Mack Sennett Movies

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Exploitation film-maker Bud Pollard appears on screen to tell us of Bing Crosby's rise to fame, using scenes from four early Crosby shorts to...

A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his...

Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with...

Murphy, the cop, gives his I. O. U. to the money-lender. Pressed for payment, he gives up his wife's jewelry. She thinks she has been robbed and...

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her...

William Thompson and John Smith occupied offices in the same New York skyscraper, and both being seized with an irrepressible desire to cut loose and...

Dance instructor Arthur Stone's wife, Gertrude Astor, is a jealous woman. Patsy O'Leary's husband, Wade Boteler, is a jealous man. Boteler goes out...

Mr. Walrus needs a turkey for Thanksgiving dinner with his in-laws but his plans keep going awry.

When some pranksters pour red pepper on a new groom's bouquet, the wedding becomes a hijinks factory.

Sam, a young man in a small town, is accused of being a thief. Unable to prove his innocence--and not knowing that he's being framed by a local...

Sue Graham is a small town girl who wants to be a motion picture star. She wins a contract when a picture of a very pretty girl is sent to a studio...

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards his wife.

When a new reformist mayor refuses to cave to corruption, his opponents plot terroristic reprisal. Their efforts go awry in very goofy ways...

A short version of James Fenimore Cooper's famous tale about Natty Bumppo, or "Hawkeye," and his exploits during the French and Indian war.

A disfigured young woman with two beautiful sisters is courted by a blind man. Will he still love her when his sight is restored?

Jim, the apple of his mother's eyes, is the big-hearted galoot of a man and is sheriff of his small town. He is sweet on Nell, who he has known all...

About a boy growing up and acting like this abusive, alcoholic father.