James Parrott was an American

United States

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 actor

Actor

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 and film director

Film director

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; and the younger brother of film comedian Charley Chase

Charley Chase

Charley Chase was an American comedian, actor, screenwriter and film director, best known for his work in Hal Roach short film comedies...

.

Early years

James Gibbons Parrott was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Charles and Blanche Thompson Parrott. In 1903, his father died from a heart attack

Myocardial infarction

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, leaving the family in bad financial shape, which forced them to move in with a relative. Charley Jr. quit school, so he could go to work, in order to support his mother and brother. Eventually the call of the stage beckoned him, and Charley Jr. left home at age 16 to travel the vaudeville

Vaudeville

Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...

 circuit as a singer and comedic performer. By the time James had reached his teens, he too, had quit school, and became involved with the street gangs of Baltimore.

Later, Charley's connections in the film industry helped get his younger brother established in movies, and he would appear during the 1920s in a series of relatively successful comedies for producer Hal Roach

Hal Roach

Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. was an American film and television producer and director, and from the 1910s to the 1990s.- Early life and career :Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York...

. He was billed first as "Paul Parrott," then "Jimmie Parrott." Approximately 75 comedies were produced from 1921 to 1923, with titles continuing to be released through Pathé

Pathé

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 until 1926. Frequent co-stars included Marie Mosquini

Marie Mosquini

Marie Mosquini was an American film actress. She appeared in 202 films between 1917 and 1929. After leaving high school she became the resident ingenue at the Hal Roach studio, appearing opposite Roach's comedy stars Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard, and Stan Laurel.In October, 1930, Marie retired from...

, Jobyna Ralston

Jobyna Ralston

Jobyna Ralston was an American stage and film actress.-Early life and career:Born Jobyna Lancaster Raulston in South Pittsburg, Tennessee in 1899 to parents who named her after famed entertainer of the time, Jobyna Howland...

, Eddie Baker

Eddie Baker (actor)

Eddie Baker was an American film actor. He appeared in 177 films between 1917 and 1965. He was born in Davis, West Virginia and died in Hollywood, California from emphysema.-Selected filmography:...

, and Sunshine Sammy.

Parrott is probably best known as a comedy director. As "James Parrott," he specialized in the two-reel misadventures of Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy

Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema...

, including the Oscar-winning classic The Music Box, and Helpmates

Helpmates

Helpmates is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer on January 23, 1932.- Plot :...

.

Later years

During the 1930s Parrott had acquired serious drinking and drug problems (his diet medications were really addictive amphetamines) and although still able to direct quality shorts, he had developed a reputation as unreliable. By the mid-1930s his work was spotty: Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel

Arthur Stanley "Stan" Jefferson , better known as Stan Laurel, was an English comic actor, writer and film director, famous as the first half of the comedy team Laurel and Hardy. His film acting career stretched between 1917 and 1951 and included a starring role in the Academy Award winning film...

 used him sporadically to contribute gags to the Laurel and Hardy features, and he would direct an Our Gang

Our Gang

Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively...

short in 1934, plus several acceptable entries in Thelma Todd

Thelma Todd

Thelma Alice Todd was an American actress. Appearing in about 120 pictures between 1926 and 1935, she is best remembered for her comedic roles in films like Marx Brothers' Monkey Business and Horse Feathers, a number of Charley Chase's short comedies, and co-starring with Buster Keaton and Jimmy...

-Patsy Kelly

Patsy Kelly

Patsy Kelly was an American stage and film comedic actress.-Early life and career:Kelly was born Sarah Veronica Rose Kelly in Brooklyn, New York to Irish immigrants, John and Delia Kelly, and made her Broadway debut in 1928...

 series.

Death

By 1937, Parrott was accepting any jobs that came his way. He could no longer be counted on to direct or write, and relied on his brother to support him financially. There was a brief marriage to Ruby Ellen McCoy in 1937, but as his various addictions worsened, so did his state of mind.

Parrott died at the age of 41 of heart failure. His brother Charley was devastated, and died 13 months later.

Actor

• 1918 : Hit Him Again
  Hit Him Again
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* Lew Harvey* Gus Leonard* James Parrott* King Zany -...
  
  
• 1918 : A Gasoline Wedding
  A Gasoline Wedding
  A Gasoline Wedding is a 1918 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley * William Gillespie* Maynard Laswell...
  
