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The Bank Dick 1940 Egbert Souse leads an ordinary life but is about to have an extraordinary day Henpecked at home home by his demanding wife Agatha and more or less ignored by his daughter Myrtle, he sets off for the day He comes across a movie shoot whose drunken director hasnt shown up for work a

Man on the Flying Trapeze 1935 Ambrose Wolfinger wants the afternoon off his first in twenty five years to go to a wrestling match He tells his boss that he must attend his mother in laws funeral The afternoon is no joy He tries to please a policeman, assist a chauffeur, chase a tire, and ends up ge

Youre Telling Me 1934 Sam Bisbee is an inventor whose works e g , a keyhole finder for drunks have brought him only poverty His daughter is in love with the son of the town snob Events conspire to ruin his bullet proof tire just as success seems near Another of his inventions prohibits him from comm

The Old Fashioned Way 1934 The Great McGonigles traveling theatrical troupe are staying at a boarding house, preparing to put on a production of The Drunkard Cleopatra Pepperday offers to put up money for the show if she can have a part Little Albert Wendelschaffer torments McGonigle all through lun

My Little Chickadee (1940) Rightly suspected of illicit relations with the Masked Bandit, Flower Belle Lee is run out of Little Bend. On the train she meets con man Cuthbert J. Twillie and pretends to marry him for "respectability." Arrived in Greasewood City with his unkissed bride, Twill

International House (1933) Professor Wong has invented a television machine and invites everyone to see it at China's International House Hotel. Every time Tommy Nash attempts to wed his fiancée Carol Fortescue he comes down with an illness, and when he breaks out in a rash the hotel is quarantined

The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933) Mr. Snavely, a Yukon prospector, lost his only son years ago to the temptations of the big city; now the prodigal Chester, released from prison, comes home to Ma and Pa. A parody of Yukon melodrama; includes the famous looking-out-the-door routine.

The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938) New ocean liner S.S. Gigantic is about to race its rival, the Colossal. Gigantic owner T.F. Bellows sends his brother S.B. on the Colossal, hoping he will cause trouble; delayed by a golf game, S.B. lands on Gigantic instead, and so does his unlucky daughter Martha.

The Pharmacist (1933) A hard-working, hen-pecked pharmacist, harried by a shrewish spouse, dysfunctional family, and demanding clientele, maintains his patience and a stoic optimism by imbibing frequent martinis. His termagant wife and self-absorbed daughters show little appreciation of his efforts

The Barber Shop (1933) Barber O'Hair has a vegetarian wife at home a pretty manicurist at work. A dog sits in the barbershop which O'Hair explains: "One day I was shaving a man and cut his ear off. And the dog got it. Been back here ever since." Oh, and he captures a bank robber.

Pool Sharks (1915) Two ardent suitors for the hand a pretty young woman carry their fight from an picnic to a test of skill in an indoor pool hall. After a series of unbelievable trick shots, the fight degenerates into billiard throwing, which involves an innocent bystander.

You Cant Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Larson E. Whipsnade runs a seedy circus which is perpetually in debt. His performers give him nothing but trouble, especially Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Meanwhile, Whipsnade's son and daughter, Phineas and Vicky, attend a posh college. Vicky turns down her

Its a Gift (1934) The owner of a general store (Harold Bisonette) is hounded by his status-anxious wife ("That's 'Bee-soh-nay'" and "I have no maid you know"). To get some sleep he goes out on the porch where he is tormented by a little boy from the floor above (Baby Dunk) and an insurance salesman

If I Had a Million (1932) Tycoon John Glidden, dying though still vigorous, is so dissatisfied with his relatives and associates that, rather than will his money to any of them, he decides to give it away in million-dollar amounts to strangers picked from the city directory. He picks a meek china sa