Movies: William Gillespie

When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself....

The Laurel & Hardy Moving Co. have a challenging job on their hands (and backs): hauling a player piano up a monumental flight of stairs to Prof. von Schwarzenhoffen's house. Their task is complicated by a sassy nursemaid and, unbeknownst to them, th...

A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead....

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York....

When compulsive gambler Little Joe Jackson dies in a drunken fight, he awakens in purgatory, where he learns that he will be sent back to Earth for six months to prove that he deserves to be in heaven. He awakens, remembering nothing and struggles to...

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand to claim his innocence and describe the actual, but improbable sounding, sequence of events that led to her death....

Stable hands Stan and Ollie are tending a thoroughbred named "Blue Boy." But when they overhear two men talking about a $5000 reward for the return of the stolen "Blue Boy," they miss the part about it being the painting, not the horse. They take the...

Our hero is infatuated with a girl in the next office. In order to drum up business for her boss, an osteopath, he gets an actor friend to pretend injuries that the doctor "cures", thereby building a reputation. When he hears that his girl is marryin...

A man takes a job in a café, hoping to get to know the pretty waitress working there....

Bees in His Bonnet is a 1918 American short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. It is presumed to be lost....

Stan and Ollie wreak havoc at an upper class hotel in their jobs as footman (Hardy) and doorman (Laurel). They partially undress blonde bombshell Jean Harlow (in a brief appearance) and repeatedly escort a stuffy nobleman into an empty elevator shaft...

After being discharged from the 372nd infantry, on account of a bean shortage, smithy seeks employment. He finds a job on a construction site, where he helps to build a house, and soon causes havoc amongst the other workers. The construction company ...

A counterfeit count is aided in his courtship of the heroine by her father who is overwhelmed by his "title."...

A young man puts on the play "Romeo and Juliet" as a fundraiser, but has to keep a close eye on his dad, who's had several drinks too many, and a pesky cab driver who's determined to collect his fare....

Stan Laurel as a harness racing jockey who must win a big race....

Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after years of unsuccessful treatment....

Charley Chase has car trouble....

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos....

Our hero is a police officer who gets involved in a crap game, flirting with a nurse and other amusements....

Pick and Shovel, also known as The Miner, is a 1923 silent comedy film starring Stan Laurel....