Orem Library

Complete collection of Keaton's solo silent comedies.

In 1934, Keaton signed a contract with Earle W. Hammons' Educational Pictures, which specialized in comedy short subjects. This move was a return to his roots, crafting a stream of two-reel comedies in rapid succession, as he had done in the early 1920s, when he first refined his cinematic craft. Contains all sixteen films made at Educational Pictures. The gold ghost (1934): With his girlfriend, Buster drives west and winds up in a ghost town called...

A hapless door-to-door salesman becomes a prime suspect when one of his clients is murdered. Now, he and his girl have to outwit the murderer and the cops 'til they can prove he's innocent! If this all sounds familiar, Columbia released a similarly plotted picture just two years later, swapping another famous redhead into the lead, Lucille Ball in The Fuller Brush Girl! But this is the original.

A college student is forced by his crusty father to learn the ropes of riverboating during a feud between his father and a rival.

Willie McKay is a New York man who returns to his southern Antebellum home to find himself embroiled in a longstanding feud between his family and that of the woman he loves.

A slapstick comedy in which a hapless door-to-door saleswoman finds that she is a murder suspect.

A pioneer of slapstick with his trademark silk top hat and cane, this Max Linder collection has him playing Dart-in Again (D'Artagnan), a courting young man, a fellow who brings misfortune to himself by avoiding bad luck situations, and a newlywed who needs a divorce to get an inheritance.

Haru is an orphaned American who washes to shore in Japan and is mistaken for the Great White Ninja of legend. Raised among the finest Ninjas, Haru grows into a big, strong, slapstick disaster! An embarrassment to his clan, Haru has no hope of ever becoming a full Ninja. But when a beautiful blonde pleads for help, Haru is given one dangerously funny chance to prove himself.

Zazie is an energetic, saucy little girl from the suburbs who comes to Paris with her mother Jeanne for the weekend. Jeanne has an urgent appointment with her lover, so Uncle Gabby will be looking after Zazie. Zazie particularly wants to ride the Metro--the subway--but the train staff is on strike. So after the obligatory sightseeing trip to the Eiffel Tower, Zazie loses her uncle and embarks on a series of madcap, rather Rabelaisian adventures. While...

A collection of animated short films directed by Tex Avery during his time at Metro-Golden-Mayer, 1942-1957, featuring popular characters like Droop, Screwball Squirrel, George & Junior, Spike, Red, and The Wolf.