Al St. John (1893–1963) was an American comic actor who appeared in 394 films between 1913 and 1952. Starting at Mack Sennett's Keystone Film Company, St. John rose through the ranks to become one of the major comedy stars of the 1920s, though less than half of his starring roles still survive today. With the advent of sound drastically changing and curtailing the two-reel comedy format, St. John diversified, creating a second career for himself as a comic sidekick in Western films and ultimately developing the character of "Fuzzy Q. Jones", for which he is best known in posterity.
Starring St. John
editSt. John's first starring roles were made at Keystone, but most of these were made at the very end of the history of the company, just as Mack Sennett was abandoning the "Keystone" moniker in order to extricate himself from the Triangle Film Corporation partnership. St. John got a second chance at solo stardom starting in 1919 with Paramount Pictures and the early Warner Bros. studio, and this led to extended series of 2-reel comedies for Fox Film Corporation and Educational Pictures. Al St. John starred in more than 70 2-reel comedies through 1932. This is the most important part of his personal legacy, but it remains the least accessible part of his activity. Changes to this list are inevitable, and are welcomed.
Title | Release Date | Director | Support Cast | Silent/Sound | Studio | Distributor | Status | Ref |
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Shot in the Excitement | 1914-10-26 | Unknown | Alice Howell | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC[1][2] |
The Moonshiners | 1916-5-14 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Alice Lake | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | Fragment at LoC[3] |
The Stone Age | 1917-1-9 | Ferris Hartman | Vera Reynolds | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
The Grab Bag Bride | 1917-1-28 | Ferris Hartman | Vera Reynolds | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | LoC[4] |
A Winning Loser | 1917-2 | Ferris Hartman | Rose Pomeroy | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | [5] |
A Self-Made Hero | 1917 | Ferris Hartman | Mary Thurman | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | GEH |
Speed | 1919-11-30 | Al St. John | silent | Warner Bros. | Paramount | Lost | ||
Cleaning Up | 1920-3-28 | Al St. John | silent | Paramount | Paramount | Lost | ||
She Loves Me, She Loves Me Not | 1920-11-29 | Al St. John | Polly Moran | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
The Aero-Nut | 1920 | Unknown | silent | Warner Bros. | Paramount | Extant | Fragment[6] | |
Fired Again | 1920 | Al St. John | silent | Warner Bros. | Paramount | Extant | LoC Fragment | |
The Slicker | 1921-1-3 | Al St. John | Polly Moran | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
The Simp | 1921-3-13 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Big Secret | 1921-3-27 | Ferris Hartman | Larry Bowes | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
The Hayseed | 1921-6-5 | Ferris Hartman | Alice Davenport | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Ain't Love Grand? | 1921-8-14 | Al St. John | Hilliard Karr | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Small Town Stuff | 1921-9-2 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Book Agent | 1921-9-25 | Unknown | Claire Sedgwick | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Fast and Furious | 1921-10-2 | Gilbert Pratt | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Happy Pest | 1921-11-9 | Ferris Hartman | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Fool Days | 1921-12-12 | Gilbert Pratt | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Extant | Fragment[7] | |
The Paper Hanger | 1921 | Herman C. Raymaker | Cliff Bowes | silent | Warner Bros. | Extant | MOMA, Blackhawk Films | |
Three Good Pals | 1921 | Nate Watt | Billy Bowes | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Straight from the Farm | 1922-2-5 | Gilbert Pratt | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
A Studio Rube | 1922-3-19 | Gilbert Pratt | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Extant | MOMA | |
Special Delivery | 1922-4-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Extant | MOMA | |
The Village Sheik | 1922-6-4 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
All Wet | 1922-9-3 | Al St. John | Otto Fries | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Extant | MOMA |
The City Chap | 1922-10-15 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Out of Place | 1922-11-19 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Extant | LoC, EYE Film Institute, the Netherlands | |
The Alarm | 1922-12-17 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Young and Dumb | 1923-1-28 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Salesman | 1923-3-11 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Author | 1923-4-29 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
A Tropical Romeo | 1923-1-17 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Tailor | 1923-8-26 | Al St. John | Victoria Louise Kerner | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Full Speed Ahead | 1923-9-30 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Slow and Sure | 1923-11-18 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Spring Fever | 1923-12-30 | Archie Mayo | Jean Arthur | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | |
Highly Recommended | 1924-1-6 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
Be Yourself | 1924-2-10 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
His Bitter Half | 1924-6-15 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
His First Car | 1924-7-27 | Al St. John | Doris Deane | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
Never Again | 1924-8-24 | Al St. John | Carmencita Johnson | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | Lobster Films, 1 reel |
Stupid, But Brave | 1924-10-26 | Roscoe Arbuckle | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | MOMA | |
Lovemania | 1924-12-28 | Al St. John | Doris Deane | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | Discovered in Europe |
Rapid Transit | 1925-3-10 | Al St. John | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Red Pepper | 1925-4-5 | Arvid E. Gillstrom | Judy King | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | MOMA |
The Iron Mule | 1925-4-12 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones | George Davis | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | MOMA, DVD, Blackhawk Films |
Dynamite Doggie | 1925-5-9 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | ||
Fares, Please! | 1925-5-10 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Curses! | 1925-5-17 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Grover Jones | Bartine Burkett | silent | Tuxedo Comedies | Educational | Extant | DVD |
