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Don't know if this is the original title of this 1926 Bobby Ray Rayart comedy, but here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPjW_bKufUQ

Like so many independent short comedies, this one has great outdoor locations.

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The Harry Sweet retrospective continues with this Harry-directed RKO-Pathe short spoofing the then-popular radio serial CHANDU THE MAGICIAN featuring Roscoe Ates, Hugh Herbert, Dorothy Granger, Jerry Mandy, Bud Jamison and Jack Burdett. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ZT2x_8Ec0 I hope somebody tel...

For years this was pretty much the only Essanay Sweedie generally available to be seen (Blackhawk Films had it for sale). Since then, a few more have shown up, but this is still a delightful short in this bizarre series. Wallace Beery, Leo White, Ben Turpin and Bettu Brown round out the cast: https:...

Early RKO-Pathe' Mr. Average man Comedy directed by harry Sweet, featuring Edgar kennedy with Florence Lake, Dot Farley, William Eugene and Eddie Boland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yy7s9YO08gg

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Pacific Folly Comedy from 1922 featuring George Ovey, Arby Arly and Vernon Dent:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnqCZ29MzmM&t=34s

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Harry Sweet-directed RKO-Pathe comedy featuring Frank McHugh and a great cast including Mae busch, Ralph Ince, Jerry Mandy and Frank Austin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fol8Tu3EE30

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Universal Bluebird one-reeler directed by Harry Sweet and featuring Charles Puffy, Billy Franey, George Ovey and Harry Lorraine:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CG7BzilLjs0


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The first reel of a Universal Rainbow comedy directed by William Watson and featuring harry Sweet, Zip Monberg and Connie Henley:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwNEy-9kiDc

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Here's a chunk of one of the Florida-Produced Cuckoo Comedies released by United on February 29, 1920, featuring Bobby Burns, james Renfro, Hilliard Karr and Jobyna Ralstton:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGjPS1TEwjo&t=67s

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Here's the first of Producer/Director Irvin Willat's independent productions released by W. W. Hodskinson in October 1920, it features Leatrice Joy, Edward Hearn, James Barrows, Aggie Herring and Nelson McDowell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7n7l-kQZEg&t=1587s Willat is an underrated Directo...