  
• 1918 : Look Pleasant, Please
  Look Pleasant, Please
  Look Pleasant, Please is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Lew Harvey* Gus Leonard...
  
  
• 1918 : Here Come the Girls
  Here Come the Girls (1918 film)
  Here Come the Girls is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks...
  
  
• 1918 : Let's Go
  Let's Go (film)
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* Gus Leonard* James Parrott* Dorothea Wolbert...
  
  
• 1918 : On the Jump
  On the Jump
  On the Jump is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art. -Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks...
  
  
• 1918 : Follow the Crowd
• 1918 : Pipe the Whiskers
  Pipe the Whiskers
  Pipe the Whiskers is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Janitor* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Fred C. Newmeyer...
  
  
• 1918 : It's a Wild Life
  It's a Wild Life
  It's a Wild Life is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Helen Gilmore* Lew Harvey* Bud Jamison* Fred C. Newmeyer...
  
  
• 1918 : Hey There!
  Hey There!
  Hey There! is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore...
  
  
• 1918 : Kicked Out
  Kicked Out
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Billy Fay - * William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Marvin Loback* Belle Mitchell* James Parrott* Dorothea Wolbert...
  
  
• 1918 : Two-Gun Gussie
  Two-Gun Gussie
  Two-Gun Gussie is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Two-Gun Gussie * Snub Pollard - Snub * Bebe Daniels - The Girl* William Blaisdell - Dagger-Tooth Dan...
  
  
• 1918 : Fireman Save My Child
• 1918 : Sic 'Em, Towser
  Sic 'Em, Towser
  Sic 'Em, Towser is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Gus Leonard* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1918 : Somewhere in Turkey
  Somewhere in Turkey
  Somewhere in Turkey is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - A Fearless Explorer* Snub Pollard - His Assistant* Bebe Daniels - A Girl in Danger* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Harry Burns* Louise Carver...
  
  
• 1918 : An Ozark Romance
  An Ozark Romance
  An Ozark Romance is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. Prints of the film survive at the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* William Gillespie...
  
  
• 1918 : Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
  Kicking the Germ Out of Germany
  Kicking the Germ Out of Germany is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Lige Conley - * Mildred Forbes* William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Max Hamburger...
  
  
• 1918 : That's Him
  That's Him
  That's Him is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Lige Conley - * William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Lew Harvey* Gus Leonard* Marie Mosquini* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1918 : Bride and Gloom
  Bride and Gloom (film)
  Bride and Gloom is a 1918 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Groom* Bebe Daniels - Bride* Snub Pollard* William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Lew Harvey* James Parrott* Charles Stevenson -...
  
  
• 1918 : Two Scrambled
  Two Scrambled
  Two Scrambled is a 1918 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Bud Jamison* James Parrott* Malcolm St. Clair* Charles Stevenson* Noah Young...
  
  
• 1918 : No Place Like Jail
  No Place Like Jail
  No Place Like Jail is a 1918 silent comedy film directed by Frank Terry that features Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Dan Alberts * Margaret Hansen* Estelle Harrison* Wallace Howe* Bud Jamison* Stan Laurel* Gus Leonard* Chris Lynton* Belle Mitchell...
  
  
• 1918 : Why Pick on Me?
  Why Pick on Me?
  Why Pick on Me? is a 1918 short comedy film starring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Harry Burns* William Gillespie* Helen Gilmore* Lew Harvey* Bud Jamison* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1918 : Just Rambling Along
  Just Rambling Along
  Just Rambling Along is a 1918 silent comedy film featuring Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Stan Laurel - Nervy Young Man* Clarine Seymour - Pretty Lady* Noah Young - Policeman* James Parrott - Cook* Bud Jamison - Chef* Bunny Bixby* Mary Burns* Harry Clifton...
  
  
• 1918 : Hear 'Em Rave
  Hear 'Em Rave
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* William Blaisdell* William Gillespie* Lew Harvey* Bud Jamison* Oscar Larson* James Parrott* Dorothea Wolbert* Noah Young...
  
  
• 1918 : She Loves Me Not
• 1919 : An Auto Nut
• 1919 : Do You Love Your Wife?
  Do You Love Your Wife?
  -Cast:* Stan Laurel - The janitor* Bunny Bixby* Mary Burns* Mildred Forbes* William Gillespie* Bud Jamison* Gus Leonard* Belle Mitchell* Marie Mosquini* Lois Neilson* James Parrott* William Petterson* Charles Stevenson* Dorothea Wolbert* Noah Young...
  
