Norman Taurog Movies

Lloyd Hamilton chasing a butterfly in the slapstick comedy "Papa's Boy".

The Sportsman is an American film comedy first released in 1921, directed by Larry Semon and Norman Taurog. The film stars Larry Semon, Lucille...

Rivals go at it as cab drivers, romancers of the same girl and football teams.

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

The plot of this film really isn't that important. Instead, the sight gags and chase scenes are paramount--with some of the most impressive chase...

Comedy short.

In an erudite driver's taxi, Jack Benny shares a ride with a very pretty and delightfully flirtatious young lady.

Cheap Skates is a lost film made by Educational Films, as a "Mermaid Comedy". Funny man Lige Conley starts scrambling when bees fly down his pants!

Slapstick comics Willie West and McGinty cause havoc at a construction site as they attempt to "work."

Larry in school and always gets in trouble until he falls asleep and dreams of when he's all grown up.

Eddie Haskins, a wisecracking young man, teams up with two ham-acrobats known as 'Bugs & Sunny', and ,when they are all kicked out of a vaudeville...

This one is set at a college picnic by the lake, with three musical numbers. "We've Got It Bad but It Don't Do Us No Good" is by a quartet of college...

A variety of accidents and escapes culminates in a cyclone which produces some ludicrous effects on the buildings, persons and animals in a small...

A dim witted, scrawny fellow from the country finds college full of bullies that trick him into various painful situations with the dean. His wife...

In this one, we are introduced to a pretentious and uppity family who we just KNOW will be brought down to size later in the short. Then we cut to...

Very first of the Juvenile Comedies series.

In 1923, The Gumps moved up to two-reel live-action comedies, with former Keystone Cop Joe Murphy as the chinless lead, pioneering...

The star pitcher on the Pittsburgh ball team gets into trouble with a gold-digging groupie and his catcher helps him get back into the game.