Madeline Hurlock
Actor · 1899 – 1989 · Federalsburg, Maryland, USA
From Wikipedia Madeline Hurlock (12 December 1899 – 4 April 1989) was a silent film actress, hailing from Federalsburg, Maryland. Hurlock appeared in many short comedies for Mack Sennett, starting as one of the Sennett Bathing Beauties in 1923, and was one of the WAMPAS Baby Stars of 1925. She was a talented comedian, also known for her incredible beauty. She appeared in over 50 short films, the first of which Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? was made in 1923, the last Pink Pajamas in 1929. She featured in one of Laurel and Hardy's earliest films, Duck Soup.
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Movie6.0DocumentaryAn appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961 · 3 votes
Movie7.1DocumentaryComedyA compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.
The Golden Age of Comedy
1957 · 14 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Officer Eddie Chase, a young policeman whose romantic interests and bumbling antics with Maizie Marlboro drive the "love" element mentioned in the title.
Love in a Police Station
1927 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyBilly Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with classic physical comedy.
Whispering Whiskers
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyWanda is a gum-chewing waitress; dim Eddie, the pastry boy at the café, likes her. So does Mr. Hamhocks, the café owner, whose head is also turned by the arrival of Pearl Minnow, a gold digger in town for the annual Catalina Channel Swim, sponsored by Wrigley's. Wanda and Pearl take a dislike to each other; Hamhocks is charmed by Pearl and Eddie stays loyal to Wanda. The day of the swimming contest arrives, the two women compete, and the two men try to help their respective gals. Their trials and tribulations mix with documentary footage of the event. An angry swordfish gets in the act.
Catalina, Here I Come
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Romance hits a football player when he falls for an aviatrix.
The Half-Back of Notre Dame
1924 · 2 votes
Movie8.0ComedyWhere's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923
Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening?
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
A small town princess gets hired for the movies.
A Small Town Princess
1927 · 1 votes
Movie3.7DramaRomanceA concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.
Don Juan's 3 Nights
1926 · 3 votes
Movie10.0ComedyBilly works at a film studio where lots of things keep going wrong. First, while filming, the camera man and director nearly get dropped off a building. This stunt is funny and rather realistic. Second, Billy looks in a keyhole at what he THINKS is a lady taking a bath--and she's soon joined by a man!
The Lion's Whiskers
1925 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyLove at First Flight is a 1928 comedy short.
Love at First Flight
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.4ComedyFleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation and the servants are away, so Hardy pretends to be the owner and offers to rent the house to an English couple. Hardy gets Laurel to pose as the maid. Unfortunately, the owner returns and tells the would-be renters that he owns the house; Laurel and Hardy then flee again and are caught by the rangers and forced to fight wildfires.
Duck Soup
1927 · 37 votes
Movie9.0ComedyMild-mannered Harry gets roughed up by a slum gang. Later he returns as a cop to see that justice is done.
The Cat's Meow
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyProfessor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!
Cured in the Excitement
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyThe plot has Ben Turpin as the prince of a mythical country who is being forced to wed a princess not of his choosing. In 1947, an outfit headed by J.J.Balaber, called Grand International Pictures, acquired 1,300,000 feet of Mack Sennet films with the intentions of editing 26 short comedies from them. The first of these was a 13 minute short edited from "When a Man's A Prince" and released on June 18,1947 as the first of the "Americana Comedy Film Classic Series."
When a Man's a Prince
1926 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short
For Sale, a Bungalow
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyPitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy
Pitfalls of a Big City
1923 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Billy Bevan in a hell of a lot of chaos!
Giddap!
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Fun develops after a feud between a railroad president and a promoter, and takes the form of a race between the pathetic train and an auto bus sponsored by the promoter. There is dirty work at the cross-roads but the villain gets his.
The Cannon Ball Express
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAn island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to kidnap the man and bring him back to the islands to marry his daughter. Complications ensue.
A Sea Dog's Tale
1926 · 1 votes
Movie10.0ComedyAsleep at the Switch is a 1923 comedy short.
Asleep at the Switch
1923 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyBilly inherits a major department store, but has to pretend not to be married in order to claim it - which doesn't sit too well with his wife.
From Rags to Britches
1925 · 1 votes
Movie9.0ComedyBen Turpin, a self-proclaimed "lady killer" finds himself in a difficult romantic predicament. Currently engaged to a woman described as a "gold-digger" (played by Madeleine Hurlock), Ben decides he must first end his relationship with his former lover, a showgirl and theater dancer named Alma Bennett.
The Jolly Jilter
1927 · 1 votes
Movie5.8ComedyHarry and Marcie are on a train headed for a new job. There's comedy in the berths and during Harry's morning shave, then a thief steals the money Harry needed for his new job, so he has to go back to being a beat cop and Marcie works as a seamstress. One evening, she delivers a dress to a party; a Lothario asks the hostess to get Marcie to stay. Outside the same house, Harry the cop is investigating strange noises. Thieves, bombs, a wallet, a swimming pool, and misunderstandings figure in the luck of our foolish but winsome pair.
The Luck o' the Foolish
1924 · 8 votes