Dumb and Daffy | 1925-6-5 | Al St. John | silent | Sunshine Comedies | Fox | Lost | ||
The Live Agent | 1925-8-10 | Al St. John | Bartine Burkett | silent | Biff Comedies | Bischoff | Extant | |
Fair Warning | 1925-9-27 | Stephen Roberts | Virginia Vance | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | MOMA |
Fire Away | 1925-11-8 | Stephen Roberts | Lucille Hutton | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant |
Bundesarchiv |
Service | 1925-12-10 | Al St. John | John Sinclair | silent | Biff Comedies | Bischoff | Lost | |
Live Cowards | 1926-1-10 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | EYE Film Institute, the Netherlands | |
Rain and Shine | 1926-1 | Al St. John | John Sinclair | silent | Biff Comedies | Bischoff | Lost | |
His Taking Ways | 1926-2-2 | Al St. John | John Sinclair | silent | Biff Comedies | Bischoff | Extant | |
Hold Your Hat | 1926-2-14 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Sky Bound | 1926-3-28 | Stephen Roberts | Otto Fries | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | |
Who Hit Me? | 1926-7-11 | Stephen Roberts | Estelle Bradley | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | MOMA |
Pink Elephants | 1926-10-2 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Flaming Romance | 1926-11-21 | Stephen Roberts | Aileen Lopez | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | LoC reel 2 only |
High Sea Blues | 1927-1-2 | Stephen Roberts | Estelle Bradley | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
Listen Lena | 1927-2-13 | Stephen Roberts, Clem Beauchamp | Lucille Hutton | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
Hot Lightning | 1927-3-6 | Stephen Roberts | Clem Beauchamp | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | Grapevine video VHS |
Roped In | 1927-3-20 | Charles Lamont | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Jungle Heat | 1927-4-24 | Stephen Roberts | Clem Beauchamp | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
No Cheating | 1927-6-26 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
High Spots | 1927-7-31 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | LoC reel 2 only | |
Racing Mad | 1928-1-8 | Stephen Roberts | Estelle Bradley | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | Lobster Films |
Call Your Shots | 1928-9-16 | Stephen Roberts | Otto Fries | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | |
Hot or Cold | 1928-12-2 | Stephen Roberts | Harold Goodwin | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
Smart Steppers | 1929-3-3 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Hot Times | 1929-5-26 | Stephen Roberts | silent | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Lost | ||
Western Knights | 1930-4-30 | Stephen Roberts | Eddie Lambert | sound | Mermaid Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
Two Fresh Eggs | 1930-7-6 | Monte Carter | Jimmy Aubrey | sound | E.B. Derr Productions | Pathé | Extant | |
Honeymoon Trio | 1931-8-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Walter Catlett | sound | Cameo Comedies | Educational | Extant | |
That's My Meat | 1931-10-4 | Roscoe Arbuckle | sound | Cameo Comedies | Educational | Extant | ||
Bridge Wives | 1932-2-21 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Fern Emmett | sound | Cameo Comedies | Educational | Extant |
Fuzzy Q. Jones appearances
edit"Fuzzy Q. Jones" was developed when Al St. John filled in for actor Fuzzy Knight on a film Knight was unable to make. St. John made more than 80 western films in this character, which proved indispensable to the PRC studio and so popular that "Fuzzy Settles Down" (1944) remains the only American B-Western that is titled after the sidekick. In post-war Germany, where Fuzzy was especially popular, he was always billed in the title of his pictures, despite the presence of the hero. It was as Fuzzy—whom Al came to regard as a separate person, apart from himself—that St. John finished out his long film career. These films had, in many cases, multiple theatrical distributors, and most of the PRCs were re-released in the 1950s by Madison Pictures, though in some instances in cut down versions. In cases where a television vendor is the more likely medium through which one may see a given title, the vendor is listed in the distribution field is given rather than the original theatrical distributor. A listing for a home video does not automatically mean that the title is still available for viewing. All of these films were made in sound, and are extant.
Title | Release Date | Director | Star | Studio | Distributor | Home Video |
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The Roaming Cowboy | 1937-1-4 | Robert F. Hill | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | Sony Pictures Television | [8] |
Melody of the Plains | 1937-4-2 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | [8] | |
Moonlight on the Range | 1937-10-6 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | [8] | |
The Fighting Deputy | 1937-12-5 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | [9][10] | |
The Rangers' Round-Up | 1938-2-9 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | Reel Media Int'l | [8][11] |
Knight of the Plains | 1938-5-7 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | [9][12][13] | |
Songs and Bullets | 1938-5-15 | Sam Newfield | Fred Scott | Spectrum Pictures | [9] | |
Gunsmoke Trail | 1938-5-27 | Sam Newfield | Jack Randall | Conn Pictures | Monogram | [9] |
Trigger Pals | 1939-1-13 | Sam Newfield | Art Jarrett | Cinemart | Grand National | [9][10][12] |
Oklahoma Terror | 1939-8-25 | Spencer Gordon Bennet | Jack Randall | Monogram | Reel Media Int'l | [9][12][14][15] |
Billy the Kid Outlawed | 1940-7-20 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Billy the Kid in Texas | 1940-9-30 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | PRC | [9][16] |
Billy the Kid's Gun Justice | 1940-12-20 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | PRC | [9][14][17] |
The Lone Rider Rides On | 1941-1-10 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9][10][14][17] |
Billy the Kid's Range War | 1941-1-24 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | PRC | [9] |
The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio | 1941-2-28 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | Better Television | [9][18] |
Billy the Kid's Fighting Pals/Trigger Men | 1941-4-18 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | PRC | [9][10][14][19][20] |
The Lone Rider in Ghost Town | 1941-5-16 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9][14] |
Billy the Kid in Santa Fe | 1941-7-11 | Sam Newfield | Bob Steele | PRC | Better Television | [9][14] |
