The Global Archive Complementing the Tone of Looking for Trouble: C...

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

Billy Blazes confronts Crooked Charley, who has been ruling the town of Peaceful Vale through fear and violence.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Billy Blazes, Esq. perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Hal Roach

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

Dir: Hal Roach

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.

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Hoot Mon! perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Dir: Hal Roach

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

Harold is a chef with certain devices for labor saving.

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

Dir: Hal Roach

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 young man's dreams are shaken by his father's insistence that he get a job and go to work. He becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and has some funny adventures.

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

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 story of a love sick youth and a pretty maiden and their adventure, which includes riding around on pieces of steel to the top of a skyscraper overlooking the Los Angeles streets.