Classic Hollywood
62 Episodes
They don’t make ’em like they used to! Enjoy these classics from the golden age of Hollywood and beyond.
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1:23:17Episode 1
Merrily We Go to Hell
Episode 1
Directed by Dorothy Arzner • 1932 • United States
Starring Sylvia Sidney, Fredric March, Adrianne AllenOne of director Dorothy Arzner’s most fascinatingly subversive portraits of marital dysfunction stars Sylvia Sidney as a wealthy socialite who falls in love with an alcoholic writer (Fredric M...
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1:19:24Episode 3
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Episode 3
Directed by John S. Robertson • 1920 • United States
Starring John Barrymore, Brandon Hurst, Martha MansfieldConsidered by many to be the first great American horror film, John S. Robertson’s DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE allowed stage legend John Barrymore to deliver one of his most virtuosic screen...
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1:15:53Episode 4
Our Hospitality
Episode 4
Directed by Buster Keaton and John G. Blystone • 1923 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Natalie TalmadgeOUR HOSPITALITY broadened the boundaries of slapstick and proved that Buster Keaton was not just a comedian, he was an artist. Keaton stars as youthful dreamer Willie McKay...
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1:23:43Episode 5
If I Had a Million
Episode 5
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Norman Z. McLeod, H. Bruce Humberstone, James Cruze, Stephen Roberts, and William A. Seiter • 1932 • United States
Starring Gary Cooper, Charles Laughton, George RaftAn all-star cast of golden-age Hollywood legends adorns this unique and whimsical dayd...
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22:54Episode 6
The Blacksmith
Episode 6
Directed by Buster Keaton and Malcolm St. Clair • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Virginia Fox, Joe RobertsA bumbling blacksmith’s assistant tries his hand at fixing a car.
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24:37Episode 7
The Butcher Boy
Episode 7
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1917 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. JohnBuster Keaton makes his film debut as one of a number of troublesome customers at a general store.
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24:41Episode 8
Day Dreams
Episode 8
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1922 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Renée Adorée, Joe RobertsA luckless young man tries to impress his sweetheart’s father by getting a job—but winds up all wet.
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23:02Episode 9
Good Night Nurse
Episode 9
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1918 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Alice LakeIt’s shenanigans at a sanitarium—with Buster Keaton as a cleaver-wielding surgeon.
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21:03Episode 10
The High Sign
Episode 10
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1921 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Bartine Burkett, Charles DoretyA day at the amusement park goes awry when Buster becomes an accidental hit man.
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21:59Episode 12
The Hayseed
Episode 12
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1919 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Molly MaloneFatty Arbuckle plays a hilarious game of hide and seek.
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1:17:50Episode 14
One Hour with You
Episode 14
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1932 • United States
Starring Maurice Chevalier, Jeanette MacDonald, Genevieve TobinErnst Lubitsch reunites Maurice Chevalier and Jeanette MacDonald, this time as a seemingly blissful couple whose marriage hits the skids when her flirtatious school chum comes on to ...
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19:57Episode 15
The Rough House
Episode 15
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle and Buster Keaton • 1917 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Al St. John, Buster KeatonThe hapless proprietor of a seaside resort starts a fire and gets creative in the kitchen.
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19:24Episode 16
The Scarecrow
Episode 16
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1920 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Joe Roberts, Sybil SeelyFarmhand Buster looks for love and ends up playing the dummy in a cornfield.
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1:17:17Episode 17
Broken Lullaby
Episode 17
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1932 • United States
Starring Lionel Barrymore, Phillips Holmes, Nancy CarrollThough best known for the sophisticated comedies he turned out with elegant ease in the 1930s, director Ernst Lubitsch took a rare, often overlooked detour into serious-minded drama with t...
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1:09:31Episode 18
Steamboat Bill, Jr.
Episode 18
Directed by Buster Keaton and Charles Reisner • 1928 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Tom McGuireSTEAMBOAT BILL, JR. was Buster Keaton’s last independent silent comedy and also one of his finest. He stars as the sensitive son of a gruff riverboat captain (Ernest Torrence...
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24:01Episode 19
Oh Doctor!
Episode 19
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1917 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Al St. JohnA doctor bets it all at the horse races and winds up in quite a fix.
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1:15:53Episode 21
Honor Among Lovers
Episode 21
Directed by Dorothy Arzner • 1931 • United States
Starring Claudette Colbert, Fredric March, Monroe OwsleyThe incandescent presence of two rising stars—Claudette Colbert and Fredric March—lights up this deft blend of comedy, romance, and social drama. A young secretary (Colbert) faces a life-al...
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One Week
Episode 22
Directed by Buster Keaton and Edward F. Cline • 1920 • United States
Starring Buster Keaton, Sybil SeelyBuster Keaton’s first short as an independent producer displays his daredevil innovation as a pair of newlyweds struggle to assemble their prefab house.
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21:25Episode 23
Back Stage
Episode 23
Directed by Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle • 1919 • United States
Starring Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Jack Coogan Sr.The stagehands get in on the act during a vaudeville performance gone wrong.
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1:29:04Episode 24
The Smiling Lieutenant
Episode 24
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch • 1931 • United States
Starring Maurice Chevalier, Claudette Colbert, Miriam HopkinsMaurice Chevalier’s randy Viennese lieutenant is enamored of Claudette Colbert’s freethinking, all-girl-orchestra-leading cutie. Yet complications ensue when the sexually repressed pri...