The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury/Rangeland Racket | 1941-8-8 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [10] |
The Lone Rider Ambushed | 1941-8-29 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Billy the Kid Wanted | 1941-10-4 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Billy the Kid's Round-Up | 1941-12-12 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Better Television | [9] |
The Lone Rider Fights Back | 1941-12-17 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
The Lone Rider and the Bandit | 1942-1-16 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | Better Television, Reel Media Int'l | [9] |
Billy the Kid Trapped | 1942-2-27 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][21] |
The Lone Rider in Cheyenne | 1942-3-20 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Billy the Kid's Smoking Guns | 1942-5-1 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][14] |
The Lone Rider in Texas Justice | 1942-6-5 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Law and Order | 1942-8-21 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][18][19] |
Sheriff of Sage Valley | 1942-9-2 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][19] |
Border Roundup | 1942-9-18 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | PRC | |
Overland Stagecoach | 1942-10-11 | Sam Newfield | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9][14] |
The Mysterious Rider/Panhandle Trail | 1942-11-20 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Outlaws of Boulder Pass | 1942-11-28 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9] |
The Kid Rides Again | 1943-1-27 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][22] |
Wild Horse Rustlers | 1943-2-12 | Sam Newfield | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9][19] |
Fugitive of the Plains | 1943-4-1 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][12][14][23] |
Death Rides the Plains | 1943-5-7 | Sam Newfield | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Western Cyclone/Frontier Fighters | 1943-5-14 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Wolves of the Range | 1943-6-21 | Sam Newfield | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9][12] |
Law of the Saddle | 1943-7-28 | Melville De Lay | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9][19] |
Cattle Stampede | 1943-8-16 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][24] |
The Renegade/Code of the Plains | 1943-8-25 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | |
Blazing Frontier | 1943-9-4 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Raiders of Red Gap | 1943-9-30 | Sam Newfield | Bob Livingston | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Devil Riders | 1943-11-5 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Better Television | [9][16] |
Frontier Outlaws | 1944-3-4 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l, Better Television | [9][16] |
Thundering Gun Slingers | 1944-3-25 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][14][25] |
Valley of Vengeance | 1944-5-5 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
The Drifter | 1944-6-14 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][18] |
Fuzzy Settles Down | 1944-6-25 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Wild Horse Phantom | 1944-10-28 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][12][14][26] |
Oath of Vengeance | 1944-12-9 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World, Better Television | |
Lightning Raiders | 1945-1-7 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World | [9] |
His Brother's Ghost | 1945-2-3 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][27][28][29] |
Shadows of Death | 1945-4-19 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][14][27] |
Gangster's Den | 1945-6-14 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][27] |
Stagecoach Outlaws | 1945-8-17 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World | [9] |
Rustlers' Hideout | 1945-9-2 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][12][14][30] |
Border Badmen | 1945-10-10 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World, Better Television | [9][19] |
Fighting Bill Carson | 1945-10-31 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][19] |
Prairie Rustlers | 1945-11-7 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9][25] |
Gentlemen with Guns | 1946-3-27 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Better Television | [9] |
Terrors on Horseback | 1946-5-1 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Ghost of Hidden Valley | 1946-6-6 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World | [9][19][31] |
Prairie Badmen | 1946-7-17 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Overland Riders | 1946-8-21 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World | [9][25] |
Outlaws of the Plains | 1946-9-22 | Sam Newfield | Buster Crabbe | PRC | Films Around the World | [9] |
Law of the Lash | 1947-2-28 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | Reel Media Int'l | [9][14][19] |
Border Feud | 1947-5-10 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | Films Around the World | [9][32] |
Pioneer Justice | 1947-6-28 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | Films Around the World | [9][19][32] |
Ghost Town Renegades | 1947-7-26 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | Films Around the World | [9][19][32] |
Stage to Mesa City | 1947-9-13 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | PRC | [9][10][19][32][33] |
Return of the Lash | 1947-10-11 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | PRC | [9][32][34] |
The Fighting Vigilantes | 1947-11-15 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | PRC | [9] |
Cheyenne Takes Over | 1947-12-17 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | PRC | PRC | [9][19][32] |
Dead Man's Gold | 1948-9-10 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][19][32] |
Mark of the Lash | 1948-10-15 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][19] |
Frontier Revenge | 1948-12-26 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][32] |
Outlaw Country | 1949-1-7 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][10][19] |
Son of Billy the Kid | 1949-4-2 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][19] |
Son of a Badman | 1949-4-16 | Ray Taylor | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Screen Guild | [9][19] |
The Daltons' Women | 1950-2-25 | Thomas Carr | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Western Adventures | [9][10] |
King of the Bullwhip | 1950-12-20 | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Realart | [9][25][32] |
The Thundering Trail | 1951-7-2 | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Realart | [9][19] |
