Must-Watch List Comparable to the Style of Let's Do Things: Cult Guide

Dir: Hal Roach

A janitor ends up in the middle of a lover's feud.

Dir: Hal Roach

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Captain Kidd's Kids perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

After a wild bachelor party, our hero finds himself aboard a sailing vessel where he encounters numerous adventures. In a dream sequence, he fantasizes that the ship is seized by a band of female pirates.

Dir: Hal Roach

Young playwright spends his last cent to pay the rent of struggling actress in a theatrical boarding house. Pursuing her, he winds up at a gambling club, where he wins big, just before a police raid.

Dir: Hal Roach

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Bumping Into Broadway perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Harold plays the role of a millionaire kid who goes to the Canadian wilds to hunt. Bears follow him, but he fails to see them and wanders along looking always into the beyond for something his imagination has painted. His valet, an eccentric figure, meets with a wild animal who devours the contents of his lunch basket, while he makes his getaway. A tussle with one of the bears which follows the young millionaire to the cabin, affords some amusing scenes.

Dir: Hal Roach

The young couple have decided to marry and it is time to ask the father for the hand of his daughter. Problem is, the father does not want to give the daughter away. So every time he goes to the office to ask the father, he is tossed out. He is ejected over and over, by different methods, while the girl waits and waits.

Dir: Hal Roach

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Back to the Woods perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Harold is a bookkeeper who works in an office but can't keep his mind on his job -- the spring weather is too nice to stay indoors. After escaping from his office he romps in the park instead.

Dir: Hal Roach

A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.

Dir: Hal Roach

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

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hal Roach

A fascinating piece of cinema that shares thematic elements.

Dir: Hal Roach

Stan, an American, purchases The Blue Coo Inn in Scotland.