Public Domain Movies

BESTED BY A BEARD (1940)
Running Time: 20 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Anita Garvin, Sally Payne
With the collection agency after his furniture, Errol's solution is to disguise himself as a bearded crystal gazer.

BET YOUR LIFE (1948)
Running Time: 14 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Suzi Crandall
Errol, threatened with the loss of his job and his wife, promises to lay off the horses, but is persuaded into a purchasing a sweepstakes ticket by a business associate.

Beware of Redheads (1945)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Myrna Dell
A beautiful redhead (Myrna Dell) comes knocking on Leon's door demanding the return of a compact dropped accidently in his pocket while they were dancing. But his wife (Dorothy Granger) has already discovered the compact and thinks Leon bought it as a gift for her. And then, to no great surprise, the redhead's jealous husband makes an appearance. Leon, before he is cleared of any hanky-panky with the redhead, nets two black eyes.

Borrowed Blonde (1947)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Peggy Maley
Leon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and observe how he and Mrs. Errol manage to keep the old knot tied. Before the couple arrives, Leon manages to get into a situation with a pretty, blonde neighbor, which leaves him having to introduce her as his wife when they do arrive. Neither Leon's wife, when she comes home, nor the neighbor's husband are too pleased with this arrangement.

Counselitis (1935)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Eddie Kane, Landers Stevens

Cutie On Duty (1943)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Christy, Claire Carleton
Leon buys a set of cooking utensils (he would) for his wife (Dorothy Christy) for their wedding anniversary, and the store sends Maizie (Claire Carleton) to his home to cook a demonstration dinner. A neighbor (Ida Moore) sees her and tells Mrs. Errol that Leon is "entertaining" a blonde. Leon is busily hiding Maizie from Mrs. Errol when her boyfriend Rocky (Tom Kennedy) also shows up.

Down the Ribber (1936)
Running Time: 21 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Kitty McHugh, Edgar Dearing

DUMMY OWNER (1938)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Billy Franey, Maxine Jennings
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.

Follow That Blonde (1946)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Harry Harvey, Claire Carleton
Leon's friend Harry Harvey wants to go on to a party after they return from a fishing trip, so Leon takes Harry's car and heads for home. A blonde, thinking the car is a Taxi, gets in and orders Leon to take her home. The police chase the speeding Leon, and he eludes them but they get the license number and arrest Harry. Leon tells the Judge that Harry was on his way to get married, and the judge offers to perform the ceremony. Leon is forced to masquerade as the bride, which lasts only until Harry's wife shows up.

FRAMING FATHER (1942)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Frances Carson, Walter Reed
Errol, the head of a hosiery firm, refuses to allow his son to marry a night club entertainer.

HIS PEST FRIEND (1938)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Vivien Oakland, William Brisbane
Leon's wife wants to surprise him by buying the cabin where they had spent their honeymoon. But when she secretly meets with the man who owns the cabin, Leon misunderstands what she is doing, and gets suspicious. When his friend at work convinces Leon that his wife is going to run away with another man, Leon decides to take immediate action.

Leon Errol Shorts - Bested by a Beard (1940)
Running Time: 20 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Anita Garvin, Sally Payne
With the collection agency after his furniture, Errol's solution is to disguise himself as a bearded crystal gazer.

Leon Errol Shorts - His Pest Friend (1938)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Vivien Oakland, William Brisbane
Leon's wife wants to surprise him by buying the cabin where they had spent their honeymoon. But when she secretly meets with the man who owns the cabin, Leon misunderstands what she is doing, and gets suspicious. When his friend at work convinces Leon that his wife is going to run away with another man, Leon decides to take immediate action.

Leon Errol Shorts - Man-I-Cured (1941)
Running Time: 20 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Eva Puck, Dorothy Granger
Not wishing to see their nephew marry a hotel manucurist, Leon and his wife decide to stop the wedding plans. At the hotel, Leon mistakes Maizie (Dorothy Granger), the gold-digging girl friend of the house detective (Tom Kennedy), for his nephew's intended. He invites her up to his room and promises her a trip to Havana if she will jilt the nephew. Enter Maizie's boy friend, followed by Leon's wife, both of whom are sure Leon is up to hanky-panky and Leon, as usual, is up to...and in it.

