The Cat's-Paw 1934  N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Una Merkel, George Barbier, Nat Pendleton, Grace Bradley, Alan Dinehart, Grant Mitchell, E. Alyn Warren, Warren Hymer, J. Farrell MacDonald, James Donlan, Edwin Maxwell, Frank Sheridan, David Holt, Fuzzy Knight
After spending 20 years in China, Ezekiel Cobb (Harold Lloyd) returns to his hometown of Stockport, California, and wins the election for mayor after corrupt politicians convince him to run. Now, he begins a campaign to reform the town and uses his recently gained Chinese wisdom to obtain confessions before running the tough guys out of town.
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Dr. Jack 1922 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Doctor Jack
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, John T. Prince, Eric Mayne, C. Norman Hammond, Charles Stevenson, Anna Townsend
Small-town Dr. "Jack" Jackson (Harold Lloyd) visits The Sick-Little-Well-Girl (Mildred Davis) in the sanitarium where she is being cared for by a quack, Dr. Ludwig von Saulsbourg (Eric Mayne), who is making a fortune off his patient. Her treatment takes place in a dark room, and Dr. "Jack" decides that sunshine–not the dark–is what she needs. As it turns out, she falls in love with Dr. "Jack" and he with her. In the process, Dr. "Jack" scares Dr. Saulsbourg by disguising himself as an escaped convict, Dr. Saulsbourg leaves the sanitarium, and the love story is allowed to continue.
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For Heaven's Sake 1926  N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Noah Young, Jim Mason, Paul Weigel, Richard Daniels, Blanche Payson, Constantine Romanoff
Millionaire playboy J. Harold Manners (Harold Lloyd) falls in love with the Downtown Girl mission worker (Jobyna Ralston). He decides to help the girl's father attract worshippers from a group of thugs by goading them into the mission and, thus, saving them from being arrested. When J. Harold and his Downtown Girl decide to marry, his wealthy friends kidnap him to prevent the wedding from happening. But those converted thugs come to the rescue, and the couple marries and lives happily ever after.
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Girl Shy 1924 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Richard Daniels, Carlton Griffin
While others are out on dates, shy bachelor Harold Meadows (Harold Lloyd) stays home and writes chapter after chapter in his handbook, "The Secret of Making Love." While riding a train on the way to talk to a publisher, Harold meets and falls in love with Mary Buckingham (Jobyna Ralston) after he helps her smuggle her dog aboard the train. Unfortunately, Harold learns that Mary is engaged to marry another, and now all of his efforts go into stopping that wedding.
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Hot Water 1924 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Jobyna Ralston, Josephine Crowell, Charles Stevenson, Mickey McBan, Edgar Dearing, Pat Harmon
This film is divided into three acts. In the first one, newly wed Harold (Harold Lloyd) enters into a henpecked relationship when Wifey (Jobyna Ralston) calls on the phone and asks him to bring home a few things from the market. Those errands include a ride on the trolley with a live turkey in tow. Next, his in-laws arrive for a visit, and Harold takes them for a catastrophic ride in his new car. Finally, Harold chloroforms his ill-tempered mother-in-law (Josephine Crowell), and, when she begins to sleep walk, Harold thinks she is haunting him. All three acts provide good classic comedy scenes.
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My Best Girl 1927 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Mary Pickford, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Sunshine Hart, Lucien Littlefield, Carmelita Geraghty, Hobart Bosworth, Evelyn Hall, Avonne Taylor, Mack Swain, John Junior
This, the final Mary Pickford silent film, is a delightful romantic comedy about a dime store clerk (Pickford) who falls in love with the owner's son ("Buddy" Rogers). Ten years later, Pickford married Rogers in a union that would last over 40 years.
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 Nothing But Trouble 1944 N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Mary Boland, Philip Merivale, Henry O'Neill, Paul Porcasi, Matthew Boulton, Ray Teal, Eddie Dunn, Connie Gilchrist
When a young prince (Philip Merivale) visits the home of their socialite employer (Mary Boland), Laurel and Hardy use their positions as cook and butler to rescue the regent from an assassination attempt.
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Safety Last 1923 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Fred C. Newmeyer, Sam Taylor
Cast: Harold Lloyd, Mildred Davis, Bill Strothers, Noah Young, Westcott Clarke, Mickey Daniels, Anna Townsend, Helen Gilmore, Gus Leonard, Roy Brooks
A country boy heads to the big city to make good in this very funny silent film. He ends up climbing a building as a publicity stunt for the department store for which he works and this climb is one of the all-time classic sequences.
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The Taming of the Shrew 1929  N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Sam Taylor
Cast: Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, Edwin Maxwell, Joseph Cawthorn, Clyde Cook, Geoffrey Wardwell, Dorothy Jordan, Charles Stevens
Not the best version of the Shakespeare tale, nor the best for either of the two stars. It is obviously played for laughs, sometimes slapstick, and is one of the first talkies.
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Tempest 1928 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Taylor, Lewis Milestone, Viktor Tourjansky
Cast: John Barrymore, Camilla Horn, Louis Wolheim, Boris de Fast, George Fawcett, Ullrich Haupt, Michael Visaroff, Wilhelm von Brincken, Michael Mark, Gregory Gaye, John Bleifer, Albert Conti
Set during the Russian Revolution, this is the story of a peasant, Ivan Markov (John Barrymore), who rises to the rank of Lieutenant in the final days of Czarist Russia. He is scorned by the "higher-class" officers and by Princess Tamara (Camilla Horn), a general's daughter. He is imprisoned and stripped of his rank after a trumped-up charge, and released during the Revolution. Ivan quickly rises in the ranks, and now the tables are turned as the Princess and her family's fate depends on Ivan's mercy.
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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. Ambassador Bill (1931)
2. The Cat's-Paw (1934)
3. Coquette (1929)
4. Dr. Jack (1922)
aka: Doctor Jack
5. For Heaven's Sake (1926)
6. Girl Shy (1924)
7. Hot Water (1924)
8. My Best Girl (1927)
9. Nothing But Trouble (1944)
10. Safety Last (1923)
11. The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
12. Tempest (1928)
13. Why Worry? (1923)
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