Lloyd Vinnik: The Shorts Collection
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1. Aladdin's Lantern (1938)
10 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Spanky and Alfalfa wants to do a show based on the "Aladdin's Lamp" story with Darla in the cast, but Darla doesn't want to participate.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 42
2. Beginner's Luck (1935)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Family
Spanky's mother pushes him to join a local theater's amateur night.
Director: Gus Meins | Stars: George 'Spanky' McFarland, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Scotty Beckett, Billie 'Buckwheat' Thomas
Votes: 245
3. Captain Spanky's Show Boat (1939)
11 min | Short, Comedy, Family
An abandoned old show boat is moored in a lazy creek. The Our Gang put the old vessel back to use when they stage a show featuring "Darla's Dancin' Dandies" and a "meller dramer" entitled "... See full summary »
Director: Edward L. Cahn | Stars: Our Gang, Robert Blake, Tommy Bond, Buddy Bowles
Votes: 49
4. Came the Brawn (1938)
10 min | Comedy, Family, Short
The gang are having a wrestling match so Alfalfa can impress Darla. The problem is finding someone he can beat and they settle on Waldo. But rival Butch takes his place as the Masked Marvel and Alfalfa needs some help in the ring to win.
Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Darla Hood, Eugene 'Porky' Lee, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Votes: 91
5. Bear Shooters (1930)
Approved | 20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
While on a camping trip, the gang comes across poachers.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Norman 'Chubby' Chaney, Jackie Cooper, Allen 'Farina' Hoskins, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 212
6. A Lad an' a Lamp (1932)
20 min | Family, Comedy, Short
The gang finds what they think is a magic lamp.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins, George 'Spanky' McFarland
Votes: 162
7. Choo-Choo! (1932)
20 min | Short, Adventure, Comedy
The gang trades places with a group of orphans about to take a train ride.
Director: Robert F. McGowan | Stars: Sherwood Bailey, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Dorothy DeBorba, Bobby 'Wheezer' Hutchins
Votes: 210
8. Beau Hunks (1931)
Passed | 37 min | Short, Comedy
Jilted by his girlfriend, "Jeanie-Weenie," Oliver joins the Foreign Legion to forget, bringing Stanley along with him. They wilt under the scorching desert sun and under the harsh ... See full summary »
Director: James W. Horne | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, James W. Horne, Charles Middleton
Votes: 1,355
9. Another Fine Mess (1930)
Not Rated | 29 min | Short, Comedy
Two homeless vagabonds hide out in a vacant mansion and pose as the residents when prospective lessees arrive and try to rent it.
Director: James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Harry Bernard, Bobby Burns
Votes: 1,810
10. Be Big! (1931)
Passed | 28 min | Short, Comedy
On their way to the train station with their wives for a vacation in Atlantic City, Stanley and Oliver get a phone call from a fellow lodge member who tells them a surprise stag party in ... See full summary »
Directors: James W. Horne, James Parrott | Stars: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Chet Brandenburg, Baldwin Cooke
Votes: 1,099
11. A Bird in the Head (1946)
Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are working as paperhangers in the home of Professor Panzer, a mad scientist looking for a brain to use in his experiments. The professor wants to put a human brain into a ... See full summary »
Director: Edward Bernds | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Vernon Dent
Votes: 353
12. A Ducking They Did Go (1939)
17 min | Comedy, Short
Con men hire the Stooges to sell memberships to a phony duck hunting club.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lynton Brent
Votes: 446
13. All the World's a Stooge (1941)
Approved | 16 min | Comedy, Short
Three bumbling window washers are mistaken for dentists and run amok at an affair in the home of a rich socialite.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Lelah Tyler
Votes: 424
14. Cactus Makes Perfect (1942)
17 min | Comedy, Western, Short
The stooges are living with their mother who persuades them its time to leave home and seek their fortune. After a con man sells them a phony deed to a lost gold mine, the boys head west to... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Ernie Adams
Votes: 353
15. A Plumbing We Will Go (1940)
18 min | Comedy, Short
To escape the police, the Stooges pose as plumbers contracted to fix a mansion's plumbing, which inevitably causes destructive chaos.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Wilson Benge
Votes: 862
16. Busy Buddies (1944)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
To save their debt-ridden diner, the Stooges enter a cow milking contest.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Nick Arno
Votes: 343
17. Calling All Curs (1939)
18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges run a pet hospital and get an important patient, Garcon, a rich ladies poodle. When dognappers posing as reporters steal the poodle, the boys are in a tough spot. First they try... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Beatrice Blinn
Votes: 410
18. An Ache in Every Stake (1941)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The stooges are icemen who, while delivering ice to a house on the top of a high hill, destroy several cakes that a wealthy man is trying to bring home. When their antics cause the servants... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Wilson Benge
Votes: 443
19. Back to the Woods (1937)
Not Rated | 19 min | Short, Comedy, Western
A 17th Century English judge orders three miscreants to defend the new British colonies in New England against the Indians.
