Hand-Picked Alternatives for Fans of Pistols for Breakfast: 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 Don't Weaken perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Snub is a strolling actor who rescues the kidnapped heroine from the gypsies.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

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

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of Never Touched Me perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Harold is a henpecked husband who suddenly makes a change of front and asserts himself, much to his wife's astonishment.

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 The Dutiful Dub perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

Harold Lloyd plays a troublemaker who messes up with strangers and cops along the way. During the confusion he takes a trolley to escape, falling in love with a female collector who doesn't care much about him and he also annoys the trolley conductor. But it seems that odds and luck will be on his favor.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

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

A visual fragment from the archive: The thematic resonance of You're Pinched perfectly mirrors the editorial trajectory of our deep dive.

A penniless young man tries to save an heiress from kidnappers and help her secure her inheritance.

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

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

Dir: Alfred J. Goulding

Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.