MACK SENNETT
KEYSTONE-TRIANGLE (two reels each
unless noted)
Oriental
Love (released 5/27/17)
Director: Walter Wright and/or
Clarence Badger
Ora Carew, Joseph Belmont,
Joseph Callahan, Nick Cogley, Andy Anderson, Blanche Payson, Edgar Kennedy, Sid
Smith, (Ben
Turpin?)
Cactus
Nell (6/3/17)
Director: Fred Fishback
Director: Fred Fishback
Assiatant Director: Whitey Sovern camera: J.R. Lockwood
Polly Moran, Wayland Trask,
Wallace Beery, Dora Rodgers, Cliff Bowes, Joey Jacobs, Robert
Kortman(?), (Ben Turpin?)
Ben
Turpin, Florence Clarke, Vivian Edwards, Alfred Gronell
• A Clever Dummy
(6/15/17)
Director: Herman Raymaker
Asst Dirs: Robert
Kerr & Ferris Hartman
cinematographer: Elgin Lessley
cinematographer: Elgin Lessley
Ben Turpin (a janitor), James Donnelly (an inventor), Claire Anderson (his daughter), James Delano (the partner), Juanita Hansen (showgirl), Chester Conklin (stagehand),
Wallace Beery (theater
owner), Joseph Belmont, Eva Thatcher (in audience) (wt: The
Automaton Figure)
• Lost – A Cook
(8/12/17)
Director: Fred Fishback (?)
Mack Swain, Ethel Teare, Joey Jacobs, Maude Wayne, Cliff Bowes, Sylvia Ashton, Mal St. Clair, Ben Turpin as a party guest.
Mack Swain, Ethel Teare, Joey Jacobs, Maude Wayne, Cliff Bowes, Sylvia Ashton, Mal St. Clair, Ben Turpin as a party guest.
• The Pawnbroker’s
Heart (8/19/17) (UCLA)
Director: Eddie Cline (?)
Director: Eddie Cline (?)
Chester Conklin, Glen
Cavender, Caroline Rankin, Peggy Pearce, Ben Turpin, Alice Maison (wt: A Safe
Arrangement)
MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT
(two reels each
unless noted)
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Roping Her Romeo with Slim Summerville, Polly Moran, and Ben |
MS1 (10/7/17)
(re-released in 1923 as Room 23)
Dir:
Eddie Cline
cam: Phil Whitman
cam: Phil Whitman
Charlie Murray, Mary Thurman,
Wayland Trask, Pat Forde (aka Frank Terry), Eva Thatcher, Glen Cavender, James
Donnelly, Wallace Beery, Tom Kennedy, Gonda Durand, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman, Roxanna
McGowan, Marvel Rea, Eddie Cline. Ben Turpin in small role as
desk clerk at the Sea Shell Inn, second reel.
• Roping Her Romeo
MS2 (10/21/17)
MS2 (10/21/17)
Dir:
Fred Fishback; asst dir: Whitey Sovern
cam: Hans Koenekamp
cam: Hans Koenekamp
Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (Honest-Eyed
Jack, A Poor Butterfly), Slim Summerville, Ethel Teare, Eva Thatcher, Wayland Trask, James Donnelly, Gonda
Durand, Eleanor Field, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Roxana McGowan, Marvel Rea,
Edith Valk, Vera Steadman (wt: A Love-
sick Bandit)
Edith Valk, Vera Steadman (wt: A Love-
sick Bandit)
• Are Waitresses
Safe?
MS4 (11/18/17)
MS4 (11/18/17)
Dir:
Victor Heerman
cam: Fred Jackman
cam: Fred Jackman
Louise Fazenda, Ben Turpin (Who Loved Her
So), Slim Summerville, Glen Cavender,
Tony O’Sullivan, Cliff Bowes, Wayland Trask, Jack Cooper, Grover Ligon, Al McKinnon, Wallace Beery, Tom Kennedy,
Phyllis Haver, Gonda Durand, Laura LaVarnie, Roxanna McGowan, Gene Rogers, Hal Haig Prieste
That Night
MS6 (12/16/17)
MS6 (12/16/17)
Dir:
Eddie Cline cam: Fred
Jackman
Charles Murray, Mary Thurman,
Wayland Trask, Wallace Beery, Vera Steadman, Phyllis Haver, Gene Rogers, Roxanna
McGowan, Marvel Rea, Eva Thatcher, Glen Cavender, Tom Kennedy, Pat Kelly, (Ben Turpin?)
Taming Target Center
MS7 (12/30/17) Dir:
William S. Campbell cam: Fred Jackman
Polly Moran (the new sheriff), Ben Turpin (the sheriff), Gonda Durand (his leading vampire), Tom Kennedy (cafe proprietor), Larry McGrath (the parson), Gene Rogers, George Binns, Marvel Rea, Grover Ligon,
Frank J. Coleman
Watch Your Neighbor
MS10 (2/10/18) Dir: Victor Heerman cam: Fred Jackman
MS10 (2/10/18) Dir: Victor Heerman cam: Fred Jackman
Charles Murray, Mary Thurman,
Wayland Trask, Gene Rogers, Edgar Kennedy, Frank J. Coleman, Harry Booker,
Cliff Bowes, Billy Armstrong, Albert Gillespie, Marvel Rea, Vera Steadman,
Roxanna McGowan, (Ben
Turpin?)
