Vivien Oakland
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Vivien Oakland (born Vivian Anderson, May 20, 1895 – August 1, 1958), was an American actress best known for her work in comedies in Hollywood in the 1920s and 1930s, most notably with the Hal Roach Studios. Oakland appeared in 142 films between 1915 and 1951.
She supported Laurel and Hardy on several occasions, and sometimes played the wife of Edgar Kennedy and Leon Errol in their series of short films. She played mostly bit roles in feature films in the 1940s before making her last film (an Errol comedy) in 1951.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.8092 |
| Birthday | 1895-05-19 |
| Place of Birth | San Francisco, California, USA |
| Also Known As | Vivian Oakland , Vivienne Oakland , Vivian Okaland, Vivian Ruth Andersen, |
1929
The Time, the Place and the Girl
10/1
A musical comedy that follows the progress of a college All America football player whose swollen head is deflated when, after graduating , he takes a...
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The Time, the Place and the Girl
1937
Way Out West
7.097/231
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is de...
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Way Out West
1926
Tony Runs Wild
10/1
Tom Grant saves Grace Percival from being tromped by a herd of stampeding horses,led by Tony, and they become friends. Grace tells Slade, a renegade w...
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Tony Runs Wild
1926
Don Key (Son of Burro)
8/2
The head of a big movie studio is pulling his hair out because the company is bankrupt unless they can find a writer for a smash comedy. An aspiring w...
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Don Key (Son of Burro)
1950
Bunco Squad
6.1/10
Police sergeants Johnson and McManus take on Los Angeles confidence tricksters. Con man Tony Wells, lining up rich widow Jessica Royce as his latest m...
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Bunco Squad
1924
Madonna of the Streets
9/1
Rev. John Morton, who is determined to follow as closely as possible the teachings of Jesus, inherits a considerable fortune when his uncle dies. Shor...
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Madonna of the Streets
1926
Along Came Auntie
6.2/16
A divorced couple try to pretend they are still happily married in order to get $100,000 from the woman's divorce-disapproving aunt.
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Along Came Auntie
1928
Imagine My Embarrassment
9/1
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Imagine My Embarrassment
1929
Off to Buffalo
8/1
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Off to Buffalo
1929
Loud Soup
8/1
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Loud Soup
1967
The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
7/2
Film historian Robert Youngson presents a feature-length anthology of rarely seen silent films by comedy legends Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. Along w...
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The Further Perils of Laurel and Hardy
1935
Alimony Aches
9/1
Ex-wife remarries, doesn't tell husband so he'll still pay alimony.
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Alimony Aches
1928
We Faw Down
5.932/37
Stan & Ollie attempt to fool their wives by sneaking out to a poker game, but instead get involved with two flirty ladies, one of whom is the girlfrie...
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We Faw Down
1937
Knee Action
7/1
Andy takes his newest invention, a knee-action washing machine, before a group of potential investors, but his idiot stepson proceeds to disrupt the d...
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Knee Action
1927
Uncle Tom's Cabin
6.8/12
In 1856, slave Eliza plans to marry George with the consent of the Shelbys, her masters, but George's owner prevents the wedding. A few years later, E...
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Uncle Tom's Cabin
1942
A Tragedy at Midnight
5.2/5
The host of a whodunit radio show finds himself involved in his own mystery when he awakens to find a woman with a knife in her back in his bedroom.
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A Tragedy at Midnight
1926
Mighty Like a Moose
6.808/26
After a homely married couple separately undergo plastic surgery, they unwittingly plan an extramarital affair with each other.
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Mighty Like a Moose
1932
The Tenderfoot
7.5/2
Calvin Jones is a cowboy who wants to invest in a Broadway play. Joe Lehman's secretary Ruth learns that her boss is attempting to swindle Jones and p...
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The Tenderfoot
1926
Wife Tamers
7/2
Mr. Barry has a huge argument with his wife, and to make her jealous, he asks his valet to set him up with a pretty girl who is stranded in their neig...
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Wife Tamers
1934
Money Means Nothing
5.75/4
At Joe's Roadside, a popular but rundown New York roadhouse where the wealthy and not-so-wealthy hang out, a wealthy Manhattan girl and a struggling B...
