The GeneralThe General
When Union spies steal his beloved locomotive, a Southern train engineer chases it deep behind enemy lines in one of the great chase comedies.
Silent Comedy Legends
Buster Keaton and Harold Lloyd did their own stunts, built their gags around real trains, boats, clocks and collapsing houses, and worked out timing that comedians still study. With no dialogue to date them, these films still play to kids and adults alike.
The General
Sherlock Jr.Sherlock Jr.
A small-town projectionist who dreams of being a detective falls asleep on the job and walks straight into the movie on screen.
Safety Last!Safety Last!
A small-town go-getter promises his sweetheart he has made it big in the city, then has to climb the outside of a skyscraper to prove it.
The FreshmanThe Freshman
An eager college newcomer tries to become the most popular man on campus and ends up the tackling dummy of the football team.
One WeekOne Week
Newlyweds try to assemble a build-it-yourself house in seven days, not knowing a jealous rival has swapped the numbers on the boxes.
Our HospitalityOur Hospitality
A young man travels South to claim his inheritance and falls for a girl whose family has sworn a blood feud against his, and they cannot shoot him while he is a guest in their house.
Steamboat Bill, Jr.Steamboat Bill, Jr.
A college dandy returns home to his gruff riverboat-captain father, falls for the daughter of Dad's rival, and ends up riding out a cyclone in one of the most famous stunts ever filmed.
The NavigatorThe Navigator
A spoiled millionaire and the heiress who turned him down end up alone, adrift on an enormous empty ocean liner.
CollegeCollege
A bookish high-school valedictorian who scorns sports goes to college and tries every athletic event on campus to win the girl.
The CameramanThe Cameraman
A tintype photographer buys a battered newsreel camera to impress a girl at MGM's newsreel office, and a runaway monkey helps him land the scoop of his life.
SpeedySpeedy
A baseball-mad New York soda jerk fights to save his girlfriend's grandfather's horse-drawn streetcar, the last in the city, with a cameo from Babe Ruth.
Seven ChancesSeven Chances
A broke young stockbroker learns he will inherit seven million dollars if he is married by 7 p.m. that day, and his one newspaper ad brings a stampede of would-be brides.
Go WestGo West
A drifter with no luck heads west, takes a ranch job and befriends a cow named Brown Eyes, then has to herd a thousand steers through downtown Los Angeles.
Battling ButlerBattling Butler
A pampered rich kid pretends to be a champion boxer to win a mountain girl's family over, until he has to step into the ring for real.