Movies: Monte Collins

Harry wins a turkey at a raffle....

Aa Columbia 2-reel comedy starring Tom Kennedy and Monty Collins in NEW NEWS (1937). Fans of the 3 Stooges will recognize the exact same plot and situations from their short CRASH GOES THE HASH (1944). Yes, this version came out BEFORE the Stooges ve...

A Educational short where Robert Graves plays Thelma Todd's jealous husband....

Shane O'Mealia leaves Ireland, promising to send for his sweetheart, Moyna. In the mean time the son of the old lady she lives with, takes them back to America without telling Shane, who then must explain a girl he's been seeing in New York....

Henry Morton just wants to go fishing. Little things thwart him: Maxine the maid makes noise, Sonny, a lad in the household, makes a mess, and Henry's wife wants the car for shopping. A newly arrived friend, Bert, suggests that Henry fake his own dea...

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him....

Monte and Vernon go to a society party where they behave like jerks. Monte's pants get torn, the butler keeps getting dunked in a punch bowl....

A carefree range devil rescues visiting Countess Justina of Belgravia (Helena D'Algy) from a car wreck....

Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer....

A newlyweds' honeymoon trip is detoured by a run-in with a troupe of gypsies, who kidnap the bride while the groom must tangle with the gypsy queen and a gorilla before resuming the honeymoon....

In-laws make life unbearable for Monty (Review from Selectd Motion Pictures journal)...

Two sailors decide to settle down and get married, and live to regret it....

Two families claim to be the rightful owners of a house won in a contest, so they move into the house together while waiting for a decision....

Monte and his new wife are moving into their new home. All is going well until her family decides to drop in for a visit....

Tom Mix plays a California breeder of polo ponies in love with a society gal. The cowboy saves the day when a member of her brother's polo team is injured during an important match. Mix immediately replaces him and amazes the audience with his specta...

1930 Comedy short...

The comedic duo of Bobby Clark and 'Paul McCullough' are tailors who will keep you in stitches -- of laughter. See Bobby in a kilt play the bagpipes!...

Two bumbling, would-be private detectives, Tom Kennedy and Monte Collins, are hired to protect a maestro's valuable Stradvarius. But there is a girl named Rosina and a pool hall involved and that means trouble ahead for the pair....

Andy innocently becomes involved with a female customer; his wife jumps to the wrong conclusion and walks out on him....

HONEYMOONIACS was the last silent "Mermaid" comedy from legendary producer Jack White (according to David N. Bruskin's book on the White Brothers--Jack, Jules, and Sam). It features the great rubber-faced comedian and writer Monte Collins as a man wi...