Movies by James Parrott

Pardon Us

Pardon Us

It's Prohibition, and the boys wind up behind bars after Stan sells some of their home-brew beer to a policeman.

The 'Fraidy Cat

The 'Fraidy Cat

Jimmy Jump is a coward. Everyone and everything makes him afraid. He cowers from the neighborhood children, even though he's old enough to be their father. He is terrified of Lem Tucker, who is his rival for the heart of Dorothy. Only when he mistakenly believes he is about to die does Jimmy find courage. But will it last?

Girl Grief

Girl Grief

Although terrified of girls, Charley must take a job teaching at a girls school.

Haunted at Midnight

Haunted at Midnight

Long lost German language version of the Laurel & Hardy film "The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case". When Stan's rich uncle Ebeneezer dies and leaves behind a large estate, they think their days of living off the fish they catch are numbered. But they soon learn that Ebeneezer has been murdered. All relatives, including Stan, are under suspicion.

The Tin Man

The Tin Man

Thelma and Patsy find themselves in a spooky house inhabited by a nut who is a mechanical genius and has made a robot who does everything. The inventor manipulates the robot's control board from a hidden room. The girls are soon in a panic. Patsy gets into an argument with the robot and loses the match of wits. Blackie Burke, an escaped convict, is using the house as a hideout, and this adds to the problems the girls already have.

There Ain't No Santa Claus

There Ain't No Santa Claus

Charley has several dilemmas facing him at Christmas, all posed by his greedy, heartless landlord Noah and his family.

Rough Seas

Rough Seas

On his way home following World War I, Charley smuggles his French sweetheart aboard ship and gets into all kinds of trouble.

Messing Around

Messing Around

Alternate-language version of Rough Seas (1931)

Benny, from Panama

Benny, from Panama

Jeanette and Eddie get married, but their wedding night is a fiasco. First, their wedding guests follow them, resulting in a police chase, then the guests show up at their apartment, disrupting the building. Then, a rowdy sailor friend of Eddie's shows up, accompanied by a squad of even rowdier buddies and an enormous vengeful mosquito.

Treasure Blues

Treasure Blues

Thelma and Patsy follow a map looking for treasure.

The Pip from Pittsburg

The Pip from Pittsburg

Charley agrees to go on a blind date to help out his roommate. But because his last such date turned out badly, he goes all out trying to make himself look bad. He refuses to shave, wears his friend's old suit and even eats garlic. Unfortunately for him, however, his date turns out to be the lovely Thelma Todd.