Leon Errol Shorts - Pretty Dolly (1942)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Carmel Myers, Thelma White
Errol plans on giving his wife a doll for her birthday, but she mistakes his intentions and accuses him of infidelity.

Leon Errol Shorts - The Dummy Owner (1938)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Billy Franey, Maxine Jennings
Leon's boss buys a racehorse, but doesn't want word to get out that he is the owner, so he has the papers filled out showing Leon as the owner of record. At first, Leon is excited, but the arrangement soon creates difficulty for him. First, he knows nothing about horses except how to bet on them, and second, when his wife finds out, she is furious.

Leon Errol Shorts - Twin Husbands (1946)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Marian Carr
Leon, no model husband to begin with, keeps getting blamed by his wife for escapades involving his twin brother, and she seeks a divorce. Leon, as usual, does nothing to help his own cause.

LORD EPPING RETURNS (1951)
Running Time: 19 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Harry Harvey
In an effort to get a contract from a British industrialist, Errol arranges a stag party featuring exotic dancer Claire Carleton, whom he is forced to introduce to his wife as Lady Epping; Errol must then disguise himself as Lord Epping, and the inevitable complications follow.

Maid Trouble (1946)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Myrna Dell
Leon's beautiful blonde maid threatens to quit on the eve of a big party Leon is giving, and, to persuade her to stay, he gives her the fur coat belonging to his wife (Dorothy Granger). The latter views this action as a piece of bad news and Leon gets yet another object lesson regarding the exchange of one problem for a worse problem.

Mail Trouble (1942)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Vivian Tobin, George Cleveland
Errol's obnoxious father-in-law sends Leon's picture to a matrimonial agency, which causes plenty of confusion when the bride-to-be arrives.

MAN I CURED (1941)
Running Time: 20 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Eva Puck, Dorothy Granger
Not wishing to see their nephew marry a hotel manucurist, Leon and his wife decide to stop the wedding plans. At the hotel, Leon mistakes Maizie (Dorothy Granger), the gold-digging girl friend of the house detective (Tom Kennedy), for his nephew's intended. He invites her up to his room and promises her a trip to Havana if she will jilt the nephew. Enter Maizie's boy friend, followed by Leon's wife, both of whom are sure Leon is up to hanky-panky and Leon, as usual, is up to...and in it.

Moving Vanities (1939)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Barbara Jo Allen, Eddie Gribbon
Errol moves out of his apartment when the landlord raises the rent, but encounters the usual headaches and difficulties in finding a new place.

OIL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL (1949)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Betty Underwood
Through some complications he got himself into involving some oil stocks and his son's fiancee, Leon is up to his bald head in trouble when he invites the boss to dinner, and has to keep his guests apart.

PRETTY DOLLY (1942)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Carmel Myers, Thelma White
Errol plans on giving his wife a doll for her birthday, but she mistakes his intentions and accuses him of infidelity.

Triple Trouble (1944)
Running Time: 16 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Claire Carleton, Lee Trent
Errol's stenographer tells him she will have to leave her job because of her jealous husband, so he volunteers to explain away his doubts.

TWIN HUSBANDS (1946)
Running Time: 18 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Marian Carr
Leon, no model husband to begin with, keeps getting blamed by his wife for escapades involving his twin brother, and she seeks a divorce. Leon, as usual, does nothing to help his own cause.

Wife Tames Wolf (1947)
Running Time: 17 mins Black & White
Starring: Leon Errol, Dorothy Granger, Eddie Kane
Caught philandering (for the 1867th time, give or take a couple), Leon's wife (Dorothy Granger) announces (for the 1867th time, give or take a couple as she wasn't always his wife) that she is going to divorce him. His business partner hatches a scheme to cure Leon of his flirting with very pretty girl (and a few ugly ones) he meets, but the scheme has Leon faking a suicide.