Movies: Joe Rock Comedies I

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 attempt...

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

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....

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 caus...

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

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?...

Stan Laurel solo, playing doubles...

Horace Prune’s uncle died without any notice leaving his fortune to him, providing that he is married within forty-eight hours. Horace is a woman hater, to make matters more complicated....

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A 'Ton of Fun' slapstick comedy from the heaviest trio Hollywood has ever produced!...

Sailor Slim Summerville saves a lady from nasty men....

A Ton of Fun slapstick comedy short directed by Gilbert Pratt....

A comic frightfest featuring Ton o' Fun....

Slapstick comedians doing what they can with various uniforms on....

Ton of Fun out in the desert with a mule and a lady....

Joe Rock does a slapstick adaptation of Oliver Twist....

"Ton of Fun" comedy short....

King Ferdinand of Sodonje (King Ferdinand Saronoff) is threatened with an attack. When a tourist who resembles him shows up at the palace, the king suggests that they switch clothes with each other. The fake king signs a document, and thereby signs h...