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Beatrice Curtis
Votes: 425
20. Beer Barrel Polecats (1946)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges make a whole batch of homemade beer, but get tossed in jail when Curly sells some to a policeman. Their minor indiscretion turns into a forty year sentence when a barrel of beer... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Robert B. Williams
Votes: 360
21. Boobs in Arms (1940)
18 min | Short, Comedy, Family
The stooges are greeting card salesmen who are mistakenly inducted into the army after escaping from the jealous husband of one of their customers. In bootcamp their sergeant turns out to ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Richard Fiske
Votes: 435
22. Back from the Front (1943)
19 min | Short, Comedy, War
Set in WW II, the stooges are the only survivors of an American ship sunk by an enemy torpedo. Adrift on a raft, they come upon a German battleship and by various means, such as Moe ... See full summary »
Director: Jules White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Stanley Blystone
Votes: 346
23. Booby Dupes (1945)
Approved | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are three fish peddlers who decide to cut out the middleman by catching their own fish. They trade their car and $300 for a "new" boat which turns out to be a piece of junk that... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Rebel Randall
Votes: 340
24. A Gem of a Jam (1943)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are janitors working in the offices of Doctors Hart-Burns and Belcher. Some crooks arrive seeking medical attention after their boss has been wounded in a shoot out with the ... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Dudley Dickerson
Votes: 347
25. A Pain in the Pullman (1936)
Approved | 20 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are small time actors traveling by train to an engagement. Along with their pet monkey, they manage to spoil the trip for quite a few of the other passengers including the ... See full summary »
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Loretta Andrews
Votes: 478
26. Ants in the Pantry (1936)
17 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges are pest exterminators who drum up business by planting vermin in a ritzy mansion where a party is going on. They are hired, but must pose as guests to work unobserved. They ... See full summary »
Director: Jack White | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Clara Kimball Young
Votes: 554
27. 3 Dumb Clucks (1937)
Not Rated | 17 min | Comedy, Short
The Stooges escape from jail in order to save their father from gangsters and a beautiful gold-digger.
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Frank Austin
Votes: 462
28. Cash and Carry (1937)
Not Rated | 18 min | Comedy, Short
The stooges find a crippled boy and his sister living in their dumpyard shack. To raise money to pay for the little boys operation they buy a phony treasure map from a con man. Thinking the... See full summary »
Director: Del Lord | Stars: Moe Howard, Larry Fine, Curly Howard, Sonny Bupp
Votes: 432
29. Beer and Pretzels (1933)
20 min | Short, Comedy, Musical
Ted Healy and the 3 Stooges are fired and evicted from a theatre because Ted annoys women working there. They then get jobs as waiters at a nightclub. Chaos leads to destruction of the business. At the end, Ted pursues another woman.
Director: Jack Cummings | Stars: Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Curly Howard, Ted Healy
Votes: 283
30. A Trip to the Moon (1902)
TV-G | 13 min | Short, Action, Adventure
A group of astronomers go on an expedition to the Moon.
Director: Georges Méliès | Stars: Georges Méliès, Victor André, Bleuette Bernon, Brunnet
Votes: 39,354
31. A Really Important Person (1947)
Approved | 11 min | Short, Drama
A policeman's son searches for a suitable subject for an essay about an important person.
Director: Basil Wrangell | Stars: Dean Stockwell, Connie Gilchrist, Clancy Cooper, Chick York
Votes: 159
32. Believe It or Not (Second Series) #2 (1931)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Ripley shows an aged Japanese statesman, a strange fish with legs, the 'Rubaiyat' in a finger ring, how a house of cards is torn up, and a giant typewriter in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 21
33. Believe It or Not (Second Series) #9 (1932)
Not Rated | 8 min | Documentary, Short
In this short film, Robert L. Ripley introduces narrator Leo Donnelly who presents various "Believe It or Not" oddities from around the world as gathered by Ripley.
Director: Alfred J. Goulding | Stars: Robert L. Ripley, Leo Donnelly
Votes: 12
34. Believe It or Not (Second Series) #6 (1932)
8 min | Documentary, Short
Robert Ripley draws and shows movies to train passengers. Highlights include a Manchurian lady with very long eyelashes, a wooden flower garden, a merry go round lunch counter, chickens ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Mack | Star: Robert L. Ripley
Votes: 6
35. Believe It or Not (Second Series) #4 (1931)
TV-G | 9 min | Short