The Great White Way
Jan 03, 1924Comic boxing tale was used as the basis for the 1936 Clark Gable/Marion Davies lark Cain & Mabel.
Comedy
Harry Watson
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Fifty Miles from Broadway
Aug 05, 1929A vaudeville style comedy/musical short about a couple that gets engaged and their fighting families.
Comedy
Little Old New York
Aug 01, 1923An Irish girl comes to America disguised as a boy to claim a fortune left to her brother who has died.
Comedy
Zander the Great
May 01, 1925Mamie, an orphan girl who was abused in the orphanage, is taken in by Mrs. Caldwell, a kindly woman with a young son named Alexander. Mamie hits it off with the lad, and nicknames him "Zander". When Mrs. Caldwell dies, the authorities decree that the boy must be placed in the same orphanage where Mamie was mistreated. Horrified, Mamie determines to see to it that the boy will be spared the same treatment that she had to suffer.
Drama
Coming Down
May 03, 1916Musty holds down a job as general factotum at the Busy Bee Amusement Arcade, one of his chief duties being that of taking tickets at the entrance to the moving stairway which leads to the cinema theater on the second floor.
Comedy
A Pirate Bold
Jul 19, 1916Musty goes for a day's fishing, but bites are scarce and he whiles away the time reading an exciting story entitled "The Bold, Bad Pirate." He goes to sleep sitting on the edge of a bridge and dreams of hidden treasure and dark deeds on the Spanish Main.
Comedy
Look Out Below
Mar 29, 1916Musty and his friend, Willie Work, after a comfortable night's rest in a convenient henhouse, set out in search of adventure. They select a mansion with the intention of burglary, but are frightened away by a militant sawbuck. They are summoned by Mme. Cayenne, a jealously guarded wife, who promises them a fine lunch if they will mail a letter to her lover. They agree and the lunch is served. Just as they begin to eat, Senor Cayenne returns. Musty dives out of the second-floor window and hangs from the sill. Willie, who fails to escape, is introduced to Senor as Madame's brother from Kokomo, and royally entertained.
Comedy
The Fried Egg Hero
Apr 01, 1917Musty Suffer has a job as a waiter, though he lacks considerable in efficiency. Finding that he gets into trouble with every order he serves, he joins the entertainers and sings a solo. This serves to empty the place as he hoped and gives his a rest. However, another patron comes in and Musty serves him. The customer is irritated with his order and calls for the manager. Musty goes to the kitchen, changes his make-up and poses as the official.
Comedy
Partly Cloudy
Aug 16, 1916Musty holds down a job in Mole and Kittleton's dime museum. Musty seems to be the sole employee about the place, and whatever is called for by any of the patrons, he has to supply it. He is placed in charge of the cane rack, and of course, cheats so that the customers get no canes. One irascible old fellow complains to the manager, who upbraids Musty for his dishonesty. As soon as the customer leaves the manager congratulates himself on having so business-like an employee.
Comedy
Wet and Dry
Apr 15, 1917Pure and Simple
May 06, 1917Musty becomes a carpenter's assistant. He decides that a twin brother would be a great help to him in his work, so he makes one out of wood. Thrown out of the shop, Musty and the dummy break into a girls' tea party with startling results. Of course, in the end, our hero gets very much the worst of it.
Comedy
The Soda Jerker
Apr 08, 1917Truly Rural
Apr 22, 1917The Ladder of Fame
Apr 29, 1917Starlight Sleep
May 20, 1917Musty suffers from sleeplessness and consults a quack doctor, who administers "Starlight Sleep."
Comedy
Musty B. Young
May 27, 1917Musty applies for a job as office boy, but is turned down because he is too old. He visits a doctor to get some elixir of youth, but drinks too much and is reduced to a sprightly two-year-old.
Comedy
The Comet
Jan 01, 1910
Just Imagination
Apr 18, 1916Musty Suffer dreams of being subjected to psychological experiments by unethical doctors.
Comedy
The Lightning Bell-Hop
Apr 04, 1916Musty Suffer gets a job as a bell hop at a cheap little hotel, the Outside Inn.
Comedy
Blow Your Horn
Jun 20, 1916Musty Suffer finds a bicycle and gets a job as a messenger; hilarity ensues, of course.
Comedy
Going Up
Mar 22, 1916
Local Showers
Jul 11, 1916Spliced and Iced
May 12, 1917While You Wait
Jul 04, 1916Musty Suffer gets a job as a maid. Then he gets a job as a butler, in the same household. Then he gets a job as a gardener. This becomes complicated.
Comedy
Outs and Ins
Aug 01, 1916Musty Suffer gets a job as a chef and waiter at an automat restaurant. Various customers attempt to filch food or money from the coin slots, and Musty deals with the situation.
Comedy
Musty's Vacation
Jun 03, 1917Musty Suffer, finding a meal ticket, resolves to take a vacation while eating is free. The café owner, however, discovers Musty’s face does not compare with the photograph on the ticket. Musty goes out to have it altered, thinking less of the face than he does of the meal ticket. He is completely recast in a steel foundry and returns to enjoy the free meals only to find that the restaurant has closed.
Comedy
Showing Some Speed
Jun 28, 1916Musty, messenger boy, is assigned to deliver a cook stove to a certain address. In spite of the fact that there is no one home and the house locked up, Musty takes the stove in through the window.
Comedy
Out Of Order
Apr 20, 1916Musty is standing around in a state of confusion, so his fairy godfather appears to find him a job as a general factotum at an amusement gallery. Musty serves as a bootblack, a ticket-taker, a target at the shooting gallery and a rope to block off a non-working escalator.
Comedy
Strictly Private
Jul 25, 1916Musty Suffer hunts wild horses in the bad lands of New Jersey. He captures a fine specimen and sells it, but it breaks away to join the fascinating Musty. The fairy tramp grants Musty's wish for a suit and cab, and goes into business.
Fantasy
Bells and Belles
Apr 12, 1916
Cruel and Unusual
Mar 01, 1916Active Service
Aug 09, 1916Series 2, episode 8 of 'The Mishaps of Musty Suffer' series of one-reel comedies, where Harry Watson gets a make-over.
Comedy
Hold Fast!
Mar 15, 1916Fore and Aft
Aug 23, 1916Capturing Chicago
Aug 01, 1916Shot during the motion picture exposition in Chicago in July 1916, this short shows off Musty Suffer as he is given the key to the city.
Comedy
The Fixer
Sep 15, 1915When Bill Fowler decided to wed the wealthy widow, Isabel Dare, of Rye, N.Y., he gave a bachelor dinner. And the dinner degenerated into a quiet game with sugar for dice until constable Zack arrived with sleuths galore and landed them everyone safe and sound in the local calaboose. This was an early five-reeler that featured the famous George Bickel and Harry Watson duo.
Comedy
Actors' Fund Field Day
Oct 11, 1910It's more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Regular village "cut-ups" are those actor chaps and actresses.
Comedy
The Politicians
Nov 17, 1915Comedy
Keep Moving
Nov 01, 1915Comedy
