Ethel Teare

A series of sketches with a shoe clerk, his wife, and his extra-curricular activities. The shoe clerk steps out on his wife with one of his customers. Both his wife and the woman's husband catch them when they go to the beach and later watch a beauty and fashion contest. His wife enters it wearing a mask. Back at work on Monday, all has returned to normal, until the winner of the contest shows up for her prize - a complete wardrobe... (imdb)

Ham and Bud, working as mechanics, wreak havoc at a new car dealership, almost wrecking a big sale. (imdb)

Ham and Bud, while trying to evade a policeman, become cooks in a pancake house. (imdb)

A slapstick comedy featuring Mack Swain. (imdb)

Billy is a bit of a masher. He meets a lady on the beach and immediately gives her an expensive gift (some pearls). The problems are that she has her eyes set on the handsome lifeguard and the collection agents either want Billy to pay for this necklace or return it. Well, she naturally doesn't want to give up the pearls, so Billy decides to break in to her house to steal them (and a few other items while he's at it). (imdb)

Her First Kiss, where the glamorous Ethel Teare trades her fancy gowns for the rough attire of Minnie Spuds, the gawky farm girl who Chester tries to swindle. Whether dangling from a ladder, teetering over a cliff in a horse-and-buggy, or wielding a mop, Minnie may be from the sticks but never misses a beat.

A short comic film in which the Count has found a bride, namely Mr. Krapaan's extravagant daughter. A tramp then steals his clothes, and goes to the wedding in the Count's place. Krapaan wants his extravagant daughter to marry Count De Bluffe, whom he believes to be wealthy. When De Bluffe is taking a bath, his clothes are stolen by a tramp. The tramp then pretends to the Krapaan family that he is the Count, but is unmasked by the real De Bluffe.

"Midnight at the Old Mill" has some nice "Guignol" touches with mysterious doctors in black and Ham having to play a corpse at one moment.

Ham and Bud rescue a lady on a runaway horse, and Ham falls in love with her.

Bobby Vernon is fooled into a mock bigamist gag and chaos assures.

Ham and Bud get jobs as cooks. They flirt with Bombino Souptureeno, and incur the wrath of her boyfriend, Tony Slambango, and his gang.

Ham & Bud fight over the ladies.

It is Sunday in Cobweb Corners. The ring of hammer in our hero's blacksmith shop is silent. The melody of a hymn steals out of the village church. The village belle is flirting with the simple-hearted smith. It is Monday, and the village belle is plunged in sorrow. Hiram Hardheart demands her hand in marriage. He will foreclose the mortgage. Enter the smith. Exit the villain. Fate opens the way to pay off the mortgage. The smith challenges One Punch Murph.

Bathtub movers on the job.

A shabby troupe of vaudeville performers put on a show in a hick town theatre, where stage hands Ham & Bud incompetently miss cues, foul up props and ruin several acts on stage.