Hand-Picked Alternatives for Fans of From Hand to Mouth: Cult Guide

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

Harry and his fat neighbor decide to purchase a second-hand car, much to the delight of their wives. On the first joy ride everything falls off the car except the number. Harry drives disastrously, through walls and buildings, carrying one man in a bath tub into the street. He finally wrecks the flivver completely, and he and wifey swear "never again."

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Any Old Port perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Captain Dandy is quite the ladies' man, with a woman in every port--and, he's about to set sail. Aboard ship is a beautiful woman - and her jealous husband.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

The difficulties of a bride and bridegroom when they try to take their honeymoon in a "haunted" house.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Grab the Ghost perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Pollard as the dentist gets the wrong hand bag by mistake. When he reaches his office he discovers that the contents, which are bottled goods, have very nearly leaked out. As his clients are very few and far between he walks through the offices of his tooth-pulling competitors with the open bag, with the result that his own office is soon overflowing - with eager, clamorous patients.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of The Dippy Dentist perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

The trials of Snub as a motorcycle cop.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Count Your Change perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

At the Killjoy Cafe, "everything is first class except the food and the service."

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

Two tramps wrest a pistol from a hold up man, then try to pull a stick up of their own, unfortunately for them, a cop appears and takes the money back and then chases them through a park with a lake. One steals canoe and the chase continues when a mob of cops go after him in more boats.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

Snub is a traffic cop and succeeds in mixing things up by trying to flirt with every pretty girl motorist.