• Sheriff Nell’s
Tussle
MS12 (2/24/1918) (UCLA)
Dir: William S. Campbell
cam: Fred Jackman & Kenneth MacLean
MS12 (2/24/1918) (UCLA)
Dir: William S. Campbell
cam: Fred Jackman & Kenneth MacLean
Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (Still After Her), Billy Armstrong, Gonda Durand, Frank J. Coleman, Al
McKinnon, Gene Rogers, Pat Kelly
Saucy Madeline
MS15 (4/21/1918)
MS15 (4/21/1918)
Dir: F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Polly Moran, Ben Turpin (A Rolling Stone Out of Work), Charles Lynn, Jack Cooper, Frank J. Coleman, Harry Gribbon, Wayland Trask, George Jeske, Gonda Durand, Alice Maison, Sloppy Gray
• His Smothered
Love
MS16 (5/5/1918) (MOMA) Director: Eddie Cline camera: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman
MS16 (5/5/1918) (MOMA) Director: Eddie Cline camera: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman
Chester Conklin, Harry
Gribbon, Marie Prevost, Jack Cooper, Laura LaVarnie, Alice Maison, Paddy
McQuire, Wayland Trask, Marvel Rea, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman, Frank J.
Coleman, Slim Summerville, Erle Kenton, Gonda Durand, Billy Gilbert. Turpin in
small role as Conklin’s messenger boy.
The Battle Royal
MS17 (5/19/1918) Director: F. Richard Jones camera: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
MS17 (5/19/1918) Director: F. Richard Jones camera: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Ben Turpin (After a Wife), Charles Lynn, Polly Moran, Wayland Trask, Fanny
Kelly, Al McKinnon, George Jeske, Glen Cavender, Abdul Maljan, Teddy, Pat
Kelly, Billy Gilbert, Eva Thatcher, Hal Haig Prieste
• Love Loops the
Loop
MS18 (6/2/1918) (MOMA) Director: Walter Wright camera: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp
MS18 (6/2/1918) (MOMA) Director: Walter Wright camera: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp
Charlie Murray, Mary Thurman,
Wayland Trask, Harry Booker, Laura LaVarnie, Abdul, Paddy McQuire, Gene Rogers,
Al McKinnon, Bert Gillespie, Roxanna McGowan, Phyllis Haver, Vera Steadman. Ben
in small role as cafe bandleader
Two Tough Tenderfeet
MS19 (6/16/1918) Director: F. Richard Jones camera: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
MS19 (6/16/1918) Director: F. Richard Jones camera: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Ben Turpin (a crooked
tenderfoot), Charles Lynn (his pal), Polly Moran (the sheriff of Crooked Bend), Bert Roach (owns the town & wants to own the
sheriff), Laura LaVarnie (the sheriff’s
mother), Jack Cooper, Wayland Trask, Hank
Mann, Paddy McQuire, Roxanna McGowan, Billy Gilbert, Ed Kennedy
Her Screen Idol
MS20 (7/1/18)
MS20 (7/1/18)
Director:
Eddie Cline
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Louise Fazenda, Ford
Sterling, Jack Cooper, Glen
Cavender, Edgar Kennedy, Gene Rogers, Marvel Rea, Laura LaVarnie, Roxanna McGowan, Marie Prevost, Teddy, (Ben Turpin?)
She Loved Him Plenty
MS23 (8/11/1918)
Cavender, Edgar Kennedy, Gene Rogers, Marvel Rea, Laura LaVarnie, Roxanna McGowan, Marie Prevost, Teddy, (Ben Turpin?)
She Loved Him Plenty
MS23 (8/11/1918)
Dir:
F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Ben Turpin (A Fickle Youth), Charles Lynn, Polly Moran, Marie Prevost, Edgar Kennedy,
Al McKinnon, Gonda Durand, Harriet Hammond, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Roxanna
McGowan, Eva Thatcher, George Gray
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It’s A Cinch
(c9/10 1918 Liberty Loan Special)
(c9/10 1918 Liberty Loan Special)
Director? - one reel
Louise Fazenda, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin, Ben Turpin (selling bonds), Charlie Lynn, Phyllis Haver, Tom Kennedy, Pat Kelly, Mal St. Clair, Dave Anderson
Sleuths!
MS26 (9/22/18) Dir: F. Richard Jones
MS26 (9/22/18) Dir: F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Ben Turpin (Eagle Eye Jack, Detective), Charles Lynn, Marie Prevost, Tom Kennedy, Chester Conklin, Bert Roach, Al McKinnon, Eva Thatcher, Pat Kelly
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Whose Little Wife Are You?
MS28 (11/17/1918)
MS28 (11/17/1918)
Dir:
Eddie Cline
cam: Fred & Floyd Jackman
cam: Fred & Floyd Jackman
Charlie
Murray, Eva Thatcher, Joseph “Baldy” Belmont, Alice Lake, Wayland Trask, Mary
Thurman, Paddy McQuire, Tom Kennedy, Teddy, Pepper, Harriet Hammond, Phyllis
Haver, Laura LaVarnie, Marie Prevost, Vera Steadman; Ben & Charles Lynn in
a surprise appearance, floating on raft thru Murray’s flooded pharmacy.
Hide and Seek, Detectives
MS31 (12/15/1918)
MS31 (12/15/1918)
Dir:
Eddie Cline
cam: Fred Jackman and Phil Whitman
cam: Fred Jackman and Phil Whitman
Ben
Turpin (A Detective), Charles Lynn, Marie Prevost, Gene Rogers, Tom
Kennedy, Al McKinnon, Paddy McQuire, Charles Murray
MPW:
It is not expected that the ingenuity and fun-making ability of Sennett will
always flow in a torrent, though the font has seemed inexhaustible at times,
but he manages to introduce some new features in each release, even if
compelled to rely on older situations for his rough and tumble style of
production. A farcical presentation of Turpin and Lynn as detectives, very
swift in action, but lacking in true humorous situations. Exaggeration that it
is, there is some humor, and it is to be hoped that the human element, that of
characterization, will broaden in future releases. There is not enough of it,
and almost too much activity by trick work with the camera for a modern
audience. There is, however, plenty of material in the farce for good laughs.
