2021 shorts
by Auggie-2 | created - 09 Jan 2021 | updated - 02 Jan 2022 | Public- Genres
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1. Rupture (1961)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
When a man attempts to reply to a break-up letter from his sweetheart he finds that his stationery is against him.
Directors: Jean-Claude Carrière, Pierre Étaix | Stars: Anne-Marie Royer, Anny Nelsen, Pierre Étaix
Votes: 647
2. The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa (1977)
G | 10 min | Animation, Short
A traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes up to find himself transformed (metamorphosed) into a large, monstrous insect-like creature.
Director: Caroline Leaf
Votes: 367
3. The Cub (2013)
5 min | Short, Comedy
A couple send their young daughter to be raised by a pack of wolves.
Director: Riley Stearns | Stars: Mandy Olsen Cogman, Davey Johnson, Savannah Lathem, Alexis McGraw
Votes: 318
4. Aces (1999)
17 min | Short, Drama
Director: Ntandazo Gcingca | Stars: Bo Petersen, Keith wa Lehurele, Graham Weir
5. My Best Friend's Birthday (1987)
Not Rated | 69 min | Comedy
It's Mickey's Birthday and his girlfriend just left him, so that's when his friend Clarence shows him a birthday he'll never forget.
Director: Quentin Tarantino | Stars: Craig Hamann, Quentin Tarantino, Crystal Shaw Martell, Allen Garfield
Votes: 4,776
6. 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926)
Passed | 21 min | Short, Comedy
A young man visiting Hollywood on family business gets into trouble when he sees a bank robbery in progress, and thinks it is a movie scene.
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Theda Bara, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Glenn Tryon
Votes: 606
7. The 'High Sign' (1921)
Not Rated | 20 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.
Directors: Edward F. Cline, Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles Dorety, Ingram B. Pickett
Votes: 3,564
8. Why Girls Love Sailors (1927)
Passed | 20 min | Comedy, Short
The Merry Maiden's tough captain sets his sights on the love-smitten Willie Brisling's charming fiancée and kidnaps her. Now, she is a prisoner of love. Will the adulterous sea captain get away with cheating?
Director: Fred Guiol | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Viola Richard, Anita Garvin
Votes: 551
9. Sailors, Beware! (1927)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
A con artist (Garvin) and her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward (Laurel.)
Directors: Fred Guiol, Hal Roach | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Anita Garvin, Chet Brandenburg
Votes: 613
10. Public Ghost #1 (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Charley is hired to haunt a house.
Directors: Charley Chase, Harold Law | Stars: Charley Chase, Joyce Compton, Edwin Maxwell, Clarence Wilson
Votes: 101
11. Manhattan Monkey Business (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
When Charley can't pay his bill at a restaurant, he is forced to become a waiter.
Directors: Charley Chase, Harold Law | Stars: Charley Chase, James Finlayson, Joyce Compton, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 49
12. The Cracked Ice Man (1934)
19 min | Short, Comedy
Charley finds that he got more than he bargained for when he takes a job as a kindergarten teacher.
Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Billy Gilbert, Harry Bowen
Votes: 29
13. Four Parts (1934)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Charley is one of four identical brothers, which drives his girlfriend nuts.
Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Florence Roberts, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
Votes: 92
14. Feeling Good (1971)
12 min | Short, Comedy
This short was originally one of the sequences of As Long as You're Healthy, in its 1965 version. In 1971, Pierre Étaix re-edited it to a short feature : Feeling good. In 2010, it was presented in the general reissue of his films.
Director: Pierre Étaix | Stars: Roger Trapp, Preston, Robert Blome, Pierre Moncorbier
Votes: 332
15. Don't Be Nervous (1929)
25 min | Comedy, Short
Escaped gangster "Nick the Shiek" (Lloyd Hamilton) is a dead ringer for Vernon Snodgrass, (Lloyd Hamilton). Vernon realizes it from seeing a newspaper the same time the police do, and chase... See full summary »
Director: William Watson | Stars: Lloyd Hamilton, Rita La Roy, Mahlon Hamilton, Glen Cavender
Votes: 26
16. Pop's Pal (1933)
Passed | 19 min | Short, Action, Comedy
A couple unwittingly both invite their fathers to visit on the same day. The problem is, the fathers-in-law detest each other. Hi-jinx ensue.
