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The King (1930) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
The King
director: Charley Rogers / James W. Horne actor: Harry Langdon / Thelma Todd …
The king is a juvenile dolt who tries the patience of the shrewish queen. While she's in the throne room awaiting him, he's outside playing with guns, drilling his soldiers, and dallying with the wife of a new minister. The queen catches him kissing her, her husband figures out that something fishy is going on, and the king tries his best to proceed with his plans for a night out. The queen contrives to keep him cuffed in the bedroom: king, queen, minister, and coquette end up in a game of musical beds. Will his royal highness get his night out?
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On the Loose (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
On the Loose
director: Hal Roach actor: Zasu Pitts / Thelma Todd …
other title: On The Loose
Two young women, Zasu and Thelma, complain that all of their dates take them to Coney Island. The next day a car goes by and they are splashed with mud. The driver stops and offers to buy them some new clothes. They accept the offer and later agree to go on a date.
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Early to Bed (1928) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Early to Bed
director: Emmett J. Flynn actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy
other title: Dick und Doof - Sklaven des Reichtums / Laurel et Hardy - Couche-Tard …
Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.
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Ask Father (1919) [Movie] TMDB WikiData IMDb
Ask Father
director: 哈尔·罗奇 actor: Harold Lloyd / Bebe Daniels …
other title: On n'entre pas / Habla con papá …
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that he can ask for her hand in marriage as the office is guarded by a bunch of comic, clumsy flunkies who throw everyone out who tries to get in.
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Sugar Daddies (1927) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Sugar Daddies
director: Fred Guiol actor: James Finlayson / Stan Laurel …
other title: Dick und Doof - Eine schöne Bescherung / Poursuite à Luna-Park
After a night of carousing, a rich oil tycoon awakes to find that he was married the night before. He calls in his lawyer to straighten things out.
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Number, Please? (1920) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Number, Please?
director: 哈尔·罗奇 actor: Harold Lloyd / Mildred Davis …
other title: Die Nummer, bitte? / ¿Número, por favor? …
While at an amusement park, trying vainly to forget the girl he has lost, a young man sees the girl with her new boyfriend. When her dog gets loose in the park, both suitors have to help her catch it. Then, the girl's uncle, a balloonist, gives her a pass for two in his balloon, provided that her mother approves. She then offers to take along the first of her admirers who is able to get her mother's consent.
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Be Big! (1931) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Be Big!
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof - Die Qual mit den Stiefeln / Laurel Et Hardy - Drôles de bottes …
Stan and Ollie are on their way to Atlantic City with their wives, when Ollie gets a phone call from a lodge buddy telling him that a stag party is taking place that night in their honor. Ollie pretends to be sick and sends the wives on ahead, promising that he and Stan will meet them in the morning. The pair dress in their lodge gear, but their wives return having missed their train. With no obvious escape route, Stan and Ollie take to a bed in fear and in response to Stan's plea of "What'll I do?", Ollie replies "Be big!".
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Any Old Port! (1932) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Any Old Port!
director: 詹姆斯·韦斯利·霍恩 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: Dick und Doof gehen vor Anker / Laurel et Hardy - Stan boxeur …
Stan and Ollie check into a seedy hotel and help a young girl escape the clutches of the landlord. They are forced to flee the hotel with no money and Ollie arranges for Stan to fight at a local boxing hall for $50. Stan's opponent turns out to be Musgy who uses a loaded glove. During the fight the glove is swapped and Stan triumphs only to find that Ollie has bet their fee that he would lose.
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Night Owls (1930) [Movie] Douban TMDB IMDb WikiData
Night Owls
director: 詹姆斯·帕罗特 actor: Stan Laurel / Oliver Hardy …
other title: 夜猫子 / Dick und Doof als Einbrecher …
Policeman Edgar Kennedy is told by his chief he better stop a string of burglaries that have been happening on his watch or else he will get the sack. He persuades vagrants Stan and Ollie to rob the chief's house so he can regain his reputation by catching them. The policeman promises to later get the boys off. Things do not go as planned.