Cupid's Day Off
MS35 (1/12/19) Director: Eddie Cline
MS35 (1/12/19) Director: Eddie Cline
cam: Fred
Jackman & Hans Koenekamp
Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn
(A Couple
of
Shoe Men), Alice Lake, Tom Kennedy, Eva
Thatcher, Bothwell Browne, Bert Roach,
Hughie Mack, Abdul Maljan, Harriet
Hammond
• East Lynne with Variations
Shoe Men), Alice Lake, Tom Kennedy, Eva
Thatcher, Bothwell Browne, Bert Roach,
Hughie Mack, Abdul Maljan, Harriet
Hammond
• East Lynne with Variations
MS37 (2/23/19)
(EYE)
Director:
Eddie Cline
Ben Turpin (A Matinee Idol), Charles Lynn (the villian), Marie Prevost (the girl), Tom Kennedy, Bobby Dunn, Alice Lake, Bert Roach, Ford Sterling,
Marvel Rea, Billy Armstrong, James Finlayson
• The Village
Smithy
MS38 (3/9/19) (Filmoteca Espanola)
MS38 (3/9/19) (Filmoteca Espanola)
Director:
F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Louise Fazenda, Chester
Conklin, James Finlayson, Kalla Pasha, Paddy McQuire, Billy Armstrong, Al McKinnon,
Fanny Kelly, Ben Turpin (cameo)
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The Foolish Age with Phyllis Haver, Jim Finlayson, Louise Fazenda, Chester Conklin, Turpin, Charlie Lynn, Paddy McQuire, Garry Odell |
The Foolish Age
MS42 (4/13/19)
MS42 (4/13/19)
Director: F.
Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Louise Fazenda, Chester
Conklin, James Finlayson, Phyllis Haver, Kalla Pasha, Paddy McQuire, Garry
Odell. Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn in a small role as a couple sour musicians.
When Love Is Blind
MS40 (5/11/19)
MS40 (5/11/19)
Director:
Eddie Cline
cam: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman
cam: Fred Jackman & Phil Whitman
Ben Turpin & Charles Lynn
(Men
About Town), Alfred McKinnon (a detective), Marvel Rea (his wife), Phyllis Haver (a
blonde), Marie Prevost (a brunette), Erle C. Kenton, Gene Rogers, Kalla Pasha, John Rand,
Charlie Murray, Pepper
Love’s False Faces
MS41 (5/25/19)
MS41 (5/25/19)
Director:
F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Chester Conklin, Marie
Prevost, James Finlayson, Kalla Pasha, Billy Armstrong, Charlotte Mineau, Edgar
Kennedy, Eddie Gribbon. Ben & Charles Lynn in a small role as a couple of
free-loading drinkers.
No Mother to Guide Him
No Mother to Guide Him
MS45 (6/8/19 or 6/22/19)
Dir:
Erle Kenton & Mal St. Clair
cam: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp
cam: Fred Jackman & Hans Koenekamp
Ben Turpin (A Happy Married
Man), Myrtle Lind (his wife), Charles Lynn (the other man), Baldy Belmont (a true friend), Isabelle Keep, Billy Armstrong, Fanny Kelly, Edgar
Kennedy
Trying to Get Along
MS46 (7/6/19)
MS46 (7/6/19)
Dir:
F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Charlie Murray, Charlotte
Mineau, Kalla Pasha, James Finlayson, Fanny Kelly, Ford Sterling, Eva Thatcher,
Eddie Gribbon, Baldy Belmont, Harriet Hammond, Teddy, Harry Gribbon, Isabelle
Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Gladys Whitfield. Turpin & Charlie Lynn in a small
role as a couple of diners
MACK SENNETT for SOL LESSER
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Yankee Doodle in Berlin with (L to R): Garry Odell, John Rand, Mal St. Clair, Turpin, Ford Sterling, Charlie Lynn, Bert Roach, Harriet Hammond, Baldy Belmont, and all eyes on Bothwell Browne in drag |
• Yankee Doodle in
Berlin
#31 (7/28/19) Five reels Director: F. Richard Jones
#31 (7/28/19) Five reels Director: F. Richard Jones
Bothwell Browne, Ford
Sterling, Marie Prevost, Mal St. Clair, Bert Roach, Ben Turpin (German
Soldier), Charlie Murray, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Kalla Pasha, Frank
Hayes, Joseph Belmont, Fanny Kelly, Eva Thatcher, Wayland Trask, Al McKinnon,
Jim Finlayson, Charles Lynn (wt: The Kaiser’s Last Squeal)
MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT (continued, two
reels each unless noted):
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Charlie Murray as The Dentist, with Marie Prevost, Ben, (?), and Garry Odell |
MS49? (8/3/19)
Fred
Jackman
cam: Fred & George Jackman
cam: Fred & George Jackman
Louise Fazenda, Baldy
Belmont, Pat Kelly, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Bevan, Ford Sterling, Jack Ackroyd,
Jimmy Finlayson. Ben Turpin cameo as a drunk
• The Dentist
MS50? (8/17/19) (Filmarchiv Austria)
MS50? (8/17/19) (Filmarchiv Austria)
F.
Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Charlie Murray (the dentist), Charlotte Mineau (his wife), Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha (her disreputable brothers), James Finlayson (a real estate agent), Marie Prevost (his stenographer), Fanny Kelly (his wife), Hughie Mack, Baldy Belmont, Phyllis Haver, Pat Kelly, Garry Odell,
Pepper the cat. Turpin cameo as an eccentric dental patient
Uncle Tom Without a Cabin
MS48 (8/31/19) Ray Hunt cam: Fred Jackman & Perry Evans
MS48 (8/31/19) Ray Hunt cam: Fred Jackman & Perry Evans
Ben Turpin (A man of many
parts), Charles Conklin (the villian), Marie Prevost (the leading lady), Ford Sterling (a compli-mentary audience), Eva Thatcher (a critic), James Finlayson (a stage-door Johnnie), Teddy (a
bloodhound), Billy Bevan, Eddie Gribbon,
Kalla Pasha, John Rand, Isabelle Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Dave Anderson, Gladys
Whitfield
• Up in Alf’s Place
MS53 (10/12/19) (UCLA)
Dir:
F. Richard Jones cam:
Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Charlie
Murray, Harriet Hammond, Charlotte Mineau, Kalla Pasha, Jim Finlayson, Fanny
Kelly, Billy Armstrong, Gordon Lewis, Marvin Lobach, John Rand, Grover Ligon,
Edgar Kennedy, Dave Anderson, Mildred June, Thelma Hill, Kathryn McGuire
• Salome vs.
Shenandoah
MS54 (10/26/19)
(Filmoteca Espanola, Madrid)
MS54 (10/26/19)
(Filmoteca Espanola, Madrid)
Directors:
Erle Kenton & Ray Grey
Ben Turpin (John the Baptist
and A Confederate Spy), Charlie Lynn,
Phyllis Haver, Charlie Murray, Marie Prevost, Eddie Gribbon, Ford Sterling, Eva
Thatcher, Harry Gribbon, Billy Bevan, Al Cooke, Elva Diltz, Fanny Kelly, Alice
Maison, Kathryn McGuire, Bert Roach, Charles Murray, Annette DeGandis, Sibye
Trevilla, Gladys Whitfield
A Lady’s Tailor MS51 (12/7/19)
Directors:
Erle Kenton & Ray Grey
cam: Fred Jackman & Vic Scheurich
cam: Fred Jackman & Vic Scheurich
Ford Sterling, Bert Roach,
Harriet Hammond, Eva Thatcher, Billy Bevan, Kathryn McGuire, Phyllis Haver,
John Rand, Myrtle Lind, Ben Turpin cameo
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The Star Boarder with Bert Roach, Turpin, and Harriet Hammond |
Dir: F. Richard Jones
cam: Fred Jackman & J.R. Lockwood
Charlie Murray, Fanny Kelly,
Marie Prevost, Eddie Gribbon, Garry Odell, Pat Kelly, Baldy Belmont, Al Cooke,
James Finlayson, Bert Roach, George O’Hara, Ben Turpin cameo as a drunk in
speak-easy
The Star Boarder MS59 (1/4/20) Director:
James Davis
cam: Fred
Jackman & Perry Evans
Louise Fazenda (a kitchen
slavey), Billy Armstrong (a gentleman
crook), Bert Roach (a boarding
housekeeper/barber), Harriet Hammond (a
manicurist/Bert’s wife), John Henry, Jr. (their baby), Billy Bevan (Armstrong’s accomplice), Baldy Belmont (Louise’s sweetheart), Teddy, Marvin Loback, Kalla Pasha. Ben cameo as
cigar salesman/customer in barbershop
MACK SENNETT for UNITED ARTISTS
• Down on the Farm
#56 (4/25/20) 5 reels
Directors:
Erle Kenton & Ray Grey
cam:
Fred Jackman, Perry Evans & Victor Scheurich
Louise Fazenda, Harry
Gribbon, James Finlayson, Bert Roach, Marie Prevost, Billy Armstrong, John
Henry, Jr., Ben Turpin (as
Marie’s husband), Eva Thatcher, Phyllis
Haver, Mildred June, Harriet Hammond, Teddy, Pepper, Baldy Belmont, Elva Diltz,
Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Charles Murray, Kalla Pasha, Virginia Fox, Kathryn
McGuire, Jane Allen, Thelma Bates
MACK SENNETT
for FIRST NATIONAL
• Married Life
#57 (6/15/20) Five reels
#57 (6/15/20) Five reels
Directors:
Erle Kenton, Reggie Morris & Ray Griffith
camera:
Fred Jackman
Ben Turpin (Rodney St.
Clair, A Man’s Man), Phyllis Haver, James
Finlayson, Heinie Conklin, Ford Sterling, Charlotte Mineau, Kalla Pasha,
Charlie Murray, Louise Fazenda, Baldy Belmont, Billy Bevan, Al Cooke, Eddie
Gribbon, John Henry, Jr, Harriet Hammond, Pat Kelly, Bert Roach, Eva Thatcher.
Some footage extant.
MACK SENNETT-PARAMOUNT (continued)
You Wouldn’t Believe It! MS64?
(6/27/20)
Dir:
Erle Kenton cam: Fred
Jackman & Victor Scheurich
Heinie Conklin, Marie
Prevost, Bert Roach, James Finlayson, Charlotte Mineau, Eddie Gribbon, (Ben Turpin?)
