Ben Turpin Movies

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.

A businessman's jealous wife suspects he is running around with other women. The tables are turned when a friend of the family involves her in a...

A dubious count comes on a visit.

Squire Laurie, the village skinflint, takes a circus tiger as security for a loan. Arthur, who loves Lillian, the old man's daughter, hates tigers,...

A hobo on roller skates creates havoc in Chicago's Old Town neighborhood

Mr. Dingy engages Sweedie as their cook. She insists upon bringing her dog "Skinny" and her parrot along. Mr. Dingy dislikes dogs, but rather than...

Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to...

This short film takes a nostalgic look at the Mack Sennett comedies of the silent cinema era.

Sweedie's father is the owner of a grocery store, and Sweedie takes care of the trade while father plays checkers all day. She is in love with a...

Sweedie tells her beau that her love has grown cold, so he decides to jump in the lake and end it all.

Where's My Wandering Boy This Evening? is a comedy short released in 1923

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo...

Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in favor of Fritz, a little fat German. Sweedie is...

The prospector enters the western dance hall, and upon seeing the gambler, takes a mallet and apparently kills the man. He is captured by the posse...

"If yew cum a lone to thee third bench from thee fontan yew will find sum one to chear your loneliness." This note, received by the girl, is shown to...

A thief steals a $10,000 string of pearls from the star of a show. The thief runs into Ben (literally), and in the ensuing chaos the thief ends up...

This time it's Ben Turpin as the nominal announcer, and several well known performers appear, including Myrna Loy. Madge Bellamy sings "The Last Rose...

Sweedie while reading a book in the kitchen, falls asleep. She dreams that Kao Yama, Sultan of Puff Puff, has sent her a present in the form of a...

Sweedie, the theater's scrubwoman, in love with the unappreciative props, become enamored with the idea of a stage career.

Hatch, the world's greatest wrestler, arrives in Snakeville and stands ready to defend his title against all comers. Bloggie meets him on the street,...