Norman Taurog Movies

In an erudite driver's taxi, Jack Benny shares a ride with a very pretty and delightfully flirtatious young lady.

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

Slapstick comics Willie West and McGinty cause havoc at a construction site as they attempt to "work."

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...

A harried propman backstage at a theater must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob...

George convinces his friend John that suicide isn't the answer.

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

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

A dim witted, scrawny fellow from the country finds college full of bullies that trick him into various painful situations with the dean. His wife...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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.

A Mermaid Comedy

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...