• The Quack Doctor
MS67 (7/4/20)
Dirs:
George Gray & Billy Bevan cam:
Fred Jackman & Perry Evans
Louise Fazenda, Billy Bevan,
Gordon Lewis, Gladys Ballard, Dave Anderson, Kalla Pasha, Billy Armstrong, John
Henry Jr., Fanny Kelly. Ben Turpin cameo as Justice of the Peace
MACK SENNETT for FIRST NATIONAL
Director:
Erle C. Kenton
story:
Ray Griffith & John Grey
continuity: Tom Regan
camera:
Fred Jackman, Perry Evans, & Ernie Crockett
editor:
Allen McNeil
costumes:
Violet Schofield
Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver,
Marie Prevost, Charlie Murray, James Finlayson, Dot Farley, Bert Roach, Billy
Bevan, George O’Hara, Lige Conley, Kalla Pasha, Eddie Gribbon, Charles “Heine”
Conklin, Al Cooke, Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Bud Ross, Andy Clyde, Gordon Lewis,
John Rand, Gary Odell, Harriet Hammond, Mildred June, Marvin Lobach, Kewpie
Morgan, Ramon Novarro, Derelys Perdue, Gladys Whitfield. Re-released in 1930
and again by Vitaphone in 1939 in two reels
ASSOCIATED PRODUCERS-FIRST NATIONAL (Two reels each
unless noted)
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Home Talent with James Finlayson, Eddie Gribbon, Ben, and Kalla Pasha |
MS69 (5/22/21) (Lobster Films, France)
Director:
Erle C. Kenton
cam: Fred Jackman, C.G. Crane & Victor Scheurich
cam: Fred Jackman, C.G. Crane & Victor Scheurich
Ben Turpin (A Saver of
Lifes), Marie Prevost, James Finlayson,
Heinie Conklin, Bert Roach, Charlotte Mineau, Tiny Ward, Lige Conley, Jack
Ackroyd, Al Cooke, Jane Allen, Thelma Bates, Elva Diltz, Virginia Fox, Isabelle
Keep, Kathryn McGuire, Gladys Whitfield, Irene Tiver
• Home Talent
#91 (6/19/21) Five reels

#91 (6/19/21) Five reels
Director:
Mack Sennett
cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans
cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans
Roman
Sequences cam: James Abbe
Ben Turpin (A Stranded
Actor), Phyllis Haver, Charles Murray,
James Finlayson, Dot Farley, Eddie Gribbon, Kalla Pasha, Kathryn McGuire,
Harriet Hammond, Billy Bevan, Joseph Belmont, Jane Allen, Virginia Fox, Mildred
June, Pat Kelly,
Kathryn McGuire, Irene Tiver. Some foot-
age extant. (wt: Furnished Rooms)
Kathryn McGuire, Irene Tiver. Some foot-
age extant. (wt: Furnished Rooms)
• Love’s Outcast #88 (7/3/21)
Director:
Raymond Griffith
cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans
cam: Fred Jackman and Perry Evans
Ben
Turpin, Dot Farley, Kathryn McGuire, James Finlayson, Billy Bevan, Mildred
June, Kalla Pasha, Al Cooke, Bud Ross, Jack Richardson. Some footage extant.
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Behind the Scenes at the Mack Sennett
Studios (re cSept 1921)
“interesting and informal
glimpses of the Sennett Company, Bathing Girls, Teddy, Pepper, and Ben Turpin”
Marie Prevost, Phyllis Haver, Mildred June. A special publicity film shown during Ben Turpin's personal appearance tour at this time.
• Love and
Doughnuts #95 (9/15/21)
Director:
Roy Del Ruth
Ben
Turpin, Phyllis Haver, Billy Bevan, Mildred June, Kewpie Morgan, Franklyn Bond,
Al Cooke, Billy Armstrong. Some footage extant.
• Molly O’
(12/1/21) #81 Six reels
Dir: F. Richard Jones
Mabel Normand, George
Nichols, Anna Hernandez, Albert Hackett, Jack Mulhall, Jacqueline Logan, Ben
Deeley, (Turpin not in extant footage, small supposed appear-ance unverified)
• Bright Eyes
• Bright Eyes
#92 (12/24/21)
Dirs: Mal St. Clair & Roy
Del Ruth
cam: Fred Jackman &
George Jackman
Ben Turpin (A Rural Romeo), Phyllis Haver, Billy Bevan, Harriet Hammond, Dot
Farley, Bud Ross, George O’Hara, Gordon Lewis, Kalla Pasha, Jack Richardson,
Louise Fazenda
(wt: Tripped at the Altar)
(wt: Tripped at the Altar)
The
Border Line
#97 (1922 never produced)
#97 (1922 never produced)
Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver,
Billy Bevan,
Kewpie Morgan, Al Cooke, Franklyn Bond
Kewpie Morgan, Al Cooke, Franklyn Bond
• Step Forward
#100 (4/13/22)
#100 (4/13/22)
Director:
Gus Meins
cam: Perry Evans & Ernie Crockett
cam: Perry Evans & Ernie Crockett
Ben Turpin (A Motorman), Phyllis Haver, Heinie Conklin, Kewpie Morgan, George
Nichols, Jack Richardson, Dorothy Vernon, Andy Clyde, Kalla Pasha, Fanny Kelly,
Andy Clyde, Pat Kelly, Gordon Lewis, Joe Bordeaux
(wt: The Robin’s Nest).
(wt: The Robin’s Nest).
Home Made Movies
#102 (7/15/22)
#102 (7/15/22)
Directors:
Ray Grey & Gus Meins
cam: Homer Scott & Bob Walters
editor: Allen McNeil
cam: Homer Scott & Bob Walters
editor: Allen McNeil
Ben Turpin, Phyllis Haver,
Dot Farley, James Finlayson, George Cooper, Al Cooke, Andy Clyde, Cecile Evans,
Joe Bordeaux. Some footage extant.
