Movies: James Parrott
- 1923
Shoot Straight (1923)
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SHOOT STRAIGHT - starring Paul Parrott, with Jobyna Ralston, Eddie Baker and George Rowe. A rarely-seen comedy short. Parrott is a hapless hunter in this predecessor to Tex Avery toons of the 1940s, and in a series of inventive gag sequences fails to...
- 1920
Way Out West (1920)
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Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy....
- 1928
Galloping Ghosts (1928)
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A millionaire acquires a large diamond, said to be cursed. Despite the best efforts of his dutiful but fearful black valet (Oliver Hardy), it is stolen and kidnapped for ransom....
- 1923
Take the Air (1923)
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James Parrott, little Sammy Brooks, Baker and Jones ("the strong guy" = the drunk) are all workers on a construction-sit run by violent and exploitative boss Noah Young and it is a "building a skyscraper" comedy....
- 1920
Don't Park Here (1920)
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Not one but two of Charlie Chaplin impersonators, Harry Mann and Monty Banks, a film directed by Charley Chase still under the name of Charles Parrott. They go driving around town experiencing various car theft problems....
- 1922
Harvest Hands (1922)
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Paul, a great college athlete, is sent to his uncle's farm to be developed, but turns against the continual round of chores. And at the table he is continually elbowed aside by the huskier farmhands, until he gives up in disgust. But a last attempt t...
- 1922
The Sleuth (1922)
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Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik...
- 1923
The Uncovered Wagon (1923)
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Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West to Hollywood so they pack up their "wagons" and head out where they must battle various elements inc...
- 1929
Furnace Trouble (1929)
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Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short....
- 1921
Big Town Ideas (1921)
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A woman and her dog defend an innocent man....
- 1922
Blaze Away (1922)
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Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off and dressing his wounds. He then gets back on his 'saddle' and fires his gun again, this time in the...
- 1930
Radiomanía (1930)
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- 1923
Tight Shoes (1923)
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The setting is a shoe store and the action is pretty frenetic. You get to see Paul lose the store's money, catch a shoe thief, knock down a bunch of shelves and more....
- 1919
An Auto Nut (1919)
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A crooked lawyer sells his car....
- 1922
Take Next Car (1922)
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In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the streetcar operator (played by Paul Parrott) and his girl friend (who happens to be the boss's daughter;...
- 1923
Post No Bills (1923)
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Paul Parrott plays an obsessive-compulsive bill poster in this thoroughly average Hal Roach comedy from 1923. Hired to help publicize a new Gloria Snootful picture, Paul goes bonkers with glue and paper and ends up attaching promotional material to a...
- 1922
The Landlubber (1922)
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Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach....
- 1923
Paste and Paper (1923)
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Well executed but unexceptional one-reeler about a couple of incompetent paperhangers. James Parrott, brother of Charley Chase, was an equally skilled man behind the camera, later writing and directing some of Roach's best two-reelers, before he died...
- 1920
His First Flat Tire (1920)
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Sid Smith plays a chauffeur to James Parrott who helps a vamp captivate his boss while foiling a bank robbery....
- 1924
Love's Detour (1924)
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Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short...