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Money Means Nothing
1945
Utah
5.5/4
A singing ranch foreman (Roy Rogers) and his friend (George "Gabby" Hayes) urge a chorus-girl heiress (Dale Evans) not to sell the property.
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Utah
1926
Redheads Preferred
8/1
In order to land an important client, Morgan is obliged to escort a beautiful redhead to a costume ball. Finding out about this, and suspecting that s...
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Redheads Preferred
1935
Keystone Hotel
8.5/2
The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry mem...
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Keystone Hotel
1936
Who's Looney Now
8/1
Mr. Brown is riding home from work one day with his new neighbor, Mr. Johnson. When Brown explains that he has all kinds of problems at home, Johnson...
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Who's Looney Now
1930
Back Pay
4.857/7
Bored with small town life, a woman leaves for the big city and winds up becoming the mistress of a ruthless businessman.
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Back Pay
1926
Tell 'Em Nothing
5.5/3
Charlie is the great divorce attorney, in demand by all women wishing to shed their husbands. While explaining to one woman how to obtain a divorce by...
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Tell 'Em Nothing
1936
Lady Luck
6.333/3
New York manicurist Mamie Murphy plans to marry a rich man, so she repeatedly turns down the proposals of honest reporter David Haines. When she is an...
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Lady Luck
1926
Say It with Babies
6.5/2
Casper is the baby-expert at a large department store and his life is less than peaceful as he provides much amusement for the babies at his own expen...
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Say It with Babies
1937
Tramp Trouble
8/1
Edgar impulsively invites his boss, Mr. Markham, to his home for dinner when his boss compliments him for giving coffee money to a down and out man....
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Tramp Trouble
1937
Amateur Crook
5/2
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks, Crone and Jan Jaffin, and heads...
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Amateur Crook
1934
In the Dog House
10/1
Andy remarries, but his new wife has no use for either his son or his dog.
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In the Dog House
1931
Gold Dust Gertie
6/2
Early 30s pre-code comedy about a woman attempting to get her two ex-husbands to pay back alimony.
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Gold Dust Gertie
1938
Beaux and Errors
7/1
To make Edgar do something about his physical condition, his wife has invited her old boy friend, in tip-top shape, to spend the weekend with them. In...
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Beaux and Errors
1938
His Pest Friend
7/1
Leon's wife wants to surprise him by buying the cabin where they had spent their honeymoon. But when she secretly meets with the man who owns the cabi...
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His Pest Friend
1935
Atlantic Adventure
6/3
When reporter Dan Miller is once again late to meet his girl friend, Helen Murdock, because he is working on a story, Helen breaks up with him. Later,...
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Atlantic Adventure
1937
Dumb's the Word
7/1
Edgar finds some gold in his attic and the guy working on his roof tells him he could go to jail for having it!! This is because President Franklin Ro...
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Dumb's the Word
1934
The Fuller Gush Man
0/0
Walter goes to his girlfriend's parents to ask their permission to marry her; but the family puts on an act and pretends to be totally loony.
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The Fuller Gush Man
1942
Sappy Pappy
8/1
Andy, the owner of a bicycle shop, gets involved with one of his customers.
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Sappy Pappy
1932
Running Hollywood
9/1
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1931
Lime Juice Nights
9/1
Karl Dane's restaurant patron and George K. Arthur's waiter drunkenly trade places.
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Lime Juice Nights
1930
A Lady Surrenders
4.5/4
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean trip. He thinks she's left him for good, so he mar...
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A Lady Surrenders
1930
The Matrimonial Bed
6.4/5
Five years after Adolphe's death in a train wreck, he is discovered very much alive and with amnesia. Unfortunately he and his first wife are remarrie...
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The Matrimonial Bed
1934
The Defense Rests
7.1/10
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
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The Defense Rests
1931
The Age for Love
9/1
A comedy-drama about marriage and divorce. A wife does not want children, her husband leaves her and marries a woman who does.
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The Age for Love
1938
Rebellious Daughters
6/3
Girl moves out of her parents house against their wishes. Gets a job in a dress shop, gets mixed up with dirty pictures and blackmail.