The Vanishing Outpost | 1951-11-1 | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Realart | [9] |
The Black Lash | 1952-1-2 | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Realart | [9][10][19] |
The Frontier Phantom | 1952-2-2 | Ron Ormond | Lash La Rue | Western Adventures | Realart | [9][19] |
With Roscoe Arbuckle and/or Buster Keaton
editAl St. John's association with his uncle, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, was central to his film career. Arbuckle first brought St. John to the Keystone set in 1913; over the years to follow, Arbuckle routinely employed St. John in playing rubes, rivals and other parts in support of his popular "Fatty" character. When Arbuckle left Keystone in early 1917 to form the Comique Comedy unit at Paramount, he and St. John were joined by stage comedian Buster Keaton, and the three created a singular cycle of silent comedies that exploited their matched acrobatic abilities and hard-driving capabilities in slapstick. This section represents onscreen appearances in films by St. John with either Arbuckle, Keaton or both, and it remains the most accessible area of Al St. John's silent comedy work. Arbuckle-directed comedies starring Al St. John are listed in the "Starring St. John" section above.[35]
Title | Release Date | Director | Arbuckle/Keaton | Silent/Sound | Studio | Distributor | Status | Ref |
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A Noise from the Deep | 1913-7-13 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC |
The Riot | 1913-8-11 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Mother's Boy | 1913-9-25 | Henry Lehrman | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
His Sister's Kids | 1913-12-20 | George Nichols | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | |
In the Clutches of the Gang | 1914-1-17 | George Nichols | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [36] |
Tango Tangles | 1914-3-9 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
The Knockout | 1914-6-11 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | |
Fatty and the Heiress | 1914-6-25 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Fatty's Finish | 1914-7-2 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
The Sky Pirate | 1914-7-18 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Edward Dillon | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Those Country Kids | 1914-7-13 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC, National Film Archive, London |
Fatty's Gift | 1914-8-24 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
The Rounders | 1914-9-7 | Charlie Chaplin | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | |
Bombs and Bangs | 1914-9-14 | Roscoe Arbuckle[38] | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Lover's Luck | 1914-9-19 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Fatty's Debut | 1914-9-26 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Zip, the Dodger | 1914-10-17 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC[39] |
Fatty's Jonah Day | 1914-11-16 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | MOMA |
The Sea Nymphs | 1914-11-23 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | Filmmuseum, Munich, Filmmuseum, Denmark |
Leading Lizzie Astray | 1914-11-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [40] |
Shotguns That Kick | 1914-12-3 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | |
Fatty's Magic Pants | 1914-12-14 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [41] |
Fatty and Mabel's Simple Life | 1915-1-18 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC |
Mabel, Fatty and the Law | 1915-1-28 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [42][43] |
Fatty's New Role | 1915-2-1 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [44][45] |
Mabel and Fatty's Married Life | 1915-2-11 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | ,[42][45][46] |
That Little Band of Gold | 1915-3-15 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [42][45] |
Fatty's Faithful Fido | 1915-3-20 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [42][45][46] |
When Love Took Wings | 1915-4-1 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [47] |
Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco | 1915-4-22 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Mabel Normand | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [44][48] |
Mabel's Wilful Way | 1915-5-1 | Mabel Normand, Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [42][45][49] |
Fatty's Plucky Pup | 1915-6-28 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [45][46] |
Fickle Fatty's Fall | 1915-11-3 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
A Village Scandal | 1915-12-12 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
Fatty and the Broadway Stars | 1915-12-15 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
Fatty and Mabel Adrift | 1916-1-9 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | [44][50][51] |
He Did and He Didn't | 1916-1-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | [45][46][48][52] |
Bright Lights | 1916-2-20 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
His Wife's Mistakes | 1916-4-2 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | LoC fragment (2 reels of 3) |
The Other Man | 1916-4-16 | Mack Sennett | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
The Waiters' Ball | 1916-6-25 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | [53][54] |
A Creampuff Romance | 1916-7-5 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Lost | |
The Butcher Boy | 1917-4-23 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
A Reckless Romeo | 1913-5-21 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [55] |
The Rough House | 1917-6-25 | Roscoe Arbuckle, Buster Keaton | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
His Wedding Night | 1917-8-20 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Triangle | [50] | |
Oh Doctor! | 1917-9-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [50][55] |
Coney Island | 1917-10-29 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][46][50][55][56] |
A Country Hero | 1917-7-13 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Lost | |
A Scrap of Paper | 1918 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | |
Out West | 1918-1-20 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
The Bell Boy | 1918-3-18 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
Moonshine | 1918-5-12 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [50][55] |
Good Night, Nurse! | 1918-7-8 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
The Cook | 1918-9-15 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | Nederlands Filmmuseum[50] |
Camping Out | 1919-1-5 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | Print combined from two fragments, incomplete |
