New Comedy Movies on Kanopy - Page 123

The Ocean Waif

1916

The Ocean Waif

1916
5.6
An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.
The Pawnshop

1916

The Pawnshop

1916
6.6
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
The Count

1916

The Count

1916
6.2
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
One A.M.

1916

One A.M.

1916
6.7
A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
The Vagabond

1916

The Vagabond

1916
6.7
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
The Fireman

1916

The Fireman

1916
6.2
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916

The Mystery of the Leaping Fish

1916
5.8
Coke Ennyday, the scientific detective, divides his time into periods of "Sleep", "Eat", "Dope" and "Drinks". In fact, he overcomes every situation with drugs: consuming cocaine to increase his energy or injecting it in his opponents to incapacitate them. To help the police, he tracks down a contraband of opium (which he eagerly tastes) transported within "leaping fishes", saving a "fish-blower" girl from blackmail along the way.
The Floorwalker

1916

The Floorwalker

1916
6.4
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
His Picture in the Papers

1916

His Picture in the Papers

1916
4.6
Produced at the Reliance studio in Yonkers, New York, HIS PICTURE IN THE PAPERS solidly established Fairbanks as the American ideal of pop, vim, and vigor. Furthermore, the film brought him together with the two collaborators who were to play a profound role in the evolution of his screen persona: writer Anita Loos and her future husband, director John Emerson. The theme was, according to Emerson and Loos, "the great American love of publicity."
Flirting with Fate

1916

Flirting with Fate

1916
5.8
In the midst of an emotional depression, a man hires a murderer to kill him. But the despair soon passes, and the man must now escape the killer he's hired to end his life.
Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914

Mabel's Strange Predicament

1914
5.3
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
Algie, the Miner

1912

Algie, the Miner

1912
4.7
When Algie Allmore asks to marry Clarice, the young woman's father gives him one year to prove that he's a man.
Gisèle, enfant terrible

1911

Gisèle, enfant terrible

1911
Early short film.
The Erudite Dogs

1907

The Erudite Dogs

1907
1907 Pathé short featuring dogs performing tricks (filmmaker is anonymous). Not to be confused with Alice Guy's similarly titled film.
A Story Well Spun

1906

A Story Well Spun

1906
5.3
A runaway barrel wreaks havoc all over the city.

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