Ben Turpin Movies

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo...

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

Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

Starting in 1913 movie director Connors discovers singer Molly Adair. As she becomes a star she marries an actor, so Connors fires them. She asks for...

An American ambassador arrives in a small country that is being convulsed by political intrigue and civil unrest. He befriends the young boy who is...

Basically this is a commercial for Hollywood's Lido Lounge and for MGM contract players. The Lido is a large watering hole; we visit one afternoon...

Set in Paris, the story concentrates on the romantic triangle involving cabaret singer Liane, bon vivant Tony and petty crook Jean.

The day starts off as any normal day on Roach's farm, where Teddy, the farmhouse dog, is doing more productive work than everyone else combined. But...

Running Hollywood is a comedy short.

Behind enemy lines, Captain Bob White disguises himself as a woman in order to fool members of the German High Command, including the Kaiser himself.

Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby.

Ambrose (Mack Swain) is a clumsy, aspiring cook who finds himself in over his head when he is hired to work in a busy household or restaurant. Most...

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

In this silent comedy, a pretty department store cashier is charged with a robbery that occurred overnight at the store. However, circumstantial...

The Wife's Relations, The Lost Heiress, is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by Maurice Marshall and starring Shirley Mason, Ben Turpin and...

Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).

Pitfalls of a Big City is a 1923 short comedy

The custom of young women "tagging" men on the public streets (on a day specially set aside and called "Tag Day") to secure funds for various...