The Pullman Porter | 1919-2-16 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Comique | Paramount | Lost | |
Love | 1919-3-2 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | Print combined from two fragments[45][46] |
A Desert Hero | 1919-6-15 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle | silent | Comique | Paramount | Lost | |
Back Stage | 1919-9-7 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Arbuckle/Keaton | silent | Comique | Paramount | Extant | [44][50][55] |
The Scarecrow | 1920-12-22 | Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline | Keaton | silent | Joseph M. Schenk | Metro | Extant | [42][50][55] |
Life of the Party (feature) | 1920-11-13 | Joseph Henabery | Arbuckle | silent | Famous Players–Lasky | Paramount | Extant | LoC |
The High Sign | 1921-4-18 | Buster Keaton, Eddie Cline | Keaton | silent | Joseph M. Schenk | Metro | Extant | [50][55] |
The General (feature) | 1926-12-21 | Buster Keaton, Clyde Bruckman | Keaton | silent | Joseph M. Schenk | United Artists | Extant | [42][50][55][57][58][59][60] many others |
Buzzin' Around | 1933-2-4 | Alfred J. Goulding | Arbuckle | sound | Vitaphone | Warner Bros. | Extant | |
Love Nest on Wheels | 1937-3-26 | Buster Keaton, Charles Lamont | Keaton | sound | Educational | 20th Century Fox | Extant | [56][61] |
Supporting roles
editShorts
editUpon his arrival at Keystone, Al St. John was swiftly absorbed into the Keystone repertory company; he appeared in more 1914 films than Charlie Chaplin did. After Keystone, St. John appeared in support of other comics in 2-reelers up to the end of the silent era. Appearances in films with Roscoe Arbuckle are included in the list above. This list may be incomplete, as the full extent of St. John's appearances of this kind is not known, owing to so many lost films that may serve as possible candidates. For Keystones, the principal actor is included, though in many cases it is unclear who within the film that may be. Owing to the ensemble nature of many early Keystones, there are films which essentially do not have a central comedian as the fixture, and outside of Charlie Chaplin, survival rates on Keystones are less than what would be ideal. Unconfirmed appearances are not included in this list.[62]
Title | Release Year | Director | Star(s) | Silent/Sound | Studio | Distributor | Status | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Double Crossed | 1914-1-26 | Ford Sterling | Ford Sterling | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC[63] |
Mabel's Strange Predicament | 1914-2-9 | Mabel Normand | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
The Star Boarder | 1914-4-4 | George Nichols | Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
The Passing of Izzy | 1913-4-11 | George Nichols | William Nigh | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [64] |
Caught in a Cabaret | 1914-4-27 | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
Mabel's Busy Day | 1914-6-13 | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
Mabel's Married Life | 1914-6-20 | Mack Sennett | Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
Mabel's New Job | 1914-7-13 | George Nichols | Mabel Normand | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [65] |
Mabel's Blunder | 1914-9-12 | Mabel Normand | Mabel Normand | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | Named to the (U.S.) National Film Registry, 2009[66] |
The New Janitor | 1914-9-24 | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
Hello, Mabel | 1914-10-8 | Mabel Normand | Mabel Normand | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [65] |
Stout Hearts But Weak Knees | 1914-10-24 | Unknown | Charles Murray | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [67] |
His Talented Wife | 1914-11-9 | Mack Sennett | Alice Davenport | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [68] |
His Prehistoric Past | 1914-12-7 | Charles Chaplin | Charles Chaplin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [37] |
A Bird's a Bird | 1915-2-8 | Walter Wright | Chester Conklin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [69] |
Droppington's Family Tree | 1915-4-12 | Dell Henderson | Chester Conklin | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [69] |
Our Dare-Devil Chief | 1915-5-10 | Charley Chase | Ford Sterling | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [69] |
Crossed Love and Swords | 1915-5-15 | Frank Griffin | Louise Fazenda | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC Paper Print Collection |
Those Bitter Sweets | 1915-6-7 | F. Richard Jones | Mae Busch | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [70] |
A Home Breaking Hound | 1915-6-14 | Charley Chase | Don Barclay | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [71] |
Dirty Work in a Laundry | 1915-7-13 | Charley Chase | Minta Durfee | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | LoC Paper Print Collection[72] |
A Rascal of Wolfish Ways | 1915-8-9 | F. Richard Jones, Mack Sennett | Mae Busch | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Lost | [73] |
Bombs! | 1916-10-8 | Frank Griffin | Charles Murray | silent | Keystone | Triangle | Extant | [74] |
At the Old Stage Door | 1919-7-13 | Hal Roach | Harold Lloyd | silent | Rolin Pictures | Pathé Exchange | Extant | MOMA[75] |
A Punch in the Nose | 1926-1-3 | J.A. Howe | Roach All-Star Comedy | silent | Hal Roach Studio | Pathé Exchange | Lost | [76] |
Life in Hollywood No. 2 | 1927-5-12 | L.M. Be Dell | Documentary | silent | Goodwill Pictures | States Rights | Extant | AFI Murray Glass Collection |
Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 12 | 1930-5-1 | Ralph Staub | John Boles | sound | Columbia | Columbia Pictures | Lost | [77] |
Marriage Rows | 1931-1-18 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Lloyd Hamilton | sound | Educational Pictures | Educational Film Exchanges | Lost | [78] |
Honeymoon Trio | 1931-8-30 | Roscoe Arbuckle | Walter Catlett | sound | Educational Pictures | Educational Film Exchanges | Extant | [79] |
Prairie Papas | 1938-12-16 | Ray Whitley | The Phelps Brothers | sound | RKO | RKO Radio Pictures | Lost | [80] |
Features
editWith the dawn of sound around 1930, Al St. John went from appearing almost exclusively in two-reel shorts to appearing almost exclusively in features. While his Fuzzy Q. Jones roles dominate St. John's feature output, he did appear in a number of features in other parts, mostly in Westerns. Some of these, particularly his serio-comic turn as "Uncle Billy" in The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937), demonstrate a greater range of acting ability than the average Fuzzy Q. Jones role might suggest. Several parts listed here, however, are the tiniest of tiny bit roles.