(wt: The Frozen Trail)
(wt: The Frozen Trail)
• The Shriek of
Araby #108 (4/24/23)
Five reels
Director:
F. Richard Jones camera:
Homer Scott & Bob Walters
editor:
Allen McNeil story: John
Grey
Ben Turpin (The Shriek), Kathryn McGuire, Ray Grey, George Cooper, Louis
Fronde, Charles Stevenson, Dick Sutherland, Walter Perry, Kewpie Morgan, Marion
Nixon (wt: The Shriek)
MACK SENNETT for PATHE (Two Reels each)
Where’s My Wandering Boy This Evening?
#113 (7/8/23)
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Where’s My Wandering Boy This Evening? with Madeline Hurlock, Ben, Jimmy Finlayson, and Billy Armstrong |
Director:
J.A. Waldron
camera: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett
editor: Ray Enright
camera: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett
editor: Ray Enright
Ben Turpin, Pricilla Bonner,
Dot Farley, James Finlayson, Madeline Hurlock, Billy Armstrong, Wheeler Dryden,
Fanny Kelly, Pat Kelly, Teddy, Billy Gilbert, Jack Duffy, Gordon
Lewis
(wt: Deserted at the Church)
(wt: Deserted at the Church)
• Pitfalls of a Big
City
#114 (9/2/23)
#114 (9/2/23)
Director:
John A. Waldron
cam: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett
cam: Blake Wagner & Ernie Crockett
Supv:
F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin, Pricilla Bonner,
Dot Farley, Madeline Hurlock, Jimmy Finlayson, Mack Swain, Bud Ross, Billy
Bevan, Billy Armstrong, Andy Clyde, Kewpie Morgan. Short clip extant. Herman
Raymaker was supposed to direct
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Asleep at the Switch with (seated) Bud Ross, Madeline Hurlock, Ben and, in back, Billy Armstrong with Kewpie Morgan |
• Asleep at the
Switch
#116 (10/14/23)
#116 (10/14/23)
Director:
Roy Del Ruth
cam: Ernie Crockett & Bob Walters
ed: Ray Enright
cam: Ernie Crockett & Bob Walters
ed: Ray Enright
Supv:
F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin, Kewpie Morgan,
Madeline Hurlock, Bud Ross, Billy Armstrong, Fanny Kelly, Cameo (the dog), Cecile Evans, Margaret Cloud, Andy Clyde, Gordon
Lewis. Clip used in Robert Youngson’s Days of Thrills and Laughter.
• The Dare-Devil
#118 (11/25/23)
#118 (11/25/23)
Director:
Del Lord
cam: Blake Wagner
story: Al Martin
cam: Blake Wagner
story: Al Martin
Supv:
F. Richard Jones
Ben
Turpin (Joe
Magee), Irene Lentz, Harry Gribbon,
Kewpie Morgan, Jack Richardson, Madeline Hurlock, Arthur Rowlands, Gordon
Lewis, Bob Wagner. (wt: The
Stunt Man)
• Ten Dollars or
Ten Days
#120 (1/6/24)
#120 (1/6/24)
Director: Del Lord
cam: Blake Wagner
spec cam: Ernie Crockett
cam: Blake Wagner
spec cam: Ernie Crockett
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin (A Soda Jerk), Irene Lentz, Harry Gribbon, Bud Ross, Louise Carver,
Spencer Bell, Silas Wilcox, Ernie Adams, Billy Gilbert, Fred Spencer. Filmed in August 1923. Clip used
in Robert Youngson’s The
Golden Age of Comedy. (wt: Sidetracked)
• The Hollywood Kid
#117 and/or #133 (3/30/24)
#117 and/or #133 (3/30/24)
Director:
Roy Del Ruth
cam: Bob Ladd & E.B. DuPar
spec cam: Ernie Crockett
cam: Bob Ladd & E.B. DuPar
spec cam: Ernie Crockett
ed:
Wm. Hornbeck
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Jackie Lucas, Charlie Murray,
Louise Carver, Vernon Dent, Andy Clyde, Jack Cooper, Madeline Hurlock, Bud
Ross, Ray Grey, Alice Belcher, Cameo (the dog), Billy Bevan, Elsie Tarron, Sunshine Hart, Cecile Evans, Thelma Hill,
Marvin Lobach, Margaret Cloud, Evelyn Francisco, Gladys Tennyson, Dorothy Dore,
Billy (the
chimp), Ben Turpin cameo

• Yukon Jake

• Yukon Jake
#128 (6/6/24)
Director:
Del Lord
cam: Ernie Crockett & George Spear
cam: Ernie Crockett & George Spear
ed:
Wm Hornbeck
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin (Sheriff Cyclone
Bill), Natalie Kingston, Kalla Pasha,
Jack Richardson, Leo Sulky, Bud Ross, Eli Stanton, Thelma Hill, Lois Boyd, Tiny
Ward, Gladys Tennyson, Fanny Kelly, Elsie Tarron, Joe Young, Hazel Williams.