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Rebellious Daughters
1938
Slander House
4.375/8
Owner of salon catering to fat society dames must deal with a dull fiance, a romantic stranger, the jealous blond who loves him, and the lecherous hus...
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Slander House
1930
The Florodora Girl
5.5/6
A chorus girl gets bad advice from her fellow chorines in handling a rich suitor who assumes she is a gold digger.
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The Florodora Girl
1932
Cock of the Air
7.7/3
An opera diva sets her sights on a womanizing army officer.
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Cock of the Air
1926
Long Pants
9/1
Glenn's first attempt at wearing long trousers and being a man about town goes swimmingly as he quickly falls for a vivacious young widow who accident...
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Long Pants
1939
Baby Daze
10/1
Edgar starts out in a non-unfamiliar grumpy mood and tells some people off obnoxiously, then becomes overcome with joy and kindheartedness when he dis...
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Baby Daze
1938
Condemned Women
7.25/4
A shoplifter gets sentenced to a women's prison.
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Condemned Women
1935
Rendezvous at Midnight
10/1
There are plenty of suspects when an unscrupulous, blackmailing businessman turns up dead, especially the Police Commissioner's current paramour, who...
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Rendezvous at Midnight
1938
Double Danger
7.333/3
A crime novelist devises a scheme to catch the thief who has stolen the valuable "Konjer Diamonds". Director Lew Landers' 1938 B-film stars Preston Fo...
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Double Danger
1932
Scram!
7.064/55
Ordered out of town by angry Judge Beaumont, vagrants Stanley and Oliver meet a congenial drunk who invites them to stay at his luxurious mansion. The...
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Scram!
1939
The Girl from Mexico
5.143/7
Carmelita Fuentes is a fiery-Latin singer/dancer in Mexico City who has designs on Dennis Lindsay, an American publicity agent, for unclear reasons, w...
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The Girl from Mexico
1947
Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
6.4/24
A nightclub singer uses alcohol in excess to sooth her painful life.
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Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman
1936
One Live Ghost
6.667/3
Henry Morton just wants to go fishing. Little things thwart him: Maxine the maid makes noise, Sonny, a lad in the household, makes a mess, and Henry's...
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One Live Ghost
1927
Two-Time Mama
7.5/2
The story involves various misunderstandings and entanglements that occur between two married couples, the Browns (Glenn Tryon & Vivien Oakland) a...
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Two-Time Mama
1935
Star of Midnight
5.88/25
When a dancer disappears from a theater, Clay Dalzell is asked to investigate, leading him on a trail of murder and deception.
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Star of Midnight
1940
Mutiny in the County
0/0
53rd episode of RKO's "Mr. Average Man" Series starring Edgar Kennedy.
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Mutiny in the County
1944
The Girl Who Dared
6.083/6
A group of people are invited to a party at a creepy mansion where legend has it a ghost appears once a year.
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The Girl Who Dared
1931
A House Divided
5.625/4
A New England fisherman's second wife prefers his son.
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A House Divided
1930
Oh, Sailor, Behave!
6/4
Based on the farcical stage play written by Pulitzer Prize-winning* writer Elmer Rice, Oh, Sailor Behave! is a movie Musical with a split personality....
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Oh, Sailor, Behave!
1946
Sister Kenny
6.921/19
An Australian nurse discovers an effective new treatment for infantile paralysis, but experiences great difficulty in convincing doctors of the validi...
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Sister Kenny
1942
The Man in the Trunk
9/1
The ghost of a murdered man returns to Earth to help a young couple find his killer.
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The Man in the Trunk
1926
45 Minutes from Hollywood
5.267/30
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
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45 Minutes from Hollywood
1930
Big Hearted
9/1
Elmer and Fannie Blue (Ray Hughes and Dorothy Gulliver) are happy that their neighbors in the duplex apartment next door, that shares an interior wall...
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Big Hearted
1927
Love 'Em and Weep
5.717/23
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
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Love 'Em and Weep
1929
That's My Wife
6.63/27
Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just...