Title | Release Year | Director | Star(s) | Silent/Sound | Studio | Distributor | Status | Ref |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tillie's Punctured Romance | 1914-12-21 | Mack Sennett | Marie Dressler | silent | Keystone | Mutual | Extant | [81] |
The Garden of Weeds | 1924-11-2 | James Cruze | Betty Compson | silent | Famous Players–Lasky | Paramount | Lost | [82] |
American Beauty | 1927-10-9 | Richard Wallace | Billie Dove | silent | First National | First National | Lost | [83] |
Casey Jones | 1927-12-20 | Charles J. Hunt | Ralph Lewis | silent | Trem Carr Pictures | Rayart | Extant | LoC[84] |
Hello Cheyenne | 1928-5-13 | Eugene Forde | Tom Mix | silent | Fox Film Corp. | Fox | Lost | [85] |
Painted Post | 1928-7-1 | Eugene Forde | Tom Mix | silent | Fox Film Corp. | Fox | Lost | [86] |
She Goes to War | 1929-6-8 | Henry King | Eleanor Boardman | Part-talkie | Inspiration Pictures | United Artists | Extant | Exists only in 50 min. version (of 105 mi.)[87][88] |
The Dance of Life | 1929-8-16 | John Cromwell, Edward Sutherland | Hal Skelly | sound | Famous Players–Lasky | Paramount | Extant | [89] |
Hell Harbor | 1930-3-15 | Henry King | Lupe Velez | sound | Inspiration Pictures | United Artists | Extant | [90] |
The Oklahoma Cyclone | 1930-8-8 | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele | sound | Trem Carr Pictures | Tiffany | Extant | [91] |
The Land of Missing Men | 1930-10 | John P. McCarthy | Bob Steele | sound | Trem Carr Pictures | Tiffany | Extant | [92] |
Beyond the Law | 1930-11-2 | John P. McCarthy | Robert Frazer | sound | Raytone Talking Pictures | Syndicate Pictures | Extant | [93] |
The Painted Desert | 1931-3-7 | Howard Higgin | Clark Gable | sound | RKO-Pathé | Pathé Exchanges | Extant | [94][95] |
Aloha | 1931-4-27 | Albert S. Rogell | Ben Lyon | sound | Tiffany Productions | Tiffany | Extant | Incomplete[96] |
A Son of the Plains | 1931-7-5 | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Custer | sound | Trem Carr Pictures | Syndicate | Extant | [97] |
Police Court | 1932-2-20 | Louis King | Henry B. Walthall | sound | I.E. Chadwick | Monogram | Extant | [98] |
Riders of the Desert | 1932-4-24 | Robert N. Bradbury | Bob Steele | sound | Trem Carr Pictures | Sono-Art WorldWide | Extant | [99] |
Law of the North | 1932-5-30 | Harry L. Fraser | Bill Cody | sound | Monogram Pictures | Monogram | Extant | [100] |
His Private Secretary | 1933-6-10 | Phil Whitman | John Wayne | sound | Screencraft/Showmen's Pictures | Marcy Pictures | Extant | [101] |
Riders of Destiny | 1933-10-10 | Robert N. Bradbury | John Wayne | sound | Lone Star | Monogram | Extant | [102] |
From Headquarters | 1933-11-16 | William Dieterle, Michael Curtiz | George Brent | sound | Warner Bros. | Warner Bros. | Extant | [103] |
Public Stenographer | 1934-1-10 | Lewis D. Collins | Lola Lane | sound | Screencraft/Showmen's Pictures | Marcy Pictures | Extant | [104] |
She Gets Her Man | 1935-8-5 | William Nigh | Zasu Pitts | sound | Universal Pictures | Universal | Extant | [105] |
Wanderer of the Wasteland | 1935-9-9 | Otho Lovering | Dean Jagger | sound | Paramount Pictures | Paramount | Extant | UCLA Film & Television Archive[106] |
Midnight Phantom | 1935-11-27 | Bernard B. Ray | Reginald Denny | sound | Reliable Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [107] |
The Law of 45's | 1935-12-1 | John P. McCarthy | Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams | sound | Normandy Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [108] |
Bar 20 Rides Again | 1935-12-6 | Howard Bretherton | William "Hoppy" Boyd | sound | Reliable Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [109] |
Trigger Tom | 1935-12-15 | Harry S. Webb | Tom Tyler | sound | Reliable Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [110] |
A Face in the Fog | 1936-2-1 | Robert F. Hill | June Collyer | sound | Victory Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [111] |
The Millionaire Kid | 1936-3-14 | Bernard B. Ray | Betty Compson | sound | Reliable Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [112] |
The Ex-Mrs. Bradford | 1936-5-13 | Stephen Roberts | William Powell | sound | RKO Radio Pictures | RKO | Extant | [113] |
Pinto Rustlers | 1936-5-14 | Harry S. Webb | Tom Tyler | sound | Reliable Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [114] |
West of Nevada | 1936-7-21 | Robert F. Hill | Rex Bell | sound | Colony Pictures | States Rights | Extant | [115] |
Hopalong Cassidy Returns | 1936-10-16 | Nate Watt | William "Hoppy" Boyd | sound | Harry Sherman Productions | Paramount | Extant | St. John's role cut[116] |
Trail Dust | 1936-12-11 | Nate Watt | William "Hoppy" Boyd | sound | Harry Sherman Productions | Paramount | Extant | [117] |
The Outcasts of Poker Flat | 1937-4-16 | Christy Cabanne | Preston Foster | sound | RKO Radio Pictures | RKO | Extant | [118] |
Sing, Cowboy, Sing | 1937-5-22 | Robert N. Bradbury | Tex Ritter | sound | Boots & Saddles Pictures | Grand National | Extant | [119] |
