Madeline Hurlock Movies

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Hapless pilot Billy manages to raise himself from KP duty to flying ace. He manages to wreck havoc on the German Air Force and return home a hero!

Scarem Much is a 1924 comedy short.

A boat race rivalry erupts into comical danger.

The Bull Fighter is a 1927 short comedy

The key to baseball is the pitcher, of course. In this comedy short, the pitcher has something special. Special enough to elicit a threat to rig a...

Billy Bevan in a hell of a lot of chaos!

The on and off land escapades of a sailor as he prepares for a boxing match.

Billy Bevan and Andy Clyde play hobos who hop onto a train where they are hired. Their misadventures lead to chaos, blending mistaken identity with...

A Billy Bevan slapstick comedy short.

Our hero is the town's photographer and its sheriff. He' in love with a young woman who's also pursued by the older, more devious Dudley Somerset....

Fleeing a group of forest rangers, who are rounding up tramps to serve as firefighters, they take refuge in a mansion. The owner has gone on vacation...

A man saves his lady love from Black Mike then comes wedded bliss. He hires a cook, who's brusque, domineering, and constantly smoking a cigar. Out...

Professor Brawn has been swinging a dumbbell for so long he looks like one!

A roguish baron saves a girl from a carriage accident, and brings her to a backwoods Inn during a storm for refuge. There he hopes to have his way...

The movie makers are filming the next installment of the western serial "Get Your Man". The movie's leading man wants his stunt double to do the next...

Billy works at a film studio where lots of things keep going wrong. First, while filming, the camera man and director nearly get dropped off a...

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...

An island princess falls in love with a young man whose picture she sees in the newspaper. Her father, the king, sends his agents to the U.S. to...

Romance hits a football player when he falls for an aviatrix.