Director: Harry Edwards | Stars: Billy Bevan, George Bickel, Lloyd Hamilton, John Harron
Votes: 9
17. I'll Take Vanilla (1934)
19 min | Comedy, Short
Ice-cream vendor Charley gets mixed up with a cute girl and her snotty nephew.
Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Tommy Bond, Harry Bowen
Votes: 37
18. Another Wild Idea (1934)
Passed | 17 min | Short, Comedy
Betty's father has an invention that looks like a fancy camera; it emits an ultra-lavender ray that temporarily rids the ray's target of inhibitions. To test it, Betty's father zaps Charley... See full summary »
Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Frank Austin, Harry Bernard
Votes: 89
19. It Happened One Day (1934)
19 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charley meets his new boss--who has a lovely daughter.
Directors: Charley Chase, Eddie Dunn | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Oscar Apfel, Carlton Griffin
Votes: 31
20. Something Simple (1934)
Passed | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Taken to a hospital, after suffering a dizzy spell, Charley is told by a 'nut', posing as a doctor, that he suffers from 'Tetra-Ethyl", and the only remedy is to sit down, relax, clear the ... See full summary »
Directors: Charley Chase, Walter Weems | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Dell Henderson, Arthur Housman
Votes: 30
21. Small Talk (1929)
25 min | Comedy, Family, Short
The gang is taken from an orphanage & adopted by society matrons.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 174
22. Railroadin' (1929)
20 min | Comedy, Family, Short
The gang gets in trouble at a railroad yard.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 151
23. Lazy Days (1929)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The gang enter their little brothers and sisters in a baby contest.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 162
24. The Champs Step Out (1951)
Approved | 17 min | Short, Comedy, Crime
In the third of four shorts in this series, two ex-prizefighters, Max Baer and Maxie Rosenbloom, are hired by an archaeologist, Professor Bentley, to guard a million dollars worth of ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Max Baer, Maxie Rosenbloom, Jean Willes, Emil Sitka
Votes: 25
25. You Said a Hatful! (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
When he learns the secret news that it will be sold today at 4pm in Kansas City, international banker J.P. Anderson sets in motion a plan to purchase the Tippycanoe Tuckahoe & Tehachapi ... See full summary »
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Charley Chase, Dorothy Appleby, Oscar Apfel, Benny Baker
Votes: 44
26. Fate's Fathead (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
A woman (Dorothy Granger) thinks through a series of misunderstandings thinks Charley is flirting with her. She later comes to the Chase home (she is Dorothy's friend) and more misunderstandings ensue.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Charley Chase, Dorothy Appleby, Dorothy Granger, Richard Alexander
Votes: 42
27. The Chases of Pimple Street (1934)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
In order to get out of his boss's doghouse, Charley pairs his troublesome sister-in-law with an important client and inevitable complications result.
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Charley Chase, Betty Mack, Ruthelma Stevens, Gertrude Astor
Votes: 115
28. Boxing Gloves (1929)
17 min | Comedy, Family, Short
Harry and Farina promote a boxing match between Joe and Chubby.
Director: Robert A. McGowan | Stars: Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Joe Cobb, Jean Darling, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins
Votes: 207
29. Okay Toots! (1935)
Approved | 18 min | Short, Comedy, Romance
Charley Chase, a stockbroker, gets rich by mistake, has parking trouble, then at home finds his wife Toots seeing a psychic who apparently causes husband and wife to switch bodies!
Directors: Charley Chase, William H. Terhune | Stars: Charley Chase, Jeanie Roberts, Constance Bergen, Ferdinand Munier
Votes: 90
30. Poker at Eight (1935)
Approved | 19 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Charley Chase, Constance Bergen, Bernadene Hayes, Tom Dugan
Votes: 48
31. The Four Star Boarder (1935)
Approved | 20 min | Short, Comedy
Director: Charley Chase | Stars: Charley Chase, Constance Bergen, Grace Goodall, T. Roy Barnes
Votes: 29
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