 The Batman 1943  N/R, 260 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Lambert Hillyer
Cast: Lewis Wilson, Douglas Croft, J. Carrol Naish, Shirley Patterson, William Austin, George Chesebro, Kenne Duncan, Tom London, Charles Middleton, Sam Flint, Karl Hackett, Earle Hodgins, I. Stanford Jolley, Sam Lufkin, Anthony Warde
This is the film debut of the dynamic duo Batman and Robin (Lewis Wilson and Douglas Croft), and they go about their business for 15 episodes. Being a wartime movie, it is not surprising that they are battling the dastardly Japanese mastermind, Dr. Tito Daka (J. Carrol Naish), who runs an espionage/sabotage group.
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The Flying Deuces 1939  N/R, 67 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: A. Edward Sutherland
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Jean Parker, Reginald Gardiner, Charles Middleton, Jean Del Val, Crane Whitley, James Finlayson, Richard Cramer, Michael Visaroff, Billy Engle, Sam Lufkin
After Ollie (Oliver Hardy) has been rejected by his lady love Georgette (Jean Parker) because she is already married to Francois (Reginald Gardiner), he and Stan (Stan Laurel) join the Foreign Legion to help Ollie forget his troubles. But, their ineptness leads to them being charged with desertion. They escape in a stolen airplane that crashes.
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Mystery Man 1935  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Mystery
Director: Ray McCarey
Cast: Robert Armstrong, Maxine Doyle, Henry Kolker, LeRoy Mason, James Burke, Guy Usher, Dell Henderson, Monte Collins, Norman Houston, James P. Burtis, Otto Fries, Sam Lufkin, Sam Flint, Lee Shumway
Chicago reporter Larry Doyle (Robert Armstrong) celebrates receiving a big bonus, goes on an all-night bender, wakes up in St. Louis, and loses his job. It doesn't take long before Larry finds himself the suspect in a murder case and, with help from passing-stranger Anne (Maxine Doyle), sets out to clear his name by solving the case and identifying the real murderer.
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Pardon Us 1931 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James Parrott
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Wilfred Lucas, Walter Long, James Finlayson, Charlie Hall, Sam Lufkin, Boris Karloff, Hal Roach, Eddie Dunn
In Laurel and Hardy's first full-length feature film, they become "bootleggers" when they sell their home-brewed beer. As a result, they end up in jail.
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Saps at Sea 1940 N/R, 57 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gordon Douglas
Cast: Oliver Hardy, Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Ben Turpin, Richard Cramer, Eddie Conrad, Harry Hayden, Mary Gordon, Sam Lufkin, Charlie Hall
Worn out from work, Ollie gets Stan to take a boat trip with him, and, from that point on, the fun really begins as their mishaps include a run-in with an escaped convict.
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 Way Out West 1937  N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: James W. Horne
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James Finlayson, Sharon Lynn, Jim Mason, James C. Morton, Mary Gordon, Stanley Fields, Chill Wills, Sam Lufkin
Laurel and Hardy are at their best in this film about the perils of searching for gold in the West.
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Why Worry? 1923 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Adventure / Romance
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, John Aasen, Wallace Howe, Jim Mason, Leo White, Gaylord Lloyd, Mark Jones, Sam Lufkin, Lee Phelps, Charles Stevenson
Wealthy businessman Harold Van Pelham (Harold Lloyd) is a hypochondriac who sails to the tropics to regain his "health." But there is no rest and relaxation on this trip when Harold finds himself in the middle of a political uprising. He is imprisoned and while there makes friends with a giant, Colosso (John Aasen). Together, the two escape confinement and eventually put an end to the revolution.
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| 1. The Batman (1943)
2. The Flying Deuces (1939)
3. Mystery Man (1935)
4. Pardon Us (1931)
5. Saps at Sea (1940)
6. Way Out West (1937)
7. Why Worry? (1923)
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