Movies by Harry McCoy

Mabel's Strange Predicament

Mabel's Strange Predicament

A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.

Mabel's Blunder

Mabel's Blunder

Mabel is pursued by her boss, despite being engaged to his son, in this gender-bending comedy of errors and mistaken identities.

The Great Toe Mystery

The Great Toe Mystery

A man goes in hot pursuit of the shoe store clerk he feels has made inappropriate advances towards his wife.

Dirty Work in a Laundry

Dirty Work in a Laundry

After a dastardly villain steals milk from a baby, he tries to put the heroine through a laundry press.

The Noise of Bombs

The Noise of Bombs

Four miscreants get revenge on the police chief by planting bombs in his house.

A Hoosier Romance

A Hoosier Romance

Pretty Patience Thompson, a "girl with a singing soul," lives with her cold-hearted and avaricious father, Jeff Thompson, on their Indiana farm. Her life of drudgery is brightened by John, the hired hand, but when he asks for her hand in marriage, the old man flies into a rage and discharges him. Soon an aged but wealthy widower courts Patience, and although she still loves John, "Old Jeff" orders her to marry the widower, claiming that a father's will is the law.

Cinders of Love

Cinders of Love

Chester Conklin, as the fire chief, clashes with Slim Summerville, police chief.

Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance

Fatty’s Chance Acquaintance

Fatty and his domineering wife visit the park, where they encounter a pair of pickpockets.

A Movie Star

A Movie Star

The star of a film attends a public showing.

How Heroes Are Made

How Heroes Are Made

It has been arranged between the fathers that their children shall marry. When the young people meet, the intended husband, who is somewhat rakish in appearance, falls desperately in love with the girl, but she spurns him. He bribes two young men to kidnap the girl, in order that he may play the hero and rescue her. However, he does not know that one of the "kidnappers" is the young man whom Mabel really is in love with, and his confidential friend, who, of course, delight in the deception.

Heads Up

Heads Up

Bored with his daily routine, Breckenridge Gamble accepts a secret mission from some oil magnates to deliver a message to President Losada of the South American Republic of Centralia. Upon his arrival, Gamble learns from Angela, the president's daughter, that her father has been imprisoned by Cortez, the leader of the revolutionaries. Gamble also is imprisoned but frees all the prisoners as well as himself by impersonating the prison comandante. After forming an army, Gamble delivers the message--a large money draft sufficient to pay the arm...