Movies: James Parrott

  • 1923
    Shoot Straight

    Shoot Straight (1923)

    Shoot Straight

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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...

    Shoot Straight
  • 1920
    Way Out West

    Way Out West (1920)

    Way Out West

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    Hank Mann heads Way Out West in this silent comedy....

    Way Out West
  • 1928
    Galloping Ghosts

    Galloping Ghosts (1928)

    Galloping Ghosts

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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....

    Galloping Ghosts
  • 1923
    Take the Air

    Take the Air (1923)

    Take the Air

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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....

    Take the Air
  • 1920
    Don't Park Here

    Don't Park Here (1920)

    Don't Park Here

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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....

    Don't Park Here
  • 1922
    Harvest Hands

    Harvest Hands (1922)

    Harvest Hands

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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...

    Harvest Hands
  • 1922
    The Sleuth

    The Sleuth (1922)

    The Sleuth

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    Paul Parrott stars as a detective in a hotel trying to recognize a fake sheik...

    The Sleuth
  • 1923
    The Uncovered Wagon

    The Uncovered Wagon (1923)

    The Uncovered Wagon

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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...

    The Uncovered Wagon
  • 1929
    Furnace Trouble

    Furnace Trouble (1929)

    Furnace Trouble

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    Furnace Trouble is a 1929 comedy short....

    Furnace Trouble
  • 1921
    Big Town Ideas

    Big Town Ideas (1921)

    Big Town Ideas

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    A woman and her dog defend an innocent man....

    Big Town Ideas
  • 1922
    Blaze Away

    Blaze Away (1922)

    Blaze Away

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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...

    Blaze Away
  • 1930
    Radiomanía

    Radiomanía (1930)

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    Radiomanía
  • 1923
    Tight Shoes

    Tight Shoes (1923)

    Tight Shoes

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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....

    Tight Shoes
  • 1919
    An Auto Nut

    An Auto Nut (1919)

    An Auto Nut

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    A crooked lawyer sells his car....

    An Auto Nut
  • 1922
    Take Next Car

    Take Next Car (1922)

    Take Next Car

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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;...

    Take Next Car
  • 1923
    Post No Bills

    Post No Bills (1923)

    Post No Bills

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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...

    Post No Bills
  • 1922
    The Landlubber

    The Landlubber (1922)

    The Landlubber

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    Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach....

    The Landlubber
  • 1923
    Paste and Paper

    Paste and Paper (1923)

    Paste and Paper

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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...

    Paste and Paper
  • 1920
    His First Flat Tire

    His First Flat Tire (1920)

    His First Flat Tire

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    Sid Smith plays a chauffeur to James Parrott who helps a vamp captivate his boss while foiling a bank robbery....

    His First Flat Tire
  • 1924
    Love's Detour

    Love's Detour (1924)

    Love's Detour

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    Love's Detour is a 1924 comedy short...

    Love's Detour