Ben Turpin Movies

Two marines stationed in the Chinese port of Hang Chow decide to swear off women and join the lighthouse patrol.

This film is a compilation, with narration by Steve Allen, of comedies from the old Mack Sennett silent studio. Sennett, himself, appears in a cameo...

An Italian woman has a son with an African American soldier after World War II ends.

After a fight with his neighbor over their Model Ts, Ben's tuxedo is ruined. Unfortunately, the suit he gets as a replacement doesn't hold up too...

Sardonic commentary over an abridged version of DOWN ON THE FARM (1920).

A beautiful young woman is rescued by Ben and gives him her photo. When it is found in his pocket, his henpecking wife and shrewish mother-in-law...

Mildred refuses Archie's proposal of marriage. Shortly after Fred arrives and she accepts him as her future husband. As he is leaving the house, his...

An employee in a theater showing Valentino's "The Shiek" daydreams about himself playing Valentino's role.

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.

A short packed with more stars and gags than most features of its day, this film delivered a gaggle of guffaws!

To impress his fiancee's aunt, a young man tries to become king in a small kingdom, but the people there have already crowned one, who has won this...

Rube's and Ben's wives are waitresses. An art collector purchases a rare picture and the "picture pirate," representing himself as another collector,...

Sweedie, the cook, decides that it would be nice to learn to swim, so goes to a "dry land" swimming class for instruction. She is thrown out of the...

Café de Luxe's owner comes back to his restaurant after a vacation.

The Keystone Hotel hosts a very prestigious beauty contest. When the cross-eyed judge presents the first prize to an elderly cleaning woman, angry...

A Mack Sennett slapstick comedy featuring the cross-eyed man Ben Turpin.

Ben, the butcher, is in love with a girl who does not reciprocate his affections. He falls asleep and has a dream in which he threatens to foreclose...

Ben returns from the big city with his pockets full of cash. A hard-hearted, gold-digging vamp ensnares him. Ben enjoys being ensnared. In order to...

Bill Binks sold his ranch and came home in high glee, carrying the currency, for Bill didn't believe in banks. Bill tried to think of an unusual...