Clip used in Robert Youngson’s When Comedy Was King. (wt: North
of ‘57)
• Romeo and Juliet
#140 (8/3/24) (EYE)
Directors:
Harry Sweet & Reggie Morris
cam: George Crocker & George Unholz
cam: George Crocker & George Unholz
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck
ed: Wm Hornbeck
titles:
J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin, Alice Day,
Natalie Kingston, Vernon Dent, Jack Curtis, Billy Bevan, Fanny Kelly, Sunshine
Hart, Andy Clyde, Dot Farley, Leo Sulky, Louise Carver, Marvin Lobach
• Three Foolish
Weeks
#144 (9/14/24)
#144 (9/14/24)
Directors:
Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy
cam: Billy Williams & Leland Davis
cam: Billy Williams & Leland Davis
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck
Supv: F. Richard Jones
ed: Wm Hornbeck
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin, Madeline Hurlock,
Christian J. Frank, Judy King, William Lowery, Billy Bevan, Tiny Ward, Jack
Duffy, Fanny Kelly, Eli Stanton. (wt: Three and a Half Weeks)
• The Reel
Virginian
#148 (10/26/24)
Directors:
Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy
cam: George Crocker & Bob Ladd
cam: George Crocker & Bob Ladd
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
ed: Wm Hornbeck
titles: J.A. Waldron
Supv: F. Richard Jones
Ben Turpin (Sheriff Rodney
St. Clair), Alice Day, Christian J.
Frank, Sam Allen, Fred KoVert, Alice Belcher, Coy Watson
(wt: A West Virginian)
(wt: A West Virginian)
• The Wild Goose
Chaser
#166 (1/18/25)
#166 (1/18/25)
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
cam:
George Crocker & Sam Moran
story:
Frank Capra
titles:
Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck
Supervised by: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin (Rodney St.
Clair), Trilby Clark, Jack Cooper,
Eugenia Gilbert, Leo Sulky, Blanche Payson, Evelyn Francisco, Barney Hellum,
Louise Carver, Thelma Hill (wt: Hello
Baby)
• A Raspberry Romance
• A Raspberry Romance
#161 (3/1/25)
(EYE)
Director:
Lloyd Bacon
cam: George Crocker & Sam Moran
cam: George Crocker & Sam Moran
story:
Jefferson Moffitt & Hal Yates
titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler
titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck Supv: J.A. Waldron
ed: Wm Hornbeck Supv: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin (Rodney St.
Clair), Blanche Payson, Jack Cooper,
Madeline Hurlock, Thelma Parr, Leo Sulky, Barney Hellum, William McCall, Silas
Wilcox, Alice Belcher, Irving Bacon, Evelyn Francisco, Thelma Hill, Eli
Stanton, Evelyn Sherman
• The Marriage
Circus
#155 (4/12/25) (MOMA)
#155 (4/12/25) (MOMA)
Directors:
Reggie Morris & Ed Kennedy
cam: George Spear & Leland Davis
cam: George Spear & Leland Davis
story:
Vernon Smith & Frank Capra
titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler
titles: Felix Adler & A.H. Giebler
spec
cam: Ernie Crockett
ed: Wm Hornbeck Supv: J.A. Waldron
ed: Wm Hornbeck Supv: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin, Madeline Hurlock,
Louise Carver, Christian J. Frank, Sunshine Hart, Ford West, Bud Ross, Pat
Kelly, Andre Bailey, Claire Cushman, Thelma Hill, Evelyn Sherman, Heinie
Conklin (wt: Monsieur
Don’t Care)
The Squawk Man
#173? (1925
never produced) story:
Al Martin. A parody of The Covered Wagon intended for production after completion of The Wild Goose
Chaser but never realized due to Turpin’s
sudden retirement
• When a Man’s a
Prince
#220 (8/15/26) Director: Eddie Cline
#220 (8/15/26) Director: Eddie Cline
camera:
Vernon Walker
story:
Vernon Smith, Clarence Hennecke, Harry McCoy, Jefferson Moffit, George Green
special
camera: Ernie Crockett
editor: Wm Hornbeck
editor: Wm Hornbeck
titles:
A.H. Giebler & Reed Heustis Supv: J.A. Waldron
Turpin’s return to Sennett
starring Madeline Hurlock, Blanche Payson, Danny O’Shea, Dave Morris, George
Gray, Bud Ross, Sunshine Hart, Leo Sulky, James Donnelly, Arthur Rowlands
• A Prodigal
Bridegroom
#236 (9/26/26) Director: Lloyd Bacon
#236 (9/26/26) Director: Lloyd Bacon
cam: Earl
Stafford
spec cam: K.G. MacLean
spec cam: K.G. MacLean
story:
Jefferson Moffitt, Clarence Hennecke, Harry McCoy
ed:
Wm Hornbeck Supv: J.A.
Waldron
Ben Turpin (Rodney St.
Clair), Thelma Hill, Madeline Hurlock,
Andy Clyde, William McCall, Irving Bacon, Louise Carver, Marvin Lobach, Dave
Morris, Vernon Dent, Patsy O’Byrne, Barney Hellum, Joe Young. Clip used in
Robert Youngson’s The
Golden Age of Comedy.
•
A Harem Knight #243 (11/7/26)
Dir:
Gil Pratt; camera: Harry
Fowler & Wallace Fish; spec cam: K.G. MacLean; ed:
Wm Hornbeck; Supv: J.A.
Waldron
Ben Turpin (Rodney St.
Clair), Madeline Hurlock, Danny O’Shea,
Andy Clyde, Marvin Loback, Dave Morris, Arthur Rowlands, Louise Carver, Joe
Young, George Gray, Billy Gilbert, Irving Bacon, Barney Hellum. Clip used in
Youngson’s The
Golden Age of Comedy.
• A Blonde’s
Revenge
#256 (12/19/26) Dir: Del Lord(?)
#256 (12/19/26) Dir: Del Lord(?)
story: P.
