Slapstick Comedy Movies

An extension of the Benign Violation theory of comedy developed by Tom Veatch and A. Peter McGraw and Caleb Warren. Source: The Cure (1917) Dir....

A homeowner takes delivery of his new radio. The crate is so big that the front door needs to be widened by about a yard. No problem when you've got...

A 1925 comedy featuring Walter Hiers and Jack Duffy. A theater company does a unique presentation of the Shakespeare classic after consuming gasoline...

A detective pursues a woman suspected of spying for the Kaiser.

Larry going investigating an Oriental opium den. And opium is to Larry what spinach is for Popeye!

Bill is a married telephone worker, who gets chased around by a lot of people.

The short starts with a duel in the Old South wherein a man inadvertently saves one of the duelist's lives for which he is given a watch. Years pass...

Robinet, the lead in this Italian slapstick comedy, wants to be an aviator in the worst way, and this being an Italian slapstick, that's how he does...

In the kitchen, one chef tries a dish that goes horribly wrong...

The parents of a wealthy young man arrange for him to marry a woman he has never seen. When he meets and falls for a young woman he convinces his...

After accidentally drinking poisoned wine from the skull decanter, a romantic dinner goes south when two lovers battle for the single vial of...

A short silent (with narration), parodying science fiction films. The USA misfires a rocket which crash lands on Tartarus (or Hades), where Buster...

Colonel Bunk, after seeing his first movie, appoints himself “supreme censor of the movies” and he and his Board of Censors set to the...

Max, who fears dogs, is chased by them through the city, over walls, and even up a chimney and onto a roof.

Robinet brings down the house when he unleashes himself on Mimi Kratzfuss , an attractive opera singer, during a music hall performance.

A 1922 comedy short.

When Max's friends doubt his acting ability, he invites them to a dramatic theatrical performance.