Wally Howe
notum enim: Acting
dies natalis: 1878-03-04
Locus Natus: Fitchburg, Massachusetts, USA
Et ut: Orlando Wallace Howe, Wallace "Wally" Howe, Wallace Howe
Adventure's End
Pacific pearl diver Duke Slade escapes angry natives by joining a whaler whose dying captain persuades him to marry his daughter who is already being...
release : 1937.12.05popularis : 1.75
An Eastern Westerner
A young man in New York has exasperated his father because of his constant carousing and irresponsibility, so his father sends him to his uncle's...
release : 1920.05.02popularis : 3.78
Why Worry?
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
release : 1923.09.09popularis : 3.883
Call Again
Edward Everett Horton is scheduled to go on a date with Duane Thompson. She, being only 25, is a schoolgirl at Aileen Manning's girl's school. Horton...
release : 1928.01.01popularis : 1.462
Ask Father
Lloyd is a serious young middle-class guy on the make who wants to marry the boss’ daughter. The problem is getting in to see the boss so that...
release : 1919.02.09popularis : 2.388
High and Dizzy
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
release : 1920.07.11popularis : 2.27
Now or Never
A young man, unaccustomed to children, must accompany a young girl on a train trip.
release : 1921.03.27popularis : 1.925
Haunted Spooks
After numerous failed attempts to commit suicide, our hero (Lloyd) runs into a lawyer who is looking for a stooge to stand in as a groom in order to...
release : 1920.03.14popularis : 5.585
Dr. Jack
Country doctor Jack Jackson is called in to treat the Sick-Little-Well-Girl, who has been making Dr. Saulsbourg and his sanitarium very rich after...
release : 1922.11.26popularis : 4.338
Si, Senor
Our hero is a barber in a small Mexican town, wooing a local senorita, against the wishes of her mother.
release : 1919.05.11popularis : 1.688
Sold at Auction
This Hal Roach comedy short I found on the "American Slapstick" DVD collection of rare silent comedies starts bizarre and has an anything...
release : 1923.05.26popularis : 1.352
The Uncovered Wagon
Hal Roach short is a spoof of the 1923 Western COVERED WAGON, which was a huge hit for Paramount. In this film a group of people are heading out West...
release : 1923.07.07popularis : 1.54
The Whole Truth
A prosecutor instructs the audience of a courtroom to observe the tearful and slightly hysterical wife (Helen Gilmore) who is sitting in the witness...
release : 1923.11.03popularis : 1.629
Blaze Away
Paul is practicing the art of being a cowboy. He consults a book before firing his gun, climbing onto a saddle on top of a chair and then falling off...
release : 1922.12.03popularis : 3.172
Young Mr. Jazz
While running away from his girl's father, Harold's car breaks down in front of a dance hall run by crooks. Harold has to not only stay one step...
release : 1919.04.20popularis : 2.683
Dogs of War!
The gang wages war using old vegetables as munitions. Later, they ruin a movie in progress when they double-expose the film.
release : 1923.07.01popularis : 1.527
Take a Chance
It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the...
release : 1918.12.15popularis : 2.063
The Marathon
Boy trying to impress girl, gets chased by her father and the police right into an ongoing marathon.
release : 1919.05.25popularis : 3.556
The Dumb-Bell
The owners of a movie studio are having problems with a temperamental director, and they promise an actor on one of his pictures that he can have the...
release : 1922.07.16popularis : 1.496
Run 'Em Ragged
Run ’Em Ragged, Snub Pollard’s 39th starring vehicle, uses familiar slapstick-- Over-the-top make-up, ethnic humor, and a chase across...
release : 1920.08.01popularis : 1.138
Jailed and Bailed
A silent comedy short starring Jobyna Ralston and James Parrott.
release : 1923.02.11popularis : 2.577
It's a Gift
A group of oil magnates are trying to think of new ways to attract business. One of them suggests that they contact the inventor Pollard, who has...