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That's My Wife
1937
Mile a Minute Love
7/2
William Bakewell stars as an inventor who develops a high-powered boat engine. Bakewell, of course, created this wonder machine to benefit mankind-and...
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Mile a Minute Love
1926
Mama Behave
7/2
A man finds out that his wife wishes he would act more like his twin brother, so he decides to impersonate his twin in an attempt to determine his wif...
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Mama Behave
1935
Mutiny on the Bounty
7.376/404
Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent...
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Mutiny on the Bounty
1925
The Rainbow Trail
9/1
John Shefford is looking for his uncle Venters who years ago found a hidden valley and lived there with Jane Withersteen and young Fay Larkin. He find...
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The Rainbow Trail
1940
A Chump at Oxford
6.874/115
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disaster, they resort to sweeping streets and accidental...
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A Chump at Oxford
1940
Drafted in the Depot
10/1
Edgar Kennedy's hunting trip with his single buddies is kiboshed when his wife, Vivien, has made other arrangements for their vacation time. One of Ed...
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Drafted in the Depot
1941
An Apple in His Eye
9/1
Edgar tries his hand at making pies for Vivien's charity bazaar with predictable results.
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An Apple in His Eye
1932
Secrets of the French Police
6.6/10
When a flower girl is kidnapped by a deranged White Russian, to impersonate the missing Princess Anastasia Romanoff while under his hypnotic spell, th...
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Secrets of the French Police
1925
The Teaser
3/3
Ann Barton, the daughter of a once-wealthy family, is forced to clerk at the cigar counter of a village hotel, where she meets James McDonald, a breez...
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The Teaser
1942
USS VD: Ship of Shame
4.455/11
This film was made by the U.S. government during World War II to show its young servicemen the results of "fooling around" with "loose women" overseas...
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USS VD: Ship of Shame
1941
The Ring and the Belle
7/1
Andy becomes the manager of a prizefighter. The problem is, the figher has just skipped town.
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The Ring and the Belle
1929
Satires
1/1
Mr. Young introduces the sketch in an appropriately melodramatic fashion, wearing an opera cape and a glowering expression. He recites a bit of dogger...
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Satires
1940
Pop Always Pays
6.667/3
A businessman boasts he'll give his daughter a large amount of cash for her wedding, and then frantically tries to raise the money. This 1940 comedy s...
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Pop Always Pays
1931
How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
5/2
Bobby Jones shows Huntley Gordon and Vivian Oakland some tips on the use of the niblick (9 iron)
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How I Play Golf, by Bobby Jones No. 3: 'The Niblick'
1934
One Too Many
9/1
Wife tries to do something about her husband's fondness for the bottle.
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One Too Many
1940
'Taint Legal
0/0
Edgar Kennedy is over-joyed when told he has won a $5,000 prize in a "How To Be Happy Though Married" contest. A reporter interviews Edgar and his wif...
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'Taint Legal
1934
Perfectly Mismated
7/1
Leon's ex-wife moves into the apartment next to him.
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Perfectly Mismated
1939
Clock Wise
9/1
Pop's noisy mechanical clock is driving Edgar crazy.
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Clock Wise
1940
Sunk by the Census
8/1
Edgar is a census taker, but is primarily interested in finding a rich widow for his father-in-law (Billy Franey), so he won't have to continue to sup...
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Sunk by the Census
1940
A Trailer Tragedy
7/1
Edgar starts a trailer vacation with his wife Vivien and father-in-law, but doesn't get far before they are overtaken by two men from the finance comp...
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A Trailer Tragedy
1938
A Clean Sweep
10/1
Edgar lost his job at the bank three months ago, but hasn't told his wife, and they have been living off their savings, while Edgar pretends to go to...
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A Clean Sweep
1938
Berth Quakes
8/1
Noted child psychologist Errol marries a widow with a nasty brat, and finds none of his theories seem to work when trapped in a pullman car on the way...
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Berth Quakes
1937
Bad Housekeeping
8/1
Edgar Kennedy's wife decides he should do the housework for the day, the same day the piano tuner Franklin Pangborn comes by.
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Bad Housekeeping
1940
Sauce for the Gander
5/1
Working stiff Tom Tupper is stopped by a 'man on the spot' reporter during his daily commute. Asked for his opinion on male/female relations, Tom tell...
