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Disorder in the Court is the 15th of Columbia Pictures' 190 short subjects starring the comedy team of the Three Stooges (Moe, Larry, and Curly). Those who aren't familiar with their early work will find some interesting routines here which are close to how their early vaudeville performance may have been like on stage. »
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"Love, Locomotives and Laughs". The General is generally regarded as one of the greatest of all silent comedies. The film is based on a real incident during the American Civil War when northern soldiers hijacked a confederate train. Filled with hilarious sight gags and perfectly timed stunt work, the chase comedy is an imaginative masterpiece of dead-pan Buster Keaton comedy. »
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This is one of Keaton's great two-reeler shorts, made just before his classic Cops and his subsequent launch into feature films. Keaton was at the peak of his comic powers here and the inventiveness never stops through all the surprising twists and turns. It all culminates in a plunge from a seventy-five-foot suspension bridge. »
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The Stooges portray waiters at a restaurant in the Middle East who obtain a map leading them to the prized Rootin Tootin Diamond. (The map features several comical location names, such as Great Mitten, the Bay of Rum, I-ran, He-ran, and She-ran.) In the land of Schmow, the trio succeeds in obtaining the jewel from Omagosh the Emir of Schmow, via their chicanery and hijinks, aided in part by using Santa Claus costumes. »
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