release : 1923.10.13popularis : 0.646
Count Your Change
Harold becomes the victim of a clever bulldog pup who chases him in and out of various places.
release : 1919.08.10popularis : 2.244
The Lucky Texan
Jerry Mason, a young Texan, and Jake Benson, an old rancher, become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. They then find their lives...
release : 1934.01.22popularis : 2.657
Red River Valley
Gene and Frog set out to find out who has been causing the accidents at a dam construction site.
release : 1936.03.02popularis : 1.516
Don't Shove
Harold and his rival fight over Bebe on her birthday, first at her home and then at a nearby skating rink.
release : 1919.08.31popularis : 2.676
The Dippy Dentist
The film begins with a girl who is supposedly irresistible to all men. Several guys all come to her to pledge their undying love--including Harold...
release : 1920.01.25popularis : 3.178
Headin' for the Rio Grande
Western - Singing cowboy Tex Saunders (Tex Ritter) finds himself in a heap of trouble when he agrees to investigate local gangsters at the behest of...
release : 1936.01.01popularis : 1.366
The Landlubber
Paul Parrott comedy produced by Hal Roach.
release : 1922.09.09popularis : 1.277
Speedy
Speedy loses his job as a soda jerk, then spends the day with his girl at Coney Island. He then becomes a cab driver and delivers Babe Ruth to Yankee...
release : 1928.04.07popularis : 8.426
Take Next Car
In this 1922 Pathe-distributed, Hal Roach silent-era comedy, the owner of a local streetcar business is in danger of losing his franchise, but the...
release : 1922.07.29popularis : 1.304
The City Slicker
Our hero gets a job at a hotel in the country and proceeds to introduce some changes, installing gadgets and time-saving devices.
release : 1918.06.02popularis : 1.554
Just Rambling Along
A nervy young man follows a pretty lady into a diner to flirt with her, but winds up getting stuck with the tab.
release : 1918.11.03popularis : 1.424
Behind the Counter
Eddie, a prim store salesman, gets locked in overnight and battles hoodlums.
release : 1928.03.03popularis : 0.92
Pardon Me
Snub puts over some amusing hokum in his efforts to be arrested.
release : 1922.03.05popularis : 0.382
His Royal Slyness
A young adventurer trades places with a European prince and falls in love above his station.
release : 1920.02.08popularis : 1.874
Safety Last!
When a store clerk organizes a contest to climb the outside of a tall building, circumstances force him to make the perilous climb himself.
release : 1923.04.01popularis : 8.743
Lawless Range
John Middleton is investigating cattle rustling when he is captured and tossed into a cave with Emmett, a rancher who disappeared earlier. They help...
release : 1935.11.04popularis : 4.885
Cracked Wedding Bells
'Snub' Pollard in a lot of wedding problems.
release : 1920.04.04popularis : 1.754
On Location
Snub is an street sweeper with OCD, living in a neighborhood full of fussy people. He is sweeping the street when he anticipates a cop who is about...
release : 1921.11.06popularis : 1.128
Good Morning, Judge
Courtroom comedy with Eddie Boland as Judge.
release : 1922.06.18popularis : 1.147
Before the Public
'Snub' Pollard is an local actor getting a big break in the movie industry, coming home to show off his fame.
release : 1923.03.04popularis : 2.825
The Freshman
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special...
release : 1925.09.20popularis : 11.295
Do Me a Favor
Marie's inebriated husband refuses to go to bed, so she asks Snub, a homeless man she finds sleeping in the park, to assist.
release : 1922.05.21popularis : 1.145
The Smile Wins
James Parrott as a very persistent book salesman.
release : 1923.04.08popularis : 0.944
A Sammy in Siberia
A bumbling American soldier saves a girl from a bunch of Cossacks.
release : 1919.04.06popularis : 2.4
Next Aisle Over
A salesman takes a job at a department store to impress a girl and winds up stopping a kidnapping.
release : 1919.03.30popularis : 3.159