  
• 1919 : Wanted - $5,000
  Wanted - $5,000
  Wanted – $5,000 is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Lew Harvey* Bud Jamison* Margaret Joslin* Dee Lampton* Marie Mosquini* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1919 : Going! Going! Gone!
  Going! Going! Gone!
  Going! Going! Gone! is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard - Snub* Bebe Daniels - Miss Goulash* William Blaisdell* Sammy Brooks* Harry Burns* Billy Fay - * William Gillespie...
  
  
• 1919 : Hustling for Health
  Hustling for Health
  -Cast:* Stan Laurel - The Man* Pearl Elmore - * Sadie Gordon - * Rosa Gore - * Bud Jamison - Mr. Spotless * Margaret Joslin - * Jerome Laplauch - * Belle Mitchell -...
  
  
• 1919 : Hoots Mon!
• 1919 : I'm on My Way
  I'm on My Way (film)
  I'm on My Way is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks -...
  
  
• 1919 : The Dutiful Dub
  The Dutiful Dub
  The Dutiful Dub is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Harry Burns* Billy Fay* William Gillespie* Lew Harvey* Bud Jamison* Margaret Joslin* James Parrott* Dorothea Wolbert...
  
  
• 1919 : A Sammy in Siberia
  A Sammy in Siberia
  A Sammy In Siberia is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. In this seven minute film, an American soldier in Siberia rescues a woman assaulted by ruffians.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks...
  
  
• 1919 : Young Mr. Jazz
  Young Mr. Jazz
  Young Mr. Jazz is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the film archive of the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* Mildred Forbes...
  
  
• 1919 : Crack Your Heels
  Crack Your Heels
  Crack Your Heels is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* Lew Harvey* Wallace Howe* Margaret Joslin - * Marie Mosquini...
  
  
• 1919 : Ring Up the Curtain
  Ring Up the Curtain
  Ring Up the Curtain is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Stage Hand* Bebe Daniels - The Leading Lady* Snub Pollard - The Leading Man* Bud Jamison - An Actor* Noah Young - An Actor* Edith Depew* Florence Depew...
  
  
• 1919 : Si, Senor
  Si, Senor
  Si, Senor is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* Estelle Harrison* Lew Harvey* Wallace Howe* Dee Lampton* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1919 : Pistols for Breakfast
  Pistols for Breakfast
  Pistols for Breakfast is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the Museum of Modern Art film archive.-Plot:A young man goes out to eat breakfeast with his friend...
  
  
• 1919 : Swat the Crook
  Swat the Crook
  Swat the Crook is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as Harold* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* Lew Harvey* Dee Lampton* Gus Leonard* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1919 : Off the Trolley
  Off the Trolley
  Off the Trolley is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Billy Fay* Lew Harvey* Wallace Howe* Bud Jamison* Gus Leonard* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer* James Parrott...
  
  
• 1919 : At the Old Stage Door
  At the Old Stage Door
  At the Old Stage Door is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. A print of the film survives in the Museum of Modern Art.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lew Harvey* Gus Leonard* James Parrott* Al St. John...
  
  
• 1919 : A Jazzed Honeymoon
  A Jazzed Honeymoon
  A Jazzed Honeymoon is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd. In this eight minute short, a newly-married couple have adventures on a steamship.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd as The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Mildred Forbes...
  
  
• 1919 : Count Your Change
  Count Your Change
  Count Your Change is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - the boy* Snub Pollard - Billy Bullion * Bebe Daniels - Miss Flighty* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Wallace Howe...
  
  
• 1919 : Chop Suey & Co.
  Chop Suey & Co.
  Chop Suey & Co. is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd - The Boy* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Wallace Howe* Bud Jamison* Dee Lampton* Marie Mosquini* Fred C. Newmeyer...
  
  
• 1919 : Heap Big Chief
  Heap Big Chief
  Heap Big Chief is a 1919 short comedy film featuring Harold Lloyd.-Cast:* Harold Lloyd* Snub Pollard* Bebe Daniels* Sammy Brooks* Lige Conley - * Lew Harvey* Wallace Howe* Bud Jamison* Dee Lampton* Earl Mohan* Marie Mosquini...
  
