Ian stanley

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poster Early to Bed

Early to Bed

Oliver inherits a fortune and hires Stan as his butler and proceeds to torment him. Stan finally rebels and goes on a rampage, destroying Oliver's fancy furnishings.

poster The Pest

The Pest

Stan is Jimmy Smith, a salesman who is trying hard to pitch his Napoleon book to an uninterested customer as they stand in front of some iron gates. When an elderly gentleman approaches the two men he us…

poster Why Girls Love Sailors

Why Girls Love Sailors

Stan is a sailor whose girl gets kidnapped by a rough sea captain. Stan dresses in drag and seduces the captain but the captain's wife catches him. Stan and his girl beat a hasty retreat as the captain's …

poster Gas and Air

Gas and Air

Stan is Phillip McCann, a gas station attendant who arrives at his job by chauffeur and donning a fur coat over his work clothes. After being dropped off, he puts his sign on the doorframe and wanders of…

poster Starvation Blues

Starvation Blues

It stars Clyde Cook working with Stan Laurel. Stan helped write this and fans of L&H will recognize the situation: a street musician in the snow. Yes, it's the set-up from BELOW ZERO. It's all about the f…

poster A Chump at Oxford

A Chump at Oxford

Two hapless street sweepers accidentally foil a bank robbery and receive scholarships to prestigious Oxford University. While enduring brutal student hazing, Stan suffers a head injury that transforms him…

poster Standing Pat

Standing Pat

Ton O' Fun comedy produced by Larry Darmour.

poster Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel.

poster Patterns

Patterns

Staples, a successful plant operator, is brought in from Ohio to take an executive position at Ramsey & Co. in New York. He forms a friendship with Briggs, the long-time vice president, but it soon become…

poster Pardon Us

Pardon Us

During Prohibition, bumbling beer entrepreneurs Stan and Ollie accidentally sell their homemade brew to a policeman and find themselves behind bars. Stan's embarrassing loose tooth that makes involuntary …

poster Campbell's Kingdom

Campbell's Kingdom

102mn - Adventure, Drama

Given only six months to live, Englishman Bruce Campbell goes to Canada to claim "Campbell's Kingdom", the land he inherited from his grandfather. In order to clear his grandfather's name and prove there …

poster The Battle of the Century

The Battle of the Century

Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.

poster That's My Wife

That's My Wife

Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pr…

poster Babes in Toyland

Babes in Toyland

77mn - Comedy, Music

In the whimsical land of Toyland, bumbling toymakers Stannie and Ollie must outwit the villainous Barnaby to save Little Bo Peep from a forced marriage and protect Mother Peep's home from foreclosure. Whe…

poster They Go Boom!

They Go Boom!

Stan and Ollie try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Ollie, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Stan snores. Both of them have trouble falling asleep because of this. They try to solve their proble…

poster Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat

Uncle Sam and the Bolsheviki-I.W.W. Rat

1mn - Animation

This short 1919 cartoon, produced by Ford Motor Company, shows a farmer Uncle Sam braining a huge rat branded with "I.W.W." (Industrial Workers of the World) before it can eat the grain.

poster The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood

The Genius of Josiah Wedgwood

59mn - Documentary

Historian A.N. Wilson embarks on a deeply personal journey to explore the extraordinary life of Josiah Wedgwood, the self-made 18th-century potter who revolutionized not just ceramics but entire industrie…

poster Men O' War

Men O' War

Sailors Stan and Ollie offer to buy sodas for two women they meet in a park, even though they are short on cash. Luckily Stan wins the jackpot on a slot machine and the boys have enough money to rent a bo…

poster Pantry Panic

Pantry Panic

7mn - Animation

Woody's friends warn him that the groundhog has predicted a blizzard. Unconcerned, Woody decides not to go South with his pals. Soon enough, the blizzard sweeps in and destroys the loony woodpecker's stas…

poster The Portrait of Captain Grogg

The Portrait of Captain Grogg

7mn - Animation

An artist receives the visit of Grogg, an animated captain, to draw his portrait

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