A Lawman Is Born | 1937-6-21 | Sam Newfield | Johnny Mack Brown | sound | Supreme Pictures | Republic | Extant | [120] |
Saturday's Heroes | 1937-10-8 | Edward Killy | Van Heflin | sound | RKO Radio Pictures | RKO | Extant | [121] |
Start Cheering | 1938-3-3 | Albert S. Rogell | Jimmy Durante | sound | Columbia Pictures | Columbia | Extant | [122] |
Call of the Yukon | 1938-4-18 | B. Reeves Eason, John T. Coyle | Richard Arlen | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [123] |
Frontier Scout | 1938-9-16 | Sam Newfield | George Houston | sound | Conn Pictures | Grand National | Extant | [124] |
Exposed | 1938-11-4 | Harold D. Schuster | Glenda Farrell | sound | Universal Pictures | Universal | Extant | [125] |
Murder on the Yukon | 1940-2-25 | Louis J. Gasnier | James Newill | sound | Criterion Pictures | Monogram | Extant | [126] |
Marked Men | 1940-9-30 | Sam Newfield | Warren Hull | sound | PRC | PRC | Extant | [127] |
Li'l Abner | 1940-11-1 | Albert S. Rogell | Jeff York | sound | Vogue Productions | RKO | Extant | [128] |
Friendly Neighbors | 1940-11-17 | Nick Grinde | The Weaver Brothers and Elviry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant? | [129] |
Texas Terrors | 1940-11-27 | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [130] |
A Missouri Outlaw | 1941-11-25 | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [131] |
Arizona Terrors | 1942-1-13 | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [132] |
Stagecoach Express | 1942-3-6 | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [133] |
Jesse James, Jr. | 1942-3-25 | George Sherman | Don "Red" Barry | sound | Republic Pictures | Republic | Extant | [134] |
Prairie Pals | 1942-9-4 | Sam Newfield | Art Davis | sound | PRC | PRC | Extant | [135] |
Along the Sundown Trail | 1942-10-10 | Sam Newfield | Art Davis | sound | PRC | PRC | Extant | [136] |
Valley of the Sun | 1942-11-6 | George Marshall | Lucille Ball | sound | RKO Radio Pictures | RKO | Extant | [137] |
My Son, the Hero | 1943-4-5 | Edgar G. Ulmer | Patsy Kelly | sound | Atlantis Pictures | PRC | Extant | [138] |
Dead Men Walk | 1943-4-12 | Sam Newfield | George Zucco | sound | PRC | PRC | Extant | [139] |
I'm from Arkansas | 1944-10-31 | Lew Landers | Slim Summerville | sound | PRC | PRC | Extant | [140] |
My Dog Shep | 1946-12-1 | Ford Beebe | Tom Neal | sound | Golden Gate Pictures | PRC | Extant | [141] |
Days of Thrills and Laughter | 1961-3-21 | Robert Youngson | Charles Chaplin | sound | Robert Youngson Productions | 20th Century Fox | Extant | St. John only in library footage[142] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ DVD Sennett Vol. 2 LOOSER THAN LOOSE MASTHEAD
- ^ Al St. John YouTube channel Shot in the Excitement (1914) Al St. John – YouTube
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: The Moonshiners (1916)
- ^ New York Concertmeister Blog
- ^ "A Winning Loser (1917)". IMDb.
- ^ Clip in Youngson, Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961)
- ^ "fragments in The Unreal Newsreel No. 1, a Fox Compilation released 9-20-1923". Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2012-04-03.
- ^ a b c d Comet Video (VHS)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc Comet Video (DVD)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Grapevine Video (VHS)
- ^ Reel Media (VHS)
- ^ a b c d e f g Sinister Cinema (VHS)
- ^ Hollywood's Best (DVD)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Alpha Video (DVD)
- ^ Oktoberfest Video (VHS)
- ^ a b c United American Video (VHS)
- ^ a b Liberty Home Video (VHS)
- ^ a b c Sinister Cinema (DVD)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u RareSerials.com (DVD)
- ^ Indies Home Entertainment (DVD)
- ^ Treeline Films (DVD)
- ^ VCI Home Video (VHS)
- ^ Critic's Choice (VHS)
- ^ Hollywood's Best (VHS/DVD)
- ^ a b c d Hollywood's Attic (VHS)
- ^ Retromedia Entertainment
- ^ a b c Grapevine Video (DVD)
- ^ Simitar Video (VHS)
- ^ Hollywood's Best (VHS)
- ^ Sinister Video (VHS)
- ^ Teakwood Video (DVD)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Stokey Video (VHS)
- ^ The Video Kart (DVD)
- ^ RareSerials.com (DVD) (VHS)
- ^ Although previously listed here, Al St. John does not appear in the following Keystone, according to Brent Walker in Mack Sennett's Fun Factory (McFarland, Jefferson NC 2013): The Gangsters.
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: In the Clutches of the Gang (1914)
- ^ a b c d e f g h Chaplin Keystone DVD Amazon.com: Chaplin At Keystone: An International Collaboration of 34 Original Films: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe Arbuckle, Marie Dressler, Chester Conklin, Ford Sterling, Edgar Kennedy, Mack Swain, Minta Durfee, Mack Sennett, Henry Lehrman, George Nichols: Movies & TV
- ^ Attributed to Arbuckle, according to Brent Walker in Mack Sennett's Fun Factory (McFarland, Jefferson NC 2013).
- ^ SilentComedyMafia.com • View topic – Rare Arbuckle Keystones in Los Angeles June 9
- ^ "DVD Talk".