  
• 1919 : Don't Shove
  Don't Shove
  -Cast:* Harold Lloyd - Harold* Bebe Daniels - Bebe* Bud Jamison - Harold's rival* Noah Young - Tough guy* Eddie Boland* Sammy Brooks - Party Guest* Lige Conley - * Wallace Howe - * Dee Lampton - Fat Rival* Marie Mosquini...
  
  
• 1920 : His First Flat Tire
• 1921 : Big Town Ideas
• 1922 : Try, Try Again
• 1922 : Paste and Paper
• 1922 : Loose Change
• 1922 : Rich Man, Poor Man
• 1922 : Stand Pat
• 1922 : Friday the Thirteenth
• 1922 : The Late Lamented
• 1922 : A Bed of Roses
• 1922 : The Sleuth
• 1922 : Busy Bees
• 1922 : The Bride-to-Be
• 1922 : Take Next Car
• 1922 : Touch All the Bases
• 1922 : The Truth Juggler
• 1922 : Rough on Romeo
• 1922 : Wet Weather
• 1922 : The Landlubber
• 1922 : Bone Dry (1922)
• 1922 : Soak the Shiek
• 1922 : Face the Camera
• 1922 : The Uppercut
• 1922 : Shiver and Shake
• 1922 : The Golf Bug
• 1922 : Shine 'Em Up!
• 1922 : Washed Ashore
• 1922 : Harvest Hands
• 1922 : The Flivver
• 1922 : Blaze Away
• 1922 : I'll Take Vanilla
• 1922 : Fair Week
• 1922 : The White Blacksmith
• 1922 : Fire the Fireman
• 1923 : Post No Bills
  Post No Bills
  Post No Bills is a documentary film on satirical political poster artist Robbie Conal directed by Clay Walker.This documentary was filmed in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco from 1990 to 1992...
  
  
• 1923 : Watch Your Wife
• 1923 : Mr. Hyppo
• 1923 : Don't Say Die
• 1923 : Jailed and Bailed
• 1923 : A Loose Tightwad
• 1923 : Tight Shoes
  Tight Shoes
  Tight Shoes is the ninth studio album by Foghat, released in 1980 on Bearsville. The band has commented on the album saying, "It was a tentative foray into New Wave." This was also the last release Rod Price participated on until 1994's Return of the Boogie Men.-Track listing:# Stranger in My Home...
  
  
• 1923 : Do Your Stuff
• 1923 : Shoot Straight
• 1923 : For Safe Keeping
• 1923 : Bowled Over
• 1923 : Get Your Man
  Get Your Man
  Get Your Man is a 1934 British comedy film directed by George King and starring Dorothy Boyd, Sebastian Shaw and Clifford Heatherley. A determined young woman sets up an elaborate plan to secure the man she has fallen in love with...
  
  
• 1923 : The Smile Wins
  The Smile Wins
  The Smile Wins is a 1928 short silent comedy film directed by Robert F. McGowan. It was the 72nd Our Gang short subject released.-Cast:* Allen Hoskins - Farina* Jannie Hoskins - Mango* Joe Cobb - Joe* Jackie Condon - Jackie* Jay R. Smith - Jay...
  
  
• 1923 : Good Riddance
• 1923 : Speed the Swede
• 1923 : Sunny Spain
• 1923 : For Art's Sake
• 1923 : Fresh Eggs
• 1923 : Uncovered Wagon
• 1923 : For Guests Only
• 1923 : Live Wires
  Live Wires
  Live Wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the first film in the series after the comedy team of The East Side Kids was revamped and renamed as The Bowery Boys.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1923 : Take the Air
• 1923 : Finger Prints
• 1923 : Winner Take All
• 1923 : Dear Ol' Pal
• 1923 : Join the Circus
• 1924 : Get Busy
• 1925 : Whispering Lions
• 1925 : The Caretaker's Daughter
• 1925 : Are Parents Pickles?
• 1925 : Whistling Lions
• 1926 : Between Meals
• 1926 : Don't Butt In
• 1926 : Soft Pedal
  Soft pedal
  The soft pedal is one of the standard pedals on a piano, generally placed leftmost among the pedals. On a grand piano this pedal shifts the whole action including the keyboard slightly to the right, so that hammers which normally strike all three of the strings for a note strike only two of them....
  
