Norman Taurog Movies

Skippy, son of Dr. Herbert and Mrs. Skinner, adamantly stands by his poor friend, Sooky Wayne, who lives in Shantytown with his sickly mother. The...

A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.

Well-meaning but accident-prone bakery employee Larry is involved in numerous slapstick mishaps on the job. After accidentally causing the bakery...

Story of a football hero whose temper and drinking threaten his spot on the team, and his romantic life. His naive comical roommate remains his...

A young Jewish man works in his father's jewelry business, but he doesn't like it at all--he wants to be an entertainer, something he knows that his...

Lloyd, manager of a lunch wagon at the beach, must contend with his morning commute, difficult customers, and other problems on a day when absolutely...

Larry falls afoul of wanted criminal Gentleman Joe, who runs a saloon full of tough guys and gunslingers.

Lloyd Hamilton chasing a butterfly in the slapstick comedy "Papa's Boy".

A government official staying in a hotel puts some important secret papers in the hotel safe. A ring of spies out to get the papers manages to steal...

In 1923, The Gumps moved up to two-reel live-action comedies, with former Keystone Cop Joe Murphy as the chinless lead, pioneering...

Lige Conley stars in "Fast and Furious" (1924), a fast-paced silent comedy. Conley's sidekick in this film, as with several in this series of...

A Mermaid Comedy

The Rent Collector is a 1921 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.

This one is set at a college picnic by the lake, with three musical numbers. "We've Got It Bad but It Don't Do Us No Good" is by a quartet of college...

Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.

In this one, we are introduced to a pretentious and uppity family who we just KNOW will be brought down to size later in the short. Then we cut to...

A well-dressed hobo gets a job as "utility man" with a theater company, and winds up starring in the show.

A bumbling sawmill employee tries to win the hand of the owner's daughter while staying out of the clutches of the mill's bullying foreman.