Barney Hellum
Actor · 1895 – 1935 · Stavanger, Rogaland, Norway
Movies24
MovieComedyWalter MacIntosh and Abe Salisbury are filmmakers in the process of viewing their swashbuckling romance epic, 'The Loves of LaVorees', starring silent screen idol, Romaine Salisbury, hotly contested within Hollywood and part of an expensive silent film production, only for Bovine Productions to switch to sound production and reveal to them for the first time, Romaine's real all-talking, all-singing voice.
In Conference
1931
Movie7.0ComedyBill and Oscar are musicians but they can't make enough to pay their room-and-board, and they are both in love with the landlady's daughter. However, she is in love with Horace, a wrestler, and Bill gets a world's championship match with him in hopes of securing the needed-boardinghouse bill, and the hand of the daughter of the house.
Musclebound Music
1926 · 1 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
Movie8.0Comedy19th release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies.
Smith's Army Life
1928 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMack Sennett comedy short subject spoofing filmmaking, with girls, lions, and limburger cheese.
The Girl from Everywhere
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
Movie7.2ComedyWesternChester Winfield tries to make it as a lumberjack, but he's foiled by his lack of strength and the jealous foreman, Big Bill Reardon, after Chester catches the eye of Hazel Wood, Big Bill's favorite and the camp's waitress. Bill tries to eliminate Chester, so he and Hazel head down the mountain for other work. She waits tables and gets him a job as a dishwasher. He spills kerosene in the soup and then must serve it to an angry customer. Hazel tells a couple of tall tales about Chester, and soon all the customers, the owner, and the cook, think he's a desperado. They make him the saloon bouncer. Some trick shooting seals his reputation. Then Big Bill arrives for a showdown.
Boobs in the Wood
1925 · 4 votes
Movie7.0ComedyUnlikely Lothario, the less-than-dashing crossed-eyed Ben Turpin, finds himself pursued by many beautiful ladies.
The Pride of Pikeville
1927 · 1 votes
Movie10.0WesternComedyWhen a gang of outlaws put Andy Clyde's ranch house under siege, daughter Alice Day recruits college heart throb Ralph Graves to save daddy.
Riders of the Purple Cows
1924 · 1 votes
Movie4.0ComedyA Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin.
The Wild Goose Chaser
1925 · 4 votes
Movie8.0ComedyGold Digger of Weepah is a silent comedy short
Gold Digger of Weepah
1927 · 1 votes
Movie8.0ComedyCountry girl Alice responds to an advertisement for a "movie school" that promises to transform her into a shining star in record time. Upon arriving at the school, Alice is immediately taken advantage of by the operators, who take her "bank roll". The school staff immediately begins a screen test to see how she "registers" in front of a camera, ordering her to perform various poses and emotional expressions to prove her potential.
Hot Cakes for Two
1926 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0Comedy
Billy Bevan in a hell of a lot of chaos!
Giddap!
1925 · 1 votes
Movie6.3ComedyAll the qualified men line up to be chosen, as an heiress advertises that she will marry the man with the most interesting mustache, that marriage which comes with a mansion. John Syrup Soother wins the marriage to who he believes is the heiress, Olive Palmer, a tank of a woman who has lost her beauty with age. But he learns that he his betrothed is not the heiress, Diana Palmer, but her mother. Howson Lotts, a shyster and one of Diana's other suitors, sells John a beach-front house for his new life, that house which is not all that it seems on the surface. In the meantime, others still will do anything to be Diana's betrothed, that choice in which John now has a different but still vested interest.
Galloping Bungalows
1924 · 3 votes
- Movie7.0ComedyRomance
Ruth Hiatt is the object of Raymond McKee's affections, but her mother, Sunshine Hart, and a bogus Baron, Kewpie Morgan, are providing him reasons to be uneasy in his courtship. Most of the action is set around a swimming pool on a ship.
Love's Last Laugh
1926 · 1 votes
Movie5.9ComedyAn unconventional dentist deals with patients in slapstick fashion.
The Dentist
1932 · 44 votes
- MovieComedy
Barney Hellum and Slim Summerville give policeman Kit Guard a rough time in this funny Barney Google short, which is based on the comic strip character.
- Movie8.0Comedy
Barney Google is returning to Kokomo with his menage: race horse Spark Plug, trainer-jockey Sunshine, and ostrich Rudy. The people turn out to greet him -- the race horse, that is, and Sunshine. Feelings about Google are less kind, and soon the four of them are on a train headed elsewhere, causing havoc to passengers and crew.
Horsefeathers
1928 · 1 votes
Movie6.5ComedyA women's track team is preparing for a big meet against a rival college, but the coach is having trouble getting her team ready. Norma, the team's star, is more interested in slipping out to meet her boyfriend than she is with getting ready for the meet, so Norma and the coach engage in a clash of wills.
Run, Girl, Run
1928 · 2 votes
Movie10.0ComedyBilly Judkins is a naturally gloomy Gus. His life changes when he is transferred from working in his company's Hoboken office to their Hollywood office. He is going to drive there with his wife and mother. Along the way, they encounter Mr. Pinkney and his new bride, who too are heading west. Their misadventures together and meeting up with a band of marauding Indians may prevent any of them from reaching their intended destination. If Billy and Mr. Pinkney ever make it to Hollywood, they're both in a for a big surprise.
Hoboken to Hollywood
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyAlice, an employee who is chosen by her coworkers to represent them at a banquet honoring her boss's new partner. Tasked with giving a speech and presenting a "loving cup" as a token of esteem, Alice becomes overwhelmed by her high-society surroundings. Her nervousness leads to a series of comedic blunders and a "terrible fall" during her act, though the situation is eventually salvaged.
Hotsy-Totsy
1925 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Comedy
Energetic college student Eddie navigates a series of comedic mishaps, both slapstick and romantic as he get use to life on campus.
The College Kiddo
1927 · 1 votes
- Movie10.0Comedy
Taking Alice and Ruth to a show with Alice 's father & his boss's money they see that its leading man is an old friend of the girls. He invites them out after the show, but not having money Eddie has to pay the bill. Eddie calls Joe to tell him what is going on. The girls escape to the actor's room and go out the window but Joe and Eddie finally catch them.
Her Actor Friend
1926 · 1 votes
Movie7.0ComedyBen returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to get rid of his faithful sweetheart, he schemes up a preposterous tale.
A Prodigal Bridegroom
1926 · 2 votes