  
• 1926 : Pay the Cashier
• 1926 : The Only Son
  The Only Son
  The Only Son may refer to:*A male who is the only child or son of a father* The Only Son , directed by Oscar Apfel* The Only Son , directed by Yasujiro Ozu* The Only Son , a Burmese film...
  
  
• 1926 : Hired and Fired
• 1926 : The Old War-Horse
• 1931 : Pardon Us
  Pardon Us
  Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy film. It was produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1934 : Washee Ironee
  Washee Ironee
  Washee Ironee is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by James Parrott. It was the 131st Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:...
  
  

Director

• 1921 : The Pickaninny
• 1922 : Mixed Nuts
  Mixed Nuts (1922 film)
  Mixed Nuts is the title of a 1922 black & white silent film, starring Stan Laurel. The movie is a "2 reeler" comedic short. It was created by re-cutting an earlier film, Nuts in May , adding footage and outtakes from another movie, The Pest , and filming new sequences, in order to combine the...
  
  
• 1924 : Just a Minute
• 1924 : Hard Knocks
• 1924 : Love's Detour
• 1924 : The Fraidy Cat
• 1924 : Don't Forget
  Don't Forget
  Don't Forget is the debut studio album by American singer–songwriter Demi Lovato. The album was released on September 23, 2008 by Hollywood Records. Lovato co-wrote most of the songs with American boy band Jonas Brothers, who also co-produced several songs with John Fields...
  
  
• 1925 : Should Sailors Marry?
  Should Sailors Marry?
  Should Sailors Marry? is a 1925 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Clyde Cook - Cyril D'Armond* Noah Young - The ex-husband* Fay Holderness - Verbena Singlefoot * Martha Sleeper - Smyrna* Oliver Hardy - Doctor...
  
  
• 1926 : The Cow's Kimona
  The Cow's Kimona
  The Cow's Kimona is a 1926 film featuring Oliver Hardy, although his scenes would later be deleted....
  
  
• 1926 : On the Front Page
  On the Front Page
  -Cast:* Lillian Rich - Countess Polasky* Tyler Brooke - Young Hornby* Stan Laurel - Dangerfield* Bull Montana - Private secretary* Edwards Davis - James W. Hornby* Leo White - Beauty expert...
  
  
• 1926 : There Ain't No Santa Claus
• 1927 : Many Scrappy Returns
• 1927 : Are Brunettes Safe?
• 1927 : A One Mama Man
• 1927 : Forgotten Sweeties
• 1927 : Bigger and Better Blondes
• 1927 : Fluttering Hearts
  Fluttering Hearts
  Fluttering Hearts is a 1927 film featuring Charley Chase, Oliver Hardy, and Eugene Pallette.-Cast:* Charley Chase - Charley* Martha Sleeper - Daughter* Oliver Hardy - Big Bill* William Burress - Father* Eugene Pallette - Motorcycle Cop...
  
  
• 1927 : What Women Did for Me
• 1927 : The Sting of Stings
• 1927 : The Lighter That Failed
• 1927 : Now I'll Tell One
  Now I'll Tell One
  Now I'll Tell One is a 1927 silent film starring Charley Chase. It also features Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, however, whilst both had parts in this short they did not officially become a duo until several months after this film was released. It was directed by James Parrott , produced by Hal...
  
  
• 1927 : Us
• 1927 : Assistant Wives
• 1927 : Never the Dames Shall Meet
• 1928 : All for Nothing
  All For Nothing
  All For Nothing is a female fronted hardcore band from south-side Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Behind the in-your-face hardcore, you will find metal and punk-rock influences in their music, all contributing to their own unique style....
  
  
• 1928 : Galloping Ghosts
• 1928 : Their Purple Moment
  Their Purple Moment
  Their Purple Moment is a 1928 short comedy silent film starring Laurel and Hardy....
  
  
• 1928 : Should Married Men Go Home?
  Should Married Men Go Home?
  Should Married Men Go Home? is a silent two-reel comedy produced by the Hal Roach Studios and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was filmed in March and May 1928, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 8 of that year...
  
  
• 1928 : Two Tars
  Two Tars
  Two Tars, directed by James Parrott and released in 1928, is recognized as one of Laurel and Hardy's greatest films. A silent film, it largely consists of a 'reciprocal destruction' involving motorists in a traffic jam, which has much inventive mayhem with the destruction of various...
  
