonds in Africa, along the way meeting a visually-impaired gunner, a hungry lion, and a tribe of cannibals...
Director: Charles Barton
Writer: Earl Baldwin (original story and screenplay)
Stars: Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Clyde Beatty
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla
Published 1952
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Two goofy entertainers meet a mad scientist on a jungle island.
Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Tim Ryan (screenplay), Leo 'Ukie' Sherin (additional dialogue) (as 'Ukie' Sherin) | 1 more credit »
Stars: Bela Lugosi, Duke Mitchell, Sammy Petrillo
Creature From the Haunted Sea
Published 1961
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A crook decides to bump off members of his inept crew and blame their deaths on a legendary sea creature. What he doesn't know is that the creature is real.
Director: Roger Corman
Writer: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay)
Stars: Antony Carbone, Betsy Jones-Moreland, Robert Towne
The Flying Deuces (Laurel & Hardy)
Published 1939
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Oliver is heartbroken when he finds that Georgette, the inkeeper's daughter he's fallen in love with, is already married to dashing Foreign Legion officer Francois. To forget her, he joins the Legion, taking Stanley with him. Their bumbling eventually gets them charged with desertion and sentenced to a firing squad. They manage to escape in a stolen airplane, but crash after a wild ride.
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Writers: Ralph Spence (original story), Charley Rogers (original story) (as Charles Rogers)
Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker
Speak Easily (Buster Keaton)
Published 1932
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A timid professor inherits a large sum of money and decides to fund a terrible musical.
Director: Edward Sedgwick
Writers: Clarence Budington Kelland (from the story by), Ralph Spence (dialogue continuity)
Stars: Buster Keaton, Jimmy Durante, Ruth Selwyn
Steamboat Bill Jr. (Buster Keaton)
Published 1928
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The effete son of a cantankerous riverboat captain comes to join his father's crew.
Directors: Charles Reisner (as Chas. F. Reisner), Buster Keaton (uncredited)
Writer: Carl Harbaugh (story)
Stars: Buster Keaton, Tom McGuire, Ernest Torrence
The Little Shop of Horrors
Published 1960
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A clumsy young man nurtures a plant and discovers that it's carnivorous, forcing him to kill to feed it.
Directors: Roger Corman, Charles B. Griffith (uncredited)
Writer: Charles B. Griffith (screenplay)
Stars: Jonathan Haze, Jackie Joseph, Mel Welles
Sherlock Jr (Buster Keaton)
Published 1922
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A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.
Director: Buster Keaton
Writers: Jean C. Havez (story) (as Jean Havez), Joseph A. Mitchell (story) (as Joe Mitchell)
Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton