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Lloyd French
Director 1900 - 1950

Lloyd French

San Francisco, California, USA

Lloyd French (January 11, 1900 – May 24, 1950) was an American director of short films, most of them comedies. His best remembered films are several Laurel and Hardy comedies in the 1930s. He also made several musical short films featuring many bandleaders of the day; in the... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

5 titles
The Midnight Patrol

The Midnight Patrol

Lloyd French 1933 20m 7.0

Laurel and Hardy patrol the streets as the city's newest cops. This can't possibly end well--except for the criminals who can now safely commit crime.

Me and My Pal

Me and My Pal

Charley Rogers, Lloyd French 1933 20m 6.0

On the morning of his wedding to oil baron Peter Cucumber's daughter, Ollie receives a jigsaw puzzle from Stan as a wedding gift. The boys soon become absorbed in the puzzle. A taxi driver, butler, policeman and messenger boy join in as well.

Dirty Work

Dirty Work

Lloyd French 1933 19m 7.0

Stan and Ollie are chimney sweeps working at the home of mad scientist Professor Noodle.

Busy Bodies

Busy Bodies

Lloyd French 1933 19m 7.0

In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.

That's My Wife

That's My Wife

Lloyd French 1929 20m 6.0

Oliver stands to inherit a large fortune from his rich Uncle Bernal, with the condition that he be happily married. But when Mrs. Hardy walks out just before Uncle Bernal is due for a visit, Stanley is pressed into duty (and into drag) to impersonate Oliver's loving spouse.

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