Al Cooke

Gymnasium Jim (1922)

Keystone comedy about a garage owner pining for the girl next door, coming into money, and betting on a fixed fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  Kewpie Morgan  •  Marvin Loback

Keystone comedy about a garage owner pining for the girl next door, coming into money, and betting on a fixed fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth  •  F. Richard Jones
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  Kewpie Morgan  •  Marvin Loback

On Patrol (1922)

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  James Donnelly  •  Kalla Pasha

Billy Bevan trying to escape the cops! Roughly only half of the original short's twenty-two minutes still exists.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  James Donnelly  •  Kalla Pasha

The Duck Hunter (1922)

A 1922 comedy short.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  Kewpie Morgan  •  Irene

A 1922 comedy short.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Roy Del Ruth
CAST:  Billy Bevan  •  Mildred June  •  Kewpie Morgan  •  Irene

Conductor 1492 (1924)

A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Hines  •  Frank Griffin
CAST:  Charles Hines  •  Doris May  •  Dan Mason  •  Ruth Renick

A young Irish immigrant gets a job as a conductor on a streetcar and fights off an attempt by crooks to take over the company, all the while pursuing the boss' beautiful daughter.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Charles Hines  •  Frank Griffin
CAST:  Charles Hines  •  Doris May  •  Dan Mason  •  Ruth Renick

The Mystery Train (1931)

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Whitman
CAST:  Marceline Day  •  Hedda Hopper  •  Nick Stuart  •  Bryant Washburn

A group of passengers are trapped in a runaway Pullman car.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Phil Whitman
CAST:  Marceline Day  •  Hedda Hopper  •  Nick Stuart  •  Bryant Washburn

Dream Stuff (1933)

Walter Catlett is the cousin to some squeaky voiced Dagwood Bumstead type who can't get a girl. Can he browbeat his cousin into swiping pretty girl from accomplished gunman, boxer, and horseman Franklin Pangborn (!?), or is that just DREAM STUFF?  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Walter Catlett  •  Joyce Compton  •  Emerson Treacy  •  Franklin Pangborn

Walter Catlett is the cousin to some squeaky voiced Dagwood Bumstead type who can't get a girl. Can he browbeat his cousin into swiping pretty girl from accomplished gunman, boxer, and horseman Franklin Pangborn (!?), or is that just DREAM STUFF?  (more)

DIRECTION:  William Beaudine
CAST:  Walter Catlett  •  Joyce Compton  •  Emerson Treacy  •  Franklin Pangborn

Fighting Blood (1923)

Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair  •  Henry Lehrman
CAST:  George O'Hara  •  Clara Horton  •  Kit Guard  •  Al Cooke

Al Santell silent sports boxing comedy series starring George O'Hara, and all star cast: Kit Guard, Al Cooke, Clara Horton, Mabel Van Buren, and Clark Gable (in one of his 14 uncredited roles prior to making his real debut in 1931's "The Painted Desert"). Note ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair  •  Henry Lehrman
CAST:  George O'Hara  •  Clara Horton  •  Kit Guard  •  Al Cooke

Don't Weaken! (1920)

A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Ford Sterling  •  James Finlayson  •  Charles Murray  •  Fanny Kelly

A dancing instructor gets involved with a newly rich family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Ford Sterling  •  James Finlayson  •  Charles Murray  •  Fanny Kelly

Money to Burns (1924)

After having difficulty coming up with a new story idea, a writer pays a fellow to allow him to follow him around in hopes it will encourage his literary juices to flow. Unfortunately, he gets more than he bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Alberta Vaughn  •  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Gertrude Short

After having difficulty coming up with a new story idea, a writer pays a fellow to allow him to follow him around in hopes it will encourage his literary juices to flow. Unfortunately, he gets more than he bargained for.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Malcolm St. Clair
CAST:  Alberta Vaughn  •  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Gertrude Short

One Minute to Play (1926)

"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Harold 'Red' Grange  •  Mary McAllister  •  Charles Ogle  •  George Wilson

"Red" Wade, a star high-school football player, has intentions of going to Claxton College, which has a powerhouse football team, but changes his mind when he meets the sister of the pitiful Paramlee team and goes to college there, just as his father, an alum of ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sam Wood
CAST:  Harold 'Red' Grange  •  Mary McAllister  •  Charles Ogle  •  George Wilson

Catch-As Catch-Can (1931)

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Neilan
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Thelma Todd  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Reed Howes

Zasu falls for a wrestler, drags Thelma to his next fight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Marshall Neilan
CAST:  Zasu Pitts  •  Thelma Todd  •  Guinn "Big Boy" Williams  •  Reed Howes

The Quack Doctor (1920)

In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Bevan  •  George Gray
CAST:  Louise Fazenda  •  Billy Bevan  •  Billy Armstrong  •  Ben Turpin

In one of the handful of Sennett/ Paramount Films to survive we visit a traveling medicine show.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Billy Bevan  •  George Gray
CAST:  Louise Fazenda  •  Billy Bevan  •  Billy Armstrong  •  Ben Turpin

Legionnaires in Paris (1927)

Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvid E. Gillstrom
CAST:  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Louise Lorraine  •  Virginia Sale

Two American soldiers are on leave in Paris on Armistice Day and, due to a misunderstanding, believe that they've killed a man, although accidentally. When they discover that the police are looking for them, they're convinced that they're in big trouble and take ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Arvid E. Gillstrom
CAST:  Al Cooke  •  Kit Guard  •  Louise Lorraine  •  Virginia Sale