Johnny Burke

Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tough street kid, comes to the school, he wins Jo's heart despite his hard edge, and she defends him when he is falsely accused. Dan's foster father, Major Burdle, is a swindler in cahoots with another crook called Willie the Fox. When the Plumfield School becomes in danger of foreclosure, the two con men cook up a scheme to save the home.

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He Trumped Her Ace is a black-and-white comedy short.

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An inept window washer becomes an equally inept barber.

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Late silent installment in the "Handy Andy" series starring comedian Andy Clyde.

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This marriage is the second for both Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius McNitt. He is panty-whipped by his social climbing second wife. She has recruited Clifford Figfield to stage and direct a charity pageant, which is more a means for her to hobnob with the social elite, and to nab Larry Lodge, the pageant's leading man, as a husband for her flighty daughter Phyllis, the pageant's leading lady. Larry ends up only having eyes for Sally McNitt, Mr. McNitt's visiting daughter, and she, in turn has eyes for him.

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Daphne and Thelma want their husbands to take them somewhere nice for dinner. But husbands Johnny and Vernon leery of the expense try a variety of slapstick ways to get them to eat at Hotcake Harry's instead.

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The folks discover what appears to be a haunted barn.

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Johnny Burke stumbles into a beautiful crook, played by Carmelita Geraghty, who used him to steal a pearl necklace.

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A young man wants to propose to his girlfriend, but all the noises and distractions of the city prevent him from doing so. Frustrated, he decides to take her for a ride in the country, where it's quiet and he can finish what he started, but things don't turn out quite as he planned.

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Love triangle in a campus with a blonde girl that really seems to not consider the "other" girl as an obstacle. Who will make it? And actually who cares when parties, sport games and lots of fun are available?

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A campus set-up of Carmen featuring Daphne Pollard & Carole Lombard.

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Sally (Sally Eilers) joins the Salvation Army in order to follow her boyfriend Johnny (Johnny Burke) when he's shipped off to fight in the First World War. When Johnny turns out to be a bit of a coward, Sally spurs him and his fellow soldiers on to heroism. The Good-Bye Kiss was noted at the time for being a Mack Sennett comedy played relatively straight, with plenty of plot and very little slapstick.

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Officer Eddie Chase, a young policeman whose romantic interests and bumbling antics with Maizie Marlboro drive the "love" element mentioned in the title.

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The Smiths' cook, exasperated by giving up her day off in order to cook for an unappreciative guest, decides to leave her employment in order to get married. But when Mr Smith and his family set out to drive her across town to her bridegroom, everything goes wrong.

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Gold Digger of Weepah is a silent comedy short

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Eighth release in 'The Smith Family' series of 2-reel comedies. Bubbles is up to mischief.

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