Joe Rock

Stan works in a grocery store in the middle of the mountains, buried in snow. The young woman he's in love with is falling for a fraud who pretends to be an officer. Stan has to do something! There's no time to waste!

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It's 3:00 AM at the Firewater Club, and Stanley has had more than enough to drink. When he tries to take over leading the orchestra, the manager - a former boxer - lets him know that he needs to restrain himself. But it's not long before Stanley causes another disruption anyway, and when he then tries to dance with the manager's wife, the manager's patience finally runs out.

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Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles

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Stan plays a kind hearted tramp whose love goes un-requited in this sweet short film from 1925.

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Stan travels to the small town of Hot Dog to collect an inheritance. He learns his late uncle left him everything - but in the event of Stan's death it all goes to his two outlaw cousins.

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"The Mechanic" finds Jimmy Aubrey working at an auto service station. He obviously has no idea what he's doing and again and again, he messes up. Sometimes he's an idiot--sometimes the problems just happen.

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A strong wind blows a city slicker and a local girl together. A Joe Rock Comedy

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A Pair of Kings is a 1922 American silent comedy film featuring Larry Semon & Oliver Hardy.

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A strong wind blows a city slicker and a local girl together. A Joe Rock Comedy

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The roommates live in a boarding house run by a strict landlady. When the landlady arrives to collect the rent, the men hide behind a trick door. The men are able to "reclaim" the rent money they just paid when the landlady leaves, and they use the roll of cash to pay the rent for their friends in the building, too.

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Saucy slapstick comic short featuring mishaps and misunderstandings with the titled ladies.

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Loafers and Lovers is a 1920 silent comedy short.

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Brushsky, the famous color slinger, guards his prize model from the other artists. She is stolen and sent to the Model Supply Company. Joe and Monty, two ex-porters, importing artists' models, find it somewhat difficult to fill a regular customer's order, when they receive a letter from Brushsky offering a large reward for the return of his model, who he describes as having a birth-mark on her left shoulder.

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Movie comedy with Earl Montgomery and Joe Rock.

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Larry Semon produces his take on a typical Keystone farce, the flirting-in-the-park routine, where pretty Florence Curtis is pursued by four typical Keystone types: the wealthy geezer, the moustachioed Italian, the derby-wearing tough and, of course, the big-footed cop… and here comes Larry, if not to save the day, at least to make us laugh.

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Golf, we discover in this early Semon short, is a game that is played by striking a croquet ball with a hockey stick and seeing how many times it can hit Larry Semon.

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Hafed, a Turkish prince, imprisons an American girl and her father. The girl sends for Jim, who attempts a rescue. Jim is captured, but Hafed's jealous wife helps them escape. When the initial escape fails, Jim returns in disguise as a dancing girl. He dances for Hafed, luring him into a private encounter where Jim's identity is revealed. A fight leads Jim to take refuge in a tree. Surrounded by guards, Jim summons a warship. A shell from the warship blows up the tree, landing Jim safely on the battleship's deck and securing his escape.

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Short comedy set against the backstage lives of a group of performers.

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While Larry Semon does not star in Rips and Rushes, its confident gags and frenetic pace suggest his touch. In the knockabout one-reeler set in a dance studio, three suitors compete for the girl. James Aubrey, the actor playing the father’s preferred suitor, may look like a Chaplin imitator, but he came by those skills honorably, born like Chaplin in Britain and likewise coming to the U.S. with Fred Karno’s troupe. Nevertheless it’s Alice Mann, with her wacky headdress and knowing glance, who steals the show. Suffice it to say that many vases are broken and pants ripped before she escapes out the window with the handsomest of the beaus.

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Larry Semon in a double role as a poor man chasing an opportunity to steal secret plans (for a reward of $1,000.83 from a rich man) and as the headmistress of a girl's college.

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Two close office pals, Craig and Hessert, fall for the same stenographer. Craig marries her, but their friendship continues, leading Craig to move Hessert in. However, Craig's deep focus on his job causes problems, creating "havoc" at home, though the rivalry doesn't break their bond.

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A barge operator helps a schoolteacher tackle a gang of criminals.

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British comedy film directed by Leslie Pearce.

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Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. The story describes how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa on the island blew half of the large island into the air that produced a tsunami, and an air wave that was felt seven times around the globe. The eruption also emitted tons of dust that dimmed the sun all over the world for many months. It won the Academy Award in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).

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Harry Wells, a New Yorker, takes his friend Bob Travers, a westerner visiting the city, to a cafe for an evening of pleasure. When Bob becomes interested in Floss, the chief chorus girl, he incurs the wrath of Spike, owner of the cafe, who is in love with her.

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"Lewis Sargent of 'Huckleberry Finn" fame, now grown up, and Alice Ardell are the principal players in this Standard Comdy which deals with the attempts of a love-sick young couple to wed despite an irate father who shows his temper by demolishing straw hats. They finally elope, resulting in a chase scene. Slapstick comedy of average amusement value". - Synopsis via The Moving Picture World. Originally two reels, one survives.

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A group of girls in al all-girl college dormitory spend a wild night among thieves, cross-dressing boys and wild animals like a man-eating gorilla. Blue Ribbon comedy produced by Joe Rock, directed by Percy Pembroke, starring Alice Ardell and Gale Henry.

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A comic frightfest featuring Ton o' Fun.

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Laurel plays Winchell McSweeney, whose fisherman parents forced him to leave home and make it on his own when they can no longer afford to keep supporting him. He takes a boat out of the village, but accidentally sets the ship on fire when he attempts to take a photograph of the passengers. The women end up on the island with McSweeney, and is constantly pursued by them, including one Amazon-size girl.

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Jimmy Aubrey plays a book agent and on his rounds of selling is induced to substitute for a local fistic star. His adventures in the prize ring furnish a great deal of comedy.

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Stan Laurel before Laurel and Hardy, in this "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"-inspired story, which was released 30 July 1925.

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Stan is a detective who essentially relies on different costumes to successfully complete his investigations

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It's 3:00 AM at the Firewater Club, and Stanley has had more than enough to drink. When he tries to take over leading the orchestra, the manager - a former boxer - lets him know that he needs to restrain himself. But it's not long before Stanley causes another disruption anyway, and when he then tries to dance with the manager's wife, the manager's patience finally runs out.

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Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles

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Stan plays a kind hearted tramp whose love goes un-requited in this sweet short film from 1925.

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Stan travels to the small town of Hot Dog to collect an inheritance. He learns his late uncle left him everything - but in the event of Stan's death it all goes to his two outlaw cousins.

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When a convict forcibly changes places with our hero Stan, he's taken to the pokey in the prisoner's place. Run-ins with pies, pickaxes, and the electric chair follow. Will the warden find Stan innocent or presume him guilty?

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Stan Laurel plays a Chinese laundryman and he displays some good physical slapstick reminiscent of his days with the Karno troupe in England.

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An evil tailor uses a dog to tear men's clothes to boost his business. When he pulls this stunt on a Moorish Prince, a feud erupts as they both compete for the same girl. The Prince traps the tailor in a dungeon, but the tailor escapes using a magic lamp and endures wild adventures to ultimately win the girl's heart.

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A strong wind blows a city slicker and a local girl together. A Joe Rock Comedy

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