Prep and Pep(1928)

Good Night Nurse(en)

A woman commits her hard-drinking husband to a sanitarium that would drive any man to drink.

What a Night!(en)

A Sorority Mixup(en)

Girls’ school hazing leads to human and animal drag. (MoMA)

Crushed(en)

Mr. Jones must go to the big city and get married in order to receive an inheritance, but his marriage-of-convenience turns into a nightmare.

Some Hero(en)

When Tweedledum's girl is kidnapped by bad men, he springs into action.

Don't Tickle(en)

Clyde gets in hot water with his Amazon wife and her tough sailor brother, culminating in a wrestling match and escape by airplane. (MoMA)

All Wet(en)

A newly married couple looking for a house come up against a crooked real estate agent.

Neck and Neck(en)

Comedy star Lige Conley plays a uneducated farm boy who decided to go to college.

Zigoto's Honeymoon(fr)

In the grip of passionate foreplay, Zigoto and his lover are oblivious to an escalating series of interruptions and catastrophes going on around them. (MoMA)

Finally Alone!(it)

In this early mother-in-law comedy, a bride’s mother insists on managing the private lives of the newly married couple—to the point of sleeping with them.

Fun After the Wedding(fr)

A delightful and typical farce film, ending with the usual Gallic chase.

Love and Music(fr)

Accomplished musician Blanche Ladoré (played by “Léontine”) places a personal ad in the paper wishing to marry an “equally talented musician.” Rémi Lacroche responds to her call. They meet in public, she with her trombone and he with his bass drum. It’s love at first sight but public noise disturbance to all within earshot. They wreak such havoc they end up in the police station!

Ein neuer Erwerbszweig(de)

A love doctor successfully produces men on order for needy women, until his system for delivering them – through the mail as puppets in canisters - goes awry.

Tweedledum's Sweet Wife(it)

Robinet escapes from his wife’s smothering devotion to the adventure of lovemaking outside marriage.

La Vengeance du sergent de la ville(fr)

A police sergeant’s late night horn playing dismays neighbors in his apartment house, leading to marital discord, hysteria and a bizarre form of psycho-therapy involving a body double.

Getting Rid of Trouble(en)

The Newlyweds move into their new flat and prepare to entertain their uncle.

Sweedie Learns to Swim(en)

Sweedie, the cook, decides that it would be nice to learn to swim, so goes to a "dry land" swimming class for instruction. She is thrown out of the class after fighting with several of the members and goes home, where she fills the bathtub with water and proceeds to learn to swim.

A Change of Complexion(en)

Below Zero(en)

Exasperated by his playboy son, a wealthy man sends him to Canada to become a Royal Canadian Mountie, in hopes that the young man will learn something about life.

Black and White(en)

They were two hobos, black and white, master and man, a regular slave driver white, while black went off for the eats. But Cleopatra and her sweet-potato pies ended the despotism. She saved the "lovin' man" of her race. Tabasco and an officer of the law did it, while white made a fast retreating speck up the track.