Theatrical Short Subjects were widely shown in movie theaters through the 1960s. King of Comedy was Hal Roach, who produced dozens of Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy and Charlie Chase films in the 1920s and 30s. Each is available on Mpeg2 or Mpeg4 digital files format.
SILENT ERA SHORTS with musical accompaniment
BOYS WILL BE JOYS (17m/1925) Gang builds their own amusement park.
DERBY DAY (27m/1923) The Gang visits a race track, then stages their own derby.
DOGS OF WAR (27m/1923) The Gang plays war games, then runs around the Hal Roach studio and meets Harold Lloyd.
THE FOURTH ALARM (21m/1926) Gang builds own firehouse, then mixes with a real fire.
GOOD CHEER (15m/1926) Christmas story with multiple Santa Clauses.
HIGH SOCIETY (25m/1924) The Gang disrupts a wealthy household.
MARY, QUEEN OF TOTS (20m/1925) Neglected rich girl Mary visited by four Little Rascals.
MONKEY BUSINESS (25m/1926) Farina befriends an escaped chimp.
OFFICIAL OFFICERS (21m/1925) Tenement kids form junior police force.
THE SPANKING AGE (21m/1928) Mary Ann Jackson and Wheezer throw paety for the Gang.
SUNDOWN LIMITED (26m/1924) The Gang visits train yard, then builds their own line.
THUNDERING FLEAS (20m/1926) The Gang brings fleas to a wedding. With Oliver Hardy.
SOUND ERA Our Gang Shorts:
BEAR SHOOTERS
(20m/1930) Jackie, Chubby, Farina and the Gang go camping, but run into poachers and a man in a gorilla suit.
BOUNCING BABIES
(21m/1929) Jackie, Chubby, Wheezer. When Wheezer's new baby brother gets all the attention, he tries to send it back.
BOXING GLOVES
(18m/1929) Joe Cobb, Chubby, Farina. Farina promotes boxing match between Joe and Chubby.
LAZY DAYS
(21m/1929) Jackie, Chubby, Farina. The gang enter their little brothers and sisters in a baby contest.
MOAN AND GROAN INC. (20m/1929) The gang ignores the warning of Edgar Kennedy the Cop and goes exploring in a house haunted by Max Davison.
OUR GANG FOLLIES OF 1938
(22m/1938) While the Gang puts on a show in a barn, Alfalfa dreams he is an opera singer.
RAILROADIN'
(19m/1929) Jackie, Chubby, Farina, Jean Darling. The gang gets in trouble at a railroad yard.
SCHOOL'S OUT
(21m/1930) The Gang thinks Miss Crabtree's brother is a suitor and set out to discourage him.
SHIVERING SHAKESPEARE (20m/1929) The gang presents their own fractured version of Quo Vadis? Things go from bad to worse when the neighborhood tough kids disrupt the show. The pie fight is given a new twist in some slow motion sequences.
SMALL TALK
(25m/1929) Jackie, Chubby, Farina. The gang is taken from an orphanage & adopted by society matrons.
WALDO'S LAST STAND
(11m/1940) Spanky, Darla and the Little Rascals put on a show to sell Waldo's lemonade.
The classic Laurel and Hardy silent comedies have been falling into the Public Domain! On Jan. 1, 2025, all films released before 1930 are in public domain worldwide. We will be adding to this list as we acquire more.
Each has public domain music for use on Youtube or your website or TV channel. Films are available in Mpeg2 and Mp4 digital files.
Currently Available Laurel & Hardy ClassicsTwo Tars (1928) Among the best of Laurel & Hardy's silent movies and one of their 'retribution comedies'. Stan and Ollie are sailors on leave, who pick up a couple of women and then get involved in wrecking vintage automobiles.
Habeus Corpus (1928) Loony scientist hires Laurel and Hardy to raid the cemetery to keep him supplied with dead bodies for his experiments. Virtually everything of the film was shot at night at a local cemetery, assuring that there's really a "spooky graveyard" feeling in this two reeler.
Should Married Men Go Home? (1928) When Laurel visits Hardy at home, hi-jinx occur and the Mrs. Hardy orders them out. They go to a golf course where they try to impress two young ladies and wind up in a mud-slinging fight with Edgar Kennedy and other golfers.
The Finishing Touch (1928) The boys are contracted to build a house in a day but they have many mishaps and run into trouble with the nearby hospital staff, due to their excessive noise, and with cop Edgar Kennedy.
Flying Elephants (1928) Laurel & Hardy, in pre-historic times, vie for the hand of the same Stone Age beauty.
