Movies by Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Back Trail

Back Trail

Back Trail is one of the livelier entries in Monogram's Johnny Mack Brown western series. Brown rides into a small town where he becomes embroiled in a blackmail scheme. The town's banker (Ted Adams), a pillar of respectability, once served a jail term. Outlaw leader Pierce Lyden threatens to reveal Adams' secret if the banker doesn't let him know in advance when the gold shipments are going through. Adams tearfully tells Brown the whole story, whereupon Johnny rides shotgun on the next shipment himself. Back Trail was one of the last films ...

Back to the Woods

Back to the Woods

Harold and Snub are self-proclaimed big-game hunters who stop at a remote outpost. They hire two native guides to lead them into the woods, but the guides run in terror when they see a rather tame bear in the distance. Harold is annoyed that he cannot find any bears to hunt--unaware that two timid bears are closely following him. Meanwhile Snub encounters an equally tame wildcat who eats his picnic lunch. Snub sprints away. Back at the outpost, Harold twice rescues Jeanne--once from the clutches of an unwanted suitor and once from one of the...

Murder on the Yukon

Murder on the Yukon

Unknown to Joan Manning, her trading post partner Weathers is operating a counterfeiting ring. When miner Jim Smithers brings his gold dust in, Weathers pays him off in counterfeit money. Jim's drunken brother, Bill, comes to the post and Weathers hears him say that Jim is leaving the area for good. Weathers sends Hawks to kill Jim and retrieve the bogus money. RCMP Sergeant Renfrew and Constable Kelly find Jim's body, and Renfrew hurries for Jim's cabin to search it. He is attacked by Weathers' men who have found the money. Renfrew is suspi...

Lure of the Wasteland

Lure of the Wasteland

A "special" by Monogram standards, Lure of the Wasteland was lensed in a not inexpensive process called Telco-color. Grant Withers takes a break from his duties in the "Mister Wong" series to play Smitty, a US marshal assigned to track down $250,000 in stolen bonds.

Springtime Saps

Springtime Saps

Snub Pollard and Marvin Loback find comic situations as bums, night cops and seance attendees in this silent short.

Look Pleasant, Please

Look Pleasant, Please

A photo studio operator seems only interested in flirting with women. Hilarity ensues.

How Dry I Am

How Dry I Am

Run 'Em Ragged

Run 'Em Ragged

Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across Los Angeles’s Echo Park-- But there is more here than knockabout; Sophisticated sight gags test the limits of the characters’ perception, making expert use of such props as a seemingly bottomless rowboat.

Dear Ol' Pal

Dear Ol' Pal

Two lifelong friends vie for the affection of the same woman.

Count Your Change

Count Your Change

Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.

365 Days

365 Days

A very rich old man promises to leave his extended family his fortune if they all move in together and get along for one year.

Chop Suey & Co.

Chop Suey & Co.

Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 American short comedy film

The Big Idea

The Big Idea

A clerk in a failing antiques store gets a big idea on how to move the merchandise so that he can save the store and possibly win the girl.

Frontier Town

Frontier Town

Regan is passing off counterfeit money at rodeos betting on his man Denby. When Tex appears and wins all the events, Regan has him accused of murder. As Tex looks for the counterfeiters, his pals Stubby and Pee Wee keep the Sheriff off his trail.

A Countless Count

A Countless Count

The daughter and sweetheart are in love, but their affairs move anything but smoothly, because the father has other ideas for his daughter's marriage.

Hit Him Again

Hit Him Again

A short film starring Harold Lloyd.

Here Comes a Sailor

Here Comes a Sailor

Sailor Snub and his buddy meet two lovely ladies while on shore leave. They rent a car to impress them and drive the ladies to the park, where one by one they end up in the lake.

Join the Circus

Join the Circus

'Snub' Pollard wants to hang himself but figures joining the circus was better idea.

It's a Joy!

It's a Joy!

'Snub' Pollard as a eccentric movie director.

Luke, the Chauffeur

Luke, the Chauffeur

A fortune hunter marries a widow, believing her to be an heiress, but she isn't.