- ^ Looser Than Loose Publishing
- ^ a b c d e f g Reel Media
- ^ Mill Creek
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Grapevine Video
- ^ a b c d e f g h Laughsmith
- ^ a b c d e f Mackinac Media
- ^ Forgotten Films of Fatty Arbuckle DVD
- ^ a b Sunrise Silents
- ^ TCM (restoration)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Image Entertainment
- ^ Blackhawk Films (8, 16 mm)
- ^ Unknown Video
- ^ Two New DVDs From Looser Than Loose
- ^ Mackinac Media (DVD)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Kino Video
- ^ a b A-1 Video
- ^ Rohauer
- ^ HBO
- ^ Madacy
- ^ Republic Pictures
- ^ Reelclassicdvd.com
- ^ Although previously listed here, Al St. John does not appear in the following Keystones, according to Brent Walker in Mack Sennett's Fun Factory (McFarland, Jefferson NC 2013): Soldiers of Misfortune (1914), He Loved the Ladies (1914).
- ^ YouTube video Double Crossed (1914) Al St. John – YouTube
- ^ PFSL entry Silent Era: PSFL: The Passing of Izzy (1914)
- ^ a b Mabel Normand filmography Keystone and Triangle Films: 1914–1916
- ^ Mabel Normand DVD Silent Era : Home Video : The Actors: Rare Films of Mabel Normand, Volume 3 (1913–1923) Review
- ^ "Stout Hearts But Weak Knees (1914)". IMDb.
- ^ "His Talented Wife (1914)". IMDb.
- ^ a b c DVD Keystone Comedies Vol. 1 Keystone Comedies Vol. 1
- ^ Kartes Video Communications VHS tape, "The Original Keystone Comedies: Volume Seven"
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: A Home Breaking Hound (1915)
- ^ DVD Mack Sennett Volume 7 LOOSER THAN LOOSE PUBLISHING
- ^ "A Rascal's Wolfish Ways (1915)". IMDb.
- ^ "Bombs! (1916)". IMDb.
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: At the Old Stage Door (1919)
- ^ Silent Comedians Thread SilentComedians.com :: View topic – Need help with photo Archived 2014-04-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 12 (1930)". IMDb.
- ^ "Marriage Rows (1931)". IMDb.
- ^ Al St. John YouTube Channel Honeymoon Trio (1931) Al St. John – YouTube
- ^ "Prairie Papas (1938)". IMDb.
- ^ Silent Era review of Tillie's Punctured Romance DVD Silent Era : Home Video : Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) Review
- ^ "The Garden of Weeds (1924)". IMDb.
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: American Beauty (1927)
- ^ "Casey Jones (1927)". IMDb.
- ^ "Hello Cheyenne (1928)". IMDb.
- ^ "Painted Post (1928)". IMDb.
- ^ Em Gee Film Library
- ^ PSFL entry Silent Era: PSFL: She Goes to War (1929)
- ^ "The Dance of Life (1929)". IMDb.
- ^ "Hell Harbor (1930)". IMDb.
- ^ "The Oklahoma Cyclone (1930)". IMDb.
- ^ "The Land of Missing Men (1930)". IMDb.
- ^ "Beyond the Law (1930)". IMDb.
- ^ "The Painted Desert (1931)". IMDb.
- ^ amazon.com listing Amazon.com: The Painted Desert: Clark Gable, William Boyd, Helen Twelvetrees, Howard Higgin: Movies & TV
- ^ "Aloha (1931)". IMDb.
- ^ "A Son of the Plains (1931)". IMDb.
- ^ "Police Court (1932)". IMDb.
- ^ "Riders of the Desert (1932)". IMDb.
- ^ "Law of the North (1932)". IMDb.
- ^ "His Private Secretary (1933)". IMDb.
- ^ "Riders of Destiny (1933)". IMDb.
- ^ "From Headquarters (1933)". IMDb.
- ^ "Public Stenographer (1934)". IMDb.
- ^ "She Gets Her Man (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "Midnight Phantom (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "The Law of 45's (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "Trigger Tom (1935)". IMDb.
- ^ "A Face in the Fog (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ Grapevine DVD The Millionaire Kid
- ^ "The Ex-Mrs. Bradford (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ "Pinto Rustlers (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ "West of Nevada (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ "Hopalong Cassidy Returns (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ "Trail Dust (1936)". IMDb.
- ^ "The Outcasts of Poker Flat (1937)". IMDb.
- ^ "Sing, Cowboy, Sing (1937)". IMDb.
- ^ "A Lawman Is Born (1937)". IMDb.
- ^ "Saturday's Heroes (1937)". IMDb.
- ^ "Start Cheering (1938)". IMDb.
- ^ "Call of the Yukon (1938)". IMDb.
- ^ "Frontier Scout (1938)". IMDb.
- ^ "Exposed (1938)". IMDb.
- ^ "Murder on the Yukon (1940)". IMDb.
- ^ "Marked Men (1940)". IMDb.
- ^ "Li'l Abner (1940)". IMDb.
- ^ "Friendly Neighbors (1940)". IMDb.
- ^ "Texas Terrors (1940)". IMDb.
- ^ "A Missouri Outlaw (1941)". IMDb.
- ^ "Arizona Terrors (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "Stagecoach Express (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "Jesse James, Jr. (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "Prairie Pals (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "Along the Sundown Trail (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "Valley of the Sun (1942)". IMDb.
- ^ "My Son, the Hero (1943)". IMDb.
- ^ "Dead Men Walk (1943)". IMDb.
- ^ "I'm from Arkansas (1944)". IMDb.
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