The Second Hundred Years (1927) Thrown in prison for a hundred years, Little Goofy and Big Goofy finally break free, posing as an anarchic duo of undercover painters. Soon, the boys wind up in a private party as visiting French dignitaries...!
Putting Pants on Philip (1927) Pompous J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Ollie), greets his nephew from Scotland (Stan), who arrives in kilts. Ollie immediately takes him to a tailor to get fitted for proper pants but his embarrassment never ends.
45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) Hal Roach short starring Glenn Tryon. Both Laurel and Hardy appear briefly but not as a comedy team.
You're Darn Tootin' (1928) Members of a municipal band, Stanley and Oliver seem to be always following someone else's lead, rather than that of the temperamental conductor. Soon they're out of a job, as well as their lodgings. Laurel & Hardy sound films in public domain
Tree in a Test Tube (1942) Laurel and Hardy demonstrate the uses of wood in this 11 minute World War II propaganda film. In Color.
The Stolen Jools (1931) Norma Shearer's jewels are stolen. Laurel and Hardy wreck their car in a cameo. Includes dozens of Hollywood stars. Made by the National Vaudeville Artists (NVA) as part of a charity campaign and distributed free to theatres.
MGM Promo Film (1936) 9 min. Laurel and Hardy, with help from Jimmy Finlayson, show scenes from a dozen or more MGM features coming up in 1936. Fascinating and funny promotion short made for French audiences and spoken in French.
The Flying Deuces (1939) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy join the Foreign Legion so that Ollie can escape a failed romance. They run into old foes Jimmy Finlayson and Charles Middleton.
Coming Soon from Festival Films
(1928 releases)Leave Em Laughing
From Soup to Nuts
Their Purple Moment
Early to Bed
We Faw Down
STAN LAUREL Solo Silent Shorts with public domain Music.
Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pride (1925) In Victorian London the esteemed Dr. Pyckle uses himself as a guinea pig when he experiments with a new drug that changes him into a compulsive prankster.
Get Em Young (1926) Stan Laurel plays a butler who is persuaded to pretend to be a man's wife so that he can inherit a million dollars.
On the Front Page (1926) After being scooped for a scandal story, a reporter has 24 hours to dig up a more scandalous story -- to catch the Countess and her butler in a compromising situation.
Roughest Africa (1923) Stan Laurel and Jimmy Finlayson are two zany explorers who travel to Africa to capture various wildlife.
OLIVER HARDY Solo Silent Shorts with public domain Music.
The Sawmill (1922) Larry Semon tries to win hand of owner's daughter whil escaping bullying foreman Hardy.
The Show (1923) Larry Semon is a harried propman backstage at a theater who must put up with malfunctioning wind machines, roosters that spit nitroglycerine, and a gang planning to rob the theater's payroll. Hardy is the stage manager.
Should Sailors Marry? (1925) Ollie plays a doctor in a Clyde Cook comedy.
Stick Around (1925) Oliver and Bobby Ray are paperhangers employed by a sanitarium to hang up some posters. Chaos Ensues.
Along Came Auntie (1926) Oliver, Glenn Tryon and Vivien Oakland. Woman pretends to be married to first husband to get inheritance from aunt.
Hop To It (1925) Bobby Ray and Oliver Hardy are two bellhops who raise havoc in a posh hotel.
Crazy to Act (1927) Ollie plays millionaire film producer Gordon Bagley who wants to marry Ethel St. John, the leading lady in his latest film.
Oliver is also a supporting actor in these comedy two reelers:
Isn't Life Terrible. 1925 Charley Chase
Bromo and Juliet. 1926 Charley Chase
Long Fliv the King. 1926 Charley Chase
Crazy Like a Fox. 1926 Charley Chase
Thundering Fleas. 1926 Our Gang
Charley Chase Silent Era Shorts!
CHARLEY CHASE Silent Era Shorts with public domain Music.
April Fool (13m/1924)
Bad Boy (19m/1925)
Be Your Age (20m.1926)
Bromo and Juliet (23m/1926)
Caretakers Daughter (20m/1925)
Charley My Boy (26m/1926)
Crazy Like a Fox (26m/1926)
Dog Shy (24m/1926)
Fluttering Hearts (27m/1927)
Fraidy Cat (12m/1924)
His Wooden Wedding (20m./1925)
Innocent Husbands (25m./1925)
Isn't Life Terrible (25m./1925)
Long Fliv the King (25m./1926)
Mama Behave (22m./1926)
Mighty Like a Moose (23m./1926)
Mum's the Word (24m./1926)
Uneasy Three (22m./1925)
What Price Goofy? (23m./1925)