  
• 1928 : Habeas Corpus
  Habeas Corpus (1928 film)
  Habeas Corpus is a 1928 short comedy silent film starring Laurel and Hardy as grave-robbers hired by a mad scientist. It was shot in July 1928 and released by M-G-M on December 1st...
  
  
• 1928 : Chasing Husbands
• 1929 : Ruby Lips
• 1929 : Lesson No. 1
• 1929 : Happy Birthday
• 1929 : Furnace Trouble
• 1929 : Stewed, Fried and Boiled
• 1929 : Perfect Day
  Perfect Day (1929 film)
  -Synopsis:The story involves the difficulties Laurel and Hardy, their wives, and their Uncle Edgar have in trying to go out for a picnic on a Sunday.-Background and production:...
  
  
• 1929 : They Go Boom!
  They Go Boom
  They Go Boom is a 1929 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy.-Plot details:Laurel & Hardy try to sleep in a room-for-rent. Hardy, suffering from a cold, coughs frequently, while Laurel snores. Both of them have trouble falling asleep because of this. They try to solve their problems, but this...
  
  
• 1929 : The Hoose-Gow
  The Hoose-Gow
  The Hoose-Gow is a 1929 short film starring Laurel and Hardy, directed by James Parrott and produced by Hal Roach.- Synopsis :Stan and Ollie arrive as new inmates at a prison after apparently taking part in a hold-up raid, a raid they tell a prison officer they were only watching...
  
  
• 1930 : La Vida nocturna
• 1930 : Une nuit extravagante
• 1930 : Tiembla y Titubea
• 1930 : Der Spuk um Mitternacht
• 1930 : Radiomanía
• 1930 : Noche de duendes
• 1930 : Ladrones
• 1930 : Feu mon oncle
• 1930 : Night Owls
• 1930 : Blotto
  Blotto (1930 film)
  Blotto is a comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Production background:The film survives only in a censored 1937 re-release print which has had Pre-Code sequences removed and a new music track added.Although the original 1930 version is now...
  
  
• 1930 : Brats
  Brats
  Brats is a 1930 Laurel and Hardy comedy short. The film was directed by James Parrott. Laurel and Hardy play dual roles as their own children....
  
  
• 1930 : Below Zero
• 1930 : Hog Wild
• 1930 : The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
  The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case
  The Laurel-Hardy Murder Case is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1930. It is 28 minutes in duration and was made from three-reels. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by MGM.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1930 : Another Fine Mess
  Another Fine Mess (1930 film)
  Another Fine Mess is a 1930 short comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It is based on the 1908 play Home From The Honeymoon by Arthur J. Jefferson, Stan Laurel's father, and is a talkie remake of the 1927 silent Laurel and Hardy film Duck Soup....
  
  
• 1931 : La Señorita de Chicago
• 1931 : Los Presidiarios
• 1931 : Muraglie
• 1931 : Hinter Schloss und Riegel
• 1931 : Be Big!
  Be Big!
  Be Big! is a Hal Roach three-reel comedy starring Laurel and Hardy. It was shot in November and December 1930, and released on February 7, 1931 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Dialogue was by H.M. Walker and direction by James Parrott.-Opening title:Mr...
  
  
• 1931 : The Pip from Pittsburgh
• 1931 : Monerías
• 1931 : Rough Seas
• 1931 : One of the Smiths
• 1931 : Pardon Us
  Pardon Us
  Pardon Us is Laurel and Hardy's first feature length comedy film. It was produced by Hal Roach and Stan Laurel, directed by James Parrott, and originally distributed by MGM in 1931.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1931 : The Panic Is On
• 1931 : Skip the Maloo!
• 1931 : What a Bozo!
• 1932 : Helpmates
  Helpmates
  Helpmates is a Laurel and Hardy short film comedy. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and released by Metro-Goldwyn Mayer on January 23, 1932.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1932 : The Music Box
• 1932 : The Chimp
  The Chimp
  The Chimp is a Laurel and Hardy short film made in 1932. It was directed by James Parrott, produced by Hal Roach and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1932 : County Hospital
• 1932 : Young Ironsides
• 1932 : Girl Grief
• 1932 : Now We'll Tell One
• 1932 : Mr. Bride
• 1933 : Twice Two
  Twice Two
  Twice Two is a Laurel and Hardy short film. It is one of only three films where the boys each play a dual role.-Plot:A year prior to the first scene, Stan Laurel married Oliver Hardy's sister , and Oliver married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in...
  
