Madeline Hurlock Movies

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Will Rogers, Laurel and Hardy, and the Keystone Cops.

A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to...

Two barbers, Billy and Andy head out West when one of their customers tells them that gold can literally be scooped up off the ground. Unbeknownst to...

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to...

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation...

Romance hits a football player when he falls for an aviatrix.

Billy Bevan in a hell of a lot of chaos!

For Sale, a Bungalow is a 1927 comedy short

Silent comedy short film starring Ben Turpin

Harry Doolittle wakes up on the day he's to marry Betty Bright. He has a terrible hangover. A strange woman appears in his room saying that he...

A boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.

Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde are hobos who happen upon a train and are hired as cooks.

Adonis, the King of Bullomania's personal chauffeur, is in love with Princess Ernestine, the King's daughter. To win her heart, he accepts to fight...

In and out of the water, Billy makes waves at the Blue Point Beach Club.

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next...

Billy and Andy impersonate two ice-delivery men in a suburban town. Billy takes a fancy to a newly-wed bride and most of his loose cash is liquidated...

A concert pianist who is popular with women tries to discourage a teenage admirer.