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Sauce for the Gander
1938
Crime Ring
5.75/4
Fake fortunetellers win the confidence of clients and then get them to part with their money by buying mining stocks which are worthless.
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Crime Ring
1942
Laugh Your Blues Away
10/1
Hired actors posing as Russian royalty complicate a social-climbing mother's efforts to fix up her son with the daughter of a wealthy Texas rancher.
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Laugh Your Blues Away
1950
The Secret Fury
5.471/17
The wedding of Ellen and David is halted by a stranger who insists that the bride is already married to someone else. Though the flabbergasted Ellen d...
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The Secret Fury
1939
Maid to Order
10/1
Father-in-law Billy Franey discovers the letter that Edgar has written a matrimonial agency to marry him off and slips Edgar's picture in it. When Min...
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Maid to Order
1933
Only Yesterday
7.143/7
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a note to his wife scribbled down and a gun in his...
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Only Yesterday
1939
Kennedy the Great
8/1
A short film about a family man who realizes he's a bore at social gatherings so he purchases a trunk full of magic tricks hoping to soon be the life...
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Kennedy the Great
1929
Thundering Toupees
0/0
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Thundering Toupees
1945
The Man Who Walked Alone
5.9/5
A war hero returns home following a medical discharge and ends up entangled with a young woman speeding away from her wedding day in her fiance's car....
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The Man Who Walked Alone
1946
Magnificent Doll
6.1/12
While packing her belongings in preparation of evacuating the White House because of the impending British invasion of Washington D.C., Dolly Payne Ma...
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Magnificent Doll
1947
Borrowed Blonde
8/1
Leon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and observe how he and Mrs. Errol manage to keep the old k...
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Borrowed Blonde
1931
Many a Slip
10/1
Comedy centering on the question of whether a man's wife is or isn't pregnant.
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Many a Slip
1937
Should Wives Work?
6.333/6
Errol's wife goes back to work, despite his objections.
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Should Wives Work?
1930
Their Wives' Vacation
9/1
This Educational Mermaid Talking Comedy features a wrestling/trombone-playing Pert Kelton.
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Their Wives' Vacation
1946
The Locket
6.309/47
A dark personal secret drives a young woman to use every man she encounters.
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The Locket
1928
Galloping Ghosts
7/1
A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful but fearful black valet (Oliver Hardy), it is stole...
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Galloping Ghosts
1915
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
0/0
Artist Standish using his wife Mary as his model finishes a painting of the Madonna. When the Connoisseur and the Parishioner inspect the picture, the...
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Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
1934
I Believed in You
7/1
An aspiring writer and her boyfriend, a professional agitator head off to the Big Apple in search of good fortune. Unfortunately, the agitator soon fi...
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I Believed in You
2024
Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
10/1
Following their initial pairing in early 1927, Laurel and Hardy ended their first year on top. Their success moving into 1928 galvanized the efforts o...
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Laurel & Hardy: Year Two
1933
Neighbors' Wives
9/1
A young woman tries to break up a budding romance between her sweet but naive young sister-in-law and a man she regards as a no-account bum. In the pr...
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Neighbors' Wives
1930
Personality
10/1
Directed by Victor Heerman. With Sally Starr, Johnny Arthur, Blanche Friderici, Frank Hammond.
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Personality
1928
The Man in Hobbles
8/1
Small-town photographer Joe Coleman marries Ann Harris quickly, only to find himself financially supporting her entire lazy family. After moving to Ne...
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The Man in Hobbles
1927
Wedding Bills
8/1
The best man at an upcoming wedding goes to a jeweler to pick up the wedding ring and is also given a bracelet, on approval, worth $25,000. On his way...
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Wedding Bills
1941
Mad About Moonshine
9/1
Edgar's father-in-law is heir to the worthless family estate in the south. Naturally, Edgar jumps at the chance to take possession and become Col. Ken...
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Mad About Moonshine
1939
Act Your Age
10/1
Ed puts his father-in-law forward for a night watchman job at his office but Pop applies for an executive job --- an gets Ed's.
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