  
• 1933 : Twin Screws
• 1934 : Mixed Nuts
  Mixed Nuts (1922 film)
  Mixed Nuts is the title of a 1922 black & white silent film, starring Stan Laurel. The movie is a "2 reeler" comedic short. It was created by re-cutting an earlier film, Nuts in May , adding footage and outtakes from another movie, The Pest , and filming new sequences, in order to combine the...
  
  
• 1934 : A Duke for a Day
• 1934 : Benny from Panama
• 1934 : Washee Ironee
  Washee Ironee
  Washee Ironee is a 1934 Our Gang short comedy film directed by James Parrott. It was the 131st Our Gang short that was released.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1934 : Opened by Mistake
• 1935 : Treasure Blues
• 1935 : Sing, Sister, Sing
• 1935 : The Tin Man
• 1935 : The Misses Stooge
• 1935 : Do Your Stuff

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• 1925 : Chasing the Chaser
• 1925 : Unfriendly Enemies
• 1925 : Laughing Ladies
• 1926 : Your Husband's Past
• 1926 : Wandering Papas
  Wandering Papas
  Wandering Papas is a 1926 comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy and directed by Stan Laurel.-Cast:* Clyde Cook - The camp cook* Oliver Hardy - The foreman * Sue O'Neill - Susie, the hermit's daughter* Tyler Brooke - Onion, a bridge engineer...
  
  
• 1926 : Say It with Babies
  Say It with Babies
  Say It with Babies is a 1926 silent comedy film featuring Oliver Hardy.-Cast:* Glenn Tryon - Casper Crum* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Crum* Oliver Hardy - Hector, the floorwalker * Martha Sleeper - His wife...
  
  
• 1926 : Never Too Old
  Never Too Old
  Never Too Old is the final episode of the ninth series and the last ever episode of the British comedy series Dad's Army. It was originally transmitted on Sunday 13 November 1977, which was Remembrance Sunday in the UK.- Synopsis :...
  
  
• 1926 : Along Came Auntie
  Along Came Auntie
  -Cast:* Glenn Tryon - Mr. Chow, the 2nd husband* Vivien Oakland - Mrs. Remington Chow, the wife* Oliver Hardy - Mr. Vincent Belcher, the first husband* Tyler Brooke - The Under-Sheriff* Martha Sleeper - Marie, the maid* Lucy Beaumont - Aunt Alvira...
  
  
• 1926 : Should Husbands Pay?
• 1926 : Wise Guys Prefer Brunettes
• 1926 : Get 'Em Young
  Get 'Em Young
  Get 'Em Young is a 1926 film starring Stan Laurel.In a sad twist, this was the film being shown at the 1927 Laurier Palace Theatre Fire in Montreal, where 78 people died, all but one under the age of 16.-Cast:* Harry Myers - Orvid Joy...
  
  
• 1926 : On the Front Page
  On the Front Page
  -Cast:* Lillian Rich - Countess Polasky* Tyler Brooke - Young Hornby* Stan Laurel - Dangerfield* Bull Montana - Private secretary* Edwards Davis - James W. Hornby* Leo White - Beauty expert...
  
  
• 1928 : Galloping Ghosts
• 1928 : Should Married Men Go Home?
  Should Married Men Go Home?
  Should Married Men Go Home? is a silent two-reel comedy produced by the Hal Roach Studios and starring Laurel and Hardy. It was filmed in March and May 1928, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer on September 8 of that year...
  
  
• 1937 : Way Out West
  Way Out West (1937 film)
  Way Out West is a Laurel and Hardy comedy film released in 1937. It was directed by James W. Horne, produced by Stan Laurel and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.-Plot:...
  
  
• 1938 : Swiss Miss
  Swiss Miss (film)
  Swiss Miss, is a 1938 comedy film directed by John G. Blystone, produced by Hal Roach and starring Laurel and Hardy. It also features Walter Woolf King, Della Lind and Eric Blore in support.- Plot :...
  
  
• 1938 : Block-Heads
  Block-Heads
  Block-Heads is a 1938 comedy film starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, produced by Hal Roach Studios for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film, a reworking of elements from the Laurel and Hardy shorts We Faw Down and Unaccustomed As We Are , was Roach's final film for MGM, and is remembered as one of...
  
  

External links

• James "Paul" Parrott: The Other Parrott Brother