Whitman, H. McCoy, J. Moffitt Supv: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin (Gerald Montague,
a Live Politician), Ruth Taylor, Vernon
Dent, Johnny Burke, Alice Belcher, Barbara Tennant, Barney Hellum, Irving
Bacon, Mary Ann Jackson, Thelma Parr, Dave Morris, William McCall, Alma
Bennett, Mary Mabery, Johnny Burke, Arthur Rowlands


• A Hollywood Hero
#264 (12/30/26) (Eastman House)
#264 (12/30/26) (Eastman House)
Director:
Harry Edwards
cam: Billy Williams; ed: Wm Hornbeck
cam: Billy Williams; ed: Wm Hornbeck
story:
Carl Harbaugh, Phil Whitman, Harry Edwards & George Jeske
titles:
A.H. Giebler & Jimmy Starr
Supv: J.A. Waldron
Supv: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin, Alma Bennett, Bud
Jamison, Irving Bacon, Marvin Lobach, William McCall, Bobby Dunn, Eleanor
Hibbard (wt: Montague the
Magnetic)

• Broke in China #241 (4/24/27)

• Broke in China #241 (4/24/27)
Director:
Eddie Cline; assistant director: Glen DeVol
story:
Vernon Smith, Harry McCoy, Jefferson Moffitt, and George Jeske
cam:
Harry Fowler; spec cam: Earl
Stafford; ed: Wm Hornbeck
titles: A.H. Giebler & David Weissman
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
titles: A.H. Giebler & David Weissman
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin (An American
Sailor), Louise Carver, Alice Belcher,
Donald Maines, Ruth Taylor, William McCall, Dave Morris, Andy Clyde, Joe Young,
Tiny Ward, Bud Ross, Marvin Loach
• The Pride of Pikeville #251 (6/5/27)
• The Pride of Pikeville #251 (6/5/27)
Director: Alf Goulding
assistant directors: Glen DeVol & Ray McCarey
assistant directors: Glen DeVol & Ray McCarey
camera: St. Elmo Boyce
special camera: K.G. MacLean
special camera: K.G. MacLean
editor: Wm Hornbeck
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
story: Earle Rodney,
Jefferson Moffitt, Clarence Hennecke, Phil Whitman, Harry McCoy, Grover Jones,
Randall Faye and Lex Neal titles: A.H. Giebler
Ben Turpin (Baron Bonamo), Thelma Hill, Andy Clyde, William McCall, Stanley
Blystone, Barney Hellum, Vernon Dent
• The Jolly Jilter
#261 (3/13/27)
Director:
Eddie Cline(?)
editor: Wm
Hornbeck
Supervisor: J.A.
Waldron
story:
Arthur Ripley, Clarence Hennecke,
Grover Jones, Harry McCoy & Phil Whitman
Ben Turpin (Virgil Vancourt), Madeline Hurlock, Sunshine Hart, Alma Bennett, Billy
Gilbert. Clip used in Youngson’s The Golden Age of Comedy.
Love’s Languid Lure
Love’s Languid Lure
#268 (8/28/27)
Director:
Lige Conley
camera: Vernon Walker
editor: Wm Hornbeck
camera: Vernon Walker
editor: Wm Hornbeck
story:
Phil Whitman, Harry McCoy, Harry Edwards, Vernon Smith and Ralph Cedar
titles:
A.H. Giebler & Jimmy Starr
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
Ben
Turpin, Peggy Montgomery, Jack Cooper, Irving Bacon, Sunshine Hart
• Daddyboy
#276 (10/23/27) (Lobster Films)
#276 (10/23/27) (Lobster Films)
Director: Harry Edwards
camera: Lee Davis & Lewis Jennings
camera: Lee Davis & Lewis Jennings
story: Phil Whitman &
Jefferson Moffitt
titles: A.H.Giebler &
Jimmy Starr
editor: Wm Hornbeck
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
editor: Wm Hornbeck
Supervisor: J.A. Waldron
Ben Turpin, Alma Bennett,
Johnny Burke, Bill Searby, Alice Ward, William McCall. Ben’s last starring
Sennett two-reeler.
Hi Steve, My name is vidarbha and I am conducting a research on behalf of a non profit organization and have been looking for a clip that was significant in establishing the organization. Here is a short description of the clip. could it be a Ben Turpin clip.
ReplyDeleteit is a clip where the actor sits on a bench and some boys put glue on it so his coat gets stuck. when he gets up there is a rip and then when he is dancing with a ripped coat tail. he starts to dance with a lot of gusto and enthusiasm that everybody thinks it is a new fashion and they also go and rip their own coat tails and start dancing. in this way he starts a new trend.
any lead on this would be deeply appreciated. with gratitude and thanks.
Hello Vidarbha, so sorry about my delay. When I didn't recognize your description as being a Ben Turpin comedy, I asked my many film friends at Facebook about it to which I received no answers. Sounds like maybe a Hal Roach comedy of the mid to late 1920's to me. Good luck figuring this one out, I hope you do. - SR
Deleteexcuse me, do you know a short film called "rip ben rip" ? I think it's from comedy capers ?? thanks
ReplyDeleteHello Francisco, and thanks for your question. 'Rip, Ben, Rip' is one of those much later re-titled re-issues of an earlier Turpin film. I don't recall if I saw the film you mention, although I'm thinking it might be a clip from one of his Weiss Brothers-Artclass two-reelers of the late 1920s. If you can point me to a copy online or supply a frame grab or two, I'd